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BEIJING — China on Monday reported its consumer price index rose by 0.6% year on year in August, missing expectations as transportation and home goods prices, as well as rents declined.

Japan’s economy grew at an annual rate of 2.9%, slower than the earlier report for 3.1% growth, in the April-June period, boosted by better wages and spending

Parks Canada says the blaze is now officially under control.Landon Shepherd, incident commander with the parks agency, told an online media briefing Saturday the change in status means the fire has been sufficiently suppressed to ensure it won’t spread outside of its defined perimeter.Shepherd says that perimeter is 278 km long.The fire’s status was last changed on Aug. 17 when it moved from being out-of-control to “being held,” which meant it wasn’t expected to spread into any priority areas.That happened one day after residents of the Jasper townsite were allowed to return home on Aug.

Sudip Bandyopadhyay, Group Chairman, Inditrade Capital, says Larsen &Toubro is a fantastic story with a strong tailwind behind it, whether it is construction, infra, domestic, or international including hydrocarbon, it has got a long way to go. So, correction is a buying opportunity. The other share is Reliance. If there is further correction, it is worth looking at. From a long-term investor's point of view, Reliance with correction is a good buy. Would you say that Friday’s fall seems more global? Sudip Bandyopadhyay: Well, definitely it is global. Since Monday, global markets have been correcting and we have been holding somehow from Monday till Thursday. On Friday, Indian markets also took a beating. There are fears around the US non-farm payroll data, which comes out in the evening and there is a bit of nervousness. Also, supposedly there is little concern about the non-compliant FIIs exiting Indian markets because from Monday onwards, they either have to be compliant or shut shop. So, there is a bit of confusion around that. Not sure what is the impact exactly.

Also read | Govt revises advertisement rates for private FM radio The core issues revolve around the licence fee structure and rising operational costs. FM players have long argued that the system needs an overhaul and that the licence fee should be capped at 4% of gross revenue across the board. The Association of Radio Operators for India (AROI) suggested last year that the annual licence fees be delinked from NOTEF, urging the government to amend Clause 6.1 of the Phase III Policy Guidelines accordingly.

«Initially, yes, there is always a resistance to the change. We might see some of that impact happening. Also, we have to understand that market has been moving in one direction for quite a long time. Now, everybody has been waiting for some kind of correction,» says Daljeet Kohli, Head Equity Roha Asset Managers. Do you think aside of the global weakness, part of the fear in the market right now also could be with news around the sebi F&O norms? Daljeet Kohli: Yes, I think that would be one of the considerations because these days markets we know that 95%, 98% of the total market volumes are F&O. So, most people are worried about how things will pan out over the period and the way things are being talked about, more strictness there.

Tokyo's Nikkei index shed more than three percent on Monday, after weaker than expected US jobs growth and speculation over a Fed rate cut caused global markets to slump. The benchmark Nikkei 225 was down 3.02 percent, or 1,098.77 points, at 35,292.70 in early trade, while the broader Topix index fell 2.67 percent, or 69.28 points, at 2,528.14.

Jannik Sinner produced a brutal display of baseline power as he became the first Italian man to win the U.S. Open with a 6-3 6-4 7-5 win over American Taylor Fritz in the final on Sunday. Sinner held aloft his arms in celebration after breaking Fritz to clinch the title and cheers rang around Arthur Ashe Stadium, even though home fans had hoped to see Fritz end a 21-year U.S. men's Grand Slam drought. Sinner was under a cloud of controversy at the start of the tournament after revelations that he tested positive twice for an anabolic agent in March but avoided a ban. An independent tribunal accepted his claim that the positive tests were the result of an unintentional contamination.

iPhone 16 series will be available across the world within the first few days of the launch of sales, multiple people familiar with the matter told ET. Apple is scheduled to unveil the latest range on Monday and worldwide sales are likely to begin within 10-12 days. Foxconn has commenced production of the iPhone 16 series in India, to be exported and made available in multiple cities and countries, officials said.

New Zealand will aim to exploit Afghanistan's relative inexperience in red-ball cricket, in the one-off Test starting here from Monday, and gather momentum ahead of their upcoming World Test Championship challenges in the sub continent. New Zealand's first-ever Test against Afghanistan will kick off a challenging couple of months for the Black Caps who play six long-format matches on the bounce in the subcontinent, something they haven't done in 40 years. With their underwhelming subcontinent record in mind (40 losses in 90 matches), New Zealand would want to hit the straps straightaway.

