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Stock market recap: Indian equity markets extended their losing streak for the fourth straight session, pressured by surging crude oil prices amid heightened tensions in West Asia. The Sensex and Nifty closed sharply lower, with the Nifty slipping below the 22,900 mark. Selling w

Expectations of stronger earnings, reasonable valuations and resilient domestic demand are lifting analyst confidence in Indian equities, with insurers, hotels, healthcare and real estate emerging as some of the Street’s preferred bets. A Mint analysis of Bloomberg data showed th

Allianz Group said on Friday it has agreed to acquire HSBC's Singapore life insurance unit for 2.7 billion Singapore dollars ($2.09 billion), expanding the company's footprint in Asia's life and health insurance market. The German insurer expects to generate a double-digit return

Decoding Charli XCX's new album, Music, Fashion, Film - Published Charli XCX was supposed to be taking a break. Her sixth album, Brat, was the sort of record you could genuinely call era-defining, without being accused of overstating its significance. Experimental but accessible

Heatwave anxiety can make you feel 'incredibly helpless' - here's how to manage it - Published At the peak of the June heatwave, the warmest June on record in England, all Tavia Watts could think about was how hot it was in her two- and five-year-old's bedroom - above 30C in some

TechCrunch Startup Battlefield is coming to Australia — and we’re partnering with Stripe to find the country’s most exciting early-stage startups. On August 19, eight Australian startups will take the stage at Stripe Tour Sydney to pitch live in front of investors, press, and the

They became best friends – then discovered they were brother and sister - Published Dave Green and Andrea Urmston found they instantly hit it off when their paths crossed while working in separate roles at Manchester Airport. The two strangers got on so well they could complete e

Scientists find the secret of birdsong's 'spectacular diversity' - Published Scientists in France say they have discovered the building blocks of the incredible diversity of birdsong. A team analysed more than100,000 songs from 3,000 bird species and revealed that they are all co

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MOST POPULAR AI - SYSTEMS AMD and Cerebras join forces against Nvidia’s Groq LPUsThe enemy of my enemy is my friend - AI and ML Codeberg gives vibe-coded projects the toss

Secret Service agent in Vance's team under investigation over alleged leak - Published A member of US Vice-President JD Vance's security team has been suspended and is under investigation for allegedly leaking sensitive information, the US Secret Service (USSS) has said. The spec

CJP protest: The youth movement India's Modi didn't see coming - Published It began with a fear familiar to millions of young Indians: if the examinations that determine their future cannot be trusted, what can? Weeks later, on Monday, tens of thousands of young men and women tri

US regulators on Thursday said they plan to develop rules to address the safety risks linked to the hidden electric car door handles popularized by Tesla. Investigations from Bloomberg have uncovered more than a dozen deaths from crashes in which people became trapped inside a Te

Chinese nationals were awarded the prestigious Fields Medal for the first time, in the latest sign of the country’s growing academic prowess. Hong Wang and Yu Deng, both Peking University grads, were among the four winners of the prize, a Nobel-like honor for the world’s top math

MOST POPULAR AI - SYSTEMS AMD and Cerebras join forces against Nvidia’s Groq LPUsThe enemy of my enemy is my friend - AI and ML Codeberg gives vibe-coded projects the toss

The US tech industry is divided over how Washington should handle the rise of open-source AI from China. OpenAI and Anthropic, the two leading AI startups that both make “closed” models, have in recent weeks sounded the alarm on what they see as the risks stemming from their chea

(Bloomberg) -- The $1.3 trillion US CLO market is taking its cues from Tokyo as much as Wall Street. Japanese banks have for years been among the biggest buyers of collateralized loan obligations, making the cost of swapping yen into dollars a key driver of both the price and pac

India’s government will likely quell the student-led Cockroach protests, but it will have a harder time suppressing the underlying frustration fueling them, prominent Indian commentators argued. The movement, which began as a satirical campaign after a judge derided India’s unemp

UK complacent about war threat, warns BAE boss - Published The UK has been too complacent about the risk of foreign attack, the boss of Europe's biggest defence contractor BAE Systems has warned. Dr Charles Woodburn told the BBC in an exclusive interview that the level of threat

Artificial Intelligence Best practices for applying Amazon Bedrock Guardrails to code generation workflows This post continues our series on best practices with Amazon Bedrock Guardrails. For the previous post, see Build safe generative AI applications like a pro: best practices

Economists predicted that the US’ sweeping new tariffs, which take effect Friday, will not seriously disrupt the global economy. Tariffs’ inflationary effects are “likely to have already peaked,” Commerzbank wrote, pointing to the Trump administration’s propensity for exempting k

UK mortgage rates rise to highest level for a month - Published UK average mortgage rates have risen back to the level of a month ago as renewed tensions in the Middle East feed through to homeowners. Lenders' funding costs have increased as markets judge that a prolonged conflic

We split bills equally even when one of us earned a lot more - Published Hannah and Max have always split their money equally even when one has earned considerably more than the other. "We've always wanted to do things 50/50," Max, 31, says. "We made a commitment to each other th

Littler cruises into Matchplay semis with win over Rock - Published Luke Littler's World Matchplay title defence continued with a straightforward 16-7 quarter-final win over Josh Rock in Blackpool. Rock initially kept pace with the world number one as the players traded breaks to

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said that only 2% of his company's software could be replaced with applications constructed by artificial intelligence models, as he seeks to reassure Wall Street following disappointing second-quarter results. "The rest of our software really helps people

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said that only 2% of his company's software could be replaced with applications constructed by artificial intelligence models, as he seeks to reassure Wall Street following disappointing second-quarter results. "The rest of our software really helps people

US President Donald Trump on Thursday injected uncertainty into his newly signed nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia, saying the pact hinges on Riyadh normalizing relations with Israel. The stipulation threatens to stymie the agreement, which allows Saudi to build nuclear power plants

Mobileye founder and CEO Amnon Shashua plans to step down from the top leadership post after nearly three decades, just as the company pushes into robotaxis and humanoid robots. Shashua will remain CEO until Mobileye hires a replacement, according to a regulatory filing Thursday.

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