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National Investigation Agency (NIA) has announced a remarkable achievement for 2024, boasting a perfect 100% conviction rate with 68 accused convicted across 25 cases. This milestone underscores the agency’s dedication to justice and enhancing national security.

It’s been a rough few years for Canadians looking to break into home ownership as unaffordability issues persist across the country.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Kati Patang Lifestyle, a maker of craft beer that recently listed on the exchanges through a share swap, plans to scale up operations and become an incubator by adding small alcohol businesses to its portfolio. The New Delhi-based company will expand its business, both organically and inorganically, in the next two years, co-founder Shantanu Upadhyay toldMint.

«The fact that they have access to millions of the kirana stores, neighbourhood stores which has helped them to enjoy margins versus that on the product side you have seen the entry of private labels coming,» says Nilesh Shah, MD & CEO, Envision Capital. But other than that what about overall consumption and let us pick on staples first. There is that slowdown, one has felt the heat in the earnings as well, but do you think the stock prices have absorbed all of that? Nilesh Shah: The big FMCG companies are continuing to face problems. My view is that they are facing a structural slowdown not because we are not consuming more, it is just the way we consume has changed and changed quite meaningfully.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : India's stock market had another winning year, but the gloss of 2024 came with cautionary tales. A ninth straight year of gains for the Nifty 50, up 9%, extended the benchmark’s unprecedented streak.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Alpha Wave Global-backed payments fintech Mswipe is expanding its international network into three new regions to take advantage of higher margins, said co-founder and chief executive Ketan Patel, following a series of pivots in the business and marginal growth in revenue in the last fiscal. The company plans to expand into the UK, Malaysia, Nepal, and other markets within the next six months, following its successful entry into the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Singapore in 2024, Patel told Mint on 31 December.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. When he was running his own hedge fund, Peter Brewer’s working life was grueling. He was usually at his desk by 6 a.m., and worked up to 100 hours a week.

Ravi Shastri called Wednesday for a two-tier structure in Test cricket with relegation and promotion to ensure the survival of the red-ball game.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Indian Institutes of Technologies (IITs) have become a fertile ground for other universities to hire for professor roles to improve their global standings and meet faculty needs as they expand campuses. A clutch of private universities has registered as recruiters for master’s and doctorate degree holders from IITs to teach mathematics, chemistry and physics to their students, placement executives and students told Mint.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. We are now two years into a transformation comparable in importance to the first Industrial Revolution. But with expert forecasts of the impact of artificial intelligence ranging from Panglossian to apocalyptic, can we really say anything yet about what it portends? I think we can.

Check all the updates on the celebrations of Happy New Year 2024 here!Happy New year 2025 LIVE: Amid the increasing number of tourists for the New Year, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami has directed officials to ensure smooth traffic flow and take special care of the security component in managing the traffic system of the state.The resort town of Gulmarg, located in the Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, continues to attract large numbers of tourists for the New Year season.Varanasi has started attracting a huge influx of tourists ahead of the New Year. DCP Kashi Zone, Varanasi, Gaurav Banswal, stated measures taken to ensure a smooth celebration, including police patrol, road diversions for traffic regulation, etc."Jal police and NDRF are regularly patrolling the area.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. US President-elect Donald Trump has always called India the “tariff king". According to him, India has always levied high taxes on imports.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. PPFAS Asset Management Company, which runs India’s largest actively run mutual fund scheme, held its recent annual unitholders’ meeting. Its flagship Flexicap fund has registered a stellar five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 26%.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. From the dining room on the ground floor of “Carl’s Villa" in Copenhagen, guests are treated to views of a charming garden adorned with classical statues. The art nouveau house was built in 1892 by Carl Jacobsen, son of the founder of Carlsberg.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Cement, the cornerstone of India's infrastructure and housing development, faces a paradox. Despite record-breaking home sales, robust infrastructure projects, and a thriving economy, the sector has struggled to keep pace, weighed down by pricing pressures, overcapacity, and sustainability challenges.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As 2024 draws to a close, it’s evident that this year has been nothing short of extraordinary for Indian investors. The Indian stock market’s impressive bull run is set to culminate in a historic milestone: nine consecutive years of positive returns for Indian markets.

TORONTO — The big questions in Canadian finance heading into 2024 were whether the economy could avoid a recession and what would happen with interest rates.

As the calendar flipped one year ago, Canadian real estate watchers were optimistic a sluggish 2023 would give way to a rebound, with hopes of renewed demand as soon as the spring.

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