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Banking services to be impacted as unions observe nationwide strike on Sep 11

New Delhi, Sep 10 (PTI) Banking services like cash withdrawals and deposits at public sector banks will be impacted on Friday as unions have decided to go on strike to press for five-day banking and other pending demands. With the strike, banking services, especially in public sector banks, would be impacted for four days in many parts of the country. September 11 is a Friday, and the subsequent two days are bank holidays. September 14 is a holiday in some states for Ganesh Chaturthi. Meanwhile, most public sector banks have informed their customers of the likely impact of the strike

India gets one of world’s steepest iPhone price hikes

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BENGALURU, Sept 10 (Reuters) – Apple raised prices on its existing iPhone lineup in India by as much as 41% within hours of unveiling newer models, bucking its usual practice of discounting older variants ​and marking one of the steepest hikes in any market where it ​has repriced this year. While Apple also raised prices in the U.S. ⁠late Wednesday, those increases ranged from 10% to 21%. The hikes followed Apple’s September ​event, dubbed ‘Surprise and Shine,’ where new Chief Executive John Ternus unveiled Apple’s first foldable phone, ​the iPhone Duo. Apple had previously announced plans to raise iPhone prices

India hosts BRICS summit as Iran war tests bloc unity

NEW DELHI, Sept 10 (Reuters) – India will host the BRICS Leaders’ Summit this weekend, seeking to lift the bloc’s global profile even as the U.S.-led ​war on Iran splits its membership, with Tehran and Abu Dhabi on opposing sides of the conflict. The September 12-13 summit in New Delhi comes more than six months after ‌the U.S. and Israel launched attacks on Iran, a BRICS member since 2024. The conflict has led to a virtual shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s key choke points in the oil trade, pushing crude prices to over $100 a

Children of 9/11 to finally get a major health study

Sept 10 (Reuters) – When ​hijacked planes brought down the World Trade Center’s twin towers on September 11, 2001, roughly 25,000 children were living or attending ‌school nearby in lower Manhattan, and thousands more were in surrounding neighborhoods. Some were infants and toddlers, while others were still in the womb. Even though they were exposed to the massive toxic cloud and settling dust containing pulverized concrete, glass fibers, asbestos, and other pollutants in the days and weeks after the towers fell, very few of these ​children were enrolled in the government-funded follow-up health studies of WTC survivors. Those were mainly

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