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Places beyond top 30 cities become a major source of business

Going beyond cities: How MFs are scripting the small-town success

The leaders of some of the country's largest fund houses said that the momentum in MF inflows could take assets under management (AUM) past Rs 100 trillion in two to three years

Bull or bear market, MF blitz to continue; CEOs link growth to India's rise

Small and midcap segments show signs of bubble-like valuation and other segments are more reasonable, they said while discussing 'Is the Market in a Bubble Zone?'

Small, midcap investing: CIOs urge caution and realistic expectations

This period of growth came after the 2017 reclassification of active equity schemes - a reform that made it easier for investors to identify the top performers across scheme categories

Mutual Funda

Markets Today LIVE: Markets in India are likely to come under heavy pressure on Thursday, following the significant decline on Wall Street after the US Fed's hawkish commentary about future rate cuts

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The key benchmarks - Sensex, Nifty faced another bear attack on Thursday, with the BSE Sensex crashing 1,162 points or 1.44 per cent to its intraday low of 79020

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Dhaka has been behind on payments to Adani Power since supply started in July 2023

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The Banning of Unregulated Lending Activities Bill calls for the CBI to handle probes in cases spanning multiple states or UTs

The Centre, in collaboration with states, has proposed to classify unregulated lending as a cognizable and non-bailable offence, with penalties including imprisonment of up to 10 years. The finance ministry has invited feedback by February 13 from st

Aditya Birla Money shares hit a record high of Rs 289, as they surged 17 per cent on the BSE in Thursday's intra-day trade amid heavy volumes in otherwise a weak market.

The number of active investors on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) have jumped 44 per cent over the past one year to 47.9 million at the end of September 2024. The surge in active clients is underpinned by the rally in the markets, with the Nifty 50

New York state court Justice Juan Merchan on Monday rejected Trump's argument that his trial was tainted by witness testimony and other evidence

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NSA Doval is India's Special Representative on the India-China boundary question and Wang Yi, Member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee

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A student opened fire at a private Christian school Monday morning in Wisconsin, killing two people in the final week before Christmas break. The shooter also died, police said.
Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes offered no details about the victims but said other people were wounded at Abundant Life Christian School, a K-12 school with about 390 students. Police previously said a total of five people had died but corrected the statement.
Barnes said the suspected shooter was a student who likely died by suicide.
They found the person responsible who was down, deceased, the chief said.
The wounded had injuries ranging broadly from minor to life-threatening, Barnes said.
I'm feeling a little dismayed now, so close to Christmas, he said. Every child, every person in that building is a victim and will be a victim forever. ... We need to figure out and try to piece together what exactly happened.
Barnes said police were alerted shortly before 11 a.m. and did not fire their weapons when

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European Union nations on Monday set out conditions for lifting sanctions on Syria and kick-starting aid to the conflict-ravaged country amid uncertainty about its new leaders' intentions just over a week after they seized power.
At a meeting in Brussels, the EU's top diplomats said they want guarantees from members of Syria's interim government that they are preparing for a peaceful political future involving all minority groups, one in which extremism and former allies Russia and Iran have no place.
Since Damascus fell on Dec 8 and leader Bashar Assad fled to Moscow, Syria's transition has been surprisingly smooth. Few reports have surfaced of reprisals, revenge killings or sectarian violence. Most looting or destruction has been quickly contained.
But the new leadership has yet to lay out a clear vision of how Syria will be governed. The interim government was set up by former opposition forces led by the Islamic militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, a former al-Qaida ...

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The Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA) chaired by Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has approved infrastructure works worth Rs 24,276 crore in greenfield capital Amaravati, Municipal Minister P Narayana on Monday said.
The minister said the approval during the 43rd APCRDA meeting caters to trunk roads, layouts and iconic buildings.
The 43rd CRDA meeting approved Rs 24,276 crore funds for the construction of trunk roads, layouts and iconic bhavans (buildings) in Amaravati capital, said Narayana addressing a press conference at the secretariat.
He said that a total of Rs 45,249 crore funds were approved in the past four CRDA meetings.
Narayana said that the upcoming Assembly building in the greenfield capital would be built in an area of 103 acres, stretching up to 11.2 lakh sq ft and will reach a height of 250 metres.
When the Assembly is not in session, he said people can visit the top of the building to enjoy a bird's eye view of the capital while the 2

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On Vijay Diwas, PM Modi honoured Indian soldiers whose sacrifices secured victory against Pakistan in the 1971 war, leading to the liberation of Bangladesh

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Allahabad High Court judge Shekhar Kumar Yadav, who purportedly gave controversial statements at a Vishwa Hindu Parishad function, appeared before the Supreme Court collegium on Tuesday, sources said.
According to the sources, Yadav appeared before the collegium headed by Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and was asked to put forth his version on the statements made.
The top court on December 10 took note of news reports over the statements and sought a report from the Allahabad High Court on the issue.
"The Supreme Court has taken note of newspaper reports of a speech given by Mr Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav, a sitting judge of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad. The details and particulars have been called from the high court and the matter is under consideration," an official statement had said.
According to the established norm, a judge, against whom a report is sought by the apex court collegium on any controversial issue from the high court concerned, is given opportunity to 

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The Centre has described 'One Nation, One Election' as a transformative shift to improve governance, cut costs, minimise disruptions, and streamline the country's electoral process

'One Nation, One Election' proposal likely to have German blueprint

India cannot stay out of global technological race and should build capabilities that will keep it at the top while remaining vigilant against its misuse, said Jeet Adani, Director, Adani Airport Holdings Ltd.
Speaking at IIT Bombay's Techfest 2024, Adani, the 27-year old younger son of infrastructure magnate Gautam Adani, said the future of technology is both scary and exciting.
"But be it scary or exciting, we cannot afford to ignore technology or even go slow in our use of technology -- either as a nation or as its citizens. India cannot stay out of this global race," he said.
"Our generation needs to build capabilities to lead India into this new technological era if we want to stay at the top of our game and realise our dream of Viksit Bharat -- to become a USD 26-trillion economy by 2047," he said.
While technology has helped mankind progress, it is also being applied to wrong causes -- fake news, fake photos, fake videos, fake money, online scams, spoofing, phishing, and ...

Jeet Adani, director of Adani Airport Holdings Limited (AAHL)

TAC InfoSec share price hit a new high of Rs 1,112.45, locked in an upper circuit for the 9th straight day, and surged 46 per cent during the period