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G20 summit gave another reason for multibagger railway stocks to fly off the charts and rally up to 15%. PSU rail stock IRCON International, which has already doubled investors' wealth in the last 6 months, rallied up to 15% on Monday to hit a fresh 52-week high at Rs 154.65.IRFC shares zoomed 10% to hit the upper circuit limit at a fresh high of Rs 84.76.

Brazil's leader withdrew on Monday his personal assurance that Russia President Vladimir Putin would not be arrested if he attends next year's G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, saying it would be up to the judiciary to decide. Putin missed this year's gathering in the Indian capital New Delhi, avoiding possible political opprobrium and any risk of criminal detention under an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant. Brazil is an ICC member but President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva raised eyebrows at the weekend when he told Indian news network Firstpost: «If I'm the president of Brazil and if he comes to Brazil, there's no way that he will be arrested.» He changed tack on Monday, telling reporters: «I don't know if Brazil's justice will detain him.

Lula da Silva on Monday said that Brazil will put the inequality issue as the core issue during the G20 Summit under its Presidency and said it was a huge challenge for Brazil to take over the G20 presidency. «We will put inequality at the top: inequality of gender, race, education, health, poverty and hunger. The world needs balance,» the Brazilian President said addressing a press conference today after the conclusion of the two-day long G20 Summit in New Delhi on Sunday. «I'm one of the founder member of G20,» said Lula da Silva pointing out that an important meeting like the G20 showed the importance of the multipolar world. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 10 handed over the ceremonial gavel to Lula, intiating the process of transition of the President's chair for the next round of the G20 to be held in Brazil. «I would like to congratulate India for organising the Summit exceptionally well.

Airport, airport sources told news agency PTI on 11 September. Kochi-Bengaluru flight left for Bengaluru late Sunday night and suffered a technical problem soon after take off at 11.15 pm. As per the report, a full emergency was declared at the airport after the flight returned to Kochi due to a suspected hydraulic failure.

Battlegrounds Mobile India) quickly rose to prominence in India after the ban on PUBG Mobile. Despite facing its own ban, the Indian government decided to allow BGMI back into the country with certain modifications. Similar to other popular battle royale titles like Garena Free Fire, BGMI developers regularly release redeem codes that grant players access to a wide range of enticing rewards and freebies.

Indian sugar stocks have been in the limelight for past two weeks with marquee scrips rising as much as 15-20%. This is amid concerns about a global sugar shortage. Avlean, the world's largest sugar trader, recently said it expects a sixth straight year of sugar deficit, as supply will be affected by a poor harvest in India.

da Silva, on Monday expressed his wish for the Russia-Ukraine war to conclude and for a return to normalcy when the next G20 Summit in Brazil begins. As reported by ANI, Lula said, “I do not know the reason why President Putin and Xi Jinping did not participate here but I will invite them and I hope that they will come to Brazil and participate in the Summit. I hope that when we open the Summit in Brazil, the war has ended and we are back to normal times." Luna further added, “I would like to congratulate India for organising the Summit exceptionally well.

Narendra Modi, and other ministers during the event. “I am very glad to be here in India. I want to congratulate India for the G20 Summit...A lot of announcements have been made that will benefit G20 countries and the world.

NCERT from school textbooks and create a new textbook for students to study and appear for exams. State General Education Minister V Sivankutty said the government took such a stand in accordance with Kerala's exemplary educational background. He said this in response to a query in the state assembly from the UDF opposition with regard to implementation of the National Education Policy 2023. Sivankutty said the policy has not been completely accepted in the country as Tamil Nadu has rejected it in entirety and Karnataka has only agreed to implement some portions of it. Moreover, the National Council of Educational Research and Training has deleted a lot of things — like the assasination of Mahatma Gandhi and the alleged role of RSS in it, portions of the Mughal rule and empire in India, parts of Indian freedom struggle and some communal riots — from textbooks for classes 11 and 12, the minister claimed. «So, we compiled all the deleted portions and created a new textbook.

In both cases, most of those charged were Muslim, leading human rights groups and tech experts to criticise India's use of the AI-based technology to target poor, minority and marginalised groups in Delhi and elsewhere in the country.

India (RBI) is working with lenders to introduce new features to popularise the central bank digital currency (CBDC), the so-called e-rupee, according to six people familiar with the matter. Retail CBDC transactions are averaging close to 18,000 a day, way short of the RBI's one million-a-day target by 2023 end. The features include allowing digital rupee transactions when a customer is offline and linking the e-rupee to India's popular Unified Payments Interface (UPI), three of the people quoted above said. UPI is an instant real-time payments system that allows users to transfer money across multiple banks without disclosing bank account details. The sources declined to be identified as they are not authorised to speak to the media.

Sandip Sabharwal, asksandipsabharwal.com, says people who are buying speculative stocks at this stage should be a bit careful. But I do not see a very deep sell-off in the sense that it is not going to be a 10-15% kind of correction. A moderate correction will give opportunities to buy. Overall equity outlook is still constructive.What has been keeping you busy apart from enjoying a break from the markets?Markets are very interesting in the sense that we have seen, again, a break in correlation of Indian markets with the global markets, which happens but it does not sustain. So, that is something we need to watch out for. The result season went and came and went and I think to that extent, all of that got factored in. Now, there are some concerns related to valuation, the impact of monsoon not being as good etc. But overall, my base case view always was that October-November will be the time when we should see some sort of correction in the market which should happen because the rise in the midcap indices has been quite euphoric. Typically that has to be followed by some sort of correction

Rain may have dampened the pitch, but it couldn't dampen the spirit of camaraderie between India and Pakistan at the recently postponed Asia Cup 2023 clash in Colombo. Amid the frustration of a game stalled by Sri Lanka's weather, a heartening moment unfolded off the field. Shaheen Shah Afridi, Pakistan's star fast bowler, took time out to extend heartfelt congratulations to his Indian counterpart, Jasprit Bumrah, who recently became a father.

