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In God we trust, everybody else brings data to the table. It was originally framed by renowned statistician Dr. W. Edwards Deming. But in India, it was popularized by Mr. Narayana Murthy, founder of Infosys - indicating that while faith has its place, but in the world of markets and business - data beats noise.There is a popular saying in the West that creates lots of noise when the month of May starts: “Sell in May and go away.” The belief is that stock markets tend to underperform from May to October and do better from November to April. Since this is an age old adage nobody questions it. But does it hold true today? Let’s dive deep into data and figure out. 120843159From the above data, it’s evident that despite the second half of the year being packed with major festivals and events, the six-month period from November to April delivered modest average returns of just 4%, with only 6 out of 10 years ending in the green.Surprisingly, the supposedly weaker period - May to October - performed significantly better, delivering an average return of 7.6%, with 8 out of 10 years showing positive results.Let’s go even deeper and examine the upcoming months individually (May, June, and July) 120843178The data further reveals that the upcoming months - May, June, and July- have historically shown strong probabilities of delivering positive returns, reinforcing the importance of relying on data instead of market myths.May, in particular, has performed well across the past decade, often kicking off the summer period on a strong note.As we’ve seen, markets are often clouded by assumptions and popular narratives. But when we remove the noise and look purely at data, a different perspective emerges - one of steady performance and resilience, even during months traditionally viewed with caution.The recent market recovery, the return of foreign investors, and a decade’s worth of historical trends all point to the same insight: short-term fear shouldn’t drive long-term decisions. As responsible market participants one must rely on evidence, not emotion. This is the time to stay informed, stay objective, and let data - not outdated beliefs - guide our next move.

1. Stampede during festival at Goa temple leaves at least 6 dead, several injured  The Indian Express
2. Watch: Moment when stampede broke out at Goa temple  Times of India
3. Goa Stampede: CM Sawant Orders Magisterial Inquiry After 6 People Killed At Temple Festival- News18  News18
4. "50,000 To 70,000 People Were Present": President Of Goa Temple On Stampede  NDTV

1. Rain lashes parts of Delhi, IMD forecasts more showers and thunderstorms today | Weather updates  Hindustan Times
2. IMD issues severe thunderstorm and lightning warning across 8 states  Times of India
3. IMD predicts stormy Sunday in Delhi, alerts for swathes of country  Hindustan Times
4. Weather update: IMD predicts downpour in Odisha and West Bengal; yellow alert in Delhi  CNBC TV18
5. Thunderstorms, hailstorms and squally winds expected across multiple states: IMD  Telegraph India

1. Afridi’s Instagram, X handles blocked in India over anti-Indian Army remarks; Babar, Akram’s accounts also suspended  Firstpost
2. Pak Minister's X Account Blocked, Days After Military Action By India Claim  NDTV
3. Pakistani singer Abida Parveen's instagram account banned in India amid growing tensions between the two  Times of India
4. Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif, Fawad Khan, Atif Aslam, Dawn News and others: Full list of Pakistani accounts blocked in India  Mint
5. Instagram accounts of Babar Azam, Rizwan and many other Pakistani cricketers blocked in India  The Hindu

Dengue cases on the rise, 1,186 cases in Karnataka till April 30  The Hindu

1. Bhushan Power: Supreme Court slams JSW for dishonest, fraudulent conduct; says resolution plan violated IBC  Bar and Bench
2. JSW Steel-Bhushan Power fallout: In the absence of legal certainty, foreign investors may shun stressed as  The Economic Times
3. Indian Banks stare at over ₹3 lakh crore exposure in Bhushan Power liquidation blow  CNBC TV18
4. Bhushan Steel: Top court’s liquidation order may impact lenders, insolvency process  The Indian Express
5. JSW Steel likely to face challenges in meeting expansion target after SC order on BPSL: Analysts  Times of India

जागरण संवाददाता, पटना। दक्षिण बिहार ग्रामीण बैंक के प्रधान कार्यालय में समावेशन कार्यक्रम का आयोजन किया गया। केंद्र सरकार की अधिसूचना के अनुसार एक मई से राज्य के दो बैंक उत्तर बिहार ग्रामीण बैंक एवं दक्षिण बिहार ग्रामीण बैंक एक हो गए यह अब बिहार ग्रामीण बैंक के रूप में कार्य करेंगा। इसका प्रधान कार्यालय पटना होगा।

समावेशन के अवसर पर हुआ कार्यक्रम का आयोजन

समावेशन के अवसर पर बिहार ग्रामीण बैंक के अध्यक्ष आशुतोष कुमार झा, नाबार्ड के मुख्य महाप्रबंधक विनय कुमार सिन्हा, नामिणी निदेशक प्रकाश मिश्रा, महाप्रबंधक संतोष सिन्हा, सहायक महाप्रबंधक सुयेश जायसवाल, बिकास कुमार भगत ने दीप प्रज्जवलन कर कार्यक्रम का शुभारंभ किया।

