Dawood Ibrahim's Maha plots sold after 4 failed attempts in 9 yrs
Four ancestral lands belonging to underworld don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar, mastermind behind 12 coordinated bombings in Mumbai in 1993, have been sold after four failed attempts. All four plots are located in Mumbake village in Ratnagiri district. All four land parcels went to a Mumbai-based bidder. Notably, efforts were made in 2017, 2020, 2024, and 2025 to auction these properties.
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03:43 pm Thursday, 19 March, 2026
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Four ancestral lands belonging to underworld don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar, mastermind behind 12 coordinated bombings in Mumbai in 1993, have been sold after four failed attempts. All four plots are located in Mumbake village in Ratnagiri district. All four land parcels went to a Mumbai-based bidder. Notably, efforts were made in 2017, 2020, 2024, and 2025 to auction these properties.
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English cricket running out of balls
English cricket is facing a severe shortage of Dukes balls ahead of the 2026 season, with counties set to receive only 50% of their normal supply. The shortage stems from the ongoing Middle East conflict, which has disrupted freight routes passing through the Gulf region. Airline freight charges for the balls have also tripled.
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03:41 pm Thursday, 19 March, 2026
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English cricket is facing a severe shortage of Dukes balls ahead of the 2026 season, with counties set to receive only 50% of their normal supply. The shortage stems from the ongoing Middle East conflict, which has disrupted freight routes passing through the Gulf region. Airline freight charges for the balls have also tripled.
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Stock market crashes as Gulf war escalates, Sensex bleeds over 2,500 points
Market indices Sensex and Nifty both ended in red on Thursday after a three-day rally. While Sensex bled over 2,500 points to hit below 74,000 levels, Nifty crashed over 700 points to hit below 22,000 levels. This comes as Brent crude futures rose over $111/barrel amid an escalation in the war in Middle East and US Federal Reserve policy decision.
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03:33 pm Thursday, 19 March, 2026
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Market indices Sensex and Nifty both ended in red on Thursday after a three-day rally. While Sensex bled over 2,500 points to hit below 74,000 levels, Nifty crashed over 700 points to hit below 22,000 levels. This comes as Brent crude futures rose over $111/barrel amid an escalation in the war in Middle East and US Federal Reserve policy decision.
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03:33 pm Thursday, 19 March, 2026
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Saudi Arabia threatens to join war against Iran
After Iran's attacks on energy facilities in the Gulf countries, Saudi Arabia's foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud has warned Iran that patience of his country and other Gulf states is limited. He also said that Saudi Arabia and its partners have "very significant capacities and capabilities" that could be used should they "choose to do so".
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03:59 pm Thursday, 19 March, 2026
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After Iran's attacks on energy facilities in the Gulf countries, Saudi Arabia's foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud has warned Iran that patience of his country and other Gulf states is limited. He also said that Saudi Arabia and its partners have "very significant capacities and capabilities" that could be used should they "choose to do so".
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Gambhir said, 'Samson doesn't need to be next MSD, he'll be one & only Samson: Tharoor
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, when asked about Sanju Samson's journey, said, "I feel tremendous pride." He recalled that when he called Samson "the next MS Dhoni", India head coach Gautam Gambhir stated, "He doesn't need to be the next Dhoni. He will be the one and only Sanju Samson." Notably, Samson scored 321 runs in the T20 World Cup 2026.
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03:57 pm Thursday, 19 March, 2026
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Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, when asked about Sanju Samson's journey, said, "I feel tremendous pride." He recalled that when he called Samson "the next MS Dhoni", India head coach Gautam Gambhir stated, "He doesn't need to be the next Dhoni. He will be the one and only Sanju Samson." Notably, Samson scored 321 runs in the T20 World Cup 2026.
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Trump admin's greatest miscalculation: Oman Foreign Minister on Iran war
Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi said the war inside Iran is the Donald Trump administration's "greatest miscalculation". He called the US-Israel attack an "unlawful military strike" and said it was a "shock but not a surprise". Albusaidi said the relative peace that the Gulf nations had enjoyed is under threat, adding US has "lost control of its own foreign policy".
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News By: Udit Gupta
04:14 pm Thursday, 19 March, 2026
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Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi said the war inside Iran is the Donald Trump administration's "greatest miscalculation". He called the US-Israel attack an "unlawful military strike" and said it was a "shock but not a surprise". Albusaidi said the relative peace that the Gulf nations had enjoyed is under threat, adding US has "lost control of its own foreign policy".
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04:14 pm Thursday, 19 March, 2026
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NVIDIA sends 1st DGX Station AI supercomputer to OpenAI Co-founder Karpathy
NVIDIA has delivered its first DGX Station, a desk-side AI supercomputer, to OpenAI Co-founder Andrej Karpathy. The system includes 748 GB of coherent memory and supports AI models with up to 1 trillion parameters for frontier AI development. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang also penned a note for Karpathy, which read, "You were with me every step of the way!"
