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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India’s insurance sector is the tenth largest in the world, and is expected to reach $170 billion by 2027. Driven by the increased sensitization to the importance of insurance and the digitization push, the sector has grown by leaps and bounds since the pandemic.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Delhi-National Capital Region has toppled Bengaluru, India’s top office market, to become the new favourite for flexible workspaces. With a 42% share, Delhi-NCR benefited from corporate demand, good infrastructure, Grade-A supply, and larger transactions.

Approval ratings of the current White House administration have tanked slightly over recent days, especially owing to the recent controversies surrounding the US economy as well as the proposed tariffs by US President Donald Trump, according to a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday announced to propose constitutional reform to further protect the country's national sovereignty.

Trump administration is getting confronted by Capitol Hill conservatives who are getting increasingly concerned about the recent federal job cuts that are being done recently after the new government was sworn in.

Milwaukee Bucks will square off against the Los Angeles Clippers on February 20.

Kash Patel's nomination as the FBI director.

Kanye West and Bianca Censori are said to be preparing to release a film soon. This comes after the controversial couple faced massive backlash for their stunt at Grammys 2025 earlier this month.

Azim Premji's global investment arm, Manipal Group Chief Ranjan Pai's family office and 360 ONE Asset have sought approval from fair trade regulator CCI to acquire stakes in domestic carrier Akasa Air's parent company SNV Aviation.

Piyush Goyal on Thursday said the Indian rupee has performed well compared to other global currencies due to the country's strong foreign currency reserves. He also said that a skill development centre and a startup incubation centre will come up at AURIC (the industrial node of Shendra and Bidkin) in the near term.

«The capital market leaders will continue to do well, but this 25-30% type compounding in AUMs it is a cycle, so when the markets will correct people will go back to banks and maybe two-three years later they will come back to capital market stocks and so on,» says Manish Chokhani, Director, Enam Holdings. So, one is banks and financials, but the bigger question that everyone is now also pondering about is what to avoid, when the market does come out of this abyss are you going to see newer sectors emerge as leaders and what will continue to remain under performers? Manish Chokhani: Actually if you look out two years from now, I do not think people have realised, for example ICICI Bank will cross the earnings number of Infosys.

United States is set to cut the size of its diplomatic mission in China by up to 10%, the South China Morning Post reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the situation.

«I remember all of us from the markets were in this very famous now, Jaipur Jamboree in December and the mood was also quite unanimous over there that the markets have run far ahead of themselves,» says Manish Chokhani, Director, Enam Holdings. The markets have taken a nasty knock. Everybody knew that this was coming. It is just that when it hit us, nobody was prepared for it. Manish Chokhani: Yes, it is true. Even I never thought that we have a bubble in the market, because the largecaps actually had not really participated. And the bubble we used to always talk of was occurring in the smallcaps and the SME type IPOs and that is where the pain has obviously been the maximum and earnings have dramatically slowed down.

Earth's mountains may be hiding a clean source of energy, according to a new study. As per the study published in Science.org, mountain ranges may have significant reserves of white hydrogen which has huge potential as a fossil fuel alternative.

«At the same time, I do think that we have underperformed big time and there is too much of focus on these FIIs sell flows and when exactly it will end,» says Hemang Jani, Independent Market Expert. A little hopeful with the recovery in the broader markets yesterday. Do you think we are closer to the end of the pain for the overall market fall? Hemang Jani: I do not think Nifty has been finding some sort of support around these levels. Though we do see a bit of volatility here and there, but there is a by and large comfort in the indices like Nifty and Bank Nifty. After a long time, we have seen a bit of a revival come through in the broader market midcaps and smallcaps where the pain was there for past many days.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Top performers are likely to be handsomely rewarded—in some cases getting raises double that of their peers—in an appraisal season that will see overall increment lower than last year’s, according to a report by consulting firm Aon. “Top performers in IT product firms are expected to get a 1.9x hike versus 1.73x that differentiated him/her from his/her peers in 2024," said Roopank Chaudhary, partner for human capital solutions at Aon, adding that key talent in consumer and life sciences will get 1.76x and 1.67x raise, respectively.

Donald Trump has sparked a gold rush, literally.

Federal Reserve officials in January agreed they would need to see inflation come down more before lowering interest rates further, and expressed concern about the impact President Donald Trump's tariffs would have in making that happen, according to meeting minutes released Wednesday. Policymakers on the Federal Open Market Committee unanimously decided at the meeting to hold their key policy rate steady after three consecutive cuts totaling a full percentage point in 2024. In reaching the decision, members commented on the potential impacts from the new administration, including chatter about the tariffs as well as the impact from reduced regulations and taxes. The committee noted that current policy is «significantly less restrictive» than it had been before the rate cuts, giving members time to evaluate conditions before making any additional moves. Members said that the current policy provides «time to assess the evolving outlook for economic activity, the labor market, and inflation, with the vast majority pointing to a still-restrictive policy stance.

Shaivism, the question arises, 'Who is Shiv?' In Puranas, we come across different depictions of Shiv — benevolent as well as fearsome. In benevolent aspects, he is depicted as an omniscient yogi who lives like a mendicant on Mount Kailash, and also as a householder who is married to Parvati and has two sons, Ganesh and Kartikey. In his fearsome aspect, he is depicted as the slayer of demons. As the patron god of yog, meditation and arts, Shiv is revered as Adiyogi.