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mutual fund scheme, investors often weigh a slew of factors such as the category it belongs to, the fund house that runs it, scheme’s asset size, its constituent stocks and sectors, and importantly – the returns it has delivered in the recent past. Although the past returns do not guarantee consistent future returns, they still hold a lot of importance compared to most of the other factors. Here, we give a lowdown on one of the top-performing mutual funds i.e., Tata Digital India Mutual Fund that has an asset size of ₹9,272 crore.

cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 has crossed the 1,000 mark with Uttar Pradesh becoming the latest entrant to the list of states and Union territories that have detected its presence so far, according to INSACOG. Data compiled by the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) showed that Karnataka has reported the highest number of 214 cases among the 16 states and UTs, followed by Andhra Pradesh (189), Maharashtra (170), Kerala (154), Goa (90), Tamil Nadu (88) and Gujarat (76).

Adani Enterprises on Friday received Letter of Award(LoA) from Solar Energy Corporation of India for setting up manufacturing capacity for Electrolysers in the country under the Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transition Scheme. The incentive to be allocated over five years from the scheduled commissioning date is Rs 293.78 crore. Twenty companies including Reliance Industries, Adani Group, Jindal India, Larsen & Toubro and Bharat Heavy Electricals submitted bids for incentives to manufacture electrolysers, statements from Solar Energy Corp of India said last year. In July, India invited pilot bid to incentivise production of green hydrogen and manufacturing of electrolysers.

insurance fund and carry out a sweeping internal reorganization. The loss was also fueled by the bank stockpiling money to cover currency risks in Argentina and Russia. The third-largest U.S. lender by assets posted a loss of $1.16 per share for the three months ended Dec.

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marching contingent in this year's Army Day Parade in Lucknow will be selected using artificial intelligence, a senior officer said on Friday. Briefing reporters at his office, Army Day Parade Commander Major General Salil Seth said, «Artificial Intelligence is being used for the first time to identify the best marching contingent. As you know all the marching contingents do drills and do drills correctly.» «There is a correct pattern of doing the drills — raising your hands to a certain level, raising your legs to a certain level, doing your movement with the weapon within a certain timeframe.

Indamer Aviation, one of the largest maintenance and repair organisation in the country is planning to double its capacity within five years. Indamer which has a 60:40 joint venture with US based aviation services and aftermarkets major AAR Corp, will invest around Rs 550 crore for the expansion, Prajay Patel director at Indamer group. " Currently we have four hangars. In the second phase of expansion we will have 10 hangars.

Investing.com — BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) has agreed to purchase Global Infrastructure Partners in a $12.5 billion cash-and-stock deal that will create a multi-asset class investing giant.

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fountain pen valued at Rs 5,000 and a sum of one lakh rupees were stolen from the check-in baggage of Binod Kumar Mandal, a 46-year-old director at Manipal Tech Group Companies, during his flight from Mangalore to Mumbai on Wednesday. Mandal, who had kept the cash for emergency use and the antique pen, discovered the theft upon landing at Mumbai Domestic Airport.

Zomato, Tata Steel, Tata Power, Axis Bank, and GAIL India were the top five largecap stocks shopped by mutual funds. MF holding in Zomato increased by a sharp 71 million shares month-on-month (MoM) in December, according to a report by PhillipCapital. Shares of the online food delivery aggregator have rallied nearly 19% since December. In 2023, the stock witnessed its longest-ever winning streak since listing, and this one-way run turned it into a multibagger. Tata Power and Tata Steel also saw significant buying by mutual funds. In Tata Steel, their ownership increased by nearly 33 million shares MoM, and in Tata Power, it went up by nearly 25 million shares. In the last one month, shares of Tata Steel have gained over 17%, while those of Tata Power surged nearly 24%. Gail India was another largecap stock heavily bought by mutual funds in December. The public sector natural gas transmission major has given handsome returns of over 28% to investors since December. Three largecap banking stocks also saw an increase in the ownership by MFs. Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, and State Bank of India were among the top 10 largecap stocks bought by them in December. Besides, ITC, Samvardhana Motherson, and Mankind Pharma were also bought by MFs last month.

consecration ceremony at the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, religious organisations like VHP, RSS, and their allies are distributing the worshipped 'akshat' to devotees. The distribution which was started on New Year's Day, involves rice grains mixed with turmeric and ghee, is considered sacred in Hindu rituals. General Secretary of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Champat Rai emphasized that, while receiving 'akshat,' people will be requested to gather at local temples, turning the event into a festive celebration.

