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unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, suggesting that the labor market remained stable in February, though turbulence lies ahead from tariffs on imports and deep government spending cuts. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 21,000 to a seasonally adjusted 221,000 for the week ended March 1, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast 235,000 claims for the latest week. Applications surged in the prior week amid snowstorms in many parts of the country and difficulties adjusting the data for seasonal fluctuations around the Presidents Day holiday.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Grade-A real estate companies have been expanding their footprints from top-tier cities to tier-2 cities lately. A combination of factors such as affordability, relatively higher growth potential in untapped regions, and improving infrastructure, is enticing realtors and homebuyers towards tier-2 cities such as Agra, Chandigarh, Goa, Jaipur and Nagpur.

income tax only when you sell your holdings. While you need to pay taxes on your gains, you also get an opportunity to save taxes in case you incur losses. Short-term capital loss on selling equities can be adjusted against any short-term or long-term capital gains on selling equities. When it comes to long-term capital loss it can be adjusted only against long-term capital gain on equities. You are also allowed to carry over the losses for future years. This method, which is called tax harvesting method allows individual taxpayers to not pay capital gains tax on their equity shares and mutual funds. However, this method can only be effectively used only if you have long term capital gains (LTCG) on equities up to Rs 1.25 lakh or have any significant loss from equities. The reason for this is because LTCG up to Rs 1.25 lakh is non-taxable though you need to declare this income in the ITR. However, if you have any significant loss, then you can set off it against any capital gains in future and can even carry it forward for up to eight years. The best part is that the new tax regime does not specifically alter the rules for claiming capital gains losses. Moreover, the new tax regime maintains the same rules as the old tax regime for carrying forward losses.

Market expert and Quant Mutual Fund’s CIO Sandeep Tandon advised investors to stay mentally resilient as markets undergo a correction, emphasizing that market cycles demand patience and perspective ash e acknowledged that after four years of extraordinary returns from 2020 to 2024, investor expectations had soared, making the current 15-20% correction feel more painful than usual. However, he reassured that such pullbacks are a natural part of both structural and cyclical bull runs and that the market is showing signs of bottoming out.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Here are the top stock recommendations for today by NeoTrader’s Raja Venkatraman, Ankush Bajaj, and MarketSmith India. Buy above: ₹785 | Stop loss: ₹763 | Target: ₹885 The capital goods sector is going through a rough patch, but this counter has shown some resolve.

technical indicators, including the 100-week exponential moving average (EMA) and the FII long-short ratio, are currently signalling the market may be oversold and poised for a potential short-term rebound. After a decline of 15% since October 1, Nifty gained 1.15% on Wednesday. The Nifty Midcap 150 and Nifty Smallcap 250 indices gained 2.43% and 2.71% respectively on Wednesday. Both indices plunged 20% and 25%, respectively, since October 1 through Tuesday.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The property market in the National Capital Region (NCR) has witnessed a clean-up and turnaround in recent times. Now, a new crisis seems to have hit the market, with allegations of cheating and defrauding of homebuyers doing the rounds.

NBC Nightly News will now receive an all-new anchor in the form of Tom Llamas, who will be taking over as anchor and managing editor after Lester Hol will be stepping down this summer, as per a recent announcement by NBC Network.

Galacta’s Cosmic Adventure Event will run from March 7 until April 11, 2025. The event will feature tokens that players can collect and exchange for dice. The event trailer, titled Cosmic Rumble, shows an activity board where players roll dice to land on specific spaces and receive rewards. Also Read: With Love, Meghan: Here’s release date, plot, episode schedule and where to watch

Demi Moore’s reaction to losing the Best Actress Award to Anora star Mikey Madison went viral on Sunday, with many reports claiming that she is «heartbroken» and her major Oscars 2025 loss is a «huge disappointment.» Despite rumors about Moore's response to the loss, the two actresses showed mutual respect and admiration by exchanging kind words. Mikey Madison shared a heartwarming moment with fellow nominee Demi Moore following her first Oscar win for Anora.

Karoline Leavitt, 27, made history by becoming the youngest White House Press Secretary's office under Donald Trump. Her appointment did not only show her rapid political ascent but also brought attention to her personal life. Notably, on her marriage to real estate developer Nicholas Riccio, who is 32 years her senior.

