Personal Finance | Should you upgrade your home or prioritise financial goals? These families share how they balanced peer pressure, lifestyle upgrades, and smart financial planning for a more secure future.

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Mint Podcast 🎙️ | The escalating India-Canada rift explained

👉 Quick commerce is transforming urban shopping, hitting FMCG stocks while boosting players like Zomato & Trent


👉 Startups are back in hiring mode, bringing on CXOs to strengthen leadership and prepare for growth, including IPOs


👉 India and Canada escalate tensions by expelling diplomats over the Nijjar assassination allegations


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Jio, Starlink tussle over satcom plan | Temasek to acquire Rebel Foods stake for $180-200 mn | Startups beef up top decks as funding winter thaws

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Mint Charts | The recent assembly elections in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir again raised a question mark over the reliability of exit poll forecasts.

The YouGov-Mint-CPR Millennial survey - conducted in July 2024 - found that public opinion was divided on exit poll projections, with 46% believing that the forecasts for the 2024 general elections were fraudulent. The rest said exit polls can go wrong but allegations of fraud were baseless. Among BJP supporters, 60% trusted the exit polls, but 56% of Congress supporters believed they were fraudulent.

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Stocks to watch | Here are top stocks that could be in focus today!

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During Reliance Industries' Diwali dinner, Nita Ambani paid tribute to Ratan Tata, who recently passed away. She described him as a family friend and mentor, highlighting his contributions as a visionary and philanthropist.

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Omar Abdullah took oath as the first chief minister of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir following the victory of his National Conference in the maiden assembly election after the abrogation of Article 370

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External Minister S.Jaishankar emphasised the importance of genuine partnerships and peace and stability for development and growth at SCO Summit

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A helicopter carrying chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar and additional chief election officer of Uttarakhand Vijay Kumar Jogdand made an emergency landing in Pithoragarh district today.

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IPO buzz | 18 out of the top 30 IPOs by size did not yield excess returns compared to the returns from the Nifty 500 index, said Bengaluru-based Capitalmind Financial Services's in its recent report.

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Watch | In one of the most significant escalations of tensions between India & Canada, India ordered the expulsion of six Canadian diplomats on Monday.

India also announced the withdrawal of its High Commissioner to Canada, along with other “targeted diplomats,” raising concerns about a spillover effect on bilateral business engagements.

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Gold prices reached a new all-time high of ₹78,900 per 10 grams in the national capital on Wednesday, rising by ₹250 due to continued demand from jewellers.

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Blinkit has introduced a 10-minute return and exchange service for clothing and footwear in select Indian cities.

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Mint Podcast 🎙️ | How much lower can the rupee go?

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👉 Rupee hits record low at 84.07, with global tensions driving further depreciation risks

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Liam Payne, former One Direction member, dies after falling from Argentina hotel balcony.

According to Buenos Aires police's statement, the 31-year-old singer fell from the third floor of the Casa Sur Hotel in the trendy neighborhood of Argentina's capital Palermo, resulting in “extremely serious injuries.”

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