Ahead of assembly elections in Telangana at the year-end, the Election Commission of India delegation will visit the state for a three-day assessment of poll preparedness.

CEO Vikas Raj convened a joint meeting today with Director General of Police (DGP) Anjani Kumar to discuss and assess the state's poll preparedness.

Gold price fell Rs 400 in Thursday's early trade with 10 grams of the yellow metal (24-carat) trading at Rs 60,050, according to the GoodReturns website. Silver price dipped Rs 100, with 1 kg of the precious metal selling at Rs 74,000.

The price of ten grams of 22-carat gold declined Rs 350 to Rs 55,050.

The Centre, in a late night development, lowered the import duty on refined soybean oil and refined sunflower oil to check food inflation.

The import duty on refined soybean oil has been brought down 17.5 per cent to 12.5 per cent, while that on refined sunflower oil has been brought down in a similar proportion.

France’s Renault has reached a peak by producing one million vehicles in India and has set a target of 2 million by 2030, which will be driven by new launches and a planned electric vehicle foray, said a top executive on Wednesday.

Renault India is working on a slew of new models, including two ICE (internal combustion engine) products and an A segment (small car) electric vehicle (EV). The new cars will start rolling out in 2025. The company’s manufacturing facility in Oragadam near Chennai has a capacity of 480,000 units per annum.

The Cabinet is likely to approve a Rs 25,000 crore scheme for semiconductor manufacturing in the country, ET Now reported on Wednesday. The announcement is expected to come out in the afternoon after a Cabinet meeting, which is underway, concludes.

In May, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the Centre is prioritising attracting more investments in India by expanding the production-linked incentive (PLI) schemes to include semiconductors and components.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday sounded a Red alert as cyclone 'Biparjoy' warning for the Saurashtra and Kutch coasts in Gujarat.

It is very likely to move nearly northeastwards and cross Saurashtra and Kutch and adjoining Pakistan coasts between Mandvi (Gujarat) and Karachi (Pakistan) near Jakhau Port (Gujarat) by the evening of June 15, informed the IMD.

Sanjive Narain, the owner of Assam's oldest news channel, and Sanjay Aditya Singh, the promoter of a cabin crew training academy, are launching a regional airline with business and premium economy service in northeast states.

Jettwings Airways will be based in Guwahati and will connect places with twin class Embraer E175 aircraft. The airline plans to launch in October after securing an initial no objection clearance from the civil aviation ministry.

Shares of One97 Communications (Paytm) hit a 52-week high of Rs 854.90, gaining 2 per cent on the BSE in Wednesday's intra-day trade. In the past six trading days, the stock of the fintech company has rallied 20 per cent after brokerage firm BofA Securities upgraded the stock to 'buy' citing its dominant position in the payment industry. The foreign brokerage firm has upgraded the target to Rs 885 per share.

At least nine people died, while ten others were injured in fresh violence reported in Agijang village on the border between Imphal East and Kangpokpi districts in Manipur on Tuesday.

According to the police, firing was reported after a group of armed assailants descended upon the area and launched an attack, police said on Wednesday.

Shares of Vodafone Idea leaped 10 per cent to Rs 8.48 apiece on the BSE in Wednesday's intra-day deals amid reports that promoters are planning to infuse funds in the debt laden telecom company.

At 9:53 AM, shares of the telecom services provider were ruling 5.6 per cent higher at Rs 8.14 per share as against 0.18 per cent dip in the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex. A combined 210.73 million shares had changed hands on the counter on NSE and BSE till the time of writing of this report.

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