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Kagiso Rabada has dethroned Indian pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah as the top bowler in the latest ICC Men's Test Player Rankings released on Wednesday. Rabada has claimed the No.1 spot on the back of strong form for SA during the ongoing World Test Championship, with the right-armer taking his 300th Test wicket during the recent seven-wicket triumph over Bangladesh in Mirpur. Bumrah, who failed to take a single wicket in the second Test against New Zealand in Pune, has dropped two places and is now third, behind Australian fast bowler Josh Hazlewood, who has moved up to second. Veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has also dropped two spots to be fourth with Australia skipper Pat Cummins rounding up the top five among bowlers.

2025 IPL season fast approaching, the BCCI has laid out the updated rules and retention policies for the upcoming mega auction, introducing a few key changes to boost the auction's competitiveness. Additionally, this Diwali, October 31 promises more than just fireworks in the sky; the IPL 2025 retention announcements will light up the cricket world as franchises are due to submit their retention lists by 5 PM. Captains and star players, particularly those who have shown consistent form, are likely to be prioritized. Young and emerging players, often seen as future assets, are also high on the retention list for many teams. Additionally, some teams are exploring options for uncapped players, who can be retained at lower costs, providing valuable flexibility for franchise budgets.

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Gaza war, the Israeli army's reservists are exhausted and it is struggling to recruit soldiers just as it opens a new front in Lebanon. Some 300,000 reservists have been called up since the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023, according to the army, 18 percent of them men over 40 who should have been exempted. Military service is mandatory from the age of 18 for Israeli men and women, though several exemptions apply.

SM REIT as a Small & Medium Real Estate Investment Trust. The SM REIT will be eligible to make an initial offer for units of its first scheme for an amount of up to Rs 500 crore. As an investment manager of SM REIT, EFC REIT Private Limited will oversee investments raised through the initial offer and manage the acquisition and operation of commercial real estate assets in terms of the REIT Regulations.

FMCG companies are shifting focus toward “designing for India,” investing in products that cater to varied local tastes and preferences. This has spurred Hindustan Unilever (HUL) and its counterparts to fine-tune both product development and production processes to meet regional demands. An example is in HUL’s tea offerings. «In the South, the Red Label tea we sell is a finer blend. In the North, it’s more grainy. The way we process the tea is also quite different,» Vibhav Sanzgiri, HUL’s Executive Director for R&D, told TOI's Asmita Dey. HUL's strategy underscores the complexity of catering to India’s different regional tastes, climates, and lifestyles. Sanzgiri, who leads a team of over 800 scientists across HUL’s three R&D centers, noted that consumer expectations now extend beyond taste to include health benefits, wellness, fragrance, and even packaging. Beyond HUL, Colgate-Palmolive is also responding to India's unique consumer profile. To cater to consumers’ fondness for snacking, the company introduced arginine-based toothpaste to address oral health concerns. “When designing for Indian consumers, we need to incorporate local taste nuances and focus on the target demographic,” explained Swati Agarwal, Executive Vice-President at Colgate-Palmolive India. The brand has also incorporated localized scents into its shower gel products, recognizing that consumer preference varies across regions.

Avenue Supermarts Ltd. 0.6 per cent to Rs 3940.25 at 12:42PM hours (IST) on Wednesday. Earlier in the day, the stock saw a gap up start to the session. As per data available on BSE, total traded quantity on the counter stood at 6,652 shares with a turnover of Rs 2.62 crore till 12:42PM (IST). The stock traded at a price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple of 95.23, while the price-to-book value ratio stood at 15.76.

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Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, is reportedly developing a 14,400-square-foot mansion to accommodate his large family. According to the New York Times, Musk aims to live with his 11 children and two of their three mothers in adjacent properties, allowing his younger children to grow up together and enabling Musk to spend time with them.

