Acquist News at a Glance 22/11/24 (Pointers Business Forum Special Edition)
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Friday 22nd November 2024
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Pointers Business Forum Special Edition
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Famous Personality Born Today: Mary Ann Evans, known by her pen name George Eliot, (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880) was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She wrote seven novels: Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Romola, Felix Holt, the Radical, Middlemarch and Daniel Deronda.
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Her Quote: “It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
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Numbers of the Day
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??USD 84.49
?? GBP 106.33
?? Euro 88.51
?? Gold 77,960 ??10 gm 24 (Kt)
?? Silver 91,900 ??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 77,686.99
NIFTY 23,513.80
*all values in INR as of Today
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????ISRO signs Implementation Agreement with Australian Space Agency for Gaganyaan mission : Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Australian Space Agency (ASA) have signed an Implementation Agreement (IA) for further strengthening cooperation in space activities between Australia and India. The IA, which enables cooperation between both space agencies on crew and crew module recovery for Gaganyaan missions, was signed between the two space agencies on November 20.
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????NIA carries out raids in Jammu to probe terrorist infiltration cases : The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday (November 21, 2024) carried out raids at several locations across the Jammu region, including Reasi, Udhampur and Ramban, in connection with its probe into terrorist infiltration cases, official sources said.
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????Satellite-tagged Amur Falcon reaches Somalia from India in 5 days, 17 hours : One of the two satellite-tagged Amur Falcons (Falco amurensis) “Chiuluan2” named after a village in Manipur’s Tamenglong district has reached its first stopover site in Somalia in five days and 17 hours after flying non-stop and crossing the Arabian Sea.
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????Indian Ocean most impacted by global warming, least known among oceans: Experts : The ninth biennial conference of the Surface Ocean – Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS), a global and multidisciplinary project aiming to understand the key biogeochemical-physical interactions and feedback between the ocean and atmosphere, hosted by the National Institute of Oceanography ended in Goa on Thursday.
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????At 65.2%, Maharashtra records highest voter turnout since 1995 assembly election : Maharashtra, which went to the polls on November 20 to elect a new 288-member assembly, recorded a voter turnout of 65.02 per cent—the highest since the 1995 assembly poll that saw a turnout of 71.7 per cent.
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????SC suggests setting up courtroom in jail for Kashmiri separatist Yasin Malik amid security concerns : The Supreme Court on Thursday (November 21, 2024) orally suggested setting up a courtroom in jail in Delhi for Kashmiri separatist Yasin Malik in the face of strong objection raised by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to a Jammu court order allowing his physical presence in a criminal trial connected to the killing of four Air Force personnel in 1989.
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????India slams Canadian media report over killing of Nijjar: ‘Smear campaign’ : India dismissed a Canadian media report as a “smear campaign" that claimed that the Indian PM was aware of an alleged plot to assassinate Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
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????Adani Group: US Department of Justice allegations baseless : Hours after a statement from the New York Eastern District court indicted Gautam Adani and the other board of directors of Adani group of companies of criminal and civil irregularities, the Adani group denied the allegations against Adani Green calling them baseless.
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????Delhi: Air quality improves; ‘very poor’ after 5-day ‘severe’ pollution : Delhi’s air quality improved to the “very poor” category on Thursday, ending a five-day streak of “severe” pollution levels even as the minimum temperature continued to dip and touched the season’s low. Factors such as reduced fog intensity and increased wind speed helped improve the air quality.
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??International
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??Sri Lanka's new Parliament convened; speaker and others elected : The new parliament of Sri Lanka was convened on Thursday (November 21, 2024) for the first session after the ruling NPP’s historic electoral landslide victory a week ago. At the start of the new session of the 10th parliament since 1978, the National People’s Power's (NPP) Ashoka Ranwala was elected House Speaker while Rizwie Salih was elected Deputy Speaker.
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??Russia and China oppose changing the Kenya-led force in Haiti to a UN peacekeeping mission : Russia and China opposed a US-led campaign to transform the Kenya-led multinational force in Haiti helping police to tackle escalating gang violence into a UN peacekeeping mission.
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??Volcano erupts in Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula for seventh time in a year : A volcano erupted with lava spewing from a fissure on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland It was its seventh eruption since December.
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??North Korea and Russia agree to expand their economic cooperation : North Korea and Russia reached a new agreement for expanding economic cooperation following high-level talks in Pyongyang this week, the North’s state media said Thursday (November 21, 2024), as they continue to align in the face of their confrontations with Washington.
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??In Spain's Canaries, rescuers exhausted as new migrant routes open : El Hierro, a small island in the Atlantic Ocean, is Europe's latest frontline in the struggle to cut irregular migration. Nearly twice as many migrants as residents have landed this year on the southernmost of Spain's Canary Islands.
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??FBI arrests Florida man for plotting to bomb New York Stock Exchange : A Florida man was arrested for allegedly plotting to bomb the New York Stock Exchange in a bid to "reboot" the US government, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said.
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??ICC issues arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant and Hamas leader Mohammed Deif : Judges at the International Criminal Court have issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defence Chief, as well as a Hamas leader, Ibrahim Al-Masri, for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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??Tech
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??Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy outline plans for mass regulatory cuts under Trump : Elon Musk outlined plans for his new role as "efficiency" czar - signalling an assault on federal spending and staffing that would be backed by President-elect Donald Trump's executive powers and a conservative Supreme Court.
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??OpenAI brings Advanced Voice Mode to desktop and upgrades GPT-4o : OpenAI has upgraded its Advanced Voice Mode on the ChatGPT website so that paid desktop users can access it seamlessly instead of having to connect through the app in order to access the feature.
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??Sports
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??Sindhu exits in second round of China Masters after hard-fought defeat : Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu's campaign at the China Masters Super 750 badminton tournament came to an end in the second round after she lost to Singapore's Yeo Jia Min in a hard-fought three-game women's singles contest on Thursday (November 21, 2024).
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??Rashid Khan hits form with six-under 64 : The swagger is back for Indian golf’s King Khan. In the opening round of the $2 million Link Hong Kong Open, Rashid Khan shot a brilliant six-under-par 64, walking in long putts and attacking even the most tucked-away pins.
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??BASKETBALL | India will need to drastically improve its shooting when it takes on Qatar : Qatar is grooming its team for the future with an eye on the 2027 World Cup, which it will be hosting. Having a host of players in the u-19 age category, Qatar, under new Coach Hakan Demir, may be short of experience, but it does possess hoopsters with rapid speed and exceptional shooting skills.
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??Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Under pressure, India faces Australia; aims for history repeat : Two men fused by their passion for speed, split by nationalities, and thrown together into a sporting rivalry, stretched their hands towards each other. In the background, the sun was beating down on the grass, all golden hue and green tinge, and in the shade, a cool breeze demanded respect and woollens.
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