With a market cap of almost $48 trillion US is by-far the world's largest equity market. Followed by China ($9.7 trillion) and Japan ($6 trillion)

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Closing Bell on Wednesday, November 29, 2023: Among sectors, the Nifty bank, Auto, Financial Services, IT, PSU bank, and Private Bank indices ended higher in the range of 1 per cent to 1.5 per cent

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Only 60% of its shipments came from China during the same period, down from 80% in 2018, the same data shows. To be sure, China is still Walmart's biggest country for importing goods

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Adani is now the 19th richest person in the world, with a net worth of $66.7 billion

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The NSE Nifty may face some resistance around 20,130; above which the index can potentially hit a new all-time high soon.

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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday issued a rainfall alert for various regions in Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and southwest Madhya Pradesh for the early hours of Monday.The Met Department also anticipated light to moderate rainfall in isolated areas of Punjab, Haryana, West Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Himachal Pradesh."Orange and red colour regions (south Rajasthan, Maharashtra and southwest Madhya Pradesh) are likely to experience light to moderate rainfall accompanied with thunderstorms, gusty winds and hailstorms during next 2-3 hours. Nowcasts are regularly being updated," IMD said in a post on 'X' late on Sunday night."Light to moderate rainfall also likely over adjoining areas of Punjab, Haryana, West Uttar Pradesh, Jammu  &  Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh during night time," it said."It continues ongoing activity of light to moderate rainfall accompanied with thunderstorms, gusty winds, hailstorm activity over #Maharsthra, #Rajasthan, and ...

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On the second day of his poll campaign to garner votes for BJP candidates in Telangana, CM Yogi urged the people to vote for BJP in the November 30 polls

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Yogi Adityanath

Musk is currently in Israel and is also expected to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his visit

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More than 18 years after India and the US signed a civil nuclear deal, its full potential and promise along with the larger bilateral partnership is yet to be realised, according to a top American expert.
While New Delhi is yet to remove obstacles that prevent its purchase of nuclear reactors from the United States, Washington has not been able to match the policy with vision, Ashley J Tellis, the Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs and a senior fellow at the prestigious Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, said.
US President Joe Biden's ambition to finally fructify the 2005 civil nuclear agreement cannot end with the sale of US nuclear reactors to India. Rather, it must extend to revising long-standing US policies that continue to make the existence of India's nuclear weapons programme an insuperable obstacle to deepened technological cooperation, he asserted in an opinion piece published by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace on Monday.
"Where India is concerned, New ..

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The price of 22-carat gold also remained flat, with the yellow metal selling at Rs 57,100

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However, for FY25, the GDP growth projection has been slashed by 50 basis points (bps) to 6.4 per cent

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In trying to please everyone, India is seen as neither fish nor fowl. India must rethink whether it can claim leadership of Global South by supporting a perspective not very different from the West

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A policyholder in India can now register complaints that are related to compensation claims of up to Rs 50 lakh with insurance ombudsman offices in India. Earlier, the maximum compensation that ombuds

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The news comes as Hon Hai, also known as Foxconn, and other Taiwanese electronics manufacturers continue to diversify their businesses outside of China

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Currently, numerous individuals across villages in the state are squarely dependent on external sources of water, such as tankers, to quench their drinking water needs

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Here is the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for today

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The government is also focusing on building innovation ecosystems through centres of excellence in various fields

Priyank Kharge

"Gujarat currently contributes 15% to India's Renewable Energy capacity, it is one of the fastest-growing renewable energy-producing regions," Gujarat govt said

Gujarat CM, Bhupendra Patel

India is targeting enrolling half a million foreign students by 2047, Niti Aayog CEO BVR Subrahmanyam said on Wednesday.
Subrahmanyam made the comments while addressing the 18th FICCI Higher Education Summit. He also said technology is going to "blow up" the higher education sector and the universities have to embrace Artificial Intelligence in a big way to stay relevant and competitive.
"NITI Aayog is preparing a vision document for 2047 and education has a separate role in it. One of the important points in this include that, by 2047, we aim to target half a million foreign students in India. We should become the global provider of education by improving our quality, brand value and improve our rankings which are globally recognised," he said.
The Niti Aayog CEO asserted that there is a need to create more education cities in India.
He urged the private sector to further expand the higher education ecosystem and ensure more international students are attracted to India, along wit

BVR Subrahmanyam, CEO, NITI Aayog

A total of 2,290 candidates from 109 parties including the national and regional parties are in the fray. The contestants include 221 women and one transgender

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