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Vinit Sambre, Head-Equities, DSP Mutual Fund, says the visibility of good growth, cash flows, ROEs going forward over the next one or two years is going to get rewarded as there is an overall slowdown in the earnings. Within each category, it is going to be pretty stock specific because there is a significant divergence in the performance across the same categories across different companies. There is a good outlook on the consumer discretionary category as cyclical recovery should see that category doing well going forward. Sambre is positive on the banking sector and says the IT sector looks decent. He likes QSRs and says consumer discretionary is something they believe in long term. Sambre says there are sectors like utilities, and some engineering companies, which are trading at expensive valuations where he is a bit more wary about taking high exposures. What explains the market mood that we are in and when do you expect a reversal of sorts? Is it likely to happen in a few weeks or is it a matter of a few months before we see a resumption of the uptrend? Vinit Sambre: When we look at the markets over the last couple of weeks, there is good weakness which has happened.

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Asian Paints announced a disappointing September quarter performance over the weekend. The results were marked by a 5.4% drop in consolidated revenues to ₹8,003 crore and a 480 basis points decline in operating margin to 15.5%. Consolidated net profit dropped 44% to ₹694 crore.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. State Bank of India Ltd (SBI) has reported an impressive jump of 51% year-on-year (y-o-y) in its September quarter (Q2FY25) standalone pre-provisioning operating profit (PPoP) to ₹29,295 crore. But a closer look reveals that the results are not as strong.

Indian Hotels Company (IHCL) will be releasing a new 'strategic matrix' in the near future that will be more aggressive than the previous ones and accelerate the pace of growth from a high base, IHCL CEO Puneet Chhatwal told ET. Looking at the chain's last ten quarters, as well as the immediate visibility into the current and upcoming quarters, Chhatwal said he is 'confident' of the outlook. «It's notable that Q2 has surpassed Q1, a trend we don't typically see as Q2 usually dips. This has been an exceptional outcome, particularly considering that the previous quarter was impacted by elections held in extreme summer conditions,» he said. «The market guidance for double-digit growth is well within reach-and by double-digit, we aren't talking about 10%, it could well be 12%, 14%, or potentially higher,» he added. IHCL posted a consolidated net profit of ₹583 crore in the September quarter, an over-threefold increase from ₹179 crore a year earlier.

KL Rahul it is all in the mind. Someone who has scored hundreds in South Africa, England and Australia obviously has the potential. If he could come back from injury and keep wickets as well as he did in the 2023 World Cup, there is little doubt he has the ability. His problem is he is periodically low on confidence. Ravi Shastri and Virat Kohli (as coach and captain) were able to get the best out of him from time to time. Then, Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid did the same. Now, it is on Rohit and Gautam Gambhir to give him the confidence to step up in Australia,” that was how former India wicketkeeper and later chief selector MSK Prasad summed up KL Rahul. This was just moments after Rahul was dismissed in the most bizarre manner in the second innings of the India A game at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. There were no real alarms in the 43 balls he played and it seemed he was getting set for a long innings. That’s when a delivery from off spinner Corey Rocchiccioli, which would have missed leg stump, was actually padded by Rahul towards the off stump after he offered no shot. It was a freakish dismissal but with Rahul such things seem to happen far too often. “He is more invested in being perfect than in scoring runs. It is a kind of obsession with him. The number of times he shadow bats, perfects his stance, practices getting behind the line of the ball, you know that he is trying to be as perfect as is humanly possible,” said one of the Duleep Trophy commentators.

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Nathan McSweeney is all set to be veteran Usman Khawaja's opening partner for the highly anticipated Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India, solving the World Test Championship (WTC) title holder's highly-debated opening conundrum. Australia included uncapped batter Nathan McSweeney as the national side announced a 13-member squad for the much-awaited Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 against India for the opening Test of the five-match series in Perth. McSweeney won a bat-off for the opening slot among him, Sam Konstas and Australian veterans Marcus Harris and Cameron Bancroft during the recently concluded two-match unofficial Test series between Australia A and India A at home. He top-scored in the series with 166 runs in four innings at an average of 55.33, with best score of 88 in the first match at Mackay.

AIIMS Darbhanga, state Health Minister Mangal Pandey said on Sunday. Speaking to reporters, Pandey said Modi will be in Darbhanga on Wednesday when 'bhumi pujan' for the super-specialty project will also take place in the presence of a host of other dignitaries, including Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Union ministers Chirag Paswan and Jitan Ram Manjhi.

Amit Shah on Sunday slammed the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) saying that the Congress party did not fulfil the guarantees it gave in the states like Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh and Telangana. He further added that Maha Vikas Aghadi's guarantee is a guarantee of lies, corruption, and appeasement. "...Maha Vikas Aghadi has given a lot of guarantees. Rahul Gandhi was angry with Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge because he spoke the truth and said that only those promises should be made which can be fulfilled. The Congress party did not fulfil the guarantees it gave in Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, and Telangana. Maha Vikas Aghadi's guarantee is a guarantee of lies, corruption, appeasement..." said the Union Home Minister while addressing a public rally in Maharashtra's Buldhana. Hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Amit Shah in a public rally held in Jalgaon said, «For the first time, Lord Ram celebrated Diwali in the Ram temple in Ayodhya. Not just the Ram temple, Kashi Vishwanath Corridor, Somnath temple is also being built… When we removed Article 370, they (Maha Vikas Aghadi) opposed it, when we built the Ram temple, they (Maha Vikas Aghadi) opposed it… The Maha Vikas Aghadi is also opposing the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024… PM Modi has decided that the Waqf Act will be amended in Parliament and this right will not remain with the Waqf Board....»

Yet between 700 and 1,000 local residents remain, most of them living in the basements of apartment buildings, without running water, heating or electricity. The only place to charge phones is in the basement of the building now housing the city administration. The exact number of people is impossible to determine because, since mid-October, no humanitarian volunteers have come to Kurakhove.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As the world shifts towards a low-carbon energy landscape, India’s aim to expand its Small Modular Reactor (SMR) sector aligns well with its broader vision for sustainable energy security. The recent government focus on SMRs signals a transformative approach to nuclear energy that addresses the unique geographical, economic and industrial demands of the nation.

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