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Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd.(up 4.88%), Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd.(up 4.02%), Bohra Industries Ltd.(up 3.95%), Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 3.25%), Paradeep Phosphates Ltd.(up 2.15%), Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd.(up 1.39%), Sikko Industries Ltd.(up 1.02%), Aries Agro Ltd.(up 0.96%), The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd.(up 0.38%) and Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd.(up 0.26%) stood among the top gainers.

Shares of Bandhan Bank Ltd.(up 3.92 per cent), HDFC Bank Ltd.(up 3.06 per cent), Au Small Finance Bank Ltd.(up 2.63 per cent), IDFC First Bank Ltd.(up 1.34 per cent) and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(up 1.04 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

PMLA). The CPI(M) appealed to voters to defeat the BJP, strengthen the Left, and ensure the formation of an alternative secular government at the Centre. In its manifesto, the party pledged to fight for «an uncompromising adherence to the principle that religion is separated from politics». «The CPI(M) stands for the scrapping of all draconian laws like UAPA (Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act) and PMLA,» the manifesto stated.

Tata Elxsi Ltd. gained 1.38 per cent to Rs 8111.75 at 10:50AM (IST) in Thursday's trade. The scrip hit a high of Rs 8194.85 and low of Rs 8050.0 so far during the session. The stock had closed at Rs 8001.25 in the previous session. The counter had a total traded volume of 10:50AM shares so far with a turnover of Rs 10.85 crore on BSE. The stock traded at a price-to-earnings multiple of 63.48 and a price-to-book ratio of 17.8.

On the BSE, Shanti Spintex(down 10.37 per cent), Achyut Healthcare(down 9.69 per cent), Rita Finance and Lea(down 8.04 per cent), Jayatma Industries(down 6.44 per cent) and Atharv Enterpr(down 6.08 per cent) were among the stocks that plunged over 5 per cent during the session.

dollar was pinned beneath recent peaks on Thursday with traders taking remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell as reassuring on the likelihood of interest rate cuts this year while waiting for the latest U.S. labour market readout. An unexpected slowdown in U.S. services growth also supported cut expectations and weighed on the dollar, though for the year so far it remains the best-performing G10 currency as those expectations are far more modest than three months ago.

Turtles All the Way Down,' the adaptation of John Green's novel directed by Hannah Marks. The film, focusing on Aza Holmes, a teenager dealing with anxiety, is set to release on May 2. Release Date and Plot

March Madness 2024 women's final four is starting on this Friday with final set to be held on Sunday. Women's basketball's big ticket event is here and the schedule shows that the The Final Four will be in Cleveland on Friday night, April 5, with the championship game on Sunday afternoon.

India women's team will travel to Bangladesh for a five-match T20I series. Sylhet will host all the matches. This will be India's second tour of Bangladesh in the last two years. Last year, the 'Women in Blue' played three 20-over matches against Bangladesh and Harmanpreet Kaur's side won the series 2-1. The upcoming T20I series will kick off India's preparation for the upcoming T20 World Cup. The women's 20-over World Cup will kick off in September-October and will be played in Bangladesh.

PFC on Wednesday said it has paid a total dividend of ₹2,033 crore to the government for the financial year 2023-24. The company has paid the dividend in three instalments of Rs 554 crore, Rs 832 crore and Rs 647 crore, it said in a statement. «PFC pays the highest-ever interim dividend of ₹2,033 crore to the Government of India for the FY24. The interim dividend RTGS (Real Time Gross Settlement) intimation advice was presented to RK Singh, Minister Power, New & Renewable Energy...by CMD Parminder Chopra,» it noted.

HD Kumaraswamy, Mandya’s incumbent MP Sumalatha Ambareesh, who won as an independent candidate in the 2019 general elections against his son Nikhil, announced on Wednesday that she would join the BJP and not contest the polls this time. Kumaraswamy is the NDA’s candidate from the constituency for the Lok Sabha polls, and the suspense over Sumalatha’s decision had kept the BJP-JDS coalition on tenterhooks, fearing that votes would be split in the region if she opted to contest independently. “I am not contesting the elections this year but this does not mean I am leaving Mandya. On the contrary you will see me, not as an independent but as someone with the backing of the rank and file of a party whose leader envisages a developed India by 2047,” she said. The BJP, she said, was a natural choice over the Congress, as the party had released funds amounting to around Rs 4000 crore for Mandya district. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he added, had always treated her with respect as well.

National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah will not contest the upcoming Lok Sabha election due to his "health condition", party vice president Omar Abdullah said on Wednesday. Farooq Abdullah, 86, a former chief minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, is the sitting member of Parliament from Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency. The NC has decided to field candidates in all three LS constituencies in Kashmir and support the INDIA alliance on two seats of Jammu division.

