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Defence sources say Dassault Aviation will integrate Astra, Rudram and Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon systems on the Rafale, clearing a long-standing hurdle to a 114-fighter Medium Role Fighter Aircraft contract worth more than Rs 2 lakh crore.
Your Daily UpdateThursday’s selloff, refinery Hormuz strategy, TCS AI revenue, MeitY’s AI paper, CERT-In awareness month, voter-roll protests, and Ranchi cricket cap India’s Friday slate.
Lead storySensex Lands at 71,593.24 After Nifty Breaches April 2025 Floor on Crude and Bond YieldsThe Nifty 50 closed at 22,231.80 on Thursday, its lowest finish since April 2025, as RBI’s 5.50% repo call, Brent above $104 and foreign selling erased about ₹11.37 lakh crore of BSE market value.
SportsRanchi Hosts Second West Indies T20I as Iyer's Lucknow Century Locks India's Winning Lineup
EntertainmentAjay Devgn's Drishyam Finale Holds ₹13.35 Crore on Seventh Day With Week-One India Share at 62%
HealthGreater Chennai Corporation Cuts Dengue Hotspots to 300 Ahead of Northeast Monsoon Surge Risk
ScienceFormer ISRO Chairman Kiran Kumar Opens Andaman Outreach Pairing Geomagnetism With Launch Careers
SportsIndia take a 1–0 lead into Friday’s second T20I at Ranchi’s JSCA Stadium after Shreyas Iyer’s maiden T20I century sealed an eight-wicket win in Lucknow on 6 October.
The Reserve Bank’s calibrated tightening and the Election Commission’s intensive voter revision both ask Indians to trust arithmetic they cannot easily reproduce—Parliament should fix that transparency gap.
CERT-In’s October awareness campaign launched a MyGov cyber-hygiene quiz while researchers questioned election software fix timelines flagged to the poll body and the agency in July.
Electronics and IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said MeitY will publish a regulation-focused AI consultation paper within a month, stressing safety, deepfake harms and industry-led compliance alongside a 5,000-GPU tender tranche.
Tata Consultancy Services posted ₹73,188 crore of revenue and $9.6 billion of contract value for the September quarter, with annualised AI revenue crossing $3.1 billion alongside Porsche and Best Buy transformation wins.
Lenders passed the RBI’s 25-basis-point repo move into floating home and auto loans within a day, while credit-card APRs stay issuer-specific—leaving festive revolvers to read monthly statements for any repricing letters.
The Nifty 50 closed at 22,231.80 on Thursday, its lowest finish since April 2025, as RBI’s 5.50% repo call, Brent above $104 and foreign selling erased about ₹11.37 lakh crore of BSE market value.
Indian Oil, Reliance, BPCL and HPCL-Mittal are chartering their own Hormuz tankers on Iraqi FOB deals as Brent holds above $104, trading CFR premiums for SOMO discounts and freight control.
The BCCI named a Shubman Gill-led XI for Friday’s Ranchi T20 finale against West Indies, recalling Ishan Kishan after thumb scans cleared him to keep wickets.
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