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Indian shares fell sharply on October 8, with the Sensex down 1,045 points and the Nifty below 22,300, as rising crude prices, 20-year-high US bond yields and heavy foreign selling combined.
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The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation is trialling a UPI-based withdrawal facility under EPFO 3.0. Here is how it is expected to work, the limits involved, and when it might launch.
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India finished the 2026 Asian Games in Japan with 85 medals, including 21 golds, and fourth place in the table. It was a respectable haul, but 22 medals short of the record set in Hangzhou.
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An Outlook–Toluna survey of 1,334 urban women finds that 93 per cent have or plan to have children. What is changing is timing — and the reasons point to careers, costs and the unequal burden of care.
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Starlink has held an Indian satellite communications licence since June 2025, yet it still cannot sell service. An explainer on the spectrum and security clearances it is waiting for, and why India is cautious.
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The Reserve Bank of India raised its repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.5 per cent on October 7, its first increase since February 2023, and shifted its policy stance to 'calibrated tightening'.
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This year's Nobel science prizes went to the pioneers of optogenetics, to the physicist behind the IceCube neutrino observatory, and to two chemists who explained how molecular 'handedness' can amplify itself. Here is what each discovery means.
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Hilton's 2027 Trends Report, based on a survey of 14,744 travellers including more than 1,000 Indians, says travel is entering an era of 'ish' — less perfection, more personal choice, and shorter, more frequent breaks.
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Kolkata's Museum of Word, opened at the National Library's Belvedere House, uses sound installations, projections and nine themed galleries to tell the story of India's languages and scripts.
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Historian Manu S. Pillai's 12-part documentary series SAGA, made with the non-profit ARPO, travels through Kerala's lesser-told histories — from the mathematician Madhava to the ritual of Theeyattu.
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The Delhi edition of Lakmé Fashion Week x FDCI runs from October 13 to 18 at the Taj Palace, opening with pero and closing with AM.IT by Amit Aggarwal. Here is what to watch.
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Electric two-wheeler maker Simple Energy has closed a ₹1,750 crore (about $180 million) Series C round led by the family office of Arokiaswamy Velumani, with plans for a new factory, higher output and a wider retail network.
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