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Also Read: AQI LIVE Updates: ‘Situation in Delhi better as compared to previous year’ says Gopal Rai Out of all the districts, Sangrur topped the list with 181 active stubble-burning cases. It was followed by 155 in Ferozepur, 133 in Tarn Taran, 83 in Patiala, 66 in Mansa, 62 in Fatehgarh Sahib, and 57 each in Ludhiana and Amritsar, reported PTI referring to data from Ludhiana-based Punjab Remote Sensing Centre (PRSC). Also Read: Delhi air pollution: Govt explains why 13 hotspots saw AQI over 300, to depute special teams Despite the rising number of farm fire cases in the state this season, a look at previous year's data will reflect on the reduction in stubble burning in Punjab.

Endeavour will be hit by a protest vote against its executive remuneration at its annual meeting of shareholders this week, but a push by its largest investor to install his ally on the board of the liquor retailer has failed.

Greenbushes, Australia’s largest hard rock lithium mine, may be forced to reduce productionas prices for the key battery metal collapse on lower Chinese electric vehicle sales.

Embattled Brisbane fast-charging company Tritium has asked the Queensland government for an equity injection of up more than $50 million as it tries to deal with its dire liquidity issues.

Lodha, listed at Macrotech Developers, is set to exceed its full year guidance of Rs 17,500 crore worth Gross Development Value (GDV) for new project additions in the current financial year, said a top company official. The company has already added projects with development value of Rs 14,300 crore or over 80% of its full year guidance in the first half of the financial year and expects to surpass the guidance soon, Abhishek Lodha, MD & CEO, Macrotech Developers, told ET. “Given how much we have already achieved in the first half and the pace of new project additions and strengthening the pipeline of business development opportunities, we are well on our way to exceed our full-year guidance,” Lodha said. The company will continue to operate with its ‘supermarket’ strategy that involves undertaking a development every 3-5 kilometres across key core property markets including Mumbai and Pune. “The ‘supermarket’ strategy is part of our diversification. We believe that Indian homebuyers typically do not shift beyond 3-5 kilometres away from where they currently live.

AU Small Finance Bank lost over 8 percent in intra-day deals on Monday, after the lender announced that its board has approved the merger with Fincare Small Finance Bank. The firm will acquire Fincare Small Finance Bank in an all-stock transaction valued at ₹4,411 crore. The move is aimed at extending the bank's footprint in southern India and entering the microfinance sector, it said.

A Special Investigation Team (SIT) in India carried out extensive searches at 41 locations in the state of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday as part of the ongoing investigation into the alleged $240 million crypto scam.

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AQI reading of 325, compared to the previous day's 304. This increase was attributed to persistent pollution, particularly from stubble burning in Punjab, which surpassed 1,000 incidents for the first time this season, according to remote sensing data. Despite the Punjab government's commitment to making certain districts stubble burning-free, such incidents were reported.

Instagram followers, three young men from Gurugram landed in hot water. Their escapade involved recording a car stunt video on the bustling Golf Course Road, causing a significant traffic disruption.

Maradona displayed football talent at a very early age. At the age of eight, he joined Las Cebollitas (“The Little Onions"), a boys’ team that went on to win 136 consecutive games and a national championship. Maradona signed with Argentinos Juniors at age 14.

mutual funds have only one mandate: to maintain ‘balance’ between equity and debt. However, this is not the way that the existing balanced funds in India have been managed over the years. Most funds in this segment maintain a tilt towards equities to qualify for the preferential equity taxation.

It’s extremely convenient for Treasurer Jim Chalmers that Australia’s central bank is in a vulnerable position at present because it means that Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock will be extremely reluctant to call him out.

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NEW DELHI : The healthiest of cooking oils now comes with an even heftier price tag as climate change-induced droughts, heat waves, and wildfires scorch olive plantations in southern Europe. Extreme weather events for the second straight year in the olive-producing region have nearly halved global harvests, driving up olive oil prices to a record. Benchmark retail prices rose to a record high of $9,000 per tonne in October, showed data from the US department of agriculture.

NEW DELHI : Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, the country’s largest carmaker, is seeing a surge in deliveries as it fulfils long-standing orders for new models amid easing chip availability and high consumer interest during the ongoing festive season. The carmaker delivered over 310,000 units, a growth of 19% year-on-year in the 70-day period between 17 August, the start of the Chingam month, which kicks off Onam festivities in Kerala, and the end of the Navratri period on 24 October, a top company executive said.

DLF, TARC, Raheja, and Unity Group, who are releasing inventory after a long time, are suddenly recording a rush of residents from Central and West Delhi as they seek exclusivity and security in gated communities. According to experts, this is the first time that so many branded products will come to the market, where supply has always been an issue. «There is an inherent demand in Central and West Delhi, with people living there now wanting to move to gated condominiums with all the facilities. They have been forced to go to satellite towns due to a lack of supply,» said Amar Sarin, managing director and CEO of TARC Ltd. TARC has planned a luxury residential project in Kirti Nagar and is expected to launch about 400 apartments within this quarter. DLF will also soon announce the last tower of the 2.1 million sq.

Kotak Mahindra Bank credit cards ahead of his debut India tour next spring. A relative straggler among large private banks in signing up new credit-card customers, Kotak Mahindra has tied up with the organizers of Sheeran's Mumbai show — and that has helped the lender sell more cards than it did through any other promotional to date. On average, India's third-biggest private lender by market value receives 5-6,000 credit card applications a day. But a pre-sales offer tied to Sheeran's March 16 show in Mumbai's Mahalakshmi Race Course caused that number to surge to 30,000 a day. «We have seen a fivefold increase in applications for our premium credit cards — the white and white reserve cards — following the pre-sale announcement,» said Frederick D'Souza, Business Head, Credit Cards, Kotak Mahindra Bank. Pre-sale tickets for Ed Sheeran's performance, with a minimum price tag of Rs 7,500 each, were available for Kotak Bank white credit card holders for Rs 5,500.

The Victorian government registered the State Electricity Commission as a company less than 24 hours before it unveiled a 10-year “strategic plan” at an energy conference with tech billionaire turned environmentalist Mike Cannon-Brookes.