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National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced that 23 candidates have achieved a perfect score of 100 in the JEE-Main engineering entrance exam. The majority of these high scorers hail from Telangana. A total of 11.70 lakh candidates appeared for this crucial exam. Out of the 100 NTA scorers, seven are from Telangana, two from Haryana, three each from Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra, two from Delhi, and one each from Gujarat, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu. The NTA officials clarified that the NTA score is not the same as the percentage of marks obtained but represents normalised scores. A senior official explained, «NTA scores are normalised scores across multi-session papers and are based on the relative performance of all those who appeared for the examination in one session. The marks obtained are converted into a scale ranging from 100 to 0 for each session of examinees.»

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R Mukundan, MD & CEO, Tata Chemicals, says “the main issue which we will face going forward next year is going to be in terms of exports where compared to the pricing which we got in the export markets, we would see at least a $100 reduction. This is mainly out of exports coming out of the US and Europe. We have operations in the UK, similar to most people, there is going to be a compression of margin of at least a hundred pounds per tonne. Those are the two pressure points.”

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National Testing Agency (NTA) has released the final answer keys and announced the results of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Mains 2024 session 1 exams on Monday. The Paper 1 exams were held on 27, 29, 30,31 January and 1 February, while the Paper 2 exam was held on 24 January. Among the candidates who scored 100 NTA scores, seven are from Telangana, two from Haryana, three each from Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra, two from Delhi and one each from Gujarat, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

Investing.com-- Arm- the British chip designer which is majority owned by SoftBank, saw its market valuation more than double in a matter of days after it flagged improved earnings on increasing demand from artificial intelligence.

Infosys, were seen enjoying simple pleasures. Dressed in casual attire, they were photographed with their ice cream, a scene resonating deeply with onlookers online. Feedback on platforms like X (formerly Twitter) highlighted the humility and approachability of the Murthys.

Investing.com-- Oil prices moved little in Asian trade on Tuesday as traders turned cautious ahead of key U.S. inflation data that is expected to factor into the path of interest rates, while an OPEC monthly report was also in focus. 

Gold prices were stuck in a tight range on Tuesday as investors refrained from making big bets ahead of a U.S. inflation report that could give fresh perspective on how soon, and by how much, the Federal Reserve could cut interest rates this year. FUNDAMENTALS

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telecom department is facilitating a Shark Tank India-like funding mechanism for startups, particularly in next-gen technologies, as part of the country's efforts to create domestic technology majors. As per officials aware of the details, the DoT is acting as a mediator to introduce startups with the venture capitalists (VCs). «We want to provide exposure and funding opportunities to the MSMEs and startups to scale up. If the idea is good, the VCs will provide the requisite support,» an official privy to the details told ET.

British American Tobacco (BAT), the largest shareholder in India's ITC, is working with Wall Street banks Citi and Bank of America to help pare some of that stake and raise up to Rs 21,000 crore ($2.5 billion), according to people with knowledge of the matter. This would translate to monetising 3.5-4% in ITC. However, no transaction will happen until the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) approves the move. BAT has 29.03% holding in the cigarette-to-chips conglomerate, as per December 2023 disclosures. Based on Monday’s closing price, BAT’s shareholding is valued at Rs 1.47 lakh crore ($17.75 billion). ITC’s total market capitalisation amounted to Rs 5.07 lakh crore ($61.17 billion).

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James Norton, Bill Nighy, and Thomasin Mackenzie, as per a report on What's on Netflix. Ben Taylor, the director is helming Joy and is known for working on Sex Education on Netflix's episodes. Jack Thorne, the winner of BAFTA has created the screenplay, developing the script besides Rachel Mason, his wife. The latest film was initially scooped by ScreenDaily in September 2023.

India Electronics & Semiconductor Association (IESA) and the India SME Forum- have supported the continuation of prohibition of imposing customs duties on electronic transmissions at the World Trade Organization (WTO), citing it to be important for supply chain resilience post Covid. The two industry bodies made this submission to the global trade watchdog as part of a consortium of around 170 global associations. The submission comes amid India and South Africa pushing hard for the prohibition to end as it leads to revenue loss and are keen on an outcome on the issue before the WTO's 13th ministerial conference (MC13) later this month. The moratorium on customs duties on electronic transmissions is in place since 1998. Around 105 countries, including the US, the UK, Australia, China, and Japan favour this prohibition. «Continuation of the moratorium is also important to supply chain resilience for manufacturing and services industries,» the associations said.

₹50,000 crore, and exports (globally) would be just ₹1,500 crore. That is puny compared to the overall ghee market in India, which was estimated to be ₹3.2 trillion in size in 2023, according to data from market research firm IMARC, a large part of which is in the unorganized space. The market is expected to grow to ₹6.9 trillion by 2032, at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.72% from 2024.

markets. Brent crude futures were down 54 cents, or about 0.7%, at $81.65 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures slipped 32 cents, also about 0.4%, to $76.52 a barrel at 1426 GMT.

Bean said the QE programme has already cost UK taxpayers £38bn over the last 16 months, and is expected to be as high as £200bn.

The ONS has been contending with a falling response rate to its surveys, and Labour Force Survey (LFS) data was suspended in September 2023 due to quality concerns.

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