Indian equities outlook: ICICI Prudential flags stable macro backdrop; warns valuations already price in optimism

The broader macro backdrop for Indian equities remains stable heading into 2026, supported by healthier corporate balance sheets and early signs of an earnings recovery across sectors, according to ICICI Prudential Alternate Investments. However, after a long market upcycle and widespread rerating, much of the optimism on growth and profits is already reflected in stock…

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Ashes: Australia coach says ‘spin bowling incredibly important’ as team goes without spinner in Sydney Test | Cricket News

Daniel Vettori assistant coach of Australia looks on during an Australian Test cricket squad training session at Sydney Cricket Ground on January 01, 2026 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo/Getty Images) Australia’s assistant coach Daniel Vettori has backed the team’s call to go in with an all-seam attack for the fifth Ashes Test at the Sydney Cricket…

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Why a post-pandemic generation in the US is choosing to become teachers despite burnout, low pay and systemic strain

For years, the American teaching profession has been discussed almost entirely in terms of what it has lost. Falling enrollment in teacher training programmes, rising exits from classrooms, and persistent warnings about burnout have shaped a bleak consensus: Fewer people want to teach, and many who do rarely stay long.But the latest data complicates that…

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R Balki reveals how Rajesh Khanna’s heart-breaking final ad shoot involved ‘air ambulance, drip and just 45 seconds before he’d have to go back’ |

R Balki recalls Rajesh Khanna’s professionalism in his last 2012 ad shoot despite terminal illness. Flying by air ambulance, wheelchair-bound with IV drip, Khanna shot 45-second takes, laughing at the script and whistling “Ye Sham Mastani.” He quipped about his humor before passing weeks later. Rajesh Khanna ranked among the top superstars of his era,…

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US government releases list of unusual objects surgically removed from people’s rectums in 2025 |

Federal injury data logged shampoo bottles, lightbulbs and vape pens removed during emergency room visits in 2025/ Image: Defector Every year, emergency departments in the US record cases involving foreign objects lodged in patients’ rectums. The information is logged clinically, without names, and fed into a federal injury database. In 2025, that data once again…

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Gaia – One conscious Mother Earth accepted by ancient Indians, Greek, Roman & selfless work is the path to ‘Re-gain (religion; yoga)’ oneness

1) Gaia is the ancient Greek word for Earth; some refer to her as the ancestral mother and claim that she gave birth to all of the elements of the world. Gaia is the personification of Earth, Ma-Ka or Ma-Go, both of which mean Mother Gaia. The modern onslaught of ‘divisive preaching’ and academic focus only on…

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