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G20 summit successfully concluded in New Delhi last week, it managed to generate some positive headlines for India globally. Even India’s staunchest critics had to concede that contrary to their expectations, New Delhi managed to pull off a successful summit at a time when geopolitical and developmental fault-lines have been sharpening by the day. Despite the absence of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin (and perhaps because of it), a large part of the world agreed and put its stamp on India’s global developmental priorities.

The Bank of Canada is supposed to be free from government interference, but elected officials have become more vocal about interest rates, inflation and the effect on their citizens, leaving some experts fretting about the central bank’s independence when it comes to monetary policy.

Doug Ford were to look into the province’s transportation infrastructure projects — such as the twinning of highways, widening the 401 and uploading the Toronto subway system — the ministry was also directed to audit projects announced under the former Liberal government.“Review the province’s planned $190 billion of capital investments in infrastructure and ensure that money is being deployed in a proper fashion and on the right projects for Ontario families and businesses,” the mandate letter read.The directives then instructed the minister to work with the province’s housing minister to “evaluate the province’s real estate portfolio” and offload unused properties.“Either sell inefficiently used properties, donate them to municipalities for social housing builds, or repurpose these facilities for more efficient use,” the letter stated, adding that air right above transit stations or provincially owned assets were also to be targeted for sale.Vacant units were to be divested immediately if the sale was “feasible or logical.”That mandate was later passed onto Infrastructure Ontario, the crown agency tasked with managing the contracts and construction for projects in the province ranging from transit to hospitals or bridges.Public documents dating back to 2019 show the Ontario government reviewed and approved the divestment of 243 properties generating between $105 to $135 million as part of a four-year Accelerated Divestment Plan.Meanwhile, the premier’s office also wanted more private sector involvement in the building of public infrastructure.

International Cricket Stadium in Colombo, the lowest score ever recorded was not even 40. Meanwhile, Indian pacer Mohammed Siraj dismissed six Sri Lankan batters in his 6-over spell. The Sri Lankan innings is over in just 15.2 overs and the team is all-out for a total of 50 runs.

During the week, IT, banking and pharma were among the top gainers while realty and energy closed in the red. We have collated a list of three stocks that either hit a fresh 52-week high, or all-time high or saw a volume or a price breakout. We spoke to an analyst on how one should look at these stocks the next trading day entirely from an educational point of view: Analyst: Hariprasad Kizhakkethara, SEBI Registered RA (INH200009351), Director of Livelong WealthUCO BankThe stock went up by more than 8% in a single day. The overall sentiment in the PSU Index is very bullish. The stock was forming an ascending triangle pattern continuously facing strong rejection from the price level of Rs 36.5 since Dec 2022.

India is the world’s 3rd largest oil importer and the rise above $95 could bring back inflation fears and put pressure on India's fiscal math. India’s current account deficit can widen, thus weakening its currency, says Navneet Damani, Head of Commodity & Currency Research at Motilal Oswal Financial Services.Considering the current trends in crude oil prices, where do you see Brent/WTI price targets in the near term and for the year 2023? Oil prices have been on a roll trading at 10 months highs recently, as Chinese central banks have been cutting cash reserve requirements to boost its economic recovery, expectations of peaking interest rate cycles by major central banks along with output cuts driven by Saudi Arabia and Russia amid record global consumption. Prices got a further boost after the IEA warned that continued supply cuts by the two OPEC+ leaders are likely to create a “significant supply shortfall” and threaten further price volatility.

Bitcoin's bulls are demonstrating their might, driving the world's premier cryptocurrency past the significant $26,000 benchmark.

President Joe Biden says he’s dispatching two of his top aides to Detroit to help resolve the strike by unionized autoworkers

Thousand of migrants reached the Italian island of Lampedusa on more than 100 boats this week

The United Auto Workers strike has exposed tensions between President Joe Biden's goals of fighting climate change and supporting unions

California will spend $267 million to combat smash-and-grab robberies that have plagued businesses and luxury stores in the state

Kenya’s president is wooing American tech companies, promising a business-friendly environment — even though he has raised taxes on businesses at home

India and Brazil have started talks to mutually resolve a sugar related trade dispute at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and as part of the solution the South American nation may share ethanol production technology with New Delhi, an official said. Brazil is the largest producer of sugarcane and ethanol in the world. It is also a leader in the technology used for ethanol production. «Few rounds of talks have been held as part of our efforts to resolve the dispute.

hackers targeted satellite, defence, and pharmaceutical companies worldwide to gather intelligence and perhaps build up domestic production in these industries amid heavy US sanctions. Since February, the hackers have successfully breached several organisations by applying a simple hacking technique, indicating the high level of determination from Tehran's hacking teams, according to Microsoft.

