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Inflows into equity mutual funds declined by around 22 per cent to Rs 33,403.37 crore in August, compared to Rs 42,702.35 crore in July, as investors turned cautious amid tariff-related uncertainties, the latest data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) showed. On August 27, US President Donald Trump slapped a 50 per cent tariff — split evenly between general and additional duties — on Indian exports, which dampened investor sentiment. Domestic equity market indices, Sensex and Nifty, fell 1.69 per cent and 1.38 per cent, respectively in August. Total assets under management of the mutual fund industry…

Grace Antony with Aby Tom Cyriac | Photo Credit: Instagram/@grace_antonyy Actor Grace Antony has tied the knot with music producer Aby Tom Cyriac in an intimate ceremony at a church in Kochi. She initially announced her wedding on her Instagram page without revealing the groom’s face, commenting ‘No Sounds, No lights, No Crowd. Finally we made it.” A few hours later, she shared their picture from the function, with the comment, ‘After 9 years’. Grace, who debuted with Happy Weddings (2016), got noticed with her role opposite Fahadh Faasil in Kumbalangi Nights (2019). She went on to do notable roles…

Demand for sugary beverages goes up when it’s hot out. Here, delivering soda on a hot July day in New York City in 2016. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images It’s no secret that Americans consume too much sugar, according to public health guidelines. Now, researchers have found one possible trigger that pushes people to reach for sweet things: hot weather. Researchers tracked Americans’ grocery receipts over several years and found that sugar intake rises in the summer — and the spike in consumption is driven largely by consuming more sugary beverages like sodas, energy drinks…

Apple did something wild at its big annual new iPhone event on Tuesday: It announced a phone that’s actually new. It’s called the iPhone Air, and it’s thin — “the thinnest iPhone ever” — light, and eye-catching. Also its battery life sort of stinks.You might not want a super thin phone with crappy battery life, but that’s probably not why Apple built the iPhone Air.Apple built the iPhone Air after years of releasing iPhones that looked and worked the same as the previous year’s iPhones, each new model only slightly better than the last. But its competitors have been getting…

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The fintech company made its debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday.Klarna, the Swedish buy-now-pay-later company, has made its highly anticipated public debut on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the latest in a run of high-profile initial public offerings this year.Klarna sold 34.3 million shares to investors at $40 a share late on Tuesday and was listed on the exchange on Wednesday. That is above the forecasted range of $35 to $37 a share and values the company at more than $15bn. The stock is expected to start trading once the NYSE is able to initiate the…

Donald Trump’s government is increasingly authoritarian.The president is launching pretextual investigations against his enemies, while providing pardons and military honors to the most violent of his friends. He is extorting news organizations for friendlier coverage and blackmailing law firms for pro bono services. He is unilaterally nullifying congressionally ordered spending and firing federally protected civil servants. He is asserting federal control of municipal police forces, so as to empower cops to “do whatever the hell they want.” And he is deporting longtime US residents without due process.None of this is a mistake or an aberration. Since entering politics, Trump has…

Infamous for his controversial movies and right-wing political stances, director Vivek Agnihotri has been running from pillar to post for the past few weeks promoting his latest film, The Bengal Files. Said to be based on the Direct Action Day and the Noakhali riots, the makers claimed in The Bengal Files’ posters that it is the “boldest film ever”. During the promotional interviews, Agnihotri went ballistic as usual and made several claims that have been publicised by certain political groups. In one of his recent interviews, he claimed that, although India could create an ideal country based on our inherent…

The country previously said it would recognise Palestinian statehood this month.Published On 10 Sep 202510 Sep 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareCanada is evaluating its relationship with Israel after the attack on Hamas leaders in Qatar, its foreign minister has said, in the latest sign of unhappiness with the Israeli government.Anita Anand on Wednesday said the country considered the attack in Doha to be unacceptable, especially given Qatari attempts to facilitate peace in the Middle East.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“We are evaluating our relationship with Israel,” Anand told reporters on the sidelines of a meeting of…

THE FINAL numbers of the Vice-Presidential election on Tuesday threw up some surprises. The NDA’s C P Radhakrishnan won polling 452 votes, against the alliance’s expectation of 440-odd votes, while the Opposition’s B Sudershan Reddy managed 300 votes against its hope of securing 320-plus votes.While cross-voting was seen as one reason for this, the other was that of the 767 votes polled, 15 were declared invalid. This despite the fact that the MPs had been given prior training on the fairly simple voting procedure by their respective political parties. First, how is the V-P election held? The Vice-President is chosen…