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Investing in stocks is often described as simple but not easy. Yet, for much of the past twelve months, making money in the market seemed to be just that—simple and easy. It felt almost effortless. Any approach, from thoughtful strategies to pure intuition, seemed to yield handsome returns. The more you invested, the more you made. The less you understood the risks involved, even if it was part of your family’s future, the richer you got.

unemployment rate for people aged 15 years and above in urban areas dipped to 6.4 per cent in the July-September quarter, according to the National Sample Survey Survey (NSSO). Joblessness, or unemployment rate, is defined as the percentage of unemployed people in the labour force. The unemployment rate in the September quarter of FY24 was 6.6 per cent. The unemployment rate for people aged 15 years and above in the previous April-June quarter of FY25 was 6.6 per cent in urban areas, the 24th Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) showed.

NTPC on Monday said it has paid Rs 2,424 crore as an interim dividend to its shareholders. The company paid its first interim dividend of Rs 2,424 crore for the financial year 2024-25 on November 18, representing 25 per cent of the company's paid-up equity share capital, NTPC said in a statement. NTPC CMD Gurdeep Singh, along with the Board of Directors of the company, presented the «payment advice of Rs 1,238.84 crore, representing the government's share to the Minister of Power Manohar Lal, Power Secretary Pankaj Agarwal», it added.

On Monday morning, AQI levels in the city remained dangerously high. Notable readings included 919 in Mundka, 762 in ITI Jahangirpuri, and 624 in Anand Vihar, placing these areas in the 'severe-plus' category. In Beijing, the capital of China, pollution is nearly 10 times less than in Delhi. More than a decade ago, Beijing was known as the smog capital of the world where air pollution caused thousands of deaths every year. In a decade, starting in 2013, Beijing was able to bring down its air pollution drastically with a host of measures. Can Delhi learn anything from Beijing's war on air pollution?

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah told the media in Bengaluru that the government was examining registering a case against the ruling coalition in Maharashtra for running an ad campaign calling the state’s guarantee schemes as fake. Siddaramaiah listed out the programmes the state’s Congress regime came up with and said people cutting across communities and religions had benefited from them. The government, he added, was spending Rs 56,000 crore a year on them, while wondering why the BJP was not implementing the same in states it was in power.

Department of Government Efficiency. Their collaboration aims for deep, historic cuts to agencies, with the U.S. Department of Education facing potential dissolution. Speaking to Fox News, Ramaswamy emphasized the need for swift, impactful changes.

MakeMyTrip is set to acquire expense management platform Happay from fintech unicorn Cred. This acquisition will give a stronger foothold to the Gurugram-based company in the corporate travel booking space. Cred had acquired Bengaluru-based startup Happay in 2021 in a cash-and-stock deal worth $180 million. Under the arrangement, the Happay brand along with its expense management business and the vertical’s dedicated team will join MakeMyTrip, the company said in a news release Monday.

The move by the United States came just over two months before President-elect Donald Trump takes office on January 20. The US gave the green light after months of requests by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to allow Ukraine's military to use US weapons to hit Russian military targets far from its border. ALSO READ: Trump vows to end Russia-Ukraine war

Index Private Ltd, a subsidiary of BSE, on Monday announced the launch of a new index — BSE Select IPO — to measure the performance of newly listed stocks on the bourse either through a public issue or spin-off/demerger process. Stocks are included in the index based on three primary criteria — full market capitalisation, liquidity and minimum listing history of three months, Asia Index said in a statement. This new index can be used for running passive strategies such as ETFs and Index Funds as well as gauging the performance of new companies across all the major sectors in India.

Rahul Gandhi's swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Ek hai toh safe hai' slogan, the BJP hit back at the Congress leader on Monday, calling him "chota popat" which it claimed was coined by Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray to mock him. The party also slammed Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge over his «poisonous snakes should be killed» barb, saying it shows the party's Emergency mindset which likens rivals to snakes and incites violence against them. Earlier in the day, claiming a link between the BJP's slogan and the Dharavi redevelopment project being given to the Adani Group, Gandhi pulled out two posters from a safe he had brought to his press conference in Mumbai — one featuring a picture of industrialist Gautam Adani and PM Modi along with the caption «Ek hai toh Safe hai» and another showing a map of the project. «It was a very low-level press conference. Bringing a safe and creating drama around it, holding of this kind of press conference by the so-called top leader of the so-called national party does not suit Rahul Gandhi and the Congress,» BJP MP and national spokesperson Sambit Patra said reacting to Gandhi's jibe.

