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SME IPO of Aesthetik Engineers has opened for subscription today and will close on August 16. The company aims to raise about Rs 26.47 crore through the SME IPO and list the shares on NSE SME platform. Here are 10 key things investors need to know about the public offer before subscribing to the issue. 1) Aesthetik Engineers IPO size

REC Ltd. traded 0.37 per cent higher in Thursday's session at 11:41AM (IST). The stock opened at Rs 589.35 and has touched an intraday high and low of Rs 593.0 and Rs 582.1, respectively, during the session so far. The stock quoted a 52-week high of Rs 653.9 and a 52-week low of 208.05. About 190,279 shares changed hands on the counter so far.

Nasa is contemplating extending the stay of astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams from one week to eight months aboard the International Space Station (ISS). This consideration arises due to concerns about the safety of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft for returning astronauts to Earth. If deemed unsafe, those on the ISS might have to use SpaceX's Crew Dragon for their return journey in February 2025. Nasa officials are expecting to decide later this month whether to continue with Starliner, which encountered propulsion issues during its June flight to the ISS. With Wilmore and Williams potentially stranded on the ISS, plans are being developed for their safe return to Earth. “However, with the two additional astronauts stranded on the ISS, Nasa has had to develop a plan to bring them back to Earth,” stated an official.

Indigo Paints Ltd. with a target price of Rs 1700. The current market price of Indigo Paints Ltd. is Rs 1461.85. Indigo Paints Ltd., incorporated in the year 2000, is a Small Cap company (having a market cap of Rs 6972.90 Crore) operating in Building Materials sector.

BSF Salbagan, Agartala, Tripura to review the security and operational preparedness of BSF on Indo-Bangladesh border. DG BSF landed at the Agartala Airport on Wednesday where he was received by Patel Piyush Purusottam Das, IG BSF Tripura Frontier. DG BSF was given an operational briefing by IG Tripura Frontier and further DG BSF chaired a meeting with senior officers of BSF and discussed the ongoing law and order situation in Bangladesh and its implications on the security scenario.

rupee rose marginally in early trading on Thursday, aided by gains in most Asian currencies, with dollar-rupee forward premiums also ticking up ahead of the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) monetary policy decision. The rupee was at 83.93 against the U.S. dollar as of 09:30 a.m. IST, compared with its previous close at 83.9550.

Vienna leg of a tour by American mega-star Taylor Swift has been cancelled after Austria arrested an Islamic State sympathiser in connection with an attack plot, the organisers said Wednesday. Authorities had earlier confirmed the arrest of a 19-year-old sympathiser of the armed group for allegedly planning an attack in the Vienna region, warning he had a «focus» on Swift's three upcoming shows. «With confirmation from government officials of a planned terrorist attack at Ernst Happel Stadium, we have no choice but to cancel the three scheduled shows for everyone's safety,» Barracuda Music said on Instagram.

TVS Motor Company with a target price of Rs 2750. The current market price of TVS Motor Company Ltd. is Rs 2574. TVS Motor Company Ltd., incorporated in the year 1992, is a Large Cap company (having a market cap of Rs 122313.55 Crore) operating in Auto sector.

LIC, RVNL, BSE, Hindalco, Tata Motors, Eicher Motors among others will be in focus due to various news developments and first quarter results. LIC, Eicher Motors, RVNL, SAIL, MRF and GRSE Shares of LIC, Eicher Motors, RVNL, SAIL, MRF and GRSE will be in focus today as the companies will announce their first quarter results.

One reason why Goldman Sachs made its ill-fated move into «platform businesses» that were supposed to generate a steady flow of income for minimal incremental effort was that its lucrative sales and trading business was seen as being too erratic. The firm's latest 10Q filing today, says times have changed. 

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integrated check posts along the Indo-Bangladesh border following turmoil in neighbouring Bangladesh. The land custom stations at Golakganj and Mankachar in Assam were to be upgraded to integrated check posts while Sabroom land port, inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in March, was to start from August 14, on the eve of India's Independence Day, said officials. «Some land custom stations were selected for being developed as integrated check posts by the Ministry of Home Affairs in 2021,» said officials, adding that both Mankachar and Golakganj are in Dhubri division of Assam. «Sabroom is the third land port after Agartala and Srimantapur in Tripura. It provides the northeastern region direct access to the Chittagong sea port in Bangladesh, which is 75 km away compared to the Kolkata/Haldia Port that is 1,700 km away,» they said.

