BENGALURU, Mar 16 (Reuters) – Shares of IDBI Bank (IDBI.NS), slumped as much as 16.5% on Monday after reports that the Indian government ​would shelve bids for a majority stake in the lender, as the ‌offers were below the minimum price expectation. The shares were trading 15.2% lower at 78.20 rupees as of 12:57 a.m. IST, set for their biggest single-day drop since June 2024. The government has been ​trying to sell a stake in IDBI Bank for the last four years ​as part of a broader push to privatise state-run firms. The planned ⁠sale included a 30.48% stake held

March 16 (Reuters) – India’s benchmark indexes rose in early trade on Monday, rebounding after their worst week ​in years, though investors remained wary of crude oil staying above $100 ‌a barrel amid the prolonged Middle East conflict. The Nifty 50 (.NSEI), rose 0.2% to 23,189, while the BSE Sensex (.BSESN), opens new tab added 0.18% to 74,697.6, as of 10:08 a.m. IST. Nine ​of the 16 major sectors traded higher. The mid-cap (.NIFMDCP100), opens new tab and small-cap (.NIFSMCP100), opens new tab ​fell 0.2% and 0.7%, respectively. The benchmark indexes have shed nearly ⁠8% this month due to the

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The plane carrying about 150 Palestinians from Gaza came as a surprise to everyone on the ground when it landed in South Africa in November. It wasn’t the only one. Since May, at least three flights filled with Gaza residents who’d signed up to leave the war-torn enclave have landed in Indonesia and South Africa. An Israeli group whose founder adamantly supported U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to resettle Palestinians from Gaza is behind the flights, an AP investigation has found, raising further questions about the motives behind the evacuation of hundreds of people from

No US president in living memory has gone to war with less public support than Donald Trump has for the war in Iran. Even Barack Obama’s much-maligned Libyan intervention began with 60% of Americans in support in 2011. There is no poll that shows a majority of Americans supporting the Iran war, and multiple polls showing clear majorities against it. And wars usually lose public support as they go on. Trump did not make a public case for the war before it began, because he preferred quick, surprising strikes preceded by theatrical suspense. He presented the vast military buildup in