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Also Read: Several Mumbai-Gujarat trains cancelled due to heavy rainfall. Check details here The Narmada and other rivers are flowing at full capacity. As a response to the situation, 9,600 individuals were relocated to safer locations, and 207 others were rescued across five districts.

₹10,000 per tonne. This marks an increase from the previous rate of ₹6,700 per tonne, which had been in effect for the past two weeks. The new tax rates are set to be implemented starting from Saturday, September 16.Additionally, in a notification issued by the Ministry of Finance, it was stated that the special additional excise duty (SAED) on diesel exports would be reduced to ₹5.50 per litre, down from the previous rate of ₹6 per litre.

VedantaThe company's Committee of Directors will meet today to consider the proposal for issuance of non-convertible debentures (NCDs) on a private placement basis as part of its routine refinancing that is undertaken in ordinary course of business.Restaurant BrandsMarquee funds including ICICI Prudential Life, Nomura, Goldman Sachs, Societe Generale, Tata MF, Citigroup, Avendus among others picked up stake in Restaurant Brands via block deals on Friday.Read more: Here's the trade setup for today's sessionGensol EngineeringGensol Engineering has acquired 54.38% of Scorpius Trackers Pvt Ltd and by virtue of this, Scorpius is now a subsidiary of Gensol.Indian OilIndian Oil approves additional investment of Rs 904 crore in Hindustan Urvarak and Rasayan.HALThe defence acquisition council (DAC) has approved acceptance of necessity (AON) for procurement of 12 Su-30MKI Aircraft with associated equipment and avionics upgradation of Dornier Aircraft from HAL.BEL Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) received an order of Rs 2,118.57 crore from Cochin Shipyard for supply of various equipment.Texmaco RailThe company's Board has approved a proposal to raise up to Rs 1,000 crore by way of issuance of equity shares through qualified institutions placement.Tata SteelThe UK is to pump 500 million pounds ($621 million) into Tata Steel to help decarbonise its Port Talbot site in Wales.Vodafone IdeaVodafone Idea has made a payment of Rs 1701 crore to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) towards the annual installment for spectrum acquired in the 2022 auctionSterlite Tech Sterlite Tech has launched state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Lugoff, South Carolina — The Palmetto Plant.DB RealtyRekha Jhunjhunwala's stake in DB Realty increased to

Heavy rain lashed several parts of Gujarat on Sunday, flooding low-lying areas and cutting off several villages as Narmada and other rivers are in full spate, prompting shifting of hundreds of people to safer places, officials said. Several areas in Ahmedabad were waterlogged after the city received 76 mm of rainfall in 12 hours ending at 6 pm on Sunday, throwing the normal life out of gear.

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen plans to travel on Sunday to the Italian island of Lampedusa amid an influx of migrants who arrived this week

One sector which has gone through a number of policy reforms and M&A activity in the last nine years, has been the banking sector. Whether it is reflected in the stock price or not is a big question.

Technology companies depend on it to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China. Ramaswamy himself has used the visa programme 29 times. From 2018 through 2023, US Citizenship and Immigration Services approved 29 applications for Ramaswamy’s former company, Roivant Sciences, to hire employees under H-1B visas.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday asked party leaders to prioritise the success of the party putting aside personal differences and take on adversaries with full might in the upcoming state and Lok Sabha elections. Addressing the extended CWC meeting on the second day of deliberations, Kharge said the party's goal must be to defeat the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and work diligently to form an alternative government in the country. In a scathing attack on the Modi government, Kharge accused it of playing politics and distracting and diverting people from basic issues by bringing new ones. «Recently, during the Mumbai meeting of INDIA alliance, Modi government formed a committee on 'One Nation, One Election'.

The government has decided to increase private participation in mining with the goal of attracting technology and capital to the sector. It made amendments to the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 during the recently concluded monsoon session of Parliament to allow the private sector to participate in the exploration and mining of critical resources such as lithium. Mint looks at how the changes could affect the sector.

India and Brazil have started talks to mutually resolve a sugar related trade dispute at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and as part of the solution the South American nation may share ethanol production technology with New Delhi, an official said. Brazil is the largest producer of sugarcane and ethanol in the world. It is also a leader in the technology used for ethanol production. «Few rounds of talks have been held as part of our efforts to resolve the dispute.

From the outside they look like massive blocks of concrete, but from within they are a complex matrix of servers. Housed in steel racks, they extend as far as the eye can see.

Generative AI is a subset of artificial intelligence (AI) that employs deep learning and neural network techniques on massive-scale data to “create” novel content of varied types — text, images, video, audio, code, etc. No one wants to miss the Gen AI bus and nothing proves that better than the hype around chipmaker NVIDIA, which has seen its stock more than triple since the start of the year.

Restaurant Brands Asia - previously known as Burger King India, witnessed high stock movement on Friday, September 15 as eight investors picked nearly 24 per cent equity stake in the company after the promoter QSR Asia offloaded more than 25 per cent shareholding through an open market transactions. Shares of Restaurant Brands Asia climbed as high as 6.7 per cent during Friday's trading session and hit a fresh 52-week high at ₹137.85 apiece.

transgender individuals to change their birth certificates to reflect their gender identities, citing a new state law that denies legal recognition of transgender identities. This decision places Kansas among the few states that refuse to amend transgender people's birth certificates, and it reaffirms the state's existing policy of not altering the gender marker on transgender individuals' driver's licenses.

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Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya led around 8,000 people in taking a pledge for organ donation at the GIC ground in Agra on Saturday. Giving a clarion call to «donate blood when alive and donate organs after death», Mandaviya said the government has decided to give financial assistance of Rs 10,000 per month to all the poor people undergoing organ transplant. «Arrangements will also be made for their regular check-ups,» he said. The health minister said that by the end of 2024, arrangements for organ retrieval will be made in all hospitals and medical colleges of the country. Addressing a gathering at the GIC ground, Mandaviya said that there can be no greater service to mankind than donating organs to save another life. The Union health minister also inaugurated a super specialty block at Sarojini Naidu Medical College (SNMC), Agra and an organ donation registry. To register to donate organs, the only requirements are the Aadhaar number, and the Aadhaar-linked mobile number. Mandaviya highlighted that the super speciality block at SNMC is constructed in an area of 7,890 sq.

Provident Fund (PPF) is a popular long-term savings scheme in India. At present, it offers a 7.1% interest rate effective 1 April 2023. For the past few years, the government has not raised this restriction.

Narendra Modi will turn 73 on Sunday. The Prime Minister yesterday secured the highest approval rating globally among elected leaders as per the latest survey by Morning Consult. 76% of people approved of Modi's leadership while 18 per cent disapproved.

Anurag Thakur, inaugurated the Amrit Kalash Yatra organized by Nehru Yuva Kendra, Mumbai under Meri Mati Mera Desh Abhiyan in Mumbai on Friday, said an official statement from Ministry of Information & Broadcasting on Friday. Officials of Nehru Yuva Kendra, other dignitaries and volunteers of the National Service Scheme (NSS) were present on the occasion. Addressing the gathering, Thakur appealed to everyone to participate in commemorating 75 years of India's freedom and honouring the courageous souls who martyred their lives to protect our Nation, added the statement. On this occasion, Minister appealed to the youth to participate actively in this endeavour and contribute to the work of nation-building. «This sacred soil collected from across India will shape the Amrit Vatika near the War Memorial in Delhi.