G20 Summit in Delhi on Friday. Speaking to ANI, Rishi Sunak said, "Both Modi Ji and I are keen to see a comprehensive and ambitious trade deal concluded between our two countries. Both of us think that there is a good deal to be done." The British premier stressed there was “still hard work to do" and said an agreement had to “work for both countries", as per Bloomberg reports, citing ANI. “I think there is an enormous opportunity for both India and the UK to strengthen our economic cooperation which will bring real benefits to our citizens in both countries," the UK PM added.

Fumio Kishida on Sunday stated that the New Declaration from the G20 Summit was significant as all G20 members including Russia have agreed on such terms as «all states must refrain from the threat or use of force to seek territorial acquisition.» Addressing a press meet at the end of G2O Summit, Kishida said it was «significant» that all G20 members including Russia have agreed on such terms as «all states must refrain from the threat or use of force to seek territorial acquisition.» However, he did not get into the specifics of the language of New Declaration whose formulation on Ukraine had a marked difference from the Bali formulation as it did not mention Russia by name. On the safety of Japan's release of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant Kishida said, «Many countries already viewed the process of discharge as safe and transparent. I feel now that such understanding has spread further.” Meanwhile, PM Narendra Modi and Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva held a substantive dialogue here on Sunday and underscored the need for open, unimpeded and reliable food supply chains and called upon the international community to ensure that agricultural trade is not affected by unilateral restrictions and protectionist measures, duly taking into consideration the Multilateral trade rules. The two leaders expressed satisfaction over the formation of Joint Technical Committees to facilitate trade in agriculture and animal husbandry products, officials said. Modi and Lula agreed that economic exchanges between Brazil and India have the potential for further growth, taking advantage of the scale of their respective economies and the potential for forging industrial partnerships.

Vladimir Putin amidst criticism of vote rigging and Kyiv's push to reclaim its land. The Council of Europe, Europe's leading rights group, called the week-long vote a flagrant violation of international law, and Kyiv and its allies say it was an illegal attempt to tighten Moscow's grip over regions in Ukraine's south and east. The overwhelming vote across Russia and in the annexed regions for the dominance of Putin's United Russia party has delivered on the Kremlin's long-repeated domestic message that Putin is by far the strongest guarantor of stability. But in the regions voting, electoral competition was limited, as strong candidates, including some from Russia's main opposition Communist Party, were blocked from running by authorities.Stanislav Andreychuk, co-chair of Golos, a voter rights' group designated a «foreign agent» by the Russian government, said instances of vote rigging in many parts of the country showed that «these are not real elections». Andreychuk said his organisation had received reports of opposition candidates being detained, having their cars vandalised, and, in one case, military draft papers being served to election observers. «They are doing some absolutely unthinkable things», he said. The Kremlin says opinion polls and numerous election wins show that Putin is by far the most popular politician in Russia and that elections are free and fair.MAJOR PARTIES LOYAL TO PUTINAll significant, legal political forces in Russia, including the patchwork of opposition parties that provide a semblance of competition at the polls, are broadly loyal to Putin and his 18-month-old war in Ukraine. Across the country, United Russia won every provincial governor's race it contested. Among the regional chiefs

India and France on Sunday decided to focus on early finalisation of the Defence Industrial Roadmap when PM Narendra Modi met French counterpart Emanuel Macron over a lunch meeting here following the G20 Summit. The leaders reiterated their commitment to strengthen the defence cooperation through partnership in design, development, testing and manufacture of advanced defence technologies and platforms, and expand production in India, including for third countries in Indo-Pacific and beyond. In this context, they also called for early finalisation of the Defence Industrial Roadmap, according to a joint statement issued following the talks. Laying emphasis on areas such as digital, science, technological innovation, education, culture, health and environment cooperation, both leaders called for strengthening of institutional linkages in these domains, on the model of the Indo-French Campus for the Indo-Pacific.

In the last few months, Indian equities have seen a sharp run-up across market segments, particularly the midcap and smallcap stocks, where the bull run is still continuing. In this backdrop, the market valuation looks a bit stretched, according to Shreyash Devalkar, Head — Equity, Axis Mutual Fund. “Stock selection will hold the key in these markets. For investors, this period of consolidation can be used to rebalance portfolios as we play longer term themes,” he said in an interview with ETMarkets. Edited excerpts:Inflation and rate hike concerns are making a comeback both on the domestic and global fronts. Is this likely to dampen the Indian market momentum in the near term?Inflationary risks have been a concern primarily due to increased vegetable prices and the run-up in oil prices. However, food related price pressures are expected to subside with the arrival of fresh stock, the government banning rice and onion exports and taking measures to bring down tomato prices. So, we believe the current inflation levels are transient.

Day trading guide for today: Despite weak global sentiments, Dalal Street finished higher for six days in a row on Friday. NSE Nifty gained 92 points and closed at 19,819 levels, registering best week in the last two months. BSE Sensex finished 33 points higher at 66,598 mark whereas Bank Nifty index ended 278 points up at 45,156 levels.

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Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud is expected to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House today. Ahead of the meeting, the Crown Prince will also be accorded a ceremonial welcome at Rashtrapati Bhawan at 10 am.