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study abroad can now retake a single module of their English language proficiency test, if they aren't happy with the scores. Officials have announced the introduction of 'IELTS One Skill Retake,' a convenient option available at eligible IELTS Computer Delivered test centers across India. This initiative lets test takers retake one of the four essential language skills — Listening, Reading, Writing, or Speaking — if they feel their initial performance did not meet their expectations. Currently, this feature is exclusively offered to those who have opted for the Computer Delivered IELTS test. After choosing the 'IELTS One Skill Retake,' test takers will receive a second Test Report Form (TRF) reflecting their new score. This TRF can be used to apply for their migration and study abroad applications. Depending on their score, test takers can decide whether to use their old or new TRF for the skill they choose to retake. The 'IELTS One Skill Retake' gained recognition and acceptance from various authoritative bodies, including the Australian Department of Home Affairs, the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency, and an increasing number of universities and institutions each month.

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inflation in the United States picked up in August for a second straight month. A spike in gas prices pushed up inflation in August, yet most other costs rose at a more modest pace, evidence that consumer price increases overall are still cooling. Treasury yields rose on Wednesday after US consumer prices in August posted the biggest increase in a year amid the surging cost of gasoline, but the pace of underlying inflation moderated, suggesting the Federal Reserve can keep interest rate hikes on hold next week. The consumer price index (CPI) increased by 0.6% last month, the largest gain since June 2022, the Labor Department said on Wednesday.

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Shifting to a new city could be a challenging task if you fail to plan beforehand. Besides looking at other things, one of the critical things that comes to your mind while moving out of your home is your expenses in a new city. You will need money for housing, food, transport and other regular things of your requirements.

A philanthropic group whose funders include the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and MacKenzie Scott is giving $124 million to historically Black colleges and universities, aiming to shore up—and ultimately expand—the financially strapped schools. The money, from Blue Meridian Partners, will go to the HBCU Transformation Project, which launched last year and currently provides grants to 40 public and private schools for projects focused on improving enrollment, retention and graduation rates.

Investing.com — The U.S. dollar stabilized in early European trade Wednesday, as traders cautiously awaited the latest U.S. inflation data, while sterling weakened after the U.K. economy contracted by more than expected in July . 

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European venture capital giant Lakestar, an early supporter of fintech unicorn Revolut, has emerged as a prominent backer of French fintech startup Swan.

₹7 lakh a year through international credit and debit cards will be subject to TCS levy at the rate of 20 per cent effective 1 October 2023. Yes, taxpayers can claim a TCS refund in your Income Tax Return.

ASK Property Fund, the real estate private equity arm of the ASK Group, has invested Rs 225 crore in property developer Kumar Realty’s residential project, part of an integrated township Megapolis in Pune’s Hinjewadi. The investment has been made through its recently raised fund, ASK Real Estate Special Opportunities Fund IV (RESOF IV). It raised over Rs 1,500 with the close of this sixth fund including co-investments from investors. The project is focused towards affordable and mid-income segment homebuyers.

most successful people in the investing world reason their way through problems, I've learned some valuable lessons and their approach to life and business. Many of them like to point to their success stories and go over them all over again and again. And then there are the ones who keep a low-profile but whose track records speak for themselves.

Siddhartha Khemka, Vice President, Head of Research, MOFSL, says “the premium is now about 15-20% and mid and smallcap space is where one needs to be cautious. We do not believe that there is going to be a full large scale selling in the mid and small caps but a healthy profit booking is definitely advisable and that is something that we have been talking to customers about but it is not a broad-based profit booking that we are advising.”Are you recommending booking profits anywhere? We are seeing quite a cool-off in some of the capital goods names, power financiers, railway and even defence stocks.What has been happening is we have been sounding some cautiousness in the broader market, be it the midcaps or smallcaps, given that the kind of rally that they have seen in the last couple of months and also because if you look at the valuations, our midcap index is trading at about 24 times one year forward 24 to 25 times roughly on a one-year forward basis – compared to Nifty which at 20,000 is trading at about 21 times on a FY24 peak.

