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TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's government raked in record tax income last fiscal year, the finance ministry said on Monday, which could help Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's ruling party forego the politically unpopular tax hikes needed to boost defence spending.

Motilal Oswal has reiterated a 'Buy' on One 97 Communications stock, estimating gains of over Rs 180 per share or 21% from current levels. The brokerage has fixed a price target of Rs 1,050. The stock currently trades at Rs 868 apiece.

Bajaj Holdings & Investment Ltd. rose 0.02 per cent to Rs 7001.0 in Monday's trade as of 12:10PM (IST) even as the benchmark Nifty ruled at 19285.7, up 96.65 points. The scrip had closed at Rs 6999.7 in the previous session.

Mahindra Ltd last month achieved a production milestone of 9,00,000 units for its Scorpio SUV. From the original Scorpio to the all-new Scorpio-N and the Scorpio Classic, the iconic SUV has been credited with reshaping the SUV landscape in the country. On this occasion, business tycoon Anand Mahindra, the chairman of Mahindra group, in a tweet acknowledged that he owes his career to the Scorpio SUV.

Tourism Corporation Ltd. gained 0.15 per cent to Rs 636.2 in Monday's session as of 11:38AM (IST) even as the equity benchmark Sensex traded 332.38 points higher at 65050.94. Earlier in the day, the stock witnessed a start to the session.

Adani Group companies regained some of the lost ground in the June quarter after seeing mayhem in the March quarter that was triggered by the massive negative report of US-based Hindenburg Research. Shares of Adani Group’s flagship company Adani Enterprises net gained over 36% in the quarter ended June, after shedding 55% in the preceding quarter. Shares of Adani Power gained more than 30% in the last quarter, recouping almost all of the losses it made in the March quarter.

“FIIs have pumped USD 11 bn in the last 4 months in India, after selling nearly USD 60 bn in the last 2 years. FIIs holding in India stocks is at a decadal low after the last 2 years of outflow,” says Ajay Vora, Head- Equities, Nuvama Asset Management. In an interview with ETMarkets, Vora said: “We expect FIIs to come back to India in a strong way as earnings growth remains much better than other emerging markets and India can continue to command premium valuations” Edited excerpts:We hit fresh record highs earlier in June. What is your outlook on markets? India is relatively well placed versus all large economies as our nominal GDP growth is still around 11-12% which is much better than other markets.

«So, we like Natco Pharma out here and along with this we are also quite optimistic on Dr Reddy’s in the short term and among the large caps we prefer Cipla. I was talking about the pharma space, the stocks that we like, so I said that in the short term we like Dr Reddy's, I think that there is enough bang for the buck coming in earnings and we prefer Cipla and Natco which have got strong growth triggers coming in over the next few years,» says Vinit Bolinjkar, Ventura Securities.Wanted to start by asking you about the cement pack that is seeing quite a bit of selling. Do you think this is just seasonality in store or do you think that the worst is priced in and now maybe the raw material getting more conducive, etc, should augur well for the space?Definitely, we think that the cement space augurs well in the future and I think it is purely because we had seen a run in the stocks earlier because those rainfalls were delayed.

rail travel. The IRCTC (Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation) offers travel insurance for passengers, covering accidents and injuries during journeys.Eligibility Only Indian citizens are eligible for opting railway travel insurance through the IRCTC platform.

Economies’ by Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington. The authors argue that the reliance of large businesses and, even governments, on external experts weakens and undermines their competence and ability to accomplish their goals. The hired experts have no stake in the real outcomes and go through a highly practised performance and make their money.

Stanley Tucci, who has authentically played a queer character in two major films, Supernova (2020) and The Devil Wears Prada (2006), has got talking about whether actors who are straight in real life should play queer characters on the screen. In an interview with the BBC's Desert Island Discs (via The Guardian), Stanley Tucci revealed that despite the criticism for playing an LGBTQ character, he is “always very flattered” when queer men tell him that he has played the role in The Devil Wears Prada or Supernova in the “right way”. But he agreed that often it is not done the right way.

