Acquist News at a Glance 20/08/24 (Pointers Business Forum Special Edition)
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Tuesday 20th August 2024
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Pointers Business Forum Special Edition
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Famous Personality Born Today: : N R Narayana Murthy (born 20 August 1946) is an Indian billionaire businessman. He is one of the seven Co-Founders of Infosys, and has previously served as the Chairman, CEO, President, and Chief Mentor of the company before retiring and taking the title Chairman Emeritus. As of April 2023, his net worth was estimated to be $4.1 billion, making him the 711th richest person in the world according to Forbes.
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His Quote: “Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck where you do not belong.â€
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Numbers of the Day
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??USD 83.87
?? GBP 108.86
?? Euro 92.90
?? Gold 72,650 ??10 gm 24 (Kt)
?? Silver 87,000 ??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 80,912.61
NIFTY 24,726.30
*all values in INR as of Today
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????Army Chief chairs top meet to outline goals in the run-up to 2047: Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Monday chaired a meeting of his top generals to outline the Army’s strategy and priorities during the Amrit Kaal (the period leading to India’s independence centenary) and align the force’s goals with the government’s vision of making India a developed country and a significant global player by 2047.
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????Kolkata doctor rape-murder: Supreme Court to hear plea today: The Supreme Court on Tuesday is scheduled to hear on Tuesday a suo motu plea related to the rape and murder of a junior Doctor in Kolkata on August 9, in the RG Kar Medical Hospital. The plea has been listed as the first matter, and will likely be heard at 10:30am on August 20.
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????Bangladesh border force refuses to return five Indians who strayed across: The Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) has so far refused to return five Indian nationals whose boat strayed into Bangladesh’s territorial waters despite several flag meetings on Sunday and Monday with India’s BSF (Border Security Force), officials aware of the matter said on Monday.
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????Kolkata rape-murder case: CBI to conduct polygraph test of accused: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to conduct the polygraph test of Sanjoy Roy, the accused in the Kolkata rape and murder case, on Tuesday, August 20. On Monday, the CBI was granted permission to conduct the test on the accused, a civic volunteer, who allegedly raped and murdered a 31-year-old trainee doctor inside the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9.
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????Earthquakes in Baramulla: Two back-to-back quakes rock Kashmir district: Two back-to-back earthquakes with magnitudes 4.9 and 4.8 jolted Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district early Tuesday morning, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said.
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????Centre approves 25% increase in security at all central government hospitals: Amid protests by resident Doctors calling for a central law following the rape and murder of a trainee Doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital, the Health Ministry has approved a 25 percent increase in security at all central government hospitals.
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????Mpox scare: Centre asks airports to be alert, marks 3 hospitals as nodal centers: The Union Health Ministry on Monday asked all the airports and authorities at land ports on borders with Bangladesh and Pakistan to be alert about incoming passengers reporting Mpox symptoms, PTI quoted official sources.
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????Uproar after elephant attacked with a flaming spear dies in West Bengal forest: An adult female elephant has died in Jhargram in West Bengal after mobs pierced her with a flaming spear hours after another pachyderm allegedly killed a resident on the outskirts of the town, said animal rights groups, underscoring the escalating human-elephant conflict in the region and the complexities involved with controlling such situations.
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??International
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??US approves $3.5-bn sale of military helicopters to South Korea: The United States on Monday announced its approval of a $3.5-billion sale to South Korea of up to 36 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters and related equipment, including missiles.
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??Bangladesh's Summit reviewing cross-border power deals after India rule change: Bangladesh's Summit Group plans to renegotiate preliminary deals to import renewable power from India after a recent rule change by New Delhi allowed generators that exclusively export their electricity to sell locally, the utility's Chairman said.
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??Putin meets Azerbaijani President in Baku to strengthen ties as regional tensions persist: Russian leader Vladimir Putin held talks on Monday with his Azerbaijani counterpart as part of a two-day trip to secure Moscow’s under-pressure trade routes and shore up ties in the South Caucasus.
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??Egypt hikes electricity prices for households by up to 50%: Report: Egypt is increasing electricity prices for households by up to 50%, two government sources said on Monday, as the country gradually phases out subsidies as part of an agreement with the International Monetary Fund.
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??British tech tycoon Mike Lynch was trying to bounce back from HP fraud case before being lost at sea: Tech tycoon Mike Lynch, one of six people missing from a sunken yacht off Sicily, had been trying to move past a Silicon Valley debacle that had tarnished his legacy as an icon of British ingenuity.
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??US Intelligence pins hackings on Iran targeting Trump and Biden-Harris campaigns: US intelligence officials said Monday they were confident that Iran was responsible for the hack of Donald Trump's presidential campaign, casting the cyber intrusion as part of a brazen and broader effort by Tehran to interfere in American politics and potentially shape the outcome of the election.
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??Israeli strike targets Hezbollah site in Lebanon, Israeli Military says: An Israeli strike on Monday evening targeted a Hezbollah arms depot in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley, the Israeli Military said.
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??Democrats seek to remove RFK Jr, other independents from Georgia ballots: Challengers seeking to throw Robert F Kennedy Jr. off Georgia's November ballot told a Judge on Monday that the independent presidential candidate must be disqualified because the New York address he used on Georgia ballot access petitions is a "sham."
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??Tech
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??Data Protection Rules to be published within a month: Indian Union IT Minister: A draft of the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules will be published for public consultation within thirty days, Indian IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Monday.
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??Claude AI chatbot creator Anthropic sued by authors for copyright infringement: A group of authors is suing artificial intelligence startup Anthropic, alleging it committed “large-scale theft†in training its popular chatbot Claude on pirated copies of copyrighted books. While similar lawsuits have piled up for more than a year against competitor OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, this is the first from writers to target Anthropic and its Claude chatbot.
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??Sports
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??CAS slams World Wrestling's 'draconian' rules but no relief for Vinesh Phogat: The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), in a detailed, 24-verdict, called the United World Wrestling's rules of punishing an athlete for failing the second-day weigh-in process "draconian" but provided no relief to India's Vinesh Phogat. CAS said it was Vinesh Phogat's responsibility to make sure she was under the permissible limit during both days of the women's 50kg wrestling in the Paris Olympics 2024.
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??Messi out of Argentina's squad for World Cup qualifiers vs Chile and Colombia: Lionel Messi will not play in Argentina's next two World Cup qualifiers because of injury. Argentina Coach Lionel Scaloni announced his 28-man squad on Monday for the matches against Chile on Sept. 5 and Colombia five days later.
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??Stimac keeps word, goes to FIFA against AIFF: Igor Stimac, the former India Head Coach, has moved FIFA seeking compensation till June 2026 from All India Football Federation (AIFF) for breach of contract.
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??Swiatek's WTA schedule criticism receives brutal response from tennis great: Iga Swiatek, currently ranked as the world's No. 1 in women’s tennis, voiced her concerns about the demanding WTA schedule at the Cincinnati Open. Swiatek, who has won five titles this year including the French Open, criticized the congested calendar, stating that it makes tennis less enjoyable and is unsustainable for players.
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