TSMC, which is making an unprecedented push into chip manufacturing overseas, is taking an increasingly optimistic view of Japan as a production base, two industry sources said, as problems persist at its new factory in Arizona. TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker, is frustrated in Arizona, the sources said, where it has struggled to recruit workers for the gruelling chipmaking trade and faced pushback from unions on efforts to bring in workers from Taiwan.

large cap funds as a core holding in their portfolio as such companies are better prepared than smaller companies to manage risk. Investors can participate in such companies using mutual fund schemes.How can an investor take exposure to large cap stocks using mutual funds?Large cap stocks are present in several mutual fund categories. While large cap funds have a minimum allocation of 80% to large cap stocks ranked 1-100 by market capitalisation, multi cap schemes need to have a minimum allocation of 25% to large caps. Although flexi cap and focused schemes are free to choose stocks based on the fund manager’s view of the market, most schemes end up allocating 50-70% to large cap stocks. There are many passive mutual fund schemes that mimic the index and give exposure to large cap stocks. Passively-managed schemes that track the Nifty 50, S&P BSE Sensex, Nifty Next 50, Equal Weight Nifty, and Nifty 100 have a portfolio of large cap stocks.What advantages do actively-managed large cap funds offer over passive funds?Passive funds invest in stocks in the same proportion of the index that they track. They have a low cost compared to active funds. However, actively managed funds give flexibility to buy stocks and allocate on the fund manager’s view of the market. The fund manager is free to decide the allocation to each stock in the portfolio, with the maximum allocation to a single stock at 10%. Based on the fund manager’s view of the market and valuations, s/he is free to exclude any stock or have a low weight.

UN General Assembly Dennis Francis said. «First of all, let me congratulate the government and people of India on the fantastic outcome of the G20 Summit,» Francis told PTI in an exclusive interview here. «I think it's a testament to the diplomatic skill and dexterity of Prime Minister Modi and his team that they were able to keep the G20 together in issuing a solid joint statement of partnership, which of course, is what we need,» Francis, who assumed his role this month as President of the 193-member UN body for the 78th session, said. «We need to build solidarity, we need cooperation, we need a conciliatory approach to our challenges — all of the things that are spelt out in the declaration,» he added. India hosted leaders of the world's biggest economies, including US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov among others, for the G20 Leaders' Summit on September 9 and 10 in the Indian capital Delhi. As G20 President, India pulled off a big diplomatic win with the adoption of the New Delhi Leaders' Declaration at the summit, overcoming major differences in the Russia-Ukraine war. The announcement about the consensus on the 34-page declaration and its subsequent adoption came hours after India circulated a new text to the G20 countries to describe the Ukraine conflict. «We have just received good news.

Indian stock market is expected to open flat with a positive bias tracking mixed cues from global peers. The trends on Gift Nifty also indicate a mildly positive start for the Indian benchmark index. The Gift Nifty was trading around 20,073 level as compared to the Nifty futures’ previous close of 20,037.

Oracle sank 9% on Tuesday, after a weak forecast suggested strong competition in the cloud-computing industry and a digital spending pullback were weighing on its revenue growth. The company was on track to lose about $30 billion in market value, based on its premarket share price of $115. The stock has risen 55% this year on optimism the rise of generative AI would drive up cloud demand. Lower-than-expected revenue for the first quarter and a below-estimate forecast for the second, however, signaled the boost from AI would take longer to materialize. Oracle, known for its database software, has been playing catch-up with cloud majors such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft's Azure and Alphabet's Google Cloud at a time businesses are dialing back tech spending over concerns about the economy. CEO Safra Catz also warned of near-term weakness in revenue growth at the Cerner health records business, which Oracle bought for $28.3 billion last year.

The Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday it reached a settlement with digital alternative investments platform YieldStreet of $1.9 million, with the company facing SEC allegations of failing to disclose critical information to investors in a $14.5 million asset-backed securities offering involving a ship that was to be taken apart.

Kotak Mahindra Bank has recorded a breakout from a Double Bottom pattern on the daily charts, which has opened room for the stock to head towards Rs 1900 levels, suggested experts.Short-term traders can look to buy the stock now or on dips tracking momentum seen in the banking space, they maintained.While Nifty50 touched record highs in September, NiftyBank is also inching higher.