Indian equity indices opened in the green on Thursday, following positive global cues from Asian and US markets.

At 9:54 a.m., Sensex was up 236 points or 0.29 per cent at 81,759 and Nifty was up 89 points or 0.36 per cent at 25,007.

Buying was seen in the midcap and smallcap stocks. Nifty midcap 100 index was up 361 points or 0.61 per cent at 59,299 and Nifty smallcap 100 index was up 107 points or 0.65 per cent at 19,238.

Deven Mehata, Derivative analyst of Choice Broking said: "After a gap-up opening, Nifty can find support at 25,000 followed by 24,900 and 24,800. On the higher side, 25,150 can be an immediate resistance, followed by 25,250 and 25,300."

The act of doxxing by releasing someone's personal information without consent will be made a criminal offence in Australia under new government privacy laws.

Mark Dreyfus, Australia's Attorney-General, on Thursday, introduced legislation to Parliament that would make doxxing illegal and entitle victims of serious invasions of privacy to seek compensation through the court system, news agency reported.

Under the laws, anyone found guilty of the malicious release of personal data online -- a practice known as doxxing -- will face jail time.

Electric vehicle (EV) company Ather Energy, aiming to raise more than Rs 3,100 crore via its initial public offering (IPO), saw its losses widen 22 per cent to Rs 1,060 crore in FY24, as its operating revenue declined 1.5 per cent to Rs 1,753.8 crore (year-on-year) in the last fiscal.

The electric two-wheeler firm spent Rs 2,674.2 crore in FY24. As per its draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) filed with the markets regulator SEBI, the revenue decline was due to reduction in the subsidy provided by the government.

“As a result of the reduced subsidy, our customers faced an increase in the retail price of our E2Ws ranging from Rs 20,434 to Rs 30,285. This contributed to a slight decrease in our revenue from operations,” said the company.

Five members of a family, including a 3-year-old child, were killed when a truck and a car collided head-on near Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu.

The tragic accident occurred during the early hours of Thursday at a place called Kamiyamkuppam when the truck that was going from Chidambaram to Cuddalore rammed into the car. All the five people in the car died on the spot.

The Parangippet police rushed to the spot and retrieved the five bodies which were sent to the Chidambaram Government Hospital for post-mortem.

Two women lost their lives after a fire broke out at a working women's hostel in Katarapalayam near Periyar bus stand in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu. The incident occurred on Thursday morning.

Five others have been injured and are admitted to Government Rajaji Hospital.

The deceased women are identified as Parimala and Saranya.

Police said that the fire in the hostel led to excessive smoke and both women died by suffocation.

Security forces have recovered a huge quantity of ammunition and explosives in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, the Army said in a statement on Thursday.

"Based on specific intelligence inputs, a joint operation by Army and Jammu & Kashmir Police was launched in Keran Sector, Kupwara... Searches in the indicated area have led to the recovery of a very large cache of arms, ammunition and explosives, including AK 47 rounds, hand grenades, RPG rounds, material for Improvised Explosive Devices and other war-like stores," said the Army, adding that the seizures were made on Wednesday.

The statement further added that the recovery was significant considering the current security situation and upcoming important events in the union territory.

Carlos Alcaraz starred in singles and doubles as Spain made a winning start in the Davis Cup Finals Group Stage against an injury-blighted Czechia.

Roberto Bautista Agut secured the first point for Spain in singles with a 6-2 6-3 win over Jiri Lehecka. It set Alcaraz up to secure the win, but Czechia's Tomas Machac gifted the home team the decisive second point when he was forced to retire in the third set.

It was all the more disappointing for Machac that he picked up the injury after winning a first-set tiebreak against Alcaraz. The world No.3 was far from his best in the opening stages, spewing 21 unforced errors in the opening set, in his first Davis Cup appearance since 2022.

Just hours before the closing of filing nominations for the October 5 Assembly polls in Haryana, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which is struggling to establish its footprint by going solo in the state that shares boundary with its party-ruled Delhi and Punjab, on Thursday cleared names of 19 candidates in the sixth list.

So far the party has released the list of names of 89 candidates for the House of 90.

A day earlier, AAP released its list of 21 candidates.

Senior AAP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday during the poll campaign said the people of Haryana “are ready to change the government in favour of better schools, hospitals, free electricity, and employment opportunities”.

Police in Chandigarh have arrested one person in connection with a suspected grenade blast at the house of a retired police officer in the city's upscale Sector 10 area. The police have also announced a reward of Rs 2 lakhs for two other suspects in the case.

The incident took place at around 5.30 pm on Wednesday and due to the impact of the blast, windows and flower pots were damaged, the police said in a statement.

Sources told India Today TV that three people arrived at the scene in an autorickshaw shortly before the explosion. The blast was loud enough to be heard even from far away.

North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Thursday, the South Korean military said, the first such launch since July 1.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected the missiles fired off from the Pyongyang area at 7:10 a.m. It did not provide further details, such as how many missiles were fired and how far they flew, news agency reported.

"Our military has ramped up monitoring and vigilance against additional launches, while closely sharing information related to North Korean ballistic missiles with the U.S. and Japanese authorities," the JCS said in a text message to reporters.