The plea highlighted the difficulties faced by adolescent females from poor backgrounds in the schools. Photo: Shutterstock 3 min read Last Updated : Jul 08 2024 | 11:41 PM IST The national policy on distribution of menstrual hygiene products to adolescent school-going girls is at an advanced stage of formulation, the Centre told the Supreme…
Beryl made landfall on the Texas coast near Matagorda early Monday with a dangerous storm surge and strong winds, knocking out power to more than half a million homes and businesses. The storm’s centre hit land as a Category 1 hurricane around 4 am Central Standard Time about 85 miles southwest of Houston with top…
Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies are expected to see better results for the April-June quarter on the back of rural recovery, coupled with higher demand for summer products owing to unprecedented heat. Growth in volumes is expected to witness sequential recovery. Brokerages estimate top line growth will show an increase owing to recovery in volumes….
1 min read Last Updated : Jul 08 2024 | 6:57 PM IST As part of the family settlement, the Adi-Nadir Godrej family has acquired a 12.65 per cent stake worth Rs 3,803 crore from RKN Enterprises in group flagship Godrej Industries. As per bulk deals data of the stock exchanges, Nadir Godrej acquired a…
3 min read Last Updated : Jul 08 2024 | 10:51 PM IST As benchmark indices continue to reach new highs almost every other day, a heated debate rages on: Have stocks outpaced their fundamentals, and can earnings keep up with these valuations? Only time will tell if the earnings growth potential justifies the Nifty…
Government is likely to set a fiscal deficit target at 4.9-5 per cent for FY25, as against 5.1 per cent estimated in the Interim Budget: ICRA | (Photo: Reuters) 3 min read Last Updated : Jul 08 2024 | 6:45 PM IST The Union Budget 2024 should focus on offering relief to taxpayers, especially in…
Prime Minister Modi is the Chairman of Niti Aayog | (Photo: PTI) 1 min read Last Updated : Jul 08 2024 | 6:45 PM IST Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair Niti Aayog’s ninth Governing Council meeting on July 27, which will discuss the ‘Vikshit Bharat@2047’ document to make India a developed nation, a senior…
Updated at 9:40 AM EDT Nvidia shares edged higher in early Monday trading, following a month of relatively meager gains, as a top Wall Street analyst issued a bullish price target for the world’s third biggest tech giant. Nvidia (NVDA)  shares have added nearly $2 trillion in market value this year, but its gains have…
Updated at 4:28 PM EDT by Rob Lenihan Stocks ended mixed Monday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq reaching fresh closing highs, amid scheduled testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and the start of the second quarter earnings season. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished down 31 points, or 0.08%, to end the session…
Ray Kurzweil says it will happen 20 years from now. The inventor and futurist has often said that humanity will experience the Singularlity — merging with artificial intelligence — very soon. Related: Analyst resets Nvidia stock price target after trillion-dollar Q2 He made that claim in his 2005 book “The Singularity is Near,” and he repeated it in the follow-up…