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Dividend Stocks: Shares of some companies such as ABB India, CRISIL Ltd, 360 One WAM, among others will trade ex-dividend in the coming week starting from Monday, April 29. .

Fraser-McGurk gave the scorching Delhi heat competition with a sizzling 27-ball 84 that powered Delhi Capitals to a massive 257 for four against Mumbai Indians in an IPL contest here on Saturday. While McGurk sparkled upfront, Tristan Stubbs dazzled with an unbeaten 48 off 25 balls at the death overs as DC put up a superlative batting effort to register their highest-ever score in IPL. Opening for DC for the second time this season, the 22-year-old Fraser-McGurk equalled his own record for the fastest fifty this season getting the milestone off just 15 balls after the hosts were put in to bat by MI. With McGurk in the middle, it was raining boundaries and sixes at the rather small Arun Jaitley Stadium. He hit 11 fours and six maximums. He got 19 runs off the first over bowled by Luke Wood, setting the tone as he skilfully exploited the field restrictions in the powerplay to nab 92 runs.

PBKS) scripted a historic run chase in the 42nd match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, defeating Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in a high-scoring encounter at the Eden Gardens. Their monumental chase of 262 runs marked a new milestone in T20 cricket, with Jonny Bairstow's sensational century leading the charge. Despite this remarkable victory, PBKS faces an uphill battle to secure a playoff spot, as this win was only their third in nine matches, leaving them in eighth place in the 10-team standings. During the game, PBKS seamer Harshal Patel claimed the top spot in the IPL 2024 Purple Cap leaderboard, taking his wicket tally to 14 wickets in nine innings. His performance was notable despite conceding 48 runs in three overs for a single wicket, as KKR set a formidable total of 261 runs.

Nifty futures has rolled at around 65 per cent compared to 70 per cent which is lesser with respect to the previous series. The Open Interest (OI) for the new contract is higher by around 2 lakhs with respect to the last month contract implying more long positions, according to Religare Broking. Bank Nifty futures rolled at 74 per cent compared to 87 per cent, lower than the previous month.

The Great Indian Kapil Show: Kapil Sharma, India's top comedian, has been entertaining audiences for over a decade with his popular Comedy Nights with Kapil and later The Kapil Sharma Show. As the era of television was ruled by his hilarious cast, Kapil Sharma decided to embrace the rise of OTT platforms and made a significant transition to Netflix with his new show, The Great Indian Kapil Show. After months of promotions, the first episode of The Great Indian Kapil Show was released in March but received a lackluster response.

DC vs MI IPL 2024: Hardik Pandya continue to struggle with poor form in IPL 2024, as he leaked 41 runs in two overs against Delhi Capitals. As the T20 World Cup 2024 squad selection draws closer, veteran pacer Irfan Pathan shared a strong message for Hardik Pandya, saying that the all-rounder must make some impact and play throughout the year. Irfan Pathan, who has criticised Mumbai Indians approach in IPL 2024, said that Indian cricket should not give that much priority to Hardik Pandya as he hasn't made much impact at the international level.

Cybersecurity in 2024: The season of deception and deepfakes McAfee conducted research for the survey in January and February of this year, across multiple countries to understand how AI and technology are changing the future. The study was conducted by MSI- ACI with 7,000 consumers globally across the US, UK, France, Germany, Australia, India, Japan.

ICICI Bank Q4 Results: ICICI Bank announced its January-March quarter results for fiscal 2023-24 (Q4FY24) on Saturday, April 27, reporting a rise of 17.4 per cent in standalone net profit at ₹10,707.5 crore, compared to ₹9,121.9 crore in the corresponding period last year. India's second-largest lender by market capitalisation (mcap) reported a growth of eight per cent in net interest income (NII)--the difference between interest earned and paid--to ₹19,092.8 crore, compared to ₹17,666.8 crore in the same period last year. Follow ICICI Bank Q4 Live Updates: Net profit rises 17% YoY, dividend declared The private-sector lender also declared a dividend of ₹10 per equity share of face value of ₹2 each.

Weekly Tech Recap: In a world of ever evolving technology, keeping up with all the latest trends and updates can feel like an uphill battle. But fear not! Our Weekly Tech Recap will help you get a grip on the latest trends, breakthroughs and controversies in the tech world. This week we had a lot of major updates including WhatsApp threatening to quit India if it was forced to break its end to end encrtyption, Apple resuming gen AI related talks with OpenAI and JioCinema releasing a new premium subscription starting at just RS 29/month.

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Nationalist Congress Party-SCP chief Sharad Pawar warned that voting for Prime Minister Narendra Modi back to power for the third term is 'dangerous', claiming that his government will “impose dictatorship" in India. Addressing an election rally in Sangola in Maharashtra’s Solapur on Friday, Pawar said, “It is dangerous to vote Prime Minister Narendra Modi back to power. He will impose dictatorship in the country." The veteran leader claimed foreigners have visited India to "monitor elections" to see if "democracy will survive in India".

