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20.02 / 02:03
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GIFT Nifty down 40 points; here's the trading setup for today's session
«The ongoing indecisiveness in the index is keeping participants on edge, and this volatility may persist on Thursday. We maintain our view of adopting a stock-specific approach, focusing on resilient sectors and themes, particularly those holding strong even during market downturns, and accumulating them gradually,» said Ajit Mishra – SVP, Research, Religare Broking.
20.02 / 02:03
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Enjoying free UPI? Google will make you pay!
Google Pay, one of the leading Unified Interface Payments (UPI) platforms, has introduced a convenience fee for bill payments, such as those for electricity and cooking gas, charging customers who have hitherto been using the avenue for free when making low-value transactions. To be sure, the charges apply to payments made with credit and debit cards, with fees ranging from 0.5% to 1% of the transaction value, plus the applicable goods and services tax (GST).
20.02 / 02:03
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Hegseth directs Pentagon to find $50 billion in cuts this year to fund Trump military priorities
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the military services to identify $50 billion in programs that could be cut next year in order to redirect those savings to fund President Donald Trump's priorities.
20.02 / 00:33
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Trump tariffs could hit Indian pharma exports by $2.25 billion
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The scimitar of import tariffs wielded by US President Donald Trump has sent investors and markets scurrying for cover across the world and across industries. On Wednesday, it was the turn of the pharmaceutical industry.
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India's dwindling innerwear exports have an outside problem: Chinese raw material price surge
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: India’s dependence on Chinese raw materials for garment manufacturing, particularly in the innerwear segment, is hurting the domestic industry.
20.02 / 00:33
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Online gaming is in a cobweb of state laws. Centre wants to change that.
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Centre plans to bring India's online gaming companies under a single regulatory framework, eliminating the patchwork of state-level laws that currently governs the sector, two people aware of the development said. The home ministry has formed a committee comprising its officials, legal and policy experts and gaming industry executives to discuss the way forward, the people cited above said on the condition of anonymity.
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Mint Primer | Cooperative bank crisis: Has anything changed since PMC's plight in 2019?
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Another cooperative lender is now embroiled in an alleged fraud. Mumbai-based New India Cooperative Bank faces crippling curbs from RBI and its board has been dissolved, similar to what PMC Bank faced in 2019.
20.02 / 00:33
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Big paydays for top talent in tech, consumer, lifesciences even as overall hikes mode
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Top performers are likely to be handsomely rewarded—in some cases getting raises double that of their peers—in an appraisal season that will see overall increment lower than last year’s, according to a report by consulting firm Aon. “Top performers in IT product firms are expected to get a 1.9x hike versus 1.73x that differentiated him/her from his/her peers in 2024," said Roopank Chaudhary, partner for human capital solutions at Aon, adding that key talent in consumer and life sciences will get 1.76x and 1.67x raise, respectively.
20.02 / 00:33
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Five top stock picks for 20 February from leading market experts
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. • Associated Alcohols & Breweries: Buy above: ₹1,130 | Stop: ₹1,100 | Target: ₹1,250 This beverage counter has found some strong support after a recent decline. The rise in prices of this counter has been quite steady, and the volume lead rise could result in some revival.
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Buy or Sell: Raja Venkatraman recommends three stocks to buy today—20 February
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. After witnessing some sharp decline on 19 February, the markets are now resolved to hold on to the much hallowed 22800 and survive the intense selling pressure. While the entire market was bracing for a decline, as we mentioned yesterday, the intraday support around 22800 in Nifty continues to hold.
19.02 / 23:59
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MHI weighs inclusion of EV charging infra investments under scheme for foreign automakers
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: The government introduced steep tax breaks about a year ago to lure global electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers to set up shop in India. Apart from indications that Elon Musk's Tesla Inc.
19.02 / 23:59
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India’s apex drug regulator plans to ensure medicine labels carry name of authorized person responsible for the batch
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. To fix accountability, the government is working on a plan to include the name of the person responsible for releasing a batch of medicines under the Drugs Rules, 1945, according to an official familiar with the matter. This comes against the backdrop of growing complaints about counterfeit and substandard drugs circulating in the market.
19.02 / 23:25
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European Union expresses interest in mutually beneficial trade with US, what could that mean for Trump's reciprocal tariffs?
European Union would be agreeable to work upon beneficial trade agreements with the United States which could have a mutual advantage. This announcement comes along the lies of the EU willing to discuss about the future of tariffs on motor vehicles and other kinds of goods that are exported to the US.
19.02 / 22:09
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US Department of Transportation rescinds its congestion pricing approval, what does this mean for the program
US Department of Transportation to close down support for New York City's first-in-the-nation congestion pricing plan through a letter from Secretary Sean Duffy. This marks yet another new development around congestion pricing's history and increases fears that the program could be shut off entirely, according to an NBC report.
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19.02 / 20:45
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2 killed in mid-air collision at Arizona’s Marana Regional Airport: What we know so far
mid-air collision between two small aircraft at a regional airport in Arizona on Wednesday, authorities have confirmed. The incident occurred at 8:28 am local time when a Cessna 172S collided with a Lancair 360 MK II near Marana Regional Airport.
19.02 / 20:45
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As Pope Francis' health declines, questions arise on who will be elected the next most powerful Catholic in the world; here's the list of probable
Pope Francis is currently the most powerful Catholic in the world in the position of the oldest pope in a century, but there are already thoughts about his successor due to his declining health. Currently, Pope Francis is aged 88 years and he has now developed pneumonia in his lungs and is currently hospitalized while he battles the infection, as per sources from the Vatican.
19.02 / 20:45
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Has Elon Musk uncovered ‘biggest fraud in history’? Here’s the truth about his claims on social security benefits
Elon Musk has stirred a new controversy after he posted a chart on X purportedly showing that more than 20 million Americans aged 100 or older are living in the social security database.
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