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Indian stock market: Ending the day on a flat note, the Indian stock market benchmarks, the Sensex and the Nifty 50, experienced cautious trading on Tuesday, May 21, with the majority of stocks facing losses. The Sensex closed 53 points (0.07%) lower at 73,953.31, while the Nifty 50 finished the day 27 points (0.12%) higher at 22,529.05. The mid and small-cap indices reached new record highs during the session.

As speculation over the BJP-led NDA’s seats in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls ripples through financial market corridors, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has indicated that the Indian stock market will break all its previous records and participants will be tired of managing the rush after June 4 election results.

Narendra Modi said on Tuesday the opposition Congress and the Samajwadi Party have competed in the appeasement of their vote bank and called both parties «anti-development». «The SP and Congress are more concerned about their vote bank than Kumbh (mela),» he said, addressing a rally in the region known for the Kumbh mela and the 'Triveni Sangam'. «This election of 2024 will decide the direction in which the Triveni of India's future will flow,» Modi said. The prime minister said the members of the INDIA block cannot digest praise of India abroad.

OpenAI says it plans to halt the use of one of its ChatGPT voices that “Her” actor Scarlett Johansson says sounds “eerily similar" to her own

Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched a fresh attack on the Congress, accusing its top leaders, including first PM Jawaharlal Nehru, of having «opposed» reservations for deprived castes. «Had it not been for Baba Saheb Ambedkar, Nehru would have never agreed to quotas for SCs, STs and OBCs. Nehru had made his views clear on the issue in letters he wrote to the then chief ministers in the country», claimed Modi at a rally in Purbi Champaran Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar. «This has been the Congress' trait under successive prime ministers. Be it, Indira Gandhi or Rajiv Gandhi, they all opposed reservations. SCs, STs and OBCs have never got respect from the Congress», the PM added. Modi made the allegation while lashing out at the opposition for spreading a «falsehood» that the BJP, upon return to power with a brute majority, could scrap quotas by changing the Constitution.

Bolvin Wealth Management Group President Gina Bolvin discusses the move in commodities, expected inflation data, the housing industry and her outlook for consumers.

Echo Fine Properties CEO Jeff Lichtenstein speaks with FOX News Digital about the property insurance landscape amid ‘self-inflicted’ policy choices and natural disasters.

KKR vs SRH Live Score Updates, Play-off IPL 2024: We are finally in the IPL 2024 playoffs, and this time, the viewers are in for a lot of surprises. After an incredible 2024 season, Shreyas Iyer-led Kolkata Knight Riders finished at the top of the IPL points table for the first time in 17 seasons. With some massive records to its name, Sunrisers Hyderabad's journey to the second spot has been a mix of courage and luck.

Open interest indicates that bulls are likely to dominate the following counters. In Tuesday’s trading session, the following five stocks witnessed a build of fresh long positions. Lets first understand how this conclusion is reached that whether the stock has seen a buildup of fresh long position or not. When the stock prices move up and open interest on the counter also moves upward, it is taken as a sign of a long buildup. The signal is considered more reliable if the volume on the counter has also seen an increase.

SINGAPORE—For the past few years, the West has been trying to break China’s grip on minerals that are critical for defense and green technologies. Despite their efforts, Chinese companies are becoming more dominant, not less. They are expanding operations, supercharging supply and causing prices to drop.

Delhi is in the grip of an intense heatwave, with temperatures crossing 47 degrees Celsius, prompting the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to issue a 'red alert' for the next five days. This scorching weather has pushed the city's peak power demand to unprecedented levels for May, leading to the immediate closure of schools by the Delhi government. Unprecedented Heatwave Grips Delhi The capital has been experiencing a relentless rise in temperatures, with Sunday recording the highest temperature this summer at 44.4 degrees Celsius. Saturday saw temperatures at 43.6 degrees Celsius, a significant increase from Friday's 42.5 degrees Celsius.