बिहार का सबसे बड़ा बैंक

अध्यक्ष आशुतोष कुमार झा ने कहा कि अब हमारा बैंक बिहार का सबसे बड़ा बैंक बन गया है। आज से 21 सौ से अधिक शाखा, 65 सौ से अधिक ग्राहक सेवा केंद्र, साढ़े तीन करोड़ से अधिक ग्राहक, आठ हजार से अधिक कर्मचारी बिहार ग्रामीण बैंक के हिस्सा हो गए हैं।

दोनों बैंकों के समावेशन होने के बाद 78 हजार करोड़ का कारोबार हो गया है। उन्होंने कहा कि अब हम सभी नए जोश के साथ छोटे किसान, उद्यमियों, जीविका दीदियों, युवाओं, महिला आदि के ऋण सहित सभी कार्यों का प्राथमिकता के साथ कार्य होगा।

उन्होंने कहा कि हमारे एनपीए में कमी आई है, मुनाफे में भी आ चुके हैं। अब केंद्र या राज्य सरकार की योजनाओं को तेजी से क्रियान्वयन कराया जाएगा।

नाबार्ड सीजीएम विनय कुमार सिन्हा ने कहा कि ग्रामीण क्षेत्रों तक बैंकिंग सुविधा आसानी से पहुंच सकेगी। गांव में भी अब सभी सुविधाएं मिल जाएंगी। इसमें राज्य के साथ-साथ केंद्र का भी ओनरशिप है। बिहार ग्रामीण बैंक का ग्रामीण क्षेत्रों में 28-30 प्रतिशत कारोबार हो रहा है, इसमें अब ग्रोथ मिलेगा।

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चार धाम यात्रा के लिए चलाई जा रही भारत गौरव डीलक्स ट्रेन, दिल्ली के सफदरगंज स्टेशन से होगी रवाना

1. Caste census amidst Bihar polls: NDA boasts of a coming ‘aandhi’, RJD to demand specifics  The Indian Express
2. "Respected Prime Minister...": Tejashwi Yadav To PM Modi On Caste Census  NDTV
3. Why caste census announced now? Big bet on nationalism or bid to distract?  India Today
4. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman slams TN govt for claiming credit over caste census  The New Indian Express
5. Caste census will help to improve opportunities for the needy, says Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman  The Hindu

As the Sensex danced 1,300 points higher this week, toasting a 1.6% gain, the smallcap brigade looked like it had shown up at the wrong party — or worse, got turned away at the gates. The BSE Smallcap Index slipped 1.33%, and the real drama unfolded deeper down: at least 50 smallcap stocks crashed into double-digit losses, some nosediving as much as 18%.Call it the tale of two markets. On one side, heavyweight Reliance Industries — India’s most valued stock — roared 9% higher, buoyed by a Q4 earnings glow and a fresh wave of FII love. On the other hand, investors in names like Gensol Engineering, Tejas Networks, Sterling and Wilson Renewable Energy, Godrej Agrovet, and Senco Gold lost money.Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) pumped nearly $1 billion into Indian equities this week, drawn in by a softening dollar and the stability of bluechips. But while the giants soaked in the inflows, investors used the rally as an exit cue from broader markets that had sprinted ahead from April lows.“By definition, the majority of the Indian market, except the top 250, is smallcaps,” said Dr. Vikas Gupta, CEO and Chief Investment Strategist at OmniScience Capital. “There are nearly 1250 smallcaps which are actually larger than Rs 1000 crore market cap, so they are actually quite large in size. This is where one will have to focus attention to build a wealth creating portfolio. We would caution against companies below Rs 1,000 crore market cap and penny stocks etc.”Gupta warns against blindly chasing momentum. “Avoid the Capital Destroyers — high debt; Capital Eroders — low RoE; Capital Imploders — high PE stocks above 40; and companies with little to no growth. This isn't treasure-hunting on WhatsApp forwards — it needs a scientific screener and real diligence.”Also read | Sensex, Nifty soar 10% in 2 months but can this bull run survive the shadows of war?Indeed, while some see the recent crash as a cleansing fire, others view it as a much-needed reset. “There has been a steep correction in many good quality mid and small-cap stocks. It’s a good time to add good-quality small and mid-cap companies that have favorable earnings growth ahead of them. The recent correction in the small and mid-cap space has provided an opportunity to pick up quality stocks at attractive valuations. They tend to outperform during periods of economic recovery, as they are more sensitive to growth in domestic consumption and infrastructure,” said Vaibhav Agrawal, CIO – Alternates (Public Equity) at Motilal Oswal AMC. But the jury is still out on valuations.“Mid and small cap valuations, though off the peak, are still trading more than one standard deviation above their historical average,” said Ashutosh Tiwari, MD and Head of Equities at Equirus Securities.“Investors should look for companies that have a good track record on cash flow generation and trading at reasonable valuation vs their pre Covid multiples. In many cases investors look at the last 3–5-year average trading multiples and compare current multiples but it’s not the right approach as last 3-year multiples were significantly higher than the mean,” he said.Also read | Rs 37,600 crore in 11 days! FIIs are flooding Indian stocks with cash but will it last?Valuation red flags are flashing louder than ever. According to Nuvama, both the SMID (Small and Midcap) market cap-to-GDP and forward PE are hovering around levels seen in previous market peaks — 2007, 2010, and 2018. And what followed back then? Painful drawdowns ranging from 30% to 60%.“While liquidity concerns have been largely addressed, growth concerns persist. SMID profit growth has been slowing as margin tailwinds have faded on a YoY basis. The falling crude could help somewhat, but that may not be sufficient to inflate earnings a la FY24,” Nuvama notes.So is this the end of the road for smallcaps? Not quite. But it is no longer the high-speed highway of 2023. Investors need to unlearn the easy wins and embrace quality, discipline, and hard-nosed valuation sanity.In other words, the smallcap rally may be down, but it's not out.

