Acquist News at a Glance 01/11/23 (Pointers Business Forum Special Edition)
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Wednesday 1st November 2023
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Pointers Business Forum Special Edition
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Famous Personality Born Today: Timothy Cook (born November 1, 1960) is an American Business Executive who has been the Chief Executive Officer of Apple Inc. since 2011. Cook previously served as the company's Chief Operating Officer under its Co-Founder Steve Jobs.
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His Quote: “Life is fragile. We're not guaranteed a tomorrow so give it everything you've got.”
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Numbers of the Day
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??USD 83.27
?? GBP 101.13
?? Euro 88.02
?? Gold 61,530 ??10 gm 24 (Kt)
?? Silver 74,100 ??Kg
? Petrol 106.31/Ltr
? Diesel 94.27/Ltr
*all values in INR as of Today
*as per Mumbai
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BSE Sensex 63,674.20
NIFTY 19,026.75
*all values in INR as of Today
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????Indian Air Force phases out another MiG-21 squadron: The Indian Air Force (IAF) has retired one of its three remaining squadrons of the ageing MiG-21 fighters, which will gradually be replaced by the indigenous light combat aircraft (LCA) Mk-1A aircraft, Officials aware of the matter said on Tuesday.
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????EOW nabs absconding secretariat employee involved in??23.4L scam: The Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of the UP Police has arrested an employee of the Uttar Pradesh Secretariat in connection with a fraud and corruption case amounting to ?23.40 lakh, as confirmed by senior police officials.
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????IMD predicts warmer November amid intensifying El Nino conditions: Above-normal minimum temperatures are expected in most parts of India in November, barring some areas in the northwest and west-central regions, amid strengthening El Nino conditions, the IMD said on Tuesday.
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????SC slams Lawyers for filing plea to declare Articles 20 and 22 'ultra vires', seeks explanation: Saying that they showed complete lack of knowledge of the law, the Supreme Court on Tuesday strongly reprimanded three Lawyers for drafting and filing a petition seeking to declare Articles 20 and 22 as 'ultra vires', or beyond the powers, of Part III of the Constitution.
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????PM flags off Gujarat's first heritage train, which will bring tourists to Statue of Unity: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday flagged off Gujarat's first heritage train that will run from Ekta Nagar to Ahmedabad, bringing tourists to the Statue of Unity, the memorial to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
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????Police Official shot dead by militants in Manipur: A Police Officer was killed in Manipur's Moreh on Tuesday after he was shot at by suspected militants.
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????Tamil Nadu govt moves SC over governor’s delay in clearing bills, files: The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court over Governor RN Ravi’s delay in clearing bills and files, saying it has caused a “constitutional deadlock”. It urged the court to specify timelines for Ravi to act without sitting on them.
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????Andhra Pradesh HC grants Chandrababu Naidu 4-week interim bail on health grounds: The Andhra Pradesh high court on Tuesday granted a four-week interim bail to Telugu Desam Party President and former CM N Chandrababu Naidu on health grounds.
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??International
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??Earthquake of magnitude 6.2 strikes Fiji: A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the Fiji Islands region on Tuesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.
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??Hong Kong’s Democratic Party Leader Lo Kin hei defends new election rules for facing challenges in joining race: Hong Kong’s leader defended the rules for upcoming local elections as open and fair on October 31 after an electoral overhaul effectively barred the city’s remaining pro-democracy activists from joining the race.
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??Chinese migrants take a perilous path to the US amid rising economic crisis: The young Chinese man looked lost and exhausted when Border Patrol agents left him at a transit station. Deng Guangsen, 28, had spent the last two months traveling to San Diego from the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, through seven countries on plane, bus and foot, including traversing Panama’s dangerous Darién Gap jungle.
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??Biden wants to move fast on AI safeguards, signs executive order to address concerns: President Joe Biden signed an ambitious executive order on artificial intelligence that seeks to balance the needs of cutting-edge technology companies with national security and consumer rights, creating an early set of guardrails that could be fortified by legislation and global agreements.
