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Nifty closed higher for the fourth consecutive session on gains in shares of select heavyweights, including HDFC Bank ITC and Bharti Airtel. However, weak global cues curtailed gains for them as concerns over interest rate hikes and weakening global economic growth kept weighing on sentiment. Major European markets in the UK, France and Germany traded lower when the Sensex closed as recent subdued economic prints of China and Europe raised concerns about an economic slowdown.

Canada needs to create 3.5 million more affordable housing units, but the government could create a new crisis altogether if it isn’t strategic in how it chooses to address the issue, experts say.

It looks like British Columbia Premier David Eby might get his wish.

Canada rarely makes the global news. When it does, it is often in reference to the exploits of Canadian entertainers — Justin Bieber, Céline Dion and Drake. For a country of about 40 million people, roughly the population of California, that is not a bad return on celebrity icons. But while the country may exceed expectations in the pop and rap arena, it underwhelms on the international economic stage, relative to its vast potential.

Krishna and other deities, in anticipation of Janmashtami. As per a TOI report, business owners in the region have reported a surge in demand this year, with bulk orders pouring in from over 40 countries, including the US, Australia, New Zealand, the UAE, and several European nations. Some projections suggest that Janmashtami sales could exceed a staggering Rs 200 crore. Anil Agarwal, hailing from a family with a rich history in apparel manufacturing, told TOI, «In the run-up to the festival, we've shipped costumes worth crores to overseas destinations and various states across India.

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MUMBAI/NEW DELHI : Tata Group's consumer unit is in talks to buy at least 51% of popular Indian snack food maker Haldiram's but is not comfortable with the $10 billion valuation sought, two people briefed on the matter said. If successfully concluded, a deal would see the Indian conglomerate directly compete with Pepsi and billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Retail. Haldiram's, a household name in India, is also talking with private equity firms including Bain Capital about the sale of a 10% stake, they said.

G20 Summit and it's ready to work with all parties to push for the success of the high-profile global conference in New Delhi this week. At the G20 summit, the spokesperson said China always attaches high importance to the grouping and actively participates in relevant activities. "We support India in hosting this year’s summit and stand ready to work with all parties to make the G20 Summit a success," she said at the conference to be held in New Delhi on September 9-10.

London | The need to build huge amounts of extra electricity transmission capacity worldwide is threatening to become a serious bottleneck in many countries’ push towards renewable energy, consultancy firm BCG has warned.

Prince Harry recently made a solo appearance at a star-studded football match in Los Angeles. While other celebrities had their professional titles cited, the prince, alongside his wife Meghan Markle, had none mentioned. This has left many intrigued about the couple's current roles beyond their previous royal responsibilities.

Britain's second-largest city has reportedly declared itself bankrupt and has shut down all non-essential spending after being issued with equal pay claims totaling up to £760 million ($956 million). According to a report by CNN, the deficit arose due to difficulties paying between around $816 million and around $954 million in equal pay claims.

G20 Summit in New Delhi sparked a row as the word “India" was replaced with “Bharat". Rather than the customary "President of India," the term "Bharat" was used, triggering speculation within political circles, particularly among members of the Opposition INDIA alliance.

India's name change rumors. He called it the first step toward changing the Constitution of the country. This came amid the speculation that the Cente is planning to bring a proposal to rename the country from India to ‘Bharat’.

₹66.35 crore from this initial offer. Data on NSE shows retail individual investors subscribed 84.5 crore shares of the company while qualified institutional buyers (QIBs) bought 13.53 crore shares of the company in the IPO out of which foreign institutional investors(FIIs) bought 4.99 crore shares of the company and domestic financial institutions bought 1.66 crore shares. The remaining shares (6.88) in the QIB segment were bought by 'others'.

G20 Summit 2023 LIVE: Read all the latest updates at Mint's liveblog: Fellow G7 members Britain, Canada, Japan and Italy will be represented by their respective premiers Rishi Sunak, Justin Trudeau, Fumio Kishida and Giorgia Meloni.Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is coming and Argentina's Alberto Fernandez is expected, but Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is likely to skip the G20 Summit.United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will attend as an observer, with the heads of the IMF and the World Bank also in attendance.Other leaders expected to attend include Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Nigerian President Bola Tinubu.

Constitution recognises both ‘Bharat’ and ‘India’ as two official names of the country. It states: “India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States." Sharing a news article on the 2015 incident, Shashi Tharoor said, “No comment.

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Genesis Global Trading (GGT), a New York-based subsidiary of Barry Silbert's Digital Currency Group, is set to halt its crypto spot trading services as of September 18. The decision comes directly from the company and is described as a voluntary measure due to unspecified business reasons.

Israel Adesanya defends his UFC middleweight title against Sean Strickland. Adesanya reclaimed his MMA career by knocking out Alex Pereira at UFC 287. Now, he faces Strickland, who has only two losses since returning to the middleweight division in 2020. Here's what you need to know about the fight between Adesanya and Strickland.

The move to expand the programme follows an earlier pilot in 2022 conducted by EY and a subsequent 'Discovery Phase' held in consultation with market participants, including Barclays, Lloyds, HSBC, Santander and Visa. It follow a recent PoC run by the Federal Reserve with a clutch of top banks that demonstrated the feasibility of a an interoperable network for wholesale payments operating on a shared multi-entity distributed ledger. While the UK Discovery Phase explored the delivery of a RLN for wholesale paymnts, the PoC will track the retail consumer market. This would test the use case for a RLN that would provide commercial bank money with the equivalent programmability of a future digital pound, in this way ensuring competitive consistency in the event of a full scale CBDC roll out. The importance of this was emphasised in a speech given in July by Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey, who stated: "We want to encourage more thinking and action in the world of enhanced digital bank deposits - sometimes call tokenised deposits.