₹8,330 (equivalent to $100, at ₹83.3 per US dollar) to invest. If you invested in India and assumed a 15% CAGR over five years, your investment would have grown to ₹16,755. Now, let’s assume that the international investment also delivered a similar return.

ANI. “Severe heatwave conditions are also being faced in Odisha, especially in North Odisha, although not like in West Bengal but severe enough for many days and hence a red alert has been issued for this part too," she said. She further added that currently the temperature is very elevated and above normal in eastern and peninsular India.

Apple's iPhone is facing pressure from resurgent and aggressive local brands in China. The biggest threat it faces is from Huawei Technologies Co which has been in a geopolitical chokehold of the US which had sanctioned it to throttle its sources of cutting-edge technology. But now it seems Huawei has managed to achieve on its own what the US had been preventing it to. A smartphone it released last year had surprised the US, indicating that Huawei was able to spring back from the crippling impact of sanctions. In the backdrop of these technological and geopolitical tussles, Apple is suddenly losing its base in China. As Huawei, which produces high-end phones that compete with Apple's, manages to continue rapid innovation, Apple's iPhone faces an almost existential threat in China. Some might see its India entry as a counter to the looming threat.

North India are less likely to happen amidst an increase in thunderstorm activities. Speaking with ANI, Soma Sen Roy said, «Yesterday (April 26), we observed thunderstorm activities, especially in North-West India… There have been quite strong winds blowing. In states like Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan, we witnessed hailstorm activities.» The scientist explained that due to these thunderstorm activities, the chances of heatwave conditions are less likely to happen. «Due to these thunderstorm activities, there is a drop in temperature and there can be a decrease of 4 degrees to 5 degree Celsius and therefore, the chances of heatwave conditions in North India are less likely to happen,» she said

equities in April breaking their two months of buying activity. In April so far, thay have sold local stocks worth Rs 6,304 crore. In March and February, FPIs were net buyers at Rs 35,098 crore and Rs 1,539 crore after selling shares worth Rs 25,744 crore in January. On the net basis, they are still buyers at Rs 4,589 crore, so far in this year.

Virat Kohli should come in at the No. 3 position in the T20 World Cup, according to former Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh. While talking to Star Sports, Harbhajan said that Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma should open for India while Virat Kohli should come at no.3. His statement came amid calls by many former cricketers to push Kohli to the opener position in the upcoming tournament.

Amit Shah on Saturday said if Narendra Modi continues to be the prime minister for the third consecutive term, he would end terrorism and Naxalism from the country and also make India the world's third largest economy. He was addressing an election rally at Porbandar in Gujarat in support of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Mansukh Mandaviya. Shah said that when Article 370 was scrapped, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi opposed the move, saying it would lead to a river of blood flowing in Kashmir. «In the last five years, let alone the river of blood, nobody even dared to throw a stone there. PM Modi worked to finish terrorism and Naxalism from the country. When Manmohan Singh was the country's prime minister, anyone could enter the country from Pakistan and blow up bombs,» the senior BJP leader said. «When Pakistan carried out terrorist attacks in Pulwama and Uri, it forgot that Modi was the prime minister. Within 10 days, PM Modi carried out surgical and air strikes to finish off terrorists on Pakistan's soil,» he said.

Indian Railways has launched an app called unreserved ticket system (UTS) to enable people to buy railway tickets online for travelling up to a specified distance. However, for greater convenience, Indian Railways has also come out with a new ATVM smart card. You can recharge this ATVM smart card online. A railway ticket can very well be booked from the UTS app, but the compelling reason to use a smart card to book a ticket is the extra value of 3% offered on using smart cards. «Smart Card is used to purchase tickets through ATVM. Smart cards can be purchased at booking offices at any suburban station and recharged as per requirements. Commuters get a 3% extra value on every recharge. Smart card Cost is Rs 70/- (Rs 50/- refundable deposit & Rs 20/- recharge value),» said the Western Railway on its website as of April 27, 2024. «Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) has developed a facility for online recharge of ATVM Smart Cards through the UTSonMobile Website. As a result, passengers can now recharge their ATVM Smart Cards online using all digital payment methods,» said the South Eastern Railway in a press release dated August 18, 2021.

jobs available through the portal were significantly higher than job seekers. The number of job-seekers registered through the portal in FY24 is 87,27,900 as against job vacancies of 1,092,4161, as per NCS data.

Scanpoint Geomatics rights issue 2024: The BSE-listed company Scanpoint Geomatics Ltd has decided to go for the fundraise via issuance of rights. The issue will hit the Indian primary market on 30th April 22024 i.e.

Buy or sell stocks: Despite gold prices snapping its five-week rally in the week gone by, the Indian stock market ended higher last week. Among the frontline indices, the Nifty 50 and the BSE Sensex logged ascended nearly 0.60 percent and 0.75 percent respectively in the week gone by whereas the Bank Nifty index ascended to the tune of nearly 0.95 percent. The broad market indices outperformed the frontline indices.