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enhancing Siri, the virtual assistant integral to the iPhone experience. Apple's research papers suggest a concerted effort to develop a more efficient and intelligent Siri, potentially revolutionizing user interaction with the iPhone. A notable focus in Apple's research papers is on small language models (SLMs) designed to operate independently within devices.

Lancet, found that individuals working 55 hours or more in a week have a 1·3-times higher risk of stroke than those working fewer hours. The negative outcomes are not just limited to our health. Paradoxically, when we chase success through overwork, it often leads to the opposite result.

Oil futures edged up on Monday after Saudi Arabia hiked June crude prices for most regions and as the prospect of a Gaza ceasefire deal appeared slim, renewing fears the Israel-Hamas conflict could still widen in the key oil producing region. Brent crude futures climbed 28 cents, or 0.3%, to $83.24 a barrel at 0119 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures were at $78.40 a barrel, up 29 cents, or 0.4%.

Stock market today: Despite strong global market sentiments, the Indian stock market ended lower on Friday. The Nifty 50 index ended 172 points lower after reaching a new peak of 22,794, and the BSE Sensex dropped 732 points from its lifetime high of 75,124.

Sensex dropped 732.96 points, or 0.98%, to close at 73,878.15, while the Nifty 50 settled 172.35 points, or 0.76%, lower at 22,475.85. Nifty 50 formed a long bear candle on the daily chart, which has engulfed the small range candle of the last few sessions. Also Read: Indian stock market: 8 key things that changed for market over weekend - Gift Nifty, US jobs data to Nasdaq rally “Technically, this pattern could be considered as a bearish engulfing pattern, and this suggests some more weakness ahead.

Journal Of Occupational Health Psychology, which included 139 full-time employees in Italy, concluded that most workaholic employees are unhappy with their life both outside and inside the office, as compared to those who stepped back from work from time to time. There’s enough research to show that millennials (typically those born between 1981 and 1996) forfeit time off for several reasons, from being afraid of their superiors, to constantly worrying about maintaining a pristine reputation before their bosses.

Buy or sell stocks for today: Despite strong global market sentiments, the Indian stock market ended lower on Friday. The Nifty 50 index ended 172 points lower after reaching a new peak of 22,794, and the BSE Sensex dropped 732 points from its lifetime high of 75,124.

₹8,998 crore. However, while the average selling price saw single-digit increase, new customer acquisitions made up just about 54% of jewellery customers. Titan had to ramp up promotional spending and discounts to attract buyers amid sluggish demand, rising competition, and fluctuating gold prices, which weighed on its margins.

How much that extra cash gives them confidence to spend more — a phenomenon economists call the wealth effect — is a hot topic whenever crypto prices are surging. A group of researchers tried to quantify it and determined that crypto bonanzas in the US aren't exactly spent like windfalls from winning the lottery. And so far, the effect has been relatively modest on the $28 trillion American economy. But if the asset class continues to boom, the study provides insight on potential game-changers in consumer patterns.

Red River, tells an expansive story set in an Assam shattered by insurgency and anti-Bengali protests, where ordinary lives are upturned by cruel sleights of hand. It is a familiar theme explored by many writers, from Indira Goswami to Aruni Kashyap, in Assamese as well as English, but Batabyal brings freshness to the well-worn subject through his gift of characterisation and storytelling. Red River takes the reader back in time when separatist movements held a death grip over Assam, opposing the demographic composition of the state.

metallurgical coal from Russia have spurted around three-fold in the last three years to around 15.1 million tonnes in 2023-24 mainly due to lower prices while the same from Australia have declined, according to a research firm. Russia's share in India's metallurgical coal imports of 73.2 million tonnes (MT) has risen to around 21 per cent from around 8 per cent in 2021-22, research firm Big Mint said in a statement. The import of metallurgical coal, which includes coking coal and pulverised coal injection (PCI), from Russia, stood at 5.1 MT, accounting for 8 per cent of India's total imports of 65.6 MT of the commodity in 2021-22. Metallurgical coal imports from Russia rose to 11.3 MT in 2022-23, accounting for 16 per cent of 69.9 MT met coal imports in that year. In 2023-24, met coal imports from Russia were 15.1 MT or 21 per cent of total met coal imports of 73.2 MT. Australia, a major supplier of met coal to India, saw a decline in the commodity's exports to India. Australia supplied 50.7 MT of met coal in FY22, or 77 per cent of the total imports of India. Met coal shipments dropped to 42.2 MT in FY22, while market share also declined to 60 per cent. In the last fiscal, met coal imports from Australia dropped further to 40.4 MT, resulting in a market share of 55 per cent.

