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silver December futures contracts were trading at Rs 91,569/kg, up by 0.19% or Rs 171. On Friday, gold and silver settled on a weaker note in the domestic as well as the international markets. Gold December futures contract settled at Rs 75,718 per 10 grams with a loss of 0.70% and silver December futures contract settled at Rs 91,398 per kilogram with a loss of 1.37%.

mattress and furniture maker Wakefit reported a 24% year-on-year increase in revenue to Rs 1,017 crore for the financial year ending March 31, 2024. The company said it returned to profitability during the financial year, with earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation of Rs 65 crore. It had been profitable on during its first four years of operation. Operating revenue during FY24 was around Rs 985 crore, up from Rs 813 crore in the previous year, it said. Wakefit cofounder Chaitanya Ramalingegowda attributed the increase in revenue to the company’s focus on strengthening its omnichannel presence, with some stores reaching maturity and a new wave of outlets opening, along with the benefits of an automated mattress factory.

Online retailers like Flipkart and Amazon are poised to record 20-25% growth in festive season sales this year, gauging from response to the first three days of sale, according to estimates from Datum Intelligence and senior industry executives briefed on the sale trajectory. During September 26-28, online retailers clocked about 26% rise in sales compared to last year, at about Rs 26,500 crore ($3.2 billion), as per Datum Intelligence, which tracks ecommerce data. The market researcher estimates gross sales of $12 billion this festive season, a growth of about 23%, including discounts and returns. Etail major Flipkart is on track to hit its internal targets for this festive season based on the first three days of sale. The first day of sale was only open to paid VIP and Plus members, similar to Amazon Prime. “Day 1 is usually for the high frequency buyers and the next day it opens to all…Now, with three days of trends in, their (Flipkart) sales remain on target,” said one of the executives cited above.

Stellantis, an automotive colossus that owns more than a dozen brands including Chrysler, Fiat, Jeep, Peugeot and Ram, is facing challenges at seemingly every turn. The company's sales and profit have been plummeting. Dealers stuck with parking lots filled with unsold cars are publicly criticizing Stellantis and its CEO in unusually harsh terms. Stellantis' stock price has fallen almost 50% from its high point in March. And the union that represents its U.S. factory workers is threatening to go on strike at several plants. United Automobile Workers locals are expected to vote in the coming days to authorize strikes against several Stellantis factories, protesting what they say are broken promises by the automaker.

Indian banks expect growth in festive period spending through credit cards to be in high single-digits as consumer demand remains subdued, several card issuers and merchants said. «Right now, it's not like the mood is bullish for a big festive season, it seems like wait and watch,» said Sanjeev Moghe, head-cards & payments, Axis Bank. «It's a different market when the economy is growing at 12-15% and it's not growing at that pace. In my own discussion with merchants, I am not sensing a bullish mood. But we are hoping that consumers could positively surprise us.» For the festive period of October to December 2023, banks had recorded credit card spends of nearly ₹4.87 lakh crore. During the October to December 2022 period, banks saw total spends of ₹3.69 lakh crore. In one year, banks had seen growth in credit card spending of over 30%.

project investments. According to the data released by the ministry of commerce and industry the state was successful in attracting foreign direct investments worth $8.5 billion in the June quarter. While Karnataka was a distant third in attracting investments worth $ 2.3 billion and Gujarat was third with inflows worth $1.02 billion during the quarter. An analysis over a longer period shows that the pace of growth in such flows has slowed down in FY'2023-24 for Maharashtra posting a modest growth of 2 percent, while flows in states like Gujarat and Jharkhand posted an over 50 percent growth.

Cloudflare has denied any role in hosting two websites run by a hacker offering for sale stolen personal data and medical records of customers of top Indian insurer Star Health. The statement comes after the company was made party to an Indian lawsuit filed by Star Health last week, in which the insurer alleged that Cloudflare hosted the websites in question. «Cloudflare is not the host for the domains in question,» the firm told Reuters, adding that it works as a pass-through service situated between a website host and an end-user, which is why one may see a Cloudflare IP address.

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Unusually wet conditions across France have wreaked havoc on many wine-growing regions this year after years of challenges to vineyards and wine quality caused by drought and heat

heavy metals such as chromium, copper, zinc, molybdenum, and lead in PM2.5 particles in East Delhi and other regions, as reported by The Times of India. The research investigated heavy metal exposure in six districts: East Delhi, Jaisalmer, Ludhiana, Visakhapatnam, Panchkula, and Patiala. The study aimed to measure the Heavy Metal Exposure Index (HEI) and found that East Delhi recorded the highest HEI before the COVID-19 lockdown. After the lockdown, Ludhiana had the highest HEI, followed by East Delhi. Researchers collected samples from various areas in East Delhi, including Mayur Vihar, Dilshad Garden, and Laxmi Nagar, during 2019 and 2020. The study identified cadmium, arsenic, chromium, copper, zinc, molybdenum, and lead in most PM2.5 samples across all six districts. The highest HEI value was found in Ludhiana (21.78), followed by East Delhi (21.45) and Panchkula (10.74). The median HEI value stood at 8. The study noted a decrease in HEI in East Delhi and Jaisalmer during the lockdown period.

