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global market cues from Wall Street. The Indian equity market will remain open on Saturday, March 2, as the stock exchanges will conduct a special live trading session in the equity and derivatives segments through their disaster recovery site. The trends on Gift Nifty also indicate a positivestart for the Indian benchmark index.

Piyush Goyal affirmed India's successful navigation through critical issues, safeguarding the interests of the nation's farmers and fishermen, at the 13th World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Conference. Emphasisng the importance of securing their well-being, Goyal stated, «I think that India has successfully delivered on the issues that were our role and has achieved the outcomes that we expected.» The Union Minister underscored the primary objective of shielding the agricultural and fisheries sectors from any adverse consequences. «Our objective was that our farmers and our fishermen should not face any kind of harm, no crisis should come, and in that, we successfully did not allow any such decision to be taken that would harm any farmer or fishermen,» he added.

President Joe Biden announced the initiation of US airdrops of humanitarian assistance into Gaza, stating that they will commence «very soon,» CNN reported. The decision comes in the wake of Biden's commitment to airdrop food aid to the people of Gaza, with a determination to deploy every available resource to ensure additional supplies reach the region.

WTO ended here without any decision on permanent solution for public stockholding of food, and members’ inability to reach a consensus on fishery subsidies. However, the WTO extended the moratorium on ecommerce transmissions by two years. The MC13 was supposed to end on February 29 but was extended by a day as countries failed to reach common ground on food security issue, India’s key demand. The meeting of the highest decision making body of the WTO entered the fifth day on Friday with key members including India, the US and EU holding talks to iron out differences on issues such as agriculture, fisheries subsidies, WTO reforms and duty moratorium on e-commerce trade.

President Joe Biden on Friday said his government would start to deliver relief supplies from the air into the troubled area. The news comes a day after over 100 Palestinians died at an aid convoy. "We need to do more, and the United States will do more," Biden said and further added “In the coming days we're going to join with our friends in Jordan and others in providing air drops of additional food and supplies.".

It may only be a bill about digitally delivering financial information, but at least it’s a step in a bipartisan direction. Sens. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., introduced the measure, Improving Disclosure for Investors Act of 2024, in the Senate Thursday. The bipartisan legislation, which has already been introduced in the House, requires the Securities and Exchange Commission to propose new rules allowing for the electronic delivery of regulatory documents to investors.

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Toronto-Dominion Bank beat analysts’ estimates on an increase in revenue driven by strength in both its capital-markets unit and growth in loans and deposits in the lender’s domestic retail business.

The Nigerian government has imposed a staggering $10 billion fine on Binance as part of a crackdown on the platform in an effort to stabilize the nation’s local currency. 

Hindustan Times report. The district has maintained its top ranking after continuously following guidelines set by the district magistrate and chief development officer, said Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Sandeep Chaudhary, according to an HT report.

MUMBAI : Benchmark indices vaulted to record highs on Friday after India’s economy surprised the markets with a faster-than-anticipated pace in the December quarter, a momentum expected to continue led by large cap stocks. Banks, capital goods, and oil and gas stocks catapulted the Nifty index to a record high of 22,353.30 points, and the Sensex to 73,819.21 on Friday. This was driven by provisional domestic institutional investors buying of ₹3,814.53 crore and proprietary trader purchases of ₹618.58 crore, BSE data show.

Gold Loan meant for aspirational customers. The private lender — in a statement — said the loan offers five key features and would turn out to be a compelling alternative to conventional credit options. These key features are: 1) fixed monthly interest rate as low as 0.88 percent, i.e., 10.56 percent per annum 2) zero processing fee, 3) same day disbursement, 4) flexible repayment options and 5) minimal documentation.

Bharat Highways InvIT IPO: The initial public offering (IPO) of Bharat Highways InvIT was fully subscribed on the third and final day of bidding, driven by strong demand from investors. Bharat Highways InvIT IPO hit the Indian primary market and opened for subscription on Wednesday, February 28, and closed today (Friday, March 1, 2024.) Bharat Highways Infrastructure Investment is an infrastructure investment trust established to acquire, manage, and invest in a portfolio of infrastructure assets in India. The Trust is authorized to carry on the activities of an infrastructure investment trust under the SEBI InvIT Regulations.

Insurance the go-ahead to launch an IPO after multiple compliance issues delayed approval for the deal originally planned in 2022, according to a letter seen by Reuters. Digit, last valued at $3.5 billion, filed for an initial public offering in August 2022 but its plans were halted twice by the Securities and Exchange Board of India, which raised concerns over the legality of some share issuances, Reuters reported.

MILAN is an India-hosted biennial multi-national naval exercise that originated in 1995. The exercise aims to enhance cooperation and interoperability among the navies of diverse participating countries.

The World Trade Organization made some progress overnight toward agreements on measures to broaden global trade, with a final deal on agriculture subsidies, overfishing and tariff-free e-commerce hinging on major economies’ willingness to make last-minute concessions, people familiar with the talks said.

Decode Age, a trailblazing health and wellness brand and a pioneer of Longevity Research in India, made waves on Shark Tank India Season 3, captivating investors, and audiences with its groundbreaking approach to healthy ageing. Founded by Rakesh Somani, Parth Amin, and Darshit Patel, Decode Age has rapidly established itself as a leader in combating the effects of ageing through its cutting-edge products and services.

Retail investors are usually in the lookout for investing options that are safe and secure. One such safe and secure option is ‘small savings scheme’ which are government-run investment schemes and provide safe investing options to retail investors. These schemes offer guaranteed returns at regular intervals compounded monthly, quarterly or annually as the case may be.

Rajnath Singh will inaugurate the new administrative and training building of Naval War College at INS Mandovi near Panaji on March 5, a Navy official said on Friday. Rear Admiral Arjun Dev Nair, Commandant of the Naval War College told reporters that the building will help the institute train officers from all three military services three times more than its current strength. «This modern edifice has been named as 'Chola' in commemoration of the mighty maritime empire of the Chola dynasty. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate the new building on March 5 and the ceremony will be attended by senior naval leadership in addition to ex-commandants of the Naval War College,» he said. According to him, the College of Naval Warfare was established at INS Karanja in 1988 in Mumbai to impart advanced professional military education to the middle and senior level officers of the Indian Navy. The college was renamed as Naval War College in 2010 and was shifted to its current location at Goa in 2011. With the vision of being the pre-eminent iconic institution for higher military education, the mission of the college is to prepare officers of the armed forces for leadership at strategic and operational levels, Nair said.

Disney’s proxy fight with activist investor Nelson Peltz has turned into a family feud. The descendants of Walt Disney and his late brother Roy O. Disney on Thursday released two letters addressed to Disney shareholders, backing the company and Chief Executive Bob Iger in their fight against Peltz and his Trian Fund Management.