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₹1.59 trillion, up 22.3% from a year ago. “Trader interest (rose) in sync with the heightened volatility," said Anindya Banerjee, vice-president (rupee and interest rate derivatives), Kotak Securities. The rupee closed at 83.04 to a dollar on 29 September compared to 82.18 on 31 March.

NEW DELHI : Real estate developers across India are embracing the concept of outlet malls, inspired by the success of similar models in the West, offering clothing and footwear at discounted rates as brands seek avenues to liquidate stocks. While retail spaces such as outlet malls are already popular, particularly in Punjab, real estate experts said the trend is emerging as a pan-India phenomenon. Also, foreign outlet developers are also exploring ways to introduce global formats in India, they added.

COP28 climate talks told an Abu Dhabi oil conference on Monday that the fossil fuel industry would play an essential role in addressing the climate crisis. «For too long, this industry has been viewed as part of the problem, that it's not doing enough and in some cases even blocking progress,» said Sultan Al Jaber, the president-designate of the COP28 talks, who is also the head of UAE state-owned oil firm ADNOC. «This is your opportunity to show the world that, in fact, you are central to the solution,» he told the ADIPEC conference of global industry figures and government officials. «This industry can change the global debate… It is time to silence the sceptics by applying scale, capital and technology to deliver outcomes.» Jaber urged industry leaders to curb emissions associated with energy production and expand use of renewable energy sources. He also encouraged them to embrace «low carbon solutions» like carbon capture and storage, tools that climate experts say distract from the urgent goal of slashing fossil fuel pollution. Climate activists have criticised the appointment of Jaber to lead the COP28 talks which kick off next month in Dubai.

A year ago, billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried, then 30 years old, posted a 14-tweet thread on the balance of “safety vs freedom” in cryptocurrency regulation. Now, a different kind of freedom is on the line when he walks into a Manhattan courtroom to face criminal charges that carry a combined maximum sentence of more than a century in prison.

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Superannuation and investing start-up Spaceship, which is backed by tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes, is sounding the market for potential buyers once again.

Tesla shipped 435,059 cars globally in the third quarter, as factory downtime led to its first delivery decline in more than a year.

U.S. auto safety investigators have expanded a probe into Ford Motor Co. engine failures to include nearly 709,000 vehicles

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Investment management firm VanEck is set to launch its Ethereum Strategy ETF on Oct. 2, with the product now listed on its website under the ticker EFUT and set for trading on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE).

Two 50 million Tether (USDT) transactions have been transferred from Bitfinex to the “Tether Treasury” address, according to transfer receipts from Whale Alert. 

Bitcoin (BTC) aimed for $28,500 at the Oct. 2 Wall Street open as a bullish start to the month continued.

Dubai International Airport has spiraled into a harrowing four-month ordeal, resulting from an altercation that led to an American student's placement on the UAE's no-fly list.

Ackman’s firm, Pershing Square Capital Management, said the SPARC will target companies seeking to raise at least $1.5bn.

Tesla missed market estimates for third-quarter deliveries on Monday as the automaker was forced to curb production due to planned factory shutdowns, sending its shares down 3.7% in trading before the bell. The electric-vehicle maker handed over 435,059 vehicles in the three months to Sept. 30, down nearly 7% from the preceding quarter.

Alphabet's Google gets some star power on Monday when Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella takes the witness stand. The government is likely to ask Nadella about the obstacles posed by Google's dominance as Microsoft sought to grow Edge and Bing, its browser and search engine.

Click here! “This is unprecedented intelligence that has come forward and that is why we’re going to continue to urge that the Canadian government have a thorough investigation that those responsible are brought forward," the NDP leader added. Jagmeet Singh said he received the briefing on materials prepared by former governor-general David Johnston, who had been named as a special rapporteur to explore the issue.

Following the approval of the first Ether (ETH) futures exchange-traded fund (ETF), Grayscale Investments is looking to convert its Grayscale Ethereum Trust to a spot Ether exchange-traded fund (ETF). 

Science Advances says. The pollen data showed that warming temperatures supported forests that expanded into Siberia and facilitated early human migration there, researchers from the University of Kansas, US, said in their study. They compared Pleistocene vegetation communities around Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia, to the oldest archeological traces of Homo sapiens in the region.

Singapore, Australia, France, and Sweden are witnessing an increasing volume of score reports from Indian TOEFL test takers and emerging as new destinations of interest, according to the Educational Testing Service (ETS). The top two destinations for TOEFL test takers in India since 2017 have been the United States and Canada. Till 2019, Germany was at the third spot and the UK at the fourth spot. However, from 2020 onwards, the two countries have switched positions. «While the top five countries chosen by Indian TOEFL test takers have remained nearly consistent over the last 5-6 years. Apart from the top destination countries, emerging countries for Indian test takers include Singapore, Australia, France, and Sweden. These countries have seen an increasing volume of score reports from Indian test takers,» Sachin Jain, the Country Manager of ETS India and South Asia, told PTI. The Princeton-based ETS, which conducts the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and Graduate Record Examination (GRE), said the trend reflects shifting aspirations of people.

dollar bonds of Vedanta Resources slipped, with one dropping the most in more than three weeks, on news Indian billionaire Anil Agarwal is planning to overhaul his sprawling conglomerate to tackle its debts. All four junk-rated notes were indicated lower on Monday, Bloomberg-compiled data showed. The August 2024 bond posted the biggest drop, down 0.6 cents on the dollar to 62.6 cents at 1:45 p.m. in Hong Kong, its biggest decline in more than three weeks. Of the four bonds, three were trading below the 80 cents-on-the-dollar mark typically considered distressed. With roughly $3 billion of US-currency bonds coming due over the next two years, the mining company needs to come up with cash. The board of India-based Vedanta Ltd. approved a plan to separate the business into six listed companies, according to an announcement on Friday. That step, if successful, would pave the way for low-growth assets to be spun off for cash, while allowing investors to bet on some of the company’s newer ambitions, such as semiconductors. The split-up is expected to be completed in the financial year ending March 2025. Parent Vedanta Resources has a $1 billion bond due in January 2024.