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Oil records longest losing streak in 5 months on hawkish US Fed policy, demand worries; Brent down 2% at $82/bbl“Oil prices have started the session slightly higher, but moves are expected to be in range as the U.S. and U.K.

With each passing week, the bear case for Wall Street proves too tempting to pass up for a handful of gutsy traders.

With Canada’s latest inflation figures paving the way for a policy rate cut, some economists worry another hold by the Bank of Canada could further damage the economy.

gold coins scattered on the sea bed! A wealth of more than $20 billion is buried 600 meters deep below water! This enormous wealth has been found in the Caribbean Sea. After successfully locating the shipwreck, the Colombian government has allocated an amount of $45 million to take the entire wealth to its coffers, reports Fox News. It has launched an expedition to «claim the heritage elements for which the remains of the galleon should be valued.»

Elon Musk's X activates 'Community Notes' program in India. Here's how it works. Researchers who study social media worry about rampant hate speech and incitements to violence; in 2023 it became prohibitively expensive for researchers to get data to study these problems.

₹22,000 crore in the month of May so far.The total selling by FPIs in the domestic equities since the beginning of 2024 amounted to over ₹19,000 crore so far, as per data available on National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL).Meanwhile, the highest FPI outflows was seen in the financial services stocks worth ₹9,687 crore during the first fortnight of May 2024 (May 1 to May 15). This was after FPIs selling of ₹12,550 crore in the sector during April 15 - April 30.

Also Read: Awfis Space Solutions IPO day 3: GMP, subscription status to review. Apply or not?Prashanth Tapse, Research Analyst, Senior Vice President of Research at Mehta Equities, said that the Awfis Space Solutions IPO has received an overwhelmingly positive response, despite knowing that the company may continue to have negative cash flows in the future and a complicated business model.

Indian government's capital spending, recovery in private consumption and investment are expected to help carry forward the economic momentum post-elections, S&P Global Market Intelligence said Monday. The global research firm further noted that policy focus will likely remain on strategic sectors, like renewables, electronics, textiles, digital infrastructure, logistics, food production and services. “These sectors drive Indian macroeconomic stability and growth, are of relevance to climate policy and energy transition, and support domestic employment. The parties also widely consider further development of these sectors to be beneficial for India’s foreign policy objectives,” it said.

Goldman Sachs raised its global oil demand forecast for 2030 on Monday and expects consumption to peak by 2034 on a potential slowdown in electric vehicle (EV) adoption, keeping refineries running at higher-than-average rates till the end of this decade. The research division of the bank raised its 2030 crude oil demand forecast to 108.5 million barrels per day (bpd) from 106 million bpd, and expects demand to peak at 110 million bpd in 2034, followed by a long plateau till 2040, analysts led by Nikhil Bhandari said in a report.

The poor placement record of India’s top engineering schools this year has received much attention. What went unnoticed are dismal placements at top economics schools. One reason is the growing caution among employers that face multiple global uncertainties.

Adani Enterprises has become a dominant forcein the nation's infrastructure and energy sectors. It’s a diversified powerhouse with a strategic industrial ecosystem. Headquartered in Ahmedabad, this Adani group leader boasts a multifaceted portfolio.

Stock market today: After making fresh highs in early morning trade, the Indian stock market settled flat on Friday last week. The Nifty 50 index settled at 22,957 after climbing to a new peak of 23,026. The BSE Sensex went off 7 points and ended at 75,410, while the Bank Nifty index finished 203 points higher at 48,971.

traded sideways throughout the session to close with a loss of 17 points at 22951 levels on Friday. «We expect the market to witness a gradual up-move and see some volatility next week as both election and earning season are nearing the end,» said Siddhartha Khemka, Head — Retail Research, Motilal Oswal.

stock market would set new records on 4 June, when the election results are declared. A certain breed of trader, who lives by the proverbial ‘tip’, has latched on to it with glee. In fact, a whole lot of people who are interested in stock investing, but have not yet taken the plunge, have suddenly woken up, so to speak.

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genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is a «significant win» for India and the global South ,comprising mainly low-income and developing countries, the commerce and industry ministry said on Sunday. The treaty will establish in international law a new disclosure requirement for patent applicants whose inventions are based on genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge. This will also offer added protection to Indian generic resources and traditional knowledge in countries that don't currently have disclosure obligations. The signing of the treaty on Friday capped two decades of negotiations. It was adopted at the multilateral fora with a consensus among more than 150 countries, the ministry said in a statement.

The recent approval of Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has opened the doors for more crypto investment products, according to research from TD Cowen’s Washington Research Group.

Sometimes, it pays to pay with cash.  

genocide. Over 100 days in 1994 masses of the majority Hutu population slaughtered hundreds of thousands of their countrymen, mostly from the minority Tutsi group. In these annual speeches Mr Kagame offers glimpses of why he is Africa’s most polarising leader.

Joint Sword-2024A military exercise around Taiwan, US experts analysed that Beijing has an intent to make large-scale military drills around the island a regular move with the China Coast Guard (CCG) to play a more important role in a blockade, reported Focus Taiwan. Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a think tank in Washington, issued an article, where Bonny Lin, head of the CSIC's China Power Project, and fellow researcher Brian Hart analysed the two-day Joint Sword-2024A, which was launched on Thursday, three days after President Lai Ching-te was sworn in on Monday. Joint Sword-2024A was the third round of large-scale military exercises China has staged around Taiwan in recent years.

₹18,000-crore follow-on public offering's (FPO) anchor 30-day lock-in period is likely to expire on Monday, May 27. In the past, there has been selling pressure on company share prices near the end of the anchor lock-in. Vodafone Idea share price, which ended Friday's BSE trading session 7.54% higher at ₹15.11 per share, may face selling pressure on Monday's trade.As per the monthly charts, the Vodafone Idea share price has been forming a base around the 10.50–11.75 level and is also seen to be breaking out above its important resistance mark of 14.05, successfully managing to close above the same.