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Cow slaughtering in India has always been controversial. However, it has become more so recently and has led to riots and, at times, murders of beef eaters (even on mere suspicion). <strong>Read more:</strong> <a href="https://www.financialexpress.com/article/fe-columnist/meat-politics-hurting-economics/147597/"><strong>Meat politics hurting economics</strong></a>(Cartoon by Rohnit Phore)
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A coalition of Tunisian workers, business owners, rights activists and lawyers won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for intervening at a crucial time to push the North African country that sparked the Arab Spring revolutions toward democracy and away from civil war. (PTI)
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The benchmark BSE Sensex on Friday bounced back by 233.70 pts to a seven-week high of 27,079.51 on rally in tech and commodity stocks as details from the last US Fed meeting indicated that it is in no rush to raise interest rates. Nifty rose 60.35 points to settle at 8,189.70. (PTI)
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In the 50-share index, Vedanta (12.65 per cent), Tata Steel (4.28 per cent), Tata Motors (4.15 per cent), Infosys (3.15 per cent) and ICICI Bank (2.80 per cent) were among the top gainers on Friday. Coal India (2.99 per cent), Asian Paints (2.35 per cent), Bank of Baroda (2.31 per cent), Maruti Suzuki (1.92 per cent) and Sun Pharma (1.22 per cent) were among the top losers. (PTI)
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Passenger vehicle sales continued to increase in the domestic market as the segment grew by the 3.84% y-o-y to 232,167 units in September on the back of strong performance from the recently launched vehicles and increase in demand for vehicles in south and west India due to festivals like Pongal and Ganesh Puja, data from Soceity of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam) showed. (PTI)
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IndusInd Bank on Friday reported a 30% rise in its net profit at Rs 560.04 crore for the second quarter of fiscal year 2016 on a year-on-year basis. (PTI)
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Bihar Phase 1 constituencies. (PTI)
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The Indian rupee on Friday bounced back 32 paise to close at 64.74 against the US dollar on fresh selling of dollars by banks and exporters on the back of recovery in the the equity market. (PTI)
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Gold prices rose modestly after brief overnight fall at the domestic bullion market here on Friday due to increased offtake from jewellery traders and stockists largely supported by buoyant overseas sentiment. (PTI)
