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UK’s FTSE 100 edges up as consumer staples offset commodity slump

The blue-chip FTSE 100 ended up 0.2% and the domestically oriented FTSE 250 index rose 0.1%.

London’s Heathrow tells airlines to stop ticket sales as it caps passengers

Heathrow had between 110,000 and 125,000 daily passenger departures in July and August 2019.

Vodafone Idea partners with Pariksha to bring Agniveer course material on Vi app

Under the Agnipath scheme, those aged between 17-and-a-half and 21 years would be inducted into the armed forces for a four-year tenure and 25 per cent of them will be inducted for regular service subsequently.

Sustainable mining is need of hour: Pralhad Joshi

Minister of State for Mines Raosaheb Patil Danve also spoke on the occasion and said, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the nation is aiming to become a five trillion-dollar economy.

Jharkhand to get 14 new air routes, 3 more airports: Scindia

Scindia, who accompanied Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Jharkhand, said the new airports will come up at Bokaro, Jamshedpur and Dumka.

Supply chain no more a constraint, marketing spend higher than pre-Covid levels: Lenovo

Lenovo India director of consumer business Dinesh Nair said that stability of portfolio is a critical factor for companies and Lenovo plans to do a lot of things to maintain the growth momentum.

Global equities waver, oil falls amid recession fears

A high inflation reading would add pressure for the Fed to step up its already aggressive pace of interest rate increases. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.08%, while the S&P 500 lost 0.32% and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.58%.

IRCTC takes disciplinary action against 61 employees for irregular attendance

Disciplinary action has been taken against as many as 61 employees of the company, including many top-level officials.