Coffee Break World View 23 Oct

(World and India News – Tomorrows News Today)

QUOTES

• "What’s a queen without her king? Well, historically speaking, more powerful."
• "I'm starting to think my purpose in life is to serve as a cautionary tale to others."
• "I’ve had bad luck with both my wives. The first one left me and the second one didn’t."
• "There's someone for everyone and that person for you is a psychiatrist."

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WORLD NEWS

• Anti-obesity drugs can be boost for food makers, investors say
• Global billionaire tax could yield $250 billion annually, study says
• Foxconn faces China tax probe amid Taiwan election - sources
• In northeast China, Russian and Chinese firms ink deals from manufacturing to agriculture
• Chinese retailers offer deep iPhone 15 discounts
• Rising yields may pressure BOJ to consider raising newly set cap
• Israel bombards Gaza, Lebanon as Netanyahu convenes war cabinet
• Israel has amassed tanks and troops near Gaza, where authorities said 4,600 people have been killed, for a planned ground invasion aiming to annihilate Hamas, which killed 1,400 people in its rampage on southern Israel.
• Israel arms civilian security squads, fearing internal strife
• Crypto's big ?role in terrorist financing - Report
• Argentina's Peronists soar in election to seal run-off with radical Milei
• Argentina market analysts see silver lining in Peronist election win
• Morning Bid: Stocks struggle as yields rise, tech earnings loom
• A rescued pangolin bought off a wildlife seller is seen resting at the Green Finger Garden in Lagos
• Three listed Chinese firms used endangered animal parts as ingredients, report says
• The battery test race to work out what used EVs are really worth
• Philippines labels China as an 'aggressor' fanning tensions in the South China Sea
• No one was harmed when a Chinese coast guard ship and one of Manila's smaller wooden resupply boats made contact on Sunday, but the incident has drawn international condemnation.
• Final results pending in Venezuela primary, Machado declares victory
• Smoke and flames billow after Israeli forces struck a high-rise tower in Gaza City
• Iran's quandary: How to stay out of Israel's war on Hamas
• Economy, family split mar Giorgia Meloni's first year as Italy's prime minister
• SAG-AFTRA members walk the picket line during their ongoing strike, in Los Angeles
• Talks between studios, striking U.S. actors to restart Tuesday
• Second aid convoy enters Gaza as supplies run low
• Hundreds of Gazans queued for hours to buy bread in Khan Younis on Sunday (October 22), with residents saying they are running out of food, water, and essential medical supplies in the enclave as aid slowly tricked in across the border.
• Foxconn shares slide on news of China probe
• Israel pounds Gaza amid fears of wider Middle East conflict
• Muslims demand end to Israel's campaign in Gaza
• Republicans drop Jim Jordan's US House speaker bid
• Sydney Opera House marks 50th birthday
• Biden, key Western leaders urge Israel to protect civilians
• A view shows illumination flares in the sky by Israel's border with Lebanon
• China says outlook worrisome as conflict spreads in Middle East, state media report
• Once disgraced, Indonesian ex-general tipped for presidency after makeover
• Pakistan's Imran Khan indicted in official secrets case - party
• China says it uncovered another spying case in US
• Farm groups call on Australia to not sign 'dud' trade deal with EU
• Slain Detroit synagogue leader mourned at Sunday funeral; police seek motive
• Judge temporarily lifts Trump gag order in federal 2020 election case
• US budget gap soars to $1.7 trillion, largest outside COVID era
• Rally in support of Palestinians amid the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in New York
• 92nd Street Y cancels talk by Pulitzer-winning author who backs Palestinians
• Hamilton and Leclerc disqualified from U.S. Grand Prix
• Protest in support of Palestinians in Bucharest
• Protests in support of Palestinians, rallies for hostages trapped in Gaza
• Annual sheep parade through the streets of Madrid
• Sheep flock to Madrid's streets on ancient herding route
• Heirs to keep some of Berlusconi's art hoard from TV shopping shows
• Rolling Stones hold a private album release party concert in New York
• Rolling Stones kick off album launch in New York with guest Lady Gaga
• A stronger-than-expected showing by Argentina's ruling Peronist coalition at a general election on Sunday has set the stage for a run-off vote on Nov. 19 between Economy Minister Sergio Massa and far-right radical Javier Milei.
• Chinese military equipment has strengthened the Serbian armed forces significantly, its deputy prime minister told Chinese state media, in particular an air-defence system and drones.
• ?“Shield 2022”, a demonstration of the Serbian Army's air defence capabilities, in Batajnica
• China and Russia find common cause in Israel-Hamas crisis
• A rescued pangolin bought off a wildlife seller is seen resting at the Green Finger Garden in Lagos
• Three listed Chinese firms used endangered animal parts as ingredients, report says
• Palestinian Muslims hold Friday prayers amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Jerusalem
• Israel arms civilian security squads, fearing internal strife
