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Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will resign Tuesday, handing over leadership to his successor Shigeru Ishiba, who says he plans to call a snap election for Oct. 27

An investigation focused on three of the world’s largest shrimp producers claims that as big Western supermarkets make windfall profits, their aggressive pursuit of ever-lower wholesale prices is causing misery for people on the bottom end of the suppl...

"Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joe Biden set an ambitious goal to improve and expedite the visa process and I am proud to say that we have delivered on that promise. Our consular teams at the embassy and four consulates work tirelessly to ensure that we meet the surging demand," said US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti. More than 1.2 million Indians have travelled to the United States in 2024, a 35 per cent increase over the same period in 2023. 

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was then tracked down, spied upon, and then ultimately killed by Israeli agencies, reveal reports. This comes in after the pager and walkie-talkie blasts in parts of the Middle East, which saw hundreds of Hezbollah's top officials get injured, with multiple deaths of some of the Hezbollah's premier brackets.

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The cuts were applied to the £826.7m Europe Equity Absolute Alpha (share class C); £2bn US Equity All Cap (share classes C, I and I2); £5.8bn US Select Equity Plus (share classes C, I, and I2) and £536.2m Emerging Markets Strategic Bond (share classes A, C and I) funds. The largest cut was applied to the Europe Equity Absolute Alpha (share class C) strategy, with the fee being reduced from 1.65% to 1.35%. JP Morgan AM slashes fees across four funds and flags several poor performing strategies Meanwhile, JPM US Equity All Cap (classes C and I) had their fees cut from 0.65% to 0.6%, ...

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Tanzeel Akhtar has been covering the cryptocurrency and blockchain sector since 2015. She has written for the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, CoinDesk and Bitcoin Magazine.

critical minerals this week, two Indian government sources said, as the two countries try to bolster trade ties despite diplomatic hiccups. They are expected to sign an agreement to partner and cooperate in the area of critical minerals during Indian trade minister Piyush Goyal's visit to Washington, the sources said. Goyal is scheduled to be in the U.S. this week to discuss ways to deepen overall bilateral trade ties, according to one of the sources, weeks before the White House's preparation for a leadership change following the presidential election later this year.

Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., says possible port strikes across America could really 'exacerbate' supply chain problems on 'The Evening Edit.' 

Motilal Oswal named HCL Technologies, LTIMindtree, Persistent Systems and Coforge as its top picks in the sector. “Among Tier-I players, we prefer HCLT and LTIM for their strong capabilities in data engineering, ER&D offerings (HCLT) and ERP modernization, making them well-suited for pre-GenAI spending. For Tier-II players, our top picks are PSYS and COFORGE, both poised for strong performance,” said the domestic brokerage firm in its report.

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Tanzeel Akhtar has been covering the cryptocurrency and blockchain sector since 2015. She has written for the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, CoinDesk and Bitcoin Magazine.

Vinay Paharia, CIO, PGIM India MF, says some of the sectors with many of these high growth companies include the healthcare sector, consumer discretionary sector, some companies within the financial services, particularly the private sector banks, and high growth NBFCs. Wherever we are seeing companies with the ability to grow on a sustainable basis at a higher rates of growth, those companies would materially outperform.

UST said on Monday that it is expanding its presence in India by adding over 3,000 new jobs at its upcoming Kochi campus in the next five years. The IT firm has set its target to have 6,000 employees, up from the current level of 2,800 in the next five years at its Kochi centre. The firm will inaugurate its second own campus in Kochi by December 2027, the company said in a statement. The company laid the foundation stone for the new Kochi campus that is coming up in a 9-acre land at Infopark Kochi Phase 2 and the new UST campus will be completed in three years. “When the Kochi campus goes on stream, it will become the second owned campus in India for UST after Thiruvananthapuram”, added the firm. While UST’s Trivandrum centre has about 7500 employees and is the largest centre globally, UST Bengaluru has over 6,500 employees. Across India, the IT firm has more than 20,000 employees.

Seyed Abbas Araghchi has called for an emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in response to recent Israeli attacks. According to a statement released by Iran's foreign ministry on Sunday, Araghchi made the appeal during a meeting with OIC Secretary General Hissein Brahim Taha in New York on Saturday. As per the official statement, Araghchi emphasised the responsibility of Muslim nations to respond to what he described as the «inhumane crimes» committed by Israel in Palestine and Lebanon. He condemned the recent Israeli airstrikes on Beirut, particularly those targeting densely populated areas with large bunker buster bombs, labelling them as crimes against humanity. He also criticised the inaction of international bodies like the UN Security Council and highlighted the political and military support Israel receives from the United States.

silver December futures contracts were trading at Rs 91,569/kg, up by 0.19% or Rs 171. On Friday, gold and silver settled on a weaker note in the domestic as well as the international markets. Gold December futures contract settled at Rs 75,718 per 10 grams with a loss of 0.70% and silver December futures contract settled at Rs 91,398 per kilogram with a loss of 1.37%.

Devara has secured the second spot among the highest-grossing films worldwide over the weekend. The film grossed an impressive $32.93 millionin its opening weekend globally, making it a standout performer on the international stage, beating Hollywood releases like Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, which earned $29 million, and Transformers One, which collected $25 million. Devara ranks just behind The Wild Robot, which dominated the global box office with $44 million over the same weekend. Telugu cinema superstar Jr. NTR's latest release Devara: Part 1 has stormed the box office, earning a whopping $5.12 million in its opening weekend in North America. The film's impressive performance has catapulted it into the top five at the North American box office, a feat celebrated by the film’s producers on social media. Fans of Jr. NTR expressed their excitement and pride on social media, with one fan sharing, “Proud moment for the Telugu audience.” The film also stars Bollywood actors Janhvi Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan, both of whom make their Telugu cinema debut in Devara. Directed by Koratala Siva, the action-packed film is set in the forgotten coastal lands of India, and its intense storyline has drawn praise from both audiences and critics alike.

Shalini is a crypto reporter who provides in-depth reports on daily developments and regulatory shifts in the cryptocurrency sector.