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Edited excerpts: This year is looking quite good. We got off to a good start with an mergers and acquisitions (M&A) announcement, the Lodha qualified institutional placement (QIP) and British American Tobacco Plc (BAT) sell down in ITC. We also have a couple of initial public offerings (IPOs) which are filed out there.

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by Elon Musk’s X Corp. against the non-profit Center for Countering Digital Hate, which has documented the increase in hate speech on the site since it was purchased by the Tesla owner

The U.S. and British governments have announced sanctions against a company and two people linked to the Chinese government over a string of malicious cyberactivity targeting officials, lawmakers and the U.K.’s election watchdog

Farmers are driving dozens of tractors in a slow-motion convoy towards Britain’s Parliament to protest post-Brexit rules and trade deals that they say are endangering livelihoods and food security

Authorities in Nigeria say an executive of global cryptocurrency exchange Binance has escaped custody in the West African nation where a criminal investigation has been launched against the platform accused of being used for money laundering

There was a sense the tide had turned when Swiss National Bank surprised markets and cut its interest rate on Thursday — the first of the central banks in the developed world to do so.

Thornton co-founded Mayfair Capital Investment Management in 2002, which was acquired by the firm in 2016 and rebranded to Swiss Life Asset Managers UK in May 2023. He served as CEO from 2002 until 2021. The firm said a successor will be announced «in due course». Head of UK wealth Doug Abbott exits Schroders for Vanguard after 15 years Thornton said: «The time has come to seek other opportunities in the industry, and I would like to thank and acknowledge the tremendous support I have received from all my colleagues in the UK and in Zurich. „In Swiss Life Asset Managers, we foun...

In recent years, India has elevated to a stage where it has acquired the status of having the world’s largest overseas diaspora, with approximately 32 million NRIs and OCIs. Amongst the broad spectrum of India’s NRI network, Gulf countries continue to acquire the largest concentration, along with other countries like Singapore, the US, Canada, the UK, etc. With a plethora of NRIs moving abroad in search of better job opportunities and education, it is important to note that NRIs are taxed in India on the income generated within the country itself.

Kentucky lawmakers have wrapped up work on a bill meant to help attract nuclear energy projects to a state where coal has been king for generations

If you’re into alternative history — thought experiments regarding things that might have happened to alter the course of history — you’ve run across the term hinge points.

In recent years, India has risen to a position where it boasts the world's largest overseas diaspora, comprising approximately 32 million NRIs and OCIs. Among the diverse Indian NRI community, the Gulf countries remain the most concentrated, followed by countries like Singapore, the US, Canada, and the UK. As a significant number of NRIs move abroad in pursuit of better job opportunities and education, it's crucial to understand that they are taxed in India based on income generated within the country.

trade agreements (FTAs) with the UK and Oman are expected to figure in the commerce ministry's 100-day agenda roadmap for the new government, an official said. The ministry will also focus on issues pertaining to the exporting community with a view to promoting the country's outbound shipments. Further talks between India and Australia to expand the scope of existing economic cooperation and trade agreement (ECTA) for a comprehensive economic cooperation agreement (CECA) are also progressing at a healthy rate. The exercise assumes significance as while chairing a Cabinet meeting on March 17, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked the ministers to meet secretaries and other officials of their respective ministries to discuss how the agenda for the first 100 days and the next five years can be better implemented.

battling cancer until the Princess of Wales announced it in a video message on television. Soon after Kate’s public announcement, the Prince and Princess of Sussex released a statement. Several sources confirm, as per The Independent, that there were no conversations on Kate’s diagnosis prior to her announcement.

Amitabh Kant, the former CEO of NITI Aayog, expressed sorrow over her untimely passing through an online post, recalling her vibrant spirit and academic pursuits. «Cheistha Kochar worked with me on the LIFE programme in NITI Aayog. She was in the Nudge unit and had gone to do her Ph.D in behavioural science at LSE. Passed away in a terrible traffic incident while cycling in London. She was bright, brilliant & brave and always full of life. Gone away too early. RIP,» Amitabh Kant said in a post on social media platform X. Cheistha's life came to an abrupt end as she was struck by a garbage truck while cycling, with her husband Prashant, a software engineer, only a short distance ahead. Prashant, upon hearing the collision, hurried back to find Cheistha critically injured. Despite the swift arrival of police and paramedics, Cheistha succumbed to her injuries at the scene. The involved lorry, suspected to be a waste collection vehicle, remained at the site, with the driver cooperating with the ongoing police investigation, reports said. As of now, no arrests have been made, and inquiries continue.

IPL 2024: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will take on Punjab Kings (PBKS) on March 25. RCB, led by Faf du Plessis, were outsmarted by Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in their first match. Punjab, on the other hand, sealed their first win in the tournament as they clinched a last-over thriller in Mohali.

Rishi Sunak will on March 25 announce £200 million ($252 million) of public investment to boost the UK's nuclear deterrent programme and its civil nuclear industry, which the government says will support 40,000 expected new jobs. The government will partner with industry leaders including BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce and EDF, and Babcock to invest at least £763 million by 2030 in skills, jobs and education, Sunak's Downing Street office said in a press release ahead of his announcement.

Easter 2024 is a few days away and Netflix, Apple TV+, Disney+, Peacock, Hulu, Prime Video, AMC and AMC+ are releasing a number of movies and shows throughout the week for their viewers. Bill Nighy leads a charming crowd-pleaser on Netflix, “The Beautiful Game,” in which he plays an English soccer (sorry, football) manager taking a team to the Homeless World Cup in Rome. It starts streaming on Friday, March 29.

BOWL-ERR RCB’s ’24 campaign is just a match old but their bowling was exposed during the 6-wicket defeat to CSK in the IPL opener. The spinners did not have enough resources to exploit a gradually slowingdown pitch as Mayank Dagar, Karn Sharma and Glenn Maxwell bowled five overs between them and managed 37 for 1, without troubling the batters after RCB scored 173 for 6 The RCB pacers blindly followed a shortpitch ball strategy. Mohammed Siraj, Alzarri Joseph, in particular, and Yash Dayal zealously used the quota of two bouncers per over but sacrificed their control over line and length. It reflected in their run-giving rate too — Siraj (9.5), Joseph (10.3), Dayal (9.3)

A few weeks back, while consumers were seeking bargains at a sale by luxury retailer Matches, solicitors were starting a form of insolvency proceedings for the brand. It came just months after the business had been acquired by Mike Ashley's retail empire.

Varun Gandhi’s mother Maneka will contest the Sultanpur seat, from where she is currently an MP. Pilibhit seat has been represented by Varun Gandhi's mother Maneka Gandhi or him for over two decades. Varun Gandhi had first won the Pilibhit seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha Elections as a BJP candidate.

The World Happiness Report 2024, a partnership of Gallup, the Oxford Wellbeing Research Centre, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, and WHR’s Editorial Board, is out. Mint evaluates its metrics to explain why it may not be the final word on happiness. India is ranked 126 out of 143 nations surveyed.