Amit Shah on Sunday said Parsis have made silent but immense contribution to India's development, and lauded the role of Gujarati newspaper Mumbai Samachar in that journey. Speaking after releasing documentary film 'Mumbai Samachar- 200 Not Out', which chronicles the remarkable 200-year journey of Asia's oldest newspaper, Shah said the Camas, who run it, exemplify journalism of trust. «We must respect Parsi families like the Camas, who still speak Gujarati and run a newspaper in the language. I want to say to those who fight for the rights of minorities that if there is any true minority among minorities, then it is the Parsi community. Without ever struggling for rights, they have lived their lives focussing on their duties,» Shah said. Without ever making any demand, they have contributed to every field, he added. They did their duty in fields like governance, industry, Information Technology, fintech, atomic science as well as winning the war that gave birth to Bangladesh (an apparent reference to Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw), Shah added.

festive season including lower interest rates, free insurance and longer repayment tenures. Experts said India's auto industry is saddled with nearly '80,000 crore worth of inventory. Tractor sales, which tend to pick up after good crop yield and farm product sales, have fallen over the last two months, making lenders with growing exposure in rural markets tread with caution. The rural areas account for a sizable chunk of sales for two-wheeler maker Hero Motocorp, and car makers Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra and Mahindra and Tata Motors, the leading sellers in these markets.

Asian Games to be staged in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, will not have a Games Village and the athletes will be accommodated in hotels and cruise ships instead. In his address during the 44th General Assembly of Olympic Council of Asiada here on Sunday, former Japan Olympic Committee president Tsunekazu Takeda, informed that continental showpiece to be co-hosted by the Aichi Prefecture and the city of Nagoya will have no Olympic village. «We will not have the Games Village as the Games will be held in two prefectures. Instead we are trying our best to accommodate athletes and dignitaries in hotels and cruise ships,» Takeda said while briefing about the Games preparations. «We have arranged for cruise ships for 4,000 athletes and officials besides hotel rooms,» added Takeda, the vice president of 2026 Asian Games.

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Trump and his Democratic rival Vice President Kamala Harris are effectively tied heading into the final weeks of the election, according to a national poll conducted by The New York Times and Siena College. Trump is up one percentage point, 48%-47%, over Harris, according to the survey released on Sunday, a difference that is well within the survey's three-point margin of error, meaning a win for either candidate in the Nov. 5 election is well within reach. While the Trump campaign endured a relatively rocky stretch in the weeks after Democratic President Joe Biden dropped out of the race in July, the most recent polling indicates the core of his support base is not going anywhere.

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AAP Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha on Sunday said both Congress and his party are trying to forge an alliance for the Haryana elections by keeping aside their individual aspirations. Chadha said while the parties are yet to reach a consensus on the alliance, the talks are progressing in a «positive» direction and they are hopeful of a good outcome. He, however, added that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will not proceed with the alliance «if there is no win-win situation». «The talks are happening in a positive atmosphere. Both parties are working towards contesting the elections together, prioritizing unity and the demands of the people of Haryana, while setting aside individual party and candidate aspirations,» he told PTI Videos.

coupling of the Magadh Express from New Delhi to Islampur broke, splitting the train into two between Turiganj and Raghunathpur railway stations in Bihar's Buxar district on Sunday, officials said. No one was injured in the incident which occurred at around 11.08 am between Turiganj and Raghunathpur railway stations.

Rajya Sabha MPs of opposition Biju Janata Dal quitting the party within one month and joining the BJP, a leader of the regional outfit called for introspection in the party while others claimed that it will have no impact on the BJD. The resignation of Mamata Mohanta and Sujeet Kumar from the BJD and joining the BJP, has come as a major blow for the regional outfit which ruled Odisha for 24-years. With the resignation of Mohanata and Kumar, BJD, which has no member in the Lok Sabha for the first time since its inception in 1997, now has seven MPs in the Rajya Sabha. Odisha has 10 Raya Sabha seats of which 9 were with BJD and one BJP's Ashwini Vaishnaw was elected to the Upper House of Parliament with the support of the BJD. The seven BJD Rajya Sabha MPs are — Sulata Deo, Sasmit Patra, Manas Mangaraj, Niranjan Bishi, Munna Khan, Debasish Samantray and Subhashish Khuntia.

World shares held near three-week lows on Friday, and crude oil languished near this year's lows, as caution prevailed ahead of the crucial U.S. jobs data that could decide the size and speed of coming rate cuts in the world's largest economy.

A group representing almost 100 of Canada’s universities is warning the impact from the federal government’s cap on international students will be “far greater” than what Ottawa aimed for.