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22.01 / 15:47

markets FIVE Digital Strategy Mobile PAM Department Bharat Mobility Expo sees 90+ launches, 8 lakh visitors

auto components were launched at the Bharat Mobility Global Expo 2025, held from January 17-22, the department of commerce, additional secretary Rajesh Agrawal said on Wednesday.

22.01 / 15:21

markets UPS Strategy Hyundai wellness PAM Tata Motors looks to local battery play as EV competition rises

Tata Motors, India's biggest electric car maker, is betting that locally manufactured EV batteries will help it maintain its edge in an industry where competition is intensifying with new launches, its group CFO said in an interview.

22.01 / 09:43

UPS UK borrowing hits highest December level for four years at £17.8bn

Borrowing, defined as the difference between public sector spending and income, came in higher than the £14.1bn expected, and represented the highest level of borrowing in December for four years, according to data from the Office for National Statistics. As a result, the current budget deficit reached its highest December figure for two years at £10bn, up from £2.7bn in December a year prior. Jessica Barnaby, deputy director for public sector finances at the ONS, said: «At almost £18bn, borrowing last month was the third highest in any December on record.» Analysts split over Re...

22.01 / 06:55

markets UPS Landmark Merit wellness show Courts Popcorn is taxed at three rates in India. A nation says this is why we’re a mess

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A seemingly routine ruling by India’s top tax officials went off like metal in a microwave. The government laid out a three-tiered system for taxing popcorn depending on if it is packaged or sold loose, carries a brand name or is generic, and is salted or sweet.

22.01 / 03:47

Sustainability Trade Experts country song reports International South Korea to shrink biomass energy subsidies after criticism over link to deforestation

The South Korean government has announced it will reduce indirect subsidies for biomass energy

21.01 / 23:27

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21.01 / 23:27

markets Digital Strategy Netflix Trade Experts PAM Single’s Inferno Season 4 Part 2 on Netflix: See release date, time and episode schedule

Single’s Inferno Season 4 on January 21, 2025. Episodes 5 and 6 will drop at midnight Pacific Time.

21.01 / 19:33

markets FIVE Strategy PAM The magnetic pole of the Earth is moving! Scientists issued an update on its position, check it out

21.01 / 15:53

markets Fox security Strategy President PAM reports Trump fires first woman leader of US Coast Guard Linda Lee Fagan: What are the charges against her?

US Coast Guard has been terminated over concerns about the border, recruitment and an «erosion of trust,» a senior DHS official confirmed to Fox News. Adm. Linda Lee Fagan, 61, has been terminated by the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Benjamine Huffman, the official told the Fox News.

21.01 / 15:51

UPS Provident Strategy Relationships AllianceBernstein hires Adam Peters to lead UK retail distribution

He joins from Goldman Sachs Asset Management where he worked for more than 12 years and was, most recently, head of UK wealth distribution, responsible for banks, single and multi-family offices, independent wealth managers and asset managers. Prior to that, Peters worked at Octopus Investments as a business development manager in the asset management team. AllianceBernstein opens up US large-cap value strategy to UK and European investors In the new role at AB, he will be responsible for developing relationships with wealth management and advisory firms in the UK to provide custom...

21.01 / 15:15

markets SUN President information reports Courts Investigations Prince Harry's court battle with British tabloids begins: What led to this high-stakes trial? Explained in 10 points

Harry vs. the British tabloids began Tuesday in a high-stakes trial pitting him against Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers that could cost him millions even if he wins.

21.01 / 12:51

markets Digital Strategy Election Bill Experts PAM Second meeting of JPC on simultaneous polls on Jan 31

joint parliamentary committee examining the two bills for simultaneous elections will be held on January 31, according to schedule posted on the Lok Sabha website. The Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill were introduced in Lok Sabha during the recent Winter Session and referred to the committee.

21.01 / 12:41

markets UPS DOW Trade President Global shares trade mixed in a muted reaction to the U.S. inauguration

Global shares are mixed in a muted reaction to the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump, while U.S. futures have advanced

21.01 / 11:47

economy ByteDance TikTok Trade President War country Trade war has no winners, China's vice premier warns, as Trump threatens tariffs

BEIJING — Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang warned there are «no winners» in a trade war, as the world's second-largest economy faces the possibility of tariffs under the freshly-inaugurated administration of Donald Trump.

21.01 / 11:39

BBC Trade performer social rock Videos Interviews Kid Rock’s awkward flirty moment with BBC journalist goes viral on Donald Trump’s inauguration day | Watch video

Kid Rock raised eyebrows with his awkward attempt to flirt with BBC journalist Caitríona Perry during a live interview.

21.01 / 10:07

SUN CEO Actor Courts Investigations Scandals Sequel to Prince Harry's feud with British tabloids begins in high-stakes trial

Prince Harry's high-stakes trial pitting him against Rupert Murdoch’s U.K. tabloids is getting underway

21.01 / 08:55

markets COST UPS Research 'Cracks are starting to appear' in UK labour market as unemployment rises to 4.4%

At the same time, the estimated number of payrolled employees fell by 32,000 between October and November 2024, although was up 95,000 from a year prior. Cost of Labour Force Survey revamp nearly doubles in a year to £40.4m In the three months to November, however, the number of payrolled employees decreased by 11,000, while the number of vacancies dropped 24,000 in the last quarter of the year to 812,000. Richard Carter, head of fixed interest research at Quilter Cheviot, argued that even though the UK labour market had been holding «relatively steady» as it faced many economic he...

21.01 / 03:41

Analysis Trade Experts Justice Department Courts rights Vodafone Idea shares in focus after Supreme Court upholds Rs 1,128 crore tax refund

Vodafone Idea shares will remain in focus on Tuesday, January 21, after the Supreme Court upheld a Bombay High Court’s order that asked the income tax authorities to refund excess prepaid tax of Rs 1128 crore to the telecom company. Vodafone had sought refund of prepaid taxes with interest amounting to around Rs 1600 crore for the assessment year 2016-17, which comprised of tax deducted at source and advance tax.

21.01 / 02:03

Research Mint Quick Edit | Britain’s great plunder of India: Even worse than we thought

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Just how badly did the British plunder the wealth of India during its colonial rule? This has been a matter of debate. Now, Oxfam has put out a staggering number based on its research.

20.01 / 18:35

markets Digital Racing security country International India-US spark stands defused?

Joe Biden's administration released 'Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion', which aims to establish export and security regulations for the global AI market. It divides countries in three groups based on the trust they enjoy with the US. While this is an outgoing US president's rule-making, it reflects behavioural elements of the new Donald Trump administration's transactional foreign policy approach.

20.01 / 18:35

Art wellness Universities social When it's so-o-o bad that it's, well, good

Jamie Lee Matthias might not be the next David Hockney — or even your local art teacher — but his 'so-bad-it's-hilarious' paintings have taken that first bastion of 'anything goes', Britain, by storm. An accountant by profession, Matthias stumbled into fame — and the painting frame — last May after gifting his fiancee a wedding portrait that resembled an abstract comedy sketch more than a tender keepsake. Encouraged by the laughs, he shared it online, and before he could try again, the internet made him a sensation.

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