General News
- New Parliament Building designated as Parliament House of India hosts special session.
- Parliament passes Women’s Reservation Bill after unanimous support in Rajya Sabha.
- Women’s Reservation Bill gets President Droupadi Murmu’s nod, becomes law.
- Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha adjourns sine die after passage of landmark bill.
- Assembly bypolls: BJP wins three seats, Opposition block INDIA bags four.
- President Kovind panel meets, seeks views of state and national parties on simultaneous polls.
- Will make ‘clarificatory’ changes in forms to say linking Aadhaar with voter ID optional: EC tells SC.
- Aditya L1 gets ‘send off’ from Earth as ISRO performs key manoeuvre, begin 110-day journey to L1 point.
- ISRO prepares to revive Chandrayaan 3’s Lander and Rover on Moon from sleep during lunar sunrise.
- PM Modi launches ₹13,000-crore ‘PM Vishwakarma’ scheme for traditional workers.
- Rajnath Singh inaugurates 90 infra projects of BRO across 11 States and Union Territories.
- Govt approves defence acquisition worth ₹45,000 crore from domestic vendors.
- Indian Air Force receives first C-295 transport aircraft from Airbus, 55 more to follow.
- PM Modi participates in ASEAN-India Summit and East Asia Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia.
- African Union becomes permanent member of G20 under India’s presidency.
- G20 leaders adopt Delhi Declaration rejecting use of force to acquire territory in reference to Russia.
- President Murmu hosts grand dinner for G20 guests; millets’ dishes, Kashmiri Kahwa on menu.
- PM Modi, Saudi Crown Prince hold first strategic meet, discuss energy, defence.
- Jaishankar holds talks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and NSA Jake Sullivan.
- Rahul Gandhi holds talks with European Parliament members in Brussels.
- PM Modi invites US President Biden to India’s 2024 Republic Day celebrations.
- INDIA bloc alliance parties pass resolution to jointly contest 2024 LS polls at Mumbai meet.
- JD(S) confirms alliance with BJP-led NDA ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
- AIADMK unanimously passes resolution, exits NDA ahead of 2024 polls.
- SC directs Karnataka government to release 5,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu.
- Karnataka bandh over Cauvery issue disrupts normal life in Bengaluru, Section 144 imposed.
- Assam govt seeks withdrawal of Disturbed Areas Act, AFSPA from entire state.
- Centre extends Armed Forces Act in some parts of Arunachal and Nagaland from first of October.
- Ex-Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu arrested over alleged corruption charges.
- Nipah virus under control in Kerala, restrictions eased in containment zones.
- Health Ministry reduces qualifying percentile for NEET PG Counselling to 0 across all categories this year.
- National Medical Commission gets global recognition, Indian medical graduates can practice abroad.
- UGC bars varsities from printing Aadhaar number on degrees, provisional certificates.
- Rozgar Mela: PM Modi distributes about 51,000 appointment letters to newly inducted recruits.
- VP Jagdeep Dhankhar conferred Sangeet Natak Akademi Amrit Awards to 84 performing artists.
- Veteran actor Waheeda Rehman to be honoured with Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2023.
- President Murmu presents National Smart City Award to Indore, MP declared as the ‘Best State’.
- MS Swaminathan, father of India’s Green Revolution, passes away at 98.
- India crosses milestone of providing 13 crore rural household tap connections.
- CBI chargesheet against 3 officials in Balasore train accident case.
- Santiniketan finds a place on UNESCO’s World Heritage list.
- Canada links India to slaying of Khalistani separatist leader, expels top Indian diplomat; India retaliates.
- Canada issues second advisory for its citizens travelling to India, asks them to be vigilant.
- Donald Trump won’t be the Republican nominee for U.S. presidential polls: Nikki Haley.
- Republican presidential candidates blame Donald Trump, Democrats over govt shutdown threat.
- Antony Blinken visits KyiV; US announces new security assistance worth $600 million for Ukraine.
- Turkey’s President meets Russia’s Putin and aims to revive the wartime Ukraine grain export deal.
- Putin meets Kim Jong Un at Russia’s space centre; Kremlin to help North Korea build satellites.
- US, South Korea, Japan raise concerns over Russia-North Korea military cooperation.
- China’s Xi Jinping meets Syria’s Bashar al Assad and announces strategic partnership.
- Indian-origin economist Tharman Shanmugaratnam wins Singapore presidential election in landslide.
- Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia protest China’s “standard map” for 2023.
- China says 90 countries have confirmed attendance for Belt and Road Initiative conference.
- Japan launches rocket carrying ‘Moon Sniper’ lunar lander, , landing in four to six months.
- PM Modi lays foundation stone of ₹451 crore cricket stadium in Varanasi.
- ICC ODI ranking: Australia dethrones Pakistan to clinch top following win over South Africa.
- Mohammed Siraj reclaims Number 1 spot in ICC ODI rankings
- Virat Kohli becomes fifth player to reach 13,000 ODI runs, breaks Sachin Tendulkar’s record.
