Acquist News at a Glance 04/09/24 (Pointers Business Forum Special Edition)
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Wednesday 4th September 2024
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Pointers Business Forum Special Edition
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Famous Personality Born Today: Andrew McCollum (born September 4, 1983) is an American Angel Investor and Businessman. McCollum is a Co-Founder of Facebook and current CEO of Philo.
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His Quote: “No real business was built overnight”
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Numbers of the Day
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??USD 83.95
?? GBP 110.14
?? Euro 92.82
?? Gold 72,760 ??10 gm 24 (Kt)
?? Silver 85,000 ??Kg
? Petrol 104.21/Ltr
? Diesel 92.15/Ltr
all values in INR as of Today
as per Mumbai
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BSE Sensex 82,032.88
NIFTY 25,103.55
all values in INR as of Today
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????Coast Guard ALH ditches into Arabian Sea, 3 missing: A massive search is on for two Indian Coast Guard (ICG) pilots and a diver on board a Dhruv advanced light helicopter (ALH) that ditched into the Arabian Sea near Porbandar, officials aware of the matter said on Tuesday.
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????CBI gets 8-day custody of RG Kar's ex-Principal Sandip Ghosh: ‘Large nexus’: A Kolkata court on Tuesday remanded Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, and three others to CBI custody for eight days in connection with alleged financial irregularities at the state-run institute.
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????PM Modi arrives in Brunei, discussions to boost bilateral ties on agenda: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday landed in Brunei Darussalam, in the first-ever bilateral visit by an Indian PM. Brunei and Singapore are important partners in India’s ‘Act East’ policy and the vision for the Indo-Pacific, PM Modi said on Tuesday as he began a visit to the Southeast Asian nations aimed at bolstering cooperation in areas ranging from semiconductors to hydrocarbons.
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????Centre forms committee to investigate drone-based explosives attack in Manipur: The Centre has formed a committee of top officers from the Army, state Police and Paramilitary Forces to examine the modus operandi of explosives dropped by drones adopted by militants in Manipur, officials aware of the matter said.
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????‘Strikes by lawyers unacceptable’: Supreme Court asserts ‘zero tolerance’ policy: The Supreme Court strongly condemned strikes by lawyers, asserting that abstention from work undermines the justice delivery system, and that lawyers who participate in such actions are unworthy of continuing in the legal profession.
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????Chhattisgarh: 9 Maoists killed in ongoing anti-insurgency operation in Dantewada: A joint team of District Reserve Guard (DRG) and paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has killed nine Maoists in an ongoing anti-insurgency operation in Chattisgarh’s Left-wing insurgency hit Dantewada district on Tuesday, the state Police said in a statement.
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????Iltija Mufti among members of political families facing 1st electoral test in J&K: Elections to the J&K assembly, the first after the Union Territory was created after bifurcating the erstwhile state of the same name into two UTs in 2019, are being held after a decade, and the mantle of politics in many political families has shifted to the new generation with the children of former Ministers, legislators and political leaders trying their luck in this assembly election.
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????FSSAI seizes 103 kg of stale, rotten fish from Coimbatore markets: Officials of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) seized 103.5 kg of stale and rotten fish from wholesale and retail markers in Coimbatore on Tuesday. Six teams, comprising a total of 12 officials from the FSSAI and the Fisheries Department, carried out raids at the wholesale fish market at Lorry Pettai near Ukkadam and the retail fish market on Ukkadam – Perur bypass.
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??International
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??Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore receive chilling warning from ex-ISS Commander: After “strange noise” were heard from inside Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore's Starliner spacecraft, NASA confirmed that the noise was an audio configuration issue between the space station and Starliner.
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??Zelenskyy says Russian ballistic missile attack on Poltava kills at least 41; over 180 wounded: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said dozens of people were killed in a Russian attack Tuesday (September 3, 2024) on the central Ukrainian city of Poltava, which hit a military educational facility. “More than 180 people were injured. Unfortunately, there are many dead. As of now, 41 people have been reported dead,” Mr. Zelenskyy said.
