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ITC has increased the price of its Gold Flake Regular Size Filter Tips cigarettes by ₹10 per pack, taking the MRP of 10-cigarette pack to ₹135 from ₹125. This marks the second price hike this year. The increase follows earlier hikes this year after cigarettes moved to 40% GST and a revised excise-duty structure took effect from February 1.

The Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (Amul) has announced a 4-5% hike in prices of its fresh pouch milk from Thursday onwards. Amul has increased the price of its largest-selling Amul Taaza toned milk (3% milk fat) by ₹2/litre and the Amul Gold Milk (6% milk fat) by ₹4/litre. Amul blamed rising fodder and cattle feed costs for the hike.

Sirsa topped the Central Pollution Control Board's list of most polluted Indian cities on Wednesday with an AQI of 369. The other cities with 'very poor' AQI were Hisar (361), Panchgaon (339), Ballabgarh (328), Bhiwani (326), Gopalganj (319), Delhi (313), Charkhi Dadri (305) and Gurugram (301). Karnal, Khurja, Gummidipoondi, Ghaziabad, Bahadurgarh, Manesar, Noida and Gajraula recorded 'poor' AQI.

The price of gold continued to fall on Bhai Dooj as the Diwali festive season concluded in India. According to IBJA data, gold got cheaper by ₹849 on Wednesday as it closed at ₹1,40,603 per 10 grams. Silver, on the other hand, got costlier as its price rose by ₹3,032 to close at ₹1,85,900 per kilogram on Bhai Dooj.

Former Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar was admitted to Delhi's AIIMS on Wednesday after he fainted during his morning walk. The 75-year-old reportedly remained unconscious for a few minutes before his security personnel took him home in a PCR vehicle. He is undergoing tests and treatment in the cardiology department. No official statement has been issued on his health so far.

Motilal Oswal Nasdaq 100 ETF held 7.22 lakh NVIDIA shares as of September, the highest among individual Indian mutual fund schemes, according to Bloomberg data. Other major holders included Motilal Oswal S&P 500 Index Fund, DSP Value Fund and ICICI Prudential US Bluechip Equity Fund. NVIDIA has lost over $400 billion in market value following its CEO's affair confession.

Two CRPF personnel were injured in a suspected terror attack in J&K's Kulgam on Wednesday afternoon. "Unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants opened fire on security personnel deployed at a naka in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir this afternoon," CRPF said. The assailants then fled from the spot. The injured personnel were rushed to a hospital in Anantnag.