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ADF Foods Ltd.(up 4.75%), JHS Svendgaard Laboratories Ltd.(up 4.29%), Mrs. Bectors Food Specialities Ltd.(up 1.09%), Prataap Snacks Ltd.(up 1.06%), Nakoda Group Of Industries Ltd.(up 1.03%), Patanjali Foods Ltd.(up 0.95%), Heritage Foods Ltd.(up 0.60%), Hindustan Foods Ltd.(up 0.57%), Honasa Consumer Ltd.(up 0.50%) and Bikaji Foods International Ltd.(up 0.09%) stood among the top gainers.

India Power Corporation Ltd.(up 9.96%), Ravindra Energy Ltd.(up 5.00%), KPI Green Energy Ltd.(up 5.00%), GE T&D India Ltd.(up 5.00%), Indo Tech Transformers Ltd.(up 4.79%), Hitachi Energy India Ltd.(up 4.28%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.(up 3.92%), KEC International Ltd.(up 3.66%), CESC Ltd.(up 2.58%) and Power and Instrumentation(Gujarat)Ltd.(up 2.00%) stood among the top gainers.

A strike by more than 1,000 workers at a Samsung India Electronics plant has entered its third week

Bangladesh will soon take steps to hold negotiations with India over the sharing of water of transboundary rivers, an adviser of the interim government said on Wednesday. India and Bangladesh were set to sign a deal on Teesta water sharing during then-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Dhaka in 2011, but West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee declined to endorse it, citing a scarcity of water in her state. Speaking at a seminar titled 'Bangladesh's Fair Share of Water in Shared Rivers' here, Water Resources Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan said Bangladesh would soon take steps to hold negotiations with India over the sharing of water from transboundary rivers, state-run BSS news agency reported.

Domestic benchmark index NSE Nifty ended 63.75 points up at 26004.15, while the BSE Sensex closed 255.83 points up at 85169.87.

Vishwaraj Sugar Industries Ltd.(up 7.06%), Ponni Sugars(Erode)Ltd.(up 3.98%), Dalmia Bharat Sugar and Industries Ltd.(up 3.68%), Shree Renuka Sugars Ltd.(up 2.84%), Dhampur Sugar Mills Ltd.(up 2.67%), Ugar Sugar Works Ltd.(up 1.94%), Dwarikesh Sugar Industries Ltd.(up 1.92%), Avadh Sugar & Energy Ltd.(up 1.15%), EID Parry(India)Ltd.(up 1.11%) and KM Sugar Mills Ltd.(up 1.06%) stood among the top gainers.

Shares of Axis Bank Ltd.(up 2.31 per cent), Federal Bank Ltd.(up 1.07 per cent), HDFC Bank Ltd.(up 0.63 per cent) and ICICI Bank Ltd.(up 0.4 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

State Bank of India (SBI), ICICI Bank, pharmaceutical major Famy Care, family offices and high networth individuals (HNIs). Over Rs 300 crore of the funds raised to date have already been committed towards five projects of the Rustomjee Group in some of Mumbai's prime locations and the fund is now exercising its green shoe option with a target of a final close shortly. The identified projects for investments include projects in Bandra West’s Pali Hill and Mt Mary Road, Versova Beach in Andheri West, Dhuruvadi in Prabhadevi and one more in Pali Hill. The Versova Beach and one Pali Hill project have already secured the necessary approvals, with construction in progress and active upward sales.

The snapshot captures a candid moment between Martin, dressed casually in a turquoise t-shirt, and Deepika, whose animated expression suggests she’s deep in conversation. The photo was shared by Coldplay India X, sparking widespread interest on social media as fans recall the band’s previous visit to India during the Global Citizen Festival in 2016. That year, Coldplay’s performance was one of the event’s highlights, and the exclusive after-party at SRK’s Mannat saw Bollywood’s biggest stars mingling with the British rock legends. The resurgence of this photo comes at an opportune time, with Coldplay's three-date concert in 2025 at Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium quickly approaching. Tickets for the event sold out in no time, with fans flooding ticketing platforms, causing website crashes and long queues. This overwhelming response underscores Coldplay’s enduring popularity in India.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Jagatjit Industries, the maker of Aristocrat Premium whisky and other spirits, is set to launch a slate of products in early 2025 as part of its strategy to reinvent and premiumise its offerings. The company will enter the brandy category with the launch of Royal Medallion in January.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Amid the debate about whether India’s growth story has failed to create enough jobs, the Periodic Labour Force Surveys (PLFS) show a significant decline in the unemployment rate over the years. It nearly halved to 3.2% in 2023-24 (July-June) compared to 6.1% in 2017-18.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Many dreams were shattered on 22 September. About 13 million people rushed to BookMyShow for the 150,000 Coldplay tickets available.

Waaree Energies, a leading manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules in India, is set to launch its initial public offering (IPO) in October. The company received final regulatory approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on September 20, 2024, allowing it to proceed with its ambitious fundraising plans.

Aditya Birla Renewables Ltd (ABReL) has raised Rs 2,500 crore from markets through allotment of non-convertible debentures on a private placement basis. ABReL is a subsidiary of Aditya Birla group firm Grasim. The company allotted 2,50,000 unsecured, listed, rated, redeemable NCDs of face value of Rs 1 lakh each on September 24, 2024, Grasim Industries said in a filing.

Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched a blistering attack on the Congress, saying if the party comes to power even by mistake, it will destroy the state. Voting for the Congress means putting Haryana's stability and development at stake, he said while addressing a poll rally in Gohana in this district for the October 5 Assembly polls. Modi asserted that as the voting day draws near in Haryana, support for the BJP is growing.

Supreme Court on Wednesday cautioned courts against making comments that may be construed as «misogynistic» or directed towards a particular «gender or community» and said no part of Indian territory can be called Pakistan. The apex court's strong observations came as it closed the suo motu proceedings over Karnataka High Court judge Justice V Srishananda's alleged objectionable comments during court proceedings. The Supreme Court also noted that he had apologised for his observations during open court proceedings on September 21. A five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud observed that since Justice Srishananda was not a party to proceedings before it, «we desist from making any further observations save and except to express our serious concern about both the reference to gender and to a segment of the community». The top court on September 20 took suo motu cognisance of the judge's comments against a woman lawyer during court proceedings in a case and his reference to a Muslim-majority area in Bengaluru as «Pakistan» in another.

credit delivery, the deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Swaminathan J said on Wednesday. Speaking at a conference of Lead District Managers and District Development Managers in Hubballi, Karnataka, Swaminathan said that banks need to improve usage and quality of services to promote financial inclusion. “India has made significant strides in enhancing ‘access’ to banking and financial services, reaching even the most remote areas,” Swaminathan said. “However, there is stillconsiderable ground to cover in deepening financial inclusion. This requires greater focus on promoting ‘usage’ and improving the ‘quality’ of services.”

As India's fifth-largest maize producer, the state is witnessing a shift in farmer preferences towards maize cultivation due to attractive market prices surpassing the minimum support price (MSP). «Maize is no longer just for human and animal consumption. It's now powering our vehicles through ethanol-blended petrol,» Pandey said, highlighting the crop's expanding utility.