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The bombing killed a Russia-backed official, authorities say.

General Motors will not break its partnership with Andretti Global to enter Formula One and is not interested in considering other teams to partner with to gain entry to the global motorsports series

IPG Mediabrands, the media and marketing arm of the $11 billion American advertising firm Interpublic Group, sees India as the top priority market considering the transformational work happening here for both local and overseas clients, said its global CEO Eileen Kiernan. “The kind of transformation that we’re trying to drive out of India right now, it is our number one priority. India is now our number two talent business in the world, behind the United States,” she told ET. She said the company’s India unit has built a brilliant combination of scale and growth, along with a quality digital and tech talent base. “When we think about our future, we know we can rely on India for ongoing growth, but we see India as an incredibly strategic part of our vision for how we move forward,” said Kiernan. IPG Mediabrands is building a centre of excellence in Pune which will be the hub for serving advertising clients from around the world and will comprise 3,000 professionals in the next three years.

management courses provide the essential skills needed to excel in the ever-evolving world of business. In 2023, India witnessed a notable surge in employability for business administration graduates, rising from 47% in 2021 to almost 60%.

Pratik Gupta, CEO & Co-Head, Kotak Institutional Equities, says what the market is liking is the fact that new age tech companies are turning profitable or staying profitable in some cases and the profit margins, EBITDA margins, contribution margins are improving. So that's actually a positive. We think structurally over the next three to five years, this is a good theme. In a couple of cases, unfortunately, these stocks have gone up very sharply. So there could be a near-term pause, but by and large, we are quite constructive on most of the new age companies, the listed ones.” The best could be behind at least for the near term in spaces like defence and railways, which did get pretty frothy about two months back. Yes, I would agree. I think you have got to be a bit careful in those spaces. The stocks have had a very nice run up. They are extrapolating whatever has happened in the last one or two quarters. And that I think is a bit dangerous.

Zee Entertainment Enterprises, Muthoot Finance, BEML, among many others will be in focus today as these companies will announce their earnings for the second quarter of FY24. A total of 719 companies will release their Q2 results today, as per data available on BSE.

Day trading guide for stock market today: After showing an upside recovery from the intraday lows on Tuesday, Indian stock market shifted into a gradual upside move with range bound action on Wednesday. Nifty 50 index and BSE Sensex eneded marginally higher whereas Bank Nifty index finished in red territory. The 50-stock index Nifty ended 36 points higher at 19,443 levels whereas 30-stock index Sensex closed 33 points higher at 64,975 mark.

The Globe and Mail said in its report. The thousand-dollar contract involved discussion on how Canadians’ tax dollars can be used efficiently and invested in the priorities "that matter most to them".

World Cup titles during a 241-match career. A winner of two ICC Women's Cricket World Cup trophies and five ICC Women's T20 World Cup titles, Lanning bows out of the game at the age of 31 having amassed more than 8000 runs across all formats for her country.

fire at a shisha bar and restaurant in Bengaluru prompted the chef to jump off the building. This was captured in a horrific video; the chef remains in a coma. The building had not been inspected by the fire and emergency services department because it has no mandate to inspect buildings under 21 metres.

Rashmika Mandanna was recently the subject, or victim, of a video that went viral. The actor’s head was morphed onto the body of another woman, Zara Patel, in a manner that made the video look entirely authentic. This sort of image manipulation is quite easy, and it is even possible to add dialogue in any desired voice to create what’s known as a deepfake.

Religare Enterprises Ltd (REL) have written to regulators such as RBI, Sebi and the insurance watchdog, levelling allegations of fraud and other breaches against the Burmans, which had made an open offer in September to acquire firm's control. That sets the stage for a potentially long-drawn takeover battle over a business that holds coveted licences to lend, sell insurance and operate as an intermediary in the stock market.

Global Capability Centres (GCC) are bucking the broader industry’s hiring downtrend. This year, GCC hiring could climb up to 30% from last year, with four out of five facilities adding jobs, data accessed by ET showed. Fresher hiring by GCCs will mainly benefit premier institutes, experts said. This comes as the top Mumbai-listed IT services companies, otherwise among the leading absorbers of fresh engineering and management talent, have decided to skip the campuses.

It’s important, I think, that I occasionally remind readers of a fact that is supported by overwhelming quantitative evidence, and yet virtually ignored by a wide majority of economists (and central bankers): inflation is a consequence of the stock of money growing faster than real economic growth. Period.

November has an unmistakable allure for the Wall Street. Since 1950, it has consistently been one of the best months of the year for the S&P 500, a distinction unchallenged since 2011.

The South Korean gaming behemoth WeMade has scored a success by securing a new domestic crypto exchange listing for its WEMIX coin.

Trent scaled a lifetime high on Wednesday and remains a favourite with investors as growth across categories with a differentiated product line helped the company beat an overall slowdown in the sector. The owner of the 'Westside' and 'Zudio' stores reported sharply superior earnings than estimates for the September quarter, resulting in analysts raising target price for its shares by 24-42%, while retaining their positive view on the company. The shares have risen 12% after gaining for five consecutive sessions to touch a lifetime high of ₹2,503.3. On Wednesday, the shares closed at ₹2,452.8 on the NSE, up 1.2% from the previous close.

AI platform Ritual obtained a $25 million capital injection in a Series A funding round led by Archetype, with assistance from Accomplice and Robot Ventures.

Like mother, like daughter.

NEW DELHI : The law to improve the ease of doing business, passed by Parliament a few months ago, will need continuous upgrades, commerce minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday. The government is currently consulting with the industry and seeking feedback to upgrade the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2023, to address challenges to ease of doing business in India. “With our best intentions, the Jan Vishwas 2.0 bill will take us one step forward, but we will possibly need Jan Vishwas 3.0," Goyal said at a conference on ease of doing business organized by CII.

₹60 lakh, reported News 18. Currently, she has been working with the company in Bengaluru for more than five months.