China to lap up the commodity at deeply discounted prices. China imported 1.82 million barrels a day (mb/d) of Russian crude by sea in March, a third more than India's 1.36 mb/d, according to energy cargo tracker Vortexa. China also receives Russian oil through pipelines.India's monthly imports of seaborne Russian crude exceeded that of China for about one and a half years. In February, however, China's 1.3 mb/d of imports from Russia, marginally surpassed India's 1.27 mb/d. In March, the gap substantially widened. «Russian Sokol cargoes, which were previously rejected by Indian refiners due to concerns of the cargoes being loaded on sanctioned vessels, were sold at heavy discounts to Chinese refiners, which explains the sharp rise in volumes into China,» said Serena Huang, an analyst at Vortexa.

Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday filed his nomination papers from Wayanad in Kerala that he currently represents and said the upcoming Lok Sabha election «is a fight for democracy and the Constitution of India». His sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other state leaders accompanied Gandhi for filing of the nomination and later the roadshow, displaying a major show of strength by the local Congress unit and its ally Indian Union Muslim League. Gandhi won Wayanad, considered among the safest constituencies for the party, in 2019 with a majority of over four lakh votes even as he lost from his traditional Amethi seat in Uttar Pradesh. Gandhi's main rival in the seat, Annie Raja of CPI, also filed her nomination, and she alleged that the Congress leader had neglected his constituency in the last five years.

Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday launched the party's 'Ghar Ghar Guarantee' programme under which the party functionaries would reach out to 80 million households and make them aware of its five sets of promises with 25 guarantees that the party has vowed to implement if voted to power. Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Congress chose Usmanpur, Kaithwara area in the North East Delhi parliamentary constituency, one of the three constituencies that the party would be contesting in the national capital this time, for the launch of the campaign. Kharge and other party members also distributed pamphlets about the details of the five sets of Congress promises that have already been announced by the party during the course of Rahul Gandhi's 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' that concluded in Mumbai recently.

PDP) will contest all three Lok Sabha seats in Kashmir, party chief Mehbooba Mufti announced on Wednesday. She said the INDIA alliance partner, National Conference, had humiliated her party, leaving it with no option in the run-up to the general election. The former J&K chief minister said at a presser at party headquarters that the desperate situation in the region after August 5, 2019, demanded a united response but NC vice-president Omar Abdullah humiliated the PDP and left no room for any consultations. «There has been an environment of oppression here since August 2019 and thousands of youngsters are rotting in jails outside J&K. In this situation, we had to stand united. But my workers were humiliated by the remarks of Abdullah,» said Mufti.

Kshatriya community unrelenting over its demand to drop Union minister and Rajkot candidate Pashottam Rupala from the BJP's Lok Sabha candidate list, the meeting between BJP and the community leaders failed to break the stalemate. While talking to the mediapersons after the meeting, Kshatriya leaders said that they had one demand — to get Rupala dropped — and will not meet with BJP again. «No political party can pressurise us,» Karansing Chavda, one of the community representatives said, adding now posters and banners will be put up on the issue. Another leader of the community told the media that Rupala forgot the glorious history of Rajputs while making the controversial comments and now it has become an issue of self-respect for the community. «So unless BJP doesn't cancel Rupala's ticket, the entire Rajput community will assume that BJP is with Rupala and will respond accordingly.»

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd is in preliminary talks with atomic power monopoly to build small nuclear units, an early-stage technology seen as a cost-effective alternative to larger plants. The refiner and fuel retailer is exploring a partnership with state-controlled Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd to use small modular reactors, or SMRs, in its refineries for clean power, Alok Sharma, Indian Oil's director for R&D, said at a conference in New Delhi Wednesday. As several bigger projects face delays, policymakers are promoting small-scale nuclear technology with a capacity of up to 300 MW, which is quicker to build and easier to adjust to the requirements of the grid. To boost the nascent sector, the government is considering allowing private firms to manage and operate reactors.

Vodafone Idea (Vi) Wednesday said its board will meet on April 6 to consider raising funds via a preferential share issue. The move comes after the cash-strapped telco's shareholders cleared a proposal to raise ₹20,000 crore through equity and equity-linked instruments, a move that would give a much needed lifeline to the cash-strapped telco. The meeting «is scheduled to be held on Saturday, 6th April 2024, inter-alia, to consider proposal for issuance of equity shares and/or convertible securities on a preferential basis,» Vi said in an exchange filing.

Kolkata Knight Riders thrashed Delhi Capitals by 106 runs to continue their winning run in the Indian Premier League here on Wednesday. Set an improbable target of 273, Delhi Capitals were all out for 166 in 17.2 overs. Batting first, the seasoned Sunil Narine and young Angkrish Raghuvanshi struck scintillating half-centuries to power Kolkata Knight Riders to an imposing 272 for seven. Narine blasted 85 in a mere 39 balls while the 18-year-old Raghuvanshi smashed his way to 54 off 27 deliveries, as the DC bowlers ran for cover.

Manchester United will face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in London in a crucial premier league match on Thursday. Erstwhile champions, both Manchester United and Chelsea are struggling this season. While Red Devils have 48 points from 29 matches, Chelsea managed to garner 40 points off 28 games. Manchester United won two games in previous five EPL matches, Chelsea also won the same number of games in as many outings. Manchester United versus Chelsea premier league match is scheduled to kick off at 3.15 pm (ET) on Thursday, April 4.