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₹44.40 a kg, an increase of 13.10% on a year-on-year basis, according to consumer affairs ministry data as of Friday. Though food inflation in March eased slightly, inflation in rice remained significantly high at 12.7%, forcing the government to look for other ways to intervene in the market. The percentage of broken rice in parboiled rice as per a Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) notification is 15%.

₹786 crore — a 7% YoY rise from ₹734 crore in the year-ago period. The company declared a dividend of ₹11 per share of ₹1 each. ALSO READ: Titan Result Highlights: Net profit rises 7% YoY to ₹786 crore, declares dividend of ₹11 per share Congress leader Rahul Gandhi filed his nomination papers from the family bastion of RaeBareli on Friday.

The IA found UK investors returned to the fund markets in March adding £446m, the first inflows since April 2023. The change in sentiment followed heavy capital outflows recorded in January and February of £1.1bn and £2.7bn, respectively.  JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon 'cautious' on US soft landing The best-selling IA sector in March was the Global sector, with inflows reaching £842m, while North America gathered £469m. The IA said due to the aforementioned supremacy of the Magnificent Seven stocks, advisers and wealth managers were opting for US companies if they re-allocate into equit...

₹20 crore via initial public offerings (IPO). The offering is structured through a fixed-price method, with portions of the offer reserved for various investor categories covering Qualified institutional buyers (QIBs), Non-institutional investors (NIIs), and Retail individual investors (RIIs). Also read: SK Finance files DRHP with SEBI to raise ₹2,200-crore via IPO; details here “Filing the DRHP on BSE SME is a crucial step towards our goal of bringing our company to the public markets.

Aghori Sadhus, Ghost Adventures: House Calls S2, Hidden Frontiers Arabia with Reza Pakravan, OJ and Nicole: An American Tragedy and many more. The story revolves around Nicole Brown Simpson's sister Tanya Brown who attempts to depict the Brown family's experience using Nicole's words and the pictures she left behind. OJ Simpson case unfolds as she examines and Nicole's relationship with OJ.

SINGAPORE—Across China and among the global scientific community, Friday’s launch of a Chinese mission to collect samples from the moon’s far side has been hailed for its potential for a scientific breakthrough. But in the U.S., lawmakers and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration are closely watching the expedition with trepidation: as a milestone in a rival’s campaign to build a base on the moon’s most strategic location. The latest frontier of the U.S.-China technological Cold War orbits 240,000 miles above us.

Boeing has more parts trouble, but this time it doesn’t stem from manufacturing snafus or the 737 jet. The blame goes to Russia sanctions still rippling through the jet maker’s supply chain. In the opening days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a maker of a temperature-regulating part for Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner ceased its Russian operations and shifted production west.

A U.S. law-enforcement probe intoToronto-Dominion Bank’s internal controls is tied to the laundering of hundreds of millions of dollars in proceeds from illegal drug sales, the Wall Street Journal reported. 

Rajnath Singh on Friday took a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for having chosen Rae Bareli instead of Amethi to contest in the Lok Sabha polls and said that everyone knows what do «we call a person who runs away from the battle in between». He was addressing a public meeting in Rohtak, Haryana for BJP candidate Arvind Sharma. «Rahul Gandhi has left the battleground and ran away to Wayanad. When his party wanted him to contest elections again from Amethi, he chose Rae Bareli. We all know, what to call a person who left battle in between,» he said.

H-1B visa is offering advice to fellow tech immigrants on LinkedIn. The Chinese national, who also experienced a layoff at Amazon previously, shared his strategies for weathering job loss. Having previously navigated a layoff in 2019 he took a proactive approach when he noticed Google initiating another round of job cuts. Seeing similar actions at other tech giants such as Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, and X (formerly Twitter), he realized that his own position could be at risk. Instead of waiting to be caught off guard, he chose to prepare in advance for the possibility of being laid off. His story underscores the unique difficulties encountered by H-1B visa holders during layoffs, where securing a new sponsoring employer is crucial for maintaining legal status in the country. He outlined five main strategies he employed to mitigate the impact. 5 tips the Google techie shared for H-1B visa holders in his post:

Bond traders pulled forward expectations for the Federal Reserve’s first full interest-rate cut by a month to November ahead of a key US jobs report on Friday.

