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Mt Everest, also known as Mount Qomolangma, following a 6.8-magnitude earthquake that jolted Dingri County in the Tibet Autonomous Region on Tuesday. Dingri is home to the base camp of the world's highest peak.

Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara addressed concerns over the HMPV virus, stating that health experts have assured that the virus is not dangerous.

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2025 admit cards on 7 January 2025. Registered candidates can download their admit cards by visiting the official website at gate2025.iitr.ac.in. The examinations are scheduled to take place on 1, 2, 15, and 16 February 2025, across two shifts each day.

Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday that navy divers have been requisitioned to assist local authorities in rescuing the nine labourers trapped inside a coal mine in Dima Hasao district as the water level inside the quarry has risen to nearly 100 feet. The divers are flying in from Visakhapatnam and are expected to arrive soon, he said.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Theatre owners feel they are in for a lukewarm start to the year with the initial Bollywood line-up bereft of any mainstream commercial entertainers or big star films. The pipeline is led by Kangana Ranaut’s Emergency, period drama Azaad, and Shahid Kapoor-starrer Deva in January that will give way to war epic Chhaava and Karan Johar’s Dhadak 2 in February.

Senku Ishigami, the teen scientist who revived humanity with science, will embark on a new adventure in the upcoming “Science Future” arc of -Dr. Stone-. This next chapter will see Senku and his team journey to North America to secure resources for his ambitious space program.

Sweden has announced significant changes to its EU Blue Card system, aimed at attracting and retaining highly skilled foreign workers. The new regulations, effective from January 1, 2025, simplify the application process and improve conditions for eligible workers.

Bitcoin (BTC) has surged back into six-digit territory, continuing its early 2025 recovery. The largest cryptocurrency climbed to nearly $102,000 on Tuesday, marking its first return to the six-digit price since December 19, 2024, and starting the year on a strong note. At 10:43 am IST, Bitcoin was trading at $101,780, up 1.2%, with an intraday high of $102,712.

Indian Hotels Company Ltd. traded 0.24 per cent at Rs 846.95 at 12:07PM (IST) on Tuesday, even as BSE benchmark Sensex 287.28 points to 78252.27. The stock had closed at Rs 844.90 in the previous session. The stock quoted a 52-week high price of Rs 894.15 and 52-week low of Rs 450.00, respectively. As per BSE data, total traded volume on the counter till 12:07PM (IST) stood at 28358 shares with a turnover of Rs 2.41 crore.

A 22-year-old tourist was killed by an elephant at a sanctuary in Thailand after the animal turned on her while she was giving it a bath, according to local media reports.

Union Budget 2025 Expectations LIVE Updates: What do industries look forward to from Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman ahead of the upcoming Union Budget 2025?Union Budget 2025 Expectation Live Updates: Taxation expert Harsh Bhuta, Partner at Bhuta Shah and Co LLP told Livemint he looks forward to “promised comprehensive review of the Income-Tax Act" making it “concise, lucid, easy to read and understand" and thereby less complicated.Among his suggestions include: fast track appeals pending at first appellate stage, with focus on disposing old appeals in a time bound manner and introduction of dedicated dispute resolution mechanism, reduced tax rates for existing taxpayers by broadening base among others.Union Budget 2025 Expectations LIVE Updates: Good morning and welcome to Livemint's LIVE coverage of the upcoming Union Budget 202.

futures contracts at MCX opened flat today at Rs 77,249 per 10 gram, which is up by 0.12% or Rs 91 while silver March futures contracts were trading at Rs 90,575/kg, up by 0.02% or Rs 21. Gold prices went up by Rs 350/ 10 grams in the last one week while silver prices fell by Rs 3,000/kg in the same period.

Godrej Consumer Products Ltd. 1.58 per cent to Rs 1158.80 in Tuesday's trade as of 10:25AM (IST) even as the benchmark Nifty ruled at 23718.0, 101.96 points. The scrip had closed at Rs 1140.70 in the previous session. The stock quoted a 52-week low of Rs 1055.60 and a high of Rs 1541.30. The company quoted a market-cap of Rs 118480.18 crore on the BSE.

corporate earnings data largely factored in, and the timing now ripe for optimism in selective segments of the market, Quant Mutual Fund is nearing full deployment. The fund believes its risk-off phase is coming to an end, and a healthy pullback rally is on the cards for January.

«The strong growth story is there, inflation is somewhat stickier as well, and the Federal Reserve themselves are suggesting that with the fiscal policy side remaining very loose, monetary policy may need to be tighter to offset that support,» says James Knightley, ING. Just wanted to understand the truth behind the fears of yet another round of yen carry trade after Japan’s finance minister hinting that there could be a round of rate hikes now coming in. James Knightley: Yes, we are seeing these divergence in central banks coming through and say they have been for a long time this expectation that Japan would hike and they caught markets a little bit by surprise in August of last year and they do are perhaps coming back and again suggesting that they can do more. And of course, you have got Federal Reserve in the United States where markets increasing of the view that the Fed would cut less and less than previously thought.

ONGC, Biocon, and Hyundai Motor India, highlighting their potential for robust growth and value creation in the next 1 year. CLSA has upgraded ONGC to «High Conviction Overweight-PF,» citing multiple production and realization triggers, alongside attractive valuations and a strong dividend yield.