COCOMI on Monday locked the front doors of several government offices in Imphal West district to protest the recent killing of three women and three children in Jiribam, officials said. Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) is an influential organisation of the Meitei community, the majority ethnic group in the Imphal Valley region that comprises five districts including Imphal West. The Manipur government on Monday also extended the suspension of internet services by two more days till Wednesday in seven districts of the northeastern state. Raising slogans demanding justice for the victims and their families killed by suspected tribal militants in Jiribam district, the protesters stormed into the office complex of the Chief Electoral Officer at Lamphelpat and locked its main entrance door with chains and locks, officials said.

staggered working hours and air purifiers in all office buildings to mitigate the health impact of the severe pollution levels. In a letter to the Secretary of the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), the association said that poor air quality has also had a noticeable effect on workplace productivity with employees experiencing symptoms such as respiratory issues, eye irritation, fatigue and general discomfort. «It has become imperative to take urgent measures to ensure the well-being of all, particularly those engaged in government services,» said the letter by the CSS Forum.

Remote work was a novelty before Covid-19 broke out, with less than one in three companies (30%) in India offering the option, but stringent restrictions during the pandemic made almost all companies adopt WFH policies. And 68% companies continue with these policies, said a joint report by industry body Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and business school Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), titled ‘Work-from-home: Benefits and costs’. While about 5% of companies allow fully remote work, almost half of them expect employees to be present in the office for two-three days a week.

Delhi Ridge area. Earlier, a bench headed by the then CJI D Y Chandrachud, since retired, had sought a personal affidavit of Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena in the case which had also sought initiation of contempt proceedings against certain DDA officials. At the outset, the CJI, who was sitting on the bench with Justice Sanjay Kumar, said, «One thing I would like to point out that when I was the NALSA chairman, I had gone to Patna and with Delhi LG had toured jails there. So, it will not be appropriate for me to hear the plea...». The bench ordered the listing of the pleas before a bench of which the CJI is not part in the week commencing November 27.

wearable devices such as smartwatches, earphones and fitness bands saw a decline for the second consecutive quarter during the July-September period. According to data from market research firm IDC, shipments in the three-month period fell 20.7% year on year, with smartwatches witnessing the highest impact. ET reported on November 5 about a protracted slowdown in wearables firms over the last 12-15 months.

Their claim, filed on Friday (15 November), will join the original one filed in October 2022 on behalf of around 2,750 investors, taking the total number of HL claimants to more than 5,000, RGL said. The contention centres on Hargreaves Lansdown's continued promotion of the former Woodford Equity Income fund (WEIF), up until its suspension in 2019, even though the strategy was already facing diversification and liquidity issues. FCA completes all Woodford investigations but still no end in sight RGL added it plans to file on behalf of additional HL customers who were invested in th...

Benchmark NSE Nifty closed 78.91 points down at 23453.8 amid selling in frontline bluechip counters.

As the city's air quality is in the «severe plus» category, doctors have warned of health risks for all.

Anura Kumara Dissanayaka on Monday appointed a 21-member Cabinet in the new NPP government, keeping with his pre-election promise to streamline the governance system and ease the burden on taxpayers. The National People's Power (NPP) has been advocating a smaller government to reduce costs for the public. Since the NPP won the presidential election in September, the government functioned with just 3 ministers, including the President. As per the island nation's Constitution, there is a provision for appointing a 30-member Cabinet. Dissanayaka retained the finance and defence portfolios, while appointing 12 new parliament members to key positions and entrusting eight veteran members, who have served since 2000, with significant responsibilities.

Supreme Court on Monday junked a petition seeking an inquiry into the death of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. A bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan dismissed the public interest litigation, saying the top court is not a remedy for everything. «It's not the court's job to run the government,» the bench said. The apex court had earlier come down heavily on the petitioner, saying the plea contains «reckless and irresponsible allegations» against leaders who are no longer alive.

In addition to child casualties, which include 659 children killed and 1,747 children injured — amounting to at least 16 children killed or injured every week — millions of children continue to have their lives upended due to ongoing attacks. UNICEF said that children are enduring relentless hostilities, prolonged displacement and severe shortages of essential resources including safe water, electricity, and other necessities. Escalating attacks on Ukrainian territory have sharply increased civilian casualties and infrastructure damage since July this year.