This economic dynamism has not only increased the billionaire count but has also spurred the growth of high-net-worth individuals (HNIs), further strengthening India's luxury property markets including Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru. With 191 billionaires, India now ranks third globally in billionaire wealth, behind only the US and China. A total 26 individuals joined the billionaire club in just the last year, a stark contrast to the mere seven additions recorded in 2019, showed the Knight Frank global wealth report.

Disney Entertainment Networks as well as ABC News units. Richard Horrmann, senior vice president of strategic communications for Disney Entertainment Television, told USA Today on Wednesday that this will directly affect less than 200 employees of the company, which represent under 6 percent of the total workers at ABC News Group and Disney Entertainment Networks.

rupee liquidity. However, the trading position would impact the market's view on how much it could erode future foreign exchange reserves, experts said. RBI's net short positions in the forward book reached a record high of $77.5 billion as of January 31, with the majority of positions in the three-month to one-year tenure at $30.6 billion, central bank data showed. The RBI also did two dollar-rupee buy-sell swaps in February — $5 billion for a six-month tenure and $10 billion for a three-year tenure.

Expressing concern: The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed concern over ego clashes between IAS and IPS/IFS (forest service) officers. Speaking from his experience as a government lawyer and a judge for over two decades, senior SC Judge BR Gavai shared with solicitor general Tushar Mehta that there has always been a «conflict» between them. Justice Gavai said that IAS officers always show their «supremacy» over IPS and IFS officers. The development took place during a hearing pertaining to the omnibus forest protection matter. Displeasure with High Court The Supreme Court has recorded its displeasure with the way certain orders are passed by the Allahabad High Court. A bench headed by justice Abhay Oka on Wednesday disapproved of the way a revision appeal was decided by the high court. Remanding the case back to the Lucknow bench of HC for reconsideration, the top court directed the high court to call for the trial court record before deciding the matter. In January, another bench headed by justice Surya Kant had observed that the functioning of Allahabad High Court has been «worrisome». The bench had also observed that the filing and listing of cases in the Allahabad HC had «collapsed».

Meghan Markle’s new Netflix series, With Love, Meghan, is already making waves—but not for the reasons she hoped. A simple and unconventional one-pan pasta dish she shared on the show has received harsh criticism, with viewers questioning her cooking abilities and calling the meal downright unappetizing. Netflix users make fun of Meghan Markle for her «basic» one-pan pasta dish.

DOGE administrator Elon Musk recently took to X to ridicule a group of Democratic Senators for featuring in, and sharing, near-identical videos to blame President Donald Trump for a rise in inflation. The posts were shared after Trump’s address to the Congress. The video montages, which open with the same footage of Trump promising to «bring prices down starting on day one», were shared by at least 22 Democratic lawmakers. The clips show the politicians criticising Trump’s policies and claiming that inflation has risen instead of going down in his term.

With Love, Meghan has sparked a fresh wave of controversy — and this time, it's her own family calling her out. The Duchess of Sussex's estranged half-brother, Thomas Markle Jr., is accusing Meghan of fabricating stories about her humble upbringing, branding her recollections as «malarkey.» In the eight-episode series, Meghan paints a picture of growing up glued to cooking shows and learning her way around the kitchen — a narrative Thomas Jr. claims couldn't be further from the truth. Speaking to the UK’s TalkTV, the 58-year-old dismissed the claims outright.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In the last two weeks, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China conducted live-fire naval drills in the international waters off Australia, New Zealand and Vietnam, and shooting drills in the Taiwan Strait. This show of military might is a sign of China’s growing confidence as a maritime power.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Non-fiction content, which had reached saturation on linear television, is bringing returns for streaming platforms with titles like Bigg Boss, Shark Tank India and The Great Indian Kapil Show topping viewership charts in India. Experts said the interactive nature of some of the latest non-fiction shows is paying off for streaming services.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Growing up mostly in Bhopal, then the capital of undivided Madhya Pradesh, I was exposed to a range of language variants that we bundle between Hindi and Urdu, all of which I loved. English was a part of the environment, including at school.