• Iranian teenager Armita Geravand is 'brain dead': state media
• Russian forces intensify pressure on Ukraine's Avdiivka, Kherson
• Swiss turn to right at election as immigration fears weigh
• Russia says it thwarted Ukrainian attempts to cross Dnipro in Kherson region
• Demonstration for Hamas hostages release at London's Trafalgar Square
• Taiwan's Foxconn faces China tax probe that's politically motivated
• Stocks revisit March banking-chaos lows
• Indivior to pay $385 mln to end final Suboxone monopoly lawsuits
• A race is on to certify battery health and performance in used electric vehicles, with a clutch of start-ups scrambling to help buyers figure out how much a second-hand EV is really worth.
• Analysis: Anti-obesity drugs can be boost for food makers, investors say
• Oil down as diplomatic moves in Gaza war trim supply-disruption risk
• Logo of Swiss drugmaker Roche is seen at its headquarters in Basel
• Roche buys Roivant's bowel disease drug for $7.1 billion
• Farm groups call on Australia to not sign 'dud' trade deal with EU
• Japan launches antimonopoly probe into Google's search dominance
• Rising yields may pressure BOJ to consider raising newly set cap
• Toyota lobbies India to cut hybrid-car taxes as much as 21% - letter
• European regulator approves Farfetch deal for YNAP, Richemont says
• Customers of Deutsche Bank units lodge surge in complaints, consumer group says
• Samsung SDI to supply EV batteries to Hyundai Motor starting 2026
• Dutch health technology company Philips presents the company's financial results for the fourth quarter in Amsterdam
• Philips raises full-year outlook as Q3 profit jumps
• Time for central bank digital currencies to prove their worth
• Yen grazes 150 again as yields dictate trading
• Awaiting the bond-bashing abating- Fund Manager
• S&P pushes Egypt's rating deeper into junk amid funding pressures
• Stocks struggle as yields rise, tech earnings loom
• India 4% inflation focus may not signal 'higher for longer' rates -rate panel's Varma, Goyal
• Middle East throws central banks yet more unknowns
• China leaves benchmark lending rates unchanged as expected
• China's Q3 GDP growth shows economic recovery gaining traction
• US weekly jobless claims at nine-month low; labour market remains tight
• Shares in Taiwan's Foxconn, a major supplier of Apple's iPhones, dropped as much as 3% on Monday after a report that the company is the subject of tax audits and land use probes in China. Julian Satterthwaite reports.
• Wall St. ends sharply lower; Mideast fears increase
• Stocks could have 'a really good year-end rally' -strategist
• Oil prices the biggest risk to economy -strategist
• UAW workers at Mercedes supplier ZF end strike
• China to curb exports of key battery material
• Elon Musk's X to launch premium subscriptions soon
• Analysis: Relentless climb in Treasury yields may have further to run after surging to 5%
• Japan's core inflation slows below 3% for first time in over a year
• China property market shows little signs of revival despite stimulus
• ECB hiking campaign is over but no easing until at least July
• UK consumer confidence tumbles in October as inflation still weighs: GfK
• Argentina gov't moves to calm FX market, pledges no post-election devaluation
• Fed's Bostic: Lowering inflation still main US central bank mission
• US existing home sales drop to 13-year low in September
• Bank of Israel not expected to cut rates next week despite war:
• South Africans face more interest rate hike pain as inflation sticks
• South Africa's inflation rises sharply on food and fuel prices
• China's new home prices extend declines, defying broader recovery
• INDIA NEWS
• India's monetary policy committee's (MPC) decision to reinforce the 4% retail inflation target follows inflation returning to its 2%-6% comfort zone, but does not necessarily signal rates will remain higher for longer, two external members of the committee told press
• Toyota lobbies India to cut hybrid-car taxes as much as 21% - letter
• Indian shares slide on Mideast jitters; ICICI Bank up on earnings beat
• India's Kotak Mahindra Bank drops over 2% after naming outsider as new CEO
• India cenbank's $5 bln swap maturity causes flutter, but no major turbulence
• Rupee may drop on weak risk, eyes fallout of RBI's swap maturity
• Kohli masterminds chase as India beat New Zealand despite Mitchell ton
• India says relations with Canada passing through difficult phase
• India completes crucial test in crewed space mission after delay
• Top private Indian banks report strong Q2 profit rise as loan growth continues
• COVID lockdown training base kept Shami sharp for World Cup comeback
• India's Kotak Mahindra Bank net profit jumps 24% in Q2, meets estimates
• Pakistan's former Prime Minister Sharif addresses supporters upon his arrival in Lahore
• Former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif vows to work toward economic recovery
• India Kotak Mahindra Bank gets central-bank nod to appoint Ashok Vaswani as managing director, CEO
• Students and supporters of Students' Federation of India (SFI) take part in an LGBT+ Pride vigil at North Campus in New Delhi
• India to consider more LGBTQ rights but not legalising same-sex marriage, sources say
• Canadian PM says India's actions making life hard for millions of people
