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Stock markets declined for the third consecutive day on Wednesday (September 2, 2026), with the benchmark Sensex closing nearly 374 points lower amid a bearish trend in global equities and higher oil prices due to escalating conflict in West Asia.The 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 373.93 points, or 0.49%, to settle at 76,570.35, dragged by selling in auto, IT, and banking shares. During the day, it tumbled 808.56 points, or 1.05%, to 76,135.72.The 50-share NSE Nifty slumped 141.35 points, or 0.59%, to end at 23,914.45. The index moved between a high of 23,914.45 and a low of 23,786.80 during the day.Among…

A view of the wreckage of a passenger bus that overturned on the Dahab-Nuweiba road, in Egypt’s South Sinai province on September 2, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP “At least 22 people, including Egyptians and Jordanians, were killed on Wednesday (September 2, 2026) in a passenger bus crash in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula,” authorities in both countries said. Twenty-eight others were injured. “The accident happened on a road linking the tourist resorts of Dahab and Nuweiba in South Sinai province,” the Egyptian Health Ministry said in a statement.The Ministry said it deployed 20 ambulances to the scene to transport the dead…

The XM-30 is in the running for the US Army’s future infantry fighting vehicle competition. (image credit: Army Recognition) Just four months after DRDO’s Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (DRDO) rolled out its Advanced Armoured Platforms, which will compete to replace the army’s aging Soviet era BMP-2K Sarath Infantry Combat Vehicles (ICV), the US Army is set to receive the first prototypes of its XM30 Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle (MICV). This comes at a time when around the world armies are attempting to replace their IFVs with more modern vehicles to replace fleets that were largely inducted during the final…

Reform UK’s deputy leader Richard Tice faced questions in a series of BBC local radio interviews, ahead of his party’s autumn conference.He told BBC Radio Cornwall’s Julie Skentelbery that more affordable housing was “absolutely vital in areas like Cornwall” with a focus on providing for “young, British-born people”.Tice said his party would introduce a right to buy scheme to help get people on to the housing ladder. Source link

Ukrainian law enforcement authorities said Wednesday that they foiled an alleged plot by Russia’s FSB security service to assassinate an anti-Kremlin “opposition leader” in the capital Kyiv. According to Ukrainian media reports, the target of the assassination attempt was Stepan Kaplunov, deputy commander of combat operations for the Russian Volunteer Corps, a unit of far-right Russians fighting alongside Ukrainian forces. On Tuesday, the Russian Volunteer Corps said Kaplunov had been abducted outside his home days earlier. In a statement, Ukraine’s SBU security service said “a group of individuals carried out an armed attack” against its investigators during a search. The agency’s special forces returned fire to subdue…

New Delhi: A man who was allegedly electrocuted while working at a factory in west Delhi’s Mangolpuri two years ago died at a hospital Wednesday, following which his family protested outside the factory. The deceased, Pappu, who worked in Industrial Area Phase 1, had suffered an electric shock and had been undergoing treatment since then. “His condition had remained stable for some time, but it deteriorated recently,” an officer said. Police said they are awaiting the postmortem report and will register a case for death due to negligence if the report establishes a link between the earlier incident and his…

Chennai: Software-as-a-service company Zoho aims to grow its share of the cloud development market by updating its platform with AI coding assistants. It has added features to integrate with popular AI coding tools like Anthropic’s Claude and Cursor. These AI assistants convert everyday language into software code, becoming one of the most useful applications of generative AI today.On Wednesday, Zoho launched its cloud development platform equipped with AI workspace integrations, AI agents, and automated workflows. The platform is designed for a wide range of users from enterprise IT teams and custom development firms to entrepreneurs and freelance developers, said Anand…

Sambalpur: The Odisha assembly’s ethics committee on Wednesday stressed need for stronger coordination between govt officials and elected representatives and voiced concern over the growing misuse of social media and artificial intelligence (AI) to spread misinformation and defame individuals.The meeting, chaired by ethics committee chairperson and MLA Sanatan Bijuli, marked the committee’s first sitting in the city. Prior to the meeting, committee members visited Maa Samaleswari Temple and offered prayers.During the discussion, members deliberated on ways to ensure a healthy working relationship between officials and public representatives. Referring to Book Circular-47, Bijuli said officials should give due importance to suggestions…

Itanagar: The Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) on Wednesday took out a protest march in Itanagar against registration of an FIR in Uttarakhand against leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi.Senior party functionaries, frontal organisation members and supporters marched from Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan to V Mart, near the civil secretariat, in solidarity with Gandhi.The FIR was registered after Gandhi criticised an alleged caste-based “purification” ritual conducted by right-wing activists at a rally venue in Uttarakhand.Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge addressed a public rally at Ramlila Maidan in Haldwani, Nainital, on August 8. Two days later, members of Shri Ram…

Air Marshal Jitendra Mishra has been appointed the first CEO of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust AYODHYA: Air Marshal (Retd) Jitendra Mishra, who commanded the Indian Air Force’s Western Air Command during Operation Sindoor in May 2025, has been appointed the first chief executive officer (CEO) of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust.The appointment was announced during the trust’s meeting in Ayodhya on Wednesday, which had earlier announced the appointment of three new trustees: Delhi-based Mahesh Bhagchandka, a relative of late VHP leader Ashok Singhal; Ayodhya-based Madan Mohan Pandey; and retired Hindi professor Nirmala Yadav of Shikohabad.The…