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Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, as per a PTI report. The remarks by US State Department Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel came in response to claims made by The Washington Post, attributing unnamed sources, regarding a Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) officer's involvement in the alleged plot on American soil last year, it added.

proportionality bias — acts as the magician's sleight of hand behind conspiracy theories. It's the tendency to weigh the scales of cause and effect, assuming that a grand force must have orchestrated a major event. If you're intrigued by this captivating phenomenon that bedevils each of us in some way or the other, aggravated by diminishing attention spans, delve into the depths of lifestyle podcast Unladylike's episode on Magical Overthinking.

In the dynamic realm of the stock market, transactions occur continuously as investors engage in buying and selling securities. However, amidst this bustling activity, one crucial aspect that investors consistently emphasise on and discuss is the concept of the holding period.

A data analysis shows Indonesia had a 27% increase in primary forest loss in 2023

The Bank of Canada‘s upcoming interest rates decision just got more complicated after United States economic data out this week showed growth slowed while inflation remained elevated.

Americans under 40 have seen their wealth accumulation far outpace that of older generations, and beat historic norms, since the start of the pandemic four years ago.

criminal cases against themselves, the ADR said in a new report. Seven candidates have also declared prior convictions, according to an analysis of details of candidates contesting the elections in the third phase by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and The National Election Watch. The third phase of the elections will be held on May 7. Among the 244 candidates with criminal records, five face charges related to murder while 24 have been booked in cases of attempted murder.

Equity markets are impacted more by the expectations of future monetary policy than the policy rate surprises on the day of announcement of the policy by the Reserve Bank, said an analysis. According to a working paper prepared by RBI officials, the regulatory and development measures which are announced along with the monetary policy too impact the stock markets.

Mint, Deloitte said that given the implementation of the Global Anti-Base Erosion (GloBE) rules in these countries from 1 January, Indian headquartered multinational business groups with a presence there will be required to comply with the GloBE rules even if New Delhi is yet to implement it. Accordingly, Indian multinational groups will have to provide for top-up tax, if applicable, in their financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2024, Deloitte said in its analysis.

Buy or sell stocks: Despite gold prices snapping its five-week rally in the week gone by, the Indian stock market ended higher last week. Among the frontline indices, the Nifty 50 and the BSE Sensex logged ascended nearly 0.60 percent and 0.75 percent respectively in the week gone by whereas the Bank Nifty index ascended to the tune of nearly 0.95 percent. The broad market indices outperformed the frontline indices.

Congress on Saturday alleged that voters were harassed and the election machinery was hijacked by the ruling CPI(M) in the state with an aim to bring down the turnout percentage. AICC general secretary K C Venugopal said the alleged hijacking of the election machinery by the ruling CPI(M) was one of the reasons for the decrease in polling percentage this year as compared to the turnout in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Despite heightened political fervour and anticipation about the general elections for the 20 Lok Sabha seats in Kerala, the process concluded with a notable decrease in voter turnout, as the figure stood at 70.22 per cent at 8pm yesterday. This figure, while significant, was quite a drop from the polling percentage of 77.84 per cent registered in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Venugopal claimed that there were glitches in electronic voting machines (EVMs) in three to five per cent of the polling booths in the state that lead to long delays in the election process which in turn caused discomfort to the voters who had to stand in long queues for hours in the intense heat.

Huawei Technologies Co's latest smartphones carry a version of the advanced made-in-China processor it revealed last year, independent analysis revealed, underscoring the Chinese company's ability to sustain production of the controversial chip. The Pura 70 series Huawei unveiled last week sports the Kirin 9010 processor, consultancy TechInsights found in a teardown of the device. That's a newer version of the Kirin 9000s made by Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. for the Mate 60 Pro, which alarmed officials in Washington who thought a 7-nanometer chip beyond China's capabilities.

The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index increased 0.3% last month, the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis said on Friday. Data for February was unrevised to show the PCE price index gaining 0.3% as previously reported.

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Heritage Foundation economist Peter St. Onge offers his analysis on the housing unaffordability crisis on The Bottom Line.’

Supporters of offshore wind energy projects in New Jersey and New York are trading blows with opponents in some shore towns who say vacationers and local residents don't want to see turbines filling the ocean horizon

Even in a raging bull market propelled by a strong economy, some companies get left behind. Some deservedly so. Others perhaps not.

The gross domestic product estimates published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) today (25 April) came in below expectations of a 2.5% growth rate, and followed a revised rate of 3.4% for Q4 2023. Compared to the previous quarter, the deceleration in real GDP in the first three months of 2024 primarily reflected a slowdown in consumer, state and local government spending, exports and a downturn in federal government spending, the BEA said. JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon 'cautious' on US soft landing These movements were partly offset by an acceleration in residential fixed investm...

Well-heeled home shoppers are increasingly paying cash, helping turbo-charge price gains for the most expensive U.S. homes

Melvin Vospon, a scientist from Portsmouth has sent the world reeling upon claiming to have some surprising evidence that human lives are actually in a simulation just like The Matrix movie. He claims that the universe is an adaptation and inspiration from the 1999 movie and refers to the universe around us as a digital copy and not an actual scenario. The scientist has previously, too, referred to various science fiction scenarios and related them to the current human culture. Vospon also claims that he is among the rare few who have thought about this concept.

unopposed win may be a rare feat, but certainly not a first, as there have been 13 such instances when a candidate got elected unopposed in the 15 general elections held since 1962, a Mint analysis of data compiled by the Trivedi Centre for Political Data shows. Three such candidates were elected in 1962, while the most in a single election—five—came in 1967. After that, such instances got rarer, with no such case since 1989, until Surat in 2024.