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The phrase that may best sum up the conundrum is – between a rock and a hard place. This is the woes of Generation S or the Sandwich Generation or people who have their parents on the one hand, their children on the other and themselves in between.

Rajya Sabha elections held in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, can be attributed to the support of Ram Lalla. Despite facing challenges, the BJP managed to secure the votes of seven Samajwadi Party (SP) MLAs, which played a crucial role in Seth's win. Seth received 29 first preference votes, while SP's candidate Alok Ranjan only received 19 votes. The BJP's strategy to identify these seven SP legislators was a joint effort by key government figures, including Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, and ministers Suresh Khanna and JPS Rathore. State party chief Bhupendra Chaudhary and general secretary (organisation) Dharampal were also involved in the process. The task was simplified as the BJP focused on SP MLAs who had openly supported the consecration of Ram Lalla's idol at the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on January 22. A BJP leader stated, 'We approached those MLAs who had strongly supported the consecration event, despite the party's silence on the issue. Many of them responded positively.'

BEIJING — China is beefing up national security measures by expanding its protections of state secrets to include a broad category of «work secrets.»

India’s position remained unchanged at 42 at the International IP Index 2024 compared to 2023, with no change even on the index score which stood at 38.64% since 2022, the US Chamber of Commerce said in a report released on Wednesday. The index ranks 55 countries on their intellectual property (IP) regime. The top countries on the index were the USA (95.48%), UK (94.12%), France (93.12%), Germany (92.46%), Sweden (92.12%), Japan (91.26%), Netherlands (91.24%), Ireland (89.38%), Spain (86.44%) and Switzerland (85.98%).

Congress government in Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and Congress observer for Himachal Pradesh, DK Shivakumar, is leaving for Himachal Pradesh after the party's direction asking him to step in for crisis management. Shivakumar also alleged of «horse-trading,» was going on in the hill state and said someday it will «boomerang.» «Congress party has issued a direction that I should be there. I don't know why BJP is in such a hurry...any government should have a strong opposition. It is not right, this type of horse-trading, someday it might boomerang...I am confident that all our legislators will be loyal to the party,» said DK Shivakumar.

Mahesh Patil, CIO, ABSL AMC, talking to ET Now at the sidelines of ABSL Voyage 2024, says “the theme of our event is Dominant Bharat. If you really believe that Bharat is going to be the third largest economy in the next seven years, and the GDP is going to grow at 7% plus, then you will see a lot of opportunities emerging. Corporate India growth has been very strong in the last two years and will continue to grow at a double digit rate. If that is the case, then while markets might consolidate a bit in the near term because of the huge outperformance, you will still make the long-term returns the markets have given.” 30 years of wealth management, 30 years of superlative CAGR returns. They say good news and good prices rarely come together. Right now, the news is great. But when the news is great, prices are bad. What is the way forward? What should be the message from Birla AMC? And what should be the takeaway for them? Mahesh Patil: Yes, good morning and welcome to this voyage event. I think we have been through this occasion and we have been trying to put forward our views. Okay, every time we come, okay, and talk over here, we are always worried. The market has reached a peak now. That is a common question which is there. But you are right, Last one year has been unprecedented. The kind of returns that we have seen and the market has been climbing the wall of worry.

Vancouver firefighter Christopher Won said he is just feeling lucky to be alive after a devastating diagnosis on his vacation forced the amputation of his lower leg.

debt mutual funds, don't just keep the money safe, they also lend it out to others, like banks or companies, who promise to give the money back later with a little extra as a thank you, like how you might get a little extra candy when you lend your toys to a friend. So, when you invest in a debt mutual fund, you're basically letting a big piggy bank borrow your money for a while, and in return, they give you a little extra back when you need it, just like how you get a little extra candy when you share your toys! When you invest in a debt mutual fund, you essentially become a part-owner of all the bonds or loans that the fund has invested in. The returns you receive from a debt mutual fund typically come from the interest payments made on these bonds or loans, as well as any capital gains if the value of the bonds increases.

reported. However, before they decide to go back, they might first fix their relationship with the family as Harry wants to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games in London. This event is important to him and he hopes it could bring the family together.

systematic investment plans (SIPs) of mutual funds have jumped to ₹18,838 crore in Jan 2024, reflecting a jump of 36 percent in just one year’s time. A year prior to this, the corresponding figure for SIP inflow stood at ₹11,517 crore and two years before, inflows into SIPs stood at ₹8,023 crore. Consequently, total SIP assets under management (AUM) have touched ₹10.26 lakh crore, 43 percent in just nine months when it stood at ₹7.17 lakh crore, shows the AMFI data.

DailyHunt is in advanced stages to acquire Indian start-up Koo, TechCrunch reported citing sources on Wednesday. The deal may be finalised in as many as three weeks, the report said. Koo, which has been touted as an alternative to social media platform X, which was previously known as Twitter.

A top court has ruled that two residents of the tiny Caribbean island of Barbuda have the right to challenge construction of an airstrip that critics say endangers fragile ecosystems and was begun without any permits

Speaking at an event on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “I want to take the government out of the lives of people. Especially, I don’t approve of government interference in the lives of the middle-class. What is the need of the government everyday and at every step? We should create such a society where government interference is minimal." For the poor, the Indian state would offer support to fulfil basic needs, but for the rest, he said he would end unnecessary intervention as part of his governance agenda over the next five years.

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Germany and Poland affirmed Tuesday that they would not be sending troops to Ukraine, after reports that some Western countries may be considering doing so as the war with Russia enters its third year. The head of NATO also said the U.S.-led military alliance has no plans to send troops to Ukraine, after other central European leaders confirmed that they too would not be providing soldiers. The Kremlin, meanwhile, warned that a direct conflict between NATO and Russia would be inevitable if the alliance sends combat troops. «In this case, we need to talk not about probability, but about the inevitability (of conflict),» Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

BlackRock Inc., which capitalized on a decade-long boom in index investing, said investors should rely more heavily on actively managed strategies.

The NASCAR season is underway, with 38 races set to determine another stock car racing champion in the 76th season of the top motorsports series in the United States

The owners of a quirky 18th century British pub unlawfully bulldozed after a fire last year have been ordered by a local council to rebuild it, keeping with its previous lopsided specifications

$53 billion acquisition of Hess may be in jeopardy because it will require the approval of Exxon Mobil and a Chinese national oil company, which both hold rights to development of an oil field off the coast of the South American nation Guyana. The disclosure in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission raised investor qualms, depressing shares of both Chevron and Hess. Chevron's stock price fell 3% Tuesday morning before rebounding; Hess stock lost 4% of its value but bounced back slightly.

Elon Musk started imagining X as an ‘everything app’ that could do much more than just be a social media platform. Now the vision is gradually taking shape, and X is slowly evolving into a job-hunting platform as well. Recently the company revealed that over 1 million companies on X are looking to hire candidates.

MUMBAI : Hostile investors in Think and Learn Pvt. Ltd, the parent company of Byju’s, are likely to skip participating in the edtech firm’s $200-million rights issue that will conclude on Wednesday at midnight, people familiar with the developments said. Prosus NV, Peak XV Partners, General Atlantic, and Sofina SA had collectively filed a petition with the National Company Law Tribunal last week against the rights issue, seeking reprieve citing oppression and mismanagement of the company.