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Donald Trump as the 47th President of the US kicked off with fireworks on Saturday, the inauguration committee announced on Monday. Trump would be sworn in as the US President on January 20, along with J D Vance as the Vice President at the US Capitol in front of thousands of people. Trump, 78, will replace outgoing President Joe Biden, 82.

It was a tale of two very different stories for Canadian capital markets in 2024, with activity in the debt markets reaching record highs amidst a continued decline in the equity space.

Maha Kumbh Mela 2025, the world’s largest spiritual gathering, commenced with the sacred ‘Shahi Snan’ on the auspicious day of Paush Purnima. Devotees from across India and around the globe congregated at the holy Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, to perform the ritualistic holy dip. This iconic confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna, and the mythical Saraswati rivers holds immense significance in Hindu tradition, symbolizing spiritual purification and renewal.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Puma India is taking a powerful leap into badminton, teaming up with Olympic medallist P.V. Sindhu to rally support for women’s sports and grassroots participation, signalling its next big play in the Indian sportswear market.

PB Fintech, the parent company of Paisabazaar and Policybazaar, tumbled 6.7% in Monday’s intraday trade to a low of Rs 1,730.50 after global brokerage firm Morgan Stanley downgraded PB the stock’s rating to «Underweight» with a target price of Rs 1,400. Morgan Stanley has previously assigned an «Equal Weight,» rating to the stock. Additionally, the stock's target price indicates a potential for a 24% downside from Friday's closing price.

BSE Sensex was the eighth best-performing global index in 2023, but slipped to 13th rank in 2024. The analysis is based on 22 world equity benchmarks that cover the US, Europe, Latin America and Asia. The data is sourced from Reuters-Refinitiv. The weak performance of corporate India in the September quarter, geopolitical factors, elevated valuations, strengthening of the US dollar index and substantial FPI outflows (in October and November) led to a jump in volatility in the fourth quarter of 2024. As the markets enter 2025, the volatility is unlikely to abate soon due to high US bond yields and a stronger USD index. These factors will keep the US markets attractive and prevent FPIs from sustained buying in emerging markets (EMs), including India.

Diamonds were never truly investments in the first place, and the very idea that they could be regarded as such is a carefully constructed marketing myth. The recent attention to the Diamond Standard Index’s lacklustre performance over 22 years might seem like news. However, it merely confirms what smart savers have known all along, that the diamond market is unlike any other investment market. The basic principle of any investment is not just its quoted price, but the realisability of this price, that is, what you can get when you want to sell it. With diamonds, this gap between theory and reality is rather wide, to put it mildly. This peculiar nature of diamonds isn’t accidental; it’s by design. The story goes back to 1870, when massive diamond discoveries in South Africa threatened to destroy the gem’s value forever. The solution? Create a monopoly—which became De Beers—to control supply and prices. The real masterstroke came in 1938, when Harry Oppenheimer, the founder’s son, launched one of history’s most successful marketing campaigns, transforming diamonds from mere precious stones to supposed symbols of eternal love and value.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in the third quarter, regarded as having been below par, should not be seen in isolation but in the context of macroeconomic factors impacting spends, CEO and MD K Krithivasan told Beena Parmar & Surabhi Agarwal in an interview. He also spoke about early signs of revival, how the new US regime is expected to be more business friendly and competition from global capability centres (GCCs). Edited excerpts: How do you react to the December quarter being termed as the poorest Q3 performance in several years? We have to see context also… we know that for a long period now, we have been going through a phase where there is market uncertainty, less intent to spend on behalf of clients. If you had a previous few quarters which were super and then suddenly this drops, then you can say this is a bad performance. So, see (the last quarter) in the context of how the overall growth environment is. Taking it in isolation and saying that this is a worse performance (may not be right).

