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The 22-year-old Sumit Nagal, who has been in good form of late, reaped the benefit of a semi-final finish at the ATP Challenger Campinas in Brazil last week. On September 30, Nagal had attained the career-best ranking of 135 after he made a giant leap of 26 places

At 10:15 am, the BSE S&P Sensex was up by 214 points at 38,321 while the Nifty 50 edged higher by 49 points to 11,363. At the National Stock Exchange, sectoral indices were mixed.       

19 teams of the National Disaster Response Force have been deployed in Bihar due to floods following torrential rains. NDRF teams are carrying out rescue and evacuation operations along with other agencies in the flood-affected areas. The death toll in Bihar has risen to 29 owing to rain related incidents in the state. The state government has requested the Indian Air Force for two helicopters to aid in rescue operations. 

Heavy rains in Pune for the past two days have killed 21 people in the city. The city recorded 106 millimetres of rainfall on Thursday (September 26).

The rain has subsided today but many low-lying areas in Pune are still inundated. At least 10,500 people were shifted to safer places and schools and colleges will remain closed today.
 

The rupee rose by 14 paise to 70.90 against the US dollar in early trade on Thursday. Forex traders said investor confidence improved after US President Donald Trump said that trade deal with China could happen sooner than expected.
 

A case of Christian girl forced  to convert to Islam has been reported in Kerala. Following this, National Minority Commission (NMC) vice chairman George Kurian wrote to Union home minister Amit Shah on the need to take action against cases of love jihad.

The effects of the Indian government’s announcement of revised corporate tax cuts continued on Monday as the Sensex gained over 1,400 points by the afternoon     

Plummeting sales will be compounded by 15% rise in production costs which auto majors may not be able to pass on to consumers

Top gainers in the Sensex pack in early trade included Bajaj Finance, Reliance Industries, SBI, Yes Bank, Axis Bank, Kotak Bank, Tata Steel, Vedanta, Asian Paints, Bharti Airtel, HCL Tech, HDFC and TCS, rising up to 2.10%.
 

Saturday's coordinated drone strikes on key Saudi Arabian oil facilities cut out more than 5% of global oil supply and has caused oil prices to rise over 15%, the highest in four months

I want to tell India that extremism would rise in Kashmir. People would fight against the atrocities and human rights violations, said Pakistan PM Imran Khan. Whereas India had reiterated in Geneva summit that Pakistan's narrative was fabricated.

 

Forex traders said fall in global crude oil prices and fresh foreign fund inflows also enthused investors as the rupee rose 26 paise to 70.88 against the US dollar

Forex traders said Trump delaying the increase in Chinese tariff by 15 days enthused investors as the Indian rupee appreciated by 36 paise to 71.30 against the US dollar in early trade on Thursday

Nearly 50 people have died after Hurricane Dorian hit the Bahamas. The death toll is expected to rise significantly