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consumer spending and business investment," the Mint report said. Read more: US Q2 GDP growth revised down to 2.1% annual rate from 2.4% India remains one of the fastest-growing large economies in the world and is expected to witness healthy growth in the current financial year. Experts say while the latest growth prints of major economies of the world show some signs of pressure, the Indian economy is shining.

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has sampled seafood and talked to workers at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market on a visit to assess the impact of China’s ban on Japanese seafood in reaction to the release of wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi plant

Uranium should be added to Australia’s critical minerals list and the government should consider domestic enrichment of the nuclear fuel, according to the Minerals Council of Australia.

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for October delivery rose 47 cents to $81.63 a barrel Wednesday

factory output fell more than expected in July, signalling a rocky start to the second half of the year for manufacturers as worries mount over growth in China and the global economy. Industrial output fell 2.0% in July from the previous month, data from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry showed on Thursday. The reading was worse than a median market forecast for a 1.4% drop and followed 2.4% growth in June. Production of cars rose 0.6% thanks to easing supply chain constraints for automakers.

Gold prices firmed on Thursday as a fresh set of soft U.S. economic data added to expectations that the Federal Reserve will pause rake hikes this year, although a surge in Treasury yields and dollar kept bullion on track for a monthly loss. FUNDAMENTALS * Spot gold was up 0.2% at $1,946.17 per ounce by 0114 GMT, trading close to a one-month high hit on Wednesday.

Asian shares were set for the worst month since February, with sentiment hurt by still-gloomy China factory activity, while investors were also cautious ahead of a barrage of U.S. data that could add to bets that interest rates have peaked. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan added 0.1% but was still headed for a monthly loss of 5.9%, the largest since February.

reliance on China and Taiwan. In the aftermath of his inaugural Republican presidential primary debate, the 38-year-old Indian American Republican presidential contender put forward his policy vision and international outlook.

airport toward waters off its east coast. The missiles flew about 360 kilometers (225 miles). The North's army said the missiles were fired late Wednesday in a "tactical nuclear strike drill simulating scorched earth strikes at major command centers and operational airfields" across the border in South Korea.

HPCL/IOL: Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri stated on 30 August that the government would bear the cost of the promised ₹200 price decrease on household cooking gas cylinders, relieving the oil marketing companies of the impending loss of ₹7,500 crore. As a gift for the women in advance of Raksha Bandhan, the Union Cabinet on Tuesday lowered by 200 rupees the price of a 14.2 kilogramme LPG cooking gas cylinder. The decision was made as criticism of the Centre for its handling of rising inflation has grown.

Investors would closely watch the GDP data due later in the evening. «Given mixed global cues and derivatives monthly expiry, Nifty is likely to remain in consolidation mode while sector rotation would lead to stock-specific action,» said Siddhartha Khemka, Head — Retail Research, Motilal Oswal Financial Services. Here's breaking down the pre-market actions:STATE OF THE MARKETSGIFT Nifty (Earlier SGX Nifty) signals a muted startGIFT Nifty on the NSE IX traded 10 points, or 0.05 per cent, lower at 19,468.50, signaling that Dalal Street was headed for muted start on Thursday.

Indian stock market is expected to open higher on Thursday amid positive global cues. Asian markets gained following overnight rally on Wall Street as weak US GDP data resurfaced expectations of a pause in interest rate hike by the US Federal Reserve. Meanwhile investors will watch for India’s April-June quarter GDP data set to be released later today.

Jerome Powell, chairperson of the US Federal Reserve, has reiterated the Fed’s commitment to bringing down inflation to its preferred level of 2%. “We must keep at it until the job is done," Powell said on Friday, implying that interest rates will remain high until the Fed is confident that it has a firm grip on bringing down inflation. The Fed tries to control inflation by raising the federal funds rate, the interest rate at which banks in the US lend money to each other on an overnight basis.

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and three Cabinet ministers have eaten Fukushima fish sashimi at a lunch meeting in an apparent effort to show that fish is safe following the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuc...

HYBE, the makers of the current most popular boy band BTS, is looking for a new girl band. The company held worldwide auditions in association with the USA's Geffen Records to create a new global girl group. This is being done on a big scale for Netflix as a docuseries and also on YouTube. The two record companies recently announced the 2024 series and also a companion-piece online show that will begin on Thursday, August 30, as part of their The Debut: Dream Academy. The selection process for the girl group started in November 2021, when 120,000 applications of girl group potentials were screened. The worldwide hunt resulted in 20 candidates being selected. The females come from countries as diverse as Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Thailand, Sweden, Japan, Belarus, Switzerland, Slovakia, the Philippines, South Korea, and the USA. Now, in the docuseries, fans will be able to follow the selected contestants through the final stages of the auditions.

The foreign minister of Quad group -- which includes India, Australia, Japan and the United States – are likely to meet on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York in September. The meeting of the foreign ministers is being held to expand the cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region, people familiar with the development said on Wednesday. The meeting has however not been confirmed yet.

Warren Buffett took control of Berkshire Hathaway in 1965, and nearly six decades later as the «Oracle of Omaha» turned 93 Wednesday, his conglomerate is stronger today than it's ever been.

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₹947 crore ($114.7 million), news agency Reuters quoted exchange data. Part of Japan's SoftBank Group, the venture capital sold 100 million shares at 94.7 rupees apiece in bulk deals, the report added. According to the data from the National Stock Exchange, the firms who bought Zomato shares include International Monetary Fund, Morgan Stanley Asia Singapore, Societe Generale, Goldman Sachs (Singapore), Invesco Mutual Fund and Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance.

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