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Multilateral banks are key to financing the fight against global warming; here is how they work
The Statesman

Multilateral banks are key to financing the fight against global warming; here is how they work

As climate change leads to a seemingly endless stream of weather disasters around the world, countries are struggling to adapt to the new reality.

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November 11, 2024
Market outlook: Inflation, FII, economic data key triggers for next week
The Statesman

Market outlook: Inflation, FII, economic data key triggers for next week

The market outlook for next week will be guided by key macroeconomic data and the last round of Q2 earnings.

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November 11, 2024
The Statesman

Punjab & Sind Bank seeks bids from ARCs to sell over ₹400 cr NPAs

Punjab & Sind Bank is seeking bids from asset reconstruction companies (ARCs) and other eligible entities to sell Rs 403.62 crore of non-performing loans across nine accounts.

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November 11, 2024
Market valuation of six of top-10 firms erode by over ₹1.55 lakh crore
The Statesman

Market valuation of six of top-10 firms erode by over ₹1.55 lakh crore

The combined market valuation of six of the top 10 most-valued firms eroded Rs 1,55,721.12 crore last week, with Reliance Industries emerging as the biggest laggard, in line with an overall weak trend in equities.

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November 11, 2024
FPIs pull out approx ₹20,000 crore in last five trading sessions
The Statesman

FPIs pull out approx ₹20,000 crore in last five trading sessions

The foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have pulled out approximately Rs 20,000 crore in the last five trading sessions.

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November 11, 2024
EPFO to hire CA firms for preparation of Annual Financial Statements
The Statesman

EPFO to hire CA firms for preparation of Annual Financial Statements

A meeting of the Employees' Provident Fund Organization has decided to hire two Chartered Accountant firms for the preparation of Annual Financial Statements of the EPFO, and to facilitate the automation of the process of preparation of financial statements.

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November 11, 2024
The Statesman

Singapore Airlines to invest ₹3,194.5 crore in Air India post-merger of Vistara

Singapore Airlines is set to make an additional investment of Rs 3,194.5 crore in Tata Group-owned Air India post-merger of Vistara in November.

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November 11, 2024
Scheduled commercial banks, NBFCs to give additional MSME credit of ₹1.54 lakh cr: FM
The Statesman

Scheduled commercial banks, NBFCs to give additional MSME credit of ₹1.54 lakh cr: FM

The government has set the target for all scheduled commercial banks and NBFCs for providing additional MSME credit of Rs 1.54 lakh crore in the current financial year (FY25).

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November 11, 2024
Balmer Lawrie well on track to cross ₹6,000 cr revenue mark, set to roll out new verticals
The Statesman

Balmer Lawrie well on track to cross ₹6,000 cr revenue mark, set to roll out new verticals

A number of its business verticals had been hit hard by the pandemic. The de-growth in the post-pandemic phase seems to be a thing of the past now, and Balmer Lawrie, a Kolkata-headquartered Mini-ratna-I PSE (public sector enterprise), under Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, is well on track to reach its targeted gross revenue of Rs 6000 crore and an increased bottomline.

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November 11, 2024
Multilateral banks are key to financing the fight against global warming; here is how they work
The Statesman Kolkata

Multilateral banks are key to financing the fight against global warming; here is how they work

As climate change leads to a seemingly endless stream of weather disasters around the world, countries are struggling to adapt to the new reality.

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November 11, 2024
UN nuclear chief to visit Iran for talks on country's nuke programme
The Statesman

UN nuclear chief to visit Iran for talks on country's nuke programme

The visit comes amid wider tensions gripping West Asia over the Israel-Hamas war and uncertainty over how U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will approach Iran after his inauguration in January

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November 11, 2024
Soldier with Yemen's exiled government opens fire, killing two Saudi troops and wounding another
The Statesman

Soldier with Yemen's exiled government opens fire, killing two Saudi troops and wounding another

A soldier for Yemen's exiled government opened fire on Saudi troops as they exercised in eastern Yemen, killing two of them and wounding another in a rare insider attack during the kingdom's nearly decadelong war there, officials said Saturday.

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November 11, 2024
The Statesman

Indonesia's new leader calls for collaboration with China before heading to the USA

Indonesia's new leader called for collaboration rather than confrontation with China after the signing of $10 billion in new deals at a business forum on Sunday in the Chinese capital before heading to the U.S.

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November 11, 2024
Iran voices willingness to expand all-out ties with Sudan
The Statesman

Iran voices willingness to expand all-out ties with Sudan

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi voiced his country's willingness and readiness to expand all-out relations with Sudan, especially in the fields of trade and economy.

