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The Biden administration says it could soon launch a formal evaluation of risks posed by vinyl chloride, the cancer-causing chemical that burned in a towering plume of toxic smoke following the fiery train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio

(Reuters) — As the world's central banks near the end of what has felt like a relentless string of interest rate rises, investors are taking a close look at how consumers and businesses are dealing with some of the tightest credit conditions in over a decade.

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Supreme Industries, REC and Ashok Leyland jumped on Friday after the announcement that they along with five other firms will be added to the MSCI India Index. The changes in constituents of the MSCI Global Standard Indexes will take place as of close of August 31, 2023, according to an announcement by index compiler MSCI on Thursday.

ITC Ltd chairman Sanjiv Puri said the company’s continued shareholding in the proposed demerged hotel business entity is to provide stability to the business, assure stakeholders and to allow ITC to leverage the institutional strengths to build its other businesses. Addressing shareholders in the company’s 112th annual general meeting virtually on Friday, Puri said the continued interest of ITC in the new entity (demerged hotel business) will provide “long term stability and instill a sense of assurance among partners, investors and employees, while enabling the new entity to leverage ITC’s institutional strengths including the timeless goodwill, world-class brands and governance processes.” Puri said for ITC, “the reorganisation will sharpen capital allocation, improve asset efficiency ratios, unlock value for its shareholders as well as enable leveraging of institutional synergies.

₹1,612 crores. With this, Axis Group will collectively hold 19.02%. Analysts from Motilal Oswal Financial Services point out that with the stake increase, a key concern for the stock was addressed and will support Max Life’s solvency ratio which stood at 188% in the June quarter (Q1FY24).

New Delhi: Bobby Pawar, chairman and chief creative officer of advertising agency Havas India, has stepped down from his role and will move away from the advertising industry. Pawar has had nearly a five-year stint with the company and has been in the industry for three decades. He will complete his tenure in September 2023.

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A BJP leader Anuj Chaudhary, hailing from Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal, was tragically shot and killed outside his Moradabad residence on Thursday evening, police said The incident, captured on CCTV, depicts Chaudhary, 34, strolling with an associate when three assailants on a motorbike unleashed a barrage of gunfire. Chaudhary was later rushed to Moradabad's BrightStar Hospital, where he succumbed to his wounds.

India and Peru agreeing to resume talks for a free trade agreement, the South American nation is looking to export avocados, fresh grapes, blueberries, and gold to India, Vice Foreign Trade Minister of Peru Teresa Stella Mera Gomez said. She said that technical teams of India and Peru would meet to start talks on modalities and scope of the proposed agreement. The two countries started negotiations for an FTA in 2017.

The NRL and its players have ended a messy two-year dispute after striking an in-principle deal that gives the latter a 37 per cent increase in pay.

If the world is to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels – turning to electric vehicles in what will be a massive transition — then the metals and mining sector is the beating heart of the solution.

Indian stocks to its Global Standard index as part of quarterly index review, while removing one.HDFC Asset Management, IDFC First Bank, Ashok Leyland, Astral, Cummins India Kirloskar, REC, Power Finance Corporation, and Supreme Industries will enter the MSCI Global Standard index, effective August 31. ACC will be removed from the Global Standard index, the index aggregator said.

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rainfall for various states including Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar, Sikkim, West Bengal, etc., for the next five days. “The monsoon trough at mean sea level is north of its normal position, it is likely to be north of its normal position or along the foothills of the Himalayas during the week.

Mega Millions jackpot has been claimed, but the game goes on with a fresh start. The jackpot now stands at a modest $20 million, offering a cash alternative of $9.9 million. Following the successful ticket purchase for Tuesday's draw in Neptune Beach, Florida, the jackpot returns to its baseline. This reset is in contrast to the previous build-up since April. The year has witnessed six winners of the Mega Millions jackpot, including the mammoth $1.348 billion triumph in January.

ghamandiya" (arrogant) bloc of parties that he said will be routed in the elections. Modi declared that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will return to power in 2024, slammed those who brought the motion for failing to do their homework, and challenged the Opposition to bring a similar motion in 2028, at the end of a third term, just as they had done in 2018 and now in 2023, both ahead of Lok Sabha polls. “In 2018, it was God’s will that the opposition brought a no-confidence motion.

bill that seeks to replace the Chief Justice of India with a Cabinet minister nominated by the prime minister in the selection committee for choosing the chief election commissioner and ECs, virtually giving the dispensation the power to overrule the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and hand-pick candidates for these posts. Law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal introduced The Chief Election Commissioner And Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service And Term of Office) Bill, 2023, while Opposition members were in the well demanding that a discussion on the situation in Manipur be held.

NEW DELHI : Private equity (PE) firm Actis Llp has agreed to acquire five hybrid annuity model (HAM) road projects from Patel Infrastructure Ltd at an equity value of around $91 million, two people aware of the development said. Actis may place these road assets under an infrastructure investment trust (InvIT) that will also house the six operating highway toll road projects that it bought from Welspun Enterprises Ltd last year. The Welspun deal, struck at an enterprise value of $775 million, marked the first road investment in India by Actis Long Life Infrastructure Fund.

RBI’s) monetary policy committee (MPC) on Thursday kept the policy rate and stance unchanged for the third time in a row, citing the need to watch the evolving inflation trajectory amid adverse weather conditions. All MPC members voted for a pause in the repo rate at 6.5%. Five out of six members also voted for a continuation of the “withdrawal of accommodation" stance.