Narendra Modi today took part in 'Swachhata Abhiyan' at the Kalaram temple in Maharashtra's Nashik. The PM had also appealed to everyone to carry out Swachhata activities at temples across the country.

Nikhil Nigania, Director,Bernstein, says “in almost all power shortage cycles, ideally the guy who makes the most money is the person with the merchant power plant. The same thing happened with Jindal Steel and Power last time, which we do not cover. But this time around, there are a few entities who have merchant power plants. JSPL, has moved the merchant plants to the promoter from the listed entity. But entities with merchant plants can make the benefit of the high power price on the power exchange.” When we have to pick out the winners in the power sector, what is going to be a different story this time? Where should one be looking? Nikhil Nigania: If we compare the last power cycle, which went on till 2012, versus the current cycle which started a year and a half back, the primary difference was last time there was consistent power shortage throughout the day because we did not have enough private sector participation. It was largely state-owned enterprises which were setting up power plants back then. This time around, while the private sector participation was strong earlier, now we have a unique situation where, due to addition of largely solar capacity, we have shortage in the non-solar as of today.

Narendra Modi on Friday described India's present-day youth as the most fortunate generation of the 21st century, poised to take the country to greater heights during "Amrit Kaal", and urged them to participate in the electoral process to «reduce» the influence of dynastic politics. Addressing a gathering after inaugurating the 27th National Youth Festival here, Modi said dynastic politics has caused immense harm to the country and urged the youth to get themselves enrolled as voters as soon as possible. «India is the mother of democracy.

Also read- Budget 2024: Some modifications in personal tax quite possible, Goldman Sachs expect the central government to announce a fiscal deficit target in the range of 5.2 - 5.4% of GDP (with 5.3% of GDP as their base case) in FY25 given their medium term fiscal consolidation target of reaching 4.5% of GDP by FY26. Goldman Sachs in their report answers five key investor questions before the India Union budget for fiscal year 2025 (April 2024-March 2025): 1: Will the government meet the 5.9% of GDP fiscal deficit target in FY24? Goldman Sachs says that the receipts upside of 0.2% of GDP will help the government meet the fiscal deficit target.

Stock market today: Shares of Paramount Communications Ltd are one of the multibagger stocks delivered by the Indian stock market in recent years. This stock below ₹100 has risen from around ₹36 to ₹98.50 apiece level in the last one year, delivering to the tune of over 150 per cent return to its shareholders in this time.

bank loan fraud linked money laundering case against erstwhile Bhushan Steel Ltd (BSL), official sources said Friday. Those taken into custody on Thursday are Pankaj Kumar Tiwari, the former vice president banking of the company, former VP accounts Pankaj Kumar Agarwal, ex-chief financial officer Nitin Johri, Ajay Mittal, the brother-in-law of former promoter Neeraj Singal, and Ajay Mittal's wife and sister of Neeraj Singal, Archana Mittal.

Wipro, TCS and HCL Tech traded as the top gainers in the Sensex index. Here are five key factors that appear to have led the Nifty 50 to its fresh all-time high: Most IT stocks jumped to strong gains after the December quarter earnings of TCS and Infosys. The Nifty IT index jumped over 5 per cent to hit its fresh 52-week high of 36,482.25 in morning trade.

Polycab India, a leading electrical wires and cables manufacturer to ₹4,300 apiece from an earlier target price of ₹5,809 apiece to factor in the uncertainties due to the IT raid, by cutting the target P/E to 30x December 25E from 38x September. The company shares were in the spotlight over the last few sessions amid circulating reports of tax evasion allegations against the company.

This year’s scores on the Henley Passport Index, which tracks how easily people can travel abroad, are out. For the past five years, Singapore and Japan have been contenders for the honour of issuing the most powerful passports, granting their holders access to more of the world’s countries without a prior visa than others.