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The CSI 300 Index jumped 8.5% Monday, marking the most since 2008 as traders rushed to buy shares in the last session before a week-long holiday. The index, which lost more than 45% of its value from a 2021 high through mid-September, has since soared more than 20% to enter a technical bull market. Its rally last week was the biggest in 16 years.

According to a Times of India report, terror-related incidents have dropped to one-tenth of the levels seen a decade ago. This year's assembly elections, the first since the nullification of Article 370 and J&K's reorganisation into a Union Territory in 2019, have witnessed peaceful polling in several areas of Kashmir, an official confirmed. While the Kashmir Valley recorded positive voter participation, turnout percentages in most of Jammu division, where voting has concluded, have dipped compared to 2014. According to officials, the decline could be linked to the recent surge in terror activities in the region. As of September 27, 15 terror-related attacks and encounters had resulted in the deaths of 11 civilians and 17 security personnel in Jammu.

ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Ltd. rose 1.14 per cent to Rs 2211.05 in Monday's trade. It hit an intraday high of Rs 2238.7 and low of Rs 2189.35, respectively, during the day. The stock quoted a 52-week high price of Rs 2285.85 and low of Rs 1266.0.

Siemens Ltd. dropped 0.01 per cent to Rs 7299.1 at 12:57PM (IST) in Monday's trade. The scrip has hit a high of Rs 7310.0 and low of Rs 7188.4 so far during the session. The stock had closed at Rs 7300.0 in the previous session. The counter has had a total traded volume of 6254 shares so far with a value of Rs 4.52 crore on the NSE. It traded at a price-to-earnings multiple of 105.33 and a price-to-book ratio of 9.99.

MphasiS Ltd. slipped 2.13 per cent to Rs 3015.35 in Monday's trade as of 01:03PM (IST). The stock hit a high price of Rs 3099.0 and low of Rs 3013.5 during the session.

Security forces on Monday extended the ongoing search operations to new areas in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua and Rajouri districts to hunt down terrorists following recent encounters in the region, officials said. While a policeman and a terrorist were killed and two police officers injured in a fierce gunbattle in remote Kog-Mandli forest village in Billawar tehsil of Kathua district on Saturday evening, a brief exchange of fire took place between terrorists and security forces in Manial Gali in Thanamandi area of Rajouri district on Sunday evening. A massive search operation is going on for the third day in Kathua with cordon extending to over a dozen other villages near the scene of Saturday's encounter, the officials said. They said at least three more foreign terrorists of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) are believed to be hiding in the forest belt.

Punjab National Bank traded at Rs 108.25 on BSE at 12:37PM (IST) on Monday, down 0.91 per cent from previous close. The scrip quoted a 52-week low price of Rs 67.34 and a high of Rs 142.9.

Union Budget 2024 included several significant proposals, which have been ratified in the Finance Bill. Some of these changes will come into effect from October 1. These changes included revised TDS rates applicable from October 1, 2024.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Asset reconstruction companies (ARCs) in India have long been perceived as vehicles solely for the recovery of bad loans, with limited scope beyond securing delinquent assets. Instead of just being agents that buy non-performing loans from lenders for recovery, ARCs should evolve to their full potential into entities that not only recover assets, but also rehabilitate and turn around distressed businesses.

Vedanta Ltd. traded 1.16 per cent up at Rs 518.8 at around 10:24AM (IST) on Monday. The stock had closed at Rs 512.85 in the previous session. Equity benchmark Sensex traded 690.52 points lower at 84881.33 around the same time.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India is on the brink of a technological revolution, fuelled by its rapidly growing drone industry. Recent global conflicts, from Israel-Hamas to Russia-Ukraine, have demonstrated the growing importance of drones in modern warfare.

The sole candidate in the election for Macao’s next leader has pledged to diversify the economy of the Chinese casino city, a goal previously laid out by Beijing

Japan's benchmark Nikkei share average tumbled more than 4% on Monday in reaction to a sharply stronger yen after perceived monetary policy hawk Shigeru Ishiba won the contest to become the country's prime minister. The Nikkei traded 4.11% lower at 38,191.13 as of 0020 GMT, while the broader Topix index shed 2.9%.

Manba Finance will debut on the exchanges today and the stock is expected to fetch healthy gains for investors, going by the grey market trends. Ahead of the listing, the company's shares were trading with a GMP of Rs 38 in the grey market. Considering the upper price band of Rs 120, the stock is expected to list at a premium of 32% over the issue price.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Bankruptcy resolution professionals who shepherd broke companies to their new homes are increasingly under fire from lenders, at a time of shifting landscape in India's insolvency resolution. Over the last two years, a number of RPs have found themselves in the dock, on charges varying from wrongful classification of creditors and collusion with previous managements, to mismanagement of daily affairs.

Sebi) is set to hold a crucial board meeting on Monday, its first gathering following the allegations of conflict of interest against chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch by US-based Hindenburg Research and India's Congress party. The board is likely to take cognisance of the conflict of interest accusations and the issues arising from the withdrawn press release on employee matters. Although these topics are not on the official agenda, they may be informally discussed, according to people with knowledge of the matter. «Between the last board meeting and Monday's meeting, any significant event concerning the institution, its board members, including the chairperson, has to be taken note of by the board,» said one of them.

Lebanon killed dozens of people on Sunday as the Hezbollah militant group sustained a string of deadly blows to its command structure, including the killing of its overall leader, Hassan Nasrallah. Hezbollah confirmed Nabil Kaouk, the deputy head of the militant group's Central Council, was killed on Saturday, making him the seventh senior Hezbollah leader slain in Israeli strikes in a little over a week. They include founding members who had evaded death or detention for decades. Hezbollah had earlier confirmed that Ali Karaki, another senior commander, died in Friday's strike that killed Nasrallah. Israel says at least 20 other Hezbollah militants were killed in the strike, including two close associates of Nasrallah, one of whom was in charge of his security detail.

Junior Doctors' Front (WBJDF) will take a decision on whether they need to resume their 'cease work' agitation after the Supreme Court hearing of RG Kar rape and murder case on Monday. This decision came after three doctors and three nurses were assaulted following the death of a patient at Sagore Dutta Hospital in North 24 Parganas district on Friday night. The Sagore Dutta Hospital medical students have already started 'cease work', following the attack. Junior doctor Aniket Mahato said, «After the SC hearing tomorrow, we have called for a cease work but it will also depend on the SC order. The government should give us basic facilities». Another doctor Debasish Halder said: «We will start cease work again and a more vehement protest.»

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Read more Israel-Hezbollah War Live Updates: The body of slain Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah was recovered today.According to a Reuters report quoting sources, the body was found intact with no direct wounds. The cause of death appeared to be blunt trauma from the force of the blast.Israel-Hezbollah War Live Updates: White House national security spokesman John Kirby said on Sunday that Israel's airstrikes had “wiped out" Hezbollah's command structure, but he warned the group will work quickly to rebuild it.“I think people are safer without him walking around," Kirby said of Nasrallah.

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