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rupee may fall past 90 per dollar this year as the monetary authority prepares to ditch the currency’s implicit quasi-peg to the dollar, according to Gavekal Research. A bigger depreciation of around 10%, taking the rupee to 95 is “not out of the question,” analysts Udith Sikand and Tom Miller wrote in a note. The monetary authority faces the task of lowering interest rates without precipitating a steeper currency decline, they wrote.

Narendra Modi on Friday said that his life's mantra was to never do anything «wrong» with bad intentions. Speaking in a podcast with Zerodha founder Nikhil Kamath, PM Modi said that human beings, including him, are prone to make mistakes, but it shouldn't be at the cost of doing things with bad intentions. «When I became the Chief Minister, I gave a speech in which I said, 'I will not shy away from hard work' and 'I will not do anything for myself' and 'I am human who can make mistakes, but I will never do anything wrong with bad intentions.' This is my life's Mantra. Everyone makes mistakes, including me. After all, I am a human being, not some God,» PM Modi said in the podcast hosted by Nikhil Kamath.

«Whether these companies would do a little bit of it on their own, whether it would be completely third-party restaurant, whether there could be some kind of cloud structures, I mean all of these things would evolve over time,» says Rahul Jain, Dolat Capital. Now, of course, Sagar is saying that there is going to be wide ranging impact on smaller players, smaller restaurant partners, particularly. But what is the overall impact that you assess of these 10-minute delivery services on traditional restaurants? Rahul Jain: The essence of this model is basically delivering things faster, which itself would mean that it would be served through the restaurant which are in closer vicinity. So, to that extent, the proximity of the restaurant to the consumer become an important element for this particular demand to be getting serviced, so that is something where the differentiation would come from those particular units versus the rest of it, so that is something where the impact would come in.

M Nagaraju said Thursday.

Mahakumbh facilities The UP Police has established 10 state-of-the-art digital lost-found centres across the Mahakumbh area for safety and convenience of devotees. These centres are equipped with state-of-the-art facilities, including waiting rooms and medical rooms. To ensure comfort, a separate refreshment area has been arranged for women and children. Additionally, all centres have been fitted with 55-inch LED screens connected to a public address system, which will display live updates regarding lost and found persons and items.

Domestic benchmark index NSE Nifty ended 162.46 points at 23526.5, while the BSE Sensex closed 528.28 points down at 77620.21.

cybersecurity firm Rubrik, signalling strong demand for premium workspaces. In a regulatory filing on Thursday, the company informed that it has signed an Agreement to Lease (ATL) with Rubrik at 'Embassy TechVillage' project in Bengaluru.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Maha Kumbh Mela being held after 144 years is expected to attract not just 40-45 million pilgrims to the most populous district in India’s most populous state but also an army of digital fraudsters. Scamsters have already made victims out of several devotees using basic tech such as fake websites purportedly offering accommodation and other Kumbh Mela-related services besides WhatsApp and digital accounts to collect payments.

Tata Motors on Thursday reported a 1 per cent rise at 3,41,791 units in group global wholesales, including that of British arm JLR, in the third quarter ended December 2024. Global wholesales of Tata Motors passenger vehicles, including electric vehicles, in Q3 FY25 were 1,39,829 units, higher by 1 per cent compared to Q3 FY24, Tata Motors said in a regulatory filing.

Haqqani Network in Pakistan. The certification also needs to say that Pakistan has taken steps to demonstrate its commitment to prevent the Haqqani Network from using Pakistan as a safe haven and that Islamabad actively coordinates with the Afghan government to restrict the movement of militants such as the Haqqani Network, along the Afghan-Pak border.

CLSA said it has turned 'constructive' on the cement sector, citing incrementally better earnings visibility in CY25. While upgrading ratings on Dalmia Bharat and ACC, the brokerage said it prefers Ambuja Cement and UltraTech. «Underperformance of the stocks has been driven by earnings cuts and hence the sector is trading at a slight premium to the historical median,» said CLSA in a client note.

NBFC firm Paisalo Digital on Wednesday said it has serviced over 59 lakh customers by initiating transactions worth more than Rs 3,400 crore. This has been achieved within two years with its strong network of business correspondents' collaborations with prominent banking partners, including State Bank of India (SBI) and Bank of India, Paisalo Digital said in a statement.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday dubbed former BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri's controversial reference to her cheeks as «ridiculous», and said important issues should be discussed during the Delhi assembly polls instead of such irrelevant matters. He did not speak about his own cheeks, the Wayanad MP told reporters in a jibe at the BJP's candidate from the Kalkaji assembly seat as she left after attending a parliamentary panel meeting.

The NSE Nifty index closed 18.96 points down at 23688.95, while BSE Sensex ended 50.62 points at 78148.49.

The NSE Nifty index traded 105.56 points down at 23602.35, while BSE Sensex was 398.31 points at 77800.8 as of 10:39AM(IST)on January 08.

HMPV), which has been in the news after Chinese authorities reported a surge in cases in Beijing. Doctors at Hiranandani Hospital in Powai on Tuesday told TOI that they notified the local civic office about the HMPV case confirmed on Jan 1, but BMC health officials at the civic health headquarters, which is in Parel, said they had not yet received any such report.

Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Tuesday ahead of a set of economic data, with investors looking for any insights on policies of the incoming Trump administration. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 103.2 points, or 0.24%, at the open to 42809.71.

life imprisonment by a court in Thalassery on Tuesday for the murder of a CPI(M) worker in this north Kerala district 19 years ago. Rijith Sankaran, a 25-year-old CPI(M) member from Kannapuram Chunda, was attacked and killed near a temple in Chunda on October 3, 2005 allegedly by RSS workers during a period of political tension between the two parties in the area.