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skills development and entrepreneurship will soon come up with a detailed action plan for setting up the national centres of excellence (CoEs) for skilling, defining roles and responsibilities of government, industry, and global institutions and establishing collaboration mechanisms between stakeholders, skills secretary Atul Kumar Tiwari said. Speaking at a post-budget webinar jointly organised with the Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade (DPIIT) on Wednesday, Tiwari said the action plan will also look at seamless integration between industry and the government in curriculum design and training delivery. “A structured framework for training instructors incorporating continuous learning programs, certification mechanisms, and incentives to attract and retain skilled trainers will also be put in place,” he said .

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A nuclear power renaissance—driven in part by power-hungry AI data centers—has revived a thorny problem: what to do with the radioactive waste left behind. Already, more than 90,000 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel is being stored at sites in 39 states.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Someone once said, “Investing during a crisis is overrated, while investing during confusing times is underrated." The idea of making a fortune by investing at the bottom of a crisis is often glorified, fostering the belief that wealth is built by timing market downturns with precision. Stories of investors who seized opportunities during market collapses create the illusion that waiting for the next major crisis—and deploying capital at exactly the right moment—is the key to success.

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Wednesday assured the home guards that they can approach her directly with their grievances, emphasizing that no mediator is required to communicate with her. Gupta made the remarks while meeting a group of home guards, who claimed that they had not received their salaries for the past five months. The home guards deployed as bus marshals in Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses for women's safety also said that some of them had not been paid since Diwali last year. «If somebody wants to talk then come directly to me, no one requires any kind of mediator,» she said.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Coffee can investing, introduced by Robert G. Kirby in 1984, is a long-term strategy inspired by the old practice of storing stock certificates in coffee cans and forgetting about them.

market sentiment divided on the future of India's real estate sector, analysts are offering contrasting views. While market strategist Christopher Wood remains bullish, asserting that the real estate cycle is far from over, market expert Neeraj Dewan takes a more measured stance, pointing out signs of consolidation amid a slowdown in investments. In an interaction with ETNow, Dewan highlighted that real estate and stock markets tend to move in tandem, and the recent correction in equities has also affected real estate investments.

froth in valuations from the bull run is yet to recede entirely, said Jimeet Modi, founder of financial services firm Samco Group. «Even after a 20% to 25% correction in those indices, the froth remains. Five-year bull markets actually do not get unwound in five months. It will probably take at least 20% to 30% of the time of that bull market to unwind all the froth and all the excess that has been created,» he said in a press meet on Tuesday. Various other indicators pointed to the strength of large caps in the current scenario.

Advance Decline Ratio, widely used to gauge investor sentiment and market strength, in February was at 0.72 — the lowest reading in five years. A declining ADR means more stocks are falling as against the gainers and points to a weakening market. In January, the reading was 0.9, while in the period before October — when the market started declining, it was in the range of 1 to 1.28 on average.

Elon Musk? The simple answer is-Yes. As stock of Tesla continues to decline, the investors of the company are not pleased that their precious stock is taking a nasty hit and have expressed growing frustration with the same, marking its sixth consecutive session of losses. The automaker's shares fell for six straight days as of Thursday, continuing a remarkable decline of 25 percent since the start of the year. The losing streak finally came to an end on Friday, but it's a small reprieve amidst a lengthy slump. ALSO READ: Trade war and inflation: How Trump's tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico will ripple US economy

Many industry workers and experts expect that the result of tariffs will be that cheap steel gets dumped in places like India. That's because the announced 25% tariff will make it too expensive for many companies in countries like China and South Korea to keep exporting to the U.S. For B. Praveen of Sun Techpro Engineering, which makes products from steel metal sheets, it means his «wafer-thin» profit margins will probably grow as the steel he buys gets cheaper.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A stock market ‘correction’ implies a sobering up of investors after a heady uprun in prices that overshot its rational limits. The slump in Indian indices over the past five months, a long slide unseen since 1996, has not been as deep as what we saw after crashes triggered by the West’s financial crisis of 2008 and the global outbreak of covid in 2020.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Better growth for the Big Five of India's IT industry in the next financial year has come under doubt, with some of the largest banks, the biggest customers of homegrown IT firms, putting large tech spending projects on hold. The reason: Uncertainty over inflation rates and whether America’s recent tariffs on goods from China and Mexico could start a new round of trade war.

