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As the Southeast U.S. recovers in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene's destruction, consumers looking to change their air travel plans to or from affected areas without taking a financial hit may be out of luck, experts said.

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India has made a significant shift from a governor-centric decision-making model to a more collaborative approach via MPC, mirroring global trends since the late 1990s. Based on Urjit Patel committee's recommendation, MPC was formed in 2016. It has three internal members from RBI and three external members from academia. This collegial structure, while intended to foster balanced decision-making, has revealed an interesting dynamic: discord among committee members. As seen, external MPC members often vary from the majority's stand on policy rates, raising questions about the efficacy of this governance model. Studies in policy communications of central banks, however, have often emphasised the need to preserve and nurture an environment conducive to such frictions in a committee-based deliberative decision-making framework.

e-commerce companies Flipkart and Amazon as they are engaging in predatory pricing and are burning cash to offer heavy discounts on products, traders' body CAIT and mainline mobile retailers' association AIMRA said on Tuesday. These practices, in turn, are creating a grey market of mobile phones, causing losses to the exchequer «as players in the grey market evade taxes», they said. Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), in collaboration with the All India Mobile Retailers' Association (AIMRA), placed the demands in a white paper on the impact of e-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart on India's retail ecosystem. AIMRA demanded suspension of operations of Chinese mobile phone companies OnePlus, iQOO, and Poco for allegedly colluding with e-commerce players.

Sebi) has approached the government to allow tax breaks for subscribers of municipal bonds that are crucial for funding infrastructure development at the grass-root levels, a senior official said on Tuesday. The capital markets watchdog will also root for a tax break for municipal bonds during its meeting with the Finance Commission, Sebi whole-time member Ashwani Bhatia said.

Jimmy Carter discussed his cancer diagnosis and treatment during a press conference held nine years ago at the Carter Center in Atlanta. Jimmy Carter, who was 91 years old at the time, gave an explanation of how a severe cold in May of the previous year prompted a complete physical, which in early August of 2015 revealed the presence of melanoma, a very serious form of skin cancer. During his liver surgery earlier that month, medical professionals found four areas on his brain where the cancer had metastasized. He would have had roughly six months to live if his diagnosis had been made a few years earlier. Rather, the former president commemorates his 100th birthday on Tuesday.

Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) Girish Chandra Murmu on Tuesday called for further bolstering local bodies, arguing that all-round development at the grass-root levels is a prerequisite for turning India into a developed India by 2047. “More than 50% people live in rural areas, and until their governance, their development, their administration, their resources are not augmented, we will not be able to reach (Viksit Bharat goal),” Murmu said. Murmu inaugurated the ICAI’s local governance synergy conclave here, aimed at strengthening government accounting at the municipal levels.

gold bracelet you're wearing might not be made of pure gold, and you might not even realize it without cutting it open. This issue came to light when an X (formerly Twitter) user shared a video revealing how gold bracelets are being made. According to the user, the bracelets are manufactured in China with very little gold, and it's difficult to determine the actual gold content without cutting them open. «Images from China have sparked discussion. They are producing bracelets using minimal amounts of gold. It’s impossible to tell if the products are real without cutting them open,» the user stated.

CIL's coal production dropped marginally by 1 per cent to 50.9 million tonnes (MT) in September. The coal behemoth, which accounts for over 80 per cent of the domestic coal output, produced 51.4 MT in the corresponding month of the previous fiscal year, Coal India Ltd (CIL) said in a filing to the BSE. However, the PSU's coal output in the April-September period of the current fiscal year increased 2.5 per cent to 341.5 MT, over 332.9 MT in the year-ago period.

On the BSE, Dhyaani Tile & Marblez(down 18.57 per cent), Kamdhenu Ventures(down 9.99 per cent), Arnold Holdings(down 9.99 per cent), Soma Textiles(down 9.98 per cent) and Intellivate Cap(down 9.95 per cent) stood among the top losers in today's trade.

NCLAT) has upheld the tribunal’s order to approve the SKS Power Generation (Chattisgarh) Ltd’s acquisition by BSE-listed Sarda Energy & Minerals Ltd (SEML). The unsuccessful bidders of SKS Power Generation (Chattisgarh) including Torrent Power Ltd, Jindal Power Ltd and Vantage Point Asset Management Pte. had approached the appellate tribunal to challenge the lower tribunal’s order. “We do not find that any sufficient grounds have been made out within the meaning of Section 61(3)(ii) of the IBC to interfere with the decision of the adjudicating authority (NCLT) approving the resolution plan of Sarda, in these appeals filed by unsuccessful resolution applicant,” observed the bench preceded by Justice Ashok Bhushan and technical members Barun Mitra and Arun Baroka.

SRF Ltd. rose 0.58 per cent to Rs 2482.8 in Tuesday's trade. It hit an intraday high of Rs 2497.35 and low of Rs 2428.0, respectively, during the day. The stock quoted a 52-week high price of Rs 2697.45 and low of Rs 2081.25.

bilateral meeting with Jamaican counterpart Andrew Holness in New Delhi. The bilateral meeting was followed by delegation-level talks between the two leaders. Visiting Prime Minister of Jamaica met PM Modi at Hyderabad House here in the national capital earlier today.

Gandhi Jayanti. Accordingly, all the segments including, the equity, derivative, and SLB will be closed. The multi-commodity exchange will also be closed for both morning and evening sessions.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : The Indian box office now belongs to large-scale spectacles like Baahubali, Pathaan and Kalki 2898 AD—films that go on to set new theatrical milestones. However, despite setting the box office on fire, they tend to remain low on profitability.

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Welspun Corp share price rallied 4% to a 52-week high of Rs 795 in Tuesday's trade on BSE following the announcement of a major order worth Rs 2,400 crore in the United States. «We are pleased to announce the receipt of a significantly large order in the USA valued at Rs 2,400 crore (approx.), for supply of Coated HSAW Pipes for a Natural gas Pipeline project,» the company said in an exchange filing. The execution of this order is scheduled for FY25 and FY26.

dry days coincide with major national holidays and religious festivals, following an official order issued by Excise Department Commissioner Ravi Jha.

airline operators Spicejet and InterGlobe Aviation-operated IndiGo surged by 6% and 2.2% respectively on the BSE after the prices of the aviation turbine fuel (ATF) were slashed by 6%. The shares of SpiceJet went as high as Rs 68.50 while those of IndiGo surged to Rs 4,896.

NTPC are in focus on Tuesday after its subsidiary company NTPC Green Energy signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Rajasthan government for a 25-gigawatt renewable energy project. «On the occasion of Rising Rajasthan Investor Meet at New Delhi, NTPC Green Energy Limited (NGEL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of NTPC Ltd, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Govt of Rajasthan on 30th September 2024 for the development of 25 GW of Renewable Energy Projects in the State of Rajasthan,» the company said in an exchange filing.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The stock market debut of The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts is all set to fuel investor appetite for luxury-hotel stocks, experts said, as they expect strong demand for premium experiences to drive the current upcycle in the hotel industry for the next three to four years. Leela Palaces filed for an initial public offering (IPO) of ₹5,000 crore on 20 September.