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Student loan debt is causing borrowers to put financial goals on hold, even as expanded forgiveness and repayment options offer help to some.

The Environmental Protection Agency has designated two forever chemicals used in cookware, carpets and firefighting foams as hazardous substances

BCCI levies heavy fines on KL Rahul, Ruturaj Gaikwad following LSG vs CSK match MS Dhoni has scored 87 runs this season at an impressive strike rate of 255.88 and a highest score of 37 not out against Delhi Capitals. MS Dhoni also lit up the match between Lucknow Super Giants and Chennai Super Kings on Friday, scoring an unbeaten 28 off 9 balls to help CSK chase down 176 in their allotted 20 overs. The destructive batting of Thala, as he is fondly called by his fans, has once again struck fear in the hearts of the opposition bowlers while the crowd have cheered every shot the veteran batsman plays.

HDFC Bank Q4FY24 Results: Indian private sector bank, HDFC Bank is gearing up to post its fourth quarter of Financial Year 2024 on April 20. Analysts expect the banking sector to report relatively soft earnings during the January - March 2024 quarter characterised by net interest margin (NIM) pressure, steady loan growth but softer deposit growth, and cost pressures with the impending impact of wage hikes and pension provision for a few.

Uttar Pradesh and interior Tamil Nadu, the IMD forecasted heat wave on April 20. A severe heat wave warning has also been issued for isolated pockets of Odisha on 20 April and Gangetic West Bengal on 20-21 April. On Saturday, several parts of Odisha experienced heat wave, with temperatures hovering between 44 and 45°C in Mayurbhanj, Boudh, Keonjhar, Kalahandi, Bolangir, Nuapada, Sundargarh, and Jharsuguda over the next 24 hours.

Shares of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(up 0.43 per cent), Pfizer Ltd.(up 0.41 per cent), Natco Pharma Ltd.(up 0.34 per cent) and Abbott India Ltd.(up 0.25 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

Polling personnel in six eastern districts of Nagaland waited for nine hours in booths, but not one of the four lakh voters of the region turned up following a shutdown call given by an organisation to press for its demand for 'Frontier Nagaland Territory' (FNT). Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on Friday affirmed that the state government does not have any problem with the Eastern Nagaland People's Organisation's (ENPO) demand for FNT as it has already recommended autonomous powers for the region.

Mint reported in February. Unlike many sectors, only a limited number of candidates qualify to be CAs every year, making their services more valuable in a growing economy. Documents signed off as part of GST and tax audits shot up 87% annually in 2022 to 6.18 million but shrank by over 36% in 2023 to 3.9 million.

CBS has officially announced to make its second season, reports 'The Hollywood Reporter'. Featuring Carrie Preston as the protagonist, lawyer-turned-investigator Elsbeth Tascioni, the series averaged about 11 million viewers over five weeks of viewing on CBS, Paramount+ and CBS TV apps. The series also ranked as the second most-watched newcomer on the broadcast networks this season. 'Elsbeth' is also CBS’ eighth most-watched non-sports program over its first 35 days across linear and digital.

Employees at a Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, have voted overwhelmingly in favor of joining the United Auto Workers union, boosting the UAW's nationwide effort to organize nonunion factories

TikTok user, wrote and produced a song called “Heart on my sleeve”. It sounded just like the Canadian rapper Drake and the singer-songwriter The Weeknd. The song went viral, racking up 15 million views on TikTok and hundreds of thousands of views each on Spotify and YouTube. But neither Drake nor The Weeknd had a clue about the song. They hadn’t sung a single line. Their vocals were generated by artificial intelligence (AI). The machine has moved on from synthesising sounds to generating singing voices. AI is on song everywhere. Anshuman Sharma and Aditya Kalway, two young producers assisting the music composer duo SalimSulaiman, recreated “Haule haule ho jayega”—the hit song in Shah Rukh Khan’s Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi—in the voice of Mohammed Rafi. “We came across some AI vocal models that could produce the voices of Indian singers like Kishore Kumar, Rafi and Sonu Nigam,” recalls Sharma. In September 2023, Kalway sang “Haule haule” in Rafi’s signature style, put it through a vocal filter and musically arranged it like a 1970s LaxmikantPyarelal romantic ditty. Its Instagram Reel got 2.6 million views and cheers from the music industry, including Vishal Dadlani, Shaan and Sonu Nigam.

NSE International Exchange (NSE IX) has received US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) class relief, allowing US clients to participate in trading Equity Index Option Contracts on the bourse, according to a statement. The class relief allows NSE IX members to get acquainted with equity indices at NSE IX through activities with approved broker-dealers and financial institutions in the US. Also, this class relief permits eligible broker-dealers and large financial institutions based in the US to trade on these index derivatives options contracts through NSE IX members, subject to compliance with the applicable laws, the bourse said in the statement on Friday.

DC vs SRH IPL 2024: Sunrisers Hyderabad have been on a run-scoring spree this season, crossing the 200-run mark on three occasions and even matching and then breaking the highest-ever total in an IPL contest. SRH's attacking batting order has led to curiosity about what could happen next, with many wondering if the Hyderabad-based franchise could be the next to cross the 300-run mark in an IPL contest.

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Punjab Kings and Gujarat Titans will be desperate to arrest the slide and get back to winning ways in their Indian Premier League match here on Sunday. Former champions GT have slipped to eighth position in the pecking order after an embarrassing loss to Delhi Capitals at home, where they were bowled out for 89 to suffer their third defeat in four matches. PBKS are struggling in the ninth place following a nine-run loss to Mumbai Indians away on Thursday night, the margin of defeat made respectable by an incredible rearguard act by the in-form young duo of Ashutosh Sharma and Shashank Singh after the team was tottering at 14/4 in a chase of 193. Five losses and two wins in seven outings hardly inspire confidence and irrespective of the fact that their upcoming opponents are also struggling to get their act right, PBKS will have their task cut out in front of their fans, who had little to cheer about so far this season at the newly-inaugurated home venue.

Ottawa’s proposed tax increases on some capital gains, announced in this week’s federal budget has some family doctors worried, as they warn the changes may affect their ability to save for retirement.

emergency fund. Unexpected expenses can arise when you least expect them, and without financial backup, you may end up resorting to high-interest loans or depleting your savings. “Aim to keep between 3 to 6 months' worth of income in an easily accessible account to secure yourself during uncertainties," advises Ashish Aggarwal, Director at Acube Ventures.

OTTAWA — Canadian banks that refuse to identify the carbon rebate by name when doing direct deposits are forcing the government to change the law to make them do it, says Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault.

Pushd is making a splash in the crypto world, and the presale is attracting a lot of attention, especially from Aptos and Cosmos investors. These folks are snapping up Pushd token at only $0.144 each as the presale reaches its end stages. The excitement is all about Pushd’s plan to use blockchain technology to revolutionize e-commerce. If you’re looking to invest in the future of online shopping, Pushd’s presale might be worth checking out.

Srinagar: The BJP is not leaving any ground and the "best of the people" are discussing the matter on supporting candidates in the three Lok Sabha seats of Kashmir valley, Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Saturday. Speaking at Viksit Bharat ambssadors' meet here, Puri said the 2024 general elections would produce a victory in favour of development so that the country moves forward to another significant chapter in the realisation of a 'Viksit Bharat'.

Bitcoin’s long-anticipated ‘halving’ is, depending on where you sit, a vital event that will burnish the cryptocurrency’s value as an increasingly scarce commodity, or little more than a technical change talked up by speculators to inflate its price.