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MUMBAI : Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL) and Adani Energy Solutions Ltd (AESL), previously known as Adani Transmission Ltd, on Monday, reported mixed financial results for the first quarter of FY2024. Adani Green Energy’s consolidated net profit increased by 50.5% year-on-year to ₹322 crore from ₹214 crore in the previous year, while its revenue rose by 41.3% to ₹2,404 crore from ₹1,701 crore in Q1 FY2023. AGEL’s Ebitda from power supply increased by 53% year-on-year to ₹1,938 crore, with a high Ebitda margin of 92.5%.

Democratic-led states are establishing sanctuaries for those seeking gender transitions, part of a broad legal effort to resist Republican restrictions on medical interventions for transgender youth. The playbook is one used by U.S. cities that have provided sanctuary from federal authorities to migrants lacking permanent legal status, a custom dating to medieval times when fugitives took refuge in churches.

NEW DELHI : The aggregate holdings of retail investors in stocks listed on the National Stock Exchange rose to a record high of ₹22.1 trillion as of June 2023, a Mint analysis of data sourced from primeinfobase.com showed. The analysis covered 1,910 companies that had retail shareholders as of 30 June 2023 and whose latest data is available. The value of retail holdings in these companies has risen nearly 15% since 31 March, while it has jumped 23% from a year ago.

Most economists remember Margaret Thatcher as a leader who ushered a new era of business-friendly economic policies in the 1980s. Statisticians remember her as the politician who wreaked havoc on a world-class statistical system. Soon after becoming the UK’s prime minister, Thatcher appointed a Marks & Spencer executive to review the country’s statistical system.

Bets on a bond-market rally aren’t in the clear just yet. On 26 July, Federal Reserve Chairperson Jerome Powell appeared to give traders the positive signal they’ve been waiting for—that the US central bank may finally be wrapping up it’s steepest interest-rate hikes since the early 1980s. Then the next day, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said she had an “open mind" on whether to tighten policy further, underscoring the shifting sentiment underway at the world’s central banks.

KARNAL/AMBALA/NEW DELHI : You were so thirsty that you came here to get drowned. We warned you, but you did not listen," quipped the residents of Nabiabad. The pun was directed at Tejraj Singh, a farmer in his mid-50s, who relocated to Nabiabad in 2019.

white-collar job market showed a significant 18% month-on-month upward movement in July, the highest monthly growth in two years, according to data from LinkedIn and top company job boards. The number of open positions closed with 272,000 in July, up from 230,000 in June, according to data put together by specialist staffing firm Xpheno.

Americans want their midlife crisis to be more productive. This presents, for a growing number of companies, coaches and consultants, a multimillion-dollar opportunity. Some programs are online and charge a couple hundred dollars.

RPF jawan shoots 4 persons dead onboard Jaipur-Mumbai train; DRM assures ‘probe’ While speaking to the media about the train firing incident, Western Railway Police Commissioner said, "He (RPF constable, Chetan Kumar) wasn't feeling well and lost his calm. There was no argument." Four Railway passengers including a Railway Protection Force ASI were shot dead by an RPF jawan who opened fire in the Mumbai-Jaipur Superfast Express, officials said on Monday. GRP commissioner Ravindra Shisve told reporters the constable has been identified as Chetan Singh.

Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij Monday said the government has issued directions to suspend the Internet in Mewat after Nuh violence. Efforts are underway to restore peace. Those stranded are being rescued.

Torrent Group has crossed Rs 1 lakh crore market capitalisation as it's power units EV push and pharma company's recent acquisitions fuelled a rally in stocks. The combined market capitalisation of its two listed group companies — Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd and Torrent Power Ltd crossed the Rs 1 lakh crore mark in trading on Monday, according to stock exchange information. Torrent Pharmaceuticals shares hit an intra-day high of Rs 2,014.8 before closing at Rs 2,010 on the NSE.

The country’s financial capital witnessed over 10,221 property registrations in the month of July helping generate stamp duty collection worth nearly Rs 831 crore for the state exchequer. In July 2022, the city had seen stamp duty collection of Rs 829 crore on the back of registrations of 11,340, showed data from inspector general of registration, Maharashtra. «The demand in the mid-income and premium segment continues to be robust.

Alan Ruck, the actor who played Connor Roy in HBO’s “Succession," says he and a director friend tested out the generative-AI tool ChatGPT a few months ago over lunch, to see whether it could write a screenplay. They asked it to write a scene about Ruck as a soldier in basic training, a play on the actor’s role in the Broadway show “Biloxi Blues." “It was s—," Ruck said. “It was every cliché and hackneyed idea you could imagine." The potential use of artificial intelligence in TV and movies has become a hot-button issue in the biggest Hollywood labor strike in 60 years.

July 31st: «Jesus Revolution» and «Bastard!!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy-» (Season 2). August 1st: Various titles, including «Bee Movie,» «Despicable Me,» and «Fast and the Furious Movie Collection.» August 2nd: New original series «Choona,» «Mark Cavendish: Never Enough,» «Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food,» and «Soulcatcher.» August 3rd: «Choona» (Season 1), «Head to Head,» «Heartstopper» (Season 2), «The Last Hours of Mario Biondo» (Limited Series), and «Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead.» August 4th: «Fatal Seduction» (Volume 2), and «The Big Nailed It Baking Challenge» (Season 1). August 6th: «The Hunt for Veerappan» (Limited Series). This extensive collection of new content aims to provide a wide array of choices for Netflix subscribers in the US, while some regions may experience differences in their lineups.

Pakistan and China on Monday signed six key documents to help undertake the second phase of the USD 60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects under a new model, further cementing the all-weather strategic relations between the «iron brothers.» Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng witnessed the signing ceremony held here to mark 10 years of the CPEC, a collection of infrastructure and other projects under construction throughout Pakistan since 2013. The CPEC, which connects Gwadar Port in Pakistan's Balochistan with China's Xinjiang province, is opposed by India as it is being laid through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

Netflix announced the renewal of its hit series Ginny & Georgia for its third and fourth installments. The Ginny & Georgia Season 1 premiered as early as February 2021 on Netflix and quickly became popular. The show came back in 2023 with Season 2 on January 5, 2023, on Netflix. Ginny & Georgia Season 2 was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Original Music And Lyrics.

Bank loans rose 16.3 percent in June as retail and large corporate loans accelerated while credit to the small and medium enterprises slowed, RBI data showed. Also bank loans to NBFCs continued to post a strong growth. Retail loans rose 20.9 per cent (y-o-y) in June 2023 compared to 18.1 per cent a year ago, mainly supported by ‘housing’ and ‘vehicle’ loans.

India’s retail sector is witnessing a constant surge in demand and healthy leasing across Grade A retail spaces. Growing consumer base, evolving lifestyle, urbanisation, rising disposable income, the convergence of online and offline retail, and investments in retail infrastructure are attributed for the rise in the leasing activity of retail spaces.

Income Tax Return Filing AY 2023-24 Due Date news: As the deadline for ITR filing is ending today, taxpayers are in a rush to complete the submission of their returns. While most of the taxpayers have already filed their income tax returns for AY 2023-24, some have complained of facing errors on the e-filing portal (incometax.gov.in) while trying to file their ITRs.

By Rakesh Goyal

Binance, a cryptocurrency exchange, has achieved a new Dubai-based licence based on its connections with United Arab Emirates’ regulators, as stated by Cointelegraph.