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Term Insurance: Like strategic planning in Test cricket, term insurance offers coverage for a specific period, ensuring financial security for dependents in case of the policyholder’s demise.Savings Insurance Plans: These plans focus on long-term savings coupled with insurance coverage, mirroring the patient and stable approach of Test cricket.ULIPs: Combining investment and insurance, ULIPs provide dual benefits over the long term, reflecting comprehensive planning. While T20 cricket is about quick momentum shifts and game-changing moments, Test cricket values consistency and perseverance. Similarly, life insurance isn’t about sudden gains or losses; it’s about providing a consistent shield of financial protection, unaffected by short-term market fluctuations.Term Insurance: Offers consistent protection throughout the policy term, regardless of market fluctuations or short-term trends.Savings Insurance Plans: These plans prioritise steady wealth accumulation, fostering a disciplined financial approach akin to Test cricket’s emphasis on endurance.ULIPs: Balancing market volatility with long-term investment goals, ULIPs prioritise consistency and growth over quick gains, aligning with Test cricket’s values.Test cricket is revered as the complete game, requiring skill, endurance, and a deep understanding of the sport.

US Navy submarine, dubbed the "Manta Ray," was recently spotted by Google Maps users at the Port Hueneme naval base in California. The sighting went viral online, sparking widespread curiosity. Shortly after the image leaked, the submarine disappeared and was replaced by boats. This development has drawn significant attention due to its advanced technology and strategic implications.

Bajaj Auto, India’s largest exporter of two and three wheelers has inaugurated its new manufacturing plant in Manaus, Brazil, it said in a statement on Wednesday. This will be the company’s first manufacturing facility outside India. In all the other markets in which it has a presence the company follows a distribution-led model – the distribution partners manage local operations, including assembly. Bajaj now sells vehicles in 100 countries. The Bairro Tarumã-based factory with an area of 9600 square meters has a capacity to produce engine assembly, vehicle assembly, and testing facilities has a production capacity of 20,000 units per annum on a single shift. It can be expanded further in due course to accommodate additional production capacity to up to 50,000 units per year. Initially, the plant will focus on manufacturing Dominar models and later Pulsar models when they become available for introduction. «With the establishment of our own plant in Brazil we have achieved a quantum shift in our local capability to fulfil demand. Our Dominar brand has received an outstanding reception since its launch 18 months ago. The new manufacturing capabilities will enable us to build a wider distribution network, introduce new products and meet growing expectations of our customers.” Rakesh Sharma, Executive Director of Bajaj Auto said in the statement.

On Tuesday, the Nifty futures closed with a 0.81% gain at 23,735 levels. The India VIX increased by 1.81% from 14.06 to 14.31 levels.

Guy Ritchie's upcoming series, «Young Sherlock,» has added Joseph Fiennes and Natascha McElhone to its cast as Sherlock Holmes's parents, Silas and Cordelia.

revision of goods and services tax (GST) rules is likely to bring relief for India’s aircraft maintenance and repair industry which has for long been trying to take advantage of the booming aviation market in India. Last week, the 53rd GST council recommended a uniform 5% tax on imports of parts, components, testing equipment, tools and toolkits of aircraft, irrespective of their HSN code. HSN, or Harmonised System of Nomenclature, is an internationally acceptable numerical code used to classify products for taxation purposes.

Canada’s Conservative Party won a special election in a district in central Toronto, dealing a substantial blow to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party ahead of a national vote expected next year.

ResiClub co-founder and editor-in-chief Lance Lambert discusses the U.S. housing affordability crisis on 'Making Money.'

Boeing Starliner with its two astronauts - Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore - to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) was postponed by NASA again to allow more time to review technical issues.A new date for Boeing Starliner’s arrival on Earth has not been announced yet.Earlier, the spacecraft’s return was set for June 26. Before that, the first potential date was June 14.Williams and Wilmore were expected to return home after spending about a week in orbit.Williams scripted history by becoming the first female astronaut to fly on the first flight of a crewed spacecraft.

US Olympic track and field trials are all about testing the American grit and power as four days of fierce competition have been witnessed till now and currently players are on a two-day practice break and the show will again resume on Thursday. Till the halfway vantage point, there was immense contest between players across various categories, with both, men and women, giving their 100% to make it to the Paris Olympics 2024. The road to glory is definitely not easy, but for a few athletes, it seemed like a cakewalk with some of them earning their place on Team USA with dominating wins.

