Acquist News at a Glance 16/11/24 (Pointers Business Forum Special Edition)
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Saturday 16th November 2024
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Pointers Business Forum Special Edition
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Famous Personality Born Today: Paul Scholes (born 16 November 1974) is an English football Coach, pundit, former player, and Co-owner of Salford City. He spent his entire professional playing career with Manchester United, for whom he scored over 150 goals in more than 700 appearances between 1993 and 2013. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders and Manchester United players of all time.
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His Quote: “Sometimes fear can bring performances out from you.”
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Numbers of the Day
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??USD 84.48
?? GBP 106.67
?? Euro 88.87
?? Gold 75,770 ??10 gm 24 (Kt)
?? Silver 89,400 ??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 77,580.31
NIFTY 23,532.70
*all values in INR as of Friday
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????Birsa Munda birth anniversary |?President Murmu, PM Modi lead nation in paying tributes to tribal icon : President Droupadi Murmu on Friday (November 15, 2024) led the nation in paying tributes to tribal icon Birsa Munda on his birth anniversary which is observed as Janjatiya Gaurav Divas. President Murmu, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla offered floral tributes at the statue of Birsa Munda at the Prerna Sthal in Parliament complex.
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????700 kg meth seized in massive drug haul off Gujarat coast, 8 Iranians held :? In a massive drug haul, anti-narcotics agencies seized about 700 kilograms of Methamphetamine - also known as meth - and arrested eight Iranian nationals from Indian territorial waters off the Gujarat coast on Friday, November 15.
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????Spell out stand on law for rehab of sex trafficking victims: SC asks government : The Supreme Court has asked the Union government to spell out its stand on comprehensive legislation for the rehabilitation, care, and protection of victims of sex trafficking, underlining its dehumanising effect. It called for a legislative mechanism based on a human rights approach to deal with sex trafficking.
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????Senior Police Officers in Jiribam as search continues for six missing persons in Manipur : Senior officers of the Manipur Police have been sent to the Jiribam district to oversee the search operation for the six people who went missing from a relief camp following the gunfight between militants and security forces in Borobekra, officials said on Friday. IG and DIG rank officers were in Jiribam to supervise and coordinate the efforts by the security forces to find the three women and three children, they said.
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????ED seizes??3 crore from Kolkata businessman in lottery scam : The Enforcement Directorate on Friday seized around ?3 crore from a businessman's house in Kolkata, as part of its ongoing probe into a high-profile lottery scam.
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????Delhi AQI severe, visibility low; primary schools move to online; GRAP-3 imposed : The Air quality across several parts of Delhi remained in the "severe" category November 15, with a thick layer of smog once again blanketing the National Capital Region, including Noida, Ghaziabad and Gurugram. The Delhi government announced that classes for primary schools will be shifted to online.
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??International
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??Activists at COP29 feel stifled by rules and restrictions : The protest took weeks of thought and planning, but most of the attendees at this year's UN climate talks didn't see or hear it — except for maybe some in the COP29 presidency offices right below. The majority of the people involved in deciding the financial future of climate action at the talks remained in the sprawling venue, under white tarps with no windows.? ?In the nosebleed seats of a nearly-empty Baku Olympic stadium coated with a layer of dust, activists used a giant banner to beam the words “Pay Up” to the world
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??Navy didn't understand risks posed by Hawaii fuel tanks despite studies: US military watchdog : “Navy officials “lacked sufficient understanding” of the risks of maintaining massive fuel storage tanks on top of a drinking water well at Pearl Harbour where spilled jet fuel poisoned more than 6,000 people in 2021,” a US military watchdog said.
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??Japanese Princess Yuriko, wartime Emperor Hirohito's sister-in-law, dies at 101 : Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito's brother and the oldest member of the imperial family died on Friday (November 15, 2024) after her health deteriorated recently, palace officials said. She was 101. Yuriko died at a Tokyo hospital, the Imperial Household Agency said. It did not announce the cause of death, but Japanese media said she died of pneumonia.
