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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India's residential property market is showing signs of cooling off, with several emerging pain points that could signal a slowdown. Realty sales volumes in the top ten cities dropped 8% in the first five months of the current fiscal year (FY25) through August, compared to the same period last year, according to data from Propequity compiled by Antique Stock Broking.

tax benefits are the significant factors influencing the post Covid investment decisions, said a study jointly conducted by the PHD Research Bureau, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Jagan Institute of Management Studies (JIIMS), Rohini. The industry body conducted a study with the objectives to analyse the factors influencing the individual investments across various financial instruments and to compare the investor behaviors towards selected financial instruments in pre and post Covid years. The time period considered for the analysis includes two years of pre-pandemic (FY 2018-2020) and two years of post-pandemic (FY 2021-23).

The co-founder of the company that owned the experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreckage of the Titanic is scheduled to testify before the U.S. Coast Guard as part of its investigation of the maritime disaster

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The recent death of a 26-year-old Ernst & Young (EY) employee has raised concerns about the toxic work culture in the corporate world. In an emotional note to the EY chairperson, the deceased’s mother highlighted how “the workload, new environment and long hours" took a toll on her daughter’s physical, emotional and mental health.

Social media platform X has named a legal representative in Brazil — a first step toward being able to resume service in the country — but its suspension will continue until it meets further requirements, a judge has ruled. Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said in a decision published Saturday that X had still «not duly met» all requirements for ending the ban, and he gave it five days to file additional documents. The high-profile judge has been engaged in a long feud with X's owner, billionaire Elon Musk, as part of his drive to crack down on disinformation in Brazil.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NTPC Ltd’s subsidiary NTPC Green Energy seeks to raise ₹10,000 crore from its proposed public issue of fresh shares. Soon after the announcement, NTPC shares hit a lifetime high of ₹431.85 on Thursday.

The Federal Reserve gave home shoppers what they hoped for this week: a big rate cut and a signal of more cuts to come

It’s not easy going up against Canada’s banking oligopoly, but some are trying.

Punjab government is likely to effect a cabinet reshuffle on Monday with speculations being rife that four to five MLAs may be inducted while a few ministers may be dropped. However, there was no official confirmation on the reshuffle in the Aam Aadmi Party government. In case there is indeed a reshuffle, the swearing-in ceremony is likely to take place at the Raj Bhavan on Monday, sources said. The likely Cabinet reshuffle would come days after AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal was released from the Tihar Jail upon being granted bail by the Supreme Court in the excise policy case.

Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday demanded answers from the RSS for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's actions, in an apparent bid to diminish his stature by implying that the parent Hindutva organisation was the master which should keep its child in control. «Has the son become so big now that it is showing attitude to his mother?» Kejriwal said at a rally where he demanded five answers from Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat. The questions he asked were political softballs but the implication of bringing Bhagwat into his new political narrative is new and unusual. Kejriwal wanted to know if the RSS agreed with the BJP's politics of using central agencies to break up parties and topple opposition governments, and inducting «corrupt» leaders into its fold.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mixologists in India have been in a hyper-experimental mode for a while. If it was techniques and indigenous botanicals that they played with earlier, they are now choosing to experiment boldly with unusual, seemingly unpalatable, ingredients.

This accomplishment places India among a select group of elite teams worldwide that have ever reached this milestone. In the 147-year history of Test cricket, only seven teams have recorded more wins than losses at some point, and currently, only five maintain this record. As it stands, India's Test statistics are: Matches: 580 | Wins: 179 | Losses: 178 | Draws: 222 | Ties: 1. Alongside India, the other teams with more wins than losses include Australia, England, South Africa, and Pakistan. Australia leads with 414 wins and 232 losses, followed by England with 397 wins against 325 losses. South Africa boasts 179 wins to 161 losses, while Pakistan has 148 wins compared to 144 losses.

