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Conservative advocates have been feeling emboldened by the Supreme Court’s June ruling ending affirmative action in college admissions and are now seeking to set a similar precedent in the workplace

Opponents of diversity programs are increasingly banking on an 1866 civil rights law meant to protect Black people from economic exclusion as a way to challenge corporate diversity and equity policies as well as funding to Black-owned businesses

Animal, has approached the Delhi high court to block the film's release on streaming platform Netflix, citing non-payment and breach of contract with T-Series. The lawsuit filed by Cine1 Studios alleges a breach of agreement with T-Series, which included a 35% profit share and intellectual property rights in Animal.

Amazon with its Republic Day sale, you can buy a powerful Android smartphone that packs a punch of power without burning a hole in your pocket. If you're in the market for an efficient and stylish smartphone with the latest specifications and software, take a look at our top 5 picks. Looking for an Android smartphone in the current market climate can't be easy owing to a barrage of devices with an overload of specifications.

Devang Mehta, Director — Equity Advisory, Spark Private Wealth, says “markets are slaves of earnings. Earnings have started on a good note, more so the last quarter was also good. We are seeing margin expansion and market leaders coming back to the fore. A lot of companies like Reliance, a lot of IT participants which are huge overweights on the indices, all this confluence of factors, plus the foreign investors are still as such are still missing. Ideally, I would not get carried away by index targets. I would be more delighted if this is an earnings led rally, rather than being a rally of everything and anything or laggards doing well.” The buzz is that the Nifty will definitely cross 24,000 in 2024. Can you see that as a possibility or is that expecting too much? Devang Mehta: We probably saw 20,000, 21,000, 22,000 all coming too soon. It took the market 25 sessions to go from 21,000 to 22,000. So, it is very possible. Ideally, why? I do not want to put a figure to the index right now, but yes, if you ask me, there are a confluence of factors, be it macros, be it global macros, be it local macros, be it micros, sentiment towards equities as an asset class is great.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will fight for the mayor's seat while the Congress will contest the posts of senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor, the sources said. The development came amid the AAP and the Congress, both constituents of the INDIA bloc, holding talks over seat sharing for this year's Lok Sabha polls. With the AAP and the Congress deciding to have a tie-up for the January 18 Chandigarh mayoral polls, it is going to be a two-way contest and observers believe that the two parties will have an edge over the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

restricted chip-industry exports to China. Fortunately, lithium is not the only game in town. As we report this week, a clutch of firms are making batteries based on sodium, lithium’s elemental cousin.

Arvind Fashions just in January, brokerage house Nuvama sees another 38 percent upside in the next 1 year. The brokerage believes the firm is perfectly positioned for a valuation re-rating. The brokerage has initiated coverage on the stock with a ‘buy’ rating and a target price of ₹660.

Galaxy S24 Ultra. The video showcases a flat display with a centered hole-punch cutout for the front camera, surrounded by remarkably thin bezels. The right edge of the handset features the power button and volume rockers.

smothering her son in a Goa service apartment and attempting to transport his body to Bengaluru. She has been booked by the Calangute police under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 302 (murder) and 201 (destruction of evidence), and also under the Goa Children's Act. Suchana Seth is the Chief Executive Officer of a startup called ‘Mindful AI Lab’.

cricket series. His 63 not out off 32 balls helped India win. In the first game at Mohali, he didn't get out and scored 60.

Mahindra Group and Canadian fund -Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (Ontario Teachers’), have listed their Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT) in the renewable energy space. The InvIT — Sustainable Energy Infra Trust (SEIT), has raised primary capital of Rs. 1365 crore ($165 Million) as part of the initial offer of units (offer), satated a company release.

The emergency alert that Albertans received on Saturday night shows how much work is going to be needed to adapt to future demand according to Alberta’s utilities minister and electricity experts.The alert, issued by the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO), urged Albertans to reduce electricity usage to essentials only to prevent rotating outages. The alert came a few hours after AESO declared a grid alert due to extreme cold, high demand and low imports.On Sunday afternoon, AESO declared another grid alert for the third day in a row, asking Albertans to reduce electricity to essential use only.“We were concerned at one point that we were going to run out of emergency reserves and have to go to rotating outages,” said Leif Sollid communication manager for Alberta Electric System Operator.He said the last time Alberta saw rotating outages was during the floods of 2013.There was a significant drop in electricity demand almost immediately after the alert was issued.

Unconfuse Me with Bill Gates podcast. Further on robotics and blue-collar jobs, Altman said that he has started investing in robotics companies. "At some point, we will be able to use our models with their language understanding and future video understanding," he added.

IMF chief told AFP. AI will affect 60 percent of jobs in advanced economies, the International Monetary Fund's managing director, Kristalina Georgieva, said in an interview in Washington, shortly before departing for the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Boeing Co. Chief Executive Officer Dave Calhoun sought to rally employees reeling from a manufacturing setback, this time involving wrongly drilled holes in a crucial aircraft section — yet another blow to a company that once enjoyed a sterling reputation for building awesome flying machines. “I have heard those outside our company wondering if we’ve lost a step. I view it as quite the opposite,” Calhoun wrote in a company memo, going on to tout the “rigor around our quality processes” at the US aircraft manufacturer. “I am proud of the team, and confident we’ll look back on this time period as when we took the necessary steps that set Boeing on the right course for the future.”

Mint, managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) C. Vijayakumar said HCL Technologies will continue its hiring momentum through the entire calendar year to maintain its revenue growth guidance. Growth is being fuelled by the company’s existing mega telecom deal with American telecom firm Verizon, a new focus on automotive technologies through its acquisition of Germany’s ASAP Group, and increasing recurring revenue from its software business.

Mint, the soft-spoken Krithivasan came across as guarded. Under his watch, TCS has done better than smaller rival Infosys Ltd for two straight quarters, with the boss sharing that the company is now focusing more on growth and expects the next financial year to be better than the current one. Edited excerpts: I can talk only about TCS and not about other companies.

Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday is celebrated on 15 January every year to honour the life and legacy of the civil rights leader who was assassinated in 1968 at the age of 39 in Memphis, Tennessee. King’s dream of freedom and rights for African-Americans was closely linked with the Swaraj dream of Gandhi for Indians.

India works to become a developed country by 2047, it must not forget that quality of life, improved living standards and ease of living are parameters as important as, if not more than, per-capita income. This is the context in which the Supreme Court's stay on the post facto green nod for projects or mandatory implementation of good manufacturing practices 'Schedule M' must be understood.

India should certainly be alert about the proximity of Maldives to China and the government must be aware of the danger that this represents, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said here on Sunday. China has been attempting to expand its influence throughout India's periphery, he said at the 54th annual day of 'Thuglak' magazine here.