Stock Market Highlights: Indian markets declined for the second consecutive session, ending the week on a negative note on Friday. The 30-share Sensex slipped 241.30 points or 0.31 per cent

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Veteran writer, poet and filmmaker Pritish Nandy breathed his last on Wednesday at the age of 73

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On a sequential basis, the profit after tax (PAT) grew 10 per cent over Rs 387.75 crore reported in Q2FY25

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Knowing Manmohan was one of the greatest privileges of my life. He showed me and everybody else what leadership and service truly mean

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Vowing to stop machines from taking their jobs, 45,000 US longshoremen are threatening to go on a strike that would shut down ports on the East and Gulf coasts and could damage the American economy just as President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House.
If the standoff sounds familiar, it's because the same dockworkers  members of the International Longshoremen's Association  staged a three-day walkout last fall. In October, they suspended the strike until Jan. 15 after reaching a tentative agreement with ports and shipping companies for a 62% pay raise over six years. But union members must approve a final contract before receiving the higher wages.
That's where things get complicated.
Negotiations resume Tuesday between the ILA and the US Maritime Alliance, which represents ports and shippers. The sticking point is a familiar one at America's ports: machines replacing human labor, specifically semi-automated cranes operated by software or employees working remotely to gui

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One-fourth of total transactions concentrated in Bengaluru

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Subrahmanyan's '90-hour workweek' formula is one step ahead of Infosys founder Narayan Murthy's suggestion of working 70-hours a week

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Challenging the decision of the Biden Administration to investigate the activities of Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and his companies, an influential Republican lawmaker on Tuesday said such selective actions risk damaging critical alliance partners.
In a strongly worded letter to US Attorney General Merrick B Garland, Congressman Lance Gooden, member of the House Judiciary Committee, demanded answers on the Justice Department's selective prosecution of foreign entities and the potential harm such actions pose to US's global alliances and economic growth and that if there is any Geroge Soros connection to it.
The Department of Justice's selective actions risk damaging critical alliances with key partners like India, one of America's strongest allies in the Asia-Pacific region, Gooden said in his letter dated January 7.
Instead of pursuing cases with tenuous jurisdiction and limited relevance to US interests, the DOJ should focus on punishing bad actors at home, rather than chasing

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The temporary work permits are the only real way to employ Indian immigrants in the US, since national caps make it nearly impossible for them to get a green card

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Although Meta has clarified that the program is being discontinued only in the US, the implications are being closely watched in India

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Women-centric schemes fuel 18 mn surge in female voter turnout

Voters at a polling station in Agartala on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Madhabi Puri Buch also stated that Rs 250 SIP will soon be launched

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The rating agency's arm said that India's recent consumer price inflation at around 5 per cent was without clear evidence of a trend towards slowing price pressures

Most GCCs in India support critical business goals by using AI, data analytics, robotic process automation, and cloud services

India ranked third globally in terms of funding raised by fintech companies, behind the US and China, the report said

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Stock Market Highlights: Sensex drops 241 pts, Nifty at 23,431; broader mkts sink 2%; TCS rallies 6%

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