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American Pickers star, passed away at the age of 58. The news of Fritz's demise was confirmed by Frank Fritz's friend and co-host Mike Wolfe. People reported that Frank Fritz suffered a stroke and was hospitalized in 2022. According to People, Mike Wolfe’s Instagram post read that Frank Fritz was a great human being and more than anything was a lovely friend. Mike Wolfe noted that Frank Fritz was an avid dreamer while being sensitive and funny at the same time.

vessels sustained damage after being hit with missiles and a sea drone off Yemen's Red Sea port of Hodeidah early on Tuesday, maritime security agencies and sources monitoring the area said. Both vessels reported that their crews were safe. One of the vessels, the Panama-flagged tanker M/T Cordelia Moon, reported being hit by an Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) 64 nautical miles northwest of Hodeidah, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency said.

broking platform Groww has reported a net profit of Rs 297 crore in FY24, a 300% increase from Rs 73 crore in the previous year, according to filings made with credit rating agency ICRA. In FY24, its overall revenue more than doubled to Rs 2,899 crore, compared to Rs 1,294 crore in 2023. The continued growth in Groww’s client base has been supporting the scale-up in its broking volumes and earnings. Despite its foray into the margin trading facility (MTF) business, which will lead to higher dependence on borrowings, Groww’s financial leverage is expected to remain comfortable, the ICRA report noted.

U.S. ports from Maine to Texas shut down Tuesday when the union representing about 45,000 dockworkers went on strike for the first time since 1977, as per an AP report. American consumers will notice the shortage of products if the massive strike by dockworkers at seaports lasts for a long time. Workers at ports started a strike on Tuesday from Maine to Texas, which marks a significant strike of labor in the shipping industry. The International Longshoremen’s Association has conducted this kind of action for the first time in nearly half a century.

Iran at Israel. Alarms sounded across the country and Israelis rushed for shelter. Reporters on state television lay flat on the ground during live broadcasts. Earlier, the military had announced that any ballistic missile strike from Iran was expected to be widespread and told the public to shelter in safe rooms in the event of an attack.

«At least seven have been wounded at two different locations,» Eli Bin, the head of the Magen David Adom emergency medical service, reported, according to AFP. In a separate statement, Israel emergency service added that paramedics are administering medical treatment to several victims, some of whom are in critical condition and unconscious.

Benjamin Netanyahu is a very confident man these days after eliminating two prominent terror group leaders in a span of two months. After eliminating Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and lately Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, Netanyahu has warned Iranians that a regime change was imminent. After Israel killed Nasrallah and many of Hezbollah's top commanders, a senior spokesman for the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) told a press conference that the nation could go anywhere to eliminate its enemies. That very day, Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei was moved to a highly fortified undisclosed location.

You could almost hear the collective sigh of relief when inflation hit the Bank of Canada‘s 2 per cent target — after all we’d been waiting three years.

A chemical plant fire southeast of Atlanta is still causing trouble two days later

Australia’s government says a code of conduct will be enforced on the online dating industry to better protect Australian users after research found that three-in-four people suffer some form of sexual violence through the platforms

U.S. job openings rose unexpectedly in August as the American labor market continued to show resilience

Sony’s PlayStation Network went down, frustrating gamers around the world who complain they weren’t able to sign in to their accounts

banking system is set to improve to a decadal best of 2.5 per cent in 2024-25, domestic rating agency Crisil said on Tuesday. It, however, flagged concerns around unsecured exposures like personal loans and credit cards, and also the microfinance (MFI) loans made by lenders, pointing out that the segments are witnessing a surge in stress. Credit growth is expected to moderate to 14 per cent in FY25 from 16 per cent in FY24 on the back of lower economic growth expected at 6.8 per cent as against 8.2 per cent in FY24, and the regulatory restrictions through interventions like higher risk weights on unsecured lending which has made lenders cautious, the agency said.

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Gautam Adani’s flagship firm plans to roll out its share sale as early as next week, according to people familiar, marking its return to public equity markets after a scathing short-seller report in 2023 derailed a previous plan. Adani Enterprises Ltd. is looking to raise about $1.3 billion through a so-called qualified institutional placement and is expected to start the process as early as the week starting Oct. 7, said the people aware of the discussions, who asked not to be identified as the information is not public yet.

Maruti Suzuki India on Tuesday reported a 2 per cent year-on-year increase in total sales at 1,84,727 units in September. The company had sold 1,81,343 units in the same month last year, Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) said in a statement. Total domestic passenger vehicle sales were at 1,44,962 units as compared to 1,50,812 units in the year-ago month, a decline of 4 per cent, it added. Sales of mini segment cars, comprising Alto and S-Presso, grew to 10,363 units as against 10,351 units in September 2023.

The U.S. broker-dealer unit of Toronto Dominion Bank TD.TO has agreed to pay over $20 million under a deal with U.S. authorities to settle charges that it manipulated the U.S. Treasuries market.

NITI Aayog which is working with states to develop a roadmap for green energy transition and a pathway to achieve a net zero carbon emissions target, will be giving its report next month, said BVR Subrahmanyam, CEO of the central government's think tank on Tuesday. Addressing reporters on the sidelines of the launch of Telangana chapter of Women Entrepreneurship Programme (WEP), a flagship initiative of NITI Aayog, he also asserted that 9 per cent aspirational growth is possible backed by the overall sectoral growth. «Wait for one month. NITI Aayog has got the best group in India working on energy transition, Climate Change, net zero and circularity. We will be coming out with reports in November. We will be actually giving the roadmap for net zero by 2070,» he said. Subrahmanyam further said NITI Aayog is working on green transition to set up a green transition ecosystem for «Hard-to-abate» industries including categories such as steel, cement, and petrochemicals and circularity can be brought in very easily in Lithium ion batteries, electronic components, vehicles, rubber ( tires), and steel (metals).

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Bombay High Court on Tuesday refused pre-arrest bail to the chairman and secretary of a school in Maharashtra's Badlapur town where two minor girls were sexually assaulted by a male attendant. A single bench of Justice R N Laddha said prima facie there is material to show the two accused were aware of the alleged incident before August 16 but they failed to take any steps to report the same to police or local authority. Justice Laddha further said the offence is serious and the court has to consider the plight of the minor victims. «The victims are minors. The trauma that they have endured can profoundly affect their adolescent years leaving them with lasting psychological scars,» the court said.