Adrien Brody's Best Actor acceptance speech during the Oscars 2025 on Sunday now stands as the longest in the history of Academy Awards, according to the Guinness World Records. Brody was nominated in the prestigious category along with Timothée Chalamet for A Complete Unknown, Sebastian Stan for The Apprentice, Colman Domingo for Sing Sing and Ralph Fiennes for Conclave. The 51-year-old bagged the honour for his portrayal of Hungarian-Jewish architect László Tóth in The Brutalist.

The proposal, which includes Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Solana, and Cardano, is aimed at solidifying the United States as the “Crypto Capital of the World.” However, the initiative has not been met with universal approval.

Investors in direct mutual funds lean toward certain equity-fund categories, while regular-plan investors favour others. Direct plans are those that are bought directly from asset management companies, while regular plans flow through banks’ distribution arms, national distributors or individual distributors — or a mix of these.

White House cryptocurrency summit on March 7, US President Donald Trump took to social media to reveal five digital assets he intends to include in a new US strategic cryptocurrency reserve. The announcement on Sunday triggered a surge in market value for each of the assets. Trump said in a social media post on Truth Social that his January executive order on digital assets would establish a reserve comprising bitcoin, ether, XRP, solana, and cardano. Until the announcement, the specific names had remained undisclosed. Over an hour later, he clarified: «And, obviously, BTC and ETH, as other valuable cryptocurrencies, will be at the heart of the Reserve.» Market reactions

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The benchmark NSE Nifty 50 index has experienced a significant correction of nearly 15% from its peak in September 2024, making investors anxious. But the stock market is a place where volatility and opportunity go hand-in-hand.

Oscars 2025, taking home five awards, including Best Picture and Best Actress for Mikey Madison. Director Sean Baker made history by winning four awards for a single film, cementing Anora as the night’s most celebrated movie. The film's success came after Sean Baker won four awards for original screenplay, film editing, directing and best picture, and Mikey Madison unexpectedly won Best Actress. Samantha Quan, the producer, emphasized the film's independent beginnings and the enthusiasm that went into making it. ALSO READ: Adam Sandler steals the show at the 2025 Oscars with his ultra-casual and hilarious outfit

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. will give annual salary increases to its employees from August this year, making it the second time the Nasdaq-listed company has delayed salary hikes by at least five months.

perinatal care hospital chain reported good performance in the December 2024 quarter with 18% and 11% year-on-year growth in revenue and PAT respectively. The numbers surpassed Reuters-Refinitiv estimates by 3% and 6% respectively. While revenue growth was supported by increased patient volumes and average revenue per patient (ARPP), a significant jump in other income aided the bottom line. Operational efficiencies aided EBITDA,which grew by 14% year-on-year while the overall occupancy also improved. However, average revenue per occupied bed (ARPOB) declined amid an increase in average length of stay (ALOS) and new bed additions. The company operates 19 hospitals (and five outpatient clinics) across six cities. It has a bed capacity of 1,935 with over 835 doctors. It is benefitting from the growing paediatric healthcare market. Also, India’s low spending on childcare products and services, high birth rate compared to China and the United States, increasing maternity age, increased focus on preventive healthcare, and expansion of medical tourism are some of the tailwinds. Rainbow is distinctive from its peers as it offers the highest number of beds in paediatric intensive care units and neonatal intensive care units. It operates on a hub-and-spoke model (the central hospital delivers comprehensive outpatient and inpatient care whereas the satellite facilities provide emergency care) that helps in lowering costs.