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The Handmaid's Tale', excitement is high to witness what happens with June’s story at the end. Originally slated for release in 2024, the series now gears up for a summer 2025 debut, promising an unforgettable farewell to one of television's most gripping narratives, as mentioned in a report by Elle.

mutual fund KYC (know your customer) rules came into effect from April 1, around 3% of MF accounts have ‘KYC Hold’ status, stated the Association of Mutual Funds of India (AMFI) on Thursday. While noting that the mutual fund industry is addressing concerns for a smooth KYC process, AMFI CEO Venkat Chalasani said, “Together with AMCs, distributors and other stakeholders, we are committed to facilitating a seamless KYC validation process for all, thereby ensuring the integrity and accessibility of mutual fund investments across the board.” “If KYC was to be an issue, then you clearly would have seen a downtick in transaction count. Amounts may not necessarily be the best indicator. It is really the number of transactions. And I think we have to, from a perspective of the industry, thank the regulator as well because they have also been pushing all of us, AMCs, MFDs, RIAs, etc, to make sure we handhold the customer,” said Anthony Heredia, MD & CEO of Mahindra Manulife Mutual Fund.

earnings offset the impact of data that showed U.S. weekly jobless claims rose more than expected, indicating softening labor market conditions. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 7.9 points, or 0.02%, at the open to 39064.27. The S&P 500 rose 1.4 points, or 0.03%, at the open to 5189.03, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 21.0 points, or 0.13%, to 16323.738 at the opening bell.

Sweden is hosting Eurovision for the seventh time this year after singer Loreen won the contest last year for her song 'Tattoo'. Swedish comedian and 2016 presenter Petra Mede has also returned alongside Hollywood actress Malin Akerman. An estimated 160 million viewers watch the contest on television sets and 37 acts representing countries will take place this year. The competition kicked off on May 7 and it will be followed by events on May 9 and May 11, reports the 'New York Times'.

insurance company Digit is set to hit the public markets on May 15, looking to raise Rs 1,125 crore through a fresh issue of shares and an offer for sale of 54 million equity shares. The initial public offering (IPO) comes almost two years after the firm filed its draft prospectus with the markets regulator in August 2022. Digit had attained a private market valuation of $4 billion in May 2022.

ALSO READ: Sanjiv Goenka seen ‘publicly scolding’ KL Rahul; netizens fume, ‘can’t humiliate a senior Indian player like this’ "This team has shown resilience over the last two years, and we'll show it again. Thank you for sticking with us, LSG Brigade (sic)," it added. Batting first, LSG set a target of 166 runs in 20 overs for SRH.

Crypto hedge fund Pantera Capital has reiterated its bullish stance on Bitcoin, predicting a potential surge in price to $114,000 by August 2025.

Also Read: Excise Policy case: ED, CBI get four days time to file reply on Manish Sisodia's bail plea "Grant of interim bail merely for political campaigning would militate against and will be discriminatory to the rule of equality as work/business/profession or activity of every citizen is equally important to him or her," reported ANI quoting ED's affidavit. On May 7, the Supreme Court said that it did not want Delhi Chief Minister to perform official duties if he was granted interim bail in the case.

To all the Barricades… The Rumour Got You at the Finnish pavilion in the Giardini, which is being presented as an assorted composition of three distinct works. The primary work is a large ballpoint pen drawing on silk across multiple panels, showing people queued up—symbolising the time spent waiting in a bureaucracy and trickle-down economy. It is accompanied by a series of sculptures, which imitate trash found on urban pavements, and a third plane consisting of cross-stitched textile forms replicating stains.

ALSO READ: ‘When Virat Kohli came to IPL…’: PBKS owner Preity Zinta shares admiration for RCB batter Meanwhile, Proteas player Du Plessis has forged a very special bonding with Indian star cricketer and former RCB skipper Virat Kohli. Ahead of RCB's match against PBKS, du Plessis opened up about his relationship with Kohli on the Star Sports show 'Captains Speak'. ALSO READ: Watch | Virat Kohli's 'arrogant' remark on commentators critical of his strike rate; netizens not impressed “We both love food," Du Plessis said on Star Sports.

NewsNation on May 3 that the video is original, saying, “Once you see it, you can’t deny it." He continued, “There's no editing. That is an original video." Roder added, “We tried to debunk it to see if there was something that was added to the video.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 3: Tata Projects, one of the leading Indian Sustainable Technology-led Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) company and part of the world-renowned Tata Group, announced its financial results for the fiscal year. Mr. Vinayak Pai, MD & CEO at Tata Projects, elaborating on the FY24 performance, said "Our strategic realignment, organisational transformation and improved focus on operational efficiencies have started yielding results.