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04:11 pm Thursday, 19 March, 2026
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NVIDIA has delivered its first DGX Station, a desk-side AI supercomputer, to OpenAI Co-founder Andrej Karpathy. The system includes 748 GB of coherent memory and supports AI models with up to 1 trillion parameters for frontier AI development. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang also penned a note for Karpathy, which read, "You were with me every step of the way!"
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All 5 building blocks of life found on space rock
Scientists have discovered all five nucleobases (adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine and uracil), the molecular building blocks of DNA and RNA, in samples from asteroid Ryugu. The samples were collected by Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft, which landed on the asteroid in 2019 and returned around 5.4-gram of material to Earth in 2020. It's the second asteroid confirmed to carry all nucleobases.
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04:29 pm Thursday, 19 March, 2026
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Scientists have discovered all five nucleobases (adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine and uracil), the molecular building blocks of DNA and RNA, in samples from asteroid Ryugu. The samples were collected by Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft, which landed on the asteroid in 2019 and returned around 5.4-gram of material to Earth in 2020. It's the second asteroid confirmed to carry all nucleobases.
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India responds after Iran attacks world's largest LNG facility, says 'It impacts us'
The government spoke about the impact of attack on energy facilities in the Middle East, including Iran's attack on the world's largest LNG production facility in Qatar. "If we talk about LPG, 90% of our import was from the Middle East. If we talk about LNG, 47% of our import was from Qatar...What impacts the Middle East...impacts us," it added.
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News By: Arshiya Chopra
04:27 pm Thursday, 19 March, 2026
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The government spoke about the impact of attack on energy facilities in the Middle East, including Iran's attack on the world's largest LNG production facility in Qatar. "If we talk about LPG, 90% of our import was from the Middle East. If we talk about LNG, 47% of our import was from Qatar...What impacts the Middle East...impacts us," it added.
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04:27 pm Thursday, 19 March, 2026
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Saudi Arabia threatens to join war against Iran
After Iran's attacks on energy facilities in the Gulf countries, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud has warned Iran that patience of his country and other Gulf states is limited. He also said that Saudi Arabia and its partners have "very significant capacities and capabilities" that could be used should they "choose to do so".
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04:20 pm Thursday, 19 March, 2026
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After Iran's attacks on energy facilities in the Gulf countries, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud has warned Iran that patience of his country and other Gulf states is limited. He also said that Saudi Arabia and its partners have "very significant capacities and capabilities" that could be used should they "choose to do so".
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Heavy to very heavy rainfall and hailstorm warning issued for several states, list released
The IMD has issued heavy to very heavy rainfall and hailstorm warning for several states/UTs for Friday (March 20). Heavy to very heavy rainfall is very likely over West Bengal, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Meanwhile, thunderstorm accompanied with hailstorm is likely over Bihar, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Jharkhand, MP, Odisha, Punjab, UP, Uttarakhand, West Bengal and Sikkim.
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04:44 pm Thursday, 19 March, 2026
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The IMD has issued heavy to very heavy rainfall and hailstorm warning for several states/UTs for Friday (March 20). Heavy to very heavy rainfall is very likely over West Bengal, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Meanwhile, thunderstorm accompanied with hailstorm is likely over Bihar, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Jharkhand, MP, Odisha, Punjab, UP, Uttarakhand, West Bengal and Sikkim.
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Took leave, travelled 200 km to buy LPG cylinder, claims man in UP
A man in Barakanki, Uttar Pradesh, claimed that he took a day's leave and travelled 200 kilometres from UP's Shajahanpur to Barakanki to get an LPG cylinder. The man who was seen waiting outside a gas agency at around 4 am said that he works as a supervisor and his father has cancer and his mother has a brain haemorrhage.
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04:43 pm Thursday, 19 March, 2026
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A man in Barakanki, Uttar Pradesh, claimed that he took a day's leave and travelled 200 kilometres from UP's Shajahanpur to Barakanki to get an LPG cylinder. The man who was seen waiting outside a gas agency at around 4 am said that he works as a supervisor and his father has cancer and his mother has a brain haemorrhage.
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Gautam Gambhir seeks ₹2.5 crore in damages over AI deepfakes
Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir has filed a lawsuit in Delhi High Court after his identity was misused through AI deepfakes and fake visuals. He has sought ₹2.5 crore in damages from entities allegedly using his name and images to promote and sell merchandise, as well as creating AI-generated videos and deepfakes to circulate misinformation.
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04:58 pm Thursday, 19 March, 2026
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Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir has filed a lawsuit in Delhi High Court after his identity was misused through AI deepfakes and fake visuals. He has sought ₹2.5 crore in damages from entities allegedly using his name and images to promote and sell merchandise, as well as creating AI-generated videos and deepfakes to circulate misinformation.
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Very sketchy: BlackRock on ex-HDFC Bank chair Chakraborty's exit over 'ethical' concerns
During an investor call, BlackRock questioned HDFC Bank about Atanu Chakraborty citing "ethical" issues while resigning as the bank's part-time chairman, saying, "It's basically a very sketchy remark." When HDFC Bank interim part-time head Keki Mistry said he's "not aware of any issue", BlackRock replied, "[If] you guys have no idea why...how can you say there's nothing behind it?"
