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Business News | Laxmi India Finance Limited Reports Strong Q1 FY26 Performance with 45.77 Percent YoY PAT Growth
Latestly
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August 16, 2025
PNN New Delhi [India], August 16: Laxmi India Finance Limited (formerly known as Laxmi India Finance Private Limited), a leading Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC), has announced its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2025,...
Kyivstar Hopes to Shine in New York as Ukraine Peace Talks Begin
Markets Insider
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Shares in Ukrainian mobile operator Kyivstar will start trading in New York today hoping that peace talks to end the devastating war in the country will significantly boost the company’s value. Elevate Your Investing Strategy: Take advantage of...
Ukraine fields Besomar 3210 first reusable interceptor to counter Russian Geran-2 drones
Defense News Security News Army Recognition
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The war in Ukraine, marked by the intensification of Russian drone attacks, is giving rise to a new generation of aerial weapons designed to counter this threat. At the Iron Demo 2025 exhibition in Lviv, the Ukrainian manufacturer Besomar unveiled...
Kyiv Protesters to Trump: Don’t Trade Land – Bring Our People Home
Kyiv Post
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August 16, 2025
As US President Donald Trump prepared to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, families and supporters of Ukrainian defenders held a rally on Aug. 15 at 11 a.m. at the US Embassy in Kyiv. Many in the crowd had spent years in public...
Ukraine’s Vietnam Moment
The New York Sun
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August 16, 2025
The reports from the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska suggest — at least to us — that sooner or later President Zelensky is going to come to what we have taken to calling the Vietnam Moment. That’s the moment where Ukraine’s leader is going to have to...
Ukraine must have security guarantees, make decisions regarding its territory itself – statement by European leaders
Interfax Ukraine
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August 16, 2025
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Council Antonio Costa, President of France Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni, Chancellor of Germany Friedrich Merz, Prime Minister of the UK...
Business News | From Struggle to Stardom: Nato the Artiste Redefines Independent Music with Passion and Resilience
Latestly
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August 16, 2025
PNN Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 16: In a music industry often defined by trends and gatekeepers, Nato the Artiste has emerged as a powerful new voice -- one forged in hardship, driven by passion, and sustained by unshakable resilience....
Business News | PM Modi's GST Reform Push Wins Industry Praise
Latestly
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August 16, 2025
New Delhi [India], August 16 (ANI): Prime Minister Modi's announcement of sweeping GST reforms has received significant praise from the industry and business community. PM Modi, in his address to the nation, announced that the government will...
Zelenskyy wishes India on Independence Day, hope New Delhi will play a role in ending Ukraine ...
India Blooms
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August 16, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday wished India on Independence Day and expressed his hope that New Delhi will l contribute to efforts aimed at ending the war. "Congratulations to the people of India, President @rashtrapatibhvn ,...
A Ukrainian weapons maker is building a new unjammable drone with a 100-kilometer reach. It says 'the war has changed.'
Business Insider
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August 16, 2025
A Ukrainian company is developing an unjammable fiber-optic drone that can roam nearly 100 kilometers from its operator — more than doubling the reach of current models — in a bid to radically extend the reach of one of the war's most feared...
EBRD, the EU and Partners Announce Plan to Boost Renewables in Ukraine
Energetica India
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August 16, 2025
The EBRD, the EU, and partners have announced a plan to accelerate renewable energy investments in Ukraine which will deliver secure and clean energy. Ukraine urgently needs new generation capacity after Russian attacks have devastated the power...
'Borders must not be changed by force' — European leaders back Trump's peace effort but say Ukraine must decide its territory
The Kyiv Independent
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August 16, 2025
European leaders backed U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to end Russia’s war in Ukraine after his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, but stressed that Ukraine should decide the fate of its borders. The joint statement by...
Experts: U.S.-Russia Alaska talks symbolic, Ukraine crisis unresolved
CGTN
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A highly anticipated summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday ended without any agreement to resolve or pause the Ukraine crisis. Experts say the meeting was more symbolic than substantive,...
Russian Stocks Plummet After Putin Refuses To Call A Ceasefire In Ukraine
Charter 97
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2 The ruble is also falling. The Russian stock market reacted with a decline to the outcome of the talks between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, which lasted half as long as planned and, according to Trump, did not lead to an agreement on...
ROBERT MAGINNIS: What comes next for US, Russia and Ukraine after Alaska summit
Fox News
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August 16, 2025
A panel featuring Kellyanne Conway, Jason Chaffetz, and Charlie Hurt reacts to the Trump-Putin summit as well as the press conference. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! It was a made-for-TV moment: The two leaders met on the tarmac at...
Putin tells Trump there’d have been no Ukraine war if he was president in 2022
Business Hallmark
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August 16, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin has told Donald Trump that the war in Ukraine would not have started if Trump had been in office in 2022, praising the former U.S. leader’s approach as key to ending the conflict. “Today when President Trump is...
Trump’s ‘quiet’ stance after Alaska meeting with Putin suggests there’s still ‘sticking points’ to Ukraine peace, officials say
New York Post
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August 16, 2025
President Trump’s vague, post-meeting press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska demonstrated that “significant roadblocks” stand in the way of peace in Ukraine, several officials suggested Friday. “That was different,”...
European leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine after Trump-Putin talks
Channel News Asia
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August 16, 2025
BERLIN: Several European leaders on Saturday (Aug 16) jointly pledged to continue support for Ukraine and maintain pressure on Russia until the war in Ukraine ends, after a summit in Alaska between US President Donald Trump and Russian President...
Inside the DRC and Ukraine
Independent (Uganda)
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August 16, 2025
Global powers have expressed interest in the affairs of strategically located Ukraine in Europe, and similarly, DRC in Africa How international involvement in the affairs of these two countries has complicated internal conflict resolution THE LAST...
Putin hopes 'understanding' reached with Trump at talks in Alaska to pave way to peace in Ukraine
The Nation
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August 16, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that "an understanding" was reached at a meeting with US President Donald Trump, which he hopes will pave the way for peace in Ukraine. Putin described discussions with Trump as "constructive and...