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NSCN-IM has opposed the cleanliness drive on October 1 as its Sunday and stated Nagas as Christians cannot simply abide by the call of the Prime Minister no matter how noble the cleanliness drive. The call to action is called “Ek Tareekh Ek Ghanta Ek Saath” and it aims to unite citizens from every corner of the country for one hour of collective “shramdaan” on October 1 starting at 10 am. NSCN-IM in a statement stated, “In what can be termed as playing into the nerves of the Naga people’s religious ethos as the call of the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi for a nationwide cleanliness drive falls on October1 (Sunday). Nagas as Christians cannot simply abide by the call of the Prime Minister no matter how noble the cleanliness drive”. It added, “For any such nationwide drive for cleanliness, the sentiment attached with the spirit of secularism must be rightfully respected.

Euro zone government bond yields held near multi-year highs on Tuesday as the narrative that global central banks would keep interest rates «higher for longer» continued to drive price action. Italy is also under growing market scrutiny as Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is set to announce a new budget against the backdrop of a weakening growth outlook. Reuters earlier reported that Italy is likely to raise its 2024 budget deficit target to between 4.1% and 4.3% of gross domestic product, however, the fiscal gap is seen below 4% of GDP under current trends, allowing leeway for several billion euros to fund measures in the upcoming budget. Germany's 10-year government bond yield, the euro area's benchmark, was last flat at 2.788%, having briefly hit a 12-year high of 2.813% in early trade. Bonds yields move inversely with prices. Italy's 10-year yield was last up 4.4 bps at 4.697%, after hitting its highest level since October.

The saga of how cult sci-fi novel “Dune” slowly permeated the mainstream over decades is a tale with almost as many twists and turns as “Dune” itself, and author Ryan Britt recounts it in the lively and entertaining “The Spice Must Flow," writes AP's M...

Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) is becoming harder but a narrow window remains because clean energy infrastructure has grown around the world, a new report said Tuesday

PwC Australia will add three independent directors to its board and publish audited accounts, a first for the big four, in a bid to cure a “shadow culture” uncovered by Ziggy Switkowski’s report into the tax leaks scandal.

A few weeks ago, in light of Powell’s Jackson Hole speech, I noted that the Fed was focusing its monetary policy on preventing the bond vigilantes from taking control of the rates market, thus spoiling the soft-landing party many (the Fed included) have been betting on.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has added three Chinese companies to the forced labor entity list involving Uyghurs, according to a government posting on Tuesday, as part of an effort to eliminate forced labor practices the U.S. supply chain.

reported. It is an extraordinary ask of the committee, consisting of business, legal, banking and markets experts, considering that it was set up in 2019 with the opposite mandate – of advising the government on legislative changes necessary to improve the ease of doing business.

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Ever wondered why so many people rally behind permabears, even when their track record suggests they're often wide of the mark?

ANKARA (Reuters) — President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey needs to turn the legal troubles of U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, a long-time critic of his government, into opportunity for its requested purchase of F-16 U.S. fighter jets, Turkish media said on Tuesday.

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ALSO READ: Bengaluru Bandh news LIVE Meanwhile, the 12-hour strike in the Karnataka capital saw some action when Members of Cauvery Urimai Meetpu Kulu staged a 'rail roko' protest in Thanjavur by blocking the Cholan Express train. They even condemned the Karnataka government for releasing Tamil Nadu's share of water in the the Cauvery River. The protestors were later arrested by the police.

Americans are unhappy with their choices for president. Nearly three-quarters say President Biden is too old to run again, Wall Street Journal polling finds. More than half say that Donald Trump, his likeliest challenger, took illegal steps to try to reverse his 2020 election loss.

Arnav Pandya, Founder, Moneyeduschool, says “if you just have a very small portfolio which is dedicated to micro caps, chances are that it could be a long period of time before say one or two or even any of them perform well. So that requires that if you have a slightly broader exposure, as you can see with this kind of passive fund, you are getting a bigger exposure in the market. This in some sense also reduces the risk for the investor.”Clearly the kind of returns that we are witnessing in the microcap space, at least what we have seen in Nifty microcap 250 TRI, which has been up 44% compared to Nifty 100 TRI. Is this a specific market kind of run that we are witnessing? Also, talking about microcaps, what kind of industries and space are we talking about?The first thing that you need to understand is that there is no clear definition of microcap per se. Hence, it is open to interpretation but usually as most people understand it, any company after the top 500 companies are considered in the microcap space.

Investors overseeing $23.6 trillion of funds have kick-started a campaign to pressure 100 companies to ramp up the fight against biodiversity loss.

In June, the regulator set out a series of tough new rules for the marketing of crypto assets by companies - wherever they are based globally. Under the new regime, all marketing must be ‘clear, fair and not misleading’, labelled with prominent risk warnings and must not inappropriately incentivise people to invest - for instance through "refer a friend" bonuses. In a letter sent out to crypto firms marketing to UK customers headlined 'final warning', the watchdog bemoans the lax response from overseas companies. "We are concerned by the poor engagement from many unregistered, overseas cryptoasset firms who have UK customers on this important change," writes the FCA. "Many of these firms have refused to engage with the FCA despite our best efforts.

Kerala Police along with his friend for allegedly giving false statement in which he said that he was assaulted by six persons near his home in this southern Kerala district and 'PFI' was written on his back. A senior police officer of the district said that no arrests have been recorded in the case so far and the statements of the soldier -- Shine Kumar -- and his friend were being recorded. "Further action would be taken after verifying the contents of their statements," the officer said to news agency PTI.The soldier friend has said that Shine Kumar wanted to become famous and that is why this entire act was carried out.

Dream11, headed by Harsh Jain, has apparently followed in the footsteps of Gameskraft by resorting to legal action in response to a show cause notice from tax authorities. This notice pertains to allegations of evading goods and services tax (GST). According to a report by Moneycontrol, Dream Sports, the parent company of the startup, has lodged a writ petition in the Bombay High Court.

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Former partners interviewed by external lawyers investigating PwC Australia’s tax leaks scandal complain they have not been directly asked to respond to any allegations they might be subject to when the firm releases its response to the scandal on Wednesday.