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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In a world poised for the long reign of algorithms, there should be a premium on romantic notions. One of these is harboured by many of us without admitting it: That the more we gaze at our planet from the great far yonder, the fonder we’ll grow of it.

HDB Financial Services heads for its initial public offering (IPO), shares of the nonbank lender owned by the country’s most-valued bank in the unlisted market have seen a sharp rise — up to ₹1,200 apiece. After the IPO plan was announced, the shares rose to a high of ₹1,400 apiece before settling at ₹1,200. However, brokers in the unlisted market say the euphoria is not justified as they expect the IPO to be priced around ₹750-₹800.

Olivia Nuzzi, RFK Jr.'s «digital» mistress, dropped her claims against her ex, Ryan Lizza, in their ongoing legal battle. The accusations, which included blackmail, device hacking, and threats of violence, were withdrawn after Nuzzi faced pressure from evidence her ex’s legal team presented.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's waving of a red cover Constitution copy is a concept stolen from campaigns in a Latin American nation featuring «anarchist forces», Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis said on Thursday. Speaking to select members of the press here, he also said the concept had boomeranged on the opposition, especially after it was revealed in a Congress rally in Nagpur that the inside pages of the Constitution copy Gandhi waves are blank. «This concept is stolen from a Latin American nation where elections were fought taking along anarchist forces and involved waving copies of the Constitution. This is not an original concept of the Congress,» the senior BJP leader said. The concept of waving a copy of the Constitution was a hit till the Nagpur fiasco, Fadnavis asserted. «What can be a greater insult to the Constitution? Can't you print proper copies of the Constitution? You chant the name of the Constitution but circulate a blank book. They (Congress) are wearing a burkha (veil) of the Constitution but are blank inside. They have no respect for the Constitution,» Fadnavis said.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. One stifling afternoon in the early 2000s in Kabul, Afghanistan, violence came to the football haven Khalida Popal and her friends had conjured for themselves on the schoolground. A group of men jumped over the concrete walls that separated the girls from the real world.

Indian tourists are the largest group visiting Sri Lanka, thanks to the country’s proximity—a quick 2.5-hour flight from Mumbai—and its affordability. Following the Sri Lankan rupee’s collapse in 2022, the country became one of the most budget-friendly luxury destinations.

Capex), largely driven by a 10.3 per cent year-on-year increase in central government spending, according to CareEdge Ratings report. Though state-level spending continued to decline, dropping by 3.8 per cent compared to last year, a few states, including Punjab, Assam, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan, showcased resilience by recording double-digit growth in Capex during the first half of the year, highlighting regions of sustained investment momentum despite the broader slowdown. On the corporate side, the capex for a sample of 1,074 non-financial listed companies totalled Rs 9.4 trillion in FY24, showing a minor reduction from the previous year.

Kristy Shen, who is in her early 40s, has never bought a home and doesn’t plan to (unless you count her shares in real estate investment trusts).

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shares opened slightly lower on Wednesday, mainly dragged by technology stocks, while investors focussed on a key U.S. inflation print due later in the day that could alter market expectations on the Federal Reserve's interest rate path. The pan-European STOXX 600 slipped 0.1%, as of 0809 GMT, extending losses after a near 2% drop on Tuesday.

Music of The Spheres World Tour. The new concert is set to take place at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium on January 25, 2025. Tickets for the Ahmedabad concert will be available on BookMyShow starting November 16 at 12 PM. The X handle of the band broke the news with the post, “2025 AHMEDABAD DATE ANNOUNCED. The band will play their biggest-ever show, at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on 25 January 2025. Tickets on sale Saturday, 16 November at 12 pm IST…” This tour marks Coldplay’s return to India since their last visit in 2016. While ticket prices for the Ahmedabad concert haven’t been released, pricing for the band’s 2025 Mumbai concerts ranged from Rs 2,500 to Rs 35,000, with VIP lounge tickets at Rs 35,000. The following options were offered for the Mumbai shows:

Pete Hegseth, a Fox News commentator and veteran who has expressed disdain for the so-called «woke» policies of Pentagon leaders including its top military officer. Hegseth, if confirmed by the U.S. Senate, could make good on Trump's campaign promises to rid the U.S. military of generals who he accuses of pursuing progressive policies on diversity in the ranks that conservatives have rallied against.

Samantha Harvey won the Booker Prize for fiction on Tuesday with «Orbital,» a short, wonder-filled novel set aboard the International Space Station that ponders the beauty and fragility of Earth. Harvey was awarded the 50,000-pound ($64,000) prize for what she has called a «space pastoral» about six orbiting astronauts, which she began writing during COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns. The confined characters loop through 16 sunrises and 16 sunsets over the course of a day, trapped in one another's company and transfixed by the globe's ever-changing vistas. «To look at the Earth from space is like a child looking into a mirror and realizing for the first time that the person in the mirror is herself,» said Harvey, who researched her novel by reading books by astronauts and watching the space station's live camera. «What we do to the Earth we do to ourselves.»

A “mortgage war” could be on the horizon as interest rates decline since more than half of all mortgages with Canadian banks are set to be renewed in the next two fiscal years, Royal Bank of Canada analysts say.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Beginning Wednesday, Philip Wallin plans to spend roughly 90 hours on airplanes over the course of two weeks. His grueling journey involves over 20 flights and will take him across 37,000 miles and more than a dozen time zones.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In her preface to the book, Three Women in a Single-Room House, K. Srilata says, “I think of poetry as a continuous struggle against amnesia, a mode of bearing mindful witness to and remembering the lives of those we love.

online scam while trying to book transportation in Udupi, Karnataka, losing a substantial sum of Rs 4.1 lakh. Desperately seeking a car rental service, the man turned to Google, where he clicked on a link supposedly for “Shakti Car Rentals.” According to local reports, the man unknowingly entered his bank details on a fraudulent car rental website that appeared in Google search results, leading to unauthorized transactions on his accounts, a TOI report stated.

civil engineering and construction company, recorded revenue of Rs 275.67 crore and net profit of Rs. 10.87 crore for the second quarter of the fiscal year 2024 — 25. “We are pleased with the steady progress reflected in our Q2FY25 results, showcasing our commitment to delivering strong performance in a challenging market environment including shortage of skilled and unskilled labour. Our strategic focus on operational efficiency and quality execution has been instrumental in driving consistent growth and resilience. We continue to actively pursue high-margin projects with reputable clients who value quality and reliability, including a number of residential projects,” said Vineet Kashyap, Managing Director, B L Kashyap & Sons.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WASHINGTON—President-elect Donald Trump is stocking his cabinet and White House staff with loyalists with deep congressional experience who back his agenda on immigration and foreign policy—mostly shunning establishment Republicans whom he blames for thwarting his first-term goals. In the clearest example yet, Trump has asked Rep.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Shares of Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) have dropped around 6% since the company reported weak September quarter (Q2FY25) results on Thursday. A downward revision in the FY25 sales volume guidance has likely added to the negative sentiment.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NoBroker, the Tiger Global-backed prop-tech startup, sees a burgeoning opportunity in its home loans and insurance vertical as more younger consumers look to invest in houses, a top executive told Mint. The Bengaluru-based company gets a fourth of its over ₹600 crore revenue from financial services and expects its home loans vertical to become its second-biggest business in the coming years, trailing its main real estate buying-and-selling business, said Saurabh Garg, co-founder and chief business officer at NoBroker.