Twenty years ago, the United States sustained the first substantial attacks on the mainland since the War of 1812. It was a collective shock to all Americans who believed their country to be impregnable. The Cold War had produced the existential dread of a nuclear attack, but that always lurked in the realm of the maybe. On a day-to-day basis, Americans enjoyed the exceptional privilege of national security. No one would dare attack us for fear of massive retaliation.

Little did we imagine that someone would attack us in order to precipitate massive retaliation.

Australia's SBS TV has quoted a Taliban spokesperson as saying that women's sports and women's cricket specifically will be banned by his group in Afghanistan.

In cricket, they might face a situation where their face and body will not be covered. Islam does not allow women to be seen like this, the network quoted Ahmadullah Wasiq, the deputy head of the Taliban's cultural commission, as saying.

Shares of SBI Life Insurance Company slipped 4 per cent at Rs 1,171 on the BSE in the intra-day trade on Thursday after the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) offloaded 2 per cent stake in the life insurance company via open market today.

At 09:15 am, around 23.4 million equity shares, representing 2.34 per cent equity of SBI Life Insurance Company, changed hands via block deals on the BSE, the exchange data shows.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the 13th BRICS Summit on Thursday in a virtual format, the Ministry of External Affairs said.

Brazil President Jair Bolsanaro, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Chinese President Xi Jinping will be attending the meeting.

On the heels of Google Pay offering its platform for booking fixed deposits, Amazon Pay on Wednesday also tied up for a similar arrangement with a wealth management platform.

Kuvera.in said it would provide its services, products and technology know how to create an exclusive experience for Amazon Pay’s users to facilitate investments into mutual funds, fixed deposits, and more over time.

Shares of Neogen Chemicals hit a new high of Rs 1,223.70, surging 11 per cent on the BSE in intra-day trade, in an otherwise weak market on Wednesday. In the past two trading days, the stock of the specialty chemicals company has rallied 26 per cent on improved outlook. The company had made a stock market debut on May 8, 2019 and has appreciated 469 per cent from its issue price of Rs 215 per share.

At 01:09 pm, Neogen Chemicals was trading 8 per cent higher at Rs 1,184.50, as compared to a 0.53 per cent decline in the S&P BSE Sensex.

Shares of APL Apollo Tubes hit a record high of Rs 1,874.95 as they surged 6 per cent on the BSE in intra-day trade on Wednesday ahead of the 1:1 bonus shares. The stock of the iron and steel products company has surpassed its previous high of Rs 1,850 touched on July 28, 2021.

Meanwhile, Apollo Tricoat Tubes (Tricoat), the group company stock was up 4 per cent at Rs 1,715 on the BSE. The stock is trading close to its record high level of Rs 1,757 hit on August 9, 2021.

Shares of Info Edge (India) hit a record high of Rs 6,566 as they rallied 6 per cent on the BSE in intra-day trade on Wednesday on a strong growth outlook. The stock surpassed its previous high of Rs 6,299.80 touched on September 2, 2021. The company is primarily engaged in providing online and offline services through its online portal Naukri.com, Jeevansathi.com, 99 acres.com, shiksha.com and offline portal Quadrangle.com.

Looking at the diverse conditions of the country, door-to-door COVID-19 vaccination is not feasible and it cannot pass a general direction to just scrap the existing policy, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday.

The top court, which refused to entertain a plea of a lawyers' body seeking door-to-door COVID-19 jab for the disabled and people belonging to weaker sections of society, said the vaccination drive is already in progress and over 60 per cent of the population has been administered the first dose.

India logged 37,875 new cases of coronavirus infection taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to

3,30,96,718, while the active cases declined to 3,91,256, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.

The death toll climbed to 4,41,411 with 369 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am.

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