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Grasim Industries shares will remain in focus on Thursday after the company approved the issuance of non-convertible debentures worth up to Rs 2,000 crore in one or more tranches, according to an exchange filing. The flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group will issue the NCDs on a private placement basis. The decision was made by the firm's finance committee of the board of directors in a meeting on Wednesday, it said.

Delhi Jal Board (DJB) announced that parts of South Delhi will face water supply disruptions on the morning of December 12 due to maintenance work, as reported by PTI.

Lucky Bashkar’ has now inspired four youngsters to try their own luck. In a startling development, four ninth-grade students from a hostel in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, have been reported missing after being influenced by the Telugu period crime drama, starring Dulquer Salmaan. The film, which narrates the gripping tale of a man's rise from poverty to wealth, appears to have motivated the children to leave their home in pursuit of similar dreams. The missing boys, identified as Charan Teja, Raghu, Karthik, and Kiran Kumar, were residing in a hostel in the Maharanipet area. Reports suggest that the group was captivated by the protagonist’s journey in the film and decided to replicate it in real life. CCTV footage, now circulating widely on social media, shows the boys scaling the hostel gate and passing their bags over before escaping one by one. According to sources, the children were so enamored by the movie’s plot that they meticulously planned their escape. Before leaving, they reportedly informed their friends that they would not return until they had earned enough money to buy luxury cars, mirroring the film’s storyline.

Israel Defence Minister Israel Katz told his U.S. counterpart Lloyd Austin in a phone call on Wednesday there was now a chance for a new deal that would allow the return of all the hostages, including U.S. citizens, Katz's office said. A Western diplomat in the region, however, said a deal was taking shape, but it would likely be limited in scope, involving the release of only a handful of hostages and a short pause in hostilities.

Wall Street's benchmark S&P 500 index rose on Wednesday and a rally in tech stocks lifted the Nasdaq above the 20,000-point milestone for the first time, after a U.S. inflation report boosted expectations of a Federal Reserve interest rate cut. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped, dragged by health insurers as U.S. lawmakers introduced a bill seen as crimping their profits.

Foreign exchange markets moved on the news, with the yuan falling about 0.3% to 7.2803 per dollar and China-sensitive currencies such as the South Korean won and New Zealand dollar slipping.

Vancouver city council has voted to explore ways to make the municipality a “Bitcoin-friendly city.”

Embattled Japanese automaker Nissan has tapped Jeremy Papin as its chief operating officer in a major management reshuffle billed as key to a turnaround

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The JSW Group, which has the largest steelmaking capacity in India, is exploring entry into making other metals, including copper and aluminium, JSW Steel chief executive officer Jayant Acharya said. The steel-to-auto conglomerate has already engaged consultants to explore the financial feasibility of such an expansion, said Acharya, who is also the company's joint MD.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As Artificial intelligence (AI) gains currency as a tool to help businesses improve their operations, India's mid-sized software service providers are jumping at the opportunities the new technology promises.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Dr. Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, father of India’s space programme, once said, “We do not have the fantasy of competing with the economically advanced nations in the exploration of the moon or the planets or manned space flight.

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes says she is suing a Saudi Arabian agribusiness over what she calls “excessive pumping” of groundwater

Elon Musk's net worth has surpassed $400 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, setting a new milestone Wednesday for the world's richest person, as per a report. The jump in wealth, the business news outlet reported, came after SpaceX and its investors agreed to purchase as much as $1.25 billion of insider shares in a transaction that valued the rocket and satellite company at about $350 billion, AFP reported. The transaction increased Musk's personal wealth by about $50 billion to $440 billion, Bloomberg said.

Alexander Brothers, a multimillionaire realtor, is accused of human trafficking. Following civil lawsuits accusing the siblings of sexual misconduct, the arrests were made. Oren and Tal Alexander, two upscale real estate brokers, were arrested on Wednesday along with their brother and accused of human trafficking, as quoted in a report by the Daily Beast. Their attorneys confirmed to The Wall Street Journal that the brokers, who own the record for selling the most expensive house in America, were arrested in Florida along with Alon Alexander, a security firm executive.

Professional Capital Management CEO and founder Anthony Pompliano analyzes whether to buy bitcoin, the de-banking debate and latest developments in the UnitedHealthcare CEOs fatal shooting.

A former TD Bank employee in the U.S. is facing criminal charges for allegedly using their position at the financial institution to facilitate money laundering — the second time this year a former worker has been charged.

Luigi Mangione, the man charged with murder in connection with the killing of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, made it clear he wasn’t going to make things easy for authorities, shouting unintelligibly and writhing in the grip of sheriff’s deputies as he was led into court and then objecting to being taken to New York to face trial.

Jay-Z has been publicly named in a civil lawsuit accusing him of raping a 13 year old girl in the year 2000 alongside Sean Diddy Combs. According to LA Times, the lawsuit which was initially filed against Sean Diddy Combs in the month of October was eventually amended to include Jay-Z after the plaintiff referred to as Jane Doe alleged that both men assaulted her at an after-party following the MTV Video Music Awards. LA Times reported that in accordance to the allegations, the girl was invited to the party by a driver claiming to work for Sean Diddy Combs and was later drugged and raped by Jay-Z and Sean Diddy Combs while another female celebrity allegedly watched. Also Read: LeBron James time's up? Some say the ace NBA star may ask Lakers to trade him in the coming weeks

Recent reports have revealed that numerous users throughout the globe are eventually experiencing major difficulties and problems to access these platforms while Downdetector has already shown spikes in the outage reports. Facebook has already seen over 100,000 reports regarding the issues whereas Instagram eventually recorded more than 70,000 reports. The global users are encountering an error message while they are trying to load the applications and during such time a message from Facebook states that, ‘We're working on getting this fixed as soon as we can’.

Jennifer Lopez is blaming Jennifer Garner for Ben Affleck's holiday drama saying Ben is much more comfortable with Garner. Jennifer Lopez is keen to maintain her friendship with her ex-boyfriend Ben Affleck and visit him as often as possible throughout the holidays and beyond. However, she is finding Jennifer Garner to be a fierce rival, and the competition behind the scenes is getting intense, as quoted in a report by In Touch. A significant portion of the problem stems from the fact that the 52-year-old Gone Girl star has three children of his own with his ex-wife Jen Garner, 52: Violet, 19, Fin, 15, and Samuel, 12. He further blended his family with that of his most recent ex-wife, J. Lo, who has two children with his ex-husband Marc Anthony: twins Max and Emme, 16.