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Indian Railways is rapidly progressing towards its goal of achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2030, the Railway Board said on Tuesday. According to the Board, it is making efforts to grant net zero status to Railway premises across the country with a focus on meeting Railways' energy needs entirely through renewable energy sources. «The Northeast Frontier Railway zone of Indian Railways has achieved a significant milestone by converting its buildings to net zero carbon emission structures. »The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), under the Ministry of Power, has honoured six different buildings of the zone with the 'Shunya Label' recognition as Net Zero Energy Buildings," the Board said in a statement.

Bank of China did not seek to nor will it seek to ban legitimate investments or trading in its government bonds, but it sees risks in a buying spree of the securities, according to people familiar with the matter. The PBOC gave risk warnings to some small- and medium-sized financial institutions which had significantly boosted holdings of long-dated bonds within a short time, according to people familiar familiar with the central bank's thinking.

suicide on Monday in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, an official said. At around 10:30am, head constable Vipin Chandra of the CRPF's 195th battalion shot himself in the barracks with his AK-47 rifle, the official said. The incident took place in the 195th battalion's headquarters under Barsoor police station limits, some 400 kilometres from Dantewada, the official added.

Colombo on Monday on a three-day visit to Sri Lanka during which it will also engage in a Passage Exercise with a Sri Lanka Navy vessel. The Indian Navy's frontline warship was welcomed by the Sri Lanka Navy in compliance with naval traditions, the island nation's navy said in a press release. INS Mumbai, a 163-metre-long Destroyer, is manned by a crew of 410 members. This is the ship's first visit to any port in Sri Lanka and will be the eighth port call by Indian ships this year, the Indian High Commission said in a press release on Sunday. Its commander Captain Sandeep Kumar called on the Commander Western Naval Area, Rear Admiral Chinthaka Kumarasinghe at the Western Naval Command Headquarters upon the ship's arrival.

Nagarjuna, Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy said his government would not spare those who encroached upon lakes and also crack down on such activities even if they are influential in the society. Speaking at a function by the Hare Krishna Movement, Reddy said he would follow the preaching of Lord Krishna which proclaims that for the good of the people, one should follow Dharma in order to defeat Adharma through a fight. Officials of Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA), GHMC, Town planning, irrigation and revenue departments on Saturday removed encroachments in the Full Tank Level of the / Buffer zones of Tammidikunta lake and amongst the many structures removed, N- Convention co-owned by Nagarjuna was also one of the unauthorised structures. The N-Convention is built in the FTL / Buffer zone and has no building permission whatsoever, a government release said. «That is the reason despite pressures, though ( some of our) friends have farmhouses, the HYDRAA was created ( for protecting lakes and government properties). I want to do some good to the people as part of that. The sole objective is to liberate these lakes from the encroachers. We will crush encroachments with an iron hand. Though there are pressures, we will not go back and we will remove those encroachments,» the CM asserted.

debt market so far this month, pushing the net inflow tally in the debt segment to over the Rs 1-lakh-crore mark. Foreign investors' strong buying interest in the Indian debt market can be attributed to India's inclusion in JP Morgan's Emerging Market government bond indices in June this year. According to data with the depositories, Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) injected Rs 11,366 crore in the debt market this month (till August 24).

Two major hedge funds have cut portfolio managers in Asia. 

Pakistan Cricket Board has named 22-year-old Fatima Sana as their captain, replacing Nida Dar for the upcoming ICC Women's T20 World Cup in UAE from October 3-20. The 37-year-old Nida is going through a lean patch and the team under her suffered T20I and ODI series defeats in England before making a semi-final exit in the Women's Asia Cup last month. The selectors however have retained Nida in the squad that has at least 10 players who appeared in the last edition of the global showpiece.

Siddaramaiah and declared their «unconditional moral support», in the wake of the Governor granting prosecution sanction against him in connection with the MUDA 'scam'. The CM's office in a statement said, «Strongly condemning the conspiracies of the Central government and the Raj Bhavan to artificially destabilise the government, the swamijis declared that they will stand unitedly and fight against this conspiracy, in favour of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.» The delegations of seers that met the CM included Jagadguru Sri Niranjanananda Puri Swamiji of the Kaginele Kanaka Guru Peetha, Jagadguru Sri Shanthaveera Mahaswamiji of Sri Jagadguru Kunchitiga Mahasamsthana Math — Hosadurga, Jagadguru Sri Immadi Siddarameshwar Swamiji of Bhovi Gurupeetha — Chitradurga, Jagadguru Sri Basavamurthy Madara Chennaiah Mahaswami of Madara Chennaiah Gurupeeth — Chitradurga, among several others, it said. Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot on August 16 granted sanction for prosecution of Siddaramaiah in connection with the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) site allotment 'scam', giving a major jolt to the nearly 15-month-old Congress government.