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04:55 pm Thursday, 19 March, 2026
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During an investor call, BlackRock questioned HDFC Bank about Atanu Chakraborty citing "ethical" issues while resigning as the bank's part-time chairman, saying, "It's basically a very sketchy remark." When HDFC Bank interim part-time head Keki Mistry said he's "not aware of any issue", BlackRock replied, "[If] you guys have no idea why...how can you say there's nothing behind it?"
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That did not exist: Kent on Trump's claim of Iran developing nukes
Joe Kent, who resigned as National Counterterrorism Center chief over US' involvement in Iran war, dismissed President Donald Trump's claim that Iran was two weeks away from acquiring nuclear weapon. "That...did not exist," he stated. "They weren't three weeks ago when this started, and they weren't in June either," referring to US bombing of Iranian nuclear sites in June 2025.
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05:05 pm Thursday, 19 March, 2026
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Joe Kent, who resigned as National Counterterrorism Center chief over US' involvement in Iran war, dismissed President Donald Trump's claim that Iran was two weeks away from acquiring nuclear weapon. "That...did not exist," he stated. "They weren't three weeks ago when this started, and they weren't in June either," referring to US bombing of Iranian nuclear sites in June 2025.
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05:05 pm Thursday, 19 March, 2026
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A testing time for us & others: India on Middle East war
Speaking about the war in the Middle East, the government said, "It has been testing time, not just for us but for the entire global community." "Our leaders have been in touch with their counterparts...Couple of days back, you saw that because of our engagement...we were able to get two of our LPG tankers through Strait of Hormuz," it added.
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05:01 pm Thursday, 19 March, 2026
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Speaking about the war in the Middle East, the government said, "It has been testing time, not just for us but for the entire global community." "Our leaders have been in touch with their counterparts...Couple of days back, you saw that because of our engagement...we were able to get two of our LPG tankers through Strait of Hormuz," it added.
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FBI buying location data to track US citizens: Director Kash Patel
FBI Director Kash Patel told a Senate hearing that the agency is buying commercially available data that can track Americans' movements. "It has led to some valuable intelligence," he said. The US Supreme Court banned law enforcement agencies from obtaining people's location data from cellphone providers without a warrant since 2018, prompting agencies to turn to data brokers.
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05:01 pm Thursday, 19 March, 2026
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FBI Director Kash Patel told a Senate hearing that the agency is buying commercially available data that can track Americans' movements. "It has led to some valuable intelligence," he said. The US Supreme Court banned law enforcement agencies from obtaining people's location data from cellphone providers without a warrant since 2018, prompting agencies to turn to data brokers.
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05:01 pm Thursday, 19 March, 2026
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Differences over CEO's third term, board changes led to HDFC Bank Chairman's exit: Report
HDFC Bank Chairman Atanu Chakraborty's abrupt resignation was likely caused by personal and personnel issues he had with CEO Sashidhar Jagadishan and executive board members, Moneycontrol reported. Chakraborty's differences with the board became irreconcilable by late-Tuesday evening. Chakraborty was also reluctant about Jagadishan's reappointment without a performance review of his second term.
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05:24 pm Thursday, 19 March, 2026
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HDFC Bank Chairman Atanu Chakraborty's abrupt resignation was likely caused by personal and personnel issues he had with CEO Sashidhar Jagadishan and executive board members, Moneycontrol reported. Chakraborty's differences with the board became irreconcilable by late-Tuesday evening. Chakraborty was also reluctant about Jagadishan's reappointment without a performance review of his second term.
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What happens if Koneru Humpy withdraws from Candidates in Cyprus?
Indian chess Grandmaster Koneru Humpy is yet to decide on playing the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 in Cyprus amid the Gulf war. If Humpy opts out, she could face a €10,000 fine (over ₹10.5 lakh). "If any replacement is needed, the spot shall be awarded to the next yet unqualified player(s) of the 'FIDE Women's Events 2024–25'," the rule states.
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05:16 pm Thursday, 19 March, 2026
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Indian chess Grandmaster Koneru Humpy is yet to decide on playing the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 in Cyprus amid the Gulf war. If Humpy opts out, she could face a €10,000 fine (over ₹10.5 lakh). "If any replacement is needed, the spot shall be awarded to the next yet unqualified player(s) of the 'FIDE Women's Events 2024–25'," the rule states.
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What is 100-year-old Jones Act, waived by Trump amid Iran war?
US President Donald Trump issued a 60-day Jones Act waiver to stabilise oil supplies amid the Iran war. A key provision of Merchant Marine Act of 1920, the law requires goods moving between US ports to sail on US-flagged ships built in American shipyards and crewed by US sailors. It aimed to rebuild the domestic shipping industry post-World War I.
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05:44 pm Thursday, 19 March, 2026
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US President Donald Trump issued a 60-day Jones Act waiver to stabilise oil supplies amid the Iran war. A key provision of Merchant Marine Act of 1920, the law requires goods moving between US ports to sail on US-flagged ships built in American shipyards and crewed by US sailors. It aimed to rebuild the domestic shipping industry post-World War I.
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