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India vs Afghanistan. As per Sportingnews.com, the pitch at Kensington is known for its bounce which could be in favour the bowlers. Due to the bounce, the initial overs of the game could be challenging for batsmen.

Bitcoin touched a one-month low as outflows from digital-asset investment products and the prospect of higher-for-longer US borrowing costs sapped the cryptocurrency market. The largest digital asset shed as much as 2.7% on Tuesday, reaching a level last seen in mid-May, before paring some of the drop to trade at $65,266 as of 8:04 a.m. in New York. Smaller tokens such as Ether, Solana and Dogecoin also sank.

Ordinary shareholders' NAV endured a similar fate, dropping from £674.4m at the end of March 2023 to £618.6m as of 31 March 2024. The falls were largely attributed to a reduction in short-term UK power price forecasts, which Investec analysts Ben Newell and Alan Brierley said detracted 7.8p per share. US Solar Fund eyes share buybacks as NAV falls 20% over 2023 They explained increases in discount rates also detracted 4.6p per share. However, these were partly offset by revisions to short-term inflation forecasts, the revaluation of new assets as they became operational and the sal...

According to Bank of America's monthly global fund manager survey, respondents said they expect global growth to remain unchanged over the next 12 months, with 53% stating they do not expect a US recession in the next 18 months. Only 8% predicted a recession in the second half of 2024, while 30% offered a 2025 recession bet. On rates, 8% of managers said they expect no Federal Reserve cuts in the next 12 months, while 78% expect at least two cuts to take place in the coming year, with the earliest forecast for September. Overall, only 5% of respondents expected a weaker economy in the...

Specialty chemicals platform Distil has raised $3.1 million in a seed funding round led by Jungle Ventures and India Quotient, with participation from other investors and operators. This marks Jungle Venture’s first seed investment in India since the launch of its First Cheque@Jungle, a programme which aims to invest at least $2 million in early-stage startups from idea to seed stage, according to a statement on Thursday.

Western Moscow Exchange sanctions look set to drive up Russian interest in cryptoassets such as USDT, a survey of traders and investors has found.

Bitcoin (BTC) has faced significant selling pressure since the recent halving.

In 1991, the Indian government articulated a ‘Look East’ policy to build extensive economic and strategic relations with its eastern neighbours and Southeast Asia. This was different from the traditional ‘West facing’ outlook, in which we looked to learn from Europe and North America. With the age of AI upon us, India is considering how it should both foster and regulate this powerful new technology which can reshape industry, society and geopolitics.

Silver ETF is the new kid on the block in the mutual fund (MF) investments landscape. The oldest fund in the group was launched only 28 months ago.

Snapchat Inc. will pay $15 million to settle a lawsuit brought by California’s civil rights agency

Gold prices edged higher on Thursday as lacklustre U.S. economic activity fuelled expectations that the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates this year. FUNDAMENTALS

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.

OpenAI's co-founder and former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever said on Wednesday that he was starting a new artificial intelligence company. The company is focused on creating a safe AI environment at a time when some of the biggest tech companies are looking to dominate the generative AI boom.

Ryan Selkis, a cryptocurrency executive, was eating dinner at Mar-a-Lago last month when he got an unexpected invitation: Former President Donald Trump wanted him to come to the stage and say a few words. Selkis, who runs the crypto data firm Messari, was among a couple of hundred attendees at an event celebrating Trump's series of nonfungible tokens, the digital collectibles known as NFTs. When he reached the lectern, Selkis turned to face the former president.

Bitcoin mining appears to be having a moment. As the price of the flagship crypto asset scaled to new highs in March, flying on the back of ETF approval news, miner revenues also reached previously unseen levels, with the network distributing close to $70 million each day during the peak.

McCourt, a US real estate billionaire, aims to buy TikTok to rescue the internet from the clutches of major platforms that he firmly believes are destroying society and endangering children. In the United States, McCourt is best known as the former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, while in Europe he is the current proprietor of storied football club Olympique de Marseille that counts French President Emmanuel Macron among its fans.

engineering goods export to the US continues to decline, the Indian government has agreed to study the possibility of signing an FTA (free trade agreement) with Mexico as several US companies, including Tesla, have set up manufacturing bases there. Indian industry wants to access the US market by having an FTA with Mexico as the US is the top destination for India’s engineering exports. Pankaj Chadha, senior vice chairman, Engineering Export Promotion Council (EEPC) said, “Most of the USA’s manufacturing has shifted to Mexico, including Tesla’s new plant. And the only way for India to increase our engineering goods export to the USA is to have an FTA with Mexico.” EEPC, a body affiliated with the commerce ministry, represents one fourth of India’s engineering exports, while engineering goods account for 25% of the merchandise exports from India.

Amazon said Wednesday it will invest an additional 10 billion euros ($10.7 billion) in Germany, most of it in cloud computing, the US tech giant's latest major investment in Europe. A total of 8.8 billion euros will come from Amazon's cloud computing division AWS and will be invested in southwest Germany by 2026, with the rest going into logistics, robotics and company offices.

Netflix will be releasing its documentary titled ‘Simone Biles Rising’ in June. This will trace the journey of Simone Biles who is part of the US Gymnastic team, up to the Paris Olympics in 2024. The trailer of this documentary has been released by the OTT platform. This comes immediately after Prime Video is expected to release the ‘Twelve Final Days’ involving the life of another sporting legend Roger Federer on June 20. The Simon Biles Rising documentary has a logline which reads “one of the most powerful comebacks in history”.

Louisiana is known for bringing in various changes in the education policy of its state but this the first time in the United States, the Ten Commandments of Moses will be displayed in all classrooms of public schools across Louisiana, says a USA Today report. Louisiana's Republican Governor Jeff Landry recently signed this new law on Wednesday, compelling every public school to follow suit and display the Commandments, which in bible, is often claimed as the 'laws of God'.

Bitcoin (BTC), the world’s oldest and most valuable cryptocurrency, is struggling to maintain its value, staying below the $65,500 mark and hitting an intraday low of $64,100.