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Also Read: Week Ahead: Interim Budget 2024, US Fed Policy, Q3 results, auto sales among key market triggers this week 360 One Wam: The company has declared an interim dividend of ₹4.50 per equity share. 360 One Wam shares will trade ex-dividend today. In a stock exchange filing, 360 One Wam said: “We are pleased to inform you that the Board of Directors of the 360 ONE WAM LIMITED (formerly known as IIFL Wealth Management Limited), at its Meeting held on January 18, 2024, has declared fourth interim dividend for the financial year 2023-24, of Rs.

MUMBAI : Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs), whose assets under custody in India stand at $758.4 billion, have closed out bullish positions and created huge bearish positions on index futures (Nifty and Bank Nifty) contracts ahead of a key meeting of the US monetary policy body, or FOMC (federal open market committee), on 30 and 31 January, and India’s interim budget on 1 February. Against a cumulative net bullish position of 81,357 contracts at the beginning of the month, FPIs held a cumulative bearish 108,883 contracts as of 25 January.

It is that time of the year again, one of my favourite times, the film awards season. Very close on the heels of my excitement around the festive season of Diwali and Christmas comes a time of celebration when all the incredible films of the past year get acknowledged and bestowed with the most coveted awards of cinema, the Oscars, awarded by the US-based Academy for Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. After the pre-cursors to the Oscars—namely, the Golden Globes, Screen Actor’s Guild and Independent Spirit awards and others—are over, the Oscar race seems to get clearer, although nothing can be said for certain till awards night on 10 March.

Iran-backed militants launch missile attack on Iraq airbase, US soldiers injured Last week, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps sent the research satellite Soraya into space. However, Britain, France, and Germany condemned that launch.

Millions of American workers are paying for early access to their paychecks. In some cases, it can come with a steep price.

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A leading Russian economist has claimed that American sanctions will ultimately undermine the role of the US dollar in the global economy – and help the cross-border adoption of the digital ruble.

Federal Reserve policymakers may finally be right on the verge of cutting interest rates. Going into this week’s two-day policy meeting, which wraps Wednesday afternoon in Washington, investors are assigning roughly even odds to the prospect that the US central bank will start lowering borrowing costs at its next decision in March. That makes Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s press conference, and any signal he may or may not choose to send, of critical importance.

Johannes Läderach, CEO of the family run luxury chocolate business, on a recent visit to India, told Mint."Though there is a free-trade agreement being negotiated between India and Switzerland which could be very helpful. This is because India is at the highest end of customs duties across the 20 markets we operate in. The duties are very complicated too based on varieties of chocolate being imported," he said.

China has ramped up its digital yuan work over the last year, while the ECB is now in the preparation phase for a digital euro and India is seeing a million transactions per day processed by commercial banks throughout the country for the digital rupee. Yet in the US, the Federal Reserve has been cautious about pushing ahead with pilots and several governors have expressed scepticism about the need for a CBDC. This month, Donald Trump vowed to prevent the creation of a digital dollar if he wins the US presidential election, calling a CBDC a "dangerous threat to freedom". Josh Lipsky and Ananya Kumar from the Atlantic Council’s GeoEconomics Centre warn that technological payments innovation at the Fed is lagging behind its peers and competitors.

Netflix's science-based documentary series, 'Connected: The Hidden Science of Everything,' hosted by Latif Nasser, will not be returning for a second season, marking the end of its brief run. The decision was confirmed by Nasser himself after fans inquired about the series' fate.

Lee Do-hyun and Kim Go-eun’s upcoming occult thriller, "Exhuma." As the movie gains traction, here's a concise rundown of everything you need to know about this dark and chilling cinematic venture.

ALSO READ: Bihar politics LIVE: Nitish Kumar to take oath as Bihar CM for record 9th time at 5 pm; celebrations outside BJP office In 2017, the Congress leader had tweeted: “Word of the day! Definition of *snollygoster* US dialect: a shrewd, unprincipled politician. First Known Use: 1845. Most recent use: 26/7/17." Sharing that post, Tharoor said in a post of X, “Didn't realise it would be the Word of Another Day too!#snollygoster." Reacting to Kumar’s decision to join the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), the Congress on Sunday compared Nitish Kumar to a “chameleon", and said the people of the state will never forgive him for his “betrayal".

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In the dynamic world of cryptocurrency, Bitcoin’s price prediction seems bullish, especially as it experiences a noteworthy upswing, currently trading at $42,220, marking a nearly 1% increase on Sunday.

OnePlus 12 series at the ‘Smooth Beyond Belief’ event on January 23. The two smartphones: OnePlus 12 and OnePlus 12R come with a powerful chipset, vibrant display and a 100W fast charger which is claimed to refill the battery in around 26 minutes. The OnePlus 12 is powered by the flagship Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC while the OnePlus 12R is powered by last year's premium Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Three U.S. service members were killed and as many as 34 wounded, United States officials said on Sunday, after a drone attack in Jordan that they linked to Iranian-backed militants.

AP quoted US President Joe Biden as saying in a statement on 28 January. It is the first time American military personnel have been killed by hostile fire in the Middle East since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, and the incident will further raise tensions in the region and fuel fears of a broader conflict directly involving Iran. Hamas said the death of the soldiers shows Washington's backing for Israel could put it at odds with the whole Muslim world if the Gaza war continues and that it could lead to a "regional explosion." "While we are still gathering the facts of this attack, we know it was carried out by radical Iran-backed militant groups operating in Syria and Iraq," Biden said in a statement.

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