Hurricane Helene caused dozens of deaths and billions of dollars of destruction across a wide swath of the southeastern U.S., leaving more than three million customers without any power and, for some, a continued threat of floods.

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fossil fuels in electricity generation in India will end by the end of the decade said Reserve Bank of India in its latest report. The report also noted that the renewable energy is expected to cross 50 per cent share in electricity generation globally. It added that the energy transition has accelerated in recent years, with the pace of clean technology deployment and capital investment surging to record levels. «The era of fossil fuels' dominance is coming to an end, with renewables expected to cross 50 per cent share of electricity generation globally by the end of this decade» said RBI.

Hurricane Helene caused dozens of deaths and billions of dollars of destruction across a wide swath of the southeastern U.S. as it raced through, and more than 3 million customers went into the weekend without any power and for some a continued threat of floods. Helene blew ashore in Florida's Big Bend region as a Category 4 hurricane late Thursday packing winds of 140 mph (225 kph) and then quickly moved through Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee, uprooting trees, splintering homes and sending creeks and rivers over their banks and straining dams. Western North Carolina was essentially cut off because or landslides and flooding that forced the closure of Interstate 40 and other roads. There were hundreds of water rescues, none more dramatic than in rural Unicoi County in East Tennessee, where dozens of patients and staff were plucked by helicopter from the roof of a hospital that was surrounded by water from a flooded river.

New Zealand is facing the prospect of their heaviest defeat in Test cricket after being forced to follow on in the second Test against Sri Lanka in Galle. Following a disastrous morning session where Sri Lanka claimed eight wickets, the tourists were asked to bat again, trailing by a massive 514 runs. Sri Lankan left-arm spinner Prabath Jayasuriya was the star of the first innings, taking 6 wickets for just 42 runs, while debutant off-spinner Nishan Peiris also contributed, taking three wickets and dismissing New Zealand opener Tom Latham in the second innings. New Zealand now faces the daunting task of chasing an improbable 511 runs on a turning Galle pitch to avoid an innings defeat. They had already lost the first Test by 63 runs, and a loss in this match would give Sri Lanka their first series win over New Zealand since 2009.

Devara’ is shattering box-office records left, right, and centre. The Jr NTR-Janhvi Kapoor-starrer has crossed Rs 140 crore worldwide on its opening day. This milestone makes the movie the second-biggest opener of the year, right behind Prabhas’s ‘Kalki 2898 AD’. As per box-office tracker Sacnilk.com, the Koratala Siva directorial earned an impressive Rs 77 crore on the first day on the domestic front. The movie, featuring Saif Ali Khan and Janhvi Kapoor, was screened in over 8,000 national shows in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, and Malayalam. Of these, approximately 4,200 shows were in Telugu, followed by 3,200 in Hindi. Directed by Koratala Siva, the film saw an overall occupancy rate of 79.56% in Telugu, with over 1,726 shows in Hyderabad alone. In Hindi, the overall occupancy was 18.37%, with 806 shows in Delhi/NCR and 517 shows in Mumbai. According to Sacnilk, Devara earned Rs 68.6 crore from its Telugu shows, Rs 7 crore from Hindi, Rs 80 lakh from Tamil, and Rs 30 lakh each from Kannada and Malayalam.

Thoothukudi on Saturday morning. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy rainfall in Tamil Nadu, neighbouring Pondicherry, and Kerala on September 29. Several other states including Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Sikkim, Maharashtra, and Andhra Pradesh also received heavy rainfall from 8:30 a.m. on September 27 to 5:30 a.m today, as per the IMD. On September 26, heavy rain lashed the state's capital, Chennai, and left several parts of the city waterlogged. The rain in the city started after 6 pm and continued late into the night. Power outages and traffic snarls were reported from several parts of the city. According to the officials, from yesterday 8.30 am to today 5.30 am, Nungambakkam received 7.42 cm of rainfall and Menambakkam received 7.12 cm of rainfall.

Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at a record high as a subdued inflation report stoked hopes for more Federal Reserve rate cuts, which also boosted small-cap stocks and enabled Wall Street's three main indexes to post weekly gains. The technology-heavy Nasdaq slipped for the day while the S&P 500 edged slightly lower, but both indexes stayed close to recent record highs.

Kamala Harris walked a scrubby stretch of fence line along Arizona's border with Mexico on Friday, seeking to project an image of strength against illegal migration as she confronts one of her biggest vulnerabilities in the November election. In her first trip to the international boundary since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee, Harris chatted with local Border Patrol leaders as they strode along a rust-colored stretch of wall built during Barack Obama's presidency. Temperatures in Douglas, Arizona, neared 100 degrees during a conversation that lasted about half an hour. «They've got a tough job, and they need, rightly, support to do their job,» Harris said of the Border Patrol as she entered the Douglas port of entry for a briefing on efforts to block the flow of fentanyl across the border. «They are very dedicated. And so I'm here to talk with them about what we can continue to do to support them. And also thank them for the hard work they do.»

The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up to another record high while declines in tech stocks pulled other indexes lower