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Stock markets rebound in early trade after sharp fall in previous session

Mumbai, Mar 20 (PTI) Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded in early trade on Friday after facing massive drubbing in the previous session, driven by mild cooling in crude oil prices. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 976.77 points to 75,184.01 in early trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty surged 301.7 points to 23,303.85. From the 30-Sensex firms, Tata Steel, State Bank of India, Tech Mahindra, Larsen & Toubro, Power Grid and NTPC were among the major gainers. HDFC Bank emerged as the only laggard. Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, declined 1.63 per cent to USD 106.9 per barrel. “Today there

Trump and Netanyahu split on gas field attack, raise questions about whether they’re in sync on war

WASHINGTON, March 20, 2026 (AP) — President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ‘s diverging language on Israel’s decision to attack a critical Iranian gas field marks the most notable difference of opinion between the two leaders since the start of the 20-day war against Iran. The attack by Israel on the South Pars gas field prompted Iran to retaliate against energy infrastructure in other Middle East countries. The Iranian strikes led to already elevated global energy prices further surging and spurred Gulf allies to call for Trump to rein in Netanyahu. The aftermath of the strike left

Israel launches new wave of attacks on Iran as crisis deepens

DOHA/WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM, March 20 (Reuters) – Israel launched a fresh wave of attacks on Iran on Friday, a day after President Donald Trump told it not to repeat its strikes on Iranian ​natural gas infrastructure, which sharply escalated the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. The conflict has killed thousands of people, spread to neighbouring nations and hit the global economy since the United States ‌and Israel launched strikes on February 28, after talks about Tehran’s nuclear program failed to yield a deal. “The IDF has just begun a wave of strikes against the infrastructure of the Iranian terror regime in the heart

‘Microshifting’ puts a new spin on 9-to-5 schedules

NEW YORK March 20, 2026 (AP) — Before the house is humming and her teenagers ask her to whip up breakfast or chauffeur them to school, Jen Meegan reads her company emails and revisits ideas she drafted the night before. She works for an hour or so, then after the school run shops for groceries or gets gas before returning to focus deeply on her job as head writer and cofounder of Sheer Havoc, a creative services agency. And so goes the rhythm of her day: working in targeted chunks for a few hours, breaking for an hour or two

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