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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. September saw manufacturing activity in India slow, with the HSBC purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for the sector, as compiled by S&P Global, declining to 56.5 from 57.5 in August.

Lady Gaga's next album from film, Joker: Folie à Deux, might be another smash. The sequel to the Oscar-winning Joker is set to hit theatres in early October, and the singer is doing everything she can to capitalize on this historic event, including producing music related to the film. On Friday (September 27), Gaga released her new album Harlequin. The set includes a compilation of standards that will apparently appear in the film, as well as a limited handful of original tracks—at least one of which will be heard in the movie. The title quickly became a bestseller, outpacing the flood of new releases. Harlequin is currently number one on the U.S. iTunes albums chart. The set rocketed straight to the top quickly after its release and has remained there for hours, proving to be the most exciting new launch this Friday.

Former US President Donald Trump’s advisers have already started all sorts of preparations to constitute the executive branch which will be pretty important if Donald Trump ends up winning the US Presidential Elections 2024. Searching for potential job candidates and compiling a dedicated team is going on in full swing, noted NBC News. Also Read :Payback time? Trump's embarrassing documents stolen by Iranian hackers; he cheered when Russia hacked Hillary Clinton's emails

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. German companies are feeling ever less confident, adding to concerns that Europe’s largest economy could be slipping back into recession. The Ifo Institute’s business-climate index slipped to 85.4 in September from 86.6 a month earlier, the think tank said Tuesday.

Fractal Analytics, a provider of artificial intelligence services, is considering filing for an initial public offering in Mumbai as soon as November to raise $500 million, according to people familiar with the matter. Fractal, known as India’s first AI unicorn, may seek a valuation of at least $3.5 billion in the share sale, the people said, asking not to be identified because the deliberations are private. The offering may include both new and existing shares, the people said, adding that a listing could take place as soon as the first quarter of 2025.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. When historians in future centuries compile the complete annals of humankind, their output will be divided into two tomes. The first will cover the hundreds of thousands of years during which humans have been earth’s highest form of intelligence.

TMC leader Derek O'Brien on Sunday alleged parliamentary standing committees had not been formed despite the 18th Lok Sabha completing 100 days since its constitution and said Parliament was being turned into a «deep, dark chamber». In a post on X, the Trinamool Congress' (TMC) leader in the Rajya Sabha said seven out of 10 Bills were sent to department-related standing committees of Parliament in the 15th Lok Sabha while only two out of 10 Bills were sent to the panels in the last Lok Sabha. «Parliamentary standing committees have not yet been formed. In the 15th Lok Sabha, seven out of 10 Bills were sent to committees for scrutiny. In the last Lok Sabha, only two out of 10 Bills got scrutinised ,» O'Brien said. «Parliament is being turned into a deep, dark chamber,» he added.

centralized dashboard for targeted policy intervention. Central team led by labour and employment secretary Sumita Dawra held discussions in this regard with five eastern states on Friday in Bhubaneswar. These included Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh. This is the fourth meeting in a series of regional consultations being held by the ministry of labour and employment nationwide with the states and union territories (UTs) on key labour and employment issues.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Every Friday, Plain Facts publishes a compilation of data-based insights, complete with easy-to-read charts, to help you delve deeper into the stories reported by Mint in the week gone by. Abundant rainfall this year has boosted kharif crop sowing, but excess rains in September may lead to crop damage and add risks to India's inflation trajectory.

Research by the firm found there have only been two consecutive years without initial public offerings since the launch of the first infrastructure trust 18 years ago—2008 and 2009, during the peak of the Global Financial Crisis. On the secondary market, only £11m has been raised by infrastructure trusts so far this year, according to data compiled by abrdn from the London Stock Exchange.  FCA and government lift investment trust cost disclosure requirements as they plan reforms This is set to be the lowest market raising by infrastructure trusts by a «significant amount», abrdn ad...

