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Qantas’ major superannuation investors have put the airline’s board on notice over the “significant damage to reputation” it has sustained in the past 12 months, saying they are scrutinising executive bonuses this year.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar met Maratha quota agitators injured in police action. On Friday, around 40 policemen and several protesters were injured and many buses set on fire during the violence that erupted here. More than 350 persons have been booked for alleged involvement in the untoward incidents.

Jyoti CNC Automation Ltd has filed its Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) with market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). The CNC machine manufacturer plans to raise ₹1,000 crore through its initial public offering (IPO). The company's maiden public issue is entirely a fresh issue of equity shares with no offer for sale (OFS) component, according to the preliminary papers filed by the company.

No one can think of several empty spaces in the stands and on the grass banks during an India-Pakistan cricket clash. A cricket match involving India and Pakistan is not just about top-quality cricket, but it is also about roaring fans giving the stadium the atmosphere of a Roman colosseum. But the Pallekele Stadium was cocooned in a rather serene ambience on Saturday, as India and Pakistan faced each other in their Asia Cup 2023 Group A match, reported PTI.

Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) emerged net sellers in August with a muted performance on D-Street on rising US bond yields and a stronger dollar, compared to the earlier three months of sustained buying. FPIs bought ₹12,262 crore worth of Indian equities and infused a total of ₹18,338 crore as of August 31, taking into account debt, hybrid, debt-VRR, and equities, according to National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL ) data. The ₹12,262 crore-figure also includes bulk deals and investment in primary market.

Uday Kotak has stepped down as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Kotak Mahindra Bank, the bank he started in 1985, which is India's third-largest private lender by market value. «An investment of ₹10,000 with us in 1985 would be worth around ₹ 300 crore today,» Kotak said. That's the measure of the miracle wrought by Kotak. Rarely in the world has such a vast financial services conglomerate come up within one generation.

Sharad Pawar on Saturday met Maratha quota agitators injured in police action a day earlier in Ambad tehsil in Jalna. On Friday, police had resorted to baton charge and lobbed tear gas shells to disperse a violent mob in Antarwali Sarathi on Dhule-Solapur road after those at the site allegedly refused to let authorities shift a man on hunger strike to the hospital. Around 40 policemen and several protesters were injured and many buses set on fire during the violence that erupted here.

Amit Shah on Saturday released an «Arop Patra» (chargesheet) against the Bhupesh Baghel government in Chhattisgarh, accusing it of indulging in scams and loot, and committing atrocities against the people of the state, where elections are due by the year-end. He also accused Chief Minister Baghel of making Chhattisgarh an «ATM of Gandhi Parivar», and claimed that his government has broken «all records of corruption». The minister charged the Congress government of not preventing religious conversions in tribal areas of Chhattisgarh for its vote bank politics. Shah listed out alleged scams related to coal, liquor, online betting being probed by central agencies in the state, and asserted that only the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) can save Chhattisgarh from the Congress' scams, atrocities and misrule.

FPIs were sellers after three months of sustained buying. In August, FPIs sold stocks for Rs 20,620 crores in the cash market, says V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services. FPIs invested Rs 12,262 crore in August.

Rishabh Instruments IPO: Bidding for initial public offering (IPO) of Rishabh Instruments Limited ended on 1st September 2023. In three days of bidding, the book build issue received strong response by investors, especially in QIB segment. As per the Rishabh Instruments IPO subscription status, the public issue overall got subscribed 31.65 times.

Pratapgarh district in Rajasthan. Speaking to ANI, Diya Kumari launched an attack on the state government led by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. She said that they have no right to be in power. «They have no right to be in power. A few days are left. The people of Rajasthan will show them the right direction», the BJP MP said. «When the video went viral, then the administration went active and arrested some of the accused.

Ratnaveer Precision Engineering Limited IPO: The initial public offering (IPO) of Ratnaveer Precision Engineering Limited is going to hit primary markets on 4th September 2023, which means the book build issue will open for subscription on Monday next week. The public issue will remain open for bidders till 6th September 2023 i.e. till Wednesday next week.

₹ ₹4.30 crore on Day 22, Sacnilk.com has reported. With this, the total collection of the film stands at ₹486.75 crore nett in India. During Raksha Bandhan, the film's collection picked up and showed an improvement of 71 percent, however on its Day 22, it has again seen a drop.