Preamble of the Constitution in NCERT books figured in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday with Leader of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge flagging the issue. Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, however, categorically stated that these reports were false. Pradhan said: «The Constitution's Preamble, Fundamental Duties, Fundamental Rights and National Anthemc continue to be part of NCERT books and all claims to the contrary were misplaced. Kharge maintained that he has been informed of newspaper reports stating that the Preamble of the Constitution may be removed from the syllabus. »I demand from the government that it should table documents on the changes made in the NCERT syllabus," Kharge said, adding that while on the one hand Modi bows to the Constitution, on the other hand he is trying to alter it.

Bangladesh, two days after the Sheikh Hasina government collapsed. A special evacuation flight returned to New Delhi early in the morning with 199 adults and six infants on board. The flight, which took off without any passengers, was arranged at a «very short notice», according to people with knowledge of the matter.

TDP) and Jana Sena Party — have demanded a rollback of the goods and services tax (GST) levied on health and life insurance and handlooms. The demand was raised by BJP's two allies during the discussion in the Lok Sabha on the Budget. Speaking on the budget, TDP's Narasaraopet MP, Lavu Srikrishna Devarayalu, demanded that long-term capital gains tax be reduced and indexation be brought back. «A lot of members have raised a point with regard to the reduction in long-term capital gains tax from 20% to 12%. They also mentioned about indexation… There is also a lot of talk outside. So, I hope the finance minister will look into it. There should be a relook at indexation because middle-class people think that real estate is one thing that they can safely invest in. We feel that it should be protected» Devarayalu also made a strong case for the rollback of GST on health and life insurance. «There is 18% GST on health insurance policies. „If 75% people have life insurance, only 25% of them will have health or medical insurance. These are uneven numbers. It should be the opposite way. More people should have health or medical insurance and less people should have life insurance or the number should be equal, at least. But somehow it is skewed in one direction. It can be addressed only if GST is reduced so that more people can have access to health insurance,“ said Devarayalu.

Following a proposal from the student movement's coordinators, Yunus' name was finalised late on Tuesday as the head of the interim government. The government will be formed once decisions regarding the other members are made. The interim government will be sworn in on Thursday, the Bangladesh Army chief announced on Wednesday.

Lok Sabha on Thursday while Opposition parties have demanded that it should be sent to a Parliamentary panel for further scrutiny. In the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) of the Lok Sabha, chaired by Speaker Om Birla, the government informed that the bill is likely to be introduced on Thursday. In the meeting, leaders from the Congress, NCP-SCP, Samajwadi Party and Trinamool Congress strongly opposed the bill introduction and said it should be referred to a Parliamentary committee.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday while replying to the discussion on the Finance Bill in Lok Sabha said, «Without drastically increasing taxes, we have brought in a simplified taxation regime, eased compliance.» Effective tax on annual income of Rs 15 lakh was reduced to 10 per cent in 2023 and further reduced this year as well under new I-T regime, said FM. «The vision of PM Modi has been to establish a simple, efficient and fair technology-driven taxation regime in this country. So, simplification and ease of compliance for the taxpayer has been the primary objective with which in the last 10 years, and this year, in the third term of PM Modi, the approach to taxation has been to simplify it, reduce the burden on taxpayer and make sure it is transparent and Equitas,» said Sitharaman.

The NSE Nifty index ended the session 304.96 points up at 24297.5, while BSE Sensex rose 874.94 points to 79468.01.

Paris Olympics double medallist pistol shooter Manu Bhaker on Wednesday said that she has already set her sights on the 2028 Los Angeles Games and she will keep working hard to produce consistent results in the future. The 22-year-old Bhaker won a bronze each in the women's 10m air pistol and 10m air pistol mixed team event, in which she had paired with Sarabjot Singh, to script Olympic history for the country. «After the end of one Olympics I already have the next one on my mind for which the journey has already started, so after Paris, the journey of it (LA Olympics) has already begun, so after a little break I will get back to preparing for it,» Bhaker told PTI Videos.

Revenue from operations shot up 51% YoY to Rs 4,510 crore.