Sun 16 August 2026: New Delhi: The top five family businesses have held more than 60% of income share in corporate India in the past two decades, even as markets have become more competitive since liberalisation, showed a study in the World Bank Economic Review. The study, titled ‘Business Groups, Concentration and Market Power in India’, published […]
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Sun 16 August 2026: An Iranian military official said on Sunday that Qatar should allow an Iranian team to enter the country to investigate the fate of pilots whom Tehran says were captured by Qatari forces, Iranian media reported. Qatar denies holding any Iranian pilots. Doha said on Saturday that its search and rescue teams […]
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Sun 16 August 2026: At least one person was killed and three others wounded in a Ukrainian drone barrage targeting Moscow, a local official reported, as Russia simultaneously bombarded Kyiv with ballistic missiles. Russia’s Ministry of Defence said its forces destroyed 822 drones across the country overnight. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin stated on social media […]
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Sun 16 August 2026: The UK government announced on Friday a temporary ban on the sale of disposable barbecues, citing concerns that they present a significant public safety risk during the current drought and heatwaves. On the temporary ban, the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade said that disposable barbecues have caused “a number […]
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Sun 15 August 2026: Earlier this year, Neuralink implanted a chip inside the brain of 29-year-old US man Noland Arbaugh, who is paralysed from the shoulders down. The chip has enabled Arbaugh to move a mouse pointer on a screen just by imagining it moving. In May 2023, US researchers also announced a non-invasive way to “decode” the words […]
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Sun 16 August 2026: The petition set to be discussed by Canada’s House of Commons in the latest sign of discontent with President Donald Trump’s policies. An official petition before Canada’s House of Commons has gained thousands of signatures in support of the expulsion of the United States ambassador, Pete Hoekstra. The signature tally, as […]
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Sun 16 August 2026: The Department of Defense is introducing a course centered on Western civilization and Christianity this fall in the schools it operates for military families, part of an effort by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to redirect the education system toward patriotic values and classical learning. The Department of Defense Education Activity operates about […]
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Sun 16 August 2026: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Sunday that New South Wales will launch a gun buyback program in November. This forms part of a national response to the fatal Sydney beach attack last year and will include stricter checks on gun licences along with a crackdown on hate. The measures targeting […]
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Sat 15 August 2026: The ABC has revealed a major cybersecurity flaw in Bluetooth-enabled police tasers and body-worn cameras that means officers can be tracked. The exposé shows how anyone can use simple software tools to detect the presence of a police officer carrying one of these pieces of equipment. Not only can you detect their presence, […]
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Sat 15 August 2026: Vietnamese authorities have seized nearly 1.2 metric tons (2,630 pounds) of illegal elephant ivory and about 80 kilograms (176 pounds) of animal bones hidden inside timber crates shipped from Africa, VietNamNet reported Friday. The shipment, which arrived from the Republic of Congo in three containers, was intercepted at Quy Nhon Port […]
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