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Republic Day, issuing an 'orange alert' for January 26, as per a PTI report. Until 8.30 am, visibility in the national capital is expected to be limited to only 400 metres due to the foggy weather. However, there is a forecast for improvement, with visibility levels expected to reach 1,500 metres by 10.30 am.

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan held broadly steady and was on track for a weekly gain of 2%. Trading was thinned with Australia out on a holiday. Chinese stocks looked set to end the week on a strong footing as a wave of policy support from Beijing restored fragile investor confidence and put a floor under its sliding stock market. The blue-chip index rose 0.03% and was eyeing a 2% weekly gain, while the Shanghai Composite edged 0.3% higher, putting it on track for a 3% weekly rise, its largest since July 2023. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index eased 0.41%, but was still more than 5% higher for the week, also its best performance since last July. In an attempt to shore up its fragile economic recovery, China's central bank announced a deep cut to bank reserves on Wednesday, in a move that will inject about $140 billion of cash into the banking system. Those came a day after Bloomberg News reported Chinese authorities are seeking to mobilise about 2 trillion yuan ($278.98 billion), mainly from the offshore accounts of Chinese state-owned enterprises, as part of a stabilisation fund to buy shares. «We remain cautious on China, in line with our view for several years,» said John Pinkel, a partner and portfolio manager at Indus Capital. «We see evidence of selling induced by structured 'snowball' products, especially from onshore China sources.

India Republic Day 2024: The Google Doodle today on January 26 celebrates India's 75th Republic Day. It commemorates how on this day in 1950, the Constitution of India was adopted and the nation declared itself a sovereign, democratic, and republic state. Illustrated by guest artist Vrinda Zaveri, it showcases the Republic Day parade as it would have been seen on different screens over the decades.

fascination with AI advancements. As part of the deal, the Redmond, Washington software giant would supply computing power — such as from one of its data centers in rural Iowa — needed to train the AI models on huge troves of human-written texts and other media. In turn, Microsoft would get exclusive to rights to much of what OpenAI built, enabling the technology to be infused into a variety of Microsoft products.

Union Pacific's fourth-quarter profit crept up 1% as the railroad delivered more fertilizer, imported goods and chemicals

The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed to a six-week high this week, pushing up borrowing costs for homebuyers already facing affordability challenges due to rising housing prices and a shortage of homes for sale

China's central bank has announced new rules meant to expand access to commercial bank loans for property developers

₹1,434.90. Tepid results by Kotak Bank, IndusInd and Axis Bank have added to the bearishness as the results came in-line, or below Street expectations. Heavy selling in banking stocks dragged down the weightage of financial services sector on the Nifty 50 to 33.43% on 18 January from 35.26% on 29 December.

The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is a real-time payment system designed to enable peer-to-peer inter-bank transfers through a simple two-factor authentication process. India has emerged as one of the fastest-growing ecosystems for fintech innovation and the government and the central bank have been instrumental in driving the globalisation of India's digital payment infrastructure. UPI has made all our lives simple and easy through the convenience of instant payments. But there is more that UPI is bringing to consumers in India.

₹1,514.4 crore in 2022, and it is projected to reach ₹2,762.7 crore by 2028, demonstrating a noteworthy compound annual growth rate, or CAGR, of 10.6% during the period from 2023 to 2028. While India’s diabetes care drugs market size is estimated at $1.7 billion in 2024, and is expected to reach $2.01 billion by 2029, growing at a CAGR of 3.5% during 2024-2029, according to Mordor Intelligence, a market intelligence and advisory firm. The company is also reported to be in dialogue with multinational corporation Eli Lilly for its GLP-1 class of drugs.

Investing.com-- Most Asian stocks rose on Thursday, with Chinese markets extending a rebound after the government announced more monetary stimulus measures, while Japanese shares lagged as mixed cues from the Bank of Japan spurred more profit-taking.

PMP certified professional in India is a whopping 35% higher than a non PMP certified professional . Being smart in your choice of certifications is therefore key to fast tracking your career. The survey conducted over 20,000 respondents across 21 countries shows that certified PMP professionals report considerable earnings increase in most countries.

The first question an investor needs to ask before buying one of the new bitcoin ETFs is if they actually want to own bitcoin

Neeraj Chopra now wants the country to go a notch higher in the pecking order by hosting global events in the next two-three years. India is set to bid for the 2029 World Athletics Championships but Chopra said the country can host other global competitions of smaller scale before that. «It will be good if we host 2029 World Championships but 2029 is a long way to go.

Tracks, the innovative Web3 music streaming dApp created by LABEL Foundation and built on the BNB Chain, is now available on LG Smart TVs running webOS 22 and webOs 23, globally. This pioneering launch introduces the first-ever Web3 music app on an LG smart TV platform, transforming how users engage with music streaming.

Crypto.com has experienced a surge in its spot trading volume, surpassing major competitors Kraken and KuCoin.

Money is a stressful topic for many of us. It stems from our upbringing, personal experiences, values, and beliefs. Money can send you on a guilt trip at times.

India in the last 12-18 months, Bain Capital, is on track to invest up to $10 billion in the next 3-5 years, according to one of its top executives. «India's time has come both due to its own internal development and hard work of structural improvements over the years,» said David Gross-Loh, managing partner, Asia, Bain Capital.

Tata Technologies, SBI Life, ZEE among others will be in focus due to various developments and quarterly numbers. Here's a complete list of stocks for investors to track.

Edmunds Top Rated Awards are bestowed annually upon the best vehicles of the year

Startup India began on 16 January 2016, and by 2018, claimed itself as a huge success for having reached an arbitrary mark of 10,000 firms registered under it. But then, that was a public-relations byte. Eight years on, the jury is still out.