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New Delhi, Corporate India is expected to scale back hiring plans in the July-September quarter of this year, signaling a slowdown in hiring momentum, as employers are likely to opt for a more measured approach to hiring amid rising geopolitical challenges, a survey said on Tuesday.According to ManpowerGroup’s latest Employment Outlook Survey, the Net Employment Outlook (NEO) for Q3 2026 stood at 48 per cent, down 20 points from the previous quarter but stronger by 6 points since Q3 2025.The Net Employment Outlook (NEO) is derived by taking the percentage of employers anticipating an increase in hiring activity and subtracting…

New Delhi, Godrej Properties on Tuesday said it has sold more than 1,000 apartments in Bengaluru for Rs 2,000 crore in its newly-launched residential project.In a regulatory filing, the company said that it has “sold homes worth over Rs 2,000 crore in its project Godrej Vanantara in Bengaluru.”The project, spread over 36 acre, has a total developable area potential of 3.53 million sq ft and an estimated revenue potential of Rs 3,700 crore.Godrej Properties launched this project in the first week of June. More than 1,000 homes have been sold in the launch week.Gaurav Pandey, MD & CEO of Godrej…

Increasing use by retail investors or ‘ants’ of leveraged products to gain fast exposure to market upside is amplifying market volatility on Korea’s rollercoaster exchange. Source link

India’s sharp increase in gold import tariffs is fuelling a resurgence in smuggling ​that could exceed 100 metric tons this year, as soaring grey market margins allow smugglers to undercut banks and refiners of the precious metal, industry officials and bullion dealers said. India, the world’s biggest gold market after China, more than doubled import tariffs to 15% in May to curb demand, ‌cut the trade deficit ⁠and ease ⁠pressure on the rupee.But the move has created an opportunity for smugglers who are able to offer prices legitimate importers cannot match, they said. The grey ​market discount has gone beyond…

The BBC’s North America editor Sarah Smith spoke with President Donald Trump in a brief phone call on Monday about his conversations with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leading up to strikes on Iran.When asked if Netanyahu defied him by firing at Iran on Sunday, Trump said the missiles were “already on their way” when he spoke with the Israeli prime minister. He added: “If I tell him to do something, he does it.” The call lasted just under a minute. Source link

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday alleged that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is “harassing small Hindu traders in Punjab” while claiming that raids are being conducted on traders in the state. In a post on X, Kejriwal wrote, “The ED party is once again conducting raids on Hindu traders in Punjab today. The ED party is harassing small Hindu traders in Punjab.”Issuing an appeal to the trading community, he urged them not to panic and asserted that the Punjab government stands with them. He further said, “I appeal to all traders – there is no need…

3 min readNew DelhiJun 9, 2026 04:07 PM IST Officials from the Union Health and Education ministries, the National Testing Agency (NTA), and the National Medical Commission (NMC) will appear before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday to discuss the conduct of the NEET-UG re-examination scheduled to be held on June 21. The Agency has already released the city slip for the exam. Read | NEET UG 2026 Re-Exam FAQs The committee has summoned the secretaries of Higher Education and Health, along with top representatives of the NTA and NMC, to provide a detailed briefing…

Wildfires have worsened ozone levels across the United States so much over the last decade that they have reversed around four years of progress, a new study has found.  Surface ozone levels, or smog concentrations, steadily increased from 2015 to 2024, deteriorating air quality across the Midwest and Western U.S., researchers at the University of Iowa found in a study released Thursday. According to the study authors, this contributed to an increase of 318 premature deaths per year from fire-sourced ozone since 2013. Their NASA-funded research mapped these ozone levels in kilometer-by-kilometer grids across the entire continental U.S between 2003…

The 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off with a match between co-hosts Mexico and South Africa at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City on Thursday. The Group A encounter will feel like déjà vu for fans of the two teams involved, as this fixture was also the opening match of the 2010 World Cup held in South Africa, which ended 1-1. Mexico are in blistering form at the moment, coming into this game off the back of an impressive 5-1 demolition of Serbia on Friday. Thanks for the submission! Ironically, it was the Serbians who took the lead with a 19th-minute…

South Australia is home to a booming koala population, but researchers warn that this apparent conservation success could eventually turn into a serious problem. A new study has provided the first comprehensive estimate of koala numbers in the region and identified a humane, cost effective strategy to keep the population at sustainable levels. The research, published in Ecology and Evolution, was led by Dr. Frédérik Saltré, who serves as both a Research Scientist at the Australian Museum and a Senior Lecturer in Ecology and Biogeography at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). The project also involved scientists from Flinders University…