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In a major milestone for the electronic conveyancing market, the first property transactions have been settled using both of the competing electronic lodgment network operators, Property Exchange Australia (PEXA) and Sympli.

IIM) Lucknow is set to close the registration window for the CAT 2023 examination today, September 13. Eligible candidates looking to apply for this highly-anticipated exam must act promptly by visiting the official website at iimcat.ac.in. CAT 2023, a crucial step for individuals seeking admission into prestigious management programs, is planned to be conducted in approximately 155 cities across India. Applicants have the flexibility to choose up to six preferred cities for their examination venue. The CAT Center will strive to allocate one of the selected options to each candidate. It is essential to bear in mind that once an exam center is assigned, further modifications will not be entertained. Upon the closure of the CAT registration window, candidates who have completed the registration process and paid the requisite fee will be granted the opportunity to make necessary corrections and adjustments to their CAT 2023 application forms. Here is a simplified step-by-step guide for registering for the Common Admission Test 2023:How to Apply for CAT 2023 Registration?

Heightened security has been deployed in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir as an ongoing encounter between security forces and terrorists enters its second day, officials report. The encounter, which initiated on Tuesday, has already resulted in the neutralization of one terrorist, while tragically claiming the life of a brave soldier.

Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia would help North Korea build satellites and, when asked if he and Kim Jong Un would talk about weapons supplies, replied that the two leaders would discuss all issues. When asked by reporters if Russia would help Kim build satellites, Putin replied: «That's why we came here. The leader of the DPRK shows great interest in rocket engineering, they are also trying to develop space.» Putin showed Kim around Russia's most modern space rocket launch site, the Vostochny Cosmodrome, which is nestled among the forests of eastern Russia not far from the Chinese border. Kim arrived at Vostochny by train, after crossing into Russia early on Tuesday. «I am glad to see you,» Putin said as he shook Kim's hand for around 40 seconds at Vostochny. «This is our new cosmodrome.»

North Korean missiles flew. Japan’s Coast Guard, citing Tokyo’s Defence Ministry, said the missiles have likely already landed but still urged vessels to watch for falling objects. Putin's meeting with Kim is an opportunity to refill ammunition stores that the 18-month-old war has drained.

₹5,923 per gram."The nominal value of the bond based on the simple average of closing price (for gold of 999 purity)... works out to ₹5,923 per gram of gold," the central bank said, while announcing the issue price of Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 2023-24 Series II (second tranche). The RBI has announced ₹50 per 10 gm discount for investors applying online and making the payment against the application through digital mode.

retail inflation eased in August, but remained above the upper end of the central bank’s target band for a second consecutive month. The CPI inflation in August fell to 6.83% from 7.44% in July. The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) rose by 5.7% in July, according to the official data.

Around 50 school children complained of stomach ache and vomiting allegedly after consuming a mid-day meal at a primary school in Dumra Block of Sitamarhi district, Bihar on 12 September. The children were referred to Sadar Hospital. According to the doctor, the children are fine now.

Birkenstock on Tuesday filed for an initial public offering in the United States, underscoring a pickup in the country's equity markets and becoming the second big European company to seek a foreign listing this month. Its filing with the U.S. securities regulator did not disclose the financial details of the offering, but revealed that net revenue for the six months ended March 31 rose 19% to 644.17 million euros ($692.87 million) and profit fell 45.3% to 40.21 million euros. The German sandal maker's IPO ambitions come hot on the heels of filings by British chipmaker Arm, data automation provider Klaviyo and grocery delivery app Instacart, as equity markets in the U.S.

Apple on Tuesday announced the launch of its much-anticipated products, the Apple Watch Series 9, Apple Watch Ultra 2 and the all new iPhone 15. The Cupertino, California-based company also brought to the fore its commitment to sustainability and maximising the use of recycled materials, and also said it would no longer use leather in any new Apple product. Here are key announcements from the event:

iPhone. Many people believe that once a message is deleted, it's gone for good. However, iCloud can hold a backlog of these deleted messages, providing a clever workaround for those who need to retrieve them.

