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Independent Bookstore Day, which will be celebrated this year on Saturday, April 27, is a major occasion to pledge to save local and independent bookstore chains and keep them thriving.

The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has announced that it will not assign any collateral value to exchange-traded funds (ETFs) with exposure to Bitcoin or cryptocurrencies. 

Canadian wildfires are back again after creating havoc last summer. The fumes, smoke, and burning eyes and throat were a massive nightmare for US and Canadian residents during the last year. The orange skies and billowing smoke from densely forested terrains are hard to forget and it looks like the same will be back again this year, however, in what magnitude, is explained by wildlife experts, in a report by USA Today. According to the report, The 2023 Canadian wildfires were a record breaker causing widespread damage and fumes, that affected regions of the United States neighboring Canada. However, experts think that this year will not see such a massive widespread of wildfires.

lookout circular (LOC) has been issued against Anmol Bishnoi, the younger brother of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, in connection with the firing outside actor Salman Khan's house in Mumbai's Bandra earlier this month, a police official has said. The police are also likely to take custody of Lawrence Bishnoi, who is currently lodged in a jail in Gujarat's Sabarmati, and was also contemplating invoking the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) in the case, he said. Anmol Bishnoi had claimed responsibility for the firing and a probe too showed his involvement, following which the LOC was issued on Friday by the Mumbai police, the official added. «Anmol and Lawrence Bishnoi have been named as wanted accused in the case. Anmol Bishnoi stays in Canada and travels to the USA. However, the IP address of the Facebook post, through which he claimed responsibility of the firing, was traced to Portugal,» the official said.

Cybersecurity in 2024: The season of deception and deepfakes McAfee conducted research for the survey in January and February of this year, across multiple countries to understand how AI and technology are changing the future. The study was conducted by MSI- ACI with 7,000 consumers globally across the US, UK, France, Germany, Australia, India, Japan.

₹8,330 (equivalent to $100, at ₹83.3 per US dollar) to invest. If you invested in India and assumed a 15% CAGR over five years, your investment would have grown to ₹16,755. Now, let’s assume that the international investment also delivered a similar return.

Apple's iPhone is facing pressure from resurgent and aggressive local brands in China. The biggest threat it faces is from Huawei Technologies Co which has been in a geopolitical chokehold of the US which had sanctioned it to throttle its sources of cutting-edge technology. But now it seems Huawei has managed to achieve on its own what the US had been preventing it to. A smartphone it released last year had surprised the US, indicating that Huawei was able to spring back from the crippling impact of sanctions. In the backdrop of these technological and geopolitical tussles, Apple is suddenly losing its base in China. As Huawei, which produces high-end phones that compete with Apple's, manages to continue rapid innovation, Apple's iPhone faces an almost existential threat in China. Some might see its India entry as a counter to the looming threat.

equities in April breaking their two months of buying activity. In April so far, thay have sold local stocks worth Rs 6,304 crore. In March and February, FPIs were net buyers at Rs 35,098 crore and Rs 1,539 crore after selling shares worth Rs 25,744 crore in January. On the net basis, they are still buyers at Rs 4,589 crore, so far in this year.

Fulton Bank, part of Fulton Financial Corp, would assume nearly all the bank's deposits and purchase its assets to "protect depositors." As of January 31, 2024, Republic Bank reported approximately USD 6 billion in total assets and $4 billion in deposits. The FDIC estimated that the bank's failure will cost its insurance fund about $667 million.

artificial intelligence on critical infrastructure. The board will develop recommendations for the transportation sector, pipeline and power grid operators, internet service providers and others to «prevent and prepare for AI-related disruptions to critical services that impact national or economic security, public health, or safety.»

Copper and aluminium, the most used industrial metals, have gained substantially in the past few weeks. The rally was associated with supply uncertainties and a notable increase in global demand. The Western ban on Russian metals, hopes of US rate cuts, and diversification of holdings of central banks also uplifted the sentiments. Copper futures are hovering near lifetime highs in the key Chinese markets, while they are trading at two-year highs on futures platforms like LME and MCX. Aluminium prices are currently at record levels in Indian markets, gaining over 20 percent since the start of the year.

Markets always tend to climb a wall of worry. And in 2024, investors are grappling with abundant worries. Alongside the looming elections, they now must contend with a fresh geopolitical outbreak in the Middle East. Despite this, most international markets are trading within 5% of their all-time highs. Recent weeks have been dominated by news of strife and armed conflicts. This has led to jitters in foreign flows into Asian equities, impacting India as well. Approximately Rs 25,000 crore has been pulled out by foreign institutional investors from Indian equity markets in April so far.

afflicts rich and poor countries alike. With barriers to commerce rising, high interest rates contining to bite and regulators bridling at takeovers, such liaisons are becoming the go-to way to enlarge a business empire, as the recent actions of companies including Disney, Ford and Microsoft illustrate. Call it the age of the quasi-merger.

Taylor Swift has now outsold the greatest British boyband of all time, the Beatles! The ‘Lover’ star’s latest album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ outsold the top ten albums and grabbed the numero uno place on British musical charts on Friday. ‘Poets’ enjoyed the biggest opening week for an album in the UK for seven years. This distinction ties the ‘Look What You Made Me Do’ hitmaker with Madonna as a female artiste with the most UK No. 1 albums in Official Albums Chart history. «No other artist has notched up 12 no. 1 albums in such a short space of time. Taylor Swift has done it in 11 years and 6 months,» the Official Charts Company told Reuters. «This surpasses The Beatles, who managed the feat in 14 years and 1 month,” he said. The album reportedly sold 220,000 units in its first three days and 270,000 units in its first week.

gold closed with a gain of 0.27% at $2338 Friday. However, the metal posted its first weekly decline in six on inflation concerns as the US inflation data remained elevated. The metal fell 2.20% on the weekly closing basis. The ten-year US yields at 4.67% were around 1% lower Friday; however, yields were up nearly 1% to finish the week higher, whereas the 2-year US yields at 4.99% were up nearly one bps on the week, but down nearly one bps Friday.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is gathering information on products of Indian spice makers MDH and Everest after Hong Kong halted sales of some of their products for allegedly containing high levels of a cancer-causing pesticide. «The FDA is aware of the reports and is gathering additional information about the situation,» an FDA spokesperson told Reuters on Friday. Hong Kong this month suspended sales of three MDH spice blends and an Everest spice mix for fish curries. Singapore ordered a recall of the Everest spice mix, saying it contains high levels of ethylene oxide, which is unfit for human consumption and a cancer risk with long exposure.

At least three women contracted HIV after receiving a trendy skincare treatment in New Mexico, according to a detailed report of the outbreak investigation.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and the former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan slammed Indian Overseas Congress chairman Sam Pitroda, for his comments on inheritance tax. As reported by ANI, Chouhan stated that India's culture, traditions, and moral values differ from America. Addressing a public rally in Raisen, Shivraj Singh Chouhan said, “In a country like America, there is a provision that after death, the government (US) takes away 55% of the property.

ICICI Bank Q4 results 2024 preview: Amid speculations of weak quarterly numbers from the Indian banks in Q4FFY24, ICICI Bank is going to declare its Q4 results 2024 today. According to market experts, the private lender may see a rise in net profit and net interest income on a rise in loan books and improved asset quality.

The Terra LUNA Classic (LUNC) price has failed to push to the north of its 21DMA and is reversing lower, despite the community revising the token’s burn tax.

With the Bitcoin halving completed, and all altcoins rallying back to new all-time high prices