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iPhone 15 will be available at an effective price of ₹57,749, a significant reduction from its original launch price of ₹79,900. Similarly, the iPhone 15 Plus is set to cost ₹65,999, while the high-end iPhone 15 Pro Max will see its price drop to ₹1,23,999, down from ₹1,59,999.Android enthusiasts are also in for a treat.

Taylor Swift's Eras Tour security cost UK taxpayers $1 million. It's going to be a lot of dollar signs and reports about Taylor Swift's UK leg of her Eras tour, so buckle up for this one. After a terrorist plot was thwarted, Swift was forced to postpone three concerts in Vienna, Austria, as many fans are aware. She has increased security since then, which makes sense, but it seems that all of the extra protection has come at a high cost, as quoted in a report by SheKnows. The Metropolitan Police now have to pay almost $1 million in taxpayer funds for the additional security. The US Sun claims that providing security for each of Swift's UK performances cost the Met about $880,000. Swift's group also asked for $200,000 worth of security measures, such as a blue-light escort.

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is making major changes to auto insurance, including allowing rate hikes and switching to a predominantly no-fault claims model.

The Liberals’ announcement Thursday of roughly $6.3 billion in GST/HST breaks and rebates has some economists wondering what that rush of cash into people’s pocketbooks could mean for the Bank of Canada and interest rate cuts.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. TOKYO—Japan’s cabinet on Friday approved an economic stimulus package worth more than $140 billion, in Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s latest push to tackle inflation and boost growth after his coalition suffered a bruising electoral defeat last month. The package totalling 21.9 trillion yen, equivalent to $141.71 billion, is aimed at easing rising living costs and promoting business innovation and investment.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Donald Trump wants oil companies to “drill, baby, drill" on the first day of his presidency, but his fossil-fuel benefactors have a different agenda. Many of the tycoons who backed the Republican’s victorious campaign say what they need help with is shoring up demand for their products—not pumping more fossil fuels, which they have little incentive to do.

Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs, which could result in higher prices for American consumers. In an interview with Liz Claman on «The Claman Countdown,» Rainey emphasized the inflationary nature of the proposed tariffs, which could significantly affect the prices Walmart customers pay for a range of products, as per a report by Fox Business.

The low-budget movie “Hundreds of Beavers” has turned into a lo-fi legend

DirecTV is calling off its planned acquisition of rival Dish after the offer was rejected by bond holders at that company

Delta and United Airlines have become the most profitable U.S. airlines by targeting premium customers while also winning a significant share of budget travelers

Japan has approved a $250 billion economic stimulus package centered around initiatives intended to boost incomes

As Canadian consumers pull back on spending after years of rising costs, some retailers are cutting prices to lure people back into their stores.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. DUBLIN : The Irish government is rolling in clover like never before. The country currently has so much money it pumps cash into not one but two sovereign-wealth funds.

15th Finance Commission grants for FY 2024-25 to the rural local bodies (RLBs) in Karnataka, the Union Panchayati Raj Ministry said in a statement. The funds are meant for all the 5,949 eligible gram panchayats in the state, it added. «The Government of India through the Ministry of Panchayati Raj and Ministry of Jal Shakti recommends the release of XV-FC grants to the Rural Local Bodies which are then released by the Ministry of Finance. The allocated grants are recommended and released in two installments in a financial year,» the statement said. The grants will be utilised by the RLBs for location-specific requirements under the 29 subjects enshrined in the 11th Schedule of the Constitution, except for salaries and other establishment costs, it added.

It outpaced competitors like the Tata Nexon (1,593 units), Mahindra XUV400 (602) and Tata Curvv (1,542 units), with 3,116 units sold. This innovative model separates the vehicle cost from the battery price, allowing buyers to pay battery EMIs based on usage, set at ₹3.5 per km.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mumbai: Softening prices of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) are likely to stabilise in the months ahead and bring relief to Indian manufacturers, but they will still have to improve their operational efficiency to compete against Chinese rivals, industry executives and analysts said. API prices have been falling for the past 12-15 months, driven mainly by sharp price cuts by Chinese companies, which is impacting the bottom line of Indian API companies.

Zepto, which has raised another $350 million in new funding from prominent domestic investors, aims to become a company with a majority Indian ownership, chief executive Aadit Palicha said. Zepto is not an “Amazon or Walmart” but an Indian firm with plans to go public on Indian bourses, Palicha said in an interview with ET. He said the four-year old firm is not hurting kiranas or mom-and-pop stores — an allegation that Zepto and other quick-commerce firms are facing — and is a “net-job creator to the country’s consumption story". Founded by Stanford University dropouts Palicha and Kaivalya Vohra, Zepto has emerged as one of the fastest-growing consumer internet firms in India, fuelled by $1.4 billion that it raised in the last five-six months.

RBI and the Maldives Monetary Authority on Thursday signed an agreement here for establishing a framework to promote the use of local currencies — the Indian Rupee and the Maldivian Rufiyaa (MVR) for cross-border transactions. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by Governor of Reserve Bank of India Shaktikanta Das and Governor of Maldives Monetary Authority Ahmed Munawar. «The MoU encourages the use of INR and MVR in current account transactions, permissible capital account transactions and any other economic and financial transactions as agreed upon by both countries,» the RBI said in a statement. This framework would enable exporters and importers to invoice and settle in their respective domestic currencies, which in turn would enable the development of trading in the INR-MVR pair in foreign exchange market.

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plans to temporarily lift the federal sales tax off a slew of items and send checks to millions of Canadians who are dealing with rising costs as a federal election looms

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. edged closer to 7% this week, climbing to its highest level since July