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Khosla ka Ghosla. In real life, too, it’s not uncommon to uncover issues related to properties after you’ve seemingly made a rightful purchase. Sometimes a property is sold twice, to different parties, or the title deed is not clear, or relatives might come into the picture.

Mint looks at the scenario: The agriculture ministry said in February that it expects a harvest of 112 million tonnes (mt) in 2024.That’s a record. However, this is only a tad higher than the 2021 crop, estimated at 110 mt. In 2022 and 2023, climate shocks— including heatwaves and untimely rains—impacted production, leading to a drawdown of public stocks.

deal tenures for India’s over $250-billion outsourcing industry. At least two companies – HCLTech and Birlasoft – have gone on record to say that from the usual 10-12 year deals earlier, long-term arrangements are now ending in four years. Earlier, the tenures ranged between 10-12 years.

FY25 capital expenditure outlay by 8-10% from the ₹11.11 lakh crore allocated in the vote on account when the full budget is presented thanks to better-than-expected tax revenue and a record surplus transfer by the RBI to the government. «Both tax and non-tax revenue are expected to be better,» a senior official told ET. «Additional surplus transfer from RBI provides enough headroom to spend more.» Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented an interim budget in February as this is an election year. The results will be declared on June 4. The full budget is expected to be announced about a month after the new government is formed.

Merrill Lynch is the latest broker-dealer to report a snafu in handling client private data, with the Maine Attorney General’s office last week disclosing that Merrill, as the record keeper for Walmart’s 401(k) plan, revealed private client information to an “unauthorized recipient” having nothing to do with the plan.

ALSO READ: Wall Street week ahead: Investors’ focus on Fed preferred inflation gaugeAt 12:00 p.m. EDT, Nvidia Corp.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday here said the INDIA bloc, if it comes to power, will repeal the amendments made to the anti-terror law UAPA and references to religion in the law meant to grant citizenship to the refugees. There is no need for such a law which does not give a person even a chance to prove his innocence, he said, referring to the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. Many people have been in jail for a long time because of the laws that have been «weaponised,» he said. Tharoor said that the Congress seems way ahead of the BJP in the elections and that it is gaining seats where it got fewer ones in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

ResiClub co-founder and editor-in-chief Lance Lambert discusses the U.S. housing affordability crisis on 'Making Money.'

Indian stock market: On Tuesday, May 28, the Indian stock market remained under pressure, with the benchmarks—the Sensex and the Nifty 50—closing in the red for the third straight session.The Indian stock market has experienced significant volatility this month due to substantial foreign capital outflows driven by election-related caution. The market has fluctuated between gains and losses, influenced by a lack of new catalysts, high valuations, and mixed global signals.Also read: Stock market today: Sensex, Nifty 50 fall for 3rd consecutive session; investors lose nearly ₹3 lakh crore in a day“We maintain our positive bias and expect Nifty to head toward our earmarked target of 23400 in the coming weeks.

the holiday will be on Friday. First, they fought with Hindus, now they are fighting with Christians.

fatality this year; as the Everest mountaineering season nears its end, the figure is lower than the previous few years. Last year was the deadliest season for the mountaineers at the world's highest peak, and 18 fatalities were recorded in 2023.

ALSO READ: IMD issues red alert for Arunachal, CM requests people to be cautiousSome relief from the scorching heat is expected after three days due to a western disturbance, it added.IMD Scientist Dr Naresh Kumar said: “It is now the second week since the heat wave to severe heat wave persisted in North-West India. The temperature exceeded 47 degrees Celsius. We had issued a Red Alert.

Delhi court on Tuesday refused to summon Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a criminal complaint filed by a BJP leader who accused him of defamation for claiming that AAP leaders were approached to join the saffron party in return for cash. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Tanya Bamniyal, however, summoned AAP leader Atishi, saying «prima facie» there was sufficient evidence against her in the matter. The judge directed Atishi, a minister in the Kejriwal cabinet, to appear before the court on June 29. BJP leader Praveen Shankar Kapoor had filed a case against Kejriwal and Atishi over poaching allegations made by the two.

₹35,000 crore in May so far. This move is attributed to multiple factors, including high valuations in the Indian market, a shift in investment focus towards China and Hong Kong due to their comparatively lower valuations, delays in anticipated interest rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve, rising US bond yields, heightened tensions in the Middle East, and the strength of the US dollar.Despite these significant outflows, the Indian stock market has displayed remarkable strength and resilience.

Multibagger stock: Fineotex Chemical's share price has been on an uptrend for more than a year. In the last 14 months, this Ashish Kacholia-owned chemical stock has risen from around ₹220 to ₹375 apiece, recording over a 70 percent rise. However, this is not the end of the story.

Mint takes a look at the key biases that investors to be aware of. Survivorship bias focuses only on successful performers, ignoring failures and leading to skewed conclusions. This can distort investment analysis by considering only surviving funds or companies, creating a false impression of overall performance.

India may cut its borrowings this year as the ongoing national elections narrow the government’s spending window by about three months, according to Mirae Asset Investment Managers India Pvt. “We have nine months of spending this fiscal year because of elections,” and “there could be a slight cut,” Kruti Chheta, a fixed-income fund manager at Mirae, said on Bloomberg Television. “These borrowings could be added to the next fiscal year.” India’s seven-phase election that started in April is nearing an end, with results due on June 4. The government is barred from making any new spending plans once the elections are announced, according to regulations. India plans to borrow Rs 14.1 lakh crore ($170 billion) in the current fiscal year.

U.S. stocks rose in a bounce back from Wall Street’s worst day since April

A record was broken ahead of the Memorial Day weekend for the number of airline travelers screened at U.S. airports

American Airlines is changing law firms after a controversial filing in a lawsuit brought by the family of a 9-year-old girl who was recorded using an airplane lavatory

Zimbabwe introduced the world's newest currency in April with public rallies and commercial jingles