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Jack Draper showcased an impressive performance with a straight-set victory over Sebastian Baez at the Adelaide International, gearing up for the Australian Open. The 22-year-old defeated the 26th-ranked Baez 6-1, 6-3, solidifying his preparations for the upcoming Grand Slam event. On the other hand, British number one Katie Boulter faced a setback as she suffered a 6-3, 6-4 defeat against Romania's Anna Bogdan in the women's event. The Australian Open qualifying matches, initially scheduled to begin on Monday, were hampered by rain, delaying the start of the tournament.

Can Indian inflation fall below 4% and economic growth remain strong in 2024? Here's what experts say "Some base effects should also help pull down inflation in the clothing and footwear, and miscellaneous categories. Households' near-term (three months ahead) inflation expectations also have declined, though one-year ahead expectations have risen. Input and output price PMIs for the manufacturing sector for December also remain contained," Barclays said.

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The real estate market in Bangalore has witnessed a significant boom in recent times. Among the several pockets of development, certain areas have outperformed over others, in terms of development and ensuing price increase. Among all the outliers, Sarjapur, nestled in the eastern part of the city, is emerging as a focal point of exponential growth over the past five years.

The Peregrine 1 lander which is carrying NASA’s scientific equipment, has begun its journey towards the moon following the successful launch of the Vulcan Centaur rocket at Cape Canaveral.

Investors should actively consider dynamic bond funds, especially with the expectation of a fall in bond yields, say experts. They, however, need to have a longer holding period of atleast two to three years to ride out the intermittent volatility.

Circle Squared Alternative Investments founder Jeff Sica explains why consumer spending will dramatically decline before the holidays on 'Varney & Co.'

Congress has hailed the Supreme Court judgment quashing the Gujarat government's decision to grant remission to 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case, saying it has removed the veil over the BJP's anti-women policies. Reacting to the ruling, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said justice has ultimately prevailed. "With this order, the veil over the anti-women policies of the Bharatiya Janata Party has been removed.

India's GDP likely to grow by 7.3% in FY24: NSO data SBI indicated that income-tax data, rising female labour force participation and the rising popularity of food-ordering platforms paint a healthy picture of India's growth. Here are five major trends that the SBI report has highlighted about the Indian economy: "The gap between different income levels, measured by the Gini coefficient of taxable income, decreased notably from 0.472 to 0.402 from FY14 to FY22 respectively," the SBI report said.

WhatsApp seems to be planning to give users more control over their app with the introduction of the new Themes feature. The new feature was spotted by WABetaInfo in the WhatsApp Beta for iOS 24.1.10.70 update.

SC quashes remission granted to 11 convicts in Bilkis Bano case On Monday, the Supreme Court struck down the remission granted to 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case on the ground that the Gujarat government had no competence to grant remission. The top court held as 'nullity' its May 13, 2022 order of another bench asking Gujarat govt to consider remission plea of convicts 1. “The exercise of power by the state of Gujarat is an instance of usurpation of power and abuse of power".

₹2,849 apiece in today's trade by gaining 6%, building on its strong momentum for the seventh consecutive trading session. In the last six trading sessions, the shares have jumped from ₹1,797 apiece to ₹2,689, resulting in a stellar gain of 50%.

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Read Bilkis Bano case LIVE updates The top court said that the State of Gujarat was not competent to to grant remission to 11 convicts sentenced to life term for the gangrape of Bilkis Bano and killing her family members during the 2002 Gujarat communal riots. A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan pronounced the judgement on Monday. The Supreme Court also pulled up the Gujarat government for passing remission orders in August 2022 in a cyclostyled manner, with no application of mind.

Bilkis Bano Case: The Supreme Court on January 8 held that the May 2022 order of another bench of the top court is null since it was obtained by fraud by the petitioner convict. It has quashed the early release of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case. All 11 will be sent back to jail.

Multibagger penny stock: Ever since news of Reliance Industries' funding to Alok Industries became public on 2nd January 2023, Alok Industries shares have been touching a new 52-week high for the last five straight sessions. Alok Industries' share price has been touching 52-week highs on a regular basis for the last five straight sessions as the market has gone highly bullish on the penny stock after the news of Reliance Industries investing ₹3,300 crore in the company through investment in Non-Convertible Redeemable Preference Shares of the company.

A Lagrange point is a position in space where the gravitational forces of two large bodies, like the Earth and Sun, interact to produce a balance that holds a small third body in place between both. Get the math right, and it’s the perfect spot in space to place a solar observatory, as India’s space agency did this weekend with its Aditya L1, which joins Europe’s SOHO, among others.

Bilkis Bano case Live Updates: The Supreme Court is expected to deliver a verdict today on the Bilkis Bano case, which involves petitions challenging the remission granted to 11 convicts. The case filed against 11 convicts during 2002 Gujarat riots, that broke out after the Godhra train-burning incident, involved convictions on charges on gangrape of Bilkis Bano and murder of seven of her family members.The gangrape victim Bilkis Bano was 21 years old and five months pregnant when the incident took place while fleeing communal riots.

A taxpayer who finds himself in the new regime can switch to the old tax regime at the time of filing tax returns. “However, taxpayers can claim deduction only if they make their tax-saving investments before 31 March,” says Sudhir Kaushik, CEO of tax filing portal TaxSpanner. com. The taxpayers who changed jobs during the year may not have been asked to submit proof of investments either. The new employer might not have taken into account the income from the previous job and would have calculated a lower tax. “They should also complete their tax-saving investments now,” says Kaushik. Our annual ranking of tax-saving instruments helps such individuals make the right choices. We assessed 10 tax-saving options on eight key parameters—returns, safety, flexibility, liquidity, costs, transparency, ease of investment and taxability of income. Each parameter has equal weightage and the composite scores determine the place in the ranking.

Insurtech startup Riskcovry has raised around $4.5 million in a bridge round of funding led by Dubai-based business-to-business fund Morphosis Venture Capital. Indian financial services player IIFL also participated in this round. The round has a small secondary component which offered liquidity to some of its employees and exit to early investors.