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Stock market today: In the wake of 'Pran Pratishtha' in Ayodhya Ram Mandir, the State Government of Maharashtra has declared a public holiday on Monday, 22nd January 2024. Therefore, trading activities at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and National Exchange (NSE) will remain closed today.

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temple in Ayodhya at the birth site of the deity in a watershed moment for the Ram-janmbhoomi movement, Indian politics and history. A day before the event, Ayodhya was marked with festive anticipation and revelry by devotees, with men in fatigues from the state police force, CRPF and Rapid Action Force spread across the town in varying intensities. Lata Chowk and the road leading to the Hanumangari temple witnessed the thickest crowds of devotees.

Mean Girls" made an impressive debut, raking in $28 million in the first weekend. Projections for its second weekend indicate an expected gross of $11.7 million, pushing the cumulative domestic earnings to precisely $50 million within a span of 10 days. In its sixth weekend, 'Wonka' secured an additional $6.4 million, bringing its cumulative earnings to just shy of $190 million. The movie's sustained performance suggests a strong likelihood of surpassing the $200 million mark in domestic box office revenue. The consistent success of Wonka underscores its enduring popularity and strong viewer support.

Madonna is entangled in a legal battle as two dissatisfied fans, Michael Fellows and Jonathan Hadden, take legal action over the considerable delays in her recent New York concerts. The plaintiffs allege false advertising, negligent misrepresentation, and deceptive trade practices, shedding light on Madonna's historical pattern of tardiness, and questioning whether her legendary status should excuse repeated schedule breaches.

“axis of resistance" and Israel and America engage in ever more dangerous strikes on each other, including assassinations. Iranian allies in Iraq and Syria have launched about 140 rocket and drone attacks against American troops since the start of the Gaza war. Perhaps the most severe came on January 20th, with a volley of “multiple ballistic missiles and rockets" fired at the Al Asad base in western Iraq, according to America’s Central Command.

Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday accused the DMK regime in Tamil Nadu of banning watching live telecast of Ram Mandir events in Ayodhya as the non-BJP states in South have not responded to demands for a public holiday on January 22. The DMK government was unofficially claiming law & order issues to justify ban on live telecast, Sitharaman alleged in a series of posts on social media platform X. The FM called it a 'false and fake narrative’ as there were no such issues on the day of the Ayodhya verdict.

₹52 crore and used the money to play online games. The action of the federal agency came after a case was filed under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against the bank official.

Ayodhya from Lord Ram long-awaited return to his birthplace, a heavy security cordon has been thrown around the city, the state police informed on Sunday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will perform the rituals around the Pran Pratishtha ceremony, which are to be officiated by a select complement of seers on Monday. Even as the city exuded a festive ambience ahead of the big day, Rapid Action Force (RPF) personnel were deployed at Lata Mangeshkar Chowk ahead of the January 22 ceremony. The police were conducting patrols by boat on Sarayu River at frequent intervals, officers said. Anti-bomb squad and dog squad teams were also deployed at Ayodhya's Maharishi Valmiki International Airport, as devotees and dignitaries started pouring into the temple town. Vehicles reaching and leaving the airport were being thoroughly checked and no one was being allowed to enter the airport without a pass, the officials said. According to officials, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has set up a camp near the shrine in Ayodhya to respond to contingencies, if any. «Three NDRF teams have been deployed here ahead of the 'Pran Pratishtha' ceremony on January 22. The deployment has been done in coordination with the local administration and police,» Manoj Kumar Sharma, the deputy inspector general of police, NDRF told ANI. «One of our teams has been deployed at the ghats.

cricket team. Rohit Sharma leads the squad as captain, and Jasprit Bumrah is the vice-captain. The batting lineup includes Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer.

