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Havells India Ltd. gained 1.67 per cent to Rs 1817.25 in Wednesday's trade as of 12:12PM (IST). The stock hit a high price of Rs 1822.2 and low of Rs 1791.0 during the session.

Groww experienced a technical glitch this morning, disrupting users' ability to place orders and access their Demat balances. The outage has caused widespread difficulties, leaving many users unable to use essential platform services. Taking to platform X (previously known as Twitter), one user wrote, “@_groww unable to use my Demat Balance, what's wrong?”

Sebi is evaluating various accounting standards and also exploring the feasibility of extending its mandatory sustainability reporting norms to more listed companies than the current 1,000 “when the time is right”, people aware of the matter said. Given the growing importance of sustainability worldwide, the regulator wants Indian firms to prepare for such “non-financial accounting” standards that are going to dominate the world of financing and influence the way funds are raised, one of them said.

Power Finance Corporation (PFC) rose 6% to a day’s high of Rs 501.65 on the BSE after the company reported a more than 20% increase in consolidated net profit to Rs 7,182 crore for the June 2024 quarter. Total income for the quarter grew to Rs 24,736.68 crore, up from Rs 21,017.81 crore in the same period last year.

pan masala and similar tobacco products, if they fail to register their packing machinery with GST authorities. The GST Network had earlier in May and June notified two forms GST SRM-I and II for registering machines used by such manufacturers and to report inputs procured and corresponding outputs with tax authorities. The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) on August 6 notified October 1, 2024, as the date for levy of up to Rs 1 lakh penalty for failure to register their packing machines with GST authorities. In January, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) had announced the introduction of a new registration and monthly return filing procedure to improve GST compliance for manufacturers of pan masala and tobacco products effective April 1.

Vinesh Phogat has been disqualified from the Paris Olympics after failing to meet weight requirement for her 50 kg gold medal. As per the report, Phogat was reportedly over the permissible weight limit by just 100 grams, which may lead to her disqualification. According to competition rules, she will not be eligible for a silver medal, leaving only gold and bronze winners in the 50 kg category. «It is with regret that the Indian contingent shares news of the disqualification of Vinesh Phogat from the Women’s Wrestling 50kg class. Despite the best efforts by the team through the night, she weighed in a few grams over 50kg this morning. No further comments will be made by the contingent at this time. The Indian team requests you respect Vinesh’s privacy. It would like to focus on the competitions on hand,» Indian Olympic Association said in a statement.

ONGC rallied 8% on Wednesday to its day’s high of Rs 329.50 despite the company reporting a 15% year-on-year (YoY) fall in its Q1 net profit at Rs 8,938 crore, which was below the ETNOW poll of Rs 9,539 crore. Revenue from operations in the same period increased 4% YoY to Rs 35,266 crore as against Rs 33,814 crore in the corresponding period of last year.

A Texas family of four is still missing after their boat capsized and sank off the coast of Alaska on Saturday while they were on a family vacation. The U.S. Coast Guard searched throughout the weekend for the family but suspended its search mission on Sunday evening after finding no sign of the missing four.

It’s not just Simone Biles — a number of gymnasts and coaches are speaking out about the “weird and awkward” atmosphere during the individual balance beam final at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Monday.

WhatsApp beta for iOS 24.16.10.70. Users will reportedly be able to choose the Meta AI voice from a set of default options to respond to user queries.However, voice chat mode will not be enabled by default and users will be able to stop this voice conversation at any time, and they can also get confirmation that Meta AI has stopped listening to their query using the privacy indicator on iOS, which lets them know when their microphone is in use.According to WABetaInfo, the personal messaging app is also working on a new feature that will allow users to manage Meta AI's voice and provide them with an interactive experience in the process.

ecommerce platform Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) is expanding spiritual services on its network with Vama.app that will offer services such as virtual pujas, temple darshans and rituals, and astrology services. Spiritual services providers Iskcon and Hari Bol are already available on ONDC. Wavemaker Partners-backed Vama.app, which is onboarding ONDC as both a buyer and seller platform, plans to broaden its reach by offering its services to a wider audience through the network.

Bangladesh deteriorates following Sheikh Hasina's resignation, the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President, AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon, has urged India to arrest the former Prime Minister and her sister, Sheikh Rehana, and return them to Bangladesh, as reported by Dhaka Tribune. At a press conference held at the SCBA auditorium, Khokon stated, «We want to maintain a positive relationship with the people of India. Please arrest Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Rehana, who fled the country, and send them back to Bangladesh.» He also accused Hasina of causing numerous deaths in Bangladesh, adding, «Sheikh Hasina has killed many people in Bangladesh.»