Gold headed for its first back-to-back weekly loss in more than two months on concerns that the Federal Reserve may take longer to cut interest rates than previously expected as inflation risks persist. 

There were around 36 million Health Savings Accounts in 2023, holding a total of more than $116 billion, but their tax benefits are being questioned by a consumer watchdog, sparking a robust response from an industry body.

European stocks tracked a tech-driven rally in Asia as investors awaited a critical US jobs report due later on Friday. The yen surged to a three-week high.

Bitcoin declined on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve decided to maintain interest rates unchanged and its indication that rate cuts might be delayed. Additionally, Bitcoin's downward movement was influenced by a mixed launch of investment products tracking the world's top cryptocurrency and rival ether in Hong Kong.

US Senator and highly vocal crypto critic, Elizabeth Warren, has claimed that Iranian crypto miners have terrorist ties including Hamas.

Indian diamond jewellery market will grow to US$ 17 bn by 2031 out of India's total gem & jewellery of US$ 120 bn from $ 79 bn in 2021. 2024 is likely to be a record year for gold mine production and jewellery demand will be firm but vulnerable to gold prices. This was revealed by Vipul Shah, chairman of Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) at GJEPC's InnovNXT Forty Under 40, a next Generation leadership summit. «Our aim is to achieve gem and jewellery exports of USD 75 billion by 2030 and with the talent, drive, and determination of the youngsters that I see here today.» Nirav Bhansali, Convener of National Exhibitions at GJEPC, said, “In the gems and jewellery industry, we are not merely purveyors of luxury; we are guardians of tradition, custodians of culture, and champions of craftsmanship. But in order to honor our rich heritage, we must also embrace the winds of change. Today, we are surrounded by the brightest minds and the most promising talents of our industry."

Alphabet's Google on Friday in a second day of closing arguments focused on accusations that the online search leader broke the law to stay on top in search advertising. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta on Thursday peppered both sides with questions seeking to better understand the case ahead of making a ruling.

Sudhir Singh, CEO, Coforge, says “the retail vertical of the merged entity is going to be operating almost immediately at about $100 million per annum. The healthcare and the high-tech verticals of the merged entity from day one will be operating at about 50 million US dollars, in some cases more than that as well.” You have announced your largest ever acquisition, which is going to add about 20% to your top line, but the Street is worried that you have bitten more than you can chew with the execution risk. Help us understand the strategic rationale behind this buy. Sudhir Singh: We think this acquisition is fundamentally a game changer for Coforge going forward. This acquisition does three important things for us. Number one, it will allow us to stand up three new industry verticals. The retail vertical of the merged entity is going to be operating almost immediately at about $100 million per annum. The healthcare and the high-tech verticals of the merged entity from day one will be operating at about 50 million US dollars, in some cases more than that as well, so that is number one.

Sattrix Information Security has filed its draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) with the BSE SME for an IPO. The issue is completely a fresh equity sale of 18 lakh shares and through it, the company plans to raise around Rs 20 crore. In the public offer, about 50% is reserved for allocation to retail investors and the the other 50% will be allocated to non-retail investors.

crypto asset market progresses, India finds itself at a pivotal juncture. There’s an opportunity to chart a course that delicately balances innovation in this nascent but super exciting sector, together with risk management, while drawing invaluable insights from the regulatory experiences of other nations. At the recent G20 Summit, India emerged as a leading advocate for standardizing regulatory frameworks for crypto assets on a global scale, championing international collaboration to address the inherently cross-border nature of crypto assets and the imperative to mitigate the macro-financial implications associated with them. Countries worldwide are making significant strides. Markets in Crypto-assets (MiCA), the EU-wide regulation, will come into effect this year. MiCA, once put into action, will have a broad scope of application within the crypto asset ecosystem. Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the leading global financial center in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia (MEASA) region, enacted the world’s first Digital Assets Law. The UK government, which has a stated goal of being a global leader in Web3, has confirmed plans to regulate crypto assets through formal legislation in 2024 (It has said it intends to bring many crypto asset activities under the same regulations that govern banks and other financial services firms).