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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Nifty50 benchmark index made a strong recovery on Friday, driven by short covering in index heavyweights, exit polls signalling a comfortable victory for the BJP in Maharashtra, and positive global cues triggered buying across sectors. The advance-decline ratio of 3:1 favoured the bulls.

financial services and investment management firm State Street Corporation has picked up an entire commercial office tower near Mumbai's business district Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) from Brookfield Properties through a long-term lease of around 10 years, said people with direct knowledge of the development. The company will be paying a total rental of more than Rs 350 crore for the office spread over around 250,000 sq ft through the entire lease tenure. The Boston-based company has leased the office space spread across the ground plus six-storey tower, which is part of a 10-acre commercial complex Equinox Business Park, to set up its global capability center (GCC) serving clients globally.

sleep divorce,” it’s a trend that’s allowing couples to wake up refreshed and still in a relationship, even if it’s from different beds or rooms.“Sleep divorce refers to when two people in an intimate relationship decide to have a sleeping arrangement where they’re not in the same bed. They may be in the same room, but technically, they’re just not in the same bed,” explained Dr.

Hemant Soren's Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) successfully kept the impressive electoral might of the BJP at bay for a second time, thwarting apparent bids to polarise the state known as a tribal stronghold on religious lines. The JMM-led alliance secured a victory against the BJP in the state assembly elections. This marks the second consecutive defeat for the BJP in Jharkhand. Soren, as part of INDIA bloc, delivered the goods even though the BJP combo of 'name, network, resources and rhetoric' was a huge challenge to overcome, a ToI report (by Subodh Ghildiyal) said on November 24.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. AT DUKES BAR in London there is a limit of two martinis per person. Enrico Chiappini, one of the bartenders, says that in his 16 years he has made almost no exceptions.

Adrian Bosshard knows as much about time as he does about speed—he is the CEO of Rado and a former Swiss motorcycle champion. As head of Rado, he has overseen the brand’s growth over the past four years, with India emerging as its top sales market in 2023 and 2024.

Viswanathan Anand explains in “simple terms” the mind games involved in choosing openings for a championship finale.

NCP leader Ajit Pawar's wife, Sunetra Pawar, on Saturday expressed her gratitude towards the people of Baramati for extending their support as NCP leader Ajit Pawar leads in the assembly constituency there.

Devendra Fadnavis dropped his first reaction on Friday.

Q2 FY25 earnings season for Nifty 50 constituents showcased a mixed bag of performances across sectors, reflecting the dynamic interplay of macroeconomic conditions, consumer trends, and industry-specific challenges. While certain sectors like Pharma and Realty demonstrated robust growth driven by strong demand and operational efficiencies, others like Energy and Infrastructure faced headwinds in profitability. This period highlighted the resilience of companies adapting to inflationary pressures, evolving consumer preferences, and policy-driven catalysts.

Shiv Sena stronghold since the 2014 elections.

Bihar by-polls, ruling NDA candidates were leading in Tarari and Belaganj constituencies. RJD, part of the INDIA bloc, was ahead in Imamganj, and Bahujan Samaj Party in Ramgarh, according to initial trends of counting for the by-polls to four Assembly constituencies in Bihar.

BJP-led Mahayuti alliance appeared set to retain power in Maharashtra, and was leading in 145 of the 288 assembly seats, as per the latest figures by the Election Commission. The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi appeared stumbling, with its candidates leading in 45 seats, as per the early trends.

Mahayuti vs MVA in MaharashtraIn Maharashtra, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti alliance contested to retain power, while the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) aims to wrest control from the ruling alliance in the state.The Mahayuti comprises the BJP, Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena, Ajit Pawar's NCP, JSS, RSVA, and RYSP. The MVA had the Congress, Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena (UBT), and Sharad Pawar's NCP-SP and PWPI as constituents.What happened in Maharashtra Assembly Election 2019?In the 2019 assembly election, the BJP-Shiv Sena (undivided) won the majority.

At $17.8 billion, the reserves fell the most in the week ended November 15, eclipsing the $15 billion retreat in the week of October 24, 2008, when the subprime sinkhole had swallowed global financial assets — and emerging market currencies — in the immediate aftermath of the Lehman Brothers mothballing. This time, too, the rupee declined 79 paise per dollar, or 1%, since the reserves hit a record of $704.9 billion on September 27. «Our exchange rate policy is well articulated and has remained consistent over the years,» Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das said at a recent media event. «Our exchange rate regime is market-determined and RBI does not target any level or band of the exchange rate.»

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markets regulator is proposing more diversified ownership of equity clearing corporations, which are currently fully owned by the country's exchanges. A clearing corporation is responsible for the confirmation, settlement and delivery of trades.

What is causing the XRP price movement? The first and foremost reason for XRP’s recent climb is the positive trend of the entire cryptocurrency market, which seems to be leveraging XRP’s growth strategy quite well. As the market witnessed an increase with Bitcoin scaling over $93,000 and Ethereum scaling over $3,100, these two effective cryptocurrencies set the pace for the entire market. Moreover, Ripple’s legal conflict with the SEC has also competed favourably. A win in this litigation clarified things about the regulation and removed most of the ambiguity that had suffocated XRP’s performance. Other recent occurrences, such as the ratification of the joint motion for a final judgement, have, in addition, rekindled investors’ confidence. Furthermore, other geopolitical and market forces are also coming into play. l Crucial are technical factors, XRP is testing a major resistance level of $1.25. Should this level be crossed, this may stimulate further demand, pushing the price towards the next target of $1.50. If the bullish scenario were to extend, XRP may even target the highest mark of $3.84.

Zomato will replace JSW Steel in the BSE Sensex as part of the index reconstitution which becomes effective from December 23. On Friday, BSE's wholly-owned subsidiary Asia Index Private Ltd announced reconstitution of several indices which also included BSE 100, BSE Sensex 50 and BSE Sensex Next 50.

Elevated mortgage rates, rising home prices and other U.S. housing market trends that have kept many would-be homebuyers on the sidelines are likely to remain hurdles next year, driving solid demand for single-family rental houses, analysts say