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The uptick was on account of slippages in the dollar index (DXY) which was hovering near the 104.25 mark, down by 0.05 or 0.04%. It has declined 0.73% over the last five trading sessions.

Energy & power based mutual funds gave an average return of 23.40% in five years (April 2019-April 2024). There were around three schemes in the category that completed five years of existence. Nippon India Power & Infra Fund gave 26.35% return. Tata Resources & Energy Fund and DSP Natural Resources & New Energy Fund gave 22.87% and 20.98% returns respectively in the same time period.

Elections in Uttarakhand, coinciding with the peak wedding season, have resulted in a surge in demand for buses and cabs across the state. Families who had made preparations for weddings say they are struggling for vehicles for their baraats (wedding processions) since a large number of taxis and buses have been diverted for election duty. According to information made available by the transport department, a total of 12,395 vehicles, including 3,653 buses and 7,161 private taxis and cabs, have been acquired by state authorities for election duty. This has led to vehicle bookings for weddings being cancelled abruptly. All five Lok Sabha constituencies in the state will go to the hustings in the first of the seven-phase polls on April 19. This year, peak wedding season has also arrived around this time with April 18, just a day before the polls, being considered the most auspicious day of the season to get married. Priests say that the wedding season gains momentum after Baisakhi on April 13, and extends until April 24.

Zaporizhzhia nuclear station was struck by Ukraine on Sunday, the plant's Russian-installed administration said, according to Al Jazeera. It was not immediately clear what weapon was used in the strike on Sunday. The Russian state-owned nuclear agency Rosatom, however, said that it was a drone attack at the nuclear plant, which was taken over by Russian forces shortly after their full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Edited excerpts: Compared to 2017-18, I believe this market cycle is stronger due to robust earnings from midcap and smallcap companies, supported by solid fundamentals. The rally back then seemed more frothy as it was primarily driven by fund flows. This time it is a combination of fund flows and strong fundamentals.

Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The Congress released its Lok Sabha manifesto on April 5. The manifesto, called 'Nyay Patra', focused on 'Paanch Nyay' or five pillars of justice, including 'Yuva Nyay', 'Naari Nyay', 'Kisaan Nyay', 'Shramik Nyay' and 'Hissedari Nyay'.

Prashant Kishor said the only way the Congress party can revive from here is for Rahul Gandhi to step back and let someone else take charge. "This according to me is also anti-democratic," said Kishor told PTI pointing out that Rahul Gandhi has been running the party for the past 10 years unsuccessfully and still he is not willing to step aside to let somebody else steer the Congress party. "When you are doing the same work for the last 10 years without any success, then there is no harm in taking a break...

Eknath Shinde on Sunday said he rebelled because Uddhav Thackeray abandoned the ideology of Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray. Addressing a meeting of his party workers in Ramtek in Nagpur, Shinde said he did not want to become chief minister but had to rebel after seeing Bal Thackeray's ideology being compromised. Shinde broke away from the Uddhav Thackeray-led outfit in June 2022 and formed government with the backing of the BJP. "Balasaheb Thackeray used to consider us (party functionaries) as friends but he thinks of us as house-helps," the CM said in another jibe at the Shiv Sena (UBT) chief. He also said a party grows when leaders reach out to the grassroot worker rather than sitting at home.

Delhi Capitals suffered their fourth loss in five matches, slipping down to the bottom of the IPL table. DC now also has the worst NRR of -1.370 among all teams. Batting first, Mumbai Indians posted an imposing 234 for 5 against Delhi Capitals on Wankhede's placid track. Former skipper Rohit Sharma provided a blazing start, scoring 49 off 27 balls and adding 80 for the opening stand in just 7 overs with Ishan Kishan (42 off 23 balls), while Hardik Pandya (39 off 33 balls) and Tim David (45 not out off 21 balls) also contributed useful runs at the back-end. However, it was Romario Shepherd who smashed 39 off 10 balls, with 32 coming off the final over from Anrich Nortje (2/65 in 4 overs), which might have taken the target beyond DC's reach. DC conceded as many as 51 runs in the last two overs. When DC started its chase, Prithvi Shaw came up with a 40-ball 66 with three sixes and eight fours, but the asking rate kept soaring beyond its reach. No. 3 Porel hit a few attractive strokes but failed to make the most of a lifeline he got while batting on 30. The left-hander eventually perished for a 31-ball 41 with five fours, and following him back in the hut soon was Delhi captain Rishabh Pant (1). Delhi's lower order also cut a sorry figure, with Axar Patel (8), Lalit Yadav (3), debutant Kumar Kushagra (0), and Jhye Richardson (2) falling in quick succession, giving Gerald Coetzee a four-wicket haul.

National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday strongly refuted the allegation of mala fide intention while carrying out raids and arrests in a two-year-old blast case during which its team was attacked by an unruly crowd in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district. One NIA officer was injured and a vehicle was damaged on Saturday when the NIA team was going to arrest two persons in the Bhupatinagar blast case, in which three persons were killed in December 2022. «The NIA categorically refuted allegations of mala fide in its Bhupatinagar blast case,» an agency spokesperson said. The NIA spokesperson termed the entire controversy «unfortunate» and made it clear that the attack on its team was «completely unprovoked».

