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NEW DELHI : Following an uneven monsoon, demand for work under the national rural jobs scheme has soared, while farm revenues have been hit by crop losses and export curbs. Will a dent to rural incomes take the sheen off festive season demand? Mint explores. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme (MGNREGS) promises 100 days of work in a year to every rural family.

Asian Games 2023: Avinash Sable successfully became the first Indian man to win gold medal for the country in the 3000m steeplechase event at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, China. Avinash Sable broke the previous Asian Games record as he completed the race in 8:19.50 seconds. Iran's Hossein Keyhani held the previous record of 8:22.79 seconds which he completed in Asian Games 2018.

In the ever-evolving landscape of cryptocurrencies, HarryPotterObamaSonic10Inu has recently made headlines, recording a robust 14% surge. 

IBC) has surged from Rs 2 lakh crore to about Rs 6 lakh crore, the chief of the insolvency regulator said on Sunday, citing an IIM-Ahmedabad study. Speaking at the seventh annual day event of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI), its chairman Ravi Mittal said the sales of these firms also jumped by 75% after resolution, stressing that the sick companies are doing very well following their resolution. “This is a very big contribution of the IBC and this has led to growth in the economy,” Mittal said. The study was commissioned by the regulator to gauge the efficacy of the IBC regime. Mittal said a record 185 cases have been resolved via the IBC in the last fiscal year.

Readers of The Australian Financial Review are tempering their discretionary spending as interest rates and the rising costs of essentials, such as groceries and petrol, sting wallets.

Avinash Sable on Sunday became the first Indian man to win a gold medal in 3000m steeplechase at the Asian Games. The 29-year-old national record holder thus earned India its first gold medal in athletics at the ongoing Games, completing the race in 8:19.50 seconds. Sable rewrote the previous Asian Games record of 8:22.79 held in the name of Iran's Hossein Keyhani set at the 2018 Jakarta Games.

Collingwood’s nail-biting AFL grand final win over the Brisbane Lions on Saturday delivered the Seven Network the biggest TV audience of the year – outside the FIFA Women’s World Cup.

Coal shipments fell more than a fifth in the month to the end of August, recording their lowest level for that period out of the Port of Newcastle, the world’s busiest export terminal for the resource, in at least five years.

heavy rains along with strong winds in the coastal state over the next 24 hours, according to PTI reports. In an official statement, the weather office said, "Moderate to heavy spells of rain accompanied with winds of speed 40 to 50 kilometres per hour gusting to 60 kmph." It also informed that clouds were present in the morning over Pernem, Tiswadi, Bardez, Bicholim, and Sattari (all in North Goa district) talukas of the state. “More clouds are approaching from the Arabian Sea.

₹21-crore IPO. Revenues of this Mumbai-based content creator for TV channels and streaming platforms have surged at an average annual rate of 65% in the last three years to ₹48 crore in 2022-23. Similar growth buoyancy is seen among the top 10 constituents of the BSE SME IPO index, as on 31 August.

heist reminiscent of Hollywood movies, a 30-year-old employee at the Deutsches Museum in Munich managed to steal valuable paintings and fund a luxurious lifestyle. The audacious caper unfolded when the employee, serving as a collection manager from May 2016 to April 2018, replaced a treasured artwork, «Das Märchen vom Froschkönig» (The Tale of the Frog Prince) by Franz von Stuck, with a convincing fake.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 India is just a few days away, with cricket fans anticipating some high-quality cricket from some of the best teams, and players in the game. Besides the on-field action and glamour attached to some of the top players like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Steve Smith, Babar Azam, Ben Stokes etc, another thing that will keep fans fascinated throughout the tournament is statistics. These statistics are a product of on-field performances.

Tata Consultancy Services will kick-off the second quarter earnings season by announcing its results on October 11. The Board will also consider paying an interim dividend to investors for the financial year 2023-24. «A meeting of the Board of Directors of Tata Consultancy Services is scheduled on October 11 to approve and take on record the audited condensed standalone and consolidated financial results of the company and consider declaration of second interim dividend to the equity shareholders,» the company said in a filing. The record date for the second interim dividend is fixed as October 19. The dividend, if declared, will be paid to the equity shareholders of the company whose names appear on the register of members of the company or in the records of the depositories as beneficial owners of the shares as on record date. Shares of TCS will likely trade ex-dividend on the day or a day before the record date. When a company goes ex-dividend on a particular date, its stock does not carry the value of the next dividend payment.

₹209 from 1 October. The hike of ₹209 has come after two successive reduction of ₹250 (Approx) in August and September this year. In Delhi, the commercial gas cylinder price has been increased to ₹1,731.50/kg from ₹1,522.50/kg.

London | Macquarie has taken the unusual step of making a public and hostile takeover bid for a listed company, the European waste management group Renewi, only to be firmly rebuffed.

Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM), an autonomous body tasked with improving the air quality in Delhi and its adjoining areas, made crucial changes to the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) last year and again in July. The new changes include strict restrictions on the plying of overage vehicles and a complete ban on the use of coal and firewood in eateries, restaurants and hotels when the Air Quality Index (AQI) breaches the 200-mark.

India received 'normal' rainfall during the four-month-long monsoon season despite El Nino conditions, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday. The country received 820 mm of rainfall against the long-period average (LPA) of 868.6 mm, or 94.4% of LPA, the agency said in its final summer rainfall season briefing. Economists said while kharif sowing has been more than last year, the lesser acreage for pulses and oilseeds because of deficient August rain could cause inflationary pressure. The country as a whole recorded 5.7% less rainfall compared to normal, said Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, Director General of Meteorology, IMD on Saturday. «The effect of El Nino was countered by other factors, and so it could not affect rainfall too much,» he added. The IMD had forecast 96% rainfall with a model error of plus or minus 4% at the start of the monsoon season. Higher rainfall in September made up some of the high deficit in August with 73% of sub-divisional areas recording normal rainfall and 18% recording deficient rainfall. Economists said the record-high deficit in August will dent agriculture. «Rains in September may not be adequate to offset the dry spell in August.

The Wallabies’ World Cup in France remains alive – for another day at least – with Fiji failing to secure the maximum points needed to secure their quarter-final berth.

Tata Consultancy Services Limited is scheduled to be held on Wednesday, October 11, 2023, inter alia to approve and take on record the audited condensed standalone financial results" and the “audited condensed consolidated financial results" for the quarter and six month period ending September 30, 2023, the regulatory filing stated. The board will also “consider declaration of second interim dividend" to the equity shareholders, it added.

El Niño conditions this year, which ended up providing “near normal" precipitation. These factors included the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) and Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO), it said in a statement. Exciting news! Mint is now on WhatsApp Channels. Subscribe today by clicking the link and stay updated with the latest financial insights!" Click here! While the IOD is defined by the difference in the sea surface temperatures between the western parts of the Indian Ocean near Africa and the eastern parts of the ocean near Indonesia, MJO is a large-scale atmospheric disturbance originating in tropical Africa and travelling eastward, typically lasting 30 to 60 days.

Despite high anticipation for the next bull run, Bitcoin ($BTC) can be seen struggling around the $26,000 mark as the dollar peaks. In the midst of this uncertainty, traders are turning their attention to InQubeta ($QUBE) after the project successfully raised $3.25 million in its ongoing presale.