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Driven by rapid urbanisation, mushrooming of shopping malls and surge in spending, tier II-III towns have seen a significant increase in manpower demand, said Yeshab Giri, chief commercial officer, operational talent solutions, at Randstad India, a talent management company. Cities such as Jaipur, Indore, Ahmedabad, Coimbatore, Lucknow, Vadodara, Surat, Bhubaneswar, Bhopal, Chandigarh and Vizag are witnessing 25-30% more demand than the previous festive season, he said. «Currently, ecommerce and logistics firms in tier II-III cities are hiring approximately 65% of the overall talent,» said Lohit Bhatia, president, workforce management, at Quess Corp. Metros and other tier I cities traditionally see a greater spurt in festive demand, he said.

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Canada’s gross domestic product for the second quarter came in stronger than expected, but the details of the GDP report and the accompanying outlook for the start of the next quarter hinted at a stalling economy, economists warned.

2024 US election is currently in a major political turmoil as both, Kamala Harris from the Democrats, and Donald Trump from the Republicans, are at loggerheads, trying to prove who is the better candidate in the upcoming Presidential polls. Ever since Harris joined the Presidential race, after Joe Biden decided to step out of the polls, things have been changing for the Democrats, as they are now surging ahead in the polls, thanks to the exponential increase in Harris' popularity ratings. However, there are chances that Harris' rise to fame may not last very long and she could end up losing the US polls 2024.

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chartered accountants' apex body ICAI will discuss the changes proposed by regulator NFRA to auditing standard SA 600 on September 17 amid concerns in certain quarters about the suggested updates. Standard on Auditing (SA) 600 broadly pertains to standards applicable in situations where a principal auditor of a company relies on the audit work done by another auditor for a group entity. While the National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) has proposed aligning SA 600 with the relevant international standard, ICAI has flagged concerns about the changes as that could result in concentration of audit activities with a few firms, according to ICAI officials in the know. At present, the principal auditor has to give a main audit report and a consolidated statement of the audit works done by other auditors for the group entities.

The Immutable price has dropped by 2% in the past 24 hours, falling to $1.45 as the crypto market suffers a comparable 1.5% loss today.

Andre Agassi is set to visit India in January 2025 to officially kick off the PWR DUPR Indian Tour & League. This event, which is a collaborative effort between The Times Group, Pickleball World Rankings (PWR), and Dynamic Universal Pickleball Rating (DUPR), aims to introduce the sport of pickleball to a broader audience in India. The partnership seeks to generate global excitement around pickleball, a sport rapidly gaining popularity worldwide. It comes on the heels of the recent launch of a new rankings structure by PWR, as well as the announcement of the PWR World Tour and PWR World Series.

Many of today’s middle-class workers are hoping to work past age 65 or never retire – plans that for over half of them are unlikely to pan out.

Coal India Ltd saw the highest consensus earnings estimates increase for FY25 in absolute terms at ₹4,800 crore. The chart alongside, sourced from an ICICI Securities report dated 24 August, has the details. On the other hand, Oil and Natural Gas Corp.

spatial distribution has led to higher acreage under Kharif, or summer, crops compared to last year, and reservoir levels have also risen, all of which bode well for curbing elevated and sticky food prices. Remember, adverse weather conditions had led to a month-on-month (m-o-m) spike in vegetable prices over the past two months. However, in July, inflation measured by the headline consumer price index eased to 3.54%, with food inflation falling to 5.1%, though this was largely due to a favourable base.

Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd. gained 2.29 per cent to Rs 475.65 in Friday's trade as of 11:27AM (IST). It hit a high of Rs 476.5 and low of Rs 465.35 during the session. The stock quoted a 52-week high price of Rs 479.2 and a low of Rs 262.1. The return on equity for the stock stood at 15.04 per cent. About 41,487 shares have changed hands on the counter so far.

Sensex and Nifty50, rebounded from a slow start to close at fresh record highs on Thursday, driven by gains in index heavyweights like Reliance Industries, as well as financial and IT stocks. The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex advanced 349 points or 0.43% to settle at 82,134. The broader NSE Nifty gained 99.6 points or 0.40% to end at 25,152.

Air India-Vistara merger, Singapore Airlines (SIA) on Friday said that it has received approval from the Government of India for foreign direct investment (FDI) in a deal with the Tatas, the airline said in an exchange filing. Singapore's flagship carrier, which has a 49 per cent stake in Vistara, had announced the plan to merge the Indian airline and Tata-owned Air India in November 2022. Tatas own 51 per cent in Vistara. Upon completion of the merger, SIA is expected to hold approximately 25.1 per cent of the enlarged Air India.

office retreats with their co-workers, but the experience turned into a nightmare for one man who was left behind on a Colorado hiking trip and forced to survive a night alone in the wilderness last week.The team bonding experience went awry on Aug. 23 when officials said they received a report of an overdue hiker who became separated from his co-workers while trekking Mount Shavano.Chaffee County Search and Rescue officials said the man, who has not been named publicly, was hiking with 15 other office workers when he was left behind after summiting.Rescuers joked the incident, which saw the man stranded alone overnight on the mountain without phone signal during a freezing rainstorm, “might cause some awkward encounters at the office.”The man reached the summit of Mount Shavano alone around 11:30 a.m.

Noida International Airport in Uttar Pradesh's Jewar are in full swing with work being done in partnership with Air India SATS, NIA Chief Executive Officer Christoph Schnellmann said on Thursday and noted there will be cargo capacity for well over one lakh tonnes of cargo when the facility opens. Schnellmann told that work on the passenger terminal is also in full swing. «The development works on the cargo terminal and multimodal cargo hub are in full swing as well. We're working in partnership with Air India SATS who have designed the facility, who are constructing the facility and who will operate the facility. There will be a capacity for well over 1 lakh tonnes of cargo when the facility opens and it's designed in a modular fashion to grow with the demand. We plan to submit our application for the aerodrome license this year,» he said.

IT services firm HCLTech is looking to diversify risks and unlock new revenue streams, by expanding its presence in markets such as India, Africa and the Middle East. HCLTech outlined its growth strategies to more than 100 analysts who attended an ‘Investor Day 2024’ meet hosted by the company in Mumbai on Wednesday. The company also highlighted its strength in engineering, research & development (ER&D), and plans to leverage increasing semiconductor demand, expand market participation in focus areas and new frontier markets, and grow within its top current and potential clients, some of the analysts who attended the event said. “The company wants to tap high-potential regions and expand, amid the ongoing slowdown in the core American markets denting business over the past five-six quarters,” one of the analysts said on the condition of anonymity. “HCLTech spoke of improving the mix of verticals and geographies, gaining of market share, organic development of digital skills, its clients’ cloud migration activities and inorganic augmentation of capabilities.”

Rings of Power, a prequel to The Lord of the Rings, is set in a different era within J.R.R. Tolkien's expansive Middle-earth timeline.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have released footage showing that they boarded and intentionally set explosives aboard a Greek-flagged tanker that was earlier abandoned after they repeatedly attacked it, putting the Red Sea at risk of a major oil spill

Bank of America and its subsidiary, Merrill Lynch, have reached a settlement with Finra, including a $3 million fine and censure, for a reported years-long failure to adequately supervise potentially manipulative trading by their customers.