• US and UK back Canada in dispute with India over diplomats
• AAP Releases Fourth List For Chhattisgarh Assembly Polls, Fields 12 More Candidates
• A policeman was beaten to death in Punjab's Barnala last night during an altercation between a restaurant's owner and four kabaddi players over a bill for food and drinks.
• The Delhi police have nabbed the accused in the double murder case involving a dhabha owner in his 30s and his eight-year-old son in Delhi's Nab-Karim area, police said on Monday.
• Mumbai's air quality has deteriorated recently with the Air Quality Index (AQI) being above 200 (poor) at several places in the city in the past few days.
• Actress Gautami Tadimalla left the BJP, saying party seniors supported a person who had swindled off her properties.
• Deep Depression Over Bay Of Bengal May Turn Into Cyclone By Evening: IMD
• The cyclonic storm, after its formation, will be called 'Hamoon', a name given by Iran.
• Cash worth nearly ? 14 lakh was stolen from a parked BMW car in Bengaluru after a man shattered the driver-side window, climbed in, took the cash and fled on a bike with his accomplice.
• A Sikh man died in New York after being assaulted by a man after his car collided with his vehicle last week, the police said.
• Parag Desai, the executive director of Wagh Bakri Tea Group, died at the age of 49.
• Fake Companies, Work Visas: How Delhi Gang Duped Thousands, Made Rs 6 Crore
• Delhi Police on Monday arrested seven people for running a fake visa racket. Among those arrested was also the mastermind of the racket Inamul Haq.
• Video: Gaganyaan Test Flight Vehicle Shares Glimpses From Its Ride
• ISRO's official handle also shared a slow-motion video of the TV-D1 Lift-off.
• As the Joe Biden administration plans changes in the H-1B visa application system, availed by thousands of Indians to take up job opportunities in the US, there are concerns about what will change and what won't. October 28-29 Lunar Eclipse To Be Visible From All Places In India
• October 28-29 Lunar Eclipse To Be Visible From All Places In India
• Prominent actor-turned-politician Gautami Tadimalla today quit the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) saying that she is in an unimaginable crisis situation and has no support of her party and its leaders in these times.
• Noida Covered In Thick Layer Of Smog, Air Quality Remains 'Very Poor'
• Noida AQI: The overall air quality in Delhi also fell into the 'Very Poor' category, with an AQI of 306, slightly worse than the 302 recorded on Sunday afternoon.
• Flight services at the international airport here would be temporarily suspended for five hours on Monday to enable the traditional "Arattu" procession of Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple to pass through the runway, TIAL said.
• A man allegedly stabbed to death a 29-year-old welder in Maharashtra's Thane city after the latter refused to give him money to buy liquor, an official said on Monday.
• Delhi Cops Probe Human Trafficking Angle In Swiss Woman's Grisly Murder
• Railway Cop Who Killed 4 On Train Was Mentally Stable, Says Police Chargesheet
• Balasaheb Thackeray Formed "Only 1 Shiv Sena": Sharad Pawar Faction MP Supriya Sule
• Defeating BJP In 2024 Elections "Greatest Act Of Patriotism": Arvind Kejriwal
• Gold, iPhones Worth Rs 4 Crore Seized At Goa's Manohar International Airport
• The accused are part of a syndicate operating between Mumbai and Dubai, the official said.
• "AIADMK Has Completely Withdrawn From BJP Alliance": E Palaniswami
• Protest At BJP's Rajasthan Office Over Poll Tickets, 4 Suspended
• Ripple Impact Of What Is Happening In Middle East Not Clear: S Jaishankar
• Delhi Air Quality Deteriorates As Stubble Burning Returns Ahead Of Winter
• Air India Express To Focus On Routes For Leisure Travellers: Airline Chief
• "Think About Family": E Shinde On Maratha Activist's "Suicide", Vows Quota
• If Agniveer Killed In Line Of Duty, Family To Get Over Rs 1 Crore: Report
• Chief Justice Receives Harvard Law School's "Award for Global Leadership"
• 10 Die Of Heart Attack At Garba Events In Gujarat, Youngest Was 17
• Principal Suspended In Lucknow Over Students Offering Namaz In School
• Ahead Of Dussehra, Chandrababu Naidu's Son Depicts Jagan Mohan Reddy As Ravan
• 2 Indian Workers Killed In Gas Cylinder Explosion In Maldives
• Interstate Arms Smuggling Gang Busted, 3 Arrested In Punjab: Police
• Army personnel with the help of the locals completed the construction of a bailey bridge over the Teesta River.
• BJP's Eatala Rajender To Take On KCR in Telangana's Gajwel Assembly Seat
• Anand Mahindra Rides World's 1st Foldable Diamond Frame E-Bike
• Anand Mahindra never fails to give a shout out to emerging talent. Now, Mr Mahindra is impressed with the first foldable diamond frame e-bike with full-size wheels in the world. The bike was created by IIT Bombay alumni.
• BJP Revokes MLA's Suspension, Brings Out Big Guns In First Telangana List
• Actor Dalip Tahil Gets 2 Months In Jail In 2018 Drunken Driving Case
• Indian-origin diplomat Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir has been appointed by President Joe Biden as US Ambassador to Indonesia.
• Accused On The Run In Lankan Human Trafficking Case Caught: Anti-Terror Agency NIA