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November 11, 2024
China delimits a Contested South China Sea Shoal in a dispute With Philippines
The Statesman

China delimits a Contested South China Sea Shoal in a dispute With Philippines

China has published baselines for a contested shoal in the South China Sea it had seized from the Philippines, a move that's likely to increase tensions over overlapping territorial claims.

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November 11, 2024
Pakistan military says six 'terrorists' killed in intelligence-based operation
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Pakistan military says six 'terrorists' killed in intelligence-based operation

Six \"terrorists\" were killed and six others injured during an intelligence-based operation in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said on Sunday.

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November 11, 2024
The Taliban will attend a UN climate conference for the 1st time
The Statesman

The Taliban will attend a UN climate conference for the 1st time

The Taliban will attend a U.N. climate conference for the first time since their takeover of Afghanistan in 2021, the country's national environment agency said Sunday.

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November 11, 2024
Israeli strikes kill dozens in Lebanon and northern Gaza, officials say
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Israeli strikes kill dozens in Lebanon and northern Gaza, officials say

An Israeli airstrike killed at least 23 people in the village of Aalmat, north of Beirut; another strike on a home sheltering displaced people in the Jabaliya refugee camp in Gaza killed at least 17 people

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November 11, 2024
Delhi's air quality still remains 'very poor'
The Statesman

Delhi's air quality still remains 'very poor'

Residents of the national capital continued to reel under the toxic air situation for over a week as the city's average Air Quality Index (AQI) remained under 'very poor' category on Sunday, despite witnessing a slight improvement.

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November 11, 2024
Another arrest made in connection with Brampton Hindu temple attack
The Statesman

Another arrest made in connection with Brampton Hindu temple attack

The Canadian Police have announced another arrest in connection with a violent incident that took place during a protest at a Hindu temple in Brampton on November 3.

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November 11, 2024
Putin approves comprehensive strategic partnership treaty with North Korea
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Putin approves comprehensive strategic partnership treaty with North Korea

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a treaty on comprehensive strategic partnership with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)

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November 11, 2024
Drones strike Moscow as top UK official highlights Russian casualties in Ukraine
The Statesman

Drones strike Moscow as top UK official highlights Russian casualties in Ukraine

A massive drone strike rattled Moscow and its suburbs overnight into Sunday, injuring a woman and temporarily halting traffic at some of Russia's busiest airports, while a huge nighttime wave of Russian drones targeted Ukraine, officials reported.

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November 11, 2024
Frustrated Americans await the economic changes they voted for with Trump
The Statesman

Frustrated Americans await the economic changes they voted for with Trump

Fed up with high prices and unimpressed with an economy that by just about any measure is a healthy one, Americans demanded change when they voted for president.

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November 11, 2024
The Statesman

Dhaka tense as Awami League supporters beaten on Noor Hossain Day

Bangladesh's capital Dhaka remains tense on Sunday as several Awami League supporters were reportedly beaten following the party's decision to hold a protest march at Shaheed Noor Hossain Square in commemoration of Noor Hossain Day.

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November 11, 2024
5-member team of JPC on Waqf Bill arrives in Bhubaneswar
The Statesman

5-member team of JPC on Waqf Bill arrives in Bhubaneswar

A five-member team of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 including its chairman Jagadambika Pal arrived in Bhubaneswar here on Sunday.

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November 11, 2024
Delhi govt implemented effective measures to curb pollution: Sisodia
The Statesman

Delhi govt implemented effective measures to curb pollution: Sisodia

Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia said on Sunday that the Delhi government had implemented effective measures to control pollution.

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November 11, 2024
Security stepped up outside Canadian High Commission following protest against temple attack
The Statesman Kolkata

Security stepped up outside Canadian High Commission following protest against temple attack

Security was stepped up outside the High Commission of Canada in New Delhi on Sunday as members of Hindu Sikh Global Forum staged a protest near the place, opposing the attack on a Hindu temple in Canada.

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November 11, 2024
The Statesman

Delhi cabinet recommends immediate reinstatement of bus marshals

The Delhi government, in a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Atishi on Sunday, unanimously decided to reinstate Bus Marshals across the city's public transport system, sources said.

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November 11, 2024
5-member team of JPC on Waqf Bill arrives in Bhubaneswar
The Statesman

5-member team of JPC on Waqf Bill arrives in Bhubaneswar

A five-member team of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, including its chairman Jagadambika Pal, arrived in Bhubaneswar on Sunday.

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November 11, 2024
AAP and BJP responsible for agri crisis in Punjab: SAD
The Statesman

AAP and BJP responsible for agri crisis in Punjab: SAD

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Sunday held the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) responsible for the agri crisis in the State and accused them of working in collusion with each other to destroy the farm economy of Punjab.

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November 11, 2024