Visa applications in India in H1 2024 (January to June 2024) exceeded the H1 2019 volumes by 2% said VFS Global on Monday. The year on year increase during the same period was 11%. VFS Global manages visa applications for 51 countries from India. VFS said acceptance of personalised services such as Visa At Your Doorstep (VAYD) recorded a four-fold rise against 2019 with a year on year increase of 16%.

Banks like Deutsche Bank might be spending less money on consultants this year, but consultants are not entirely obsolete. Goldman Sachs alone imparted $777m on «professional fees» in the first half of 2024. Citi still loves consultants, too, even though McKinsey & Co's work on Citi's data issues doesn't seem to have resolved much.

US Presidential Debate 2024, Donald Trump was seen at a peak of his form, steamrolling then Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden with some brilliant rebuttals and comments. Biden was so devastated by his dismal performance in the US Presidential Debate 2024, that he ultimately decided to quit the US polls race and endorsed Kamala Harris in his place instead. Meanwhile, Kamala Harris will be appearing soon against Trump in the Presidential Debate, and it is yet to be known where it may be aired live. Meanwhile, Trump has objected to ABC Network airing the US Presidential Debate, claiming that the broadcasting network is biased. Meanwhile, the Harris camp has urged that the Debate be held with the microphones on throughout the program, so that Donald Trump's lies could be caught in real time.

2024. This event will be closely monitored by NASA to gather important data, though it poses no threat to the planet.

market valuation of nine of the top 10 most valued firms jumped by Rs 95,522.81 crore last week, with Reliance Industries, TCS and HUL emerging as the biggest gainers. Rising for the fourth straight session, the 30-share BSE Sensex ended 33.02 points or 0.04 per cent higher at 81,086.21 on Friday. Last week, the BSE benchmark jumped 649.37 points or 0.80 per cent.

Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday renewed his call for a nationwide caste census and pointed out the lack of representation of women from Dalit, Tribal, or Other Backward Classes communities in the "Miss India pageant list." Addressing a gathering at the Samvidhan Samman Sammelan in Prayagraj, Gandhi said, «I checked the list of Miss India to see if there would be any Dalit or tribal woman in it, but there was no women from Dalit, tribal or OBC.» He criticised the media for being unconcerned about farmers and labourers and said, «Still the media talks about dance, music, cricket, Bollywood but does not talk about farmers and labourers.»

Havells India Ltd. traded 0.73 per cent up in Monday's trade at 11:41AM (IST). Around 6,298 shares changed hands on the counter. The counter opened at Rs 1894.95 and touched an intraday high and low of Rs 1910.2 and Rs 1878.8, respectively, in the session so far. Shares of the company of Havells India Ltd. quoted a 52-week high of Rs 1986.55 and a 52-week low of Rs 1233.1.

DLF Ltd. slipped 0.27 per cent to Rs 847.15 in Monday's trade as of 01:09PM (IST). The stock hit a high price of Rs 855.0 and low of Rs 840.6 during the session.

Virat Kohli on Sunday hailed Shikhar Dhawan as one of India's most dependable openers, noting that while his fervour, sportsmanship and signature smile will be missed, his enduring legacy will forever resonate. The premier top-order batter, Dhawan announced his retirement from all form of cricket on Saturday. «Shikhar @SDhawan25 from your fearless debut to becoming one of India's most dependable openers, you've given us countless memories to cherish. Your passion for the game, your sportsmanship and your trademark smile will be missed, but your legacy lives on,» Kohli wrote on X.

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. traded at Rs 173.1 on BSE at 12:53PM (IST) on Monday, up 0.05 per cent from previous close. The scrip quoted a 52-week low price of Rs 85.51 and a high of Rs 196.8.

BSF has sought the deployment of an additional battalion to check the onslaught of cross-border drones carrying drugs and ammunition and curb infiltration along the Punjab front of the India-Pakistan border. The force currently has about 20 battalions to guard the more than 500-kilometre-long front, out of which 18 are «actively deployed» at the border while the rest are mobilised in view of the requirements at the Attari integrated check post in Amritsar and the Kartarpur corridor at Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur district. The drone menace that started around 2019-20 along this front is dominant in the border districts of Amritsar and Tarn Taran. One more Border Security Force (BSF) battalion has been sought to better secure the Punjab border, a senior officer told PTI.

Nestle intends to keep its Health Science unit, Chairman Paul Bulcke said in a newspaper interview published on Sunday, after the food giant announced it was replacing its CEO Mark Schneider with company veteran Laurent Freixe. The health business is among the Nestle units which some analysts say could be sold over the medium turn. Asked by the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper whether Nestle would retain Nestle Health Science, Bulcke said: «Absolutely,» adding that the sector was «promising with benefits for society.»