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The $200,100 winning bid for a private lunch with software titan Marc Benioff might appear disappointing at first glance after years of multimillion-dollar bids for a private meal with investor Warren Buffett

Cognizant workers refusing to return to office, the axe may be about to fall. The Nasdaq-listed company has warned defiant employees that they may be fired for not turning up, becoming the first large IT firm to invoke termination to repopulate office spaces. In a letter to employees in mid-April, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.

Luxury housing (units priced at Rs 4 cr and above) in India has recorded a 10% YoY sales growth during the first quarter of 2024, while a ~64% YoY increase was witnessed in the new launches of luxury homes during this period, according to a recent CBRE report.

₹20,000 crore, the highest ever. This comes amid other data from the government showing that net household financial savings in 2022-23 shrank from the previous year, as borrowings jumped over 70% and physical assets grew 17%.

Macrotech Developers is not in a «rat race» to become the top builder in terms of sale bookings and will rather focus on achieving consistent and predictable growth with high-profit margins, its MD and CEO Abhishek Lodha said. Macrotech Developers, which markets its properties under Lodha brand, registered a 20 per cent growth in its sale bookings (pre-sales) to a record Rs 14,520 crore last fiscal from Rs 12,060 crore in the 2022-23 financial year. It has given guidance of achieving 21 per cent annual growth in sale bookings this fiscal to Rs 17,500 crore. When asked about the reason for setting a conservative sale bookings guidance considering that few players posted more than Rs 20,000 crore pre-sales in FY24 itself, Lodha told PTI, «We are not in any rat race and neither our shareholders are bothered about any such rat race.»

Amit Shah on Sunday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi can be scared of «atom bomb» but the BJP is not, and that Pakistan-occupied Kashmir belongs to India and «we will take it». He was referring to Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar's remarks on Pakistan having an atom bomb. Addressing an election rally in Pratapgarh in support of BJP candidate from Kaushambi (SC) Lok Sabha seat, Shah said, «Rahul baba, if you want to be scared of the atom bomb, then be scared, we are not scared. Pakistan occupied Kashmir belongs to India and we will take it.» In a video which had gone viral, Aiyar was heard saying that India should give respect to Pakistan as it is a sovereign nation and engage with it as it also possesses an atom bomb.

Akshaya Tritiya is considered auspicious for buying valuable assets, including gold and silver, by Indians. Every year, the demand for gold rises ahead of Akshaya Tritiya or Akha Teej, which is celebrated across the country on the third day or ‘tritiya tithi’ of Shukla Paksha. This year, Akshaya Tritiya will be celebrated on May 10, 2024.

D2C) space are following a new thesis for placing their bets: to back young brands that focus on Gen Z (those born between 1997-2012) and have nothing to do with incumbent brands popular among older consumers. At Titan Capital run by Snapdeal cofounders Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal, this unwritten investment thesis has a name — «not my parents' brand». Several such brands have emerged over the past few years across food and beverages, home furnishing, fashion and footwear, oral care, and luggage, including Perfora, Mokobara, Nasher Miles, Wakefit, SleepyCat, Hocco and NIC. This phenomenon of not using parents' brands is visible in even sectors such as automotive and smartphones, Bahl said. «Consumers are increasingly gravitating towards new-generation EV brands, motivated not only by environmental concerns but also by a desire to differentiate themselves from their parents' preferences,» he told ET.

Kolkata: Demanding the resignation of West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose, chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Saturday that she would never go to the Raj Bhawan or sit next to Bose as she felt «sitting beside him is a sin». Banerjee's statement comes in the backdrop of an allegation of molestation levelled against him by a female employee of the Raj Bhawan. Speaking at an election rally at Hooghly, the Trinamool Congress supremo said she would never visit the governor at the Raj Bhawan.

Mother's Day is celebrated as a day dedicated to all the mothers who unconditionally love, nurture, and support each of us. This year Mother's Day is on May 12, 2024. Every child should dedicate this day to giving back to their mothers something useful that can help and support them. And one of the most important support which one can give is financial support especially if she is a non-working mother or housewife. There are many ways to empower a mother financially and one unique way to give financial support to a mother is through credit cards. A mother can easily get one if she is working or has any business income. However, for those mothers who are non-working, or do not have any income history, or credit score, etc getting a credit card might not be so easy.