1. Apple Shares New 'Hands on with Apple Intelligence' Video  iClarified
2. Available Apple Intelligence Features Highlighted in New Ad  MacRumors
3. Multiple Bites at the Apple over AI Claims  Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
4. Apple touts Apple Intelligence features in new video  MacDailyNews
5. Apple Intelligence review: Late entry into AI, but headed the right way  Business Standard

1. Jordan condemns Israeli strike near Syrias presidential palace  Greater Kashmir
2. The Druze | Between Israel and Islamists  The Hindu
3. Israeli attacks kill two more as Syria government reaches deal with Druze  Al Jazeera
4. UN slams Israeli airstrikes in Syria as clashes with Druze fighters intensify  The Indian Express
5. UN envoy urges Israel to halt Syria attacks 'at once'  Times of India

डिजिटल डेस्क, पटना। देश में जाति जनगणना कराने के केंद्र सरकार फैसले के बाद श्रेय लेने की होड़ और बयानबाजी का दौर जारी है। इसी अब बिहार में नेता प्रतिपक्ष और राजद नेता तेजस्वी यादव ने प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी को ओपन लेटर लिखा है।

बता दें कि 30 अप्रैल को मोदी कैबिनेट की बैठक में जाति जनगणना कराने का फैसला लिया गया था। इसके बाद बिहार विधानसभा में नेता प्रतिपक्ष तेजस्वी यादव ने इसका श्रेय लालू यादव को दिया था।

इससे सभी दलों के नेताओं के बीच बयानबाजी और श्रेय लेने की होड़ मच गई थी। ज्ञात हो कि बिहार में सबसे पहले जाति गणना के लिए सर्वे कराया गया है। कई दल पूरे देश में इसे कराने की मांग करते रहे हैं।

तेजस्वी ने ट्वीट कर साझा किया पत्र

तेजस्वी यादव ने सोशल मीडिया पर पीएम मोदी को लिखे गए पत्र को साझा किया है। उन्होंने उम्मीद जताई कि जाति जनगणना कराने का निर्णय देश को समानता के अधिकारों की ओर ले जाने वाला और परिवर्तनकारी क्षण हो सकता है।

उन्होंने आगे लिखा कि जाति जनगणना के लिए संघर्ष करने वाले लाखों लोग सिर्फ डेटा के लिए इसे कराना नहीं चाहते। तेजस्वी ने कहा कि इससे वह सम्मान मिलने और फिर से सशक्त होने की प्रतीक्षा कर रहे हैं।

तेजस्वी यादव का पत्र

तेजस्वी यादव ने अपने पत्र में पीएम मोदी को लिखा कि हाल ही में आपकी सरकार द्वारा देश में जाति जनगणना कराने की घोषणा ने नई आशा का संचार किया है। इसी आशा के साथ आपको यह पत्र लिख रहा हूं। बीते कई वर्षों से आपकी सरकार और एनडीए गठबंधन के दल जाति जनगणना को गैरजरूरी और विभाजनकारी बताकर नकारते रहे हैं।

बिहार की जाति जनगणना का किया जिक्र

तेजस्वी यादव ने अपने पत्र में बिहार की जाति जनगणना का भी जिक्र किया। उन्होंने कहा कि बिहार जाति सर्वेक्षण से पता चला कि ओबीसी और ईबीसी हमारे राज्य की आबादी का लगभग 63% हिस्सा हैं। देश में होने वाली जनगणना में भी ऐसे ही पैटर्न सामने आने की संभावना है।

तेजस्वी ने कहा कि आपकी सरकार अब एक ऐतिहासिक मोड़ पर खड़ी है। जाति जनगणना कराने का निर्णय हमारे देश की समानता की यात्रा में एक परिवर्तनकारी क्षण हो सकता है।

इस दौरान उन्होंने इस बात पर भी सवाल उठाए कि जनगणना के डेटा का उपयोग सुधार के लिए किया जाएगा या फिर यह कई पिछली आयोग रिपोर्टों की तरह धूल भरे अभिलेखागार तक ही सीमित रहेगा?

My letter to PM Sh. @narendramodi Ji.

The decision to conduct the caste census can be a transformative moment in our nation's journey towards equality. The millions who have struggled for this census await not just data but dignity, not just enumeration but empowerment.… pic.twitter.com/t2uszNfjOH

— Tejashwi Yadav (@yadavtejashwi) May 3, 2025

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