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Barpeta Lok Sabha constituency, where another opposition party TMC too is contesting, CPI(M) nominee Manoranjan Talukdar feared that anti-BJP vote will be divided and it may create «some difficulties» for him. Talukdar, however, expressed optimism that he will give a «tough fight» against all opponents and will win the election from Barpeta, which has become a Hindu-majority seat after the delimitation exercise last year. «This is unfortunate and Congress is only responsible for what happened in the constituency. We had talked about contesting from Barpeta a long time ago… A wrong message has gone because of the opposition parties fighting separately,» he told PTI in an interview here. From the ruling front, AGP has nominated senior leader, former minister and sitting Bongaigaon MLA Phani Bhusan Choudhury to contest from Barpeta. Congress nominated its state Seva Dal chief Deep Bayan, while TMC has named Abul Kalam Azad for the seat.

ICICI Pru Child Care Fund-Gift Plan topping the charts. It is followed by SBI Magnum Children's Benefit Fund-Investment Plan-Reg(G) and Aditya Birla SL Bal Bhavishya Yojna-Reg(G). ETMarkets presents a report card of these funds. Take a look! There are currently 11 children's funds in the solution-oriented mutual fund category. While ICICI Pru Child Care Fund-Gift Plan has delivered returns of 44% returns, SBI Magnum Children's Benefit Fund-Investment Plan and Aditya Birla SL Bal Bhavishya Yojna have given returns of 39.35 and 35.25%, respectively. HDFC Children's Gift Fund and LIC MF Children's Gift Fund(G have yielded 28.69% and 28.55% gains in the last 12 months. The bottom two positions have been taken by Axis Children's Gift Fund-Compulsory Lock in-Reg(G) and SBI Magnum Children's Benefit Fund-Savings Plan with returns of 16.34% and 18.55%, respectively.

coffee exports rose 18% in April from a year earlier, data released from national coffee institute ICAFE showed on Thursday, despite weak international demand and logistical disruptions in the first quarter. April shipments totalled 138,323 60-kg bags, according to ICAFE, 21,121 more than in the same month in 2023. The figures are a positive sign for the current cycle's outlook, after exports were impacted in the first quarter by lower international demand, as well as logistical hiccups that included shortages of shipping containers, said Alcides Quiros, head of ICAFE's settlements unit.

Amol Joshi, Founder, PlanRupee Investment Services, says: “A liquid fund is nothing but one type of a debt or fixed income mutual fund and from there you do STP, that is systematic transfer plan, that is just one example how even an equity investor would benefit by using debt mutual fund, something like liquid fund.” What exactly is a debt mutual fund? How is it different from an equity mutual fund? Amol Joshi: Equity funds are popular and hence well understood by investors. Equity funds invest into equity stocks and shares. Similarly, debt mutual funds invest into debt securities though debt securities could be an instrument called a CD, that is certificate of deposit issued by banks or more commonly a debt mutual fund or a fixed income mutual fund is a mutual fund that invests into various debt instruments like CDs is one we discussed and bonds issued by various issuers. Those various issuers could be government issuers, there are government bonds.

Abhijit Chokshi, Founder, Stockifi.in, says that in the midcap space, he likes Aarti Pharmaceuticals. One of their products is APIs for caffeine and they are one of the top three players in that and the market cap right now is barely Rs 4,000-5,000 crore. He says both Aarti Pharma and Aarti Surfactants will do really well going forward. In terms of the result reactions that we have seen of late – be it Federal Bank today, the South Indian Bank numbers and the other names as well the entire stock equity ecosystem including the KFin Technologies of the world – did anything stand out from financials and stock market ancillaries? Abhijit Chokshi: I am betting mainly on PSU banks. Even though there is a lot of buzz that PSU banks are done with their rally, I believe banks like SBI, PNB will continue the rally going forward. I am expecting numbers to improve for these PSU banks. I am generally bullish on the PSU sector and specifically want to focus on banks. PNB and SBI are my picks.

Rahul Gandhi to contest from Raebareli, Kishori Lal Sharma from Amethi However, Rahul Gandhi's defeat in Amethi at the hands of BJP's Smriti Irani in the 2019 polls was seen as a blow to the party. Ending days of speculation, the Congress has nominated KL Sharma from its 'pocket borough' in the ongoing Lok Sabha election. Here's all you need to know about him: A Congress loyalist, KL Sharma hails from Ludhiana, Punjab.

mutual fund scheme, they weigh a number of factors ranging from the historical returns to the fund house’s reputation, and overall market scenario to the future outlook. One of the key considerations that investors invariably factor in is the performance of the mutual fund scheme in the recent past.

