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fire broke out in Arjun Tower at Gokhale Marg in Maharashtra's Thane in the early hours of Saturday. According to the Thane Municipal Corporation, fire tenders are currently at the spot trying to douse the fire. «No injuries have been reported so far,» Thane Municipal Corporation said.

state governments and union territories asking them to strengthen the enforcement mechanisms to prevent any violation of The Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986. The diktat comes days after over 50 children under the age of 14 were found working in Bhopal-based Som Distilleries and Breweries, a listed company. In its advisory that ET has seen, the labour ministry has also states to expedite the rescue and rehabilitation of the affected children, ensuring that they receive proper care and access to education as outlined in the standard operating procedures laid down by the government.

Telecommunications Act 2023 will come into force from June 26. However, some other sections of the Act like those relating to administrative allocation of spectrum, including for satellite services, and the adjudication mechanism etc will be notified later. “In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 1 of the Telecommunications Act, 2023 (44 of 2023), the Central Government hereby appoints the 26th Day of June 2024, as the date on which the provisions of sections 1, 2, 10 to 30, 42 to 44, 46, 47, 50 to 58, 61 and 62 of the said Act shall come into force,” a gazette notification issued late Friday said. Officials told ET that the new Telecommunications Act and these sections have come into force. “All existing provisions and rules continue unless repugnant to these sections,” a top official said.

Tata Steel workers in Britain will begin an indefinite strike from July 8 over the company's plans to close two blast furnaces and cut up to 2,800 jobs, the trade union Unite said on Friday. The strike action, described by Unite as the first strikes by British steel workers in 40 years, will take place at Tata's Port Talbot and Llanwern sites in Wales.

Nasdaq and the S&P 500 slipped at the open on Friday, with focus on business survey data for more clues on the health of the world's largest economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 73.75 points, or 0.19%, at the open to 39,208.51.

Prestige Estates Projects' board of directors on Friday approved a Rs 5,000 crore fundraising plan via the issuance of equity shares through the qualified institutional placement (QIP) or other permissible modes. The funds will be raised in one or more tranches, the company said in its filing to the exchanges.

Vodafone Idea (Vi) Friday said it has completed minimum rollout obligations for commencing 5G services in its 17 circles, for which the company had acquired spectrum in August, 2022. The companies buying spectrum in an auction need to roll out network and offer services to a certain level to meet the minimum standards. Vi’s bigger rivals Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel has far exceeded the minimum requirements as both the telcos have almost completed their pan-India 5G rollout. But loss-making Vi is yet to announce its 5G roll out plans, due its strained cash position.

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday criticised the Centre for appointing a pro-tem Speaker of the Lok Sabha in alleged violation of parliamentary conventions and thus not giving the role to the most senior MP in the Lok Sabha Congress's Kodikunnil Suresh. Terming the Centre's decision as objectionable, Vijayan said the union government needs to clarify why Suresh, who is most senior MP in the Lok Sabha, was not chosen for the position, as per convention. The CM, in a statement issued by his office, also questioned what is the BJP's answer to those who suspect that Suresh was not considered for the post due to the «upper caste politics» followed by the Sangh Parivar. Vijayan's remarks came a day after seven-term parliamentarian and BJP leader Bhartruhari Mahtab was made the pro-tem Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the government over exam paper leaks, saying the issue has become a national problem under the BJP rule which has «ruined the future» of crores of youth. The Congress general secretary's attack comes amid outcry against alleged irregularities in the medical entrance examination NEET and also the cancellation of the UGC-NET examination on Wednesday a day after it was held, citing compromised integrity of the test. In a post in Hindi on X, Priyanka Gandhi said, «In the last five years, papers of 43 recruitment exams have been leaked in the country. Paper leak has become a national problem of our country under BJP rule which has ruined the future of crores of youth so far.» «India is the youngest country in the world. We have the largest youth population. Instead of making these youth skilled and capable, the BJP government is making them weak,» she alleged.

Simbhaoli Sugars Ltd.(up 1.98%), DCM Shriram Industries Ltd.(up 1.02%), Rajshree Sugars & Chemicals Ltd.(up 0.61%), Dalmia Bharat Sugar and Industries Ltd.(up 0.46%), Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd.(up 0.38%) and Shree Renuka Sugars Ltd.(up 0.04%) stood among the top gainers.

Shares of Brigade Enterprises Ltd.(up 1.39 per cent), Sunteck Realty Ltd.(up 1.33 per cent), Macrotech Developers Ltd.(up 0.7 per cent) and Sobha Ltd.(up 0.57 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC) has issued a red alert for coastal Karnataka, which is likely to receive extremely heavy rainfall on June 22. It also said thunderstorms with lightning and gusty winds (30-40kmph) are likely at isolated places across the state. According to a KSNDMC advisory, between June 23 and June 26 isolated heavy rains are also expected in certain areas of the Krishna basin.

Shares of Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(up 0.54 per cent), Bandhan Bank Ltd.(up 0.51 per cent), ICICI Bank Ltd.(up 0.16 per cent) and Au Small Finance Bank Ltd.(up 0.13 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

Shares of Granules India Ltd.(up 3.89 per cent), Natco Pharma Ltd.(up 2.25 per cent), Ipca Laboratories Ltd.(up 0.98 per cent), Biocon Ltd.(up 0.85 per cent) and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.(up 0.69 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the BSE, Madras Fert(down 10.20 per cent), Billwin Ind(down 10.00 per cent), Mayur Floorings(down 9.66 per cent), Trinity League(down 9.12 per cent) and Essar Shipping(down 8.31 per cent) stood among the top losers in today's trade.

Domestic benchmark index NSE Nifty ended 65.91 points down at 23501.1, while the BSE Sensex closed 269.03 points down at 77209.9.

Hajj this year owing to the extreme heat conditions, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday. «A large number of pilgrims visit Hajj every year. This year, 175,000 Indian pilgrims have visited Hajj so far. We have 98 Indian pilgrims who have died this year,» said MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal in a weekly briefing. In Mecca, temperatures hit 51.8 degrees Celsius (125 Fahrenheit), on Monday.

The NSE Nifty index ended the session 65.91 points down at 23501.1, while BSE Sensex fell 269.03 points to 77209.9.

South Africa for a short four-match T20I series in November this year, CSA and the BCCI announced in a joint statement on Friday. As per the itinerary released by Cricket South Africa (CSA), the series will begin on November 8 at the Hollywoodbets Kingsmead Stadium in Durban, followed by matches in Gqeberha on November 10, Cenution on December 13 and Johannesburg on November 15. «I would like to thank the BCCI for their continued support to South Africa's cricket, and world cricket in general,» CSA chairperson Lawson Naidoo said in the statement. «Any tour by the Indian cricket team to our shores is filled with amazing camaraderie and exciting cricket, and I know our fans will be eagerly awaiting this series which will showcase the exceptional talent from both teams,» he added.

The NSE Nifty index closed 65.91 points down at 23501.1, while BSE Sensex ended down 269.03 points at 77209.9.

The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd.(up 4.05%) stood among the top gainers.