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Tiruchirappalliand dedicated multiple development projects worth more than ₹20,000 crore, including Tiruchirappalli International Airport new terminal, related to the aviation, rail, road, oil, and gas, shipping, and higher education sectors. Governor RN Ravi and CM MK Stalin were also present at the event. He was felicitated by Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and CM MK Stalin during the public program in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu.

Coal India with gains of more than 3% scaled 52-week highs in the intraday trades on Tuesday, on a day when benchmark indices were down 0.7%. The investor confidence on Coal India has been boosted by rising production. The December Volume numbers reported by Coal India held testimony and indicated towards strong volume momentum continuing Coal India’s production at 71.9 million tons during December 2023 was up 8.3% year-on-year.

Every month, Mint’s Plain Facts section brings out an update on key global economic data to thread together the biggest developments in the world that are worth paying attention to. The accompanying analysis and charts attempt to explain how each story is creating ripples on the global stage, where it is headed in the coming weeks, and whether it can impact India. This time, we explain the impact of the attacks on vessels in the Red Sea on world trade and the policy pivot by the US Federal Reserve signalling rate cuts this year.

Official Chinese media sources have raised concerns regarding the exploitation of cryptocurrencies by corrupt officials for illicit activities. 

ANI. The opening of the Ram Temple is scheduled to take place on January 22. The Congress leader spurred a war of words when he said that the idol to be installed inside the sanctum sanctorum in Ayodhya would be 'BJP's Ram'.

Interstellar, you would be familiar with the word black hole, even if you do not fully understand what it means. Released a decade ago, Interstellar achieved a high level of scientific accuracy in its portrayal of a black hole called Gargantua, with the help of Nobel laureate Kip Thorne, despite taking some artistic liberties.

BSE PSU index, reflecting public sector enterprises' performance, surged by 55% in 2023, surpassing the 18.74% return of the benchmark BSE Sensex index. Also Read: From Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders to IRCTC, 7 of 8 PSU stocks listed over last 5 years gave multibagger returns The railway stocks have been on investors' radar ever since the government raised the capital outlay for the Indian Railways in the Union Budget 2023-2024. In addition, the new shipping and rail transportation corridor linking countries across the Middle East, South Asia, and Europe announced at the G20 summit also added momentum to railway stocks.

America’s polarisation and congressional paralysis. Republicans, especially those of Mr Trump’s “America First" tendency, have grown ever more sceptical about supporting Ukraine in its war. And Congress, unable to pass bills since the removal of the speaker of the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, on October 3rd, got a new one, Mike Johnson, only this week.

India has made «irrelevant» Pakistan's policy of using cross-border terrorism to bring it to the table for dialogue, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said and noted that New Delhi will not deal with the western neighbour on terms where «the practice of terrorism is deemed as legitimate». In an interview with ANI, Jaishankar said India is not unwilling to deal with Pakistan and indicated that it has to create a conducive environment free of terror and hostility. Referring to the Modi government's approach in dealing with Pakistan, he said India is not «playing that game now» and will not tolerate cross-border terrorism.

A post shared by Kamlesh Nand (work) (@artistrybuzz_) Jr NTR is working with director Koratala Siva for his upcoming film Devara, the first part of which is scheduled for a theatrical release on 5 April 2024. On January 1, 'Devara' makers unveiled a new poster that promised the release of the first glimpse of the film on January 8.

Jr NTR returns from Japan after series of powerful earthquakes jolt the country According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, more than 140 tremors were detected since the quake first hit on Monday. The agency has warned more strong shocks could hit in the coming days. The Japanese government has sent around 10,000 quake survivors to sports halls and school gymnasiums, commonly used as evacuation centres in emergencies.

₹7 lakh. Earlier, the punishment in such cases was two years in the IPC. In the Winter Session of Parliament, the Union Government passed the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, 2023, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita, 2023 and the Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill, 2023.

Ram Mandir opening, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to attend the consecration ceremony of the Ram Temple on January 22. Preparations are underway in full swing for the event, which is expected to be attended by thousands of dignitaries and people from all sections of society.

Also Read: FPI flows into India may remain supportive for markets during 2024 feel expert Brokerage firm Motilal Oswal Financial Services believes the Indian markets have further upside potential which will be a function of US Federal Reserve’s stance on interest rates and continued earnings delivery versus expectations in the near term. Moreover, the market capitalization-to-GDP ratio is at 124% and the brokerage firm expects nominal GDP to increase 8.2% and 10.1% YoY in FY24 and FY25).

The hottest technology of 2023 had a busy last few weeks of the year. On November 28th Abu Dhabi launched a new state-backed artificial-intelligence firm, AI71, that will commercialise its leading “large language model" (LLM), Falcon. On December 11th Mistral, a seven-month-old French model-builder, announced a blockbuster $400m funding round, which insiders say will value the firm at over $2bn.

Vladimir Putin on Monday after an unprecedented Ukrainian attack over the weekend on the Russian city of Belgorod that killed 25 people including five children. This came after Moscow launched a large-scale attack on Ukrainian cities. Kyiv also said Russia had targeted the country with a "record" number of drones on New Year's Day, AFP reported.

In the last week of 2023, India’s share in global market capitalization hit a record 3.8%, according to Bloomberg data, consolidating the country’s position as the fifth biggest equity market, just behind Hong Kong. In nominal terms, India’s GDP is also the world’s fifth largest (by purchasing power parity, or PPP, it is the third largest).

Cold Day to Severe Cold Day conditions predicted in some parts over Uttar Pradesh and in isolated pockets over West Rajasthan on 1st and 2nd January while Cold Day conditions over East Rajasthan during 1st-3rd January, Madhya Pradesh on 2nd January and West Rajasthan on 3 January. - The weather department has predicted light to moderate rainfall over south Tamil Nadu, south Kerala and Lakshadweep during next 2-3 days with isolated heavy rainfall over Lakshadweep during 1-4 January, Kerala on 1st and 4 January. - Moreover, light isolated rainfall has been predicted over Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh during 2-5 January and over Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha during 3-5 January.

Gold should remain a key component of investor portfolios in 2024 to help mitigate the volatility expected in equities and fixed income amid crucial local and global events, said experts. While an easing interest rate environment is seen propping up prices of the yellow metal, double-digit returns like those in 2022 and 2023 are unlikely, especially at the current levels, they said, advising investors to stagger purchases. «Whenever interest rates in the US come down, gold prices tend to rally, and some part of this year's rally is already reflecting this,» said Nilesh Shah, managing director, Kotak Mutual Fund. Gold prices have gained 12% in 2023 as stress in the banking system and expectations that the US central bank would pivot saw some safe-haven buying at the start of the year.

he IMD said. The lowest minimum temperature was 4.9ºC recorded on December 15. ALSO READ: Delhi sees drop in temperature as light rainfall hits city However, a few places in Delhi witnessed a cold day in December.

SoftBank, which of late has not been signing new startup funding deals in India and is preparing to offload stakes in IPO-bound Ola Electric and FirstCry, still holds $1.1-1.2 billion worth of shares in its listed portfolio companies here. The Japanese investor has sold stakes worth $1.8-1.9 billion during the public offerings and through post-listing sales in four Indian startups — Paytm, Zomato, PB Fintech and Delhivery — that went public in 2021 and 2022. It had invested a total of $2.3-2.4 billion in these four new-age companies.