Phalodi Satta Bazaar Prediction: As the results date for the Lok Sabha elections draws near, Rajasthan's renowned Phalodi Satta Bazaar has gained attention for its predictive betting assessments. With five phases of voting completed and two phases remaining, speculation is high on which party will secure a majority and form the next government at the Centre. The Phalodi Satta Bazaar has a history of accurate predictions, whether it be elections, cricket matches, or weather forecasts. Phalodi Satta Bazaar’s Predictions for BJP The betting market suggests a strong performance for the BJP, predicting they will win approximately 300 seats as of May 13, 2024. In contrast, the Congress is projected to secure only 40-42 seats, a decline from their 52 seats in the 2019 elections. The remaining seats are expected to be distributed among other parties. If these predictions hold true, it would reinforce the accuracy of the Phalodi Satta Bazaar's assessments.

debt mutual funds have outperformed against the return offered on fixed deposits for a tenure of one year. These six categories offered returns ranging between 6.81% — 7.46% in the last one year against the interest rate of 6.8% offered by SBI on fixed deposits for the tenure of one year to less than 2 years. ETMutualFunds analysed the one year performance of the all debt mutual fund categories with the interest rate on fixed deposits offered by the PSU bank — SBI. SBI FD interest rates

India may soon be followed by larger deals, broadening options for global investors looking to join the nation’s equities frenzy. Citigroup Inc., the top arranger of equity offerings in India this year, sees four to five IPOs of at least $1 billion each over the next year. At least 10 companies are weighing offerings of more than $100 million, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal, who has charged assault allegations against Delhi Chief Minister's aide Bibhav Kumar lashed out at Delhi ministers and AAP leaders for «spreading lies» about "corruption FIR" against her and threatened to file a lawsuit against them. In a post on X, Swati Maliwal claimed that her status in the party changed from «Lady Singham» to "BJP agent" right after she filed a complaint against now-arrested Kumar. «According to them, I was 'Lady Singham' until I filed a complaint against Bibhav Kumar and today I have become a BJP agent? „I will take you to court for every lie you spread!“ Maliwal said in a post on Monday.

Balkrishna Industries, Kaynes Technology India, and Affle (India). 1] Premier Explosives: Buy at ₹2,477.6, target ₹2,626, stop loss ₹2,394; 2]Bharat Bijlee: Buy at ₹3,884.85, target ₹4,111, stop loss ₹3,744; 3] Kaynes Technology India: Buy at ₹3,234.35, target ₹3,399, stop loss ₹3,144; 4] Balkrishna Industries: Buy at ₹2797.95, target ₹2950, stop loss ₹2699; and 5] Affle (India): Buy at ₹1,233.85, target ₹1,299, stop loss ₹1,188. In the Nifty 50 during the special trading session on Saturday, May 18, range bound activity continued to push the market higher, closing the day up 35 points, according to Nagaraj Shetti, Senior Technical Research Analyst at HDFC Securities.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. told shareholders the timetable is “not five years anymore," in response to a question about how long he planned to remain CEO. The largest US bank is “well on the way" with its succession plans, he said during the firm’s investor day.

OpenAI says it plans to halt the use of one of its ChatGPT voices after some users said it sounded like Scarlett Johansson, who famously voiced a fictional, and at the time futuristic, AI assistant in the 2013 film "Her." In a post on the social media platform X Monday, OpenAI said it is «working to pause» Sky — the name of one of five voices that ChatGPT users can chose to speak with. The company said it had «heard questions» about how it selects the lifelike audio options available for its flagship artificial intelligence chatbot, particularly Sky, and wanted to address them.

India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that various states of the Southern part of India, as well as the Northern states, will observe heavy rainfall in Southern till May 23. In an official release, IMD said, “Isolated extremely heavy rainfall also very likely over Tamil Nadu and Kerala till May 24." It further said that heavy to heavy rainfall is expected over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal, Kerala, and Mahe on May 23.

Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) is set to embark on its next phase of expansion after shedding flab under the stewardship of group MD and CEO Anish Shah. In the past four years, the Rs 1.39 lakh crore group has exited 15 businesses ranging from yachts and helicopters to dairy and special steel as well as loss-making overseas subsidiaries such as SsangYong Motor and Peugeot Motocycles.

devil fruit consumed by Monkey D. Luffy is set to be revealed as One Piece is setting up for a climactic battle of Luffy against Kaido in Wano. During this epic fight, Luffy will attain a new level of power known as Gear 5, which will also reveal the real features of Human-Human Fruit, Model: Nika that was consumed by the straw-hat pirate. This particular devil fruit, is deemed as dangerous by the World Government, and had been secretly concealed by their efforts, but it still ended up in the hand of Luffy.