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‘Real money is with Gujjus…let that sink in’: Zerodha CEO Nithin Kamath makes interesting observations in social media post

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Statistical data shared by Nikhil Kamath reveals that Mumbai dominated with 64.28% of equity trade deliveries in November 2024. Zerodha‘s co-founder and CEO Nithin Kamath believes that the ‘real money is with Gujjus’. In a recent post on X (formerly Twitter), Kamath highlighted that a big majority of equity delivery trade comes from Ahmedabad and […]

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Stamp duty changes 'will motivate first-time buyers'

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Getty Images Upcoming changes to stamp duty will “motivate” first-time buyers to buy a property, according to the Halifax. The average price of a UK home ended 2024 close to the £300,000 mark, the UK’s biggest mortgage broker said. Its calculations suggested UK house prices increased by 3.3% when comparing the end of the year […]

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Japan stocks lead gains in Asia-Pacific markets after tech rally lifts Wall Street

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Workers are processing chips at a workshop of an optoelectronic technology company in Huai’an, China, on May 11, 2024.  Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images A rally in tech stocks propelled a 1.97% rise in Japan’s Nikkei 225, which led gains among its regional peers and closed at 40,083.3. The broad-based Topix gained 1.1% and […]

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CDC monitoring possible spike of HMPV cases in China

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is closely monitoring reports of a spike in human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China. HMPV, which was discovered in 2001, is common but underdiagnosed due to its similarities to the common cold, according to the CDC. Cases of the virus in the United States are at “pre-pandemic” levels and […]

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Accountability court indicts PTI’s Parvez Elahi in bribery, kickbacks case

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PTI leader and former Punjab CM Parvez Elahi speaks in a video message in this undated image. — X@ChParvezElahi/File LAHORE: An accountability court in Lahore indicted Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) President Parvez Elahi in a corruption reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). With the court summoning witnesses on the next hearing, Parvez, the former Punjab […]

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NASA warns: China’s Three Gorges Dam could slow Earth’s rotation by 0.06 seconds; here’s how

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NASA has another fantastic observation reported that seems to link human ingenuity with the apparent rotation of the planet. According to their studies, construction and operation of China’s Three Gorges Dam resulted in a slight, measurable change in Earth’s rotation: it slowed it by 0.06 microseconds. The apparent minuteness of this phenomenon is a result […]

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Late Night Hosts Appreciate an Uneventful Jan. 6

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Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. Here are the 50 best movies on Netflix right now. Transitional Period Congress certified President-elect Donald Trump’s electoral victory on Monday, four years after the Jan. 6 attack on […]

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Golden Globes 2025: Most daring looks on the red carpet from Jennifer Coolidge to Cate Blanchett

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Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting […]