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₹300 trillion mark).   While a share in global market cap will reflect the vagaries of the stock market and its relative performance to other markets, the long-term trend is unmistakable. India’s share rose from 1.6% in 2006 (and the historical average of 2.6%) to 3.3% this June.

₹16.31 crore, an increase of 53% from the previous year. ITC’s shares rose 1.53% on Tuesday on BSE.

Himanta Biswa Sarma said that if delimitation exercise is carried out on the basis of 2011 census and not 2001, at least 16 to 20 seats of Northern and Upper Assam will go to Lower Assam and that to in places where Assamese people are minority. All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) has filed a case in the Supreme Court against the draft delimitation proposal of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies in Assam.

Taylor Swift’s European fans could be set for a cruel summer. Ticketmaster halted sales for some dates of the European leg of the pop star’s “Eras Tour" after some fans were unable to access the site, in the latest high-profile ticket snafu for the company. The ticket seller stopped the sale of tickets for six shows at Paris’s La Défense Arena and Lyon’s Groupama Stadium on Tuesday after it appeared some fans were unable to access the site.

NEW DELHI : As many as 415 million Indians moved out of poverty in the 15-year period between 2005/2006 and 2019/2021, the UN said in a report on Tuesday. The latest update of the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) was released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) at the University of Oxford. The report analysed trends from 2000 to 2022, focusing on 81 countries with comparable data over time.

After no winning ticket was sold for the Monday Powerball drawing, the grand prize jumped to an estimated $725 million– the seventh largest Powerball jackpot, according to a report by CNN on Tuesday.  The next Powerball drawing will be on Wednesday for the massive prize, which has an estimated $366.2 million lump-sum cash value before tax, according to Powerball. The winning numbers for Monday’s Powerball drawing were 2, 24, 34, 53, 58 and red Powerball 13.

Supreme Court Tuesday upheld the validity of two central laws and the corresponding rules that provide for a maximum tenure of five years for the directors of the CBI and Enforcement Directorate. A bench of Justices BR Gavai, Vikram Nath and Sanjay Karol rejected the contention of the petitioners, including some leaders of the Congress and TMC, that the amendments made to the Acts will be used as «carrot and stick» by the government of the day to ensure that the chiefs of the two central probe agencies work according to its wishes.

Iga Swiatek to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals on Tuesday, just three months after returning from maternity leave. The world number 76 came through 7-5, 6-7 (5/7), 6-2 despite being a break down in both of the first two sets against the reigning US Open and French Open champion. Svitolina, also a semi-finalist in 2019, will take on Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic for a place in Saturday's championship match.

Vondrousova reached the semi-finals of Wimbledon with a roller-coaster 6-4 2-6 6-4 win over American Jessica Pegula in the last eight on Tuesday. The Czech came through a topsy-turvy encounter on Court One against the fourth seed to book a clash with either world number one Iga Swiatek of Poland or Ukraine's Elina Svitolina. The first set was a whirlwind with five breaks of serve in nine games, the momentum swinging wildly while many spectators were still taking their seats under sunny skies.

Himanta Biswa Sarma said that several policemen will lose their jobs till 2026. He said that there are 50,000 policemen in the state, out of which 80 percent are good and 20 percent are not good. “At least 10,000 of police personnel are such which requires checking. Action is taken on four and five of them, the list is long. Due to 80 percent good people in police force we are living peacefully here. No violence and explosions and our condition better than some of our neighbouring states.”Hifzur Rahman, a criminal was shot dead in a police encounter near Assam-Meghalaya border on Monday. He had escaped from Silchar Central Jail on May 11. The encounter took place following intelligence inputs. When the police team tried to arrest Hifzur, he attacked the officers following which the police were forced to open fire in which Hifzur was seriously injured and was sent for treatment at Silchar Medical College and Hospital in Silchar where he succumbed to his injuries. During the wncounter, two policemen also sustained injuries. In 2011, Hifjur was arrested for killing a father-son duo in Karimganj.

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Arvind Kejriwal government in the national capital to help them tide over the crisis. Kiran, in her mid-30s, whose family had a small farm in the floodplain, said, all of it got destroyed in the flooding, and her family members had to rush out to safety in the early hours of Tuesday, reported PTI. "All our vegetables have been destroyed in the flooding.

Bangladesh and India on Tuesday launched a much-anticipated trade transaction in rupees, a move aimed at reducing dependence on the US dollar and strengthening regional currency and trade. This is the first time Bangladesh has done bilateral trade with a foreign country in addition to the US dollar.Bangladesh Bank Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder described the start of trade settlement in rupees as the «first step in a great journey».

