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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The life of an Indian bureaucrat is a paradox of power and vulnerability. Entrusted with the nation’s progress and often bearing the brunt of its frustrations, they are expected to deliver super-human results under relentless scrutiny, manage conflicting demands and endure an exhausting workload without faltering.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. To say speciality coffee is having a moment would be stating the obvious. India’s coffee farmers, café owners and conscious consumers are more discerning than they’ve ever been.

FMCG stocks neutralised the gains made from the uptick in auto stocks. While the S&P BSE Sensex settled at 78,472.48, down by 0.39 points, the broader Nifty closed at 23,750.20, higher by 22.55 points or 0.1%. Banking gauge Nifty Bank settled at 51,170.70, gaining by 62.30 or 0.12%.

Aditi Nayar, Chief Economist, ICRA, says she expects that the rupee will remain in the 85-86 range until the Budget is presented and that will take care of the Trump presidency transition as well. Once the Budget is presented, and there is some clarity on the US tariff policy front – although possibly we are in for a year where there could be a lot more volatility and a lot more changes as compared to what we have seen in the past coming in from the US – ICRA will take a relook. The slide of the rupee has accentuated in the last couple of weeks and I am not sure if it is just a coincidence or is it just the timing with the new RBI governor coming on board? Has anything changed in the RBI policy in terms of management of the rupee and the forex reserves? Aditi Nayar: It is really a global phenomenon right now. EMs are all getting hit. The dollar is quite strong and the way the DXY is moving, it is no surprise that we are going to get some weakness coming in with the rupee. Having said that, the Indian rupee has still been one of the strongest performing EM currencies in the recent period.

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«At the same time, as the order inflow, government spending has improved and it will continue to improve, then the earnings outlook for 26 will start improving,» says Amisha Vora, Chairperson & MD, PL Group. You think that is realistically possible because it has been fairly volatile the last few months and when it comes to 2025, the big trigger, of course, is Mr Donald Trump coming back and that just means volatility. Amisha Vora: But also that we are starting 25 on a slightly sober note. And in 24, we cleared a big hump in terms of elections at the centre, some of the large states election which also led to a period when central government working spending slowed down.

«But broadly, it is going to be a very challenging year because I do not expect significant returns at the index level in 2025 given how strong returns have been over the last few years and the fact that earning growth has slowed down. So, to that extent, to expect the markets to do very well again in 25 is going to be a very difficult task,» says Ashwini Agarwal, Founder, Demeter Advisors. Heading into next year do you believe it is going to be a year of defensives or do you think the cyclicals will be taking over and if you are liking something from the cyclical space right now, other than your usual defensives, just give us a sense of what is looking attractive on that front as well. Ashwini Agarwal: So, my sense is that sectorally, it is very hard to make broad brush recommendations because by and large, stock prices are very well discovered. So, banking and finance is one space, healthcare and pharma is another space. Normalisation of margins in a post-COVID slump of margins for midstream pharma or for speciality chemicals is another space. So, those are some of those spaces that I am looking at. Otherwise, it is more bottom-up.

Ranveer Allahbadia, popularly known as BeerBiceps revealed that he nearly drowned while swimming in Goa. He was rescued by an IPS officer and his IRS wife.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mumbai: It’s that time of year when people plan fresh starts. While gym memberships are part of many people’s resolutions, some take a step back to review their investment portfolios.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mint spoke with wealth management experts to identify their top investment picks and strategies for 2025. Financial services stocks emerged as a favourite, driven by their reasonable valuations and the potential boost from monetary stimulus, which could revive credit growth and stabilize margins.

US Presidential elections 2024, where he managed to amass a huge victory for himself nationwide, giving no room to his rival, Kamala Harris to beat him. However, ahead of the major inauguration ceremony of the reigning President-elect, Expectations Index levels have dropped to a five month low, bringing in massive panic for US consumers.

Sandringham Estate in UK. Ingrid Seward, editor-in-chief of Majesty magazine, revealed that Diana found the royal holiday traditions “claustrophobic.”

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Let's admit it—even if there is an app for everything, there is always room for a few more. App developers have gotten into solving more and more micro tasks, giving us handy apps for things we didn't think we needed, and sometimes there are simply too many new apps out there to try out.

Hong Kong dollars for information leading to their arrests.According to the warrants, the six are wanted for national security offences such as secession, subversion and collusion with foreign forces. They include Tony Chung, the former leader of now-defunct pro-independence group Studentlocalism.U.K.-based Carmen Lau, a former district councilor and current activist with the Hong Kong Democracy Council, as well as Chloe Cheung, an activist with the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong, also had warrants issued against them.The latest round of warrants signals that the Hong Kong government is targeting vocal critics based abroad.The government had previously issued two rounds of arrest warrants and bounties for more prominent activists, including ex-lawmakers Ted Hui and Nathan Law.The increasing number of wanted individuals abroad come as Hong Kong continues to crack down on political dissent following massive anti-government protests in 2019 that resulted in a wave of pro-democracy movements.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Forgive us if we missed it, but we don’t recall Donald Trump campaigning to invade Panama and retake its famous canal. But there was the President-elect on the weekend, threatening our Central American ally with punishment if it doesn’t meet his demands.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. CA Rudra Murthy B.V., founder director of Vachana Investments and author of the Amazon bestseller ‘Mind Markets & Money’, has experienced several stock market cycles in his nearly two-decade-long investing career. Given the current market environment, he believes investors will be better off chasing value rather than momentum in 2025, with a focus on large-cap stocks.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Private telecom operators that raised tariffs in July have been losing subscribers ever since.

Google’s appointment of Preeti Lobana as the head of its Indian operations last week topped a fast-growing trend of women executives taking charge at technology corporations across the country. A slew of women leaders — from Salesforce India chief Arundhati Bhattacharya, who was recently elevated as the head of its Asean region, to Sandhya Devanathan who helms Meta’s India business — are among those reversing the long-held narrative of gender disparity at the highest echelons of the industry.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. While we saw what ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and others could do, the increasing capabilities of logical reasoning in generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) models will enable them to operate more autonomously with more reliable outputs. This will translate into AI systems that can handle multiple systems, optimising interactions to deliver more sophisticated and accurate responses.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: India’s technology sector is likely to see generative artificial intelligence (generative AI) and related data applications define client orders, financial growth and technical innovation in 2025. In turn, this is expected to generate a spurt in demand for data centres and their services.

Experts say the next few months are going to be rough for the Canadian dollar as it appears set to continue its downward trend.