Acquist News at a Glance 30/09/23 (Pointers Business Forum Special Edition)
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Saturday 30th September 2023
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Pointers Business Forum Special Edition
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Famous Personality Born Today: Olivier Giroud (born 30 September 1986) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club AC Milan and the France national team. He received the Bronze Boot as joint second-highest goal scorer as France finished runner-up at UEFA Euro 2016. He later won the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and appeared at UEFA Euro 2020 as well as the 2022 FIFA World Cup, where France finished as runners-up and Giroud again received the Bronze Boot.
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His Quote: “You always have to work hard and keep the faith.”
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Numbers of the Day
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??USD 83.18
?? GBP 101.51
?? Euro 88.06
?? Gold 58,200 ??10 gm 24 (Kt)
?? Silver 74,700 ??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 65,828.41
NIFTY 19,638.30
*all values in INR as of Friday
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????Women's reservation bill gets President's assent: President Droupadi Murmu has given her assent to the women's reservation bill which seeks to provide 33% reservation to women in the Lok Sabha and State assemblies. According to a Law Ministry notification issued on September 29, the President gave her assent on September 28.
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????India’s homegrown semiconductor maker CDIL to make components for EV and solar panels: India’s homegrown semiconductor maker Continental Device India Private Limited (CDIL) announced a new surface mount semiconductor packaging line at its Mohali campus. With this, CDIL now has 10 assembly lines that are going to raise its total capacity at the facility to 600 million units, annually.
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????Air India completes acquisition of its first A350 aircraft through GIFT City: Air India on September 29 said it has completed the acquisition of its first A350-900 aircraft by way of a finance lease transaction with HSBC through the GIFT City.
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????Spoke on Canada issue with Blinken and Jake Sullivan: Jaishankar: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday confirmed that he spoke to Jake Sullivan and Blinked on the Canada row -- the ongoing diplomatic crisis between India and Canada following Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's public allegation that India had a role in the killing of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
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????Afghan embassy suspends operations in India, diplomats leave for Europe and US: The Afghan embassy in India has suspended all operations after the ambassador and other senior diplomats left the country for Europe and the United States where they gained asylum, three embassy officials said on Friday.
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????Cauvery dispute: Row deepens as Karnataka asked to release 3000 cu water to TN: The Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) on Friday upheld a regulatory panel’s directions to Karnataka to release 3000 cusecs water per second to Tamil Nadu between September 28 and October 15 at a key meeting in the national capital, deepening a major discord between the two southern states, a person familiar with the matter said.
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????Indian-Americans condemn increasing instances of hate against Hindus in Canada: A group of eminent Indian-Americans has condemned the brazen hateful comments and a hostile environment against Hindus in Canada and asked Ottawa not to mix freedom of expression with freedom for terror and endorse hate crimes by being silent on the issue.
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????Centre announces 28th tranche of electoral bonds sales from October 4 to 13: The government on September 29 announced the 28th tranche of electoral bond sales to be undertaken over a ten-day window starting October 4 and closing on October 13, at all authorised branches of the State Bank of India.
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??International
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??China opens its first cross-sea bullet train, linking major cities in the southeastern Fujian province: China on September 29 opened its first cross-sea bullet train, linking major cities in the southeastern Fujian province. The bullet trains — or high-speed rail (HSR) as they are called in China — will travel at the same 350 km per hour speed as other trains on the network.
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??Pakistan seeks $11 billion aid from China, Saudi Arabia to keep IMF bailout programme on track: Report: Cash-strapped Pakistan is seeking around $11 billion from China and Saudi Arabia as part of efforts to fill external- and domestic resource gaps so that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout programme remains on track to ensure economic stability until an elected government is formed in the country, according to a media report on September 29.
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??US Government Shutdown can hurt immigrants worse than expected…: The US government is expected to shut down all non-essential functions at the start of the new fiscal year on October 1. A Congress impasse on a funding deal has led to the federal departments and agencies planning for the mandatory process.
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??California raises fast food minimum wage to $20 per hour: A new law in California will raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour next year, an acknowledgment from the state's Democratic leaders that most of the often overlooked workforce are the primary earners for their low-income households.
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??Suicide blast hits mosque in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 2nd in Pakistan within hours: Within hours of a suicide blast in the restive Balochistan province that killed at least 52 people and left dozens injured, Pakistan was rocked by another blast at a mosque in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province during the Friday prayers. At least four people have been killed in the explosion at the mosque in Hangu district, according to local media reports.
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??Ex-Prigozhin's aide to oversee Ukraine volunteer fighters, announces Kremlin: Russian President Vladimir Putin has tasked a former aide of late Wagner Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin to oversee volunteer fighter units in Ukraine, according to a Kremlin statement on Friday.
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??Russia claims it destroyed 11 Ukrainian drones overnight: Russia claimed on Friday that it had destroyed 11 Ukrainian drones overnight, though one UAV dropped explosives on a substation, cutting the local power supply, a regional Governor said.
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??Tech
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??Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to testify in Google antitrust trial: Microsoft Chief Executive Satya Nadella is expected to testify on Monday as a witness for the US Justice Department, according to a filing on the docket of its once-in-a generation court fight against Alphabet's Google.
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??UK's CMA says examining Qualcomm's buyout of Israel's Autotalks: Britain's antitrust regulator on Friday said it was examining whether Qualcomm's purchase of Israeli auto-chip maker Autotalks would lessen competition in the UK market.
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??Apple, China met to discuss Beijing's crackdown on western apps: Report: Apple staff met with Chinese officials in recent months to discuss concerns over new rules that will restrict the US tech giant from offering many foreign apps currently available on its app store in the country, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
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??Sony doubles down on virtual production business using its hardware muscle: Sony Group is increasing its focus on the virtual production business where it is seeing market-beating growth, a company executive said, riding on the strength of the Japanese entertainment conglomerate's technology.
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??Sports
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??Hangzhou Asian Games | 18 and counting: Indian shooting has its best ever medal count: The rifle hall at the Fuyang Yinhu Sports Centre was witness to the highs of ecstasy and the lows of disbelief in Indian shooting simultaneously on Friday even as the country added two golds and three silvers to its medals tally from the sport.
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??Hangzhou Asian Games | Indian men’s badminton team assured of medal, women’s team bows out: India thrashed lowly Nepal 3-0 in the quarterfinals to secure a historic medal after 37 years in the men's team badminton event at the Asian Games on Friday. Taking the court first, Lakshya Sen defeated Prince Dahal 21-5 21-8 before Kidambi Srikanth beat Sunil Joshi 21-4 21-13 in the second match.
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??Hangzhou Asian Games | Bopanna and Bhosale enter final of the mixed doubles tennis: India’s mixed doubles team of Rohan Bopanna and Rutja Bhosale advanced to the final of the Asian Games tennis tournament after beating Chinese Taipei’s Yu-hsiou Hsu and Hao-ching Chan at the Hangzhou Olympic Tennis Centre on September 29.
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??Hangzhou Asian Games | Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan settle for silver in men’s doubles tennis final: India’s Myneni and Ramanathan lost in the final 4-6, 4-6 to finish with a silver medal at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre on Friday.
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??New Zealand Captain Kane Williamson to miss ICC Cricket World Cup opener against England: New Zealand Captain Kane Williamson will miss the ODI World Cup opener against England as he continues his knee rehabilitation.
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