US market today: Wall Street trades flat; defence stocks rally on Donald Trump’s military spending push

US stock indices were largely subdued in early Thursday trade, even as defence companies rallied sharply after President Donald Trump said he wants to significantly raise military spending.The S&P 500 slipped 0.2% in early trading, though it remained close to its recent all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 109 points, or 0.2%,…

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‘Built lasting bridges’: How Padma Shri Tomio Mizokami shaped India–Japan cultural ties | India News

Renowned Japanese scholar and linguist Professor Tomio Mizokami, Professor Emeritus at Osaka University, is widely regarded as one of the most influential cultural bridges between India and Japan, with a lifelong commitment to Indian languages, literature and education. His contribution was formally recognised in 2018, when he was conferred the Padma Shri, one of India’s…

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Budget 2026: Assocham pitches incentives for hydrogen-based steel; green finance to cut carbon footprint

Ahead of the Union Budget for 2026–27, industry body Assocham has urged the government to roll out incentives for hydrogen-based direct reduced iron (DRI) production and concessional green finance to help the steel sector transition towards low-carbon manufacturing, PTI reported.In its pre-Budget recommendations, the chamber also called for incentives to promote waste-heat recovery systems and…

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Amit Shah to virtually inaugurate IED-related data platform for NSG on Friday | India News

NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah will on Friday virtually inaugurate the National IED Data Management System (NIDMS) — a platform for storing, collating and disseminating improvised explosive device-related data for use in post-blast investigations and analytics — at the National Security Guard (NSG) Garrison in Manesar near Gurugram. “NIDMS is a secure, national-level digital…

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‘Scapegoated by Boeing’: Alaska Airlines pilot files $10 million lawsuit over 737 MAX 9 door plug failure | Business

Captain Brandon Fisher, the pilot of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, has filed a $10 million lawsuit against Boeing. He alleges the company wrongly blamed him and his first officer for the door plug blowout that forced an emergency landing in January 2024. The lawsuit was filed on December 30, 2025, in an Oregon court and…

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