Scotch whisky and fine wines registering double-digit growth, outpacing consumption rates in the US and China, according to a Switzerland-based researcher. «One subcategory where India surpasses China and is growing at double the rate of the USA over a five-year CAGR is Scotch luxury whisky,» Simon Joseph, a senior luxury brand builder and consumer experience expert based in Zurich, said. Joseph, a researcher with Glion Institute of Higher Education, said according to various data forecasts, the luxury Scotch whisky market is also growing at 16 per cent CAGR up to 2024-end. Scotch whisky exports to India grew at a compound annual growth rate of 66% up to 2022, outpacing the US, China, and other significant markets, Joseph said, citing data from the UK-based Scotch Whisky Association (SWA).

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. AT DUKES BAR in London there is a limit of two martinis per person. Enrico Chiappini, the head bartender, says that in his 16 years he has made almost no exceptions.

Despite the rising number of applications and the falling number of internships, the hardest (major) investment bank to land an internship isn’t the venerable JPMorgan and its 0.91% acceptance rate or Goldman Sachs and its 0.8%. No, the toughest bank to land an internship at – statistically – is Morgan Stanley.

Four Greenpeace activists who were arrested for scaling the country estate of former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last year to protest his oil and gas drilling expansion plans have been cleared of criminal charges

political controversy. Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu accused his predecessor and bete-noire Jagan Mohan Reddy of using animal fat-adulterated ghee in these cardamom flavoured laddoos. The controversy, which has strong religious overtones since Reddy is a devout Christian, has brought the tender process followed by Reddy's erstwhile government and non-existent adulteration checks at Tirupati in sharp focus. ET deconstructs the politics behind the religious controversy.

Arsenal's Premier League title ambitions face the ultimate test on Sunday when a relentless Erling Haaland aims to fire Manchester City five points clear of the Gunners at the top of the table. Mikel Arteta's men managed to stop City scoring twice last season, but still could not deny the English champions a record fourth consecutive Premier League title. For the past two seasons Arsenal have finished second to Pep Guardiola's winning machine.

Supreme Court gave Elon Musk-owned social platform X five days to present documents validating its new legal representative in the country, a court decision showed on Saturday. X lawyers said late on Friday that it had named a legal representative in Brazil, addressing one of the demands imposed by the court to allow the social platform to resume operations in the country. In his Saturday decision, Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes gave five days for X to provide commercial registries and other documents proving that X formally signed Rachel de Oliveira Conceicao as its Brazil legal representative.

Nara Lokesh on Saturday said that creating 20 lakh jobs is the single agenda of the TDP-led NDA government in the state, which was given a massive mandate of 93 per cent seats in the 2024 elections. Addressing a special plenary session of the CII Southern Regional Council 2024-25 here, he highlighted that creating 20 lakh jobs in five years was one of the six primary promises NDA made in the run-up to the polls. «That is the single agenda (20 lakh jobs) with which your government is going to actually work here in the state of Andhra Pradesh,» said Lokesh, adding that the southern state aspires to become one of the first three states to achieve a GSDP of $1 trillion. Observing that CII has always played a collaborative role, he said that Andhra Pradesh, which has been a hub for agriculture, MSMEs and other sectors, now aims to move faster in Information Technology.

Nitish Kumar inspected the rising water levels of the Ganga at key locations in Patna and Hajipur on Saturday and urged district officials to «remain alert and be prepared to tackle any situation» in light of the developments. Officials said the river is flowing above the danger mark at Digha Ghat, Gandhi Ghat, Hathidah, and Maner in Patna district and consequently several low-lying areas in Patna and Hajipur (Vaishali district) have been inundated. The rising trend is not limited to the Ganga, almost all rivers in the state are affecting low-lying localities. So far, around five people -four in Saran and one in Bhojpur — have lost their lives after water inundated their areas, they added. Accompanied by senior officials, the Chief Minister inspected Ganga's water levels near J P Setu, Kangan Ghat, Gandhi Ghat, and Krishna Ghat.