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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. With housing loan interest rates remaining reasonable over the years, many taxpayers have turned to loans to fund their residential property purchases. Tax laws, however, limit the deduction of housing loan interest for self-occupied properties to ₹2 lakh annually.

US President Joe Biden made a claim that US President- elect Donald Trump is the only US President to have skipped the inauguration of a successor, reported Snopes. This very statement which eventually gained significant traction on social media was actually met with praise from some users while, at the same time, historical records indicate that the assertion of Joe Biden is absolutely ‘inaccurate’.

BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) experienced its largest single-day net outflow on Thursday, with investors withdrawing a staggering $332.6 million, according to data from Farside Investors.

Cameron John Wagenius who is a 20 year old US Army soldier and was stationed at the Fort Cavazos in Texas has been eventually charged with selling confidential phone records including those which are allegedly linked to US President- elect Donald Trump and US Vice President Kamala Harris, reported Fox News.

In many ways, Canada’s 2025 mortgage outlook is as clear as an octopus playing charades. So much depends on unknown policies from new governments — on both sides of the border — that could quickly reshuffle the deck for Canadian mortgage rates and real estate. We’ll know more later this quarter, but for now, there’s enough clarity on certain points to make some not-so-daring predictions. With that, here are five forecasts for mortgages and housing in 2025.

Elon Musk capped off 2024 with an extraordinary boost to his wealth, becoming one of the biggest beneficiaries of the year’s historic surge among the world’s richest billionaires.

Piyush Goyal on Friday said despite global economic uncertainties, India's exports of goods and services are expected to cross USD 800 billion this fiscal, which will be a record. Last fiscal year, the exports stood at USD 778 billion.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Tesla sold fewer cars in 2024 than it did the year before. Yet the company is worth about 53% more now.

Dalal Street and deal-making activity recording its busiest year ever, investment bankers are estimated to have earned $1.3 billion in fees last year. Kotak Mahindra Bank took the top position for overall investment banking fee ranking in India with a total of $92.8 million, accounting for 7.2% wallet share of India's investment banking fee pool, showed data from LSEG.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Waaree Renewable Technologies Ltd’s shares are up about 10% this week after it said it had received an order for a two-gigawatt (GW) solar project from Jindal Renewables. The order, higher than its cumulative backlog of 1.7GW at September-end, is the largest received by the solar EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) company so far and establishes its position as a gigawatt-scale project execution player.

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KPI Green Energy shares started trading on an ex-bonus basis on Friday for their 1:2 bonus share issue. The stock dropped 2.4% to its intraday low of Rs 558.60 on the BSE. “Pursuant to Regulation 42 of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, and relevant provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rules made thereunder, the Company has fixed Friday, January 03, 2025, as the ‘Record Date’ for determining the eligibility of Shareholders entitled for issuance of Bonus Equity Shares of the Company in the proportion of 1 (One) Equity Shares of Rs. 5/- (Rupees Five only) each for every 2 (Two) existing Equity Share of Rs. 5/- (Rupees Five only) each,” the company said in an exchange filing.

rice prices fell for a third straight week to a 17-month low on weak demand and depreciation in the rupee to a record low.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Sport stars, actors and young professionals are edging their way into angel investment territory as big-name founders in India’s startup ecosystem go easy on funding. The top three angel investors of 2023 reduced their investments in 2024, reflecting a pullback in angel funding to Indian startups.

Puneet Khurana, a Delhi bakery owner, allegedly died by suicide after he claimed harrasement by wife and in-laws in a 59-minute video he recorded.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India's stock market experienced dramatic swings in 2024. After reaching record highs, the Nifty 50 plunged nearly 11% from its September peak due to persistent selling by foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) in the following two months.

Aeromexico is the most on-time airline in the world, according to a data company that compiled figures for 2024

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The alleged terrorist behind the New Year’s killing spree in New Orleans was a born-and-bred Texan, an Army veteran, and father of three who had climbed the corporate ladder. But Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s burnished professional résumé belied a path that had gone off course.