Financial Times about Casa Maria Luigia, an 18th-century house that has been converted into a guesthouse by Bottura and his wife, Lara Gilmore, in Modena, he likened his creative process to that of artist Ai WeiWei, whose triptych adorns the main hall and shows the artist dropping a Han Dynasty urn. “I think Ai WeiWei stole my idea," Bottura joked with the Financial Times. Also read: Warm breads, strawberry sloffen hearts at a Dutch bakery in Kochi “[Bottura] has been breaking with tradition in his kitchen for almost 30 years. Dining at Francescana at Maria Luigia offers guests the chance to try iconoclastic dishes such as ‘Oops! I Dropped the Lemon Tart’ that made Bottura famous," states the piece about the parallels between the chef and the artist.

gold as an investment, symbolising perpetual prosperity and abundance. Historically, gold prices have grown steadily, often showing stability or an increase around Akshaya Tritiya due to heightened demand driven by cultural and religious sentiments. “This trend offers investors a potential opportunity for profit from price appreciation.

children in India who are eligible for measles vaccination have received none of the recommended double-dose, signalling a «concerning gap» in immunisation coverage, a new study has found. The findings showed that zero-dose cases were high in the northeastern states, with Nagaland reporting the greatest share at 26 per cent. Tamil Nadu was found to report the lowest at 4.6 per cent. Researchers from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi investigated previously overlooked critical aspects of measles vaccination, focusing on zero-doses, partially vaccinated, and those fully immunised. They analysed data of over 43,000 children aged 2-3 years, collected through the National Family Health Survey 2019-21 (NFHS-5). The team found that close to 30 per cent of the eligible children have received only one measles-containing vaccine (MCV1), while about 60 per cent have been fully immunised (MCV2). The findings are published in the journal Vaccine.

United Spirits Ltd. dropped 2.62 per cent to Rs 1204.6 at 01:43PM (IST) in Thursday's trade. The stock hit a high of Rs 1244.95 and low of Rs 1200.05 so far during the session. The stock had closed at Rs 1237.05 in the previous session. The counter had a total traded volume of 01:43PM shares so far with a turnover of Rs 1.68 crore on BSE. The stock traded at a price-to-earnings multiple of 68.31 and a price-to-book ratio of 9.17.

voter ID cards. This marks the first group of beneficiaries at the shelter, which has been operated by the Social and Evangelical Association for Love (SEAL) for 25 years. Social workers from SEAL facilitated this initiative, benefiting a total of 125 homeless individuals at the shelter. They are now eager to participate in the upcoming Phase-4 elections in the Maval constituency on May 13 by casting their votes. This addition of 125 new voters has caught the attention of political party workers. They have started visiting the SEAL Ashram to campaign for their candidates and inquire about any issues the shelter residents may have that they can address. Pastor Biju Samuel, who is second-in-command at SEAL, told TOI, «We are happy that our shelter home is now finally showing on the political radars of parties, since we now have 125 newly registered voters. For the past quarter century, local politicians were hardly interested in homeless people. Now they do.»

Also Read: Haryana political crisis: ‘BJP will win all ten Lok Sabha seats,’ says former CM Manohar Lal Khattar The Haryana government on May 7, suffered a jolt when three independent MLAs – Randhir Golan from Pundri, Dharmpal Gonder from Nilokheri and Sombir Singh Sangwan from Charkhi Dadri – withdrew support from the Nayab Saini government, pushing the government into a minority. "Considering the gravity of the current circumstances and the urgent need to reinstate stability and uphold democratic norms in Haryana.

₹18,917.08 crore in April against ₹22,633 crore a month ago, shows the data released by the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI). This decline was attributed to fresh selling in large cap funds.

₹8,600 in the month of April. As per the data available on National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL), FPI selling in Indian equities during April stood at ₹8,671 crore and ₹5,076 crore in May so far. FPIs selling worth ₹14,079 crore in Indian equities was seen between April 16 and 30, as against inflows of ₹5,408 crore in the first half of the month.

Also Read: Mumbai Trans Harbour Link: Auto-rickshaw spotted on Atal Setu despite ban; netizens say 'has good contacts' The viral video, shared by an Instagram user showed the black and yellow auto-rickshaw in California. The visual of the black and yellow rickshaws plying in California streets was a surprise for many Indians who are used to finding the vehicle on busy and crowded Indian streets. Also Read: Ola Electric to launch electric autorickshaw ahead of planned IPO, says report The recent video, shared by an Instagram user Manohar Singh Rawat, has garnered 24,185 likes so far.A post shared by Manohar Singh Rawat (@manoharsrawat) "Auto Rikshaw in California.