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Not only is CPKC lagging the trend of major freight railroads agreeing to provide paid sick time to most of their workers

Today’s homebuyers should look to invest in property along the lines of metros and expressways in the city outskirts to access premium properties in an affordable manner. Considering the rapid expansion of cities such as Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad, homebuyers and investors should make use of the early mover advantage to invest in properties before land rates spike, says Bhavesh Kothari, Founder & CEO, Property First.

Pakistan’s general election has taken an unexpected twist. Early trends indicate that Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) might have stolen a march on its political rivals in the polls, even with its leader, the flamboyant former World Cup-winning cricket captain, behind bars on various corruption charges. A PTI win would also present a setback to the country’s powerful military.

We knocked on the doors of Hell’s darker chamber/ Pushed to the limit, we dragged ourselves in—Decades, Joy Division A decade is a good time-frame to take stock of just how much we pushed the limits, how far inside the darker chambers we dragged ourselves to, and finally, how much changed as an outcome. As the Narendra Modi government completes a decade, it’s not a bad idea to take stock of economic policymaking from a bit of Joy Division lens. A dispassionate analysis of the last decade throws up this point: the government has managed to check almost every major box on the “reforms wish-list’ of India since 1991.

₹5,335 crore for the quarter ending in December, beating market estimates. This marks a notable rise from the ₹5,006 crore reported in the corresponding period of the previous year. Sequentially, net profit grew 13 percent from ₹4,927 crore in the September quarter.

ALSO READ: Maldives news: Opposition MPs engage in fight during parliamentary proceedings, video goes viral Analysis of the data show that in the last one month, China took over India in terms of the number of tourist arrivals in the Maldives around January 21. Before this, China was trailing India in chart showing 'Top 10 Markets 2024' of the Maldives tourism. As of December 31, India bagged the top spot in the Maldives tourism market share (11.1 percent), followed by Russia and China (10 percent).

The Fed's monetary policy meeting this week is being closely watched by global markets as macroeconomic data keeps undermining the need for the US central bank to start lowering rates in the first semester of the year already.

Gold and silver kicked off the new week on the front foot, with the former rising above $2030 and the latter reaching $23.00 by early European trade.

Mindspace Business Parks REIT has leased office spaces spread over 4.5 lakh sq ft in the quarter ended December, taking its cumulative leasing for the nine months of the current financial year to 1.6 million sq ft. The REIT has witnessed a robust trend of expansionary demand with over 80% of the new and pre-leasing by existing occupiers across various sectors. Of the total fresh leases, it has re-leased 4 lakh sq ft office space at a 17.1% higher rent during the quarter.

India’s exports, given the existing capabilities, the finance ministry said in its economic review for January. It also said that despite subdued global trends dictating the course of foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to India lately, the country continues to chart its way forward and remain a preferred destination.

ZURICH (Reuters) — Holcim (SIX:HOLN) shares were the best performers in Europe on Monday after investors welcomed the building material giant's plan to separate its North American business and list it on the New York Stock Exchange.

monthly EM Tracker showed. The tracker, which assesses economic activity across 10 EMs based on seven high-frequency indicators, gave India a record-high score of 80.5 out of 100 in December 2023. The rank and score are provisional since some countries are yet to release full data.

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InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. slipped 0.19 per cent to Rs 2859.2 in Monday's trade as of 12:43PM (IST). It hit a high of Rs 2922.5 and low of Rs 2847.55 during the session.

Methodology note: For each indicator, an average band is constructed around the five-year average value. This band's size varies by volatility (it depends on the standard deviation). An indicator that lies within this range is said to be 'in line with five-year average' (code: amber). Values falling below this range are said to be in red, and those lying above this range are said to be in green. For inflation, the red/green coding is reversed. While calculating the five-year average, data for some indicators for April-May 2020 and April-May 2021 have been removed to eliminate lockdown-induced skews in the trend. However, the five-year averages may still show high figures due to sustained base effect in several indicators in 2021 and 2022. Monthly standings will get updated retrospectively as more data comes in.

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BEIJING — China's luxury sales are rebounding, and while they're not back to 2021 levels yet, industry analysts and financial releases from major brands point to new growth opportunities versus pre-pandemic trends.

Federal Bank Ltd. gained 2.15 per cent to Rs 144.85 in Monday's trade as of 10:05AM (IST). It hit a high of Rs 145.2 and low of Rs 142.2 during the session.

Stock market today: Despite strong Asian cues, the Indian stock market ended lower on Thursday. The Nifty 50 index lost 101 points and closed at the 21,352 level, the BSE Sensex shed 359 points and finished at the 70,700 mark while the Bank Nifty index ended 216 points lower at the 44,866 level. Broad market indices fared better than the Nifty and the BSE Small-cap index ended in the positive even as the advance-decline ratio remained positive at 1.27:1.

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Catch Live Market Updates here Both the domestic benchmark indices dropped around 1.3% in the holiday-shortened week gone by. On January 25, the Sensex fell 359.64 points, or 0.51%, to 70,700.67, while the Nifty 50 ended 101.35 points, or 0.47%, lower 21,352.60. Nifty 50 formed a small negative candle on the daily chart with a minor lower shadow.