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Toyam Sports jumped 5% upper circuit to hit the day's high of Rs 6.61 on the BSE in Wednesday's trade following the announcement of its sports web series, ‘Kumite 1 Warrior Hunt’ making an official entry to the Kenya International Sports Film Festival (KISFF). The web series is slated for screening at the premier African film festival on October 29, 2023, in Nairobi, Kenya, the company informed in its filing to the exchanges. The above development was announced by Toyam Sport on Tuesday minutes before the market closing time and it triggered a strong movement as the counter hit the upper circuit of Rs 6.30.

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif.— Artificial intelligence will likely lead to seismic changes to the workforce, eliminating many professions and requiring a societal rethink of how people spend their time, prominent tech leaders said Tuesday. Speaking at The Wall Street Journal’s Tech Live conference on Tuesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that the changes could hit some people in the economy more seriously than others, even if society as a whole improves. This will likely be a hard sell for the most affected people, he added.

Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), his most ambitious foreign-policy programme. It involves China financing billions of dollars of investment in roads, railways and other infrastructure across Eurasia and Africa. China claims the BRI has created 420,000 jobs and lifted 40m people out of poverty.

Reuters reported. Vietnam's President Vo Van Thuong invited Putin to “soon" visit the country and “Putin happily accepted the invitation," Vietnam News Agency, the state's official newswire, reported late on Tuesday. Also Read: BRI Summit: Putin advocates Russia's northern sea route; hails 'dear Friend' Xi Jinping Like China and Kyrgyzstan, Vietnam is not a member of the ICC.

Qatar has agreed to supply British firm Shell with natural gas for 27 years, the Gulf emirate's state-owned energy company announced on Wednesday. Since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine last year, European countries have scrambled to replace lost deliveries of natural gas from Russia. Qatar will supply 3.5 million tonnes of gas a year under the deal, QatarEnergy said, following two agreements with Shell for a share of the Gulf state's huge North Field gas expansion project. «We are delighted to sign these two long-term LNG sale and purchase agreements with Shell that will further enhance our decades-long relationship and strategic partnership in Qatar and around the world,» Qatari Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi said. «These agreements reaffirm Qatar's commitment to help meeting Europe's energy demands and bolstering its energy security with a source known for its superior economic and environmental qualities,» he added, In October last year, Shell inked a deal with QatarEnergy for a 9.4 percent stake in Qatar's North Field South project, the second phase in the expansion of the world's largest gas field, which extends under the Gulf into Iranian territory. In July the same year it also agreed to a 6.25 percent share in the first phase of the expansion, North Field East. Deliveries of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Rotterdam are expected to begin in 2026. The deal with Shell is equal in length to an agreement with France's TotalEnergies announced earlier this month for a 27-year supply of natural gas. Under its North Field expansion, Qatar is set to raise its output of liquified natural gas (LNG) by 60 percent or more to 126 million tonnes a year by 2027. The main market for Qatari gas has traditionally been

«Actually, I do think that while obviously smallcaps tend to be volatile on a two-three-year basis, that is where the big return will be made,» says Manish Gunwani, Head-Equities, Bandhan AMC. So, where do we start with — your great call on Tata Group, hotel stocks and hospital stocks, or we should simply talk about the big picture first? No, so I think the new themes we are more positive on which are basically things related to power capex or revival in rural consumption, pharma, so these are the new set. The ones you said are a bit old right now.

Financial Times which claimed that Adani buys coal from Indonesia and its price double when it reaches India. The Congress leader further blamed Adani for the rising electricity prices in India and said that the citizens' money was going to Adani's pockets through overpricing. “People are paying more for each unit.

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Some of Japan’s biggest businesses have asked the nation’s government to make crypto tax reforms, as the country continues to pivot to Web3 and crypto.

President-elect of the Maldives, Mohamed Muizzu, has said that he is determined to fulfill his promise of removing Indian military personnel from the archipelago. However, he plans to do so through diplomatic channels. As per a TOI report, Muizzu, who will assume the presidency next month, expressed his hope of seeing the Indian troops leave during the first week of his term.

The U.S. Department of Defense on Tuesday released declassified photos and videos showing what it called a series of “coercive and risky” intercepts of American military aircraft by Chinese jets over the past two years, which officials say have spiked dramatically.

₹1 crore to ₹150 crore, cover the period between FY18 and FY22 for payments by foreign parent companies to expats working in Indian subsidiaries of MNCs, sources told the paper. Also Read: Dabur gets GST demand notice of ₹320.6 crore The issue surfaced during audits of local arms of MNCs in various sectors, including smartphones, automobiles, software, FMCG, consumer durables, and cosmetics. Although tax demands for transactions made in FY18 were time-barred as of September 30, demands for subsequent years (FY19, FY20, FY21, and FY22) are being served.

Halloween season, the game has unveiled the enticing Wicked Night Crate, offering players a chance to acquire the Gothic Gentleman outfit and various other rewards. Here's how you can obtain the new crate and the themed outfit. BGMI recently unveiled the Gothic Gentleman outfit through an official Instagram post.

United States authorized non-essential personnel and their families to leave their embassy near Beirut on Tuesday, citing the unpredictable security situation in Lebanon due to the Israel-Hamas war. The State Department also raised its travel advisory for Lebanon from level three, issued in July, to the highest available level four, as it told Americans to avoid the country. «Do not travel to Lebanon due to the unpredictable security situation related to rocket, missile, and artillery exchanges between Israel and Hezbollah or other armed militant factions,» the State Department said in a statement Tuesday. Hamas launched a massive assault against Israel on October 7, shooting, stabbing and burning to death more than 1,400 people, most of them civilians. Reeling from the worst attack in its history, Israel launched a wave of retaliatory air strikes against the Gaza Strip, killing about 3,000 people, mostly civilians. Lebanon-based Hezbollah, which like Hamas is backed by Iran, has since been involved in a series of tit-for-tat incidents along the south Lebanese border with Israel. After a blast ripped through a Gaza hospital on Tuesday, killing hundreds, Hezbollah called for a «day of rage.» Israel and Palestinians have traded blame for the blast, though neither's claim could be independently verified. Following Hezbollah's call, hundreds of demonstrators scuffled Tuesday night with Lebanese security forces outside the US embassy in the Beirut suburb of Awkar, where protesters hurled stones and set a building on fire, according to AFP correspondents. Hundreds also gathered at the French embassy in Beirut, raising Hezbollah flags and also hurling stones which piled up at the embassy's main entrance. Palestinian

Also Read: Nepal engulfed in China's debt trap over Pokhara airport deal: Report Putin, a participant in previous Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) summits, led a prominent delegation from Moscow to the event. He emphasized the potential for enhancing trade between the East and West.

By Arathy Somasekhar and Muyu Xu

Investing.com-- Most Asian stocks moved in a tight range on Wednesday as growing concerns over a spillover in the Israel-Hamas war dented risk appetite, largely offsetting positive data that showed China’s economy grew more than expected. 

Investing.com-- Most Asian currencies firmed slightly on Wednesday tracking a stronger-than-expected reading on Chinese economic growth, although fears of an escalation in the Israel-Hamas war limited any major gains.

Fiji's prime minister says his government is “more comfortable dealing with traditional friends” such as Australia as China pursues closer security ties in the Asia-Pacific region

Chinese President Xi Jinping is promising greater access to China’s market for international firms and new financing exceeding $100 billion for other developing economies

Hamas and Israel have both been accused of breaking international law during their latest conflict, and the United Nations says it is collecting evidence of war crimes by all sides. Enforcing the law amid the fog of war is difficult. Holding perpetrators to account once conflicts are over has often proved elusive.