BJP on Saturday made light of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's readiness for a debate with Prime Minister Narendra Modi as it questioned his knowledge of issues and his standing, noting that he is neither the president of his party nor the leader of the opposition. Addressing a press conference, BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi also took a swipe at Gandhi over his claim that the opposition INDIA bloc will win the Lok Sabha polls, saying someone who could not file his nomination from Amethi is speaking about forming government at the Centre. «Phenomenon thy name is Rahul Gandhi,» he said mockingly. Gandhi, who lost Amethi to Irani in the 2019 general elections, has this time been fielded by the Congress from Rae Bareli and is contesting against BJP's Dinesh Pratap Singh. Gandhi family aide Kishori Lal Sharma is taking on Irani in Amethi.

Telangana CM Revanth Reddy on Saturday said that the country does not need PM Modi or the BJP as try to make everything political. He further added, ‘Classic examples would be - answering everything with 'Jai Sri Ram'. Pulwama incident’ CM Reddy said while speaking to ANI, “...For Modi, everything is politics, everything is about winning elections.

Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan has said he was not happy with the court verdict in the Dr Narendra Dabholkar murder case and asserted that right-wing outfit Sanatan Sanstha was a "terrorist organisation" whose role in the killing of the renowned rationalist has not been made clear. A special court for UAPA cases in Pune on Friday convicted and sentenced two men to life imprisonment and acquitted three in the case. Dr Dabholkar (67), an anti-superstition crusader, was shot dead while on a morning walk on a bridge near the Omkareshwar temple here on August 20, 2013. The special court convicted Dabholkar's two assailants — Sachin Andure and Sharad Kalaskar — and sentenced them to life imprisonment, but acquitted three others — ENT surgeon Dr Virendrasinh Tawde, Sanjeev Punalekar and Vikram Bhave — for want of evidence. «I am not happy with the judgment. What is the role of the Sanatan Sanstha and who is the mastermind of the murder has not been made clear. Similarly, (it has not been made clear) if there is a link between Dabholkar's killing and the murders of Govind Pansare and Gauri Lankesh,» Chavan said on Friday.

pharma giant Pfizer, recently claimed that ‘I am not suicidal’ and if anything happens to her the government and Big Pharma are to blame. The news is concerning as it comes only days after demise of the second Boeing whistleblower. McAtee posted a video on X where she is seen saying, "Hello everybody.

Some universities are vowing to provide information about how much university endowment money is invested in companies profiting from the Israel-Hamas war amid calls from pro-Palestinian protesters

Narendra Modi has offered the Sharad Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party and the Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray Sena faction to join the National Democratic Alliance saying, 'all their dreams would be fulfilled'. Modi has said the Congress was a party of racists who discriminated on the basis of colour and were against the Hindu faith. «A big leader here who is active for 40-50 years is worried after the Baramati Lok Sabha polls...he is so perturbed that he has given a statement, I am sure that he has done this after speaking to people, he is so perturbed that they won't be relevant after June 4 (election results) that according to him after June 4, smaller parties, in order to survive, will merge with the Congress.

ALSO READ: ‘Gujarat’s prison has better education than.…’: Netizens react after prisoners in Surat jail pass GSEB 12th exam In the video, the woman is seen dipping a mop into a container of sauce before basting the meat on the grill. Sharing the video on Instagram, Chef Matt Cooper wrote, "“This is a true BBQ “Mop Sauce" DISCLAIMER: I know there are going to be comments saying “That’s not food safe" or “Lint is coming off the mop & going into the food". That is not the case.

Arvind Kejriwal on Friday, May 10. Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on March 21 in connection with the alleged scam in the Delhi Excise policy. He was sent to judicial custody later and was lodged in Tihar Jail.

Aadhar Housing Finance IPO Day 3: The initial Public Offering (IPO) of Aadhar Housing Finance Limited hit the Indian primary market on 8th May 2024 and bidding for this public issue will end today evening. This means investors have just one day in hand to apply for the public offer. The company has fixed Aadhar Housing Finance IPO price band at ₹300 to ₹315 per equity share.

Federal Reserve to raise interest rates again, and officials have made it clear that they see further increases as unlikely. But one important takeaway from recent Fed commentary is that unlikely and inconceivable are not the same thing. After the central bank held rates steady at 5.3% last week, Fed Chair Jerome Powell delivered a news conference where what he didn't say mattered.

Freshworks founder Girish Mathrubootham attributed a recent slide in the Nasdaq-listed company’s stock price to market anxiety regarding the impact of the artificial intelligence (AI) wave, dismissing the leadership transition or acquisition announcements that the company made last week as the possible reasons. “The reaction was quite surprising for us. We did not expect it to be so drastic. We understood from investors and analysts that the whole SMB (small and medium-sized businesses) pressure in the customer service market actually got our investors thinking if Freshworks is going to be disrupted by AI,” Mathrubootham said.