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«Nifty concluded the week at 21,571.80, marking a decline of 323 points from 21,894 levels, on a weekly basis. Pharma, realty, and metal sectors faced selling pressure. Despite persistent attempts to breach crucial resistance, each of them resulted in a sell-off,” Om Mehra, Technical Analyst, at SAMCO Securities said. The market exhibited a consolidative trend within the 21,500-21,750 range, indicative of a sideways movement going ahead, Mehra said, adding that weekly support stands firm at 21,400 levels while the upper Bollinger band poses resistance at 21,850. Factors that are likely to impact movement when markets reopen this week:

Anshul Saigal, Founder, Saigal Capital, says “one should really focus on bottom-up opportunities, not worry about the market levels, market direction. As long as we have got good companies at reasonable valuations in our portfolios, over the long term, we will be very well-placed. And there is a lot of money to be made in India.” Saigal also says: “We believe that, small banks, PSU banks, that is one space where value unlocking is yet ahead of us. Pharma, which has seen multi-year consolidation is coming out of that consolidation phase. We are quite positive on pharma. Then metals and minerals has seen a significant consolidation and adverse price action. This may look interesting going forward.” Market is at highs. People are looking for undervalued ideas. A section of the market on the consumption side, especially rural tier 2, tier 3 towns, QSR, FMCG as well as some other consumer categories – have underperformed because of inflation. Now that the inflation trajectory has peaked out, can this under-owned part of the market make a comeback? Also what categories would you bet on? Anshul Saigal: Yes, you are absolutely right that this is a market where it is no longer as easy as it was last year to identify opportunities.

The ‘Animal’ actress, who is currently basking in the phenomenal success of her recent on-screen outing, received another piece of good news — namely the arrest of the person who engineered her deepfake video. Taking to Instagram Stories on Saturday, the ‘Pushpa’ star extended heartfelt thanks to the police for nabbing the wrongdoer and her well-wishers for their unconditional support. «Feeling truly grateful for the community that embraces me with love, support and shields me,» she wrote. The actress also cautioned her fans against predators who lurk online and to take stringent measures if they were at the receiving end of such cyberbullying activities. “Girls and boys — if your image is used or morphed anywhere without your consent. It is wrong. «And I hope this is a reminder that you are surrounded by people who will support you and action will be taken,” she wrote. On the work front, Mandanna’s last film — the Ranbir Kapoor-starrer ‘Animal’ has become a bona-fide blockbuster, crossing Rs 900 cr worldwide. She will next reunite with Allu Arjun for ‘Pushpa 2’.

Iraq launched multiple rockets and ballistic missiles on Saturday (local time) targeting Washington's al-Assad Airbase in Western Iraq, said US Central Command. CENTCOM said that several US personnel are undergoing evaluation for «traumatic brain injuries» and at least one Iraqi service member was wounded in the attack. «At approximately 6:30 pm (Baghdad time) time Jan. 20, multiple ballistic missiles and rockets were launched by Iranian-backed militants in Western Iraq targeting al-Assad Airbase.

OpenAI has banned the developer of a bot mimicking Democratic presidential hopeful Congressman Dean Phillips, the first action the ChatGPT maker has taken in response to what it sees as a misuse of its artificial intelligence (AI) tools in a political campaign, the Washington Post reported on Saturday. OpenAI did not immediately respond to a Reuters' request for comment.

Iran-backed militants in Western Iraq targeting Al-Assad Airbase on 20 January, Saturday, claims US Central Command. Taking to microblogging site X, US CENTCOM posted, “Most of the missiles were intercepted by the base’s air defense systems while others impacted on the base. Damage assessments are ongoing.

MYRO, the cryptocurrency in question, has witnessed a modest uptick in its valuation. The price of MYRO is currently $0.240028, with trading activity over the last 24 hours reaching $78.63 million. The currency has appreciated by 1.65% within this period.

Colorado-based pastor Eligio “Eli” Regalado and his wife, Kaitlyn, are facing legal action after allegedly defrauding investors of millions of dollars through the sale of an unregistered crypto token, called INDXcoin.