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Davos, where the 54th annual World Economic Forum meeting is taking place. The forum has consistently served as a global stage for leaders from diverse fields, addressing pressing challenges and exploring innovative solutions for a better future together. As we reconvene this year, with the fragile geopolitical situation globally, there is a renewed sense of urgency and shared responsibility powered by the energy and enthusiasm generated by the convergence of over 3000 global leaders.

The Bitcoin (BTC) hash rate experienced a significant drop of 34% as a result of a sudden freeze in Texas, causing some miners to scale back their operations due to the strain on the state’s energy grid.

Pran Pratishtha' ceremony at Ayodhya Ram Mandir, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday launched a dedicated webpage to provide weather-related information for the holy city and other important nearby areas. The webpage (https://mausam.imd.gov.in/ayodhya/) shows weather information on temperature, precipitation, humidity, and wind patterns for seven days starting January 18 in major languages spoken across the globe including Hindi, English, Urdu, Chinese, French, and Spanish. The webpage not only provides weather-related information for Ayodhya, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Lucknow, New Delhi and Mankapur along with other important places but also provides a seven-day forecast of sunrise and sunset timings in both Hindi and English.

Small investors in China are using an underground network of brokers and go-betweens to skirt the country’s strict rules on cryptocurrency trading. China is officially one of the world’s toughest jurisdictions for cryptocurrencies. Beijing banned crypto trading in 2021, and authorities have since detained, fined and jailed people working in the sector.

The Indian rupee ended little changed on Thursday, after hovering in a tight range for much of the session as positive cues from a slight pickup in its Asian peers were offset by dollar demand from foreign banks.The rupee closed at 83.1225 against the U.S. dollar, barely changed from its close at 83.1375 in the previous session.

LONDON (Reuters) — The International Monetary Fund faces tough choices on how to deal with Pakistan after the February election and how to assess the country's debt situation, a former central bank governor of the South Asian nation said.

Investing.com — European stock markets traded marginally higher Thursday, steadying after the previous session’s sharp losses, but any gains are likely to be limited on increased doubts of early interest rate cuts. 

Emkay Global Financial Services, said, “With index setting at long-term mean valuations, we expect 11% return for the Nifty in 2024. The current composition of the Nifty is predominantly defensive. The India story is largely a capex-driven, industrials-led earnings bounce-back.

BSE Sensex fell 0.81 percent to 70,918.07, and the NSE Nifty 50 lost 0.91 percent to 21,374.95. "A nosedive correction in banking stocks, along with concerns over delays in US FED rate cuts, impacted market sentiments. The addition of discouraging Chinese growth data and rising US bond yields also resulted in widespread profit-booking.

A Shanghai court has issued a verdict for the first instance of money laundering using Chinese digital yuan and cryptocurrency, marking a significant legal precedent of crypto-related crimes in China.

With war in Ukraine, tensions in the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea, Israelis fighting Hamas in Gaza, and missiles flying through the skies from the Red Sea to Pakistan, Davos Man wants to know how Uncle Sam plans to restore order. The Biden administration doesn’t want its allies and adversaries to think things are spinning out of control, so Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan dropped into Davos to reassure all and sundry that the Americans are on the job. Mr.

Taiwan's TSMC will formally open its new chipmaking foundry on Japan's Kyushu island on February 24, its chairman said Thursday, which is part of their plan to expand its global manufacturing footprint. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company — whose clients include Apple and Nvidia — controls more than half the world's output of silicon wafers, used in everything from smartphones to cars and missiles.

India Meteorological Department (IMD) has introduced a dedicated weather webpage for the region. This timely initiative, launched with just four days remaining until the grand event, aims to provide attendees and organizers with crucial weather-related information. Multilingual weather data for key locations The newly unveiled webpage offers comprehensive weather updates, covering essential parameters like temperature, precipitation, humidity, and wind patterns.

Following a challenging 2022, 2023 proved to be a year of recovery, NIFTY with strong growth of about 20% in CY2023 compared to a meagre 3% in CY2022. Globally, except for a 15% decline in the Chinese and Hong Kong markets, the markets recovered between ~14% and ~25%. Notably, the NASDAQ jumped 45% while the S&P 500 increased by 25%. Healthy returns of CY2023 were on back of negative returns in the range of negative ~8 to ~34% in CY2022 with NASDAQ falling the most at 34% and an exception of Indian markets (positive 3%) being stronger than the world. The year 2023 was not without difficulties, though, as interest rates reached previously unheard-of levels, sparking fears about future economic growth and recessionary expectations in the developed world. Despite challenges, Indian markets and a number of sectors saw outstanding performance, with real estate (up 78%), PSE (up78%), and Autos (up 45%) showing particularly strong returns. The outstanding returns were delivered for the BSE SME IPO index delivering 91%. Abundant liquidity fuelled the IPO markets with astounding oversubscriptions. Moreover, the shift in ownership dynamics, marked by higher domestic ownership and strong inflows, added strength to the market. Global Economic Scenario

By Stephanie Kelly and Jeslyn Lerh

Investing.com-- Most Asian currencies moved little on Thursday after clocking steep losses in the prior session, while the dollar fell slightly from a one-month high as strong U.S. retail sales data spurred more doubts over early rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.

By Farah Master

Investing.com-- Most Asian stocks kept to a tight range on Thursday as strong U.S. data further dented bets on early interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, while a rout in Chinese shares worsened in the wake of disappointing GDP readings.

Investing.com-- Oil prices rose slightly in Asian trade on Thursday as severe cold weather appeared to have spurred some disruptions in U.S. production, while military action in the Middle East raged on.

Day Two of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos was about Ukraine’s Zelenskyy and Chinese Premier Li, Day Three was a mixed treat, with Argentina’s new President Javier Milei getting more mileage at the event. European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde, IMF’s Kristalina Georgieva, and an address by French President Emmanuel Macron were also in focus for their star power.

Chinese warplanes were detected around Taiwan, with 11 crossing a sensitive median line separating the self-ruled island from China, Taipei's defence ministry said Thursday, the first significant show of force since the weekend's presidential election. The ministry, which releases data daily on the Chinese military presence around Taiwan, said Thursday that 24 warplanes and 5 ships had been detected in the 24 hours leading up to 6 am (2200 GMT). «11 of the detected aircraft had crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait or entered Taiwan's southwest and north (air defence identification zone),» the ministry said in a statement.