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The NSE Nifty 50 settled 0.22% higher at 23,567, while the S&P BSE Sensex added 0.18% to 77,479.

rich plan to migrate to another country, most of them choose the United Arab Emirates and particularly Dubai, which is one of the Emirates. A report by Henley & Partners, an international investment migration advisory firm, says approximately 4,300 millionaires are projected to leave India this year. And most of them are headed to the UAE. However, it's not that India's rich are in a hurry to leave the country. It's only a small number of rich Indians. «India continues to lose large numbers of millionaires, especially to the UAE. However, in our view these outflows are not particularly concerning as India continues to produce far more new HNWIs than it loses to emigration. Furthermore, the bulk of the millionaires who leave India tend to retain business interests and second homes in the country, which is a positive sign,» says the report. Why the UAE has such a pull for rich Indians The UAE is a bigger attraction for India's rich than other popular destinations for migration, such as Australia, Singapore, Israel, Switzerland, the US, Canada, New Zealand and the UK.

European markets have opened higher after a mixed day of trading in Asia

The Swiss National Bank says it has lowered its main policy rate by a quarter of a percentage point, citing a drop in “underlying inflationary pressure” despite an uptick in some costs like rents, tourism services and oil products

Investment management firm VanEck saw its first spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) attract $1.3 million on the first day of trading.

rate decision from the Bank of England (BoE) later in the day, while the dollar was on the back foot as it awaited fresh market catalysts. Currencies were trading in tight ranges following a holiday in the United States and as investors looked not only to the BoE but also central bank decisions in Switzerland and Norway.

Asian stocks took a breather on Thursday, hovering near their highest in two years as traders waited for more U.S. policy clues, while sterling was steady before a Bank of England meeting where rates are expected to remain unchanged. Apart from the BoE, investors will also watch out for central bank decisions from Switzerland and Norway on Thursday to set the tone for global rates outlook.

Brazilian asset management firm Hashedex has submitted a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing for a dual Ethereum and Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF).

Tether on Monday launched Alloy, a gold-backed stablecoin pegged to the US dollar. This marks the issuer’s tethered asset debut, with Alloy (aUSDT) mintable through the new platform.

Crypto asset management firm Coinshares has rebranded its Nordic ETP brand XBT Provider to “CoinShares XBT Provider” and is preparing to expand in the second half of 2024.

Lupin said it has entered contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) business, with newly formed subsidiary, Lupin Manufacturing Solutions (LMS). The company on Monday named Abdelaziz Toumi (Abdel) as the chief executive officer of LMS. LMS will engage in the development, manufacture and sale of active pharmaceutical ingredients and is starting to build its CDMO.

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has dismissed a cease-fire offer for Ukraine by Russian President Vladimir Putin as “propaganda” as she wraps up a Group of Seven summit that saw a deal reached for a $50 billion loan to Ukraine

With less than three weeks to go until Britain’s election day, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is running out of time to change the tune

NEW DELHI:Packaged foods company Nestle India has said it has benefitted "immensely" from its parent company's intellectual property rights, or IPRs, over the years, leading to greater speed of innovation as well as cost-savings to the business. The statement comes in the wake of a majority of shareholders rejecting a proposal to increase the royalty payout to its Swiss parent, Société des Produits Nestlé S.A., from 4.5% to 5.25% per annum.

Russia must be held accountable for “an element of genocide” it’s perpetrating by taking thousands of Ukrainian children from their homes and trying to erase their Ukrainian identity, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Sunday at the end of a global summit focused on restoring peace between the two countries.

Kylian Mbappe and France have been to the last two World Cup finals but are on a mission as they begin their Euro 2024 campaign against Austria on Monday, having endured disappointment in recent editions of the continental championship. Les Bleus won the World Cup in Russia in 2018, when a teenage Mbappe announced himself on the global stage, and only lost the 2022 final on penalties after an epic battle with Argentina in Doha. They also won the UEFA Nations League in 2021, but the European Championship is the one title that has evaded the French since Didier Deschamps became coach in 2012.

Delhi: India on Sunday refrained from associating itself with any communique emerging from a Ukraine summit for peace hosted by Switzerland and asserted that it will remain engaged with all stakeholders to facilitate a peaceful resolution to the Ukraine conflict. Pavan Kapoor, Secretary(West) in the Ministry of External Affairs, represented India at the Summit on Peace in Ukraine that was held at a resort near Lucerne in Switzerland on June 15 and 16. The summit concluded with dozens of countries throwing their support to Ukraine's "territorial integrity" and calling for talks among all parties to find a lasting solution to the conflict. «The Indian delegation attended the Opening and Closing Plenary Sessions of the Summit. India did not associate itself with any communique/document emerging from this Summit,» the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said.

territorial integrity" of Ukraine to be the basis for any peace agreement to end Russia's two-year war, though some key developing nations at a Swiss conference did not join in. The joint communique capped a two-day conference at the Burgenstock resort in Switzerland marked by the absence of Russia, which was not invited, but that many attendees hoped could join in on a roadmap to peace. About 100 delegations, mostly Western countries but also some key developing nations, were on hand for the conference — and experts were on watch to see how and if at all they might line up behind the outcome document. Participants India, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates — which were represented by foreign ministers or lower-level envoys — were among those that did not sign onto the final document, which focused on issues of nuclear safety, food security and the exchange of prisoners.

Saudi Arabia, India, South Africa, Thailand, Indonesia, Mexico and the United Arab Emirates were among countries participating at a summit on peace for Ukraine that did not sign a final communique, the Swiss government said on Sunday. Switzerland, which hosted the summit, said over 90 countries took part in the talks, and the vast majority of them signed up to the communique, according to a list which the Swiss organizers posted at the close of proceedings. Brazil, which was listed as an «observer» on the list of attendees, also did not feature as a signatory.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday predicted «history being made» at the Swiss-hosted conference that aims to plot the first steps toward peace in Ukraine even though experts and critics don't expect any major breakthroughs because Russia isn't attending. The presidents of Ecuador, Ivory Coast, Kenya and Somalia joined dozens of Western heads of state, other senior government leaders and high-level envoys at the meeting, in the hopes that Russia could join in one day.

Central bank decisions in Britain, Switzerland and Norway are expected to provide more evidence that the global rate cutting dash is slowing to a crawl, while retail sales data from the United States and China will provide a consumer health check. A supply crisis puts cocoa markets in the spotlight and Europe gears up for a summer of sports with the Euros 2024 tournament kicking off in Germany.