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Last Updated: Oct 21 2025 | 7:08 PM IST

Indian markets opened Samvat 2082 on a cautious note, with Sensex and Nifty ending flat but slightly positive during the special Diwali Muhurat trading session. Amid worsening air quality in Delhi-NCR, former NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant slammed the Supreme Court’s nod for green crackers, saying it put the right to burn crackers above the right to live and breathe. According to CAIT, Diwali 2025 sales hit a record ₹6.05 trillion, including ₹5.4 trillion in goods and ₹65,000 crore in services, marking a 25% jump from last year’s ₹4.25 trillion. India’s Reliance Industries reportedly bought at least 2.5 million barrels of Middle Eastern crude last week, in a more active buying spree than usual. The move signals that Western pressure on Russian oil may be reshaping Reliance’s procurement strategy. Sanae Takaichi, a protégé of former PM Shinzo Abe, won the parliamentary vote to become Japan’s first female prime minister.

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