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(Reuters) — U.S. retail sales rose 3.1% between Nov. 1 and Dec. 24, rounding up a majority of the holiday sales for retailers, as shoppers looked for last-minute Christmas deals amid big promotions, a Mastercard (NYSE:MA) report showed on Tuesday.

Iran has reversed a months-long slowdown in the rate at which it is enriching uranium to up to 60% purity, close to weapons grade, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Tuesday. Many diplomats believed the slowdown, which had begun by June, was the result of secret talks between the United States and Iran that led to the release of U.S.

Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the Sikh gurus have taught Indians to live for the glory of their land and served as an inspiration to make the country better and developed. Speaking at a 'Veer Bal Diwas' event to commemorate the martyrdom of two sons of Guru Gobind Singh, Modi said India is now coming out of the «mindset of slavery» and has full faith in its people, their abilities and heritage. «When we did not respect our heritage, the world also did not value it,» he said, adding that the global perspective has now changed.

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The final week of the year is underway and gold has maintained a positive outlook, holding above its long-term resistance price.

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artificial intelligence (AI)-driven system was autonomously able to learn about some Nobel Prize-winning chemical reactions and design a successful laboratory procedure to make them, new research published in the journal Nature describes. One of the most complex reactions that their creation, named 'Coscientist' by the researchers, was able to pull off pertains to organic chemistry and is known as palladium-catalysed cross couplings, which in 2010 earned its human inventors the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in recognition of the role of these reactions in pharmaceutical development process. «This is the first time that a non-organic intelligence planned, designed and executed this complex reaction that was invented by humans,» said Gabe Gomes, a Carnegie Mellon University (US) chemist and chemical engineer, who led the research team that assembled and tested Coscientist.

recession this year — and that was an optimistic take compared to the 100% probability of a recession forecast two months earlier. Meanwhile, US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, drawing upon the work of his highly able staff, expressed fear in March that bringing down the rate of inflation would cost millions of American jobs. And yet none of this has happened.

S Jaishankar acknowledged recently but, ‘debate is still alive’ He, however, highlights that there is an alternative - Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) and calls it ‘a step towards fulfilling the demand for dual citizenship.’ Here is all you need to know about the ongoing debate. Dual or multiple citizenship grants an individual legal status as a citizen of two or more countries simultaneously.

It’s never too late in life to dabble in cryptocurrency investing –  For seniors unfamiliar with the sector cryptocurrency is a type of digital or virtual currency that uses cryptography for virtual transactions.

Empower India have given extraordinary returns to their investors in 2023 following the record high streak of the Indian market despite multiple headwinds such as the Russia-Ukraine war, the Israel-Hamas war, peak global inflation, rising crude prices, peak US 10-year yield, and consumption slowdown. However, continued foreign and domestic investor inflows, improving macros and the possibility of the incumbent government returning to power kept the markets resilient. Penny stock Hemang Resources proved to be resilient and gave massive returns.

The global market for cryptocurrency exchange-traded products (ETPs) has reached a significant milestone, currently comprising approximately 150 products with a total value of $50.3 billion in assets under management, as reported by BitMEX research.

Savills India. Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR and Mumbai are the top 3 performing cities and contributed to nearly 60% of the gross leasing activity in 2023. “Indian office market has seen an all-time high leasing in 2023, reversing the tides of subdued demand till six months ago. Mumbai and Chennai hit their peaks, as the second half of 2023 recovered strongly compared to the trailing 12 months (June 2022-June 2023). The renewed confidence of the markets bodes well for the industry as well for the economy, especially as we tread into a year of major democratic elections, in India as well as the US” said Anurag Mathur, CEO, Savills India. Mumbai saw record leasing activity at 10.1 mn sq.

In a remarkable surge, Bitcoin has reached $43,499, marking a 0.71 percent increase on Tuesday. This notable ascent can be largely attributed to the burgeoning interest in Spot Bitcoin ETFs, which are poised to surpass the combined inflows of all 150 crypto ETPs currently in the market.

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stock market. Global incidents, such as the dot-com bubble, 9/11, the US subprime crisis, COVID-19, recent US economic challenges and geopolitical tensions like the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the Israel-Gaza crisis have all significantly impacted the Indian stock market. Let’s explore the relationship between these two economic powerhouses, and understand how the US market’s ebbs and flows can dictate the tempo of the Indian stock market.

BSE Midcap index lost almost a per cent while the BSE Smallcap index declined by about 0.2 per cent. However, on a monthly scale, Nifty 50 and Sensex are up almost 7 per cent in December so far. Experts remain positive about the market for the medium to long term but they expect some volatility in the short term due to the market's rich valuation.

Lupin, Zydus, and Sun Pharma are reportedly in the process of developing anti-obesity drugs. The “AI spring" got all the more exciting in 2023 as OpenAI's ChatGPT became a household name. There’s no stopping this fast-accelerating boom in 2024.