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Shivalik Bimetal Controls have rallied by a massive 17,600% in the last 10 years, offering jaw-dropping returns to investors. If one would have invested about Rs 10,000 in stock a decade ago, the amount could have swelled to over Rs 17 lakh, according to an analysis by ET Markets. The shares have delivered solid returns in the last three years, too, with a 2150% rise, and gained about 400% in the same period. Shivalik Bimetal Controls is a company specialised in the joining of material through various methods such as diffusion bonding, electron beam welding, solder reflow and resistance welding. It has a market capitalisation of about Rs 3,204 crore and an EPS of 13.22 on a trailing twelve month (TTM) basis.

dollar held steady on Friday, on pace to finish the week strong, after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank may need to raise interest rates further to ensure inflation is contained, but promised to move «carefully» at upcoming meetings. Powell, in a speech at an economic summit in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, said policymakers would «proceed carefully as we decide whether to tighten further,» but also made clear that the central bank has not yet concluded that its benchmark interest rate is high enough to be sure that inflation returns to the 2% target. The U.S.

festive sales push staffing requirements to unprecedented highs this festive season, companies are using the occasion to push ahead their diversity agenda. At least half a dozen leading staffing firms, including Manpower, Randstad, Quess, TeamLease Services, Adecco and Persolkelly, told ET that there has been a big surge in mandates from companies to onboard more women on temporary as well as other roles. New-age firms such as Flipkart, Ecom Express and Shadowfax are looking at enhancing the representation of women in their mid-mile and last-mile workforce — thus leading to a significant increase in demand for female warehouse and delivery personnel, said top company executives. While sectors such as e-commerce, logistics and last-mile delivery are leading the pack, companies in apparel, fashion, luxury and lifestyle, health and wellness and beauty products also have a clear ask: to bring in more women.

PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has received new defence and non-defence orders worth Rs 3,289 crore during July and August 2023 (till date). The orders are for supply of Low Level Light Weight Radars, SONARS, IFF Systems, SATCOM Systems, EO/IR Payloads, TRM/DTRMs, Jammers, Encryptors, Data Link Systems, Fire Control Systems, Radars for Directed Energy Systems, Semi Rugged Telephone Exchanges, Software Defined Radios and various others types of radios, Electronic Voting Machines, AMC and Spares, the company said. These also include the LoI / order worth Rs 1,075 crore received on Friday from Hindustan Shipyards Limited for supply of CMS, Communication Systems, EW Systems and other sensors for Fleet Support Ships, the Bengaluru-headquartered BEL said in a statement. «These orders are in addition to the Rs 8,091 crore orders, which are already received.

Powell at Jackson Hole. U.S. yields stabilised below 14-year highs.

Reserve Bank of India's foreign exchange reserves registered their sharpest weekly fall in six months last week, as the central bank likely increased market interventions to curb volatility in the rupee's exchange rate. The RBI's foreign exchange reserves were at $594.89 billion in the week ended August 18, down $7.27 billion.

The continued strength of the U.S. economy could require further interest rate increases, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said in a closely watched speech that also highlighted the uncertain nature of the economic outlook

Being able to buy a home keeps getting harder.

Motoring groups have urged the Albanese government to adopt a cautious approach to emissions reforms, after research was released indicating the cost of electric vehicles pitched at the mass market would still be up to 50 per cent more expensive than regular vehicles in 2030.

Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday. Persistent high inflation will crimp demand, Sitharaman said and added that the tendency to use interest rates as the only solution to tackle inflation has its own downside. “Most economies do have this problem—an obsession of using interest rate as the only tool to deal with inflation," the minister said at the B20 summit, a gathering of top business executives from G20 countries.

Fitch’s recent downgrade of the U.S. debt rating alarmed investors as the deficit and debt steadily increased. The downgrade sent 10-year Treasury bond yields above 4%, causing concern about America’s deteriorating financial condition. The problem is that if radical steps aren’t taken to curb spending, such will cause interest rates to rise. To wit:

earning revenues from launching satellites for other countries. Developing its own technology took time but ultimately allowed India to keep the costs of its in-house technology low, said Rajagopalan. ISRO also manages to achieve ambitious missions on a relatively small budget by keeping its goals contained, she said.

India on Friday notified sugar exports of 5,841 tonnes to the European Union under the tariff-rate quota (TRQ) scheme for 2023-24 (October 2023 to September 2024). TRQ is a quota for a volume of exports that enters the European Union (EU) with relatively low tariffs.

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed

U.S. consumer sentiment fell modestly in August, as inflation expectations worsened slightly, a survey showed on Friday. The University of Michigan's final August reading on the overall index of consumer sentiment came in at 69.5 on Friday compared to 71.6 in July, and lower than a preliminary reading earlier in the month.

Renewable energy has significant advantages but also comes with unique constraints like weather, land availability and lack of flexibility on when power generation can happen and when it cannot, it pointed out. The newly launched open-source model will help address these complexities, it stated, adding that this model is designed to aid in national and state level power planning of energy. The IDEEA also aims to become a platform for open-source energy modelling.

Sky News quoted a study conducted by Belgian researchers, who claim paper straws contain potentially toxic chemicals that could pose a risk to people, wildlife, and the environment. According to the study, poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) were discovered in the majority of paper and bamboo straws they tested. They say that PFAS have been long-lasting and potentially destructive to human health over time.

Reuters reported that the central government is considering lowering the import duty to as low as 15% from the current levels of 100% for cars that cost above ₹33 Lakhs and 70% for the rest. "No proposal is before me to lower import duty on electric vehicles," Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the B20 summit.

Hero MotoCorp is gearing up for the launch of the Karizma XMR 210 in the Indian market scheduled for August 29th. This forthcoming motorcycle will assume the mantle of Hero's flagship, positioned at the pinnacle of their product range. In a bid to revive this iconic two-wheeler, Hero MotoCorp has enlisted the Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan as the brand ambassador, a role he previously held for earlier iterations of the Karizma.

Ethereum (ETH) is the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization and the most widely used platform for smart contracts and decentralized applications. Ethereum has been undergoing a major upgrade called Ethereum 2.0, which aims to improve its scalability, security, and energy efficiency. Ethereum 2.0 is expected to be fully launched by the end of 2023, which could boost the demand and value of Ethereum (ETH).

Solana is a high-performance blockchain platform that aims to provide fast, scalable, and secure solutions for decentralized applications. Solana claims to have the highest throughput of any blockchain, with over 50,000 transactions per second and sub-second finality. Solana also supports smart contracts, interoperability, and decentralized finance (DeFi) applications.