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??Magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes off Papua New Guinea: USGS : “A magnitude 6.6 earthquake rattled Papua New Guinea on Friday (November 15, 2024),” the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said, striking off the country’s eastern coast. The USGS said the quake was 51 km (31.6 miles) deep and located 123.2 km from the closest town of Kokopo.
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??New Zealand lawmakers stage Maori protest in Parliament during fraught race relations debate : A vote in New Zealand’s parliament was suspended and two lawmakers ejected when dramatic political theatre erupted over a controversial proposed law redefining the country’s founding agreement between Indigenous Maori and the British Crown.
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??South African government says no to rescue trapped illegal miners : South Africa's government says it won't help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country's North West province who have been denied access to basic supplies as part of an official strategy against illegal mining.
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??North Korea tests exploding drones as Kim calls for mass production : North Korea tested exploding drones designed to crash into targets and leader Kim Jong Un called for accelerating mass production of the weapons, state media said on Friday (November 15, 2024).
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??Russia shuts Moscow's famed gulag museum : Russian authorities ordered the closure from of Moscow's award-winning Gulag History Museum, dedicated to the victims of Soviet-era repression. The closure was officially put down to alleged violations of fire safety regulations but comes amid an intense campaign being waged by the Kremlin against independent civil society and those who question the state's interpretation of history.
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??Tech
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??Google’s AI flood forecasting model is now available in?100 countries : Google has announced it will be expanding its AI flood forecasting model to 100 countries now. It will also make their model forecasts available to researchers via an API along with their datasets to help them understand the impact of riverine floods historically. A blog post with the news shared that now the model will be covering 700 million people compared to 80 countries and a population of 400 million people previously.
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??Google’s AI chatbot Gemini verbally abused user, told them to die: Report : Google’s AI chatbot Gemini responded to a user’s query about elderly care by verbally abusing the user and telling them to die, reported CBS News this week.
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??Hero owned Qubo launches two heavy duty smart air purifiers for large living spaces in India : The Hero Group owned smart devices maker Qubo on Friday (November 15, 2024) launched two new models of smart air purifiers; the Q600 and Q1000, for larger living spaces (up to 1000 sq. ft). These air purifiers can be monitored and controlled via Qubo app, and through voice controls like Alexa and Google Assistant. The Qubo smart air purifiers come with BLDC motors. The filters claim to last around 15,000 hours (app. 625 days) of these heavy duty machines.
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??US regulators plan to investigate Microsoft's cloud business: Report : The US Federal Trade Commission is preparing to launch an investigation into anti-competitive practices at Microsoft's cloud computing business, the Financial Times reported, citing people with direct knowledge of the matter.
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??Sports
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??Kohli's nightmare continues, caught at second-slip vs India A; dashes to nets : In a closed-door practice match at the WACA in Perth, Virat Kohli’s struggle to regain form cast a shadow over the Indian team’s preparation for the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The game – a match simulation between India and India A – offered a chance for batters to acclimate to the Australian conditions ahead of the five-match Test series against a dominant Australian side.
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??Messi, Vinicius have frustrating nights as Argentina loses and Brazil draws in World Cup qualifying : Argentina's Lionel Messi and Brazil's Vinicius Júnior had frustrating nights in South American World Cup qualifying. While Messi could not help his team avoid a 2-1 defeat at Paraguay, Vinicius Junior missed a second-half penalty as Brazil was held to a 1-1 draw at Venezuela.
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??Tata Steel Chess India: Carlsen breezes to Rapid title : The idea was to test the waters, see if the competition had closed in on Magnus Carlsen. Nine rounds of Rapid chess however were a resounding validation of Carlsen’s genius in a tournament that boasted some of the best minds in the game.
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??Important to win more than 10 medals if India are to host Olympics: Sreejesh : More than two months after India's contingent returned with six medals from the 2024 Paris Olympics, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) formally expressed the nation's ambition to host the 2036 Games by submitting a 'Letter of Intent' to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
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