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Railway stocks jumped up to 10% after Ashwini Vaishnaw took charge as the Indian Railway minister continuing from his previous stint. The gains were led by Jupiter Wagons which shot up to the day's high of Rs 682.90 on the NSE, gaining 10% on the intraday basis. It was followed by Texmaco Rail & Engineering and Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), which surged 6% each as of noon. The other gainers were Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL), Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC), BEML, Ircon International, RITES, and Container Corporation of India (CONCOR) which were up between 2.5% and 5%.

India will host next year's men's Junior Hockey World Cup, the Executive Board of the International Hockey Federation announced on Tuesday. The tournament will be held in December and it will be the first time ever that a Hockey Junior World Cup will include as many as 24 teams.

USF set to return up to $19m in value to shareholders back in May, allowing clients to tender up to 7.3% of the shares under their names on the register, with the option to go for additional shares if others tender less than their basic entitlement. US Solar and International Public Partnership adviser Amber to merge with US asset manager The offer was approved by USF shareholders at the trust's annual general meeting at the end of May with 95.4% of the votes cast in favour. At the same meeting, the trust survived its continuation vote but with some pushback, as 35.4% were in favour o...

Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP) lets international students who have completed their studies at a designated learning institution (DLI) in Canada to stay and work in Canada temporarily after their graduation, giving them the chance to gain practical work experience in their field of study.

Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund launched one of India’s first global funds from Gift City (registered with the International Financial Services Authority or IFSC) last year. It had its first close in September 2023, raising $33 million, mostly from resident Indians and institutions. 

Bank Nifty was up by 89.1(0.18%) at 11 Jun 2024 10:44:59 IST.Other stocks such as Neueon Towers, Shubhlaxmi Jewel Art, POPULAR VEHICLES AND SERVICES ORD, QUEST LABORATORIES ORD hit their fresh 52 wk lows today.

₹71,251 per 10 gm and touched an intraday low of ₹71,072 within a few minutes of the commodity market's opening bell. In the international market, the COMEX gold price oscillates around $2,320 per troy ounce, whereas the spot gold price is around $2,303.According to commodity market experts, gold prices today are under pressure after better-than-expected US job data, which dents the US Fed rate cut buzz.

Also read | Can India keep up with the ebbs and flows of power demand? Additionally, the 2022 electric power survey considered emerging demand from electric vehicles—it assumed that 30% of all vehicles sold in 2030 would be battery electric vehicles and 100% by 2042. Solar power and hydrogen mission contributions that will ease the pressure on conventional energy sources were also considered. However, the widespread use of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly generative AI, and the setting up of large data centres to support online AI interactions could lead to the overshooting of these demand forecasts.

Interglobe Aviation: Interglobe Enterprises, a promoter entity of Rahul Bhatia, is planning to sell a stake worth $394 million in Indigo Airlines’ parent company, Interglobe Aviation, via a block deal. The entity currently holds a 37.75% stake in Interglobe Aviation.

23andMe following a data breach in October 2023.The company offers direct-to-consumer genetic testing that can be used to look into ancestry information and potential health conditions customers may be genetically predisposed to.“In the wrong hands, an individual’s genetic information could be misused for surveillance or discrimination,” privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne said in a press release.“Ensuring that personal information is adequately protected against attacks by malicious actors is an important focus for privacy authorities in Canada and around the world.”The joint statement by the two privacy watchdogs says they will work collaboratively to investigate the scope of the information compromised in the October data breach and potential harms to individuals, whether 23andMe had adequate safeguards in place, and whether the company provided adequate notification on the breach to Canadian and British regulators as outlined under the countries’ respective privacy laws.In an emailed response, 23andMe says they acknowledge the investigation and they intend to cooperate with the regulators’ “reasonable requests.”In a Dec. 5, 2023 post on its website, the company says its internal investigation found that the person responsible for the breach was able to access “roughly 14,000” user accounts.

Normie, a memecoin project built on Coinbase’s native blockchain Base, removed an offensive video posted on its official X account by allegedly firing the intern responsible on June 10.

revenue growth in the June quarter despite higher data usage during the recent IPL cricket tournament as well as stronger demand for international roaming packs in the summer when many venture on holidays overseas, said analysts.

India on Monday wholeheartedly welcomed Egypt, Iran, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia joining the BRICS as their representatives attended for the first time a key meeting of the grouping hosted by Russia. Senior diplomat Dammu Ravi led the Indian delegation at the BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Nizhny Novgorod, in western Russia.

aircraft carrying Malawi's Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima and nine others has gone missing, Malawi's presidency said on Monday.

₹4,236 billion in FY20, Edelweiss said in its research note. As of FY20—organized QSRs had a market size of ₹348 billion.

Mexico’s outgoing president has pledged to press ahead with judicial reforms despite nervousness among investors, and suggestions from his own handpicked successor that he should wait

Colombian President Gustavo Petro says his country will suspend coal exports to Israel over the war in Gaza

Employees of Slovakia’s public radio and television have staged a three-hour walkout to protest a contentious overhaul of their services

Domino's plans to double its store count to 4,000 in India in the next 5-6 years, a top company official said. Domino's, which started operations here in 1996, has launched its 2,000th store.

Venue : Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York South Africa squad - Aiden Markram, David Miller, Reeza Hendricks, Tristan Stubbs, Keshav Maharaj, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Quinton de Kock, Ryan Rickelton, Anrich Nortje, Bjorn Fortuin, Gerald Coetzee, Kagiso Rabada, Ottneil Baartman, Tabraiz Shamsi Bangladesh squad - Najmul Hossain Shanto, Tanzid Hasan, Towhid Hridoy, Mahedi Hasan, Mahmudullah, Shakib Al Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Jaker Ali, Litton Das, Mustafizur Rahman, Rishad Hossain, Shoriful Islam, Tanvir Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Taskin Ahmed South Africa vs Bangladesh Live Score: Bangladesh (Playing XI) - Litton Das (WK), Tanzid Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto (C), Towhid Hridoy, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali (In for Soumya Sarkar), Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Mustafizur Rahman. South Africa vs Bangladesh Live Score: South Africa (Playing XI) - Quinton de Kock (WK), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (C), Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Ottneil Baartman.