In a $115 million settlement, while admitting no wrongdoing, tech behemoth Oracle has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit over allegations it tracked consumer activity both on and offline

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Every Friday, Plain Facts publishes a compilation of data-based insights, complete with easy-to-read charts, to help you delve deeper into the stories reported by Mint in the week gone by. The Cabinet announced a slew of schemes ahead of crucial assembly polls, and the price of Brent crude oil fell below $70 a barrel for the first time since December 2021.

Startup Awards (ETSA) have captured the ever-changing world of technology and digital India as the sector has grown from infancy to the stage of spawning multiple publicly-traded corporations. Having seen multiple cycles of a funding boom followed by a tech winter, the awards are a true testament to the way Indian entrepreneurship has matured in the past decade, despite many crests and troughs. But what goes behind selecting the nominees and the winners of The ET Startup Awards, considered the most prestigious in the Indian entrepreneurial ecosystem? June: ET reached out to over 200 of the country’s top entrepreneurs, investors, industry groups and other stakeholders to compile a list of the brightest entrepreneurial talent.

Options traders are getting less skeptical about Indian banks after months of underperformance. The cost of hedging against volatility in the NSE Nifty Bank Index is near its lowest level since January relative to the broader NSE Nifty 50 Index, indicating less demand for protection.

Plain Facts publishes a compilation of data-based insights, complete with easy-to-read charts, to help you delve deeper into the stories reported by Mint in the week gone by. The World Bank upgraded its FY25 GDP forecast for India and Adani group is looking to acquire multiple FMCG businesses. Meanwhile, GST on health and life insurance premia could be discussed at the GST council meeting on Monday.

Indian exporters are putting together traceability proofs such as geolocation coordinates of plots of land and details of their entire supply chain as they gear up to comply with the European Union's new regulation on deforestation. The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) requires firms to ensure that products exported to the EU have been grown on land which has not been deforested after December 31, 2020. The regulation has implications for India's coffee, cocoa, soya, wood products, rubber and its products and leather goods exports. It prescribes fines up to 4% of a firm's annual turnover in the EU and confiscation of products and revenues gained from a transaction for non-compliance.

Mark Robinson, the Republican candidate for governor in North Carolina, is widely known for his staunch conservative views on issues like abortion and his controversial statements about topics such as the movie Black Panther and the Holocaust. However, a recent report from New York Magazine has shed light on a different aspect of Robinson’s past—his frequent visits to pornography stores in the 1990s and early 2000s. Louis Money, a former employee at 24-hour adult video shops in Greensboro, spoke to The Assembly and claimed that Robinson was a regular customer, visiting as many as five nights a week. Money, who worked at stores like Gents, said that patrons could either buy videos for $50 or «preview» them in private booths for $8. “Every night that I worked, I saw Mark,” Money said, adding that Robinson would preview at least two tapes per visit. Other customers and employees corroborated his frequent presence, with one even mentioning that Robinson occasionally brought pizza for other patrons. A spokesperson for Robinson's campaign has dismissed the allegations, calling The Assembly's report “bullshit.”

For the first time ever, India’s real estate market has been categorized as ‘transparent’ by the Global Real Estate Transparency Index, compiled by property advisory JLL every two years. Mint explains the index and India’s position. Launched in 1999, and conducted every two years, it categorizes real estate markets into five tiers—highly transparent, transparent, semi-transparent, low transparency and opaque.

When the Bank of Canada eases monetary policy and the economy slows, money managers usually brace for a weaker loonie.

Robusta coffee slid in London, pulling back from last week’s high, amid a US holiday that contributed to volatile prices. Futures had soared to the highest since the 1970s on concerns about tighter supplies out of Vietnam and Brazil due to unfavorable weather. Prices topped $5,000 a ton on Friday, pushing robusta’s relative-strength index toward overbought territory. The commodity slipped as much as 5.5% on Monday. “We are in a low stock environment, which guarantees volatility,” said Carlos Mera, an analyst at Rabobank. Traders also need to consider other factors, such as shipping disruptions around the Red Sea, congestion in Brazilian ports and the European Union’s incoming deforestation rules, he said.

solar eclipse in the ancient Hindu text, the Rig Veda, dating back approximately 6,000 years. This discovery marks the oldest known mention of an eclipse.