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The NBA signed its 11-year media rights deal with Disney, NBC and Amazon Prime Video on Wednesday after saying it was not accepting Warner Bros

Stocks to buy or sell: Following weak global market cues after lacklustre earnings from US tech behemoths Tesla and Alphabet, the Indian stock market ended lower for the fourth straight session. The Nifty 50 index slipped 40 points and closed at the 24,438 mark, the BSE Sensex shed 280 points and closed at 80,148, while the Bank Nifty index finished 348 points at 51,429. According to Sumeet Bagadia, Executive Director at Choice Broking, the Nifty 50 index has made a crucial support at 24,000, and the index is facing a hurdle at 24,800 to 24,850.

FMCG bellwether HUL posted a subdued performance, with a 1.6% increase in revenue and a 2.7% increase in net profit. The operating profit margin stood at 23.8% — 20 basis points higher than the year-ago level. One basis point is a hundredth of a percentage point.

Just as the central bank’s last 25-basis point rate cut did little to move the housing market, this one probably won’t either, says Clay Jarvis, Nerdwallet Canada’s mortgage and real estate expert. An overnight rate of 4.5 per cent is unlikely to unleash homebuyers’ pent-up demand, he said.

budget in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, senior Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram pushed forward five demands from finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

Nitin Gadkari is likely to represent India at the Iran President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian's swearing-in ceremony on July 30, displaying New Delhi's commitment to the partnership marked by the recent 10-year-deal on the Chabahar Port. India has been deputing senior ministers and leaders to Iran on important occasions in the backdrop of the nature of the partnership. Earlier this year, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankar represented India at Iran's former president Ebrahim Raisi's funeral. Raisi played a key role in the bilateral pact that will allow India operations of the Chabahar Port for 10 years. India had played a role in Iran's Brics membership last year. Five presidents and ten parliament speakers from different countries will attend Pezeshkian's inauguration. The election in Iran was necessitated following Raisi's death in a helicopter crash. Raisi had plans to visit India this year.

Modi and Vladimir Putin. America is deep in the throes of election politics — Donald Trump's escape from near-death, Joe Biden's exit and Kamala Harris' entry into the presidential race are dominating the headlines. Tempers have calmed somewhat but all is not well in the realm.

The Handmaid’s Tale have been eagerly awaiting news on the final season of the acclaimed series. With five intense seasons already in the books, viewers are bracing for the concluding chapter of June Osborne's (Elisabeth Moss) harrowing journey in the dystopian world of Gilead. The show, which has garnered both Emmy and Golden Globe awards, is set to wrap up its epic narrative with Season 6, as mentioned in a report by TV Line.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday alleged that the liquor policies introduced by the previous YSRCP regime have caused a loss of Rs 18,860 crore to the state exchequer in the last five years. Releasing a white paper on excise policies in the assembly, the Chief Minister noted that the southern state saw a liquor income gap of Rs 42,762 crore in the past five years when compared to neighbouring Telangana.

Budget Allocation for Northeast Frontier Railway for the FY 2024-25 is Rs. 14183.69 crores. The allocation for North-eastern states is Rs. 10,376 crores which is about five times higher than the average allocation of Rs. 2,122 crores made during 2009-14.

Mint explains the budget’s many nuances and its potential long-term impact. The biggest concern was whether the central government’s policy choices could change after the electoral outcome. Over the years, it had worked hard to improve spending efficiency by cutting back on revenue expenditure and focusing on capex which had a greater multiplier effect.

Salman Khan has told police that he believed the Lawrence Bishnoi gang carried out the firing at his residence here in April this year with the intention to kill him and his family members. The actor's statement is part of the charge sheet filed by Mumbai Police in a court here in connection with the incident.

₹1 crore five years ago and valued at ₹1.47 crore today would incur a tax of ₹7.01 lakh without indexation, compared to ₹5.1 lakh with indexation. This represents a 37.54% increase in tax outflow despite the lower tax rate, explained Feroze Azeez, deputy chief executive of Anand Rathi Wealth Ltd.

Realty developer TARC Ltd has appointed Arabian Construction Company, headquartered out of Abu Dhabi, UAE, as the principal contractor for its luxury residential developments, TARC Kailasa, located in Central West Delhi and its upcoming development TARC 63A located in Gurugram. TARC Kailasa is 2.80 million square feet luxury residential development spread across five 40-storey towers. TARC 63A Gurugram is an upcoming project, estimated to have more than 1.80 million square feet of luxury residential development spread across five 45-storey towers. “As we move forward in our journey of developing world class luxury residential projects in New Delhi and Gurugram, we are forging partnerships with the best in the world. Arabian Construction Company is known to efficiently deliver high quality developments across their 50 years of experience with the highest standards of safety, sustainability and professionalism besides specializing in construction of high-rise buildings. We want to bring the best consultants and engineers for our customers to deliver nothing less than the best,” said Amar Sarin, Managing Director & CEO, TARC Ltd.

reserved and backward categories have been appointed as IAS, IPS and IFS officers in the past five years, the Centre informed the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Of these, 233 officers were appointed in 2018, 231 in 2019, 223 in 2020, 250 in 2021 and 258 in 2022, it said in a written reply.

Nissan is looking to introduce five models over the next 30 months, as it looks to reboot its operations in the fast-growing Indian car market. The company, which is selling just one model in the country currently, is planning to drive in two mid-size SUV models (one five-seater and one seven-seater), one electric SUV and a refreshed version of its compact SUV Magnite.

MUMBAI: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has reduced the time limit for reopening old income tax returns (ITRs) for reassessment.

Cuthbert, who was the lead manager of the SVM Continental Europe fund until the end of March 2024 and co-manager of SVM All Europe SRI fund, had worked with SVM since 2006. Prior to joining the SVM, he spent five years with Kempen Capital Management (later rebranded as Van Lanschot Kempen) managing the firm's pan-European equities. UK-domiciled fixed income funds hit by £1.9bn outflows in June Following Cuthbert's departure, Neil Veitch, investment director at River Global, will continue to manage the SVM All Europe SRI fund, along with James Sym. Over the past three years, SVM ...

Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman yesterday was unique among all the budgets presented by her in that it offered a long-term roadmap for a developed India, an aim set by the government called Viksit Bharat. At the start of the Parliament’s Budget session, a day before the budget was presented, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the budget will further the goal of a ‘Viksit Bharat’ by 2047.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, focuses on balancing increased spending on jobs and rural development with transferring more funds to states, while narrowing the fiscal deficit. However, it offered limited new announcements for the Railways, mentioned only once in the Finance Minister's 83-minute speech.

Mt Gox on Wednesday transferred 37,477 Bitcoin (worth $2.47b) from a cold wallet to an unknown address, according to Arkham Intelligence.