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US Fed’s hawkish stance in its policy meeting. «Uncertain global cues and persistent selling by FIIs are likely to keep markets under pressure in the near term. It would be better to prefer defensive sectors for some time until the market stabilizes,» said Siddhartha Khemka, Head — Retail Research, Motilal Oswal Financial Services. Here's breaking down the pre-market actions:STATE OF THE MARKETSGIFT Nifty (Earlier SGX Nifty) signals a positive startGIFT Nifty on the NSE IX traded lower by 30.5 points, or 0.16 per cent, at 19,692.50, signaling that Dalal Street was headed for positive start on Friday.

Narendra Modi after the women's reservation Bill, titled Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, was passed in both Houses of Parliament, Union Minister Meenakashi Lekhi on Thursday said women have got their due after a long struggle. Speaking to after the Bill cleared its final legislative hurdle in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, Lekhi said, «Everybody thanked him (PM Modi) for bringing this Bill and turning it into a law. Women have finally got their long-pending rights after a long and hard battle.

VedantaThe Committee of Directors of Vedanta Ltd approved raising up to Rs 2,500 crore through issuance of non-convertible debentures (NCDs) in one or more tranches.JSW SteelIndia's JSW Steel Ltd, is slowing down the process to buy a stake in the steelmaking coal unit of Canada's Teck Resources, Reuters reported, in the first sign that a diplomatic spat is affecting trade ties.Read more: Here's the trade setup for today's sessionWipro IT services provider Wipro said Jatin Dalal has resigned as chief financial officer to pursue other opportunities after more than two decades with the company.Glenmark LifeGlenmark Pharmaceuticals has received board approval to sell 75% stake in subsidiary Glenmark Life Sciences to Nirma Ltd for Rs 5,652 crore.ICICI LombardBhargav Dasgupta, MD and CEO of ICICI Lombard General Insurance resigned to pursue a career opportunity outside the country.SAMHI Hotels, Zaggle PrepaidShares of SAMHI Hotels and Zaggle Prepaid will debut on the exchanges today.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has proposed a transparent mechanism for declaring a borrower a wilful defaulter. It's also expanding the definition and is planning to make it harder for such defaulters to secure funding for future ventures. The move follows a Supreme Court decision earlier this year that made it mandatory for lenders to give borrowers a chance to represent themselves before declaring an account as fraudulent. The central bank has also laid down a lengthy system of identification to make it foolproof.

Retail investors may consider participating in government's share sale in hydroelectric power company SJVN if they can withstand short-term swings in the stock price. With the stock having more than doubled in the past three months, analysts said the near-term upsides seem capped, but the company's growth plans and a stable dividend-paying record are driving investor interest. The government will sell 174 million shares or 4.92% stake in the state-owned company at a floor price of ₹69 per share through a two-day offer for sale.

corporates more flexibility on borrowing from the debt market. A higher monetary threshold of ₹500 crore has also been specified for defining large corporates, thereby reducing the number of entities that would qualify, Sebi said in a press release.

SYDNEY (Reuters) — An Australian union has agreed to accept proposals from the country's industrial arbitrator to end disputes at Chevron (NYSE:CVX)'s two local liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects, and will likely call off strikes, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday.

Taiga Cloud, part of the Northern Data Group, reports that the purchase of NVIDIA H100 GPU Pods - referred to by NVIDIA as the world’s most advanced chip - builds on Taiga’s position as Europe’s largest independent cloud service provider of NVIDIA hardware, now with over 19,000 NVIDIA H100, A100, and RTX A6000 GPUs in total. The company will begin installing the H100 GPUs on a coordinated deployment schedule, with customer access beginning in late Q4 2023. Taiga plans to have more than 10,000 H100 GPUs fully deployed by mid-2024.

