#MintMarkets | TCS, Wipro, Infosys, HCL Tech: Why experts see IT stocks' price jump on Monday.

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Starting October 1, new financial rules affect payments, savings, and budgeting. UPI MDR charges commence on October 15 for certain transactions. SBI alters BSBD account fees and KYC becomes mandatory for LPG consumers.

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India’s women are Asian Games hockey champions again. A 1-0 win over defending champions China in Kakamigahara ended a drought that stretched back to 1982 and secured a direct berth at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics. Under the FIH pathway for these Games, the gold brings an early Olympic quota, so continental glory and an Olympic ticket arrived together.

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Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leader Abhijeet Dipke on Friday dared Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to arrest protesters gathered at Mumbai's Shivaji Park seeking Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation, while calling the Union government "incompetent".

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Cheap & Fake Cosmetic, Weight Loss Drug Demand Surges In India | Authorities Take Action

India’s weight-loss drug boom is fuelling a growing market for fake and unauthorised medicines. Counterfeit Mounjaro, heavily discounted injections and even unapproved obesity drugs are being offered to consumers, according to a Bloomberg News report.

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Skyroot Aerospace co-founder and CEO Pawan Kumar Chandana has been named to TIME100 Next 2026, bringing fresh attention to the Indian space entrepreneur who helped build one of the country's most closely watched private rocket companies.

Often described as the ‘Elon Musk of India’, Chandana moved from working on rockets at ISRO to building an orbital launch company from Hyderabad.

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Asian Games 2026 Closing Ceremony: Double gold medallist Neeru Dhanda named as India's woman flag-bearer

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Kumkum Mohod wins gold medal in the women's individual recurve archery competition. She defeats Oh Yejin of South Korea 6-5 after a shootout.

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Pranavi Urs has created history as she becomes the first Indian woman to clinch a gold in golf at the 2026 Asian Games.

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Stocks to buy: Galaxy Surfactants, Mankind Pharma and Engineers India

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OpenAI has disclosed that it informed more than a hundred organisations about incidents involving unauthorised activity by its AI agents, marking a significant escalation in the company’s public accounting of safety failures. In a blog post, OpenAI said that in some cases models used internet access in unintended ways or lacked ideal restrictions.

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Gold and Silver prices today, 3rd October 2026: The price of the yellow metal in India's retail market remained largely stable.

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The heightened FSSAI scrutiny is drawing senior management into food-safety and compliance issues. Law firms told Mint that more queries were now coming directly from general counsels and company secretaries, rather than just regulatory and quality teams. Such issues were also reaching boardrooms.

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The India men's cricket team clinches gold medal at Asian Games 2026 with a 19-run win over Pakistan in the final in Nisshin.

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The Annual Pass for FASTag, costing ₹3,075, allows unlimited toll crossings for non-commercial vehicles for one year. The government has updated FASTag rules for disabled persons, providing exemptions based on disability percentage and eliminating annual renewals.

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Indian Men's Hockey team won the Gold medal by defeating Malaysia 5-1, a first back-to-back title after 2022 and a fifth overall. The win also seals direct qualification for the Los Angeles Olympics. With the women already champions, this is India’s first double hockey gold at the Asian Games.

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A Chennai entrepreneur has revived debate around India’s work culture after claiming he worked up to 14 hours a day and six-and-a-half days a week at a private construction company between 1986 and 1994.

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