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Birthdays are generally one of the most awaited times of the year, as one celebrates another year around the sun. After all, it marks that you are growing up, in terms of ageing. However, a self-made man of Rs 5,000 crore, Dr A Velumani, founder of Thyrocare, wants us to wonder, if we are just ageing or if we are also growing as a person? On X, he shared an insightful tweet about how when a birthday comes, about 90% of people just age another year without making real progress, while just 10% actually grow in terms of personal development. He further believes that out of 100 who have not progressed, only 10% realise this and out of 100 who have realised it, only 10% feel bad about the lack of growth. He encourages focusing, learning, growing and enjoying life rather than growing without any meaningful progress. His tweet read, “When a birthday comes. 10% only have made a progress. 90% have just become one year old. In 100 who have made no progress only 10 aware of it. In 100 who are aware of it, only 10 feel bad about it. Punch: To grow big a lot of efforts needed. To grow old, zero efforts needed. Focus. Learn. Grow and Enjoy. please do not change the order.

West Bengal government has imposed a ban on Holi celebrations at Sonajhuri Haat in Santiniketan’s Birbhum district. Officials have cited concerns over potential damage to the lush green cover of the area. The marketplace, a major draw for tourists, is located near Visva Bharati University, which holds UNESCO World Heritage status.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As President Donald Trump ramps up his trade war with the rest of the world, there’s a message for the CEOs of European companies that have struggled to keep up with U.S. peers: Time’s up.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Last weekend belonged to Manus, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) super-agent that can reportedly handle up to 50 complex tasks simultaneously. Videos of it managing transactions while deep researching another topic and autonomously launching websites, while also planning your dream vacation, took over the internet.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. CG Power is riding India’s infrastructure boom. The engineering giant just secured a ₹450 crore contract to supply key components for the Vande Bharat trainsets—pushing its stock higher and solidifying its growing dominance in the railway sector.

Prestige Estates Projects Ltd.(up 1.94 per cent) and Mahindra Lifespace Developers Ltd.(up 1.82 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Benchmark NSE Nifty index rose 32.0 points to 22502.5 amid buying in frontline bluechip stocks.

mutual fund SIP stoppage ratio surged to 122.76% in February, up from 109.15% in January 2025, indicating that more investors chose to discontinue their SIPs or that their SIP tenure ended, rather than starting new investments. In February, the number of SIPs discontinued or completed stood at 54.70 lakh, while the number of new SIPs registered was 44.56 lakh. For the first 11 months of the current financial year, the SIP stoppage ratio was recorded at 72.32%, with 462.62 lakh SIPs discontinued and 639.66 lakh new SIPs registered. In contrast, the stoppage ratio for FY24 was 52.41%, according to data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI).

Anurag Singh, Managing Partner, Ansid Capital, says every company in the US market is beating the numbers on Q4, but they are giving a weaker or a very cautionary guidance and that is when the markets correct. All the revisions from the analysts and everything for Q1, Q2, the earning revisions are the projections that are being downgraded. It is not that the actual earnings are low, but the projections are. What is shaping up in the global markets and especially the US because there are recessionary fears. But other than that, it is the CPI data that is cooling off. Give us your reading and sense on where the US market is headed, taking cues from all of the macro data. Anurag Singh: CPI came in good and I am of the view that with the efficient cutting of government spending that this government is doing along with the DOGE effort, we have seen the peak of the inflation already. If there was one worry whether inflation will cool down or prove to be sticky, it is now reasonably sure that inflation is not a worry. The worry is moving more towards the recession side, but certainly not on the inflation side. So, on that front, the news is good but there is a whole set of worries that the market is now thinking about.

Rama Phosphates Ltd.(up 3.36%), Bohra Industries Ltd.(up 2.00%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation Ltd.(up 1.74%), Madras Fertilizers Ltd.(up 1.54%), Paradeep Phosphates Ltd.(up 1.53%), Coromandel International Ltd.(up 1.49%), Gujarat State Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd.(up 1.40%), Agro Phos India Ltd.(up 1.20%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 1.19%) and Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd.(up 0.99%) were among the top gainers.

