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₹10,000 crores. It will take around 1 year for us to redevelop the infrastructure of the state." 1) More than 800 people have been evacuated from the low-lying areas of Himachal Pradesh's Kangra near the Pong Dam. 2) Due to heavy rainfall, all schools and colleges have been ordered shut in Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday.

BSE Sensex ended at 65,539.42 up 137.50 points or up 0.2 per cent while the Nifty also closed at 19,465 level, up 30.45 points or 0.16 per cent. Metal and financial stocks saw the most declines following a spike in domestic retail prices that prompted caution, and further worries about China's economic recovery weighed on the market sentiment. Commenting on today's market performance, Vinod Nair, Head of Research at Geojit Financial Services said, "The initial apprehension stemming from an above-expected surge in domestic CPI inflation, driven by higher food prices, induced volatility in the Indian market.

Gill on Wednesday achieved his career-best 25th position while his batting colleague Yashasvi Jaiswal and spinner Kuldeep Yadav also made significant gains in the latest ICC T20I rankings. Gill gained 43 places following his scores of 77 and nine in the final two games of the five-match series against the West Indies.

The comments come after a raft of recent figures that have stoked concerns over China's stuttering post-Covid recovery, and after US President Joe Biden said the country's mounting economic problems made it a «ticking time bomb». «After the smooth transition of the epidemic prevention and control, China's economic recovery is a wave-like development and a tortuous process, which will inevitably face difficulties and problems,» foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a regular press conference. «A number of Western politicians and media have hyped up the periodic problems in China's post-epidemic economic recovery process. But eventually, they will for sure be proven wrong,» he added. Retail sales, a key gauge of consumption, grew 2.5 percent year-on-year in July, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Tuesday, down from 3.1 percent in June and falling short of analyst expectations.

Kangra near Pong Dam in the Beas river, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Wednesday as heavy rains continued to batter the state.Indian Army columns have been deployed for flood relief operations in Shimla, Fatehpur and Indora areas of the State. The death toll in rain-related incidents in the State has risen to over 60 with the chief minster stating that the State has suffered a loss of around Rs 10,000 crore. “It will take around one year for us to redevelop the infrastructure of the state" Chief Minster Sukhu said.

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₹5: The board of directors of Sylph Technologies Ltd has approved preferential issue not exceeding ₹83.20 crore. The small-cap company has offered 26 crore company shares in this preferential issue that is available for non promoters and public category investors.

Indian Air Force helicopters are conducting rescue operation in flood affected areas of the hilly state. Heavy rains have battered Himachal Pradesh since Sunday, triggering landslides in Shimla's Summer Hill, Krishna Nagar and Fagli. As heavy rains continue to batter state, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said that over 800 people have been evacuated from low-lying areas of Kangra near Pong Dam in the Beas river.

₹17.27 crore on Day 5 in India. Trade analyst Taran Adarsh said the film saw an exceptional jump on Independence Day and added that it's clash with Gadar 2 eroded its true potential. He further said the would have easily collected much more if it hadn't released alongside Gadar 2.

₹2 lakh ($2500) in FY23 to ₹14.9 lakh ($12,400) in FY47, according to the SBI's latest research report. Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing the country during the 77th Independence Day celebrations at the Red Fort said that India will be a developed country by 2047. "In 2047, when the country will be celebrating 100 years of Independence, India will be a developed country", the Prime Minister noted during his speech from the Red Fort.

Apne. The movie starring Dharmendra, Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol, was released in 2007.

Stock market today: Extending weakness for fifth day in a row, Nifty Bank index today opened with downside gap and went on to hit intraday low of 43,600 levels, logging 1364 points loss in five straight sessions. Comparing Bank Nifty's last positive closing of 44,964 on 8th August 2023 and today intraday low of 43,600 mark, Bank Nifty has logged over 3 per cent loss in five successive trade sessions since Wednesday last week. According to stock market experts, today fall can be attributed to Fitch warning to downgrade dozens of US banks including JP Morgan.

Wordle is owned by The New York Times. Wordle was designed by Engineer Josh Wardle for his wife who loved word games. It was only a private affair till it was bought by The New York Times for six figures. The game is now globally accessible and is one of the most played online games. Wordle is available to play at its official website and is completely ad free. No fishy log ins or signs up are required to play the game.Many Wordle inspired game later came in the market like Dordle, Squabble, Heardle, Nerdle and Quordle.

Imran Khan, seeking bail in connection with the First Information Reports (FIRs) registered against him over violent protests, Dawn reported. On Tuesday, the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) of Islamabad dismissed three bail petitions and Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADSJ) Mohammad Sohail rejected six petitions seeking pre-arrest bail for Khan.

Vodafone Idea (Vi) fell over 3% to Rs 8 in Wednesday's trade on BSE after the telecom operator reported a loss of Rs 7,840 crore for the quarter ended June 2023, which is higher than Rs 7,297 crore reported in the year-ago quarter and Rs 6,419 crore in the preceding March quarter. However, its revenue from operations rose by a marginal 2% to Rs 10,655 crore in the first quarter, compared with Rs 10,410 crore in the same quarter of last year. ARPU for the first quarter came in at Rs 139 as against Rs 135 in the previous quarter, showing a sequential growth of 2.9%.

Banks have been hiking lending rates. The public sector lender Canara Bank has hiked home loan rates and other loan rates with effect from 12 August.  In August, top banks in India, including HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Bank of Baroda, and Bank of India increased their marginal cost of funds-based lending rate(MCLR). 

NJ Mutual Fund has launched NJ Flexi Cap Fund, an open-ended equity scheme that will invest across large cap, mid cap, small cap stocks. The new fund offer or NFO of the scheme is open for subscription and will close on August 29. The scheme will reopen within five business days from the date of allotment. The investment objective of the scheme is to generate long term capital appreciation by investing in equity and equity-related instruments across market capitalizations.

₹33.00 crore in India across all languages. The movie achieved a notable 81.59% occupancy rate for its Tamil version on Tuesday, August 15, 2023.

News18 has reported citing local sources. The five star hotels which is reportedly to host the top dignitaries of the world include Taj Mahal, Taj Palace, Maurya Sheraton, Le Meridien, Shangri-La, Imperial, Oberoi, Leela, sources told the daily. Speaking about where the top leaders will be staying, top sources told News18 that US president Joe Biden is likely to stay at ITC Maurya whereas Chinese President Xi Jinping at Taj Palace.