inflation data on Wednesday, while an oil price spike stoked anxiety about persistent price pressures, complicating the interest rate outlook. The euro edged higher and markets moved to favour a hike from Europe's central bank on Thursday, following a Reuters report that the European Central Bank (ECB) expects inflation will stay above 3% next year in its updated forecasts, well above its target of 2%. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was flat while Tokyo's Nikkei eased 0.2%. Australia's resource-heavy shares lost 0.7%, Chinese blue-chips were flat but Hong Kong's Hang Seng index moved 0.6% higher. At the forefront of markets' minds is the crucial U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) report expected on Wednesday, which should shed further light on the inflation outlook and provide some clarity about whether the Federal Reserve is done tightening. While core CPI is seen cooling to 4.3% year-on-year in August from 4.7%, rising energy costs are forecast to keep headline inflation hot.

interest rate unchanged at the end of its Sept. 19-20 policy meeting and probably wait until the April-June period of 2024 or later before cutting it, according to economists in a Reuters poll.Fed Chair Jerome Powell underscored the «higher-for-longer» mantra for rates in a speech at the annual Jackson Hole central banking symposium in August and maintained another rate hike might still be needed to bring inflation down to the 2% target. But other members of the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), including some of the more hawkish ones, have raised the possibility of holding off on another rate hike to allow more time to gauge the impact of the cumulative 525 basis points of tightening delivered by the Fed since March 2022. More than 95% of economists, 94 of 97, in the Sept.

SoftBank Group Corp.’s semiconductor designer Arm, grocery delivery firm Instacart Inc. and marketing and data automation provider Klaviyo Inc. Founded nearly 250 years ago, Birkenstock developed a contoured insole for greater comfort.

Bloomberg. However, no time or venue has been announced by either side for the summit. Some media reports suggested that Putin may soon visit the Vostochny Cosmodrome space center in the Amur region, fueling speculation this could be the summit site.

Binance US chief executive Brian Shroder will leave the company and be replaced by general counsel Norman Reed on an interim basis, the crypto trading platform said. The exchange will also cut more than 100 positions, said a spokesperson for Binance US, the purportedly independent partner of Binance.

G20 summit has demonstrated to the world that India can provide leadership with a vision and forge consensus even in these difficult times, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal told Deepshikha Sikarwar in an interview. The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor will help the region economically integrate, drive down logistics costs and speed up the movement of goods and people. Edited excerpts.What is the key takeaway from the G20 Summit?The New Delhi G20 Summit has demonstrated India's emergence on the world stage as a nation that can provide leadership — leadership of vision; leadership that is sensitive, cares for the world and that can be trusted; leadership that can take along divergent viewpoints and can build consensus for the entire world.

Wall Street stocks ended lower on Tuesday as Oracle shares tumbled more than 13% after a weak forecast and surging oil prices deepened worries about persistent price pressures ahead of crucial inflation readings this week.Oracle shares dived to their lowest since June after the cloud-services provider forecast current-quarter revenue below targets and narrowly missed first-quarter expectations. Cloud-computing heavyweights Amazon.com and Microsoft each fell more than 1%, pressured by Oracle's weak forecast and by a rise in U.S. Treasury yields. Oil prices jumped more than 1%, building on a recent rally and stoking worries that sticky inflation could mean U.S.

artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML)-led work now make up 20% of the workforce of telecom service providers as compared to 7% in the July-September 2022 period on the back of 5G rollout, staffing experts have said. The proportion of AI/ML-led jobs is expected to reach 23% by the end of fiscal 2024 with the telcos sustaining hiring momentum for these profiles, they said.

Kevin McCarthy announced Tuesday he is directing the U.S. House to open an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden over his family's business dealings, launching historic proceedings ahead of the 2024 election.McCarthy said that House investigations so far «paint a picture of a culture of corruption» around the Biden family as Republicans probe the business dealings of the president's son, Hunter Biden, from before the Democratic president took office. «These are allegations of abuse of power, obstruction and corruption, and they warrant further investigation by the House of Representatives,» McCarthy, R-Calif., said at the Capitol, announcing he was directing the House led by the Oversight Committee «to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.» The White House shot back, calling the action in the midst of the presidential campaign «extreme politics at its worst.» «House Republicans have been investigating the president for nine months, and they've turned up no evidence of wrongdoing,» said spokesman Ian Sams. Acting on his own, the Republican speaker McCarthy faces mounting pressure from his right flank to take action against Biden or risk being ousted from his leadership job — while he also is struggling to pass legislation needed to avoid a federal government shutdown at the end of the month. McCarthy is launching the inquiry without a House vote, and it's unclear if he would even have enough support from his slim GOP majority.

Endeavour Energy is on the cusp of deploying a “self-healing” function that will allow its technicians to restore power to most customers within 70 seconds without having to visit the site physically.