Check all the Bangladesh news LIVE updates here on LiveMint.As the situation in Bangladesh worsened following Sheikh Hasina's resignation amid heavy protests, several former diplomats and experts have raised concerns about the scenario and asked the Indian government to remain vigilant.Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty, who also served as Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, also elaborated on the situation and opined that the possibility of foreign hands behind the unrest can't be ruled out."Bangladesh has seen many such crises in the past... It has happened because of many reasons, basically their internal ones.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams found themselves stranded in orbit. Technical issues with Boeing's Starliner spaceship have caused an indefinite delay in their return, despite the fact that their mission was only scheduled to last two weeks. There isn't a new return date announced by NASA, as per the reports of Yahoo news. NASA is currently thinking of returning the Starliner spaceship to Earth without the astronauts on board. According to CNBC, there hasn't been much consensus on this proposal yet. To return the astronauts home, a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule would be sent. Although it was developed at a lower cost than Starliner, the Crew Dragon is a part of the same Commercial Crew program and has not encountered any problems of the same nature.

Visit Health has raised approximately Rs 250 crore in a combination of capital infusion and secondary purchase of shares from Docprime Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of PB Fintech, as well as other promoters and employees. The New Delhi-based company will use the funds to expand its business, including a new partnership with TatvaCare, a company specialising in the health and wellness space, Visit Health said in a statement on Tuesday, adding that the collaboration will leverage capabilities of both companies and maximise their reach in the healthcare sector. “The company’s primary capital requirement was not much because we have been Ebitda positive for the past few years. The remaining acquisition of shares can only happen through secondary transactions, involving existing entities such as Docprime, promoters, and we did a good chunk of Esop buyback as well,” said Vaibhav Singh, cofounder and managing director of Visit Health.

Luana Alonso, was sent back home from the ongoing action at the Paris Olympics after reports that her breathtaking beauty was distracting the players in her own team. She lost her Olympics village privileges after being called back by her home country from the Paris Olympics, as she was apparently distracting her own teammates during the events. Alonso, due to her beauty, had won many hearts at the Paris Olympics, mostly, the athletes at the Paris Olympics, and that proved quite costly for her, as her teammates could not handle her beauty, says a Blast report. After her return to Paraguay, Alonso shocked everyone by announcing her retirement from swimming. What her future plans are, have still not been extensive revealed yet.

Equity benchmarks dropped in Japan and Australia, while futures pointed to modest gains in Hong Kong. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 rose on Tuesday — following a Japan-led rebound in Asia — with both climbing 1% after a global meltdown. Wall Street’s “fear gauge” — the VIX — saw its biggest plunge since 2010.

Trump in Exile," Meredith McGraw's latest book, reveals the disarray in Donald Trump's political operations following his defeat in the 2020 election and the Capitol riot on January 6. Trump's urgent March 2022 call to conservative consultant Susie Wiles is detailed in the book, which was reviewed in Vanity Fair. To sort out his chaotic campaign, he turned to her. Trump acknowledged that he didn't know who was in control, how much money he had, or if anyone on his team was stealing, as per the reports of MSN.

US stock market today is up and running after days of volatility. Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 0.8 percent at 38,997.66. The broad-based S&P 500 gained 1.0 percent to 5,240.03, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index also advanced 1.0 percent to 16,366.85. The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 25.14 points, or 1.2 per cent, to 2,064.30. Wall Street stocks rebounded Tuesday after three straight days of losses, with analysts pointing to bargain hunting and US bond markets bouncing. The gains in New York also followed a quieter day in most overseas stock markets and came as Caterpillar and Uber reported solid earnings, lifting shares of both companies. Major indices fell more than 2.5 percent on Monday in a move seen as a reflection of worries about a US recession following Friday's disappointing jobs data.

BEIJING — A theme emerging in the latest slew of U.S. companies' earnings reports is a drag from the China market.

Netflix will air WWE Monday Night Raw from 2025 and OTT giant subscribers across the world are eagerly waiting for the premier Wrestling event. This has led to questions whether RAW will have uncensored content or not since it will be aired on OTT platform. Now WWE supertstar Braun Strowman has claimed several wrestlers want to use expletives while intimidating their competitors, as per a report on dexerto. Earlier during its much-famed «Attitude Era», WWE used to air matured content. However, stricter TV rules and PG rating ensured toned down suitable for all viewers.