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NEW DELHI: Despite strong evidence linking alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverages to cancers, liver disease, obesity, diabetes, heart disease and road injuries, both products are becoming more affordable in India, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned, calling weak tax design across South-East Asia a major public-health failure.Across two recent global reports, the WHO ranks South-East…
Chitrangda Singh praised ‘Dhurandhar’ for its exceptional writing, declaring it the cornerstone of the film’s triumph. She urged creatives in the industry to elevate their screenplays, stressing that it shouldn’t fall solely on actors to redeem films lacking solid narratives. With ‘Dhurandhar,’ Singh sees a promising trend towards prioritizing storytelling in cinema. Chitrangda Singh recently…
MUMBAI: The weakening rupee and unabated selling by foreign funds weighed on investor sentiment on Dalal Street on Monday, pulling down sensex by 610 points to 85,103 points. A rate cut decision by RBI and strong GDP growth numbers for the Sept quarter failed to arrest the slide in stock prices, market players said.Nifty lost…
England’s captain Ben Stokes throws bat after loosing his wicket during the second Ashes cricket test match between Australia and England in Brisbane. (AP/PTI) England captain Ben Stokes said his team had not handled pressure in key passages after the defeat to Australia in the second Test at the Gabba on Sunday, but he added…
Abhinav Kashyap, who directed Salman Khan’s Dabangg, has once again levelled sharp allegations against the superstar. For months, Abhinav has been speaking about his fallout with the actor in multiple interviews and podcasts. Recently, Salman’s jibe on Bigg Boss 19—where he asked Abhinav, “Kaam mila kya bhai?”—went viral. Abhinav has now responded to the remark…
Despite key indices Nifty 50 and Sensex hitting record highs recently, broad market optimism remains limited, with nearly half of NSE’s top 500 stocks still lagging a key technical benchmark. A study by Samco Securities shows that within the Nifty 500 universe, only 40 per cent of stocks are trading above their 50-day simple moving…
Bitcoin fell sharply on Monday, slipping below $86,000 in early Asian trade as renewed selling hit the cryptocurrency market at the start of December.The world’s largest digital asset dropped by 6%. Ether also declined more than 7% to around $2,800, while other major tokens, including Solana also registered steep losses. Traders said that the broader…
Black Friday no longer pulls Americans from Thanksgiving dinners for midnight mall queues, but it still draws more in-store traffic than any other day of the year — and remains the unofficial start of the US holiday shopping season.This year’s kickoff came as US consumer confidence slipped following the federal government shutdown, weak hiring and…
German chemical major Wacker Chemie on Thursday announced plans to cut 1,500 jobs, nearly a tenth of its global workforce, as the industry faces one of its toughest periods in decades. The company said most of the reductions will take place in Germany, with the process to be completed by the end of 2027, according…
File photo: US treasury secretary Scott Bessent (Picture credit: AP) US treasury secretary Scott Bessent has insisted the United States is not heading for a recession in 2026, expressing strong confidence that President Donald Trump’s tariff strategy and new trade agreements will bring economic relief over the next year. Speaking to NBC News’ Meet the…
