MUMBAI: A sharp deterioration in consumer sentiment alongside downgraded growth forecasts, rising inflation expectations and a weakening rupee has signalled a broad-based macroeconomic slowdown, according to the Reserve Bank’s May 2026 survey rounds, with both households and professional forecasters turning more cautious over the near-term outlook.Data from the May 2026 rounds of the Urban Consumer…
Bobby Deol‘s ‘Bandar’ has been receiving rave reviews from fans and critics alike, with some even calling it the actor’s ‘career best’ performance. However, the film has been failing to pull in the masses. ‘Bandar’ box office collection Day 3 The Anurag Kashyap directorial managed to mint Rs 50 lakh on its opening day at…
MUMBAI: The board of the Small Animal Hospital, India’s largest tertiary care veterinary facility and a cherished project of the late Ratan Tata, has been reconstituted following the exit of his close confidant Mehli Mistry, as the internal conflict engulfing Tata Trusts ripples into affiliated institutions.Sanjay Ubale, a former MD of Tata Realty & Infrastructure,…
Angelina Jolie‘s six kids may be distancing themselves from dad Brad Pitt, and legally dropping his last name, but that has not stopped fans from comparing the spitting resemblance between the two.The latest video going viral online features 17-year-old Knox channelling some of his dad, Brad’s ‘Fight Club’ energy as he stepped into the ring…
Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India NEW DELHI: State-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) is engaging with key financial regulators, including RBI and Sebi, to expand the availability of long-term investment instruments as inflows into its annuity products keep on rising, CEO and MD R Doraiswamy said.An annuity product converts an accumulated retirement corpus…
Jayaram and Urvashi’s ‘Parimala and Co.’ witnessed a rise in collections during its opening weekend. Like several films currently running in theatres such as ‘Blast’, and ‘Karuppu’, the Urvashi film also benefited from increased Sunday turnout. According to Sacnilk, the film collected Rs 2.23 crore in India net on Day 3. This marks an 11.5…
MUMBAI: Stock markets are expected to open weak on Monday on the back of the massive sell-off on Wall Street on Friday evening. As US stocks, especially the ones linked to the AI ecosystem, faced a huge sell-off, by late evening the Gift Nifty index, a proxy for Indian market for late trades, closed 1.5%…
Some partners love quietly, and then there is Virat Kohli, a man who has looked into cameras and microphones and said things about Anushka Sharma that most people cannot even bring themselves to say in private. These are things he said out loud, in interviews and conversations, when the question was about cricket, and he…
“Indian equity markets are expected to open on a sharply negative note, with Gift Nifty trading at 23,134, down by 306 points, as Asian equities opened weak amid escalating geopolitical tensions and weakness in US technology stocks, weighing on overall risk sentiment. In the previous session, the Nifty 50 ended a range-bound session with a…
For most people working at sea, stock ownership is rarely part of the job. For 27-year-old Maryellyn Musselman, it could be life-changing. The former engineering officer spent two years aboard a SpaceX recovery vessel off Florida’s coast. During that time, she quietly built a stake in Elon Musk‘s space company. Along with shares received through…