HDFC Asset Management Company Ltd. 0.08 per cent to Rs 4424.95 at 12:32PM hours (IST) on Wednesday. Earlier in the day, the stock saw a gap up start to the session. As per data available on BSE, total traded quantity on the counter stood at 4,127 shares with a turnover of Rs 1.81 crore till 12:32PM (IST). The stock traded at a price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple of 42.73, while the price-to-book value ratio stood at 11.32.

CA Intermediate September 2024 exam with a score of 484 out of 500, obtaining an overall percentage of 80.67 per cent.

FMCG has grown to over 1 million monthly orders on ONDC but these orders are mostly fulfilled from central warehouses, instead of local kirana stores, said Kiko Live, a SaaS solution for neighbourhood stores Kirana sales have dropped by up to 35% in tier 1 markets where quick commerce primarily operates. While customers still visit the store for larger orders, the small order basket, traditionally ordered via phone and delivered by the store delivery boy, is moving to quick commerce. Retailers understand that retaining these customers would require offering a similar quick commerce option. «Kirana-led grocery orders are also approaching a quarter million orders a month, with Kiko Live as the leading player. This is expected to grow rapidly in the coming months, with retailers understanding that going digital is not an option but a necessity for survival,» said Alok Chawla, Co-Founder of Kiko Live, adding early adopter retailers have started creating digital storefronts and offering trackable 30-minute quick commerce-type deliveries.

«Now, with that kind of a constraint, if you still want to see a boom in the economy, then the maximum multiplier effect you can generate is through the real estate. So, the boom has started at the top, but now it will percolate down as well,» says Ravi Dharamshi, ValueQuest Investment. You talked about as to how it is not just the premium end of the economy when it comes to consumption, but a more broad based, top to bottom kind of approach that you would now be looking at. How does that tie in with real estate because up until now you have only seen the premium end of luxury, that to residential and commercial both, real estate do well. Ravi Dharamshi: So, see post COVID, unfortunately the recovery has been as it is popular now, K-shaped and what that meant is that anybody who owned an asset has done well, whether you owned equity, whether you owned gold or whether you owned real estate, you did well. But if you have been only a wage earner, income earner, then inflation has been beating your growth in your earnings and your discretionary power has gone down.

China as she gestured excitedly while an assistant filmed her on a smartphone. The 29-year-old is one of many second-generation factory owners fighting to elevate the country's manufacturing sector, pitting digital native skillsets against the rising costs and geopolitical tensions pushing clients abroad. Qiu said she grew up with «the noise of machines running day and night», but working in manufacturing was not always her first choice.

Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 4.53%), National Fertilizers Ltd.(up 4.37%), Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd.(up 4.22%), Madras Fertilizers Ltd.(up 4.02%), Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd.(up 3.74%), The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd.(up 3.57%), Paradeep Phosphates Ltd.(up 3.52%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 3.26%), Gujarat State Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd.(up 2.85%) and Rama Phosphates Ltd.(up 2.84%) were among the top gainers.

Halifax Walmart store where a 19-year-old employee was found dead in a walk-in oven more than a week ago.The order, which covered the bakery area of the Mumford Road Walmart and “a piece of equipment,” ended Monday evening.“The stop work order was lifted when compliance was confirmed, allowing bakery operations to safely resume should Walmart decide to do so,” the province’s Department of Labour, Skills and Immigration said in a statement Tuesday.A spokesperson with Walmart told Global News, however, the store remains closed until further notice. Employees who were scheduled for shifts will be paid, and “alternate work arrangements” will be considered if the closure extends for a “longer-than-anticipated period of time.”The store has been closed since Oct.

died after she backed into a plane’s spinning propeller in Kansas, officials have confirmed.Amanda Gallagher was photographing groups of skydivers on Saturday afternoon at Air Capital Drop Zone, near Wichita, when the tragic accident occurred.According to the skydiving business, she had travelled up in the air to take pictures of a group and road the plane back down after all the skydivers had made their jumps.Back on the ground, she got out of the Cessna 182 and moved around to a dangerous area of the plane, while it was still running.“For unknown reasons … she moved in front of the wing, a violation of basic safety procedures,” Air Capital Drop Zone said in a statement to ABC News.