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Sensex, Nifty close almost unchanged in choppy trade; IT shares decline

Mumbai, Feb 11 (PTI) Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty closed on a flat note in a choppy session on Wednesday as gains in PSU banks and auto shares were offset by losses in IT stocks. In a range-bound trade, the 30-share BSE Sensex slipped 40.28 points, or 0.05 per cent, to close at 84,233.64. During the day, it hit a high of 84,487.34 and a low of 84,081.25. The NSE Nifty inched up 18.70 points, or 0.07 per cent, to settle at 25,953.85. Among the 30 Sensex firms, Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, HCL Technologies, Eternal, ITC, Tech Mahindra, Axis

Bangladeshis seek to chart a democratic future in their first vote since the bloody 2024 uprising

DHAKA, Bangladesh, February 11, 2026 (AP) — When Tarique Rahman, the son of a former prime minister of Bangladesh, returned to the country in December after 17 years of self-imposed exile, he declared to his supporters: “I have a plan.” Rahman returned at a time of upheaval. Bangladesh was seemingly adrift under an interim administration as it inched closer to a nationwide poll. Many Bangladeshis felt his return offered the country a new chance. His fiercest rival, the former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, would be absent from the election after being toppled by a violent student-led revolt in 2024. Barely

Govt sold Bharat Mata, it’s a wholesale surrender: Rahul on India-US trade deal

New Delhi, Feb 11 (PTI) Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that the government has “sold Bharat Mata” through the India-US interim trade deal and that it was a “wholesale surrender” with India’s energy security handed over to America and farmers’ interests compromised. Participating in the debate on the Union Budget, he said that had an INDIA Bloc government negotiated the trade agreement with the US, it would have told US President Donald Trump that he should treat India as an equal. “You have sold India. Are you not ashamed of selling India? You have sold our mother,

Is HbA1c failing as the standard diabetes test for people in South Asia

The standard diabetes test, HbA1c (glycated haemoglobin), which is commonly used to diagnose and monitor type-2 diabetes (T2D), may not always give accurate results for people in South Asia, especially in India. This is because many people in the region have anaemia, blood disorders like sickle cell disease or thalassaemia, and G6PD deficiency, which can affect HbA1c readings. A recent article published in Lancet Regional Health: Southeast Asia highlighted these concerns. The study suggests that relying only on HbA1c to diagnose or monitor type-2 diabetes may mislead doctors and patients in South Asia. The review was led by Anoop Misra,

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