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Tehrik-eTaliban Pakistan (TTP) that has crippled all efforts to revive the sinking economy. The demand was raised by Pakistan army chief Asim Munir with the US leadership during his recent visit there.

Qure.ai, a Mumbai-based healthtech firm that uses artificial intelligence (AI) for medical imaging diagnostics, is gearing up for a large fundraise early next year to fund business expansion organically as well as through acquisitions, its CEO said. «We will be raising more funds in a few months,» Prashant Warier, chief executive of Qure.ai, told ET in an interview. He declined to specify the quantum of funds Qure.ai plans to raise but said it would be in «triple digits». As for acquisitions, Qure.ai is eyeing companies that have complementary solutions as well as market access in certain geographies, Warier said.

The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Consortium on Genomics (Insacog), the network of laboratories set up to monitor genomic variations of the coronavirus in India, held a meeting on Friday to review the situation amid a spike in Covid-19 cases and decided to hold another meeting next week to understand the proportion of JN.1 and other sub-variants. «JN.1 is gradually spreading out, but the good news is that there is no increase in hospitalisation yet,» said an Insacog member who attended the meeting. JN.1, a subvariant of Omicron with mild symptoms and few hospitalisations so far, has spread more in Gujarat, Goa and Maharashtra, the person said.

Cryptocurrency traders maintain a bullish drive to end the year with another positive on-chain metric going into 2024 as favorable market forces boost optimism.

ARK Invest has taken the lead in filing the final Form S-1 amendment for its proposed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) ahead of a deadline set by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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Elon Musk's X lost its effort in court to block a California law that seeks to control toxic posts on social media by requiring companies to disclose their content-moderation polices. In an eight-page ruling Thursday, a federal judge in Sacramento rejected arguments by the company formerly known as Twitter that the measure violates the free-speech rights of social media platforms. The ruling comes after Musk ignited a firestorm in November by endorsing antisemitic posts on his platform.

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Indian banks have shrugged off exceptional monetary tightening in advanced economies, domestic rate hikes, wars and volatile commodity prices. Their notional losses in a major portfolio of securities are at a level to comfortably ward off the kind of threats that sank a few US banks in March 2023. «The notional loss in the HTM (held-to-maturity) book of scheduled commercial banks declined marginally to ₹70,497 crore as at end September 2023 as compared to a notional loss of ₹71,817 crore as at end March 2023,» the Reserve Bank of India said in its December 2023 Financial Stability Report. RBI's assessment of notional losses in the HTM portfolio — which it started publishing recently — assumes significance in light of the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank and a few other US-based lenders in March 2023, stressed by huge losses incurred on holdings of American bonds. «If you look at the core capital of public sector banks, in our estimate, that is close to around ₹8 lakh crore.

United States Armed Forces will be honored on 11th November, Monday to commemorate Veterans Day. Millions of Americans, celebrate 11th November by taking an off on that day, for celebrating the soldiers. It is called as the “Armistice Day”. This year, the holiday is falling during the weekend which means the businesses will be observing it on 10th November, Sunday with the closure of federal and state buildings.

New Year commences, television networks ABC and CBS are set to dazzle audiences with star-studded specials to bid farewell to 2023 and usher in 2024. Get ready for an unforgettable night of music, entertainment, and festivities with «Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2024» on ABC and "New Year's Eve Live: Nashville's Big Bash" on CBS.

Mary Tyler Moore, born on December 29, 1936, in Brooklyn, New York, aspired to be an entertainer from a young age. She expressed her early determination in a 1997 interview with the Archive of American Television, stating, «I knew at a very early age what I wanted to do.» Moore, who passed away on January 25, 2017, due to complications of type 1 diabetes, humorously described her passion as «just showing off,» a trait she exhibited since around the age of 3.

OpenAI regarding the challenging matter of pricing and terms for licensing their content to the artificial intelligence company. The veil of secrecy surrounding these negotiations was lifted this week as The New York Times filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging copyright infringement. The claim asserted that both companies utilized Times' content without authorization in the development of artificial intelligence products. Prior to taking legal action, The New York Times had been in extended talks with these entities about a potential agreement. Other news organizations, including Gannett, the largest U.S. newspaper company; News Corp, owner of The Wall Street Journal; and IAC, the digital giant behind The Daily Beast and Dotdash Meredith, have also been in discussions with OpenAI, according to individuals familiar with the confidential negotiations.

HBO has been known to be starting every New Year on a strong note. While season 2 of The Righteous Gemstones and Euphoria premiered in 2022, the blockbuster The Last of Us was released in 2023. In January 2024, True Detective: Night Country is going to premiere. The anthology series which is a hit, is bringing its fourth season four years after Season 3’s premiere. It has Kali Reis, a professional boxer, and Jodie Foster, an Academy Award winner playing the central detectives in this season.

Quiver Quantitative — The year 2023 has been a rollercoaster for the US 10-year Treasury yield (TLT), characterized by dramatic fluctuations but ending the year remarkably close to where it started. This outcome stands as a stark contrast to the tumultuous journey the yield has undergone, encapsulating the uncertainty and volatility that have dominated financial markets.

Quiver Quantitative — The year 2023 emerged as a period of surprising market resilience, defying Wall Street's grim forecasts and manifesting a significant stock rally. Contrary to expectations, the S&P 500 (SPY) and Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) experienced significant gains, with the latter achieving its best performance since the dot-com era. This upsurge reflects the enduring impact of consumer demand that has been driving growth and inflation since the pandemic's onset.

Piper Sandler analysts said in a note Friday that the key perceived Eylea overhang for Regeneron (NASDAQ:REGN) has diminished with the Mylan infringement judgement.

passengers from Gujarat who were on the Nicaragua-bound flight which was sent back mid-route from France have been quizzed by police in a bid to unearth a suspected illegal immigration network operating from the state, a senior official said on Friday. The Nicaragua-bound aircraft, an Airbus A340 carrying 276 passengers, was grounded in France for four days over suspected human trafficking. It landed in Mumbai in the early hours of December 26.

(Bloomberg) — Membership of the BRICS group of emerging-market nations is set to double, with Saudi Arabia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia and Egypt to join its ranks on Jan. 1, South Africa’s envoy to the bloc said. 

Anatomy of a Fall directed by French director and screenwriter, Justin Triet was released in the theatres in August 2023. It received the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in May. The film is produced by David Thion and Marie-Ange Luciani.