3D hydrogel culture system that mimics the mammalian lung environment. It provides a powerful platform to track and study how tuberculosis bacteria infect lung cells and test the efficacy of therapeutics used to treat TB. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is a dangerous pathogen. In 2022, it affected 10.6 million people and caused 1.3 million deaths, according to the WHO. “It is a very old bug, and it has evolved with us quite a bit,” said Rachit Agarwal, Associate Professor at BE and corresponding author of the study published in Advanced Healthcare Materials. Mtb primarily infects the lungs, IISc said in a press release. Current culture models used to study Mtb infection have several limitations. They are typically culture plates that are monolayered and do not accurately mimic the 3D microenvironment inside the lungs. The microenvironment experienced by the cells in such 2D culture is vastly different from the actual extracellular matrix (ECM) surrounding lung tissue. “In a tissue culture plate, there are no ECM molecules, and even if a very thin layer of ECM is coated on these plates, the lung cells 'see' the ECM on one side at best,” said Vishal Gupta, PhD student at BE and first author.

Nifty ended Tuesday’s session 183 points higher to form a long bull candle on the daily chart and surpassed 23,600 hurdle after two weeks of consolidation. The short-term trend of Nifty remains positive. The market is now showing early signs of upside breakout in the near term. The next upside levels to be watched are around 24,000. Immediate support is placed at 23,550, said Nagaraj Shetti of HDFC Securities.

Quant Mutual Fund is currently under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for suspected front-running. This illegal practice involves fund managers placing their own orders before executing large trades to profit from the anticipated price movement.

Sensex gained 131.18 points to close at 77,341.08, while the Nifty 50 settled 36.75 points, or 0.16%, higher at 23,537.85.Nifty 50 formed a reasonable bullish candle on the daily chart from near the support of 23,300 levels on Monday, that closed beside the long bear candle of Friday.Also Read: Indian stock market: 6 key things that changed for market overnight - Gift Nifty, Nvidia share price to India CAD“Technically, this pattern indicates a formation of bullish Piercing line type candle pattern. But having formed this pattern within a broader range bound movement the predictive value could be less," said Nagaraj Shetti, Senior Technical Research Analyst at HDFC Securities.He believes the short-term trend of Nifty remains positive amidst range movement.

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Lok Sabha witnessed a display of linguistic diversity on Monday, with the newly-elected MPs taking their oaths in English and Indian languages, including Sanskrit, Hindi, Dogri, Bengali, Assamese and Odia. Prime Minister Narendra Modi took his oath in Hindi amid slogans of «Jai Shri Ram» from the treasury benches. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari, Women and Child Development Minister Annapurna Devi, Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and Urban Development Minister ML Khattar were among those who took oath in Hindi. Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, the MP from Odisha's Sambalpur, took oath in Odia.

National Testing Agency (NTA) and the Centre on Monday, asking them to respond to petitions seeking the cancellation of the medical entrance exam NEET-UG amid allegations of irregularities. The court scheduled the hearing in the matter on July 10, two days after the Supreme Court is set to hear similar petitions, including those seeking cancellation of the NEET-UG 2024 exam and a court-monitored investigation. Justice Ashok Kumar Jain of the high court issued the notices to the NTA and the central government and sought their response. The court considered the matter to be serious and scheduled the hearing on July 10, counsel for petitioners Rampratap Saini said. He said a hearing was held on four petitions in the high court during the day.

Quant Mutual Fund (MF), currently under Sebi’s scrutiny for a suspected front-running case, indicated that it would require 28 days to liquidate 50% of its smallcap portfolio, as per stress test results released by the AMC. For liquidating 25% of its portfolio, the smallcap fund would need 14 days. In the case of Quant Mid Cap Fund, it would require 9 days to liquidate 50% of its portfolio and 5 days to liquidate 25%. According to the stress test results from the fund house, the trailing 12-month PE ratio for the midcap fund benchmark has risen above its levels from one year ago and two years ago. For the smallcap index, the trailing 12-month PE ratio is higher than it was one year ago and close to its level from two years ago.

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grace marks in NEET-UG appeared for a retest on Sunday, officials said. The retest was conducted at seven centres following an order from the Supreme Court. The grace marks were awarded to make up for the loss of time at six centres where the examination started late on May 5. «At least 52 per cent — 813 out of 1,563 candidates — appeared for the retest on Sunday,» a senior National Testing Agency (NTA) official said. Amid a raging row over alleged irregularities in the medical entrance exam, the NTA on Sunday debarred 17 candidates who had appeared for the exam on May 5 at centres in Bihar.