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corporate leadership, maintaining balance can feel like an uphill battle. For Subhrajit Mukhopadhyay, Executive Director at Edelweiss Life Insurance, meditation and sound healing have become essential tools to navigate the challenges of a high-pressure environment. Drawing inspiration from Tibetan sound therapy, he has integrated these practices into his daily routine to manage stress, enhance focus, and improve decision-making.

verifiable parental consent to access social media in India, as per the draft rules of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act of 2023 (DPDP). Any user below the age of 18 has been defined as a child under the Act, which was passed by Parliament in August 2023.

Digital Personal Data Protection Act of 2023 (DPDP). Any user below the age of 18 has been defined as a child under the Act, which was passed by Parliament in August 2023.

Vivek Murthy proposed on Friday that alcohol should be clearly labeled as a leading cause of cancer, urging Americans to be more informed about its health risks.

On the BSE, Superior Finlease(down 12.97 per cent), Parker Agrochem(down 12.73 per cent), Ascensive Educare(down 12.47 per cent), Sonalis Consumer Pro(down 10.00 per cent) and Rose Merc. Ltd.(down 9.87 per cent) stood among the top losers in today's trade.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. America is getting better at getting things done. Take Vic Viktorov, a gym owner who increased revenue at his Boston business in 2024 by 30% without adding a single salesperson to the two already on staff.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The blaring New Year’s Day headlines would be panic-inducing for any CEO: Your signature product, in this case Tesla’s Cybertruck, caught fire and exploded outside Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas. And for Tesla and Elon Musk, few topics are touchier than vehicle fires.

personal loans will face increased scrutiny starting in the new year. A new rule requires lenders to update credit information every 15 days, instead of monthly. This change makes it harder for individuals to qualify for multiple loans simultaneously.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India’s capital markets watchdog has unearthed a sophisticated trading web linking a convicted stock market manipulator, a Singapore-based trader, and a US fund’s confidential orders. This alleged front-running scheme, involving Ketan Parekh and Rohit Salgaocar, has brought the regulator's unrelenting pursuit of financial malpractice into the spotlight.

Dry January and amid growing interest in the “sober curious” movement, researchers at the University of Victoria have unveiled a new tool to gauge the health impacts of alcohol.The new Know Alcohol calculator was developed by researchers at UVic’s Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR).The tool allows people to calculate personalized estimates of the potential health risks from their own alcohol consumption, along with the possible benefits of drinking less.The calculator is built on the health science used to generate Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health, and asks individuals to enter their age, sex and an estimate of how much they drink in a week.“When Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health was released two years ago, it started the first national conversation on alcohol consumption,” said Dr. Tim Naimi, director of CISUR.“We wanted to take it a step further and make a tool that showed people personalized results so they could make evidence-informed decisions about their drinking habits.”Using the personalized inputs, the tool returns a variety of data, including the increased risk of diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and injury.It also generates estimates such as the risk of dying early from alcohol, the average amount of lifetime lost per drink, and a health risk comparison to cigarettes.Naimi said the researchers didn’t just rely on mathematical models to craft the tool.

JK Lakshmi Cement shares will remain in focus on Friday after receiving approval from the NSE and BSE for its amalgamation plan. The scheme involves merging three subsidiaries—Udaipur Cement Works, Hansdeep Industries and Trading, and Hidrive Developers and Industries—into JK Lakshmi Cement.

Wisconsin Elections Commission voted unanimously to investigate whether Madison City Clerk Maribeth Wetzel-Biehl failed to comply with state law or abused her discretion. Commission members said they were concerned the clerk's office didn't inform them of the problem until late December, almost a month and a half after the election. Commission Chair Ann Jacobs certified Wisconsin's election results on November 29.

stockbrokers as Digilocker, a major enabler for customer verification, has been down since January 1, three people in the know said Thursday.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mumbai: Maoist-troubled Gadchiroli in Maharashtra is not the easiest of places to do business. Chandrapur-headquartered Lloyd Metals and Energy, one of the few companies to venture into the region with an iron ore mine in 2021, has done so with a great degree of success.

Maharashtra government has decided to take action based on complaints about bogus beneficiaries of the Ladki Bahin Yojana, and sought information from the Income Tax Department and Transport Department for their verification.

Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) has revised the minimum eligibility criteria for forming a Self-Regulatory Organization (SRO) that are expected to help ensure regulatory compliance among property developers.

smallcap stock Gujarat Toolroom today zoomed 5% to hit their upper circuit at Rs 18.08 on the BSE today after the company on Wednesday announced that it will consider a 5:1 bonus share issue in its upcoming board meeting on January 5. “Pursuant to Regulation 29(1)(f) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, we wish to inform you that a meeting of the Board of Directors of Gujarat Toolroom Limited is scheduled to be held on Monday, January 6, 2025, to consider and approve the proposal for issuance of bonus shares in the ratio of 5:1 (five bonus equity shares for every one equity share) to the eligible equity shareholders of the Company as on the proposed record date by capitalisation of securities premium, subject to the approval of the shareholders of the Company,” the company informed via an exchange filing.

Pregnant New Yorkers will be entitled to at least 20 hours of paid leave to attend prenatal medical appointments under a new law

Republican Party over immigration, a signature promise in Donald Trump's return to the White House. Unsurprisingly, the pressure point is over high-skilled immigration through the H-1B visa programme, which mainly draws in tech professionals from India. On Tuesday, the incoming president said that he had not changed his mind over the contentious issue, adding that the US needs competent and smart people for the country. Trump's core constituency has a strong nativist element that informed his approach to H-1B visas in his first term.