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NEW DELHI : India’s peak power demand has remained elevated over the past week amid the winter chill, keeping it above the 200 GW level since 19 December. On Monday, peak power demand stood at 206.421 GW, show data from the Grid Controller of India. Electricity demand shoots up in winters due to the use of heating appliances and geysers.

shoulder bags for women and how did we move towards a sustainable future? We launched an approach to vegan leather. There are no animals sacrificed when it comes to using vegan leather in the fashion industry. The demand for a more humane and eco-friendly alternative has led to the introduction of vegan leather, a substitute made from plants and synthetic materials.

Chinese assets have had a terrible year—but China’s currency is gaining ground as an international payments option. The yuan’s status as a global currency still faces a huge obstacle in the form of China’s own capital controls. Even so, rising willingness to conduct trade in yuan could help insulate China’s economy, at least to an extent, in the event sanctions were imposed in a hypothetical future conflict with the West.

IQ Option platform is ideal for those who trade on a limited budget. The broker has a low barrier to entry, a good reputation in the market, and many in-built trading tools. Here are some ways to nurture your account to the professional level.

(Reuters) — U.S. retail sales rose 3.1% between Nov. 1 and Dec. 24, rounding up a majority of the holiday sales for retailers, as shoppers looked for last-minute Christmas deals amid big promotions, a Mastercard (NYSE:MA) report showed on Tuesday.

By Swati Bhat

(Reuters) — U.S. stock index futures kicked off the last week of the year on a positive note on Tuesday as markets resumed trading after Christmas holidays amid strong expectations of early rate cuts by the Federal Reserve next year.

By Steven Scheer

artificial intelligence (AI)-driven system was autonomously able to learn about some Nobel Prize-winning chemical reactions and design a successful laboratory procedure to make them, new research published in the journal Nature describes. One of the most complex reactions that their creation, named 'Coscientist' by the researchers, was able to pull off pertains to organic chemistry and is known as palladium-catalysed cross couplings, which in 2010 earned its human inventors the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in recognition of the role of these reactions in pharmaceutical development process. «This is the first time that a non-organic intelligence planned, designed and executed this complex reaction that was invented by humans,» said Gabe Gomes, a Carnegie Mellon University (US) chemist and chemical engineer, who led the research team that assembled and tested Coscientist.

Mumbai airport reportedly charged an extortionate amount for a basic masala dosa. As shown in an Instagram clip, the restaurant at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport priced its masala dosa at Rs 600. The video shows the restaurant's price list, which prices a basic masala dosa with buttermilk at Rs 600. A benne khali dosa costs even more — Rs 620.

Richard Franklin, celebrated for his roles in Doctor Who and Emmerdale, has passed away at 87, as confirmed in a heartfelt statement on Christmas Day. The announcement conveyed his peaceful departure after battling a prolonged illness, marking the end of a revered journey in the entertainment realm. Franklin's recognition stemmed from his portrayal of Captain Mike Yates of UNIT in Doctor Who during the early 1970s. Beyond this iconic role, he graced screens in Crossroads and notably played Denis Rigg in ITV's Emmerdale.

NMDC Share Price Today: Shares of public-sector undertaking (PSU) NMDC were locked in at over four per cent upper circuit at ₹204.90 apiece to hit its 52-week high mark on Tuesday, December 26. The shares of the iron ore company rallied earlier today after iron ore futures hit an 18-year mark. Iron ore rallied to its highest since June 2022, showing Beijing’s efforts to stem the property market’s decline in recent months may be paying dividends.

Avenue Supermarts Ltd. gained 0.22 per cent to Rs 4022.3 at 02:00PM (IST) in Tuesday's trade. The stock hit a high of Rs 4038.7 and low of Rs 3985.25 so far during the session.

By Rae Wee

Investing.com-- Gold prices rose in low-volume Asian trade on Tuesday, breaking out of a trading range seen through most of December as soft U.S. inflation data fueled more bets on early interest rate cuts in 2024. 

Investing.com-- Most Asian currencies moved in a tight range on Tuesday, while the dollar hovered near five-month lows as soft U.S. inflation data spurred increasing bets on interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve in 2024. 

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By Ankur Banerjee

stock market. Global incidents, such as the dot-com bubble, 9/11, the US subprime crisis, COVID-19, recent US economic challenges and geopolitical tensions like the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the Israel-Gaza crisis have all significantly impacted the Indian stock market. Let’s explore the relationship between these two economic powerhouses, and understand how the US market’s ebbs and flows can dictate the tempo of the Indian stock market.

WSJ’s Personal Finance team presents a series on how to fix your financial life in 2024. First up: taking on lifestyle creep. Anyone trying to figure out why they are scraping by at the end of the year could safely pin part of the blame on inflation. Higher prices have made it easier than ever to miss that other sneaky cause of overspending: lifestyle creep.

public markets since the start of 2023. We saw an approximate 10% drop in indices at the start of the year. This was followed by an epic rally, off the bottom, that was fuelled by multiple factors primarily because of FII buying.