• The Supreme Court has acquitted a woman convicted by a trial court for killing her newborn child whom she had allegedly conceived following her physical relations with a co-villager, saying there was no conclusive proof to establish her guilt.
• ISRO Prefers Women Fighter Test Pilots For Manned Missions: Chief S Somanath
• Centre Told To Release 50 Lakhs To Widow Of Guard Who Died During Covid
• NCP MLA Rohit Pawar on Sunday alleged that 26 works at under-construction government hospitals in Maharashtra were lying incomplete due to a stoppage of funds by Ajit Pawar
• Controversy Over Nalli Silks Ad Featuring Models Without Bindi
• Cyclone Tej Intensifies Into Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm
• Cyclone 'Tej', brewing in the Arabian Sea, intensified into an extremely severe cyclonic storm on Sunday and is headed towards the Yemen-Oman coasts, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
• Yogi Adityanath Flags Off 51 Buses To Be Operated By Women
• Basavaraj Bommai Recovering After Heart Surgery, PM Modi Inquires About Health
• Arvind Kejriwal Inaugurates Delhi's New Sarai Kale Khan Flyover
• 2 Terrorists Killed As Army Stops Infiltration In J&K, Seizes Cash, Arms
• BJP Revokes Suspension Of MLA Raja Singh Ahead Of Telangana Elections
• "Helpless Feeling": Palestinian Students In India Pray For War To End
• Life-Saving Medicines, Sleeping Bags: "Gift From People Of India" To Gaza
• BJP Complains Against Chhattisgarh Congress Candidates Over Crime Records
• US Ambassador Goes Pandal Hopping In Delhi's CR Park During Durga Pooja
• ?Airport, Helipads: Pentagon Report Flags China Infra Boost Near LAC
• Aircraft Crashes During Training Session Near Pune
• "Anything Can Happen:" Azam Khan As Cops Shift Him, Son To Different Jails
• An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale on Sunday hit Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal.
• "Tough Choice": Norway Ambassador Buys First Saree For Diwali Celebrations
• BJP, Congress Workers Protest Against Ticket Distribution In Madhya Pradesh
• Patna's Durga Puja Pandal Replicates G20 Summit, Draws Huge Crowd
• The CBI has booked Bipin Batra for allegedly illegally occupying the post of Additional Director of the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS), which establishes standards for post-graduate examinations in modern medicines.
• Watch: Meet Bros Perform 'Maadi' Garba Song written By PM Modi
• In the Umesh Pal murder case, police got a nod to attach the properties of six accused, who are on the run, including dead gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed's wife Shaista Parveen.
• "Taxes Paid": Kerala Government On Firm Owned By Chief Minister's Daughter
• Services on a priority section of India's first Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridor began on Saturday and the ridership is expected to cross the 10,000-mark on day one, a senior official of the NCRTC said.
• "Nothing Impossible For India": PM After Gaganyaan Test Flight Success
• "This Child Is Everything To Me": Nitish Kumar's Remark On Tejashwi Yadav
• The ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu on Saturday launched a campaign to obtain 50 lakh signatures in 50 days seeking to abolish the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET).
• ?President Accepts Advice To Remove Woman MLA From Puducherry Ministry
• "Additional Payments Being Approved For Rural Jobs Scheme": Union Minister
• Hotel Owner, 8-Year-Old Son, Stabbed To Death In Their Delhi House
• Punjab To Rope In Social Media Influencers To Narrate State's Rich Culture
• 3 Nagpur Cops Suspended After Chat Revealed Their Money "Collection" Plan
• No Compromise On Anti-Tobacco Warnings For Streaming Platforms: Ministry
• 188 Policemen Died In Line Of Duty In Last 1 Year, Says Amit Shah
• Only 10 local recruits have joined the terrorist ranks this year, said the Jammu and Kashmir Police today, adding that six of them have already been killed, while four others have the option to surrender or get killed.
• Probe Agency Files First Chargesheet In Mahadev Betting App Case
• The Enforcement Directorate has filed a supplementary charge sheet against an accused in a money laundering case related to alleged terrorist activities also involving the banned outfit Popular Front of India (PFI).
• Rhea Chakraborty has been in the headlines after her former boyfriend, actor Sushant Singh Rajput, died by suicide in 2020. The actress, currently a gang leader on the 19th season of MTV Roadies, is now reportedly dating entrepreneur Nikhil Kamath.
• "65% Fall In Incidents Of Terrorism, Insurgency In Northeast": Amit Shah
• Unnao Rape Survivor Files Complaint Against Family, Alleges Harassment
• 40 Children, 10 Women Fall Sick After Eating <I>Gol Gappa</I> In Jharkhand
• Hyderabad Businessman Alleges "Third Degree Torture" In Delhi Liquor Policy Case
• Suspected Maoist Kill BJP Worker In Chhattisgarh's Mohla Manpur
• Nearly 1.6 Lakh Vehicles Fined In Delhi For Pollution-Check Violations
• India A Step Closer To Realise First Human Space Flight Programme: PM Modi
• A man has been arrested in connection with the killing of a Swiss woman, whose body was found in West Delhi's Tilak Nagar area on Friday, the police said.
• Delhi Feels The Chill As Minimum Temperature Drops To 15.8 Degrees Celsius

