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Karnataka News: Congress MLA from Hubballi-Dharwad (East) Prasad Abbayya has suggested that the Karnataka Mysuru's airport be renamed “Tipu Sultan Airport". The suggestion has drawn the ire of Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Karnataka Assembly. Prasad Abbayya came up with the proposal during a discussion about the state government writing to the Centre to change the names of airports.

Ghazal Alagh, co-founder of the beauty brand Mama Earth, has emerged as a notable figure expressing reservations about the concept. This conversation gained momentum after Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Smriti Irani, stated her belief that menstruation should not be considered a handicap. Alagh, a prominent entrepreneur, cautioned against the implementation of a paid leave policy for menstruation, suggesting that it might pose challenges for women in the workforce.

US Federal Reserve. Among other major currencies, the euro and pound rose on Friday as the central banks in Europe stuck to their hawkish paths. The US dollar index, which measures the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, eased by 0.02% to 101.94, not far from the four-month low of 101.76 it touched on Thursday.

California energy regulators have voted to allow the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant to operate for an additional five years, despite calls from environmental groups to shut it down

Two months into its military campaign in Gaza, Israel seems to be fighting a losing battle for international support. It has lost key votes at the United Nations and even supportive powers like the United States have voiced their discontent with Israel’s conduct of the war. Mint looks at Israel’s position.

cricket. Previously, the BCCI bestowed a similar honour on Sachin Tendulkar when they retired his No. 10 jersey in 2017.

Amid news from the Fed yesterday that its fight against inflation is over, veteran bank analysts at Odeon Capital upgraded five bank stocks from Hold to Buy — Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC), U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB), PNC Financial Services (NYSE:PNC), and Truist Financial Corp. (NYSE:TFC).

A federal judge has dismissed applications from the truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash in Saskatchewan and was fighting deportation back to India. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu was sentenced to eight years for causing a crash that killed 16 people and injured 13 others.

Hamas attack on Israel on October 7 is never repeated, senior officials said. Sullivan will discuss "ongoing efforts to revamp and revitalize" the Palestinian Authority and reining in "extremist settler violence" against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, said one of the officials, who declined to be named. Here are the top 10 updates on the Israel-Hamas war, 1) The Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh, in an interview on Thursday said the Biden administration must now “walk the walk" and take specific steps toward what has been an elusive two-state solution, including by applying pressure on Israel, AP reported.

policy environment in 2024 have boosted most Asian currencies versus the dollar, but the rupee's gains have paled in comparison as the Indian central bank looks to build a reserves buffer and preserve export competitiveness amid a global scarcity of the greenback. On Thursday, the rupee closed at 83.3275 per US dollar, just 0.09% stronger than 83.4025/$1 at previous close. Meanwhile, currencies such as the Thai baht and the South Korean won notched up gains of around 2% versus the US dollar on Thursday while the Indonesian rupiah strengthened 1%, Bloomberg data showed. The Malaysian ringgit, the Taiwanese dollar, the Chinese yuan, the Philippine peso, and the Singapore dollar also outstripped the rupee's gains on Thursday, with the domestic currency extending the underperformance it showed versus its Asian peers last month.

By Makini Brice and Ted Hesson

Investing.com — The Dow closed at record highs Thursday for the second-straight day as the post-Fed rally continued to push stocks higher even as some express concern that the recent run higher has been too much, too fast.

The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday for a third straight time, a sign that it is likely done raising rates after having imposed the fastest string of increases in four decades to fight painfully high inflation.

Economist Peter Morici reacts to the Fed signaling that it could cut interest rates three times in 2024, on 'Varney & Co.'

Stocks posted small moves in cautious trading as investors looked ahead to the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate decision, bracing for any warnings from Chair Jerome Powell that market expectations of policy easing are overdone.

LONDON — The Bank of England on Thursday kept its main interest rate unchanged at 5.25% and said monetary policy is «likely to need to be restrictive for an extended period of time.»

Dwayne Johnson, widely known as "The Rock," is set to step back into the realm of combat sports, joining forces with Benny Safdie for the A24 biopic, "The Smashing Machine." This cinematic endeavor marks a return to Johnson's combat roots, portraying mixed martial arts (MMA) legend Mark Kerr in a film that promises to capture the essence of Kerr's tumultuous journey.

BNY Mellon Wealth Management head of equities Alicia Levine and Simplify Asset Management chief strategist Mike Green discuss whether the Fed's inflation strategy is working on 'Making Money.'

We just got our January 2019 moment: the Powell dovish pivot is here.

Amid news from the Fed yesterday that its fight against inflation is over, veteran bank analysts at Odeon Capital upgraded five bank stocks from Hold to Buy — Bank of America (BAC), Wells Fargo (WFC), U.S. Bancorp (USB), PNC Financial Services (NYSE:PNC), and Truist Financial Corp. (NYSE:TFC).

A missile fired from Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen missed a container ship traveling through the crucial Bab el-Mandeb Strait