Why is the stock market down today? Sensex plunges 690 pts, Nifty slips below 24,900; 5 factors behind the slide

Why is the stock market down today? Sensex plunges 690 pts, Nifty slips below 24,900; 5 factors behind the slide

Indian benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower on Friday, halting a six-day winning run, as investors turned cautious ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s remarks at the Jackson Hole symposium and braced for fresh U.S. tariffs on Indian goods, amid other headwinds weighing on sentiment. The BSE Sensex fell 693.86 points, or 0.85%,…

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Tech war: DeepSeek’s ‘UE8M0 FP8’ innovation seen as boost for China’s AI self-sufficiency

Tech war: DeepSeek’s ‘UE8M0 FP8’ innovation seen as boost for China’s AI self-sufficiency

A technical change in the latest model from Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek could be a big step towards achieving China’s goal of AI self-sufficiency, as it shows a new level of coordination between local model developers and hardware makers, according to analysts and industry insiders. While DeepSeek did not specify the vendor of the…

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GS1 HK’s Food Safety Forum 2025 Concludes Successfully Industry Accelerates Digital Transformation Towards a Greener Future

GS1 HK’s Food Safety Forum 2025 Concludes Successfully Industry Accelerates Digital Transformation Towards a Greener Future

HONG KONG, Aug. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Organised by GS1 Hong Kong, the 11th Food Safety Forum concluded successfully today, bringing together around 300 professionals from the food and beverage sector (F&B) to discuss the pressing issues about “Digitalisation for Food Safety in the Green Era”. Ms. Irene Young, Permanent Secretary for Environment and Ecology (Food)…

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