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Sensex, Nifty scale record closing highs

Equity indices scaled yet another closing high on Monday with the benchmark BSE sensex rising over 450 points led by gains in metal, bank stocks. After scaling an intra-day high of 61,963, the 30-share BSE index jumped 460 points or 0.75 per cent to finish at fresh record of 61,766.

'Millennials pull crypto out of shadows in India'

Hate speech has dropped by almost 50%, claims Facebook

Tea exports down by 14% in first 7 months of 2021

Industry: Secretary-general of India Tea Association Arijit Raha said exports to Iran were lower due to the sanctions by the U.S.

Highest post-pandemic domestic air traffic seen on Sunday: Jyotiraditya Scindia

Industry: The Centre announced on October 12 that airlines can operate domestic flights without any capacity restriction from October 18.

Investors using Zerodha platform may face issues in selling stocks with CDSL

Markets: CDSL has not commented on the issue

Nirmala Sitharaman highlights need to keep supply chains open for vaccine raw materials to combat COVID-19

Health: Last month, India said that it will resume export of surplus COVID-19 vaccines in the fourth quarter of 2021 under the ''Vaccine Maitri'' programme and to meet its commitment to the COVAX global pool.

Nykaa, Adani Wilmar, Star Health, 3 others get SEBI's go-ahead to float IPOs

Markets: Penna Cement Industries, Latent View Analytics and Sigachi Industries too received SEBI's clearance to raise funds through the initial public offerings.

Why it matters to the world if China delivers on its carbon targets

News/Business: China's President Xi wants to transform the economy to help the poorest. He also insists the country can cut its carbon output. But can he do both at the same time and hang on to power?

Stock markets live: Sensex jumps 446 points in the opening trade

Six Senses eyes 6 luxury resorts in a decade: CEO

China's Q3 economic growth slows to 4.9%

China's GDP expanded 4.9% in the July-September quarter from a year earlier, slowing from 7.9% in April-June quarter. The world's second-largest economy has staged an impressive rebound from the pandemic but the recovery is losing steam.

Sterlite Power bags Rs 324 crore transmission project

Industry: The company has completed the NER-II project, an inter-state transmission scheme spanning across the north-eastern states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura.

French company Thales to put $1.2 billion in India over 5 years

Govt may check import of key sanitiser ingredient

Local soft drink companies hit by GST hike

Toyota, Suzuki tieup may extend to EVs, green tech

Rupee trades almost flat at 75.28 against U.S. dollar in opening deals

Markets: On the domestic equity market front, the BSE Sensex was trading higher by 525.54 points or 0.86% at 61,831.49; while the broader NSE Nifty was up 166.55 points or 0.91% at 18,505.10

Sensex rallies over 500 points to hit new peak; Nifty tops 18,500

Markets: Infosys was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rising over 2%

Facebook plans to hire 10,000 in EU to build 'metaverse'

Facebook Inc plans to hire 10,000 in the European Union over the next five years, the social media giant said on Monday, to help build the so-called metaverse - a nascent online world where people exist and communicate in shared virtual spaces.In September, Facebook committed $50 million towards building the metaverse, where companies like Roblox Corp and "Fortnite" maker Epic Games have an early foothold.