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is a 38-member bloc, spanning mostly wealthy nations but also some emerging economies like Mexico and Estonia. There is little evidence the emergence of AI is having a significant impact on jobs so far, but that may be because the revolution is in its early stages, the OECD said. Jobs with the highest risk of being automated make up 27% of the labour force on average in OECD countries, with eastern European countries most exposed, the Paris-based organisation said in its 2023 Employment Outlook.

Powerball drawing, causing the grand prize to soar to an estimated $725 million. This staggering amount now ranks as the seventh largest Powerball jackpot ever, as confirmed by lottery officials. The upcoming drawing for this massive prize is scheduled for Wednesday. Prior to tax deductions, the estimated lump-sum cash value stands at $366.2 million, according to Powerball. The winning numbers for Monday's draw were 2, 24, 34, 53, 58, with a red Powerball number of 13. Despite the absence of a jackpot winner, there were still fortunate individuals who secured prizes. In California and Iowa, two tickets matched all five white balls, with the California ticket winning a $1 million prize and the Iowa ticket claiming $2 million by utilizing the Power Play feature. Furthermore, 28 tickets that won $50,000 prizes, along with 12 tickets. These tickets secured $100,000 prizes, according to Powerball. The streak of consecutive drawings without a major winner has now reached 35. The most recent instance of someone matching all five white balls and the red Powerball occurred on April 19, when an individual in Ohio won a grand prize of $252.6 million. California witnessed the largest-ever Powerball prize, with a remarkable $2.04 billion being won on November 7.

most reflective planet ever observed outside of our Solar System, astronomers said on Monday. This strange world, which is more than 260 light-years from Earth, reflects 80 per cent of the light from its host star, according to new observations from Europe's exoplanet-probing Cheops space telescope. That makes it the first exoplanet comparably shiny as Venus, which is the brightest object in our night sky other than the Moon. First discovered in 2020, the Neptune-sized planet called LTT9779b orbits its star in just 19 hours. Because it is so close, the side of the planet facing its star is a sizzling 2,000 degrees Celsius, which is considered far too hot for clouds to form. Yet LTT9779b seems to have them. «It was really a puzzle,» said Vivien Parmentier, a researcher at France's Cote d'Azur Observatory and co-author of a new study in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics. The researchers then «realised we should think about this cloud formation in the same way as condensation forming in a bathroom after a hot shower,» he said in a statement. Like running hot water steams up a bathroom, a scorching stream of metal and silicate — the stuff of which glass is made — oversaturated LTT9779b's atmosphere until metallic clouds formed, he said.

TISS and Dayalbagh Educational Institute, will now be appointed by the central government and not their sponsoring trusts or societies, officials said. The change in appointments comes following new norms notified by the University Grants Commission (UGC) called the UGC (Institutions Deemed to be Universities) Regulations. According to the new regulations, heads of deemed universities that receive 50 per cent more funds from the government than their own annual earnings will be appointed by the Centre. The first set of these regulations was notified in 2010, which was revised in 2016 and 2019. In rest of the cases, the vice chancellors shall be appointed by the chancellor from a panel of three names suggested by a search-cum-selection committee. The move, however, has been questioned by Congress leader Jairam Ramesh who raised apprehensions about the autonomy of these institutions.

Samsung’s flagship experience to young Galaxy Fans. The new Galaxy S21 FE 5G comes with 256 GB of memory and will be available in five epic colours – including Navy, Olive, Lavender, White and Graphite. It is priced at ₹49,999.  Those looking to buy can own the new Galaxy S21 FE 5G phone with 15-month no-cost EMI option at ₹3,334 per month.  Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G will be available starting July 11, 2023 on Samsung.com, and retail stores.

New Delhi: The Indian Meteorological Department's Agromet division has advised farmers in several northern states to delay sowing key crops amid extremely heavy rainfall. Farmers in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, and Haryana, facing a deluge, have been advised to postpone sowing of maize, soybean, Kharif pulses, and vegetables. The past day has seen Himachal Pradesh, the hardest hit, witness a staggering 446% above-normal rainfall, measuring 48.1 mm.

ITC has hiked the salary of its Chairman and Managing Director Sanjiv Puri to Rs 16.31 crore in the financial year 2023. The salary component comprises performance and long-term incentives of a whooping Rs 12.8 crore. The top executive's salary is also 326 times higher than the median remuneration paid to all employees.

Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. Following the release of the ODI World Cup schedule by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the International Cricket Council (ICC) last month, it was confirmed that the tournament would commence on October 5, with the opening match featuring an exciting rematch between England and New Zealand at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium. Eden Gardens, renowned for its iconic status, has been assigned as the host venue for a total of five matches, including one semifinal encounter.