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Stock markets decline for 3rd day on FII selling, weak rupee; Sensex tanks nearly 504 pts

Mumbai, Dec 2 (PTI) Stock markets declined on Tuesday, with the benchmark Sensex tumbling nearly 504 points due to selling in blue-chip bank stocks and Reliance Industries, and persistent foreign fund outflows. Falling for the third straight session, the 30-share BSE Sensex tumbled 503.63 points or 0.59 per cent to settle at 85,138.27. During the day, the benchmark tanked 588.9 points or 0.68 per cent to hit a low of 85,053. The index had scaled a record high level in intra-day trade in the previous session, but closed lower due to profit booking in the second half. The 50-share NSE

Will 58% dearness allowance be merged with basic pay?

Will 58% dearness allowance be merged with basic pay?

New Delhi, Dec 2, 2025: The Finance Ministry has finally cleared the fog around the merger of dearness allowance with basic salary under the 8th Pay Commission. In a written reply in Lok Sabha, the government clarified that there is no proposal regarding the merger of existing DA with basic salary that will be decided for the 8th CPC. The current DA is 58%, and there was a growing demand to merge it with the basic salary. The Ministry of Finance was inquired about whether the government has issued notification for the constitution of 8th Central Pay Commission recently. Also,

Abdominal obesity associated with multiple heart risks, especially in men

Abdominal obesity—the phenomenon commonly known as “beer belly”—is associated with significant cardiovascular risks, according to new data being presented at RSNA 2025 in Chicago. “Abdominal obesity, a high waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), is associated with more concerning cardiac remodeling patterns than high body mass index (BMI) alone,” lead author Jennifer Erley, MD, a radiology resident at University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf in Germany, said in an RSNA statement. “It appears to lead to a potentially pathological form of cardiac remodeling, concentric hypertrophy, where the heart muscle thickens but the overall size of the heart doesn’t increase, leading to smaller cardiac volumes. In

Judiciary will see through this political vendetta: Congress on fresh FIR in Herald case

New Delhi, Dec 2 (PTI) The Congress on Tuesday attacked the Modi government over the filing of a fresh FIR in the National Herald case and said it is confident that the judiciary will see through this “political vendetta and mindless attempts to hound”. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said 12 years on, and suddenly, there is a new FIR in the old case on the Gandhi family targeting the Congress party. “Simply because the Modi government and the ED have exhausted their supply of fresh smears. When facts ran thin, theatrics stepped in: selective prosecutions, recycled allegations, and a thinly

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