Flydubai Flight Plunges 17,400 Feet in Two Minutes After Cockpit Fight Triggers Hijack Alert 
Railway Stocks Rally: IRCON Surges 18% as RITES and IRFC Join Market-Wide Rebound 
Coast Guard Seizes Rs 3,000 Crore Drugs From Iranian Boat Off Mumbai Coast 
Apple Pay India Finally Launches With Axis Bank Credit Cards: What Indian Users Can Do Now 
INDIA Bloc Escalates Election Commission Row, Announces Nationwide Protests and November 1 Rally 
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Railway Stocks Rally: IRCON Surges 18% as RITES and IRFC Join Market-Wide Rebound
MUMBAI: Indian railway stocks staged a sharp rebound on Wednesday, September 30, with IRCON International leading the move after its shares jumped as much as...
Red Bull FSSAI Lawsuit: Delhi HC Sets Aside Energy Drink Label Ban in India
NEW DELHI: Red Bull has secured relief from a June order by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) that directed the company...
Bank Strike Update: Nationwide September 28–30 Strike Deferred After UFBU-IBA Talks
NEW DELHI: The proposed three-day nationwide bank strike scheduled for September 28 to 30 has been deferred after the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU)...
Supreme Court Refuses to Stay 0.4% UPI MDR Charges Above ₹2,000 Ahead of October 15 Rollout
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday, September 28, refused to stay the Centre’s new Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) framework for specified Unified Payments Interface...
RBI Bank Open Sunday: Public Sector Banks To Open On September 27 Ahead Of 3-Day Strike
NEW DELHI: Public sector banks and regional rural banks will remain open on Sunday, September 27, 2026, after the Reserve Bank of India approved the...
SEBI FO Trading Rules Tighten as Retail Derivatives Risks Remain in Focus
MUMBAI: India's market regulator is tightening oversight of derivatives trading as retail participation and risk remain under scrutiny, but claims that the Securities and Exchange...
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ISRO Gaganyaan Engine Test Hits 22-Tonne Mark as Human Spaceflight Preparations Advance
MAHENDRAGIRI, TAMIL NADU: The ISRO Gaganyaan Engine Test programme recorded another significant propulsion milestone after a CE20 cryogenic engine completed a flight-acceptance hot test at...
Seven High-Risk Glacial Lakes Identified in Arunachal’s Tawang
TAWANG, Arunachal Pradesh — Arunachal Pradesh authorities have identified seven high-risk glacial lakes in the Mago area of Tawang district and launched a preparedness programme...
Nepal glacier collapse climate change: Study Links Rapid Warming to Deadly Himalayan Floods
NEPAL: A World Weather Attribution assessment released September 17 says rapid warming and changes in ice, permafrost and precipitation likely weakened conditions around the August...
Hanle Dark Sky Reserve Gives Ladakh Women New Work Through Astro-Tourism
At 4,500 metres above sea level, Hanle in eastern Ladakh is turning its exceptionally dark skies into an opportunity for local communities. Among those benefiting...
A Warming Himalayas Puts Water, Livelihoods and Economies at Risk
HONG KONG — The Himalayas are approaching a critical tipping point as glaciers lose mass at an accelerating rate, increasing risks to water supplies, communities...
Wildfire Smoke Crisis Deepens as WMO Bulletin Warns Extreme Smoke Events Have Tripled Since the 1990s
GENEVA: Extreme wildfire smoke events have tripled globally since the 1990s, raising fresh concerns about the health consequences of worsening pollution and the ability of...
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India Strike Asian Games Gold as Women’s 4x400m Relay Ends Athletics Wait in Nagoya
NAGOYA: India secured its first athletics gold medal at the Asian Games 2026 on Tuesday as Kiran Pahal, Machettira Poovamma, Prachi Choudhary and Vithya Ramraj...
India Kabaddi Gold Secured: Men Beat Iran 40-34 to Retain Asian Games Crown
NAGOYA, JAPAN: India retained the men’s kabaddi gold medal at the 2026 Asian Games on Saturday, September 26, defeating Iran 40-34 in the final at...
Esha Singh Wins Silver After Five Shoot-Offs in Asian Games 2026 Shooting Thriller
AICHI-NAGOYA: Indian shooter Esha Singh won silver in the women’s 25m pistol individual event at the Asian Games 2026 on Monday, September 28, after surviving...
Virat Kohli’s 139 Caps Record-Breaking India Win Over West Indies
Virat Kohli reached 15,000 ODI runs and followed the milestone with an unbeaten 139 as India beat West Indies by eight wickets in the first...
BCCI Names India T20 Squad for West Indies Series as Shreyas Iyer Leads New-Look Side
NEW DELHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India has announced a 15-member squad for India’s upcoming five-match T20I series against the West Indies,...
Muthoot Fincorp Steps In as BCCI Title Sponsor Ahead of West Indies Series
The BCCI has secured Muthoot Fincorp as the new title sponsor for India’s home cricket, with the two-season arrangement set to begin with the upcoming...