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Chasing a modest total of 107 to win, New Zealand started the day on a bad note, losing a wicket of the second ball. However, Will Young battled a stunning spell of fast bowling from Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj to reamain unbeaten on 48. Rachin Ravindra followed up his first innings century with 39 not out off just 46 balls. India were bowled out for 46 in the first innings before making an incredible comeback in the second, with the help of a century from Sarfaraz Khan and half centuries from Rishabh Pant (99), Virat Kohli (70) and Rohit Sharma (52).

New Zealand on Sunday registered a historic Test win in India after 36 years as the beat the hosts by eight wickets in the first Test at Bengaluru in a rain curtailed match. Chasing a modest total of 107 to win, New Zealand started the day on a bad note, losing a wicket of the second ball. However, Will Young battled a stunning spell of fast bowling from Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj to reamain unbeaten on 48. Rachin Ravindra followed up his first innings century with 39 not out off just 46 balls.

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Gold, of late, has stopped showing much reaction to traditional drivers like the US yields, the US Dollar Index, key macroeconomic data, etc as bulls are now focused primarily on uncertainties over the US presidential election outcome. In addition, the metal is extending its gains on synchronised global rate cuts, ETF inflows and geopolitical factors also. Spot gold closed with a gain of over 1% at $2721 on Friday, and was up nearly 2.2% on the week.

Navya Haridas, on Sunday said the Gandhi family is considering the hill constituency as a mere «choice» or «second» seat" and people of the segment have realised this now. A two-time councillor in the Kozhikode Corporation, Haridas said what the voters of Wayanad want is a leader who stands up for them and resolves their problems. Addressing reporters in Kozhikode, the young leader said, as far as India is concerned, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is not a new face, but for Wayanad, she is a newcomer. «Priyanka is coming as a representative of the Gandhi family who had failed to raise the issues of Wayanad in the Parliament,» she alleged.

Aam Aadmi Party led Delhi government has said that a major reason behind the deteriorating air quality in Delhi, especially in the Anand Vihar area, is the buses coming from the neighbouring state of Uttar Pradesh. Delhi Chief Minister Atishi and Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Sunday carried out an inspection at the Anand Vihar area, where the Air Quality Index (AQI) has fallen to 454 at 8:30 am, classified as «severe.» Highlighting the steps taken to control air pollution, the Chief Minister said that anti-pollution measures are being strictly deployed and teams have been formed for dust control measures.

tyre major CEAT Ltd expects easing of pressure from high raw material costs in the second half of the ongoing fiscal after being impacted by 15-year high domestic natural rubber prices, according to its Managing Director and CEO Arnab Banerjee. The company expects its aftermarket business to continue to grow in double digits and better performance of its international business, which was also affected by non-availability of containers and high freight cost in the second quarter. The domestic natural rubber prices went up to a 15-year high at about Rs 250 per kg in the first half of the fiscal, Banerjee told PTI. «We hope to see an improvement in Q4. I think the pressure is going to ease off in the second half of the year,» he said when asked how long the impact of high natural rubber prices is expected to last.

ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank emerging as the biggest gainers. Last week, the BSE benchmark declined 156.61 points, or 0.19 per cent. While HDFC Bank, Bharti Airtel, ICICI Bank, and the State Bank of India were the gainers, Reliance Industries, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys, Hindustan Unilever, ITC, and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) suffered a combined erosion of Rs 76,622.05 crore from their market valuation.

natural gas to city retailers — a move that may result in Rs 4-6 per kg hike in the price of CNG sold to automobiles, unless excise duty on the fuel is cut, sources said. Natural gas pumped from below the ground and from under the seabed from sites ranging from the Arabian Sea to Bay of Bengal within India is the raw material that is turned into CNG for sale to automobiles and piped cooking gas to households. Production from legacy fields, whose price is regulated by the government and which are used to feed city gas retailers, has been falling by up to 5 per cent annually due to natural decline that has set in. This has led to supply cuts to city gas retailers, four sources in know of the matter said. While the input gas for piped cooking gas that households get is protected, the government has cut supply of raw material for CNG. Gas from legacy fields used to meet 90 per cent of the demand for CNG in May 2023 and has progressively fallen. The supply was cut to just 50.75 per cent of the CNG demand beginning October 16 from 67.74 per cent last month, they said.

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Around 20 companies from Asia Pacific are listing shares next week in deals that may raise as much as $8.3 billion, the biggest weekly volume since April 2022, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The heavy supply includes deals from China, India and Japan, underscoring the broad revival in share sales across the region.

And Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitions to fashion a developed nation by 2047 — India’s centennial as an independent country — has some of the world’s most deep-pocketed investment firms lining up to get a piece of the action. They’re betting the transformation will inevitably lean heavily on the country’s developing credit market.

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user engagement, said industry executives. The likes of AppsForBharat, Vama.app, Astrotalk and DevDham witnessed significant growth this Navratri, which ended on October 12, and are gearing up for Diwali, which falls on November 1, they said. “Because of Navratri, we launched new products and services,” Manu Jain, founder of Blume Ventures-backed Vama.app, told ET. “As a result, we are seeing an uptick of 20-25% (month-on-month) in new users overall. Our revenue for the last week of September so far is showing a week-on-week growth of over 20%.”

IT companies—Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys, Wipro, Tech Mahindra and LTIMindtree hired more than 17,500 employees in total in the September quarter. This marked a reversal of declining headcount trend in the over $250-billion Indian IT industry after nearly seven quarters. HCLTech was the only company from the top tier to see its workforce reduce by 780 people last quarter largely due to its divestment of a joint venture with US-based State Street. India’s IT industry had shed a record more than 70,000 employees in FY24. The first quarter of this fiscal year saw a cumulative decline of 1,750 employees.

In the event that anyone has failed to pay attention, the private credit industry has been growing. If you haven't heard of private credit firms like Ares or Brookfield, now might be the moment to familiarize yourself. Growth may be slowing, but private credit is still expected to be the fastest growing area of the buy-side for the next three years.

For investment banks, 2024 has quite suddenly roared into life. Some of the best placed to take advantage of the engine finally firing up are the boutique banks. But what are they?

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