Stocks that rallied over 10% included, MTNL(13.89%), Everlon Synth(12.77%), Hitech Corporation (12.17%), Shriram EPC(11.89%), Disha Resources (11.83%), Ras Resorts(11.06%), Fairchem Organics(10.82%) and Soni Medicare(10.00%).

TVS Motor Company Ltd.(up 0.74 per cent), Ashok Leyland Ltd.(up 0.64 per cent), Exide Industries Ltd.(up 0.21 per cent), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(up 0.17 per cent) and Balkrishna Industries Ltd.(up 0.15 per cent) were among the top gainers.

On the BSE, Integra Capital(down 17.17 per cent), Aadi Industries Ltd.(down 12.60 per cent), Looks Health Services(down 11.82 per cent), Olympic Cards(down 11.56 per cent) and Spenta Intnl(down 10.25 per cent) were among the stocks that plunged over 5 per cent during the session.

Anand Mahindra reflected on his past interaction with Mark Carney, Canada’s Prime Minister-designate, recalling a meeting at the Mahindra headquarters in Mumbai in 2017. At the time, Carney was serving as the Governor of the Bank of England and was part of a delegation led by the then Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mahindra described Carney as an intellectual with a sharp wit, someone who balances intelligence with a straightforward and pragmatic approach. As Carney prepares to take on the leadership of Canada, Mahindra acknowledged the immense challenges ahead, particularly in today’s complex global landscape. However, he expressed confidence in Carney’s ability to navigate the responsibilities of the role effectively.

Mrs. Bectors Food Specialities Ltd.(up 5.13%), Umang Dairies Ltd.(up 3.47%), Varun Beverages Ltd.(up 2.70%), Vadilal Industries Ltd.(up 1.65%), Nakoda Group Of Industries Ltd.(up 1.62%), Nakoda Group Of Industries Ltd.(up 1.62%), JHS Svendgaard Laboratories Ltd.(up 1.52%), Parag Milk Foods Ltd.(up 1.24%), Dodla Dairy Ltd.(up 1.20%) and Tata Consumer Products Ltd.(up 0.96%) were among the top gainers.

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Axis Securities has an overweight call on Lupin with a target price of Rs 2500. The current market price of Lupin Ltd. is Rs 1959. Lupin, incorporated in 1983, is a Large Cap company with a market cap of Rs 90156.51 crore, operating in the Pharmaceuticals sector. Lupin's key products/revenue segments include Pharmaceuticals, Other Services, Export Incentives, Other Operating Revenue and Scrap for the year ending 31-Mar-2024.

The Nifty future closed in the negative with a loss of 0.17% at 22527 levels on Wednesday. India VIX fell 2.7% to close at 13.69 in the previous session.

NTPC Green Energy shares will be in focus on Thursday after its subsidiary, NTPC Renewable Energy Ltd, declared the second and final phase of its 105 MW Shajapur Solar Project in Madhya Pradesh operational. «We wish to inform you that, following successful commissioning, the second and final capacity of 50 MW out of the 105 MW Shajapur Solar Project (Unit-1) of NTPC Renewable Energy Limited, a subsidiary of NTPC Green Energy Limited at Shajapur Solar Park, MP, has been declared commercially operational with effect from 00:00 Hrs on March 13, 2025,» NTPC Green Energy said in an exchange filing.

cocoa and coffee futures is leaving traders so cash-strapped that many no longer have enough money to ship the two commodities around the world. Rising prices forced traders to deposit large sums of money with the New York exchange to back their futures positions. With so much cash locked up, it’s become much harder to finance cargoes to move beans from where they are produced to where they are consumed. To make matters worse, a rising market has prompted some farmers that sold at lower prices to default, leaving traders without the supply they need. Chocolate maker Hershey Co. argues there’s a “significant disconnect” between prices in the physical and the futures market, and that a lack of liquidity is allowing for unprecedented volatility.