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Environmental groups are urging a moratorium on deep-sea mining ahead of an international meeting in Jamaica where an obscure U.N. body will debate the issue amid fears it could soon authorize the world’s first license to harvest minerals from the ocea...

Sunil Subramaniam, MD & CEO, Sundaram Mutual, says “we are in for a correction and volatility in the broader market, but it is not because investors are turning risk averse. It is because FIIs are selling largecaps. Mutual funds, in order to buy those largecaps, need to sell mid and smallcaps. It is not necessarily a reversal of risk attitude as much as the opportunity to get good quality, large companies at much reasonable prices. So it is just a reallocation. For a long-term investor, in fact the on-going correction could be a good time to accumulate.” Crude prices have eased off a bit at the start of the week. How do you see this correlation between crude prices and the kind of consolidation that we are seeing on the Nifty play out from here? The spot crude prices may ease up based on local announcements but if you look at the forward crude expectations, they remain in a firm stage both because it is winter setting into the US and in Europe, when the energy heating demand for homes goes up. The Israel-Hamas conflict is adding to the statement by OPEC that there will be at least a three and a half million barrel shortfall for Q4. So in the short term, because of China's slowdown, there may be movement in the spot crude, but otherwise I expect a firm crude trend.

mass shooting happened in Lewiston, Maine, killing at least 22 people and wounding 50 to 60 more. The shootings occurred at a number of locations across the city, including a local bar and a prominent bowling alley. In response to the incident, Maine state police issued an urgent social media alert advising residents to seek refuge in their homes and close their doors. Many investigations are being conducted by law enforcement to ensure the safety of the community. Here's what we know so far:

defence spending would boost the economy. “We can reap a genuine peace dividend this year and then year after year, in the form of permanently reduced defence budgets," he declared in 1992. The world took note.

astronauts departed for China's space station on Thursday, paving the way for a new generation of «taikonauts» to advance the country's space ambitions in the future. The spacecraft Shenzhou-17, or «Divine Vessel», and its three passengers lifted off atop a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China. Leading the six-month mission was former air force pilot Tang Hongbo, 48, who was on the first crewed mission to the space station in 2021. His return to the orbiting outpost Tiangong, or «Celestial Palace» in Chinese, also set a new record for the shortest interval between two spaceflight missions by taikonauts — coined from the Chinese word for space — suggesting a faster rotation of taikonauts in coming years. Tang, from China's second batch of astronauts in 2010, had to wait more than a decade before he was picked for his inaugural spaceflight in 2021. By contrast, his fellow Shenzhou-17 crew members Tang Shengjie, 33, and Jiang Xinlin, 35, both travelling to space for the first time, joined China's third batch of astronauts in September 2020. China has already kickstarted the selection process for the fourth batch of astronauts, seeking candidates with doctoral degrees in disciplines from biology, physics and chemistry to biomedical engineering and astronomy. It is also opening the process to applicants from Hong Kong and Macau for the first time. The first and second batches of astronauts were all former air force pilots, like Tang, who joined the People's Liberation Army in 1995 at age 20.

“Discretionary consumption with powerful brand pull should do well in the next few years as we see the per capita income of the Country growing well,” says Ramkumar K, Chief Investment Officer, Reliance General Insurance. In an interview with ETMarkets, Ramkumar said: “We have seen volatility in our markets in the last couple of months already and we are positioned towards large caps and defensives to overcome this phase” Edited excerpts: A mixed October for markets in the middle of India's festive season. What is capping the upside is it geopolitical concerns or valuations? It is only geopolitical concerns and the resultant increase in international crude prices, in the recent past, which is preventing any major upside in the markets at the moment.

onion touched Rs 50/kg in Delhi on Wednesday as well as in some markets of Maharashtra. Onion prices are expected to continue to rise till December, when the new kharif crop is expected to hit the markets after a delay of nearly two months. «The average price of onions in Ahmednagar market has increased from about Rs 35/kg about around 10 days ago to Rs 45/kg now,» said Nandkumar Shirke, chairman, Association of Onion Traders of Ahmednagar District.

China's Belt and Road Initiative through a network of infrastructure projects, including a railroad connecting Saudi Arabia with Europe, President Joe Biden said. On the sidelines of the G20 Summit in September, key leaders of the world led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Biden had announced the launch of the ambitious India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor. «We are going to compete on that (Belt and Road Initiative) and we're doing it in a different way.

Indian Railways is running 4480 trips of 283 special trains till Chhath Puja this year for the convenience of rail travellers and to clear the extra rush of passengers. «Special Trains have been planned to connect major destinations across the country on railway routes like Delhi- Patna, Delhi-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, Danapur-Saharsa, Danapur- Bengaluru, Ambala-Saharsa, Muzaffarpur-Yesvantpur, Puri-Patna, Okha-Naharlagun, Sealdah-New Jalpaiguri, Kochuveli-Bengaluru, Benaras- Mumbai, Howrah-Raxaul etc. During 2022, Indian Railways had notified 2614 trips of 216 Puja Special trains,» the Ministry of Railways said in a press release. Crowd-control measures by forming queues at the terminus stations under the supervision of RPF staff for orderly entry of passengers in unreserved coaches are being ensured. «Additional RPF personnel have been deployed at major stations to ensure the security of passengers.

Narendra Modi on October 26 at the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in Fatorda, South Goa. Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur, Goa Sports Minister Govind Gaude and Minister of State for Tourism Shripad Naik will be in attendance, reported daijiworld.

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visa services for Canadians from today, the Indian Embassy in Ottawa announced Wednesday. The a move that could ease tensions in a high-profile dispute over the killing of a Sikh separatist on Canadian soil.

Israel-Hamas War LIVE: President Joe Biden expressed his opposition on Wednesday to retaliatory attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank following the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel.“It has to stop. They have to be held accountable.

(Reuters) -Stellantis NV on Thursday announced a 1.5 billion euro ($1.6 billion) deal to acquire a 20% stake in China's Leapmotor (HK:9863) Technology in a move that gives the European automaker a vital foothold in the world's largest auto market.

Investing.com-- Oil prices moved little in Asian trade on Thursday as markets hunkered down before key U.S. economic data due later in the day, while focus also remained on any more developments in the Israel-Hamas war. 

London | IFM Investors has shrugged off a Europe-wide squeeze on infrastructure projects, winning a Polish tender to build and run a passenger and cargo airport at the centre of a $12 billion regional transport hub.

The opening of a Chinese currency remitter in Sydney’s CBD in the middle of the pandemic sparked a police investigation which has allegedly exposed Australia’s biggest money-laundering ring, with ties to cyber crime, drug running, cryptocurrency and violent crime.

Cyprus is set to introduce stringent penalties for unregulated cryptocurrency service providers (CSPs), according to the Cyprus Mail . The government has submitted a legislative amendment to the «Prevention and Suppression of Money Laundering Law,» aiming to align the country with international anti-money laundering (AML) and combating the financing of terrorism (CFT) standards. The amendment was presented to the Parliamentary Committee on Legal Affairs on October 10, 2023.

(Reuters) -Australia's Coles Group (OTC:CLEGF) posted a 3.6% jump in first-quarter sales on Thursday, boosted by higher contribution from its supermarkets section owing to strong food volume growth, as consumers increasingly opted for at-home consumption.

The Bricklayer,' directed by Renny Harlin and featuring Aaron Eckhart and Nina Dobrev, is set to release in the U.S. early next year through Vertical.

By Jeff Mason