Sensex, Nifty end lower in see-saw session; HDFC bucks trend
Market benchmarks closed in the red after a highly volatile session on Wednesday despite a positive trend in global equities amid signs of cooling of Russia-Ukraine tensions.
The 30-share BSE Sensex swung nearly 800 points during the session before closing at 57,996.68 -- marking a loss of...
In theory, double masking helps control the spread of COVID-19
Daily coronavirus cases in the United Kingdom could reach 100,000 this summer as the government moves to end almost all COVID-19-related restrictions later this month, the country’s health secretary, Sajid Javid, said today.
Javid told BBC Radio 4 that COVID-19 case numbers, currently around 25,000 each day, are...
Be Very Careful Where You Build That Seawall
Walls are meant to keep out rising seas—but that water still has to go somewhere. New modeling shows it could well end up flooding your neighbors.
THINK BACK TO being a kid at the beach, building walls around your sandcastles. If you engineered those fortifications properly, the...
UAE’s Visa Amnesty: Key Benefits and Support for Pakistanis
UAE’s New Visa Amnesty: A Major Benefit for Pakistanis
Extended Support from Pakistani Missions
The Pakistani Embassy in Abu Dhabi and the Consulate General in Dubai have announced extended support for Pakistani nationals in the UAE, following the UAE’s introduction of a new visa amnesty scheme....
Toyota Wins Over Shareholders at AGM After Questions On Strategy, Governance
Toyota shareholders backed the board and voted down the first resolution proposed in 18 years at an annual general meeting (AGM) on Wednesday, an endorsement of the automaker a day after it laid out an extensive electric vehicle strategy. EV ROADMAP Toyota aims to...
4 Big Analyst Picks: Accenture Upgraded To Neutral Ahead of Q3 Earnings
Earlier this week, the company announced a $3 billion investment over three years in its Data & AI practice. The expansion includes new industry solutions, the AI Navigator for Enterprise platform, a Center for Advanced AI, and doubling their AI talent to 80,000 people....
Google, Microsoft beat Street with $110-billion revenue haul
Big Tech’s earnings boom stretched into the third quarter, with the pandemic surge in cloud computing, and a strong rebound in digital advertising, all but confirming 2021 will be a banner year for the sector.
Quarterly revenues of the technology giants Microsoft and Google parent Alphabet soared beyond Wall...
Japan Foreign Reserves Fall For Third Month After Intervention
Japan's foreign reserves extended declines in October, following the previous month's record drop, the Ministry of Finance said on Tuesday, reflecting the largest ever amount of yen-buying, dollar-selling interventionThe data comes alongside separate figures that confirmed Japan did not conduct stealth intervention in September...
Can Aerobic Exercise Improve Cognitive Function and Decrease Alzheimer’s Disease Risk?
Researchers are investigating ways to help improve cognitive function and potentially decrease dementia risk.One in three seniors dies from Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia and it kills more people than breast and prostate cancers combined.Now a new study has found evidence that one year...
Dow Futures Little Changed, Chegg Tanks 21.5% After Earnings
U.S. stock futures were trading in a tight range during Monday’s evening deals, after major benchmark averages finished the regular session lower as rising yields put pressure on risk-sensitive assets ahead of key speeches set to be delivered by Federal Reserve officials later in...