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Shantanu Deshpande shared his insights on the renting vs buying debate regarding houses. Deshpande's personal decision came up during a conversation with Hyderabad-based real estate entrepreneur Ajitesh Korupulu. The latter was a guest on Deshpande's YouTube channel for a podcast on investing money in real estate.

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Clash de Cartier earrings and “broke into a cold sweat.”Cartier had mistakenly listed the earrings, made of 18-carat rose gold and 142 individual diamonds, for 237 pesos ($19) instead of 237,000 pesos ($19,000). Villarreal ordered two sets.Pues yo aproveche la oportunidad nenucas y hasta pedí dos pares, y díganme muerto de hambre pero dudo que ustedes hubieran desaprovechado la oportunidad.

Norway Martine Aamdal Bottheim signed the documents for the 4th phase of Norway India Partnership Initiative (NIPI) extending cooperation in various health schemes. Under the initiative which commenced in 2006 various Indian states including Odisha, Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and the UT of Jammu and Kashmir have received support to augment facilities in terms of maternal and child health care. A health initiative between Government of India and Government of Norway, the Norway India Partnership Initiative (NIPI) Phase 3 builds on experiences from NIPI 1 & 2 and focuses on areas of Maternal, Newborn and Child Health.

Other notable companies' which are also due to release their earnings today include Coal India, Dabur India, Federal Bank, Digicontent, Blue Star, Ajantha Pharma, JBM Auto, Khemani Distributors, KPR Mills, Kretto Syscon, Ksolves India, Aptech among others.

Congress' candidates for the Amethi and Raebareli constituencies of Uttar Pradesh, once considered a stronghold of the Nehru-Gandhi family. According to sources, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is already on the Congress ticket from Wayanad in Kerala, which polled in the second phase on April 26, is likely to put himself in the fray from Amethi as well. Rahul's candidature from the seat he lost to Union Minister and BJP leader Smriti Irin 2019 will be formally announced on Thursday, and he will file his nomination from the constituency on Friday, sources said.

death toll from a highway collapse in southern China's Guangdong province has risen to 36, state media said Thursday, as rescue work continued. Heavy rains caused a stretch of road running from Meizhou city towards Dabu county to cave in at around 2:10 am on Wednesday (1810 GMT Tuesday), according to state news agency Xinhua.

Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has issued directives to ramp up weapons production for the war in Ukraine, following the recent approval of a delayed multibillion-dollar military aid package for the Ukrainian government by the United States, Al Jazeera reported. In a meeting with Russia's top military officials on Wednesday, Shoigu emphasised the imperative to enhance the volume, quality, and speed of arms production. He also instructed for the repair of units stationed on the front lines in Ukraine's eastern and southern regions to enhance their operational effectiveness, the Ministry of Defence said on the Telegram messaging app. «To maintain the required pace of the offensive… it is necessary to increase the volume and quality of weapons and military equipment supplied to the troops, primarily weapons,» Shoigu said.

balance sheet drawdown, after having spent much of the earlier part of the year warning of this shift. The Fed said that starting on June 1 it was reducing the cap on Treasury securities it allows to mature and not be replaced to $25 billion from its current cap of up to $60 billion per month. The Fed left the cap on how many mortgage-backed securities it will allow to roll off its books at $35 billion per month, and it will reinvest any excess MBS principal payments into Treasuries.

New Know-Your-Customer (KYC) regulations effective from 1 April have sent many investors into a tizzy, as they find their accounts locked for failing to meet yet another demand by authorities for verifiable data to establish their identities. Yes, we had a fresh round of KYC compliance. Under revised rules, holders of securities regulated by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) had to validate their email IDs in addition to phone and Aadhaar numbers, the latter duly linked with PAN cards issued for taxation.

Jindal Stainless: On May 1, the company announced a three-pronged investment strategy worth ₹5,400 crore with the aim of achieving global leadership in stainless steel. As part of its expansion strategy, the company entered into a joint venture to develop and operate a stainless-steel melt shop (SMS) in Indonesia with an annual production capacity of 1.2 million tonnes per annum (MTPA). Jindal Stainless plans to invest ₹700 crore in this partnership.

Mint takes a close look at what's in store for investors in the coming weeks and months following the ongoing national election, how the market behaved before and after previous elections, which sectors could shine after the poll results are declared, and how domestic and foreign flows will be affected. With the market already having factored in policy continuity, there's a sense that investor anxiety is low this time around.

India supports ‘Two-State solution’ for Israel and Palestine at UN The sight of helmeted police at two of America's most prestigious universities left some students dismayed. "I don't think we should have a heavy police force on campus," UCLA student Mark Torre, 22, told AFP as he surveyed the scene from behind metal barriers. "But more and more, day by day, I think it's a necessary evil, to at least keep safety on campus." After Columbia, police arrests over 280 demonstrators from UCLA At Columbia and at the City University of New York, where police cleared demonstrators out overnight, some students decried "rough and aggressive" tactics used by officers.

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says he will stress the need for a rules-based international order when he attends a meeting of the Organizations for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris

Airbnb says it's going to give customers a chance at overnight stays in a Paris museum, a bedroom filled with Ferrari racing cars, and other exotic settings

DoorDash reported higher-than-expected revenue in the first quarter as strong growth in U.S. grocery orders helped make up for slowing restaurant demand

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Wednesday: Amazon, Pinterest rise; Starbucks, CVS Health fall

U.S. stocks finished mixed after the head of the Federal Reserve said the cuts to interest rates that Wall Street craves so much are still likely, even if they’re delayed because of stubbornly high inflation

Elon Musk’s move to lay off the department responsible for Tesla’s electric vehicle chargers has touched off worries in the auto industry that EVs from other automakers will have trouble joining Tesla’s network

U.S. jobs openings slid in March to the lowest level in more than three years, but stayed at historically high levels in a sign that the job market remains resilient in the face of higher interest rates

The bungled rollout of a new federal student aid form has left millions of students in limbo and some wondering if their college dreams will survive