Princeton University has reduced its long-term return assumption for its $36 billion endowment, citing changing market conditions and pressure in private equity investments. According to a report by the Financial Times, the university has lowered its expected annual return from 10.2 per cent to 8 per cent. Princeton’s president Christopher Eisgruber said even the revised…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will undertake a two-day visit to Malaysia beginning Saturday to shore up bilateral ties in areas of trade, investment, energy, and maritime security. It would be Prime Minister Modi’s third visit to Malaysia, and the first after the elevation of the India-Malaysia bilateral relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in August…
MUMBAI: A tech sell-off on Dalal Street on Wednesday—that came on the back of Anthropic’s launch of a new AI-led app that could potentially challenge existing business models of Indian software exporters—wiped off about Rs 1.75 lakh crore worth of market value. The sharp slide in sector leaders like TCS, Infosys and Wipro, also left…
UPSC CSE and IFS 2026 notification released, prelims and mains schedule announced The Union Public Service Commission has published the notification for the Civil Services Examination and Indian Forest Service Examination 2026 on February 4, 2026. The notification includes recruitment via the preliminary exam for both Civil Services and Indian Forest Service vacancies in the…
Maharashtra deputy CM Sunetra Pawar with son Jay Pawar, NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar and others during a ceremony to pay tribute to former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar (PTI) PUNE: As suspense over the merger of the two NCPs continues, family patriarch Sharad Pawar on Wednesday met late nephew Ajit Pawar’s wife Sunetra Pawar…
MUMBAI: India’s coffeehouse chains are staring at a troubling brew. A higher customs duty on roasting, brewing and vending machines which is already in place now, will raise costs for companies, hitting their margins.Factor in the rupee depreciation and a wobbly coffee inflation and you have a perfect mix for stirring up a storm in…
President Donald Trump has raised his demand to a $1 billion payment from Harvard University, escalating a long-running confrontation between the White House and the Ivy League institution.In a post on Truth Social late Monday, Trump said Harvard had been “behaving very badly” and insisted that any agreement must include a direct payment to the…
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha, already deadlocked over Rahul Gandhi’s insistence on referring to an unpublished book, was plunged into deeper impasse on Wednesday as BJP MP Nishikant Dubey turned to a pile of books with uncharitable references to members of the Nehru-Gandhi family to “expose” Congress.PM Modi’s reply to the motion of thanks on the…
MUMBAI: The rupee slipped 17 paise to close at 90.44 against the dollar on Wednesday, retreating after a sharp 124-paise surge in the previous session that followed news of a trade deal being finalised between India and US.Dealers said the rally lost momentum as the market failed to see follow-through demand, particularly from foreign institutional…
The National Testing Agency (NTA) is likely to start the registration process for NEET UG 2026 soon on its official website, neet.nta.nic.in. Although the official notification is yet to be released, there are several reports that indicate the application process is likely to start in early February 2026.Aspirants who are interested in taking the entrance…