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??China to cremate 'outstanding' leader Li Keqiang on Thursday: China will cremate the remains of former Premier Li Keqiang on Thursday, when flags will fly at half-mast across the country in mourning for an "outstanding" leader, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
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??Montenegro gets new government, promises to unblock EU integration as EU Commissioner visits: Montenegro's new government was confirmed on October 31, with the Prime Minister promising to unblock the Balkan nation's stalled European Union integration process as a top EU official was set to hold talks in the small NATO member country.
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??A UN report urges Russia to investigate an attack on a Ukrainian village that killed 59 civilians: UN investigators on October 31 urged Russia to acknowledge responsibility for a missile strike on a Ukrainian village that killed 59 civilians, conduct a transparent investigation into what happened, provide reparations for victims and hold those responsible to account.
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?? Former British PM Boris Johnson’s response to COVID was ‘mad and dangerous’, says top Official: Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's approach to dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic was "mad and dangerous" and his constant indecision made it "impossible" to tackle the virus, the government's top civil servant told Officials.
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??Five killed in attack on Police station in Pakistan's Balochistan province: At least five people, including a Policeman, were killed and two others injured on October 31 in an attack on a Police station by the militants in Pakistan's restive south-western Balochistan province.
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??Tech
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??New tool ‘Nightshade’ helps artists protect their work and corrupt AI data sets: Report: A new tool known as Nightshade could help artists protect their copyrighted work from being used for AI model training, by corrupting the systems which scrape media data without creator consent, reported the MIT Technology Review earlier this month.
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??Putin aims to have Russian space station by 2027: President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday the first segment of Russia's new orbital station, which Moscow sees as the next logical development in space exploration after the International Space Station (ISS), should be put into operation by 2027.
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??Apple’s launches M3 chip-powered MacBook Pro and 24-inch iMac: Apple held its highly-anticipated ‘Scary Fast’ launch event on Tuesday in India. The company launched its new MacBook Pro with M3 chips, a 24-inch iMac powered by the M3 chip, and the innovative M3 chip family.
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??There is no dependency on China in UAVs manufacturing, Optiemus Chairman says: Optiemus Infracom has ventured into unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) manufacturing commonly known as drones. The Noida-based firm wants to cater defence, mining, agriculture, logistics, mapping, disaster management and hospitality sectors with this evolving business.
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??Google CEO Sundar Pichai defends paying Apple and others to make Google search the default on devices: Testifying in the biggest U.S. antitrust case in a quarter century, Google CEO Sundar Pichai defended his company’s practice of paying Apple and other tech companies to make Google the default search engine on their devices, saying the intent was to make the user experience “seamless and easy.’’
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??Sports
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??Australia says it won’t bid for 2034 FIFA World Cup; Saudi Arabia likely to host: Football Australia on October 31 said it won’t bid for the 2034 FIFA World Cup, clearing the way for Saudi Arabia to host the men’s marquee tournament. The chances of Australia hosting the 2034 event appeared unlikely after the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) backed the Saudi bid on October 5.
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??With 300 international caps on a 13-year-old journey, Vandana Katariya enters an exclusive club: At 31, she is the second oldest player in the team and playing her 300th international match on October 31, Vandana Katariya will be in an exclusive club of one as the highest capped Indian women’s hockey player.
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??2023 Ballon d'Or: An unexpected chapter in the eternal Messi vs Ronaldo debate: Lionel Messi pulled further away by winning the covetted Ballon d'Or an eighth time.
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??Ex-NHL player Adam Johnson dies after getting slashed by skate blade during game: Former NHL player Adam Johnson died during his English team's game, after his throat was accidentally cut by a skate blade while he was involved in a collision on the ice during the second period. The 29-year-old initially received emergency treatment on the ice.
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