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Havells India Ltd. traded 0.73 per cent up in Monday's trade at 11:41AM (IST). Around 6,298 shares changed hands on the counter. The counter opened at Rs 1894.95 and touched an intraday high and low of Rs 1910.2 and Rs 1878.8, respectively, in the session so far. Shares of the company of Havells India Ltd. quoted a 52-week high of Rs 1986.55 and a 52-week low of Rs 1233.1.

https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/adani-family-looks-to-raise-3-6-bn-via-sales-of-promoter-stakes-as-shares-of-group-firms-skyrocket-11724340339603.html The group’s financial health is evident from the improving liquidity position: the cash balance relative to gross debt increased to 24.8% in 2023-24 from 10.6% in 2018-19, indicating a comfortable cash cushion to meet debt obligations. The net debt-to-operating profit ratio eased from 3.81 times to 2.19 times, reflecting enhanced capacity to manage debt with operating income.

DLF Ltd. slipped 0.27 per cent to Rs 847.15 in Monday's trade as of 01:09PM (IST). The stock hit a high price of Rs 855.0 and low of Rs 840.6 during the session.

Meta Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg, in a letter to the House Judiciary Committee has alleged that the Biden-Harris administration «repeatedly pressurised» Meta's teams to censor posts related to Covid. He further said that the platform had to make some changes, that «with the benefit of hindsight and new information,» they won't make today. Zuckerberg also said he 'regrets' not being «more outspoken» about it. «In 2021, senior officials from the Biden Administration, including the White House, repeatedly pressured our teams for months to censor certain COVID-19 content, including humor and satire, and expressed a lot of frustration with our teams when we didn't agree. Ultimately, it was our decision whether or not to take content down, and we own our decisions, including COVID-19-related changes we made to our enforcement in the wake of this pressure,» Zuckerberg said in the letter.

Romanian authorities have towed away luxury vehicles from the home of the divisive social media personality Andrew Tate

OVL, BPRL and OIL hold 16%, 10% and 4% stake respectively in the project, operated by France's TotalEnergies with a 26.5% stake. The other partners are Japan’s Mitsui & Co. (20%), Mozambique’ state-run Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos or ENH (15%) and Thailand’s PTT Exploration and Production Plc.

Prosecutors in Italy have opened an investigation into culpable shipwreck and multiple manslaughter after a superyacht capsized during a storm off the coast of Sicily

Chamoli district, reported TOI. The heavy rainfall has also caused significant disruption across the state, blocking 142 roads, including highways and village routes. The State Emergency Operation Centre reported that since the monsoon began in Uttarakhand on June 15, rain-related natural disasters have claimed 62 lives. Additionally, the storms on Sunday resulted in another 63 roads being blocked throughout the state, according to the TOI report. Heavy rains in Uttarakhand has triggered landslides and flash floods in several places. Dehradun India Meteorological Department Director Bikram Singh had issued a two-day red alert in Uttarakhand on August 22. He had said the state will witness very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in the coming days 2-3 days.

Generative AI is evoking strong interest from clients and there is a huge mobilisation of GenAI within Infosys as well, CEO Salil Parekh has said, asserting that he does not foresee any layoffs in his company on account of these new-age technologies. On the USD 3.9-billion GST tax demand, Parekh said Infosys has already given out updates and made disclosures in the market (through BSE filing) and has no further update to share. «We have no new update. The status is as it was in terms of what we shared externally a few days ago,» Parekh said when asked if the company will be making provisions for the same, given the demand in back taxes dating back several years. In an interview to PTI, Parekh said there is a huge reception from clients on Generative AI and likened it to the adoption curve seen for digital and cloud technologies in the past.

Siemens Ltd. traded 0.32 per cent up in Monday's trade at 12:58PM (IST). Around 1,578 shares changed hands on the counter. The counter opened at Rs 7099.65 and touched an intraday high and low of Rs 7099.65 and Rs 6990.15, respectively, in the session so far. Shares of the company of Siemens Ltd. quoted a 52-week high of Rs 7974.25 and a 52-week low of Rs 3248.0.

Magnificent Seven stocks, the leading tech companies riding the wave of AI excitement, have dominated this year's market rally, but also bore the biggest brunt during the global sell-off in early August. According to Deutsche Bank, these seven stocks were down by 18.1% from peak-to-trough, while the equal-weighted S&P 500 was only down 5.2%. Following an all-time high in July, several earnings reports led to increasing caution about the Magnificent Seven's dominance, with growing nervousness over the pace at which companies such as Meta or Microsoft would be able to translate huge AI ...

Lebanon's Hezbollah has drawn on a greatly expanded arsenal during more than 10 months of cross-border hostilities with Israel. One of the world's most heavily armed non-state groups, it says it has used just a small part of its weaponry so far. It launched hundreds of rockets and drones against Israel on Sunday in retaliation for the assassination of a senior commander in Beirut last month, the Iranian-backed movement said. The Israeli military said it had thwarted a much larger attack with pre-emptive strikes. Here are some facts about Hezbollah's weapons:

Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the messaging app Telegram, was arrested in Paris over the weekend over allegations that his platform is being used for illicit activity such as drug trafficking and the distribution of child sexual abuse images

accidents in Pakistan, Al Jazeera reported, citing local authorities. 12 people were killed on the Makran Coastal Highway in the southwest province of Balochistan, Pakistan's Interior Ministry said on Sunday, while a rescue official said 24 people were killed when a bus plunged into a deep ravine near Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK). The first accident occurred overnight, when a bus carrying Shia pilgrims returning from Iran for religious commemoration veered off the road.

Cobranded credit cards are expected to account for about 25% of the Indian credit card market in terms of issuances by the end of FY28, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 35-40%, according to a report by fintech startup Hyperface and consultancy firm Redseer. Currently, cobranded credit cards have a market share of 12-15%, the report has estimated. Data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) shows that there are around 1 million outstanding credit cards in the country. RBI does not disclose the market share for cobranded cards.

Omar Abdullah Sunday said he was thankful to Union Home Minister Amit Shah for noticing his party's election manifesto. People who were not ready to read it, have now been compelled to go through it now, Abdullah added. «I am thankful to the home minister from the core of my heart for talking about our manifesto. For a small party, contesting an election in a far-flung area of the country, it is a huge thing that the country's home minister has seen our manifesto,'' Abdullah told reporters here after a party function. Shah on Friday slammed the Congress for its alliance with the NC for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls, accusing the party of repeatedly risking the country's unity and security in its „greed for power“.

Business groups are raising concerns about Ottawa’s decision to restrict the number of temporary foreign workers coming to Canada, warning that certain industries that are struggling to find workers could be adversely affected.

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Premier Energies, a manufacturer of solar cells and modules, aims to raise ₹2,830 crore through an initial public offering (IPO) that is set to open on August 27. Of this, ₹1,291 crore will be generated from a fresh issue of shares, which will be used for capacity expansion. The remaining will come from an offer for sale by the promoter and private equity investors. After the proposed IPO, the promoter's stake in the Hyderabad-based company will decrease to 66% from 72%. The company's earnings are expected to benefit from the government's push to increase the share of renewable energy in the installed energy capacity, which is projected to reach 500 GW by 2030 from 172 GW now. A significant contribution is anticipated from solar power. India's installed solar capacity has grown nearly fourfold in the last six years and is expected to reach nearly 200 GW by FY28.

Two elite police units detained the suspect following a raid in the nearby city of Nimes on Saturday, according to CNN affiliate BFMTV. According to Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, the suspect opened fire on the police.