- Rohit Sharma completes 10,000 ODI runs, second fastest after Kohli.
- India won the 3-ODI match series against Australia 2-1.
- US Open: Djokovic downs Medvedev to win record-tying 24th Slam.
- American teenager Gauff wins US Open for maiden Major title.
- Rohan Bopanna becomes oldest Grand Slam finalist of Open era.
- D Gukesh replaces Viswanathan Anand as India’s top Chess player after 37 years.
- 19th Asian Games begins at Hangzhou in China.
- India 4th with 38 medals: 10 gold, 14 silver and 14 bronze.
- eSports made its debut at the Games as a medal event, seen as a major step toward Olympic status.
- MotoGP Bharat 2023 kicks off at Buddh International Circuit.
Business News
- Cabinet approves ₹1,650 crore subsidy for 75 lakh LPG connections over three years.
- Govt to provide up to 8% interest subsidy for Vishwakarma Yojana.
- Govt approves ₹3,760 crore viability gap fund to promote battery energy storage system.
- Govt enhances LIC agents, employees’ gratuity limit; ups term insurance cover, family pension rate.
- Centre asks pulses stakeholders to disclose lentils’ stocks with immediate effect.
- Centre reduces wheat stock limit to 2,000 tonnes for traders, wholesalers, and big-chain retailers.
- Finance Ministry notifies Oct 1 date for implementing amended GST law provisions for e-gaming.
- India announces launch of Global Biofuels Alliance on sidelines of G20 Summit.
- Rail linking India with Europe announced by Biden, allies at G20 Summit.
- India, Saudi Arabia agree to ‘accelerate’ $50 billion west coast refinery project.
- UP approves new township in Meerut near Rapid rail on the lines of developed countries.
- Karnataka govt approves 91 investment projects worth ₹7,660 crore.
- Assam govt approves ₹5,197 crore project for power sector modernisation.
- Govt rolls out 3rd phase of mandatory gold hallmarking in 55 new districts in 17 states/UT.
- NPCI launches slew of new payment options on payment platforms UPI.
- RBI to discontinue incremental cash reserve ratio by October 7 in phased manner.
- RBI proposes 6-month deadline for banks to identify wilful defaulters.
- ICICI Bank gets RBI nod to make I-Process Services as wholly-owned subsidiary.
- SBI offers UPI integration with digital rupee.
- Bank of Baroda enables UPI ATM facility at over 6,000 ATMs across country.
- Vishnu Prakash R Punglia, Rishabh Instruments, RR Kabel and Yatra Online make their market debuts.
- L&T raises buyback price to ₹3,200, reduces shares offered.
- JP Morgan adds Indian bonds to its global index.
- Jio Financial shares removed from BSE, NSE indices.
- IndianOil unveils India’s first green hydrogen-run bus that emits just water.
- NTPC, Oil India ink pact to explore collaborations in renewable energy, hydrogen space.
- Suzuki Motor inks pact with NDDB, Banas Dairy to set up biogas plants with ₹230 crore investment.
- Tata Motors launches registered vehicle scrapping facility ‘Re.Wi.Re’ in Surat.
- Toyota plans third India plant, new SUV as domestic sales surge in 2023.
- Renault ends common purchasing agreement with Nissan and Mitsubishi
- Hero MotoCorp to invest ₹550 crore into Ather Energy.
- Centre approves 30 railway projects worth over ₹83,000 crore for Telangana.
- TCS bags $1 billion deal from Jaguar Land Rover.
- Reliance, NVIDIA to develop foundational large language model for AI in India.
- Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates to join US senators for AI forum.
- HP partners with Google to make Chromebooks in India from next month.
- IDEMIA partners Airtel Payments Bank, HMD Global to bring CBDC payments to feature phones in India.
- Bharat 6G Alliance and Next G Alliance sign MoU to explore collaboration opportunities.
- Jio launches 5G wireless access device in eight cities.
- Meta launches UPI payments for WhatsApp Business messaging in India.
- Tata Projects partners with Micron Tech to construct advanced semiconductor facility in Sanand.
- Adani Enterprises, Kowa form JV in Singapore to sell green hydrogen, ammonia.
- Adani Green and TotalEnergy to form 50:50 JV with an investment of $300 million.
- Tata Steel, ABB India partner to co-develop technology to reduce carbon footprint in steel making.
- Vedanta splits into six firms; entities to be listed on bourses.
- Government unveils National Policy on R&D in pharma, medtech.
- Cabinet approves foreign investment of up to ₹9,589 crore in Suven Pharma.
- WHO’s good manufacturing norms to be made compulsory for all drug firms.
- Amazon commits $15 million from climate fund to APAC region, earmarks $3 million for India projects.
- Apple starts selling assembled in India iPhone 15 models on launch day for first time.