integrated dental products company with presence in India and overseas. It is rolling out an initial public offering of ₹698 crore comprising a fresh issue of ₹138 crore and an offer for sale of ₹560 crore that dilutes the promoter shareholding from 46.5% to 42.6%. Of the issue proceeds, ₹27.5 crore will be used to repay borrowings and ₹68.3 crore for funding capex. Business: Incorporated in 2004, the company manufactures a range of branded dental products ranging from crowns, bridges, and aligners to thermoforming sheets, intraoral scanners and paediatric dental products. It is the largest and most profitable vertically integrated and indigenous B2B2C dental aligner solutions company.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. On Friday, the market opened flat at 23,551.90, and with high volumes, it fell by 222 points to the intra-day low of 23,344.35. However, after coming close to 23,350, the market showed strength and rose 240 points to intra-day high of 23,596.60.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. 1. Tata Consultancy Services: Buy at ₹4,265; Target: ₹4,350-4,370; Stop loss: 4,202.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India may record a fiscal deficit for FY25 at 4.7-4.8% of GDP, below the budgeted estimate of 4.9%, marking yet another step towards fiscal consolidation. The revision is expected to be primarily driven by lower expenditure, notably on planned capital investments, along with higher-than-anticipated dividends from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), two people aware of the matter said.

Josh Hartnett steps into the lead role in Fight or Flight, an action thriller set on an aircraft. The actor performs his own stunts, showcasing intense physicality and dedication to the role. Josh Hartnett has a history of action roles, appearing in films like Wrath of Man and Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre. For Fight or Flight, he revealed that he performed all his own stunts despite the physical demands. The most challenging sequence involved fighting numerous adversaries in a confined plane cabin while using onboard items as weapons. At 45 during filming, Hartnett admitted that recovering from such physically taxing scenes was more difficult than in his earlier years. Also Read: Severance Season 1 Free Streaming: All you may want to know about premiere date and where to watch

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The NBA’s 2023 most valuable player and last season’s top European goal scorer aren’t Nike or Adidas athletes. When playing, they wear what Martha Stewart wears: Skechers.

«It is not a product that is going away. Many of the top airlines are building their next generation first class products. We are not the only ones doing it. We do feel that there are some opportunities in our network where that product will work well,» he said at a media briefing earlier this week. The fleet size of Air India now is 202 planes, including 67 wide body ones. Among them, 27 are B777s, and 40 are B787s.

Rajnath Singh and Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan will attend the ninth Armed Forces Veterans' Day event here on Tuesday, a defence spokesman said. Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah along with senior military and civil officials will also attend the event to be held at the Tanda artillery brigade in Akhnoor under the aegis of the army's Northern Command to honour the force veterans and «veer naris», the spokesman said. About 1,000 armed forces veterans from Jammu, Akhnoor, Pallanwala, Rakhmuthi, Naushera and Sunderbani are likely to attend the function, which will also include the hoisting of a 108 feet national flag and the inauguration of a heritage museum in Akhnoor, the spokesman said. The J-K culture department will present cultural performances reflecting the region's rich heritage, he said.

Infosys, has revealed his reasons for resigning from the company, accusing the tech giant of systemic flaws, regional bias, and a toxic work environment. Despite being the sole earner in his family, Vishwakarma made the difficult decision to leave the organisation without securing another job offer. His open LinkedIn post has sparked debates about corporate culture and the treatment of employees in the tech industry.

ISRO to perform space docking experiment were 15 metres apart and closing in for an «exciting handshake», the space agency said on Sunday. The two satellites, SDX01 (Chaser) and SDX02 (Target), are in good condition. «At 15 metres, we see each other clearer and clearer, we are just 50 feet away for an exciting handshake,» ISRO said in a post on X. The mission, launched on December 30, aims to demonstrate in-space docking using small spacecraft.

BCCI in an over two-hour long meeting with under-fire skipper Rohit Sharma and head coach Gautam Gambhir on Sunday but the Board decided against any knee-jerk response to the debacle that was largely blamed on the poor form of senior players. The meeting was held at a five-star facility in Mumbai and BCCI President Roger Binny and secretary elect Devajit Saikia were in attendance along with Rohit and Gambhir. «There was a detailed discussion on the Border Gavaskar Trophy performance and what all went wrong and the course correction required. But do not expect a hurried decision from the new dispensation of BCCI,» a source privy to developments in the Board told PTI on conditions of anonymity.