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  • RailTel collaborates with Nokia to modernize its National Long-Distance and metro optical transport networks across India

    RailTel collaborates with Nokia to modernize its National Long-Distance and metro optical transport networks across India

    At a time where demand for high-speed, resilient network services is constantly increasing, RailTel has put its trust in Nokia to ensure its critical network modernization project is successful. We have unmatched credentials in supporting open network architectures which integrate into any customer ecosystem, and the use of our latest set of IP routers and optical transponders will help RailTel to reduce costs and improve operational efficiency.”

    Prashant Malkani, Head of Sales, Network Infrastructure, India, Nokia

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  • Folklore Illuminates Ancient Indian Savannas

    Folklore Illuminates Ancient Indian Savannas

    In the earliest text written in Marathi, a language of millions in western and central India, a 13th-century religious figure named Cakradhara points to an acacia tree as a symbol of the cycle of death and reincarnation.

    It’s unlikely he…

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  • ‘Sentimental Value’ is a tender, striking portrait of a family and their storied home

    ‘Sentimental Value’ is a tender, striking portrait of a family and their storied home

    Director Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value” is a searing portrait of a family set in Oslo. The film marks the third collaboration between Trier and actress Renate Reinsve, following their 2021…

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  • Oscar-winning filmmaker moves to Israel and trains his lens on October 7 survivors

    Oscar-winning filmmaker moves to Israel and trains his lens on October 7 survivors

    Oscar-winning filmmaker Richard Trank has been making documentaries about Israel for decades. Today, he finally lives here.

    “I wish I had made this decision earlier,” Trank told The Times of Israel about his aliyah to Israel last month,…

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  • AUD/USD stabilises as dovish Fed speak pushes December cut odds to 80%

    AUD/USD stabilises as dovish Fed speak pushes December cut odds to 80%

    US dollar strength drives AUD/USD lower amid global risk aversion

    AUD/USD finished lower last week at 0.6455, down 1.22%. The decline came against a backdrop of broad-based US dollar, with the US Dollar Index (DXY) hitting its highest level since late May.

    The big dollar’s rally was fuelled by a combination of risk-aversion flows, disappointing economic data out of Europe and the United Kingdom, and a sharp sell-off in the Japanese yen ahead of the sizeable fiscal stimulus package formally approved on Friday. Reinforcing the move, several regional Federal Reserve (Fed) presidents sounded hawkish, expressing concerns about additional rate cuts due to lingering inflation risks.

    Dovish tone emerges ahead of December meeting

    However, that hawkish tilt began to reverse on Friday when New York Fed President John Williams indicated he still saw scope to lower rates further ‘in the near term’. The dovish message gained further traction overnight when Fed Governor Christopher Waller noted that the recent softening in the labour market made a December rate cut quite plausible.

    The probability of a 25 basis point (bp) cut at the 10 December Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting has surged from around 30% in the middle of last week to approximately 80% now. This rapid repricing of Fed expectations has provided immediate support to AUD/USD and other risk-sensitive assets, allowing the pair to stabilise into the Friday close and extend a modest recovery into the early part of this week.

    Key drivers ahead

    Whether a stronger bounce can follow will depend on several key drivers:

    1. It is crucial that risk sentiment remains stable.
    2. Month-end rebalancing flows are expected to support the Australian dollar due to the Australian stock market’s underperformance this month.
    3. The market will be influenced by upcoming US data releases tonight, including the producer price index (PPI), retail sales and consumer confidence, followed by an inflation update in Australia tomorrow previewed below.
    4. Tomorrow’s Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) interest rate meeting. While a 25 bp rate cut is widely expected, a larger 50 bp cut cannot be ruled out, which would weigh heavily on NZD/USD and, to a lesser extent, AUD/USD.

    October inflation

    Date: Wednesday, 26 November at 11.30am AEDT

    Australia is transitioning from a quarterly to a full monthly consumer price index (CPI) as its primary measure of headline inflation – a change that will start this Wednesday. This alignment with other Group of Twenty (G20) countries will facilitate easier comparisons of inflation trends with other advanced economies.

    There is ongoing debate about whether the new monthly data should be compared with the previous quarterly figures or the last monthly CPI indicator, and it will take time before the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) can fully rely on the monthly CPI for a complete and accurate assessment of inflation pressures compared to the more consistent quarterly data.

    Although neither option provides a perfect comparison, we have opted to go with the recently released third quarter (Q3) numbers for clarity. In Q3 2025, headline CPI rose 1.3% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ), bringing the annual rate to 3.2% year-on-year (YoY), up from 2.1% previously. The trimmed mean increased 1.0% QoQ, lifting its annual rate to 3.0% YoY from 2.7%, marking the first increase since December 2022.

    Following this, expectations are for a monthly increase of 3.6% over the year and for a reading of 2.9% for the trimmed mean. The Australian interest rate market starts the day pricing in 2 bp of easing for the RBA’s December meeting, with roughly 13 bp of cuts anticipated by May 2026.

     All groups CPI and trimmed mean chart

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  • Enhancing Railway Asset Management for a Resilient Future

    Enhancing Railway Asset Management for a Resilient Future

    Embracing the future: next-gen railway asset lifecycle management for a growing market

    The global rail market is expansive, and revenues are projected to grow by 19% by the year 2029. This growth brings with it an urgent demand for next-gen railway asset management systems. Now is the time for the sector to embrace the technologies that make smart railway asset management possible.

    As the rail sector continues to evolve, asset owners and operators (AOOs) face a complex landscape shaped by legacy infrastructure, sustainability pressure, and rapid digitalization. Today’s challenges demand a strategic rethink of railway asset lifecycle management.

    Currently, asset value is primarily concentrated in just a handful of countries, underlining the need for targeted investment and innovation. To address this, the industry is increasingly turning to smart asset strategies and adopting business models that prioritize modern technologies and collaborative ecosystems. These approaches are essential for building resilient, efficient, and sustainable rail networks.

    Capgemini is exploring how advanced analytics, digital twins for capital projects, and other intelligent solutions are redefining asset lifecycle management for railways – empowering the sector to meet rising expectations for safety and performance.

    What leaders need to know about smart railway asset lifecycle management

    Explore the shifting landscape of rail asset lifecycle management and why now is the time for AOOs to embrace smart asset technology.

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    Enhance your rail asset management system

    Railway asset management is being completely transformed to ensure a safer, more resilient future for the global rail sector. By addressing legacy challenges and climate risks with smart technologies and collaborative approaches with next-gen solutions like complex infrastructures digital twins, asset owners and operators can achieve safer, more efficient, and resilient operations – laying the foundation for long-term value and reliable mobility.

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  • Platelet-to-hemoglobin ratio as a novel prognostic biomarker in sepsis-associated AKI: a multicenter cohort study | BMC Nephrology

    Platelet-to-hemoglobin ratio as a novel prognostic biomarker in sepsis-associated AKI: a multicenter cohort study | BMC Nephrology

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  • Researchers in Australia reveal progressive, regional brain changes in Parkinson’s disease-Xinhua

    SYDNEY, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) — Researchers in Australia have found that Parkinson’s disease causes significant and progressive changes in the brain blood vessels, changing the understanding of the disease, which may open up new treatment avenues.

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