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Saurav Ghosal, Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal, synonymous with Indian squash over the past two decades, have unfinished business going into what could be their last appearance at the Asian Games. Ghosal and Joshna, who both turned 37 recently, will be featuring in their sixth Asian Games, a testament to their remarkable longevity in a physically demanding sport like squash. A week way from celebrating her 32nd birthday, Dipika will be entering her fourth and in all probability last Asian Games.

By Gwladys Fouche and Sabine Siebold

(Reuters) -The United Auto Workers (UAW) union on Friday launched strikes at three U.S. auto plants after failing to reach an agreement over new contracts, the first-ever simultaneous labor action against the Detroit Three automakers.

By Kanishka Singh and Eric Beech

The largest consumer of virtually everything is tempering with banking liquidity for a second time this year to stimulate an economy that hasn’t moved on from the pandemic, even as the rest of the world has raced ahead.

By Davit Kirakosyan

₹12 lakh crore. Lalu Yadav did corruption worth crores while he was the railway minister. They changed their name because they could not come back with the name UPA, hence they had to come up with INDI Alliance," news agency ANI quoted Shah said at a rally in Bihar's Jhanjharpur in the Madhubani district.

Madhya Pradesh, senior leaders said on Saturday. Addressing a press conference, MP Congress chief Kamal Nath and AICC in-charge for the state, Randeep Singh Surjewala, alleged «rampant corruption» under the BJP government, which they said had «failed» to tackle unemployment and crime against women and Dalits. «As many as 250 scams have taken place during 225 months of the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh.

Nifty, we're projecting a target of 20400 to 20500 in continuation of this uptrend,” says Rajesh Palviya, Axis Securities. Edited excerpts:ET Now: Firstly, coming to you because just last week when we connected with you, you provided our viewers with four different stocks and they performed exceedingly well throughout this week. I recall that all of those were from the large-cap space. Firstly, congratulations for that. And you were also bullish on the markets. But now, with the indices at a record high level, do you believe that in the next week we will continue to build on these levels? Do you have any specific levels in mind?

cancer treatment offers newfound hope for millions, as scientists harness electrically charged nanoparticles to combat aggressive brain cancer cells. This promising advancement in medical science could revolutionize cancer therapy, bringing optimism to countless individuals.

By Max Hunder

Buy or sell stocks: On account of strong global market sentiments after better-than-expected Chinese economic data, Indian stock market ended in green terriroty for third straight session. NSE Nifty ended at record close of 20,192 levels after climbing to a new life-time high of 20,222 during Friday deals. BSE Sensex too had a record closing at 67,838 levels after climbing to a new peak of 67,927 mark.

Nifty Bank is now approaching its all-time high and can even zoom past the 47,000-level, says Rupak De of LKP Securities. “The strong presence of Put writers at 46,000 has helped the index to stay in positive territory. The trend is anticipated to stay bullish as long as the Bank Nifty remains above the 46,000 mark. In the short term, there is potential for the Bank Nifty to reach levels around 46,700 and 47,000 on the upside,” he said.

Xi Jinping, has linked arms with two anti-Western states, declaring a «no limits» partnership with Russia and pledging «unswerving» support for North Korea. But the specter of a budding bromance between Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, after their meeting this week in eastern Russia, may not be as welcome a development for Xi as it might initially seem. Closer ties between Pyongyang and Moscow could result in both countries being less reliant on Beijing. That might diminish China's perceived clout in global negotiations over ending Russia's war in Ukraine and curtailing North Korea's nuclear program. «I doubt Xi is overjoyed to see the Kim-Putin lovefest unfolding across China's border,» said John Delury, a professor of Chinese studies at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea.

Lloyds Metals and Energy have offered massive returns to investors in the last 10 years, rising as much as 4400% over the decade. Accordingly, if an investor had invested Rs 10,000 in the stock 10 years ago and stayed put, the investment would have swelled to Rs 4.4 lakh, according to an analysis by ET Markets. In the last 3 years, the stock has surged 5100% and gave returns of 1,860% in the last five years. Lloyds Metals and Energy, a BSE500 company with a market capitalization of about Rs 28,944 crore, manufactures sponge iron. The company also operates a cogeneration waste heat recovery plant to recover heat from its kilns. It has an EPS of 20.70 on a trailing twelve month (TTM) basis and the stock is currently trading at a PB of 18.93. According to the latest shareholding pattern available with the exchanges, promoters own a majority of the stake at 65.75%, while the rest of 34.25% lies with public shareholders. Among the public shareholders, mutual funds and foreign investors have no stake, while retail investors have a combined holding of 5.68% in the company. Lloyds Metal has presently undertaken fresh geological surveys for iron ore reserves.

Reserve Bank of India to tighten monetary policy any further, given a steady decline in core inflation, but Adarsh Sinha, co-head of Asia FX and Rates Strategy at Bank of America, tells Bhaskar Dutta that the central bank may raise rates again in December to signal its seriousness to bring inflation back to its 4% target. Edited excerpts:What is your reading on interest rates both in India and te US? On the Reserve Bank's likely actions ahead, we do have a rate hike pencilled in for December. It's not a consensus view.

The Federal Open Market Committee will keep rates steady in the 5.25% to 5.5% range at its Sept. 19-20 meeting, the survey showed, and remain there until a first cut next May – two months later than the economists’ view in July. Policymakers are likely to forecast one additional rate hike this year in the so-called dot plot contained in their quarterly Summary of Economic Projections, as they upgrade their view of the US economic outlook.

Gold rate today: Ahead of US Fed's FOMC meeting scheduled next week, gold prices remained in a broader range of $1,880 to $1,930 per ounce. However, the precious metal prices exhibited relative stability over the past week, with prices closing nearly unchanged at $1,923 levels in international market whereas it ended at ₹58,999 per 10 gm levels on MCX (Multi Commodity Exchange).

Read all the LIVE updates on Mint's liveblogIn joint security operations against terrorists in the Anantnag area, forces dropped grenades on suspected terrorist hideout locations using drones. Grenade launchers are also being used by troops to target the group of terrorists hiding in the area.Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Kashmir Vijay Kumar on Friday asked retired police and Army officials to refrain from making unnecessary “ambush hypothesis" following the ongoing gunfight between security personnel and terrorists in the Kokernag area of the Anantnag district.An encounter has started between terrorists, the Army and Baramulla Police in the forward area of Uri, Hathlanga in Baramulla district.

By Stephen Culp

power capacity over the 49 GW already planned or under construction to meet future requirements, power minister RK Singh said on Friday.