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Himachal Police got alerted on Wednesday after pro-Khalistani slogans were found scrawled on the wall of a government building in Dharamshala, threatening to target the Cricket World Cup and “avenge” terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killing in Canada.

(Reuters) — Still punchy after a bond market rout and forex market gyrations, financial markets are bracing for U.S. inflation numbers and the start of earnings season.

The federal government will be taking five measures that mean food prices should stabilize “soon,” Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne announced in Ottawa Thursday.

MUMBAI (Reuters) — The Reserve Bank of India's key lending rate was held steady at a fourth consecutive policy meeting on Friday, as widely expected, with investors more focused on the regulator's liquidity management plan amid a resurgence in inflation.

Follow our live RBI MPC coverage here Majority analysts had estimated that the RBI would keep its key repo rate unchanged at 6.5 percent at the conclusion of the MPC meeting, with only a few expecting a 25 basis points (bps) hike. D-Street analysts also did not expect the RBI to change its stance from ‘withdrawal of accommodation’.

TOKYO (Reuters) — Japan's real wages in August declined for a 17th month, government data showed on Friday, as persistent price hikes continued to outpace salary growth.

BHP says electric vehicle manufacturers are not yet willing to pay a “green premium” to recognise the sustainability credentials of nickel mined in Australia, at a time when surprisingly large volumes of Indonesian nickel have dragged down prices for the metal to a two-year low.

Investing.com — The Saudi braggadocio that they can keep surprising the oil market with higher and higher production cuts may have actually done them in.

Martin Luther King Jr. will be made soon. Based on Jonathan Eig’s biography 'King: A Life', the movie will explore the life and internal and external struggles of the civil rights icon. Film icon Steven Spielberg will be the executive producer of the film, which will be produced and directed by Chris Rock. Universal Pictures is supporting the biographical drama.

Nifty 50 companies earned more than ₹20 crore in FY23, compared to one out of every four (27%) five years ago, a Deloitte study shared exclusively with ET has revealed. Also, half of the dozen promoter-incumbents earned more than ₹20 crore in FY23, compared to 33% in FY18. In comparison, of the 29 professional incumbents, 45% earned ₹20 crore-plus, up from 24% in FY23, according to the study.

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law to increase the amount of minimum sick days for workers from three days to five

The German government says developed countries have pledged $9.3 billion to help poor nations tackle climate change

Among the many changes being sought by striking United Auto Workers is an end to a system that pays workers much different wages for doing the same job

Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party (JKDFP) for five years. The Centre cited "anti-India" and "pro-Pakistan" activities of the party for the ban.

Treasury yields fell and the yield curve steepened on Thursday ahead of a much-anticipated jobs report on Friday which will be watched for new clues on whether the economy is strong enough for the Federal Reserve to keep hiking interest rates. Longer-dated yields have surged to 16-year highs as investors adjust for the likelihood that the U.S. central bank will hold rates higher for longer, and potentially raise them again as the labor market remains solid and inflation stays above the Fed’s 2% annual target. “The market is conceding that the Fed not only will be more likely to hike again before the end of the year, but also the likelihood of them cutting any time for the foreseeable future is very low,” said Ian Lyngen, head of U.S.

Narendra Modi raked up the “red diary” issue in Rajasthan on Thursday when he said the “black deeds of corruption” of the Congress government in the state are registered in it and BJP should be voted to power to unravel the truth and punish the guilty. He reiterated his stand on bringing to book the paper-leak mafia as well in the poll-bound state. Modi inaugurated or laid the foundation stone of several projects worth Rs 5,000 Cr in the state during a visit to Jodhpur.

The selloff in government bonds in recent days is being called the “one of the most violent recalibrations” of the bond market in recent years, and the shock waves are being felt around the world.

A wage increase of 15 per cent over five years was the first thing to catch most observers’ eyes last month when Unifor, the union representing 5,600 workers at Ford Motor Co. of Canada, ratified a new three-year contract with the automaker.

Supreme Court on Thursday posed a volley of questions to the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate about the Delhi excise policy 'scam' and asked the anti-money laundering agency how a case was made out against former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia. The top court said merely because some lobby or pressure groups had sought a certain policy change does not imply there was corruption or commission of crime unless an element of bribery was involved. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti grilled both the federal agencies over the alleged involvement of Sisodia in the corruption and money laundering cases, and remarked those cases won't «stand two questions» before the trial court.

HelloFresh (OTC:HLFFF) was reinstated with an Underperform rating and €23.90 price target at BofA on Thursday, implying a potential 13% downside in the stock.