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Aman Goel, the co-founder and CEO of Mumbai-based GreyLabs AI, has stirred debate on success and productivity with his recent post on X. Sharing his personal journey, Goel challenged the widely accepted notion that «ideal habits» are essential to becoming successful. “I don't wake up at 5 AM. I don't take cold showers. I don't read books. I don't follow the ‘ideal habits’ that people claim are essential to becoming a millionaire,” wrote Goel. “Yet, here I am—a multi-millionaire in my 20s.”

equity sale of Rs 500 crore and an offer for sale (OFS) of 21 lakh shares, will close on December 24. The offer is being made through the book-building process, wherein about 75% is reserved for qualified institutional buyers, 15% for non-institutional investors, and 10% for retail investors.

Realme 14x, in India on December 18. The phone will be available for purchase on Flipkart starting at 12 PM IST on the same day. Announcing the launch date and availability on its official Twitter account, the compay wrote, “The countdown begins! Just 2 days to go for the launch of India’s first-ever IP69 smartphone under 15K – #realme14x5G! Stay unstoppable with the ultimate #Dumdaar5GKillerLaunch & Sale on 18th Dec, 12 PM."

Nitin Gadkari has asked the Indian Road Congress to develop international standards and codes for development of bridges and tunnels to ensure best quality construction. “Common policy will help all stakeholders. I have suggested Indian Road Congress to come up with common standards for construction of bridges and tunnels, though I understand construction of tunnels depends on the geology of the terrain or the place,” he said while virtually addressing the Assocham’s Annual Infrastructure Conference on Tuesday. Commenting on the need for a good quality as well as cost effective construction, Gadkari said, the quality of national highways in the country is not up to the mark and we need technological innovations to develop best quality infrastructure which is also economically viable.

bank meetings this week that is likely to see the U.S. Federal Reserve deliver a rate cut and the Bank of Japan stand pat for now. The pan-continental STOXX 600 was down 0.5%, to a two-week low. Germany's DAX, France's CAC 40 and Britain's FTSE 100 were lower by between 0.1% and 0.7%.

Smriti Mandhana has surged three places to second in the latest ICC Women's ODI rankings while climbing one spot to third among T20I batters, following her stellar displays against Australia and the West Indies. The left-hander struck 105 in the final match of the series against Australia in Perth and 54 in the first game of the ongoing T20I rubber against the West Indies in Mumbai to headline the latest rankings update released here on Tuesday. Mandhana is the lone Indian batter in the top 10 as her skipper Harmanpreet Kaur moved down two spots to 13th while Jemimah Rodrigues climbed six places to 15th and Harleen Deol moved up nine rungs to 64th Among bowlers, Deepti Sharma has slipped two spots to five.

Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday presented the second supplementary budget for financial year 2024-25, amounting to Rs 17,865 crore. The budget was tabled on the second day of the winter session of the state assembly. After the Question Hour, Finance and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna presented the second supplementary budget. In his address, Khanna stated that the budget size is Rs 17,865.72 crore, which is 2.42 per cent of the original budget of Rs 7,36,437.71 crore. Khanna explained that the need for this supplementary budget arose due to the government's development priorities and adherence to constitutional provisions.

In the past few months United Nations-sponsored negotiations to tackle climate change, plastic pollution, loss of global species and a growing number of deserts have either outright failed or come out with limited outcomes that didn't address the scale of the problems. It's been three years since activist Greta Thunberg dismissed global talks as «blah-blah-blah,» which became a rallying cry for young environmentalists. «If you are not feeling some kind of grief about what's going on, you're obviously not understanding what's going on,» said climate negotiations veteran analyst Alden Meyer of the European think-tank E3G. He said he's been watching humanity «collectively fail as a species.»

medical entrance exam NEET-UG in pen and paper mode or online mode and a decision in this regard is expected soon, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Tuesday. The Education Ministry has held two rounds of talks with the Health Ministry led by Union Minister JP Nadda. Currently, NEET-UG is conducted offline — in pen and paper mode — wherein students have to solve multiple choice questions on an OMR sheet. The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) is the largest entrance exam in the country in terms of number of candidates appearing for the test. In 2024, a record over 24 lakh candidates took the exam.

RVNL and Kaynes Technology are among 19 stocks that may soon be upgraded to largecap and midcap status by the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) in its February 2025 rejig, according to a prediction by the Nuvama Institutional Equities. The 11 stocks slated to be upgraded in the AMFI rejig include CG Power, Rail Vikas Nigam, ICICI Prudential, Polycab India, Indus Towers, Cummins India, Info Edge, Hyundai Motor India, NTPC Green, Bajaj Housing Finance, and Swiggy. Also Read | Year-ender 2024: Quant Mutual Fund schemes deliver up to 42% return in 2024. Check top winners

"Tata Consumer is a very different business compared to where it was even till last year and very-very different from where it was four or five years ago. And it is this capital allocation intensity of some of our consumption picks, which is what we are trying to play rather than the standard FMCG of a little bit of market share gain in the existing categories and nothing new in terms of capital allocation beyond the core," says Rakshit Ranjan, Marcellus Investment Managers. Well, I directly get into stocks because I look at a couple of your holdings, especially Asian Paints and Titan and both of these two are going through industry disruptions at this point of time. Just this morning, Investec wrote on the paint sector, talking about how Birla Opus is getting a lot of good response from customers. Titan, of course, is going through its own lab-grown diamond disruption. What then still makes you hold these stocks? Rakshit Ranjan: So, both of those are slightly different in nature. Titan is an industry disruption, as you rightly picked it up, whereas Asian Paints is a competitive intensity rising significantly. There are two different parts of how a business gets affected.

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Shares are mixed in Asia after the Nasdaq set a record ahead of a meeting by the Federal Reserve later this week that could set the direction for markets in the new year

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake was hosted by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his first overseas visit since assuming office that focused on shoring up ties as concerns grew over China’s influence in the region

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U.S. stock indexes drifted through mixed trading ahead of a meeting by the Federal Reserve later this week that could set Wall Street’s direction into next year