EUROPEAN MARKETS

STOCKS

• Index????????????? ??????????? Last???????????????? ??????????? ?? ???????? ?????% Change
• FTSE 100????? ??????????? 7,381.57???????? ??????????????????????? -0.28%Negative
• DAX??? ??????????????????????? 14,744.48????? ??????????????????????? -0.36%Negative
• CAC 40????????? ??????????? 6,815.60???????? ??????????????????????? -0.01%Negative
• IBEX 35???????? ??????????? 8,980.00???????? ??????????????????????? -0.54%Negative

?COMMODITIES

• Future??????????????????????? ??????????? Last???? ??????????????????????? ?? % Change
• Brent Crude Oil??????? ??????????? 92.32? ??????????????????????? +0.17%Positive
• Gold??????????????????????????? ??????????? 1,976.20???????? ??????????? -0.32%Negative
• Copper?????????? ??????????????????????? 692.90??????????? ??????????? -0.45%Negative
• CBOT Soybeans????? ??????????? 1,295.50???????? ?????????? ? -0.52%Negative

CURRENCIES

• Exchange????? Last???? ??????????? % Change
• EUR/USD????? 1.0603??????????? +0.09%Positive
• GBP/USD????? 1.2174??????????? +0.12%Positive
• JPY/USD?????? 0.0067??????????? --
• CNY/USD????? 0.1367??????????? +0.01%Positive

YIELDS

• Name ??????????? Yield?? ??????????? Change
• US 10Y????????? 4.967? ??????????? +0.043
• DE 10Y????????? 2.929? ??????????? +0.047
• UK 10Y????????? 4.696? ??????????? +0.041
• JP 10Y?????????? 0.866? ??????????? -0.003