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When household budgets are squeezed, it can be hard to prioritize finances for the future when bills need to be paid today.

Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday came down heavily on the Congress for accusing him of defending the prime minister, saying he does not need to defend someone who has got global recognition and electoral mandates in 2014 and 2019. He also urged the members from the treasury benches to reach out to their opposition counterparts and convince them not to walk out. The opposition parties had staged a walkout as the House went ahead with the scheduled business despite Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge's suggestion of adjourning the proceedings till 1 pm.

The equated monthly installments (EMI) of affordable home buyers rose 20% in the last two years, a report from Anarock research showed on Wednesday.

If you still don’t have your office groove back, there might be a scientific explanation. Hybrid work arrangements mess with our brains. Frustrated bosses who survey their half-empty officescapes say it makes no sense that somebody who worked full time in an office before 2020 can’t show up like they used to.

US bonds yields and dollar weighed on stock market sentiment. US stocks futures and top European markets were in the red when the Sensex closed as fresh macroeconomic data in the US showed the resilience of the economy and raised concerns that the Fed will extend its monetary tightening policy. "US Treasury yields after stronger-than-expected private employment data and the announced refunding of the US government's maturing debt.

The latest federal indictment of former President Donald Trump poses an unprecedented test of the Justice Department’s ability to build a persuasive case not just for 12 jurors but also for the history books. In seeking to do that, prosecutors will face a number of hurdles in court, including showing that Trump’s actions were criminal as opposed to protected free speech. On the issue of whether it can persuade the public of the righteousness of its prosecution, the Justice Department has taken on a huge and politically polarizing target in an atmosphere already ripe with mistrust over its motivations.

“Barbenheimer" might be good for theaters, but it’s bringing out some bad behavior in theatergoers. Many attendees are forgetting the cardinal rule: Never take out a phone during the film. Instead, people are picking out selfies to post, scrolling during dull moments, even taking pictures of the screen—with the flash on.

says a recent report. The story builds on two trends. One, the faster growth of smaller, local brands in comparison with big, national brands in the fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) segment; and two, a survey by Redseer which estimated that by 2030 the segment dubbed “the masses", with annual incomes of ₹2.5-10 lakh, will account for 65% of the market for consumer goods, up from 50% in 2016 and 53% in 2022.

The Ray-Ban smart glasses launched by Meta Platforms almost two years ago have struggled to catch on with owners, many of whom appear to be using the devices infrequently, according to internal company data. Less than 10% of the Ray-Ban Stories purchased since the product’s launch in September 2021 are used actively by purchasers, according to a company document from February reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

ET Intelligence group: Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have deployed more than $5 billion in Indian equities for three months in a row for the first time, the data from NSDL show.

Fitch's move to downgrade US rating as an excuse to book some profits off the table. Sensex has plunged about 1,500 points in 2 days while Nifty broke below the 19,300-zone. In the two-day selloff, investors have become poorer by Rs 5.7 lakh crore. While Fitch's statement had nothing new to offer as it is a well-known fact that developed market governments are getting more indebted, the downgrade of US rating to AA+ from AAA is seen as being sentimentally negative for riskier assets. In sync with the risk-off reaction in global and other Asian markets, Sensex plunged over 800 points on Thursday with Reliance Industries (RIL), banks and IT stocks leading the downside. Realty, banks and other financial stocks were among the worst affected but pharma stocks managed to thrive in the selling pressure on the back of Q1 earnings report card. Amid the global sell-off, Dalal Street traders also overlooked Morgan Stanley's upgrading of Indian equities to overweight position. Citing a structural uptrend, secular leadership and relative valuations being less extreme than in October, the global brokerage firm has placed India at the No.1 position in its basket of Asian emerging markets ex-Japan.

Australia is the most prolific country in the world per capita for climate change litigation, according to a United Nations report that has lauded the activist role of youth and Indigenous groups.

New vehicle sales in Australia hit a monthly record in July as the supply of new cars accelerated after pandemic backlogs and buyers of electric vehicles injected fresh impetus.

Sydney fund manager Clayton Larcombe worked for US investment bank JP Morgan for three months, in the Philippines, not the two years claimed on his now-defunct LinkedIn profile.

Vedanta Ltd. traded 6.82 per cent down at Rs 253.65 at 02:10PM (IST) on Thursday, even as BSE benchmark Sensex dropped 784.02 points to 64998.76. The stock had settled at Rs 272.2 in the previous session.

parliamentary debate, the Rajya Sabha Chairman, Jagdeep Dhankhar, left the entire House in stitches with his witty remark, declaring, «I am a married man for more than 45 years. I am never angry!» The humorous comment triggered another uproar of laughter, spreading joy in the otherwise intense atmosphere.

Troubled times at Bis Industries, the mine-site trucking company that’s no stranger to a balance sheet burdened with debt. The Perth-headquartered group is already refinancing its debt just one year after securing a financial lifeline that required its owners, The Carlyle Group and Varde Partners, to put in an additional $130 million in capital to keep the company afloat.

Australia’s reigning cotton grower of the year sees a European Union crackdown on the textile industry’s carbon footprint as a money-making opportunity and is moving to build a renewable ammonia and green hydrogen plant on one of his farms with help from the NSW government.

As high inflation eats into purchasing power, over nine in 10 urban Indians (93%) say they intend to save money with smart shopping tactics in the coming year, a survey by YouGov found. The top tactics Indians wish to employ are comparing online and in-store prices (45%), shopping with discount codes (45%), and waiting for items to come on sale (42%). This is in line with global trends, where a similar share of respondents (93%) is looking at money-saving tactics, the survey shows.

New Delhi: Global anime brand Crunchyroll has announced that the streaming platform will be adding a new batch of series to its available AVoD (advertising-based video-on-demand) catalogue, including titles like Chainsaw Man, SPY x FAMILY, VINLAND SAGA, BLUELOCK, Lycoris Recoil, My Dress-Up Darling, and others. Crunchyroll, LLC is an independent joint venture between Sony Pictures Entertainment in US and Aniplex in Japan, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., both subsidiaries of Tokyo-based Sony Group Corp.

Prestige Shantiniketan, located in the serene neighborhood of Whitefield, a close-knit group of compassionate residents has recently come together to announce a heartfelt reward of Rs 25,000. Their mission? To find their beloved furry friend, Patlu, a free-spirited Indian Pariah dog who has mysteriously gone missing for over a month.