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??Balochistan insurgents put Pakistan Army on the back foot: Pakistan, which repeatedly promotes and shelters terrorism against India from its soil, has been rattled with terror attacks in the past two months. According to an Islamabad-based think tank Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS), a total of 59 terror attacks took place last month in which 84 people lost their lives.
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??US Military uses dating app Tinder to warn Iran and its proxies: ‘Do not take…': In its latest warning amid a new psychological warfare with Iran, the US military threatened the Islamic State and its proxy terror groups against taking up arms against America and its allies.
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??Pro-Khalistan protests in Canada raise refugee claim concerns for New Delhi: New Delhi suspects that some young temporary residents from India may be participating in pro-Khalistan protests in Canada as a means of buttressing their refugee claim in the country.
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??US can’t broker peace alone; regional powers must step up: Ex-Egypt FM on Gaza: In the backdrop of high-level peace talks between Israel and Hamas in Cairo, the host nation’s former Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy speaks to HT about the prospects of a truce and the challenges for lasting peace in the region.
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??Germany's far right wins big in elections for the first time since Nazi era: Alternative for Germany (AfD) has won the regional elections in Thuringia and Saxony, a first for the German far right since the Nazi's were in power in 1945.
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??Countries should accept Tibet’s historic status as independent nation: Penpa Tsering: Countries around the world should accept Tibet’s historic status as an independent country to help foster a serious dialogue with China on the future of the region, the head of the Tibetan government in exile said on Tuesday.
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??Tech
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??Netflix India changes ‘IC-814: The Kandahar Hijack' disclaimer amid controversy: Following the controversy over recently released web show “IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack,” OTT platform Netflix India announced on Tuesday that it has updated the series' opening disclaimer to include both the real and code names of the hijackers.
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??US voters targeted by Chinese influence online, researchers say: A Chinese social media influence operation is impersonating US voters, denigrating US politicians and pushing divisive messages ahead of the Nov. 5 Presidential election in the United States, new research by intelligence company Graphika showed.
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??Intel's Dow status under threat as struggling chipmaker's shares plunge: Intel was one of the first two tech companies to join the Dow Jones Industrial Average during 1999's dot-com era, along with Microsoft. Now, a slump in its share price could cost the American chipmaker its place in the blue-chip index.
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??Apple to completely switch to OLED for iPhone display from 2025, Nikkei says: Apple will use organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays for all iPhone models sold in 2025 and afterwards, moving completely away from liquid crystal displays (LCDs), Nikkei business daily said. The planned move will exclude Japan's Sharp Corp and Japan Display from Apple's handset business, Nikkei said.
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??Sports
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??Abhay clinches the title: Fourth-seeded Abhay Singh of India lifted the Tuanku Muhriz Trophy 2024, a PSA Challenger Tour squash event in Kuala Lumpur recently, after a thrilling 7-11, 11-8, 12-10, 11-4 victory over top seed Tsz Kwan Lau of Hong Kong in the final. This is Abhay’s 10th PSA title.
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??Paralympic Games: There is sadness, I aimed for gold in Paris, says shuttler Suhas Yathiraj: Indian para-shuttler Suhas Yathiraj is an emotional mess after his second successive Paralympic silver. A part of him is proud of the achievement but then he is also grappling with feelings of "sadness and disappointment" at missing out on gold.
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??‘Sweet’ sacrifice and sleepless nights: Sumit Antil on defending Paralympic gold despite back injury: Carrying a back injury for more than a year, history-making Indian javelin thrower Sumit Antil's path to Paralympic glory was paved with a 'sweet sacrifice' and several sleepless nights.
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??Jeev finishes 3rd; Randhawa signs off ninth at India Legends Championship: A disastrous closing triple-bogey spoiled his card as tournament host Jeev Milkha Singh signed off at the tied third place in the inaugural India Legends Championship.
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