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Tata Chemicals was the top gainer with a 36% return, followed by a 28% upside in Tata Investment Corporation. Altogether the combined market capitalisation of all 24 listed Tata stocks shot up by about Rs 85,000 crore to Rs 31.6 lakh crore, shows data pulled from ACE Equity.

The Public Provident Fund (PPF) is one of the most popular savings instruments. Note that only one PPF account can be maintained by an Individual, except an account that is opened on behalf of a minor. PPF, Senior Citizen Savings Scheme, Sukanya Samriddhi and other small savings schemes' rates announced for April-June quarter; check here

Shaitaan movie review: ‘Chills, shock value, promising..,’ netizens react on Ajay Devgn-starrer movie "Tense and gripping moments few and far in between. Climax disappointing," another wrote.

By Daniel Trotta

There is demand for 40,000-50,000 employees across job roles in 2024, a 25-30% increase over last year, says staffing company Randstad. The sector is expected to see more than 800,000 to 1 million job openings over the next five years. «The demand for talent in the sector has reached an all-time high to build infrastructure, industrial parks, testing systems and R&D (research and development),» said Yeshab Giri, chief commercial officer, operational talent solutions, Randstad India.

Goldman Sachs has set up a facility in India to train both engineers and non-engineers in generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) to explore the usage of the technology in its businesses. Since 2006, Goldman Sachs has invested more than $7 billion in India. Starting off as a support function, the Indian operations have now become the second largest for Goldman Sachs globally.

Inside Out 2," exploring the tumultuous world of a teenage Riley and her ever-evolving emotions. The new trailer showcases a fresh team of emotions guiding Riley through the complexities of adolescence. Trailer

on Friday: Costco Wholesale Corp., down $60.03 to $725.56. The warehouse club operator's fourth-quarter revenue fell short of Wall Street forecasts. Marvell Technology Inc., down $9.67 to $75.42.

Elon Musk took over the platform. The others were former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers and Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo, the only member of the previous board to stay on.

The market for RIA firms hasn’t cooled so far in the first quarter of 2024, but acquisition prices aren’t yet overheated, says Bob Oros, chairman and CEO of Hightower Advisors.

By Akash Sriram

FOX Business' Madison Alworth speaks to diners in Reading, Pennsylvania, who are still feeling sticker shock.

Investing.com — The S&P 500 snapped a two-week win streak Friday, on an abrupt halt in Nvidia's record run and a mixed labor market report showing that more jobs were created in February, but the unemployment rate unexpectedly ticked up as layoffs picked up pace last month.      

an article in the MIT Tech Review, a slew of new tools. ‘Nightshade’ is one such tool that offers artists a chance to fight back against AI. The tool was created by Ben Zhao, a professor at University of Chicago.

women are taking the wheel of sport-utility vehicles, once considered the domain of men, contributing to the segment's sales surge. The share of women SUV buyers has climbed 4.5 times from five years ago amid a growing preference for vehicles with high ground clearance and higher seating. It jumped from only 29,000 units in 2018 to 125,000 units in 2023, showed data from industry sources. Meet Sonal Deshmukh, 40, a Mumbai-based banker. A fortnight ago, when she was in the market to replace her 15-year-old midsize sedan with another vehicle, she was very clear — she didn't want just another sedan and her next vehicle had to be an SUV. Last month, Deshmukh drove home the top-end variant of a midsize SUV. «I needed a car which gives me enough headroom and legroom, offers high seating without compromising on the finesse of a sedan but manoeuvres through the traffic and potholes with ease. Also, something which can be used for the weekend getaways with family. The mid-size SUV we finally chose ticked all the boxes,» said Deshmukh.

Donald Trump on Friday appealed the writer E. Jean Carroll's $83.3 million verdict in her recent defamation case, which arose from his branding her a liar after she accused him of raping her decades ago. Trump said his appeal to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan will cover «all adverse orders, rulings, decrees, decisions, opinions, memoranda, conclusions, or findings» leading to the Jan. 26 verdict.

panel for a comprehensive review of the country's statistical systems, which have been criticised for poor survey methodology and delayed report releases. The decision to set up an expert committee to look into all the issues related to data was taken at a review meeting held by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) in February, people familiar with the deliberations told ET. «The committee is likely to find solutions for addressing recurring concerns over data quality,» one of the persons said. «PMO also favoured a tech upgrade of the entire system,» the person said.

Federal Reserve policymakers weighing when to start interest-rate cuts got another reason Friday to sit tight for now, after a government report showed jobs growth surged in February but the overall labor market continued to show signs of cooling. Employers added a robust 275,000 jobs last month, a Labor Department report showed on Friday, handily beating the 200,000 that economists expected.

Congress has released its first list of 39 Lok Sabha candidates, which included Rahul Gandhi from his sitting Wayanad constituency in Kerala, AICC general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal from Alappuzha and former CM Bhupesh Baghel from Rajnandangaon in Chhattisgarh. The formal decision on Gandhi contesting from Amethi will be taken when the central election committee takes up the party's probable list for Uttar Pradesh later. Rahul seeking re-election from the safe seat Wayanad shows his disinclination to fight from the old Amethi seat without taking an electoral insurance from the Kerala seat, where Gandhi-led Congress' main rival BJP is just a marginal player. The first list has 24 candidates from the OBC-SC-ST minority segments, 15 from the general category. While 12 are below the 50 age bracket, eight are from the 50-60 age group. It includes many sitting MPs.

Election Commissioner within the next few days, 2024 is likely to be the first Lok Sabha election since 1996 when the poll panel will announce and conduct general elections steered by a two-member commission instead of the customary three-member one. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has been a multi-member body since the 1990s and has conducted eight Lok Sabha elections in such a format. Only in two cases, that is during the 1999 and 2009 Lok Sabha polls, was the three-member ECI rendered short by one member, due to members' retirement in the middle of the election cycle.

Competition Commission of India (CCI) has rejected stakeholders' plea opposing the new, more stringent monetary penalty framework for antitrust activities where the maximum penalty would be linked to the global turnover of a firm. The stakeholders wanted the imposition of penalty «to be based on relevant turnover/relevant profit in line with Excel Crop judgment» of the Supreme Court, the regulator said in a «general statement». The CCI issued the statement after it notified on Wednesday its new regulations, moving on from the earlier regime of pegging the maximum penalty to a firm's turnover in the relevant market where the abuse of law has taken place.