Koran outside Stockholm's main mosque, calling it an "Islamophobic" act, after an international Islamic body called for measures to avoid future burnings. «The Swedish Government fully understands that the Islamophobic acts committed by individuals at demonstrations in Sweden can be offensive to Muslims,» the foreign ministry said in a statement.

Pathum Nissanka scored an unbeaten 101 as Sri Lanka booked their place at the 50-over Cricket World Cup in India with a comprehensive nine wicket victory over hosts Zimbabwe in their qualifier in Bulawayo on Sunday. Sri Lanka move to eight points in the Super Six stage of the preliminary tournament and cannot finish outside of the top two teams, who both earn a place at finals which will be played from Oct. 5-Nov.

AAP) has expressed its desire to field candidates in all 60 assembly constituencies and two Lok Sabha seats in Arunachal Pradesh in the general elections next year. AAP state unit general secretary Toko Nikam told reporters that the party is committed to providing free water, electricity, medical facilities ut Rs 10 lakh and world class education if they come to power in the northeastern state in 2024. Nikam said that if elected to power, the AAP will repeal the controversial Arunachal Pradesh Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (APUAPA) of 2014 and the Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act of 1978. Protests erupted in the northeastern state after the state government booked 40 people under the APUAPA in connection with a 72-hour bandh call in the state capital this year. Many organisations demanded that the state government repeal the Act which was enacted in 2014 by the Nabam Tuki-led Congress government in the state.

While I had a relatively regimented schedule and spent long stretches of every summer at camp, there were weeks when my parents, who both worked, hadn't filled my schedule with much of anything, and they didn't give a hoot about whether I felt sufficiently engaged or amused. That has been on my mind as my own sons make their way through the summer with a hodgepodge of camps, babysitters and grandparent time that is breathtakingly expensive and yet feels insufficient in terms of actual child care or stimulation. I am hardly alone in feeling like it is my parental duty to stuff their days full of activities and learning opportunities. A study cited in a 2018 New York Times article that lamented the relentlessness of modern parenting found that regardless of education, income or race, parents believed children who are bored should be enrolled in extracurricular activities. As Erin Westgate, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Florida, explained it to me, there is a kind of cultural stigma attached to boredom, particularly in the United States. Only boring people get bored, the saying goes.

Mumbai: Sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and minivans, the two segments with significant sales traction, see a spike in incentives. The minivan segment saw average incentives jump from Rs 33,720 in May this year to Rs 43,727 in June 2023. The SUV segment, too, saw similar incentive increases from Rs 32,296 to Rs 42,215 for the same period.

Himanta Biswa Sarma said that ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi donned the Asomiya Gamocha(scarf)the use of it has become widespread throughout country. As a gesture of the State government in expressing its gratitude and acknowledging the participants in the Mega Bihu event which created Guinness World Record, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma honoured the Bihua and Bihuwatis with citation and cash incentives at a function held at Moncotta in Dibrugarh today.

Cars India on Saturday said its domestic wholesales declined by 35 per cent to 5,080 units in June. The automaker sold 7,834 units in the domestic market in June 2022.

Consumer discretionary, realty, healthcare, automobiles, and capital goods sectors were the top five best-performing sectors in June. The S&P BSE Realty, Healthcare, and Capital Goods sectors have seen 9-10% upside in June. The S&P BSE Auto, Capital Goods, Bankex, and Industrials indices scaled record highs last month.

Teesta Setalvad and directed her to surrender immediately in a case pertaining to the alleged fabrication of evidence to frame innocent people in 2002 post-Godhra riots cases. The court of Justice Nirzar Desai rejected Setalvad's bail plea and directed her to surrender immediately as she is already out of jail after securing interim bail.

Cricket World Cup, businesses in India are also set to gain from the matches. The tournament will be held from October 5 to November 19 and played across 10 venues in Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Dharamsala, Delhi, Chennai, Lucknow, Pune, Bengaluru, Mumbai and Kolkata. The pandemic left the hospitality sector ravaged, which has now limped back to normalcy.