Russia said it thwarted a coordinated Ukrainian attack on Crimea early on Sunday, while drones also targeted Moscow, disrupting air traffic in the capital, and caused a fire at an oil depot in the southwest of the country. Ukraine in recent days has launched a series of strikes on Russian military targets in occupied Crimea and the Russian Navy Black Sea Fleet's facilities, seeking to undermine Moscow's war efforts in the critical region. Attacks deep inside Russia, far from the front lines, have also increased, with Moscow's mayor saying at least two drones were shot down in the capital region early on Sunday. Reuters could not independently verify Sunday's reports and there were no immediate comment from Kyiv. In an opinion piece late on Saturday, Oleksiy Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine's Security Council, urged Kyiv's allies to speed up the delivery of weapons, saying this was the only way to end the war. «For example, the complete or partial elimination of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, which is a doable task, should significantly accelerate the process of Russia's search for a way out of the ongoing war,» Danilov wrote on the Ukrainska Pravda news site. Russian air defence systems destroyed at least six drones targeting Crimea from different directions, Russia's defence ministry said on Sunday. The report on the Telegram messaging app did not say whether there was any damage or casualties in the peninsula, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in a broadly condemned move in 2014, eight years before Moscow's full-fledged invasion. In the Moscow region, a drone was destroyed over the Istra district and another over the Ramensky district, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Telegram, adding there were no casualties or

The ever-evolving cryptocurrency landscape has lately been abuzz with talk surrounding Ripple (XRP), currently the fifth-largest crypto by market capitalization. 

Anantnag has entered its fifth day. Thousands of soldiers, including paracommandos, are still engaged in a never-ending shootout deep inside the forested Gadol area. The terrorists are using the dangerous terrain and forest cover to keep the forces at bay and prolong the encounter.

rockets, robots, and observation innovation to support its availability and power survivability measures. India's proactive moves toward reinforce its tactical abilities mirror its obligation to guaranteeing public safety and readiness in an undeniably questionable international scene. The securing of cutting edge cannons, rockets, and observation innovation is a demonstration of the country's purpose to protect its boundaries and keep up with vital prevention. Under an ambitious capability development plan for the Army's artillery regiments, the procurement of approximately 300 indigenous advanced towed artillery gun systems (ATAGS) and 300 mounted gun systems (MGS) has already commenced, with requests for proposals (RFPs) issued for these potent 155mm/52-caliber guns.

tax collections in the first half of 2023-24 have increased 20% year on year to ₹3.54 lakh crore, people privy to the development said. Collections could go up further in the final tally as the numbers reflected calculations till 11.30 pm on September 15 — the last day for paying advance tax for the second quarter. «Tax collection is expected to increase when further information is received from banks on Monday,» an official said. The government will likely release the official data next week. Robust advance tax collections are an indicator of healthy corporate performance and an underlying strong economy. «Healthy advance tax numbers suggest that the economic growth momentum has continued in the second quarter, as suggested by various high frequency indicators,» said Aditi Nayar, chief economist at rating agency ICRA. «It is likely that the cumulative tax revenues will display a healthier trend at end September 2023, helping soften the rise in the fiscal deficit relative to the year-ago period,» she added. Of the total advance tax collected in the first two quarters of the fiscal, corporate tax accounted for ₹2.80 lakh crore and personal income tax for ₹74,481 crore, people cited above said.Advance tax collections for the first half of 2022-23 were ₹2.95 lakh crore. Advance tax collections for the first quarter of this fiscal stood at ₹1.16 lakh crore. Gross tax collections till September 15 this fiscal stood at ₹9.85 lakh crore.

Reliance Industries, revealed that Jio AirFiber would have its official launch on the auspicious occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi. Also Read: Reliance AGM 2023: Jio AirFiber to be launched on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi on 19 September Jio AirFiber includes features such as parental controls, support for Wi-Fi 6, and an integrated security firewall. Jio AirFiber is a novel approach to wireless internet service by Jio, utilizing 5G technology to provide high-speed internet access.

Congress on Saturday called for increasing the existing upper limit of reservations for scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and OBCs. In a resolution adopted at its first meeting after being reconstituted, the Congress Working Committee (CWC) also called for the conducting of a caste census. The Congress' top decision-making body expressed grave concern at «increasing unemployment and continuous rise in prices, especially of essential commodities». «The prime minister's so-called Rozgar Melas are a hoax to cover up the abject failure to create, as promised, two crore jobs a year.