- SpiceJet pays Kal Airways ₹100 crore towards arbitral award after court order.
- Jalan Kalrock Consortium completes infusion of ₹350 crore in Jet Airways, ready to take control of airline.
- Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal arrested in ₹538 crore alleged bank fraud case.
- US Federal Reserve leaves rates unchanged, sees tighter policy through 2024.
- Bank of Japan keeps interest rates unchanged, gives dovish guidance on future policy.
- China keeps benchmark rates unchanged as economy finds footing.
- Sri Lanka ends fuel rationing imposed at height of economic crisis.
- UK’s second-largest city Birmingham declares itself effectively bankrupt.
- FSSAI begins milk & milk products’ survey across 766 districts across the country, to submit report by Dec.
- Coffee Day Global and IndusInd bank reach settlement, withdraw insolvency litigation.
- Viacom18 beats Disney to BCCI cricket media rights for $721 million.
- Disney Star bags ₹150 crore sponsorship from Mahindra Auto for Asia Cup & ICC World Cup.
- Writers Guild and Hollywood studios reach tentative deal to end strike.
- KKR makes fresh investment of ₹2,069.50 in Reliance Retail, hikes stake to 1.42%.
- OYO parent Oravel joins Japan’s SoftBank to launch luxury hotel chain ‘Sunday’ in India.
- Cred enters new business segment, launches vehicle management service.
- Uday Kotak resigns as Kotak Mahindra Bank MD & CEO, Dipak Gupta takes interim charge.
- Centre reappoints M. Rajeshwar Rao as Deputy Governor of RBI for a period of one year.
- RBI approves re-appointment of ICICI Bank’s MD Sandeep Bakhshi for three years.
- Former SBI Chief Rajnish Kumar appointed Chairman of Mastercard India.
- Rupert Murdoch steps down as head of News Corp and Fox.
WORLD INDICES | ||||||
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Indices | 29-Sep | 31-Aug | % | 1M | 02-Jan | % since Jan |
BSE | 65,828 | 64,831 | 1.54% | 61,168 | 7.62% | |
NSE | 19,638 | 19,254 | 2.00% | 18,197 | 7.92% | |
DOW | 33,508 | 34,722 | -3.50% | 33,147 | 1.09% | |
NASDAQ | 13,219 | 14,035 | -5.81% | 10,466 | 26.30% | |
FTSE | 7,608 | 7,439 | 2.27% | 7,452 | 2.10% | |
Nikkei | 31,858 | 32,619 | -2.34% | 26,095 | 22.09% | |
Hang Seng | 17,810 | 18,382 | -3.11% | 19,781 | -9.97% | |
Straits Times | 3,217 | 3,233 | -0.49% | 3,251 | -1.04% | |
Shanghai | 3,110 | 3,120 | -0.30% | 3,089 | 0.69% | |
USD | 83.04 | 82.79 | 0.31% | 82.72 | 0.39% | |
Euro | 87.81 | 90.03 | -2.47% | 88.30 | -0.55% | |
GBP | 101.33 | 105.03 | -3.52% | 99.91 | 1.42% | |
Yen/100INR | 0.556 | 0.57 | -2.04% | 0.64 | -12.81% | |
Gold | 57,096 | 59,285 | -3.69% | 55,586 | 2.72% | |
Silver | 69,870 | 74,203 | -5.84% | 70,579 | -1.00% | |
Crude Brent $ | 92.09 | 87.05 | 5.79% | 85.50 | 7.71% | |
Crude Nymex $ | 90.77 | 83.81 | 8.30% | 79.92 | 13.58% |
NIFTY SECTORAL INDICES | |||||
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Sectors | BANK NIFTY | CNX IT | CNX AUTO | CNX FMCG | CNX PHARMA |
29-Sep | 44,585 | 31,784 | 16,184 | 51,603 | 15,423 |
31-Aug | 43,989 | 31,165 | 15,670 | 51,093 | 15,096 |
% 1M | 1.35% | 1.99% | 3.28% | 1.00% | 2.17% |
02-Jan | 43,203 | 28,737 | 12,668 | 44,193 | 12,551 |
% since Jan | 3.20% | 10.60% | 27.76% | 16.77% | 22.88% |
Exports in ($ Bn) | 34.48 |
Imports ($ Bn) | 58.64 |
FDI | 749 |
Government Bond 10Y | 7.18% |
GDP YoY | 7.80% |
Inflation Rate | 6.83% |
Forex Reserves ($ Mn) | 5,90,700 |
IIP % | 5.70% |
INSTITUTIONAL TRADING ACTIVITY | ||
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Particulars | FII (Rs. crore) | MF (Rs. crore) |
Equity | (16,026) | 14,230 |
Debt | 768 | (1,918) |
Total 1 M | (15,258) | 12,312 |
Total Since Jan | 1,47,958 | 61,188 |
Equity | 1,22,304 | 1,05,589 |
Debt | 25,655 | (44,401) |
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