Romario Shepherd's 10-ball 39 not out outmuscled Tristan Stubb's courageous 71 off 25 balls as Mumbai Indians ended its three-match losing streak in the Indian Premier League with a 29–run win against Delhi Capitals here on Sunday. Conceding as many as 51 runs in the last two overs proved catastrophic for Delhi Capitals, whose bowlers remained wayward and batters lacked the spunk in the initial overs to go after MI bowlers, even though Stubbs went ballistic to make 25-ball 71 not out. The right-handed Stubbs smacked as many as seven sixes and three fours but his effort could only reduce the margin of defeat for Delhi, who lost a flurry of wickets towards the end to finish at 205 for eight in reply to Mumbai Indians' 234 for five. Once again poor quality of domestic talent in DC set-up proved to be their undoing. Save Abhishek Porel, none of the other young uncapped Indians have measured up.

The area of project in Khavda is five times the size of Paris and almost as large as Mumbai. The project was started in December 2022 and the first production was made on December 31, 2023. Adani Green Energy Limited will invest about Rs 1.5 lakh crore and Adani group will invest about Rs 2.3 lakh crore in renewable energy and manufacturing capacity by 2030. The project at Khavda is Hybrid renewable energy cluster where during the morning hours, solar energy is generated and during the evening hours wind generation is generated. It has operationalised capacity of 2,000 MW solar energy.

Bank Holidays next week in April 2024: Bank customers can look forward to a long week of non-working days at their banks next week with five holidays slotted, including the weekends. In fact, in some states, the holidays stretch out further into the succeeding week too, with Monday and Tuesday also being holidays.

Prashant Kishor said the ruling party will add significantly to its seats and vote share in south and east India, the two regions where its hold is weak-to-non-existent, barring Karnataka. In an interaction with PTI editors, Kishor also said despite the BJP's apparent dominance, neither the party nor Prime Minister Narendra Modi is invincible, pointing out that the opposition had three distinct and realistic chances of stopping the BJP juggernaut but frittered away the opportunities because of laziness and misplaced strategies. «They (BJP) will either be first or second party in Telangana which is a big thing. They will be number one in Odisha for sure. You would be surprised as, in all likelihood, to my mind, the BJP is going to be the number one party in West Bengal,» he said. In Tamil he said, BJP's vote share may hit double-digit percentage. Telangana, Odisha, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Kerala together account for 204 seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha but the BJP couldn't cross 50 seats in all these states put together either in 2014 or 2019 when it won 29 and 47 constituencies respectively.

Purple Cap standings on Saturday evening after recent clash with Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Lucknow Super Giants' rising star Mayank Yadav who delivered the fastest ball of the season at 156.7 kmph against RCB is also part of the list. While, Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman who ranks third in the list completed 300 wickets in T20 cricket, becoming the second bowler from his country to reach the milestone. Here are the top five bowlers in the race for the purple cap:

Addressing a public rally in Bihar's Nawada, the Prime Minister said that the government at the Centre is taking bold steps for the country. «I am here to eradicate poverty from the country. I cannot forget the situation of the country before 2014. Most of the countrymen were compelled to live in kutcha houses or were homeless. There was no gas connection available for poor. Middlemen used to benefit from the ration provided to poor...I have survived poverty. This son of a poor, is 'sevak' of poor,» the PM said, adding, «What we have achieved in 10 years could not be done in 60 years after Independence.»

Dry Days in Delhi: The Delhi government has in an order released on April 6 declared five dry days for religious holidays in the National Capital Territory (NCT) for the months of April to June 2024, as per an India Today report. Dry days in India imply a ban on serving and consumption of alcohol. The Delhi government traditionally issues a roster of dry days every three months.

Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 TV advertising for the first 15 matches experienced a 1% increase in ad volumes per channel compared to the previous edition, according to a report by TAM Media. The number of sponsors and categories climbed by 26% and 63%, respectively, to more than 50. The top five categories present in IPL 2024 together comprised 52% share of ad volumes, with Ecom-Gaming leading the list. The Ecom-Gaming category dominated the category list in all 15 matches of IPL 2024. Apart from Ecom-Gaming, the top five categories included Range of Food Products, Pan Masala, Cellular Phones-Smart Phones, and Securities/Sharebroking Organisation.

Jos Buttler hit an unbeaten 100 to trump Virat Kohli's first century of the IPL season as Rajasthan Royals beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru by six wickets on Saturday. England's Buttler reached his ton, from 58 balls, with a six in his 100th IPL match when Rajasthan needed one for victory in their chase of 184, with five balls to spare in Jaipur. Buttler, who struck form after he scored 35 across the previous three matches, put on 148 runs for the second wicket with skipper Sanju Samson, who made 69.

Lok Sabha constituencies, Chennai North and Chennai South, with the incumbent DMK locking horns with the AIADMK and the BJP. The BJP has fielded Tamilisai Soundararajan, former governor of Telangana to contest the coveted Chennai South constituency, which is the state's fourth largest constituency with more than two million voters. Soundararajan faces T Sumathy of the DMK and J Jayavardhan of the AIADMK. In the 2019 Lok Sabha election, Sumathy won a thumping majority with a 50.28% vote share. The constituency has remained a stronghold of the DMK, with the party winning it five times while the AIADMK has won it twice. In North Chennai, Kalanidhi Veeraswamy of the DMK, R Manohar of the AIADMK, RC Paul Kanagaraj of the BJP and E Iqbal of the BSP are in the fray.

will take over as the new new CEO and MD from April 7, 2024, for a period of five years, said India's fourth-largest tech major in its statement on Saturday. Palia is a Wipro veteran and has spent over three decades at Wipro.