interest rate alone may not help with the repayments by home loan borrowers. Prudential measures like risk weights and loan to value adjustments along with interest rate are more effective in repayments of loans and help in housing credit growth as well as controlling the asset quality of banks' home loan portfolio, a research paper supported by the Reserve Bank shows. «Banks’ capital adequacy had a positive impact on housing credit growth. Macro prudential policies and monetary policies were more effective when used in tandem. Macro prudential policies were not weakened by business cycle booms. While macro prudential policy alone did not seem to affect housing sector NPAs, tighter Macro prudential and monetary policies in conjunction could help to reduce the NPA ratio in the housing sector» said a research paper titled " Assessing the Impact of macro-prudential Policies on Housing Credit Dynamics: Evidence from India" The research paper written is jointly by Amar Nath Yadav, Vivek Kumar and Jyoti Kumari of the Reserve Bank of India's Department of Statistics and Information Management and the external contributor Alok Kumar Chakrawal, vice-chancellor of Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Chhattisgarh. The views expressed are not necessarily of the central bank.

Stock Market News: The domestic benchmark indices, the Sensex and Nifty 50 plunged dramatically down on Friday, May 3, as profit taking across sectors prevented them from holding the gains seen in early trade. On Friday, the 30-share BSE Sensex closed at 73,878.15 level, down 732.96 points, or 0.98%.

arrests of three suspected hitmen accused of killing a B.C. Sikh leader highlight an emerging security problem: foreign intelligence services are contracting their dirty work to the criminal underworld.Governments are increasingly accused of trying to silence and kill opponents outside their borders, and they are relying more and more on crime groups to do so, officials and experts told Global News.“Some states leverage criminal organizations to advance their objectives,” said Eric Balsam, a Canadian Security Intelligence Service spokesperson.“The use of criminal elements can permit plausible deniability and generate resources to advance threat activities.”Iran’s intelligence service was recently accused of hiring Canadian Hell’s Angels to kill dissidents in the United States.

Homeopathy for covid-19: panacea or false hope? Rajpuria is not alone in her faith in this alternative form of medicine. According to a report by Business Research Insights, the global homeopathic medicine market size was $854.4 million in 2021 and the market is projected to touch $1687.98 Million By 2031. As per the Ministry of Ayush, homeopathy is the second most popular system of medicine after allopathy in India with roughly 10% of the population relying solely on homeopathy for treatment and as per a Statista report, as of January 2021, there were approximately more than three lakh homeopathy doctors across India.

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) planning its next Moon mission – Chandrayaan-4, also aimed at bringing back lunar samples. Here's a look at the difference between China's latest Chang'e-6 mission, its 2026 mission, Chang'e 7, which aims to explore lunar south pole and India's Chandrayaan 4 mission. As per the CNSA, the Chang'e 6 is the world's first attempt to retrieve substances from the moon's far side – the side which is not visible from the Earth.

ARTPARK is not just a regular park in your neighbourhood. For tech enthusiasts, it’s an ecosystem fostering inclusivity and driving equitable access to artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics solutions. Established in 2020 within the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) campus in Bengaluru, ARTPARK is India’s first AI and robotics technology hub. “ARTPARK aims to develop world-class critical technologies for robotics and autonomous systems, reduce India’s import footprint in them and catalyse AI for India’s big challenges,” said Raghuram Dharmaraju, chief executive of ARTPARK. At its core, ARTPARK, a non-profit organisation, is a nexus for innovation, uniting startups, industry leaders, researchers, government bodies and non-profits. It also aims to skill the next generation of professionals in advanced manufacturing for robotics and autonomous technologies by 2025.

The IRS says it's taken steps to address a wide disparity in audit rates between Black taxpayers and others filers

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capital markets, AI is revolutionising the way trading operates. Algo trading, also known as algorithmic trading, can and will harness the power of artificial intelligence to automate the trade execution process, as well deciding what and how to trade, fully.

Type 2 diabetes is on the rise across the world led by lifestyle changes, researchers have recently noted that having a fruit regularly leads to decreased chances of diabetes in women. Regular consumption of Avocado leads to lesser chances of this metabolic disorder. This was the conclusion based on studies conducted on some Mexican women, as per a report on Fox. Upon analysis of the data from the Mexican National Survey of Health and Nutrition for the years 2012, 2016 and 2018, the findings were unique. 25,640 participants were surveyed of whom 59% were women and 60% of them had abdominal fat which is often attributed as a factor leading to insulin resistance and on set of diabetes.