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SC to hear PIL against CBSE’s 3-language policy | India News

TazaPulseMay 23, 2026

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a PIL by parents and teachers in NCR and Chennai challenging the validity of CBSE‘s recent policy mandating three languages, two of which must be Indian for Class 9 and said it would lead to chaos and confusion.Seeking urgent hearing of the PIL, senior advocate Mukul...

Warsh takes the Fed’s helm as inflation climbs

TazaPulseMay 23, 2026

Will lead a central bank oriented toward reform, says new chair WASHINGTON: Kevin Warsh was sworn in as chair of the US Federal Reserve on Friday at a pivotal moment for an American economy where surging gasoline prices due to the Iran war are pushing up inflation and eroding consumer sentiment, potent ingredients for a...

Centre sets up panel to unclog port bottlenecks | India News

TazaPulseMay 23, 2026

NEW DELHI: Govt has stepped in to unclog piling up of containers at India’s busiest container port, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) (Mumbai), and has set up a panel of top officials to remove bottlenecks at all the 12 major ports. It will meet every week or fortnight to address concerns faced by businesses.The issue...

ITC sees 5% Y-o-Y net profit rise at over Rs 5k cr despite West Asia conflict | Kolkata News

TazaPulseMay 23, 2026

Kolkata: ITC Ltd has reported a 5% year-on-year rise in standalone net profit from continuing operations for the fourth quarter of the last fiscal, at Rs 5,113.3 crore. The growth came despite a higher GST rate and a steep increase in excise duties, while West Asia conflict weighed on profitability.The Kolkata-headquartered company had seen a...

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SpaceX launches Starship test flight after prior scrub

TazaPulseMay 23, 2026

A Tesla Cybertruck drives past SpaceX facilities in Hawthorne, California, US, on Monday, April 13, 2026. Ethan Swope | Bloomberg | Getty Images SpaceX launched its massive Starship rocket on Friday after a first try was scrubbed due to technical issues a day earlier. A 90-minute launch window opened at 6:30 p.m. ET, and the...

AIIB launches $10 billion support facility for countries hit by Middle East conflict, India among key shareholders

TazaPulseMay 23, 2026

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has launched a $10 billion fund facility to support member countries affected by the economic fallout of the ongoing Middle East conflict, PTI reported. India is the second-largest shareholder in the China-led multilateral lender after China.The Beijing-headquartered bank said the newly launched Energy, Food Security and Economic Resilience Facility...

Will not invalidate just for omission of legal heirs: SC | India News

TazaPulseMay 23, 2026

NEW DELHI: Observing that a person is legally entitled to dispose of his property as he wishes, Supreme Court has ruled that a will cannot be invalidated just on the ground that legal heirs have been denied a share, reports Amit Anand Choudhary.A bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Vijay Bishnoi said the exclusion of...

US stock markets today (May 22, 2026): Wall Street gains as bond market pressure eases, S&P eyes eighth straight winning week

TazaPulseMay 23, 2026

US stocks moved higher on Friday, putting Wall Street on course for an eighth consecutive weekly gain as easing pressure from the bond market lifted investor sentiment, AP reported.The S&P 500 rose 0.6 per cent and moved closer to the all-time high it touched last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 307 points, or...

Technology

Qualcomm’s stock pop shows investors ‘waking up’ to boom in AI devices

TazaPulseMay 23, 2026

Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon delivers a keynote speech at Computex in Taipei, Taiwan, May 19, 2025. Ann Wang | Reuters Qualcomm shares surged 12% on Friday and are now up 75% in the past month, as the chipmaker’s increasingly central position in the physical AI boom becomes more apparent to Wall Street. The stock is...

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Walmart executives depart under CEO John Furner

TazaPulseMay 23, 2026

A Walmart store is seen on Feb. 3, 2026 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Two top Walmart executives are departing the company, nearly four months after CEO John Furner took over, CNBC learned on Friday. Tom Ward, the chief operating officer of Walmart’s warehouse Sam’s Club, is retiring, while Cedric Clark, Walmart’s...