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The U.S. economy grew at a robust 3.2% annual pace from October through December, propelled by healthy consumer spending, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday in a slight downgrade from its initial estimate

Japanese authorities say they had to abandon plans to send in drones for a second day to probe one of the damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant because of equipment failure

A social media backlash to media reports that said fast-food chain Wendy’s had plans to increase menu prices during its busiest hours shows a limit to where, when and for what U.S. consumers will trade more cash for convenience

Bill Gates' recent encounter with a popular Indian tea vendor, Dolly Chaiwala, has taken the internet by storm. This surprising meeting has sparked both amusement and online jokes, particularly at the expense of Founder & CEO of "MBA Chaiwala" group Prafull Billore. Gates, while visiting India, stopped at Dolly Chaiwala's stall in Nagpur, a city known for its unique tea culture. The visit, documented on Gates' Instagram, showed him enjoying a cup prepared by Chaiwala himself. This unexpected interaction between a global tech icon and a local vendor quickly went viral, generating a wave of hilarious online reactions.

Singer Cyndi Lauper is selling her music catalog, including the 1980s hits True Colors and Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, to Sweden’s Pophouse Entertainment Group AB as part of a project to create new outlets for the singer’s work.

BJP on Thursday dubbed the arrest of Shahjahan Sheikh as a «legal protection» given to him and slammed the West Bengal police for not charging him with the crime of sexual assault and land grab levelled against the Trinamool Congress (TMC) strongman by many women in Sandeshkhali. BJP national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said at a press conference that Sheikh has been arrested in the case involving violent attack on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials by a mob affiliated to him. He asked as to why the West Bengal police has in such a case not handed over his custody to the central agency. He said the video of Sheikh striding ahead with the cops following him looked more like a case of him being escorted instead of being under arrest.

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Farhan Akhtar and his wife, actor Shibani Dandekar are joining hands for "Dabba Cartel", a new Netflix series. Directed by Hitesh Bhatia, the upcoming show revolves around five ordinary women in Maharashtra's Thane who start a drug cartel through the 'dabba' (tiffin) delivery service. It will star Shabana Azmi, Jyotika, Farhan Akhtar, Nimisha Sajayan, Anjali Anand, Gajraj Rao, Sai Tamhankar, Lillete Dubey and Jisshu Sengupta. The first look of «Dabba Cartel», created by Dandekar, was revealed on Thursday at the Next on Netflix event here. Akhtar has backed the show via his production banner Excel Media & Entertainment. «We like narrating stories, and it's been a great association (with Netflix) and there are many more shows (to look forward to). This is an exciting show. It is a special show as Shibani is the creator of the show and this gives a special place to the show in my heart,» Akhtar said at the event.

Nifty ended 32 points higher just above the 21-day Exponential Moving Average (21EMA). However, the prevailing sentiment appears somewhat negative from the current level. At the lower end, crucial support is positioned at 21,950; as long as the index maintains a position above 21,950, there is a possibility of witnessing a recovery. Nevertheless, a decline below 21,950 could potentially lead the index towards 21,800, said Rupak De of LKP Securities.

Oscars just got an infusion of Kenergy. Ryan Gosling will sing the pop power ballad " I'm Just Ken " at the show on March 10, the show's producers announced Wednesday. Others set to perform their nominated original songs include Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell, Jon Batiste, Scott George and the Osage Singers and Becky G. Gosling is also nominated for best supporting actor that evening. While in character as Ken in a promo for the show with Jimmy Kimmel, he shrugged that he's not going to win. In fairness, even if it was a joke, he might not be wrong: His fellow nominee Robert Downey Jr. has been sweeping the season.

% growth in the December quarter, attributed mainly to a robust growth in manufacturing and construction sectors, as it maintained its status as the world's fastest-growing major economy. However, the growth during the fiscal third quarter period was a major step up from the 4.4% recorded in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year.

Kotak Mahindra Bank’s senior officials on Thursday said that it aims to grow its gold loan book faster than the industry. Speaking to the media, Manish Kothari, president and head of commercial banking, indicated that there is significant scope for them to expand their gold loan book in India since the market is currently dominated by an unorganised sector, which is charging usurious rates to lower-income groups. Shripad Jadhav, president of retail agriculture and gold loans, said there is a scope for the bank to expand the gold loan book since the Reserve Bank of India's rule does not require banks to assign any capital on these loans. Besides, the maximum permissible loan to value is 75% of the value of the gold, and since the gold prices have risen, the credit cost is negligible.

Godrej Industries, the Bombay High Court has held the show cause notice issued by the revenue department against the group ‘bad in law’ and has clarified that it was barred by the limitation. In this case, Godrej Industries had challenged the show cause notice issued by the income tax department on May 22, 2022, with the arguments that the notice was issued during the pendency of reassessment proceedings under an earlier notice and, therefore, is illegal.

Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has imposed a financial penalty of Rs 30 lakhs on Air India following a February 16 incident of non-availability of a wheelchair to an 80-year-old passenger who collapsed and died after walking from the aircraft to the airport terminal at Mumbai. The incident happened at the airport on February 12 after the passenger landed in an Air India flight from New York. A financial penalty of Rs.30 lakh has been imposed on Air India as per Aircraft Rules, 1937 for violating the provisions of the aforementioned regulations, DGCA said in a statement Thursday.

attention and eye movements are linked, while unveiling how the brain coordinates the two processes. Attention is a unique phenomenon that allows us to focus on a specific object in our visual world, and ignore distractions. When we pay attention to an object, we tend to gaze towards it. Therefore, scientists have long suspected that attention is tightly coupled to rapid eye movements, called saccades. In fact, even before our eyes move towards an object, our attention focuses on it, allowing us to perceive it more clearly – a well-known phenomenon called pre-saccadic attention, IISc said in a press release. However, in a new study published in PLOS Biology, the researchers at CNS show that this perceptual advantage is lost when the object changes suddenly, a split second before our gaze falls upon it, making it harder for us to process what changed.

urea imports in 2023 declined 21.3% year-on-year to 7.41 million tonnes on account of higher domestic production, according to S&P Global Commodity Insights. The country’s domestic urea production increased 13.4% on the year to 31.11 million tonnes in 2023 from 27.43 million tonnes in 2022. Currently, India operates four fertilizer plants and the government aims to establish a fifth one named Talcher Fertilisers Ltd, which is expected to become operational in September 2024, having a production capacity of 3.85 million tonnes per year of urea, further contributing to the country’s self-sufficiency in fertilizer production, the report said.

BERLIN (Reuters) — Inflation fell in six economically important German states in February, preliminary data showed on Thursday, suggesting that German inflation is continuing on its downward trajectory.

Investng.com — The week's inflation watch is nearly over, with key data from the U.S. and Europe due for release later in the session. Wall Street looks set to open lower, but is on track to register gains in February, while the turmoil at the board level of Open AI faces a potential SEC investigation.

Bharat Electronics Ltd. dropped 0.46 per cent to Rs 204.75 at 01:54PM (IST) in Thursday's trade. The counter hit a high of Rs 205.6 and low of Rs 199.8 so far during the session. The stock had closed at Rs 205.7 in the previous session. The counter had a total traded volume of 01:54PM shares so far with a turnover of Rs 20.63 crore on BSE. The stock traded at a price-to-earnings multiple of 41.87 and a price-to-book ratio of 5.14.

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BENGALURU (Reuters) -Japan's SoftBank (TYO:9984) Group has further reduced its stake in beleaguered Indian payments firm Paytm to 2.83% from 5.01%, an exchange filing showed on Thursday.