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Dr. Rajendra Prakash Gupt, Superintendent of the Ujjain-based Jiwaji Observatory. Speaking on Friday, he highlighted the celestial events that astronomy enthusiasts can look forward to in the coming year.

capital on Friday on the back of continued buying by jewellers and depreciation in the rupee, according to All India Sarafa Association. Traders said the safe-haven asset is also strengthened by escalating geopolitical tensions stemming from the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war and tensions in the Middle East. The yellow metal on Thursday settled at Rs 78,850 per 10 grams.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The preliminary results of Azerbaijan’s investigation into the deadly crash of a civilian airliner point to the plane being hit by a Russian antiaircraft missile, or shrapnel from it, said people briefed on the probe. Azerbaijan’s initial findings came quickly after aviation experts said visible damage to the Azerbaijan Airlines flight—carrying 62 passengers and five crew members—was evidence that it was hit by a munition.

Rajeev Agarwal, Fund Manager & Managing Partner, Doordarshi India Fund, says the policy measures will drive to a very large extent what happens either on the upside or the downside. Markets may not tell the full story because there is a story about some stocks that have risen a lot in 2024 and maybe they will take a little bit of a backseat while some others that have been punished in 2024 may have a better opportunity as we go into 2025. It may be a lot more stock-specific rather than market-specific. But from an Indian stock perspective, the base case of around 13% annual return is quite reasonable. What exactly are you expecting in terms of the market dynamics – globally as well as back home? What’s in store for global markets next year, after they have been navigating through this election cycle, lots of unusual market dynamics as well? Rajeev Agarwal: For 2025, clearly the one big event is Trump taking over the reins as the US President. A lot of policy measures are expected to be introduced by Trump very quickly. Clearly, he has the people that he wanted and many of those will get confirmed. That is going to be the one big event which will drive a lot of the markets.

Finnish police say authorities detained a ship linked to neighboring Russia as they investigate whether it damaged a Baltic Sea power cable and several data cables

low ash metallurgical coke for six months from January 1 to June 30, 2025, according to a notification. The government has also imposed quantitative restrictions (QR) on the imports from certain countries, including Australia, China, Colombia, Indonesia, Japan, Poland, Qatar, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland, and the UK.

Azerbaijan Airlines flight that crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday was downed by a Russian air defence system, four sources in Azerbaijan with knowledge of the investigation told Reuters.

Azerbaijani airliner with 67 people onboard crashed Wednesday near the Kazakhstani city of Aktau, killing 38 people and leaving 29 survivors, a Kazakh official said.Deputy Prime Minister Kanat Bozumbaev disclosed the figures while meeting with Azerbaijani officials, the Russian news agency Interfax reported.The Embraer 190 was en route from the Azerbaijani capital of Baku to the Russian city of Grozny in the North Caucasus when it was diverted and attempted an emergency landing 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) from Aktau, Azerbaijan Airlines said.Speaking at a news conference, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said that it was too soon to speculate on the reasons behind the crash, but said that the weather had forced the plane to change from its planned course.“The information provided to me is that the plane changed its course between Baku and Grozny due to worsening weather conditions and headed to Aktau airport, where it crashed upon landing,” he said.Russia’s civil aviation authority, Rosaviatsia, said that preliminary information showed that the pilots diverted to Aktau after a bird strike led to an emergency on board.According to Kazakh officials, those aboard the plane included 42 Azerbaijani citizens, 16 Russian nationals, six Kazakhs and three Kyrgyzstan nationals. Azerbaijan’s prosecutor general’s office previously said that 32 of the 67 people on board had survived the crash, but told journalists that the number wasn’t final.

Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash on Christmas Day has sparked widespread speculation and investigations into its cause. The Embraer 190 flying from Baku to Grozny made an emergency landing attempt near the Kazak city of Aktau and a total of 38 persons died, 29 of them survived with some degree of injury. In the set of the latest theories, there are also those which hypothesize the airplane could have misintercepted or fallen victim to a Russian air defense weapon.

US President Joe Biden is actually considering to implement some significant new sanctions against the energy sector of Russia during the final weeks of his presidency, reported The Washington Post.

Much-vaunted new EU crypto laws will take effect in just a few weeks, but Brussels lawmakers are already wondering if they’re going to lose out to the new administration of Donald Trump.

Cadbury has pretty recently lost its royal warrant for the very first time in 170 years under King Charles III, reported News Bytes.

yellow peas by two more months until February 2025, according to an official notification from Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT).

Vertex Global Services on Tuesday announced its plan to hire 4,000 language experts from India's Tier II and Tier III cities in next 3 to 5 years to enhance customer experience. Currently, around 60 per cent of graduates in India are seeking better job opportunities by moving from tier-II and tier-III cities to tier-I cities, Vertex Global Services said in a statement.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The consequences of Bashar al-Assad’s fall from power in Syria will reverberate for years across the Middle East, but one great fact is already clear. The Obama era in Middle Eastern history has, thankfully, come to an end.