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India Vs New Zealand 2nd Test LIVE Score: Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill are currently batting at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune, aiming to chase down a target of 359. After scoring just 146 runs in the first innings, the Indian batters will be under considerable pressure.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: India is putting in place an ambitious plan to secure access to critical minerals in foreign countries by buying majority stakes in overseas companies, two people aware of the development said.

Brazil's federal government on Friday reached a multibillion-dollar settlement with the mining companies responsible for a 2015 dam collapse that the government said was the country's worst-ever environmental disaster. Under the agreement, Samarco — a joint venture of Brazilian mining giant Vale and Anglo-Australian firm BHP — will pay 132 billion reais ($23 billion) over 20 years. The payments are meant to compensate for human, environmental and infrastructure damage caused by the release of an immense amount of toxic mining waste into a major river in southeastern Minas Gerais state, killing 19 people and ravaging entire villages. «We are fixing a disaster that could have been avoided, but wasn't,» President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said in a hall of the presidential palace, surrounded by governors of the affected states, members of his administration, reporters and victims.

For the first time under President Joe Biden, a federal permit for a new lithium mine in the U.S. has been approved

Asian stocks are mostly higher aside from in Japan, where investors are awaiting the outcome of an election on Sunday

Ravichandran Ashwin surpassed Australia's Nathan Lyon to become the seventh highest wicket taker in Test cricket during the first innings of the second Test against New Zealand at Pune. Ashwin got his 531st Test wicket when he dismissed Devon Conway for his third wicket in the innings. The Tamil Nadu bowler has the second highest wickets for India, only behind Anil Kumble's 619 scalps. Playing in his 104th Test, Ashwin has a bowling average of 23.74 and a strike rate of 50.38. He has the joint second most five-wicket hauls at 37, sharing the record with Australian great Shane Warne. Sri Lankan legend Muthaih Muralitharan leads the list with 67. Additionally Ashwin has scored 3438 Test runs at an average of 26.45, including six centuries.

Nathan Lyon to go seventh on the all-time Test-wicket takers list when he dismissed Devon Conway to grab his third wicket on Day 1 of second Test in Pune. The two off-spinners will go head-to-head when India visits Australia for a five-match Test series in November. Conway was Ashwin's 531st Test wicket. the Tamil Nadu bowler has the second highest wickets for India, only behind Anil Kumble's 619 scalps.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Lawrence Bishnoi, a 31-year-old vegetarian with a handlebar mustache who authorities say controls a violent gang from his high-security prison cell in India, is at the center of a diplomatic brawl between Canada and India. To Indian law-enforcement officials, Bishnoi is a “dreaded gangster" who over the past decade has made a daring prison break, threatened a Bollywood star, and found his gang accused of killing a rapper considered a rival.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India and China have announced that they have reached an agreement on patrolling their common border after more than four years of tension. Can this boost trade and investment flow between the two economic powers? Mint explains: It is a first step towards rebuilding their relationship which took a beating following the border clash at Galwan in June 2020.

interest rate cuts. Stocks moved between losses and gains in Japan and South Korea, with those in Australia modestly higher. Futures pointed to gains in Hong Kong. US contracts were flat after the S&P 500 closed little changed. Treasury 10-year yields hovered near 4.2% after topping that level for the first time since July.

Donald Trump is going extensively strong in these last few weeks of the US elections that are scheduled for November 5. The early voting phase has already begun and Donald Trump is already building his strong hold in various regions including the key battleground states, as per most election strategy data and surveys.

Australian senator heckled King Charles by yelling that he is not her king, as quoted in a report by the New York Post. A senator yelled and accused King Charles of committing genocide against their people, causing chaos during his speech to the Australian parliament on Monday. The 75-year-old monarch, who has cancer, is currently on a five-day tour of Australia with his wife, Queen Camilla, as part of an official state visit. The king is visiting Australia for the first time in his capacity as monarch.

US elections are at a certain level of political uncertainty this time as there is no clear understanding as to which candidate will ultimately succeed in getting the edge over the other in the upcoming polls. Even top pollsters are not able to get a clear picture with just 2 weeks remaining for the elections to begin. In this scenario there are even contemplations about Donald Trump and Kamala Harris tying in the Electoral College, and the repercussions of it.

UBS Wealth Management senior vice president Brenda OConnor Juanas and Strategic Wealth Partners Mark Tepper look ahead to the elections impact on markets and notable earnings out this week.

Lidia Thorpe interrupted King Charles during a parliamentary reception on his visit to Australia, shouting accusations of historical wrongs committed against Indigenous Australians. «You committed genocide against our people. Give us our land back. Give us what you stole from us—our bones, our skulls, our babies, our people,» Thorpe declared, according to a viral video that captured the event. The 51-year-old senator was quickly escorted out by security personnel. Thorpe’s actions sent shockwaves through Parliament, where many lawmakers and dignitaries were present. Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who attended the event, referred to the senator’s outburst as «unfortunate political exhibitionism.» Later, Thorpe defended her actions, telling the BBC, «To be sovereign, you have to be of the land. He is not of this land.»

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Global shares are mostly lower in cautious trading ahead of earnings reports around the globe

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: The Centre is set to resume selling subsidised Bharat chana dal this week as part of its efforts to control accelerating food inflation and provide relief to consumers, two people aware of the matter said. “The pulse will now be available at ₹70 per kg, an increase of ₹10 from the previous price, the first person said.

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Surge, Peak XV’s programme for early-stage startups, has selected 14 startups for its tenth cohort, focusing on artificial intelligence (AI), financial services, consumer sectors and healthcare. Rajan Anandan, managing director of Peak XV, told ET that this is Surge’s most broad-based cohort, both geographically and across sectors. This also marks Surge’s second cohort since Peak XV Partners was formed following the split from Sequoia Capital.

Federal Reserve rate cuts. Shares in Australia, Japan, and South Korea all fell, while futures for benchmarks in Hong Kong pointed to losses. That’s after equities in the US dropped from nearly overbought levels, following a relentless advance to all-time highs.