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Mid-Day Top News at this hour: BMC halts all construction work in Byculla, Borivali to improve Mumbai air quality; markets decline in initial trade and more

Updated on: 31 December,2024 10:09 AM IST  |  Mumbai
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Mid-Day Top News at this hour: BMC halts all construction work in Byculla, Borivali to improve Mumbai air quality; markets decline in initial trade and more

Dec 15: A view of Dadar Chowpatty from the Bandra Worli Sea Link on October 15. PIC/ASHISH RAJE

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Markets decline in initial trade dragged by foreign fund outflows, weak global trends


Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined in early trade on Tuesday amid persistent foreign fund outflows, and weak trends in the global markets. Selling in IT stocks also dampened investor sentiments. The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex tanked 468.14 points to 77,779.99 in initial trade. The NSE Nifty dropped 117.05 points to 23,527.85.


BMC halts all construction work in Byculla, Borivali to improve Mumbai air quality

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to stop all construction work in Borivli East and Byculla within the next 24 hours, as these areas have been recording an Air Quality Index (AQI) of around 200 for the past few days. The work will be allowed to resume once every site is found to be abiding by the civic body’s 28-point dust-mitigation measures. If required, the same step will be taken in Worli and the Navy Nagar area of Colaba after monitoring their AQI levels for the next three days. Read more.

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