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The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Wednesday will hold an all-India coordination meeting in Pune. The three-day meeting will discuss a range of topics such as national security, socioeconomic scenarios, among others. RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale will be attending the three-day meeting along with five joint general secretaries, including Arun Kumar -- its pointsman in the BJP -- and other "prominent" functionaries.

Check LIVE updates here. Pakistan's playing 11 against Sri Lanka does not include renowned batter Fakhar Zaman.Pakistan's playing 11 against Sri Lanka has been released. Here is the team: Mohammad Haris, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed Shadah Khan (vc), Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Wasim Jnr and Zaman Khan.

Nissan, are collecting and sharing deeply personal data, such as sexual activity and health information. The study found privacy and security flaws in car brands from the U.S., Germany, Japan, France, and South Korea. According to Mozilla, they conducted tests on 25 major car manufacturers, and all of them did not meet privacy standards.

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Nifty defied mixed global cues and scaled their fresh record highs of 67,771 and 20,167.65 in morning trade on Thursday. The market was witnessing a broad-based rally as the BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices jumped over a per cent higher each. Most sectoral indices witnessed healthy buying in the morning session.

Reliance Industries: Reliance Retail is in talks with existing investors including the sovereign wealth funds of Singapore, Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia for combined new investments of around $1.5 billion. The discussions of India's largest retailer with investors are part of an internal target to raise $3.5 billion which the company wants to close by the end of this month, according to a report by news agency Reuters. Out of that, QIA last month announced a $1 billion investment and KKR & Co this week $250 million.

India's G20 presidency was a breakthrough, said Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar, adding there was legitimate and rightful recognition of a resurgent India as a global power. Addressing the research faculty of the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) at Sapru House on Wednesday, the Vice-President noted the widespread appreciation for India's role during its Presidency of the G20, and the success of the recently concluded G20 Leaders' Summit. Emphasizing that India was in a defining moment in history, the vice president urged researchers to make people aware of the achievements of the nation, stated an official release. «You are the window for every outsider to the country, and for every Indian citizen to the world,» he underlined. Highlighting India's rising stature on the global stage, the Vice-President traced India's journey from being part of the 'Fragile Five' to being the fifth-largest economy in the world. Dhankar added that some of the accomplishments that were taking place in India had once seemed beyond imagination for the world. «They can never imagine that this could happen in a country that has diversity of religion, caste, creed and language,» he elaborated. He urged research scholars of ICWA to be at the forefront of countering «pernicious, sinister narratives that are floated periodically about India». Stressing the need to engage in in-depth analysis of such narratives, the Vice-President said, «Your role is important in neutralizing such a crafted strategy only to taint, tarnish, demean, and decimate our Constitutional institutions.» The Vice-President, who is also the ex-officio President of ICWA, inaugurated the renovated library of ICWA at Sapru House.

Donald Trump and some other defendants are waiving their right to seek a speedy trial in the Georgia case in which they are accused of participating in an illegal scheme to overturn his loss in the 2020 presidential election. The filings are part of the legal maneuvering as Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis seeks to try all 19 defendants together starting next month. Most of the defendants have sought to separate their cases from some or all of the others, with many saying they will not be ready by Oct.

(Reuters) — Direxion is rolling out two new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tied to the price movement in shares of Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA), the financial products provider said on Wednesday, seeking to capitalize on excitement over developments in artificial intelligence that helped boost stocks this year.

Kozhikode villages. 3) 58 wards across nine panchayats in Vadakara taluk of Kozhikode district have been declared as containment zones. Essential services and only entry and exit are allowed in these areas.

Economic Times Startup Awards (ETSA) have captured the ever-changing world of technology and Digital India as the sector has grown from infancy to the stage of spawning publicly-traded corporations. Having seen at least two cycles of the funding boom followed by a tech winter, the awards are a true testament to the way Indian entrepreneurship has matured in the past nine years amid many crests and troughs.

ET Startup Awards 2023 jury meeting, as the members contemplated how much weight should be given to public good, impact and financials. Their final choice was FIA Global, a platform that helps people in some of the most remote areas of the country avail of formal financial services, from opening a bank account and taking a loan to investing in mutual funds and buying digital gold.

Ashoka Concessions, a subsidiary of highway builder Ashoka Buildcon, has restarted negotiations to sell its build-operate-transfer (BOT) toll road assets after PE major KKR terminated the proposed transaction in May. Global funds such as Canada's CDPQ, Macquarie, Cube Highways, and India's NIIF are in early stages of talks to acquire the assets, multiple people aware of the development said. CDPQ is in talks through its infrastructure trust — Indian Highway Concessions Trust. In 2021, Ashoka Concessions (ACL) and Galaxy Investments II, an affiliate of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.

The Committee of Creditors for IL&FS Tamil Nadu Power Company (ITPCL), a consortium of 17 banks led by Punjab National Bank, have turned down a proposal from the National Asset Reconstruction Co (NARCL) to acquire the debt of ₹9,000 crore and is moving ahead with a debt restructuring plan. During a meeting held last week, the lenders' committee rejected the government-backed bad bank's offer, a source said. Lenders felt that NARCL's offer of ₹4,700 crore in a 15:85 structure was below their recovery expectations through the debt restructuring process. Under 15:85, 15% of the amount is paid upfront while the remaining is paid by way of security receipts. «Lenders have rejected NARCL's offer as the company has cash of around ₹3,000 crore which will improve their recovery in case of restructuring,» a source said.

Digital payment services provider Paytm on Wednesday said its shareholders have approved the appointment of a new statutory auditor, S.R. Batliboi & Associates LLP, for five years. S.R. Batliboi & Associates LLP has been approved as the new statutory auditor of Paytm for five years in the 23rd annual general meeting held on September 12, Paytm said in an exchange filing.

Shell’s Queensland gas boss Kim Code has been unable to rule out a future hit to LNG exports, as the federal government’s gas market intervention makes waves through the sector.

The first artificial womb to gestate a human baby is fast approaching reality. Food and Drug Administration regulators will weigh next week how scientists should conduct the first human tests of bag-like wombs, meant to nurture babies born so premature that modern medicine struggles to keep them healthy. The agency plans to meet with outside advisers and discuss behind closed doors what the agency called “confidential commercial information," citing a federal law that allows nonpublic meetings to discuss trade secrets.

Consulting firm EY said it recently completed a $1.4 billion investment into artificial intelligence, the latest among a series of peers to make a billion-dollar announcement regarding the rapidly developing technology. In addition to the $1.4 billion investment, announced Wednesday, the professional-services company said it has created its own large language model, EY.ai EYQ, and that it would train its 400,000 employee workforce on AI. EY declined to comment on the exact amount it would spend on AI going forward, but said that the amount is more per year than it has spent over the past five years.

Samvidhan Sabha on the first day of the five-day session of Parliament beginning September 18. During the session, the government has also listed the bill on the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and other election commissioners to be taken up for consideration and passage.

Investing.com — The oil rally hit a bump on Wednesday as U.S. oil production hit new three-year highs last week and a weekly reading for crude stockpiles rose for the first time in five weeks as the peak summer driving season drew to a close.

Elon Musk" by renowned author Walter Isaacson, who spent two years documenting the life of the billionaire, reveals interesting details about Musk's private life. The memoir dives into a specific incident in Elon Musk's life, illuminating his romance with actress Amber Heard. According to Isaacson, during their romance, Elon Musk made a rather unique request to Amber Heard.