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city gas distributors Indraprastha Gas (IGL) and Mahanagar Gas (MGL) were among the top losers in Monday's trading after the government cut their gas allocations under the cheaper APM (administered price mechanism) over the weekend. The move triggered a spate of rating downgrades by analysts, who are mostly advising investors to sell the stocks for now. IGL plunged 19.8% to ₹325, its lowest closing since March 2020. MGL tumbled 13.8% to ₹1,130.55, the lowest closing since June 2023. Gujarat Gas, which already derives most of its supplies at market rate, fell 6.8% to ₹452.5 on Monday.

Trump has reiterated his commitment to addressing illegal immigration by declaring a national emergency and deploying US military resources to support mass deportations. The confirmation came Monday via his social media platform, Truth Social, where he endorsed a post suggesting the use of military assets for a large-scale deportation initiative. Trump’s post confirmed plans described by Tom Fitton, head of Judicial Watch, a conservative group. Fitton had written earlier this month about using emergency powers and military resources for deportation efforts. Responding at 4 a.m., Trump reposted the statement, writing, “TRUE!!!”

Starmer's office said on Monday, following a months-long pause in negotiations due to elections in both countries. London will seek a «new strategic partnership» with India as well as deepening co-operation in areas like security, education, technology, and climate change, Starmer's office said after he met his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, at the G20 summit in Brazil. «A new trade deal with India will support jobs and prosperity in the UK,» Starmer, whose Labour Party was elected to power in July, said.

Theranautilus, which develops nanorobotic solutions for healthcare, has raised $1.2 million in seed funding from Pi Ventures. The funding round also saw participation from Golden Sparrow Ventures and angel investors including Lalit Keshre, CEO of Groww, and Abhishek Goyal, founder and CEO of Tracxn. With the new funds, Theranautilus, incubated at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), plans to establish an International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO)-certified manufacturing facility to commercialise nanorobotics-based medical devices, initially focusing on dental care applications and filing new international patents.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis says Greece is set to make an early repayment of 5 billion euros or $5.3 billion in bailout-era debt in 2025

The latest child benefits are going out to Canadian parents this week amid a postal disruption as thousands of Canada Post workers remain on a nationwide strike.

Boeing has so far laid off 2,199 workers in Washington, among job cuts that will eventually total about 17,000 across the company

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he wants a strong and durable relationship with China as he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Brazil

German and Finland have expressed deep concern over the discovery of a severed undersea cable between the countries through the Baltic Sea

The U.K. government has hit Iran with new sanctions for sending ballistic missiles and other weapons to Russia in support of the war against Ukraine

PM Narendra Modi while addressing the maiden session of the Rio G20 Summit on Monday pointed out that the countries of the Global South are most adversely impacted by the food, fuel and fertiliser crisis caused by global conflicts (read Ukraine and Gaza) and in that context supported Brazil's initiative for a 'Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty'. Addressing the session titled 'Social Inclusion and the Fight Against Hunger and Poverty', Modi noted that the G20 discussions can only be successful when «we keep in mind the challenges and priorities of the Global South». «This is an important step towards the implementation of the Deccan high-level principles for Food security, adopted at the New Delhi Summit.» Simultaneously, the PM called for reforms of the global institutions which has also been a key priority at the Brics as well as for G20 hosts Brazil and South Africa, among other countries. «And just as we amplified the voice of the Global South by granting permanent membership of G20 to the African Union during the New Delhi Summit, we will reform institutions of global governance.» The second session of the G20 Summit focused on reforms of Global institutions.

Canada Post and its workers’ union are entering a fresh round of mediated negotiations as a nationwide postal strike enters its fourth day

ease of doing business and digitalization are driving the structural shift in the domestic banking system while banks also in the last decade have not focused on deposits, SBI Chairman C S Setty said on Monday. «I think it is also a sign of a maturing investment climate and the digitalization, which has played an important role (in driving people to invest at places other than banks),» Setty said at a panel discussion on the 'role of young leaders for Viksit Bharat@2047' hosted by SBI here. He was responding to a question on the increasing concerns over deposit mobilization as more and more people are looking at other avenues of putting their money to use as opposed to bank deposits. Doing banking a few years ago was too much of a «pain» and investing in SIP was also not an easy task, the SBI chairman said.

Tap Invest, altGraaf, and Stable Investments were the three unregistered online platforms to facilitate the sale of privately placed NCDs.

second-generation AirTag is anticipated to feature an enhanced wireless chip, improving connectivity and making the device faster and more precise when paired with Apple products. According to the report, its range is also expected to increase, enhancing greater reliability in locating items.In terms of privacy and security, this new device will likely overcome the issues in the first generation of the AirTag.

“The devil appeared to a monk disguised as an angel of light, and said to him, ‘I am the angel Gabriel, and I have been sent to you.’ But the monk said, ‘Are you sure you weren’t sent to someone else? I am not worthy to have an angel sent to me.’ At that the devil vanished.” — Nun and theologian Benedicta Ward

Tilaknagar Industries for Rs 62 crore via a block deal while Societe Generale was the buyer. BofA sold shares at a price of Rs 338.65 apiece which was marginally lower than the previous closing price of Rs 339.30 on the BSE.

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Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning president has sworn in a 22-member Cabinet after his party secured a two-thirds parliamentary majority in last week's election

stocks rallied as much as 15% in Mumbai trading on Monday even as equity benchmarks, BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty, traded in the amid brisk in frontline bluechip counters. Stocks that surged in excess of 15% included, Siddha Ventures Ltd.(20.00%), Shri Gang Industries(19.99%), Jindal Poly Investm(19.99%), James Warren Tea(19.99%), Multibase India(19.99%), Tokyo Finance(19.98%), Laffans Petro(19.98%), Sumedha Fiscal(19.88%), Purple Entertainment(19.20%) and Garware Tech(18.71%).

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