Also Read: Stock market today: Trade set up for Nifty 50 to Sensex, 6 stocks to buy or sell on Friday — May 3 On an intra-week basis the benchmark index has registered an all-time high at 22,783 levels, indicating bullish sentiments. On the daily and weekly time frame, the index continues to scale with higher tops and bottoms formation, indicating a sustained uptrend. The index is well placed above its 20, 50, 100 and 200-day SMA which reconfirms a bullish trend.

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Asian stocks rallied on Friday after Apple's record $110 billion share buyback plan lifted the tech sector, while the yen put more distance from recent 34-year lows to cap a tumultuous week that saw suspected interventions from Tokyo. With markets in Japan and mainland China closed on Friday, regional trading activity is likely to be subdued as traders look ahead to the U.S. nonfarm payrolls data later in the day.

It’s been eight months since Charles Schwab pulled off the biggest data migration the financial advisory world has ever seen, moving $1.3 trillion among 3.6 million accounts at 7,000 registered investment advisors that had previously custodied at TD Ameritrade.

Hedge funds are turning increasingly defensive as uncertainty around geopolitics and the path of interest rates, as well as the stock market’s April swoon, has investing pros spooked.

Artists from Universal Music Group, which include Drake, Adele, Bad Bunny and Billie Eilish, will be returning to TikTok as the two parties have struck a new licensing agreement following an approximately three-month long dispute

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says the company will invest $2.2 billion over the next four years in new cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure in Malaysia

RFG has just expanded its reach in the East Coast as it supports the launch of a new wealth practice in North Carolina.

BCCI) chief selector Ajit Agarkar and Indian skipper Rohit Sharma faced the media and answered tough questions two days after the announcement of the 'Men in Blue's official 15-member squad was announced. During the press conference, Rohit was asked why four spinners were chosen in the 15-member squad. To this, Rohit answered in his unique quirky style, "I definitely wanted four spinners.

Thanda, Thanda; Cool, Cool: No fly-by-night operators, but night-riders! Some Lok Sabha campaigners are sweating it out at night on two-wheelers to avoid day's sweltering heat. Amethi MP Smriti Irani, who was seen riding a scooty in her constituency a few days ago, interacted with voters and took selfies with them. On Tuesday, Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi was seen riding his 'Triumph' for a public meeting in the area. Rangeela Varanasi Lok Sabha election in Varanasi is set to be more colorful this time as mimicry artiste Shyam Rangeela, who imitates Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has announced that he would contest from the constituency and will file his nomination papers soon.

Loblaw’s new chief executive, as well as chairman Galen Weston, pushed back on what they called “misguided criticism” of the grocer as a push to boycott the company gains steam online.

India on Thursday rejected fresh comments by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the killing of Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar and said the remarks once again illustrated the political space given in Canada to separatism, extremism, and violence. Trudeau addressed a Khalsa Day event in Toronto on Sunday that was attended by some pro-Khalistan people. On the sidelines of the event, he told the media that the killing of Nijjar in British Columbia in June last year created «problem» and that he cannot ignore it, in an apparent reference to his earlier allegations of involvement of Indian agents in the assassination. «PM Trudeau has made such remarks earlier as well. His remarks illustrate once again the political space that has been given in Canada to separatism, extremism, and violence,» external affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said at his weekly media briefing.

AstraZeneca admitted in a UK court that its Covid vaccine can cause a rare but serious side effect, Bharat Biotech said its Covaxin has demonstrated excellent safety records without vaccine-associated incidents such as blood clots, thrombocytopenia, TTS, VITT, pericarditis and myocarditis. Covaxin was the second most used Covid vaccine in India, after AstraZeneca’s vaccine that was produced locally by Serum Institute of India under the Covishield brand. Covaxin was developed with a single-minded focus on «safety first», followed by efficacy, Bharat Biotech said, while admitting that the efficacy of Covid-19 vaccines may be «short-lived».

Shashi Tharoor claimed that BJP will draw a blank in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Andhra Pradesh while performing worse than in 2019 in Karnataka. Shashi Tharoor, in his Lok Sabha Elections Result 2024 prediction, also noted that "it looks increasingly likely that the BJP-led NDA government will lose its majority." "They only had a 32-seat margin in 2019, an election where they maxed out in all their strong states.