Streamlining this multifaceted electoral system presents a formidable challenge. The Indian government, said to be driven by a desire for development and efficiency, has recently expressed its interest in retreating to a voting system reminiscent of the 1960s. Any change — whether beneficial or detrimental — also may mean the government is walking on a thin rope as they will have to counter severe scrutiny, especially now that several opposition parties have united under the banner of «INDIA.» Nonetheless, the government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, appears committed to the cause. The government has reportedly formed a committee under the chairmanship of former President Ram Nath Kovind, who too had voiced support for this idea years back, to explore possibility of 'One Nation, One Election'. Also Read: Indian govt forms committee to explore possibility of 'one nation, one election': Report The government in a surprise announcement on August 31 called for a special session of Parliament for five days starting September 18. However, no official announcement was made regarding the agenda of the session. But speculation is rife that the session may include discussions on the upcoming elections, with some expecting a 'One nation, one election' move from the Centre, while others predict a poll preponement.

Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) seems to have an interesting connection with Moon, Mars and now the Sun. The rocket made its maiden flight on October 22, 2008 for India's first interplanetary mission — the Moon Mission-1 or Chandrayaan-1. And on November 5, 2013, the rocket was used for India's first Mars Mission called Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM).Watch Aditya L1 mission live updates Nearly 15 years after its first flight and on its 25th mission, the rocket code named PSLV-C57 is being used for another interplanetary mission — to study the Sun- by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

Aditya-L1, to the Sun has begun, former commander of the International Space Station Chris Hadfield hailed the «Indian technological prowess» and said that everybody on Earth is «counting on technology».Watch Aditya-L1 launch live updatesThe launch of India's Sun mission is scheduled for Saturday at 1150 IST from the launch pad at Sriharikota, with the launch rehearsal and vehicle internal checks all being completed. Aditya-L1 is India's first solar space observatory and will be launched by the PSLV-C57. It will carry seven different payloads to have a detailed study of the sun, four of which will observe the light from the sun and the other three will measure in-situ parameters of the plasma and magnetic fields. In an exclusive interview with ANI, the former astronaut Hadfield spoke about how the findings of the Aditya L-1 mission will impact human space flight. «So when we put something like Aditya L-1 up there in between us and the Sun to sense those things, to better understand how the sun works and the threats that it has to the earth, it's good for everybody for protecting us as people. But also, of course, our electrical grid, our internet grid, and all of the thousands of satellites that we count on that are up in orbit,» he said. Aditya-L1 will be placed in a halo orbit around Lagrangian Point 1 (or L1), which is 1.5 million km away from the Earth in the direction of the sun. It is expected to cover the distance in four months' time.

Gold rate today: On account of weak US economic indicators creating rate pause buzz by the US Fed in upcoming September meeting, gold prices witnessed sharp upside move in the later part of the week gone by. Gold future contract for the month of October 2023 on Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) ended at 59,410 per 10 gm levels.

NEW DELHI : India remains a “large opportunity" for Amazon.com Inc. globally with the e-commerce firm constantly unleashing investments in the market amid expectations that the nascent e-commerce market is only set to grow, said a top global executive at the Seattle-headquartered firm. “If you look at some of the big markers of opportunity, we certainly feel India is on the shortlist of the largest opportunities we have as a business.

It is hard to find a good deal on a German car these days. Most German car stocks, on the other hand, are selling for cents on the dollar. There are solid reasons for the discrepancy: weakening consumer sentiment, trouble in China, and the ever-mounting cost of catching up with Tesla in electric vehicles.

NEW DELHI : Average room rates for premier New Delhi hotels are set to triple next week, reaching a range of ₹18,000- ₹25,000, amid heightened demand driven by the arrival of thousands of delegates from 20 nations for the G20 summit across 9 and 10 September. The average daily rate (ADR), a key metric used by hoteliers to measure room revenue, from 7-11 September surged to ₹26,000, a more than fourfold increase from the average ₹6,000 in the past year, according to RateGain Travel Technologies’ Adara division data. ADR includes room rates, food and beverage, and other services availed of by customers, but it only counts the occupied rooms in a hotel, not the empty ones.

I Am Legend 2, after he died in the original film in 2007, I Am Legend. How is this possible? Will there be flashback scenes with Will Smith in the sequel? Here’s what we know of the return of Will Smith in I Am Legend 2.