Attackers seized and later let go a tanker linked to Israel off the coast of Yemen on Sunday, authorities said.

Yemen's internationally recognised government blamed the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels for the attack, which followed at least two other recent maritime attacks linked to the Israel-Hamas war.

The Supreme Court on Friday reserved its order in the Adani-Hindenburg case and indicated it might pass some more directions to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi).

Sebi told the court it would not seek an extension to complete its investigation of the matter.

BH International Holdings, a unit of Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway, sold its remaining 2.46 per cent stake in One 97 Communications (Paytm) on Friday. It sold 15.62 million shares at Rs 877.3 apiece for Rs 1,371 crore.

According to data provided by stock exchanges, Copthall Mauritius Investment picked up 7.57 million shares and Ghisallo Master Fund LP acquired 4.2 million shares, amounting to a 1.19 per cent and 0.67 per cent stake in Paytm, respectively.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday said there is no anti-incumbency against the Congress and the party will form the government in the state again.

"There seems to be an undercurrent. Looks like the (Congress) government will be repeated," he said.

Credit card spending by Indians rose 25.35 per cent to a new high of Rs 1.78 trillion in October from Rs 1.42 trillion in September 2023, supported by growth in point of sale (POS) transactions and e-commerce payments in the festive season.

PoS transactions increased to Rs 57,774.35 crore and e-commerce payments to Rs 120,794.40 crore in October.

In a bid to increase the electricity production in the state, the Uttar Pradesh government will invest more than Rs 18,000 crore in a coal-fired thermal power plant in Sonbhadra district. The proposed thermal power unit ‘Anpara E’ will be set up by Meja Utpadan Nigam Priv­a­te Limited, a joint venture of NTPC and UP Rajya Vidyut Ut­p­adan Nigam Limited (UPRVUNL).

This comes amid the rep­orts that the Government of India is looking at facilitating easier funding for new coal-fired thermal power plants in the wake of a sharp jump in electricity demand.

People turned up at polling booths in Jaipur in large numbers as voting for the Rajasthan assembly elections began Saturday morning.

Many voters, youngsters as well as the elderly, queued up at polling centres well before 7 am when the polling began.

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Supremo Mayawati said that Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao was not concerned about the welfare of the Dalit community and considered it his vote bank, a Deccan Chronicle (DC) report said. She also accused him of politically suppressing the community.

She was speaking at an election rally in support of the BSP candidate, Dasari Usha from Peddapalli.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) are strategically targeting offline and feature phone-based payments, along with purpose-defined transactions, to propel the adoption of the central bank-backed digital currency (CBDC), according to a report by The Economic Times (ET).

The shared vision of both the RBI and NPCI is to streamline CBDC usage, making digital payments as straightforward as traditional cash transactions.

Telangana Chief Minister and Bharat Rashtra Samithi Supremo K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR) warned people against voting for the Congress on November 30. KCR talked about the state of affairs in Karnataka and said that Congress won the elections six months back and is still struggling to provide electricity for five hours, a Deccan Chronicle (DC) report said. He cautioned that if Congress is elected in Telangana, the party will push the state back into darkness.

CM KCR addressed election rallies in Maheshwaram, Vikarabad, Zaheerabad, and Patancheru on Thursday.

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