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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India's top B-schools, including Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A), are betting on external coaches and counsellors to help students ace the placements at a time when the job market has turned uncertain amid a slowing economy, set to be exacerbated by a trade war unleashed by US president Donald Trump.

Wednesday’s 740-point surge in the Sensex, coupled with a 4% rebound in the BSE Smallcap index over the last two sessions, has fueled optimism that the market may have found a bottom. Key technical indicators—including the 14-week RSI, extreme breadth readings, FII long-short ratios, and seasonality trends—are signaling that a potential turning point is near.

Sensex and Nifty, opened higher for the second consecutive session on Thursday, driven by gains in auto, financial, and metal stocks. The rally followed US President Donald Trump's temporary tariff reprieve on automobile imports from Mexico and Canada. The BSE Sensex climbed 299 points (0.41%) to 74,032, while the Nifty50 advanced 99 points (0.44%) to 22,436 around 9:20 am.

buy call on HDFC Life Insurance Company with a target price of Rs 800. The current market price of HDFC Life is Rs 621.3. HDFC Life Insurance Company, incorporated in 2000, is a Large Cap company with a market cap of Rs 133495.30 crore, operating in the Financial Services sector.

Shibani Sircar Kurian, Senior EVP, Sr. Fund Manager & Head -Equity Research, Kotak AMC, says that a considerable number of stocks are trading almost 50% lower than their 52-week high. So, some degree of valuation comfort is coming in. We are approaching this market by looking at stocks with earning visibility. Largecaps continue to offer better risk-reward as compared to mid and smallcaps as a pack. However, within mid and smallcaps, there are definite points of opportunity and we would use these corrections to look at these particular segments and stock in terms of allocation. Help us with your take on the markets because some are calling out a near-term bottom in place and also trying to look out for some more opportunities. We saw a bit of a rebound on Wednesday. What is your reading? Shibani Sircar Kurian: Since December of last year, the volatility has been on the back of global as well as domestic factors and some of these uncertainties still remain. However, what we must also understand is that when we look at markets, the Nifty itself has corrected almost 13-14% from its highs. Similarly, the midcap and smallcap indices have seen a greater correction. More importantly, at a stock level, the correction has been even steeper than what the headline indices seem to suggest.

Market corrections alone do not create investment opportunities- what matters is whether stocks have corrected to their fair value, says Sanjeev Prasad of Kotak Institutional Equities. He pointed out that despite sharp price declines, many stocks, particularly in the consumer staples sector and speculative "narrative stocks," remain overvalued. Meanwhile, he identified select banking stocks as one of the few areas where investors can still find value. «Just because the stock has corrected does not mean anything in isolation. Has it corrected to the right level in terms of value? That is the question to ask,» he asserted.

equity derivatives contracts to Monday from the long-established Thursday. A look at what could have prompted the country's largest exchange to alter them. Which are the contracts NSE has changed the expiry day?

Brookfield Asset Management Inc. chief executive Bruce Flatt said its growing insurance business may ultimately own the rest of its operations in a move that emulates Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

entrepreneurship and innovation in family businesses and career choices. Next gen is apparently adopting an investor mindset, focusing on the family office and wealth preservation. This suggests heirs lack entrepreneurial ability. While this trend surely exists, understanding its root cause is key. Rather than viewing this shift as a lack of ambition or drive, the environment in which next gen is raised should be examined. Entrepreneurial spirit is not just inherited. Many times, it's cultivated. The mindset required to build and grow businesses does not emerge overnight. It develops through exposure, experience and a strong sense of purpose. Responsibility of grooming, nurturing and curating the entrepreneurial drive in next gen lies with old gen.

digital ecosystem, said Unique Identification Authority of India Director S M D Jeelani here on Wednesday. Jeelani inaugurated Bengaluru-based forensics-driven cybersecurity company SISA's Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence Lab at Dayananda Sagar University (DSU). «The lab is a step in the right direction-a critical step in shaping a new generation of cyber leaders who can play a key role and offer out-of-the-box thinking and expertise to protect our digital ecosystem,» said Jeelani.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. BEIJING : As President Trump ratchets up the political and economic pressure on China, Beijing has responded with a clear message: China will resist U.S. efforts to constrain its rise.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. SEOUL—When Ukraine was scrambling this winter to understand how to respond to the threat of thousands of North Korean soldiers deployed to fight alongside Russia, it turned to someone steeped in Pyongyang’s ways: a North Korean defector.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Someone once said, “Investing during a crisis is overrated, while investing during confusing times is underrated." The idea of making a fortune by investing at the bottom of a crisis is often glorified, fostering the belief that wealth is built by timing market downturns with precision. Stories of investors who seized opportunities during market collapses create the illusion that waiting for the next major crisis—and deploying capital at exactly the right moment—is the key to success.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. What do Sam Altman and David Sacks have in common? Certainly not politics. Mr Altman, co-founder of OpenAI, is part of the transition team of Daniel Lurie, the Democratic mayor-elect of San Francisco.

The rupee closed 0.3% higher at 86.9550 against the U.S. dollar, its best single-day gain since February 11.

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domestic violence and women can be the perpetrators. There are no existing laws that protect men under the purview of domestic violence. Recognising that a person is being abused is extremely difficult, as a lot of domestic abuse takes place behind closed doors. The four main reasons for the underreporting of domestic violence cases against Indian men are general stereotypes against males, fear of fake cases, societal and family pressure, and denial. The social, cultural, and emotional barriers in society prevent us from recognising the victimisation of men by women.

«What we are looking at, when we said in July 2024, the complacency was high, we were at extreme inflection. Maybe September, October when India liquidity peaked out, that was the extreme inflection end,» says Sandeep Tandon, CIO, Quant MF. So, let us come back to India since you said that the time has come to nibble in right now. Purely at an index level and since you do track technicals as well, we have hit the lowest RSI since March 2020 already, we are at an eight-month low. What is the screen telling you? Do you think we are at the end of the pain at an index level per se? Sandeep Tandon: To be candid with you, I am not a great chartist or technical technician in that sense. I am a good observer and we are predominantly a behaviour house. So, we look at more from an inflection point rather than say looking at the breakout or breakdown because that may not give you a correct perspective or we may not have that ability to read up to that extent.

Indian rupee gained on Wednesday on broad-based interbank dollar sales and after the central bank's firm defence of 87.40-87.50 levels in recent sessions helped keep a lid on speculative bets against the currency. The rupee was at 87.1550 against the U.S. dollar as of 10:00 a.m. IST, up 0.1% on the day.

The benchmark 10-year yield was at 6.7401% as of 10:00 a.m. IST, compared with its previous close of 6.7447%. Earlier in the day, it had hit 6.7530%, its highest since January 20.

Benchmark NSE Nifty index rose 153.3 points to 22235.95 amid buying in frontline bluechip stocks.