Tijuana, Mexico, by Peso Pluma has been canceled, as announced by Prajin Music on September 20 via social media. This decision followed threats made against the artist through banners that surfaced in Tijuana. Prajin Music conveyed their commitment to safeguarding fans and the team's safety, stating, «For everyone's safety, we are canceling our Tijuana show,» through an Instagram Stories post. Similarly, Music Vibe, responsible for a segment of Peso Pluma's Double P Tour in Mexico, also declared the cancellation of shows in Puebla, Querétaro, León, Culiacán, and Acapulco on the same Wednesday night through social media.

The prospect of Alberta pulling out of the Canada Pension Plan in favour of its own pension scheme is back in the spotlight with an independent report — three years in the making — claiming the oil-rich province is entitled to more than half of the assets in the CPP Fund.

RBI) on Thursday issued draft guidelines on classification of wilful defaulters, expanding the definition of the term and mandating lenders to complete the process of identifying and tagging borrowers as wilful defaulters within six months of loans turning bad. Apart from various judgements by high courts and the Supreme Court, the regulator said it has received suggestions from banks and other stakeholders on the matter. The new draft provisions would apply to banks, non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) and all-India financial institutions like the Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) and the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard).

retirement planning has been a crucial financial goal for most people, more so for private sector employees who do not have pension security. Voluntary provident fund (VPF) and national pension system (NPS) are two schemes that work well for such employees and other conservative investors. That’s what Venumadhav (51), a resident of Bengaluru who is employed at a startup there, does.

ESMA) is said to have proposed to the Reserve Bank of India to continue their existing Memorandum of Understanding on the treatment of clearing houses, a step that could resolve roadblocks to billions of dollars' worth of bond trading. The latest communication by Europe's top financial markets regulator to the RBI, made earlier this month, comes amid a standoff between the Indian central bank and European authorities over the latter's requirement of rights of audit and inspection of domestic clearing houses, including The Clearing Corporation of India Ltd (CCIL). «Around two weeks ago, ESMA put forward the idea of continuing with the current MoU that is in place. The existing framework does have certain provisions for oversight but within a clearly defined understanding that nothing would be done bypassing the RBI,» a person aware of the development said. «The root of the disagreement that broke out since last year is the EMIR (European Market Infrastructure Regulation) 2 which has far greater provisions of foreign oversight over domestic clearing houses.

AustralianSuper might be trying to spoil Brookfield’s $18.7 billion takeover offer for Origin Energy, but it’s business as usual at the Canadian infrastructure giant.

While quantum hardware remains immature, companies say they found another way to put complex quantum algorithms to work: running them on the same chips used for powering artificial intelligence. This process, known as simulation, has in recent years received a boost from the growing scale of computing power that graphics-processing units and other advanced chips offer. “Nobody thought this was possible," said Jack Hidary, CEO of quantum software company Sandbox AQ, which spun off from Google in 2022.

NEW DELHI : India temporarily suspended visa services in Canada, citing heightened security threats to its missions, while also directing Ottawa to cut its diplomatic strength in India, marking an escalation in tensions. New Delhi alleged a lack of action by Canadian authorities to deal with the threats. “You are aware of the security threats being faced by our High Commission and consulates in Canada.

Drivers are starting to feel the pain at the pump again as oil moves closer to $100 a barrel. Supply cuts from Saudi Arabia and Russia could push global oil prices higher still. But China, the world’s top crude importer, will have a say too.

WENTZVILLE, Mo.—The use of temporary factory workers at the Detroit car companies has long rankled the United Auto Workers union, which wants fewer of them and a faster path to full-time status. Automakers say they need the flexibility that temp workers provide, especially as they manage a tricky and costly transition to electric vehicles and confront the ups and downs of factory production. The issue is a key point of debate at the bargaining table as the UAW’s strike against General Motors, Ford Motor and Chrysler’s parent, Stellantis, enters its seventh day.

By Rodrigo Campos

(Reuters) — Many U.S. government services would be disrupted and hundreds of thousands of federal workers furloughed without pay if Congress fails to provide funding for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1. Workers deemed «essential» would remain on the job, but without pay.

The Biden administration says it’s granting temporary legal status to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans already in the country