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TOKYO—Japan’s largest telecommunications company and the country’s biggest newspaper called for speedy legislation to restrain generative artificial intelligence, saying democracy and social order could collapse if AI is left unchecked. Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, or NTT, and Yomiuri Shimbun Group Holdings made the proposal in an AI manifesto to be released Monday. Combined with a law passed in March by the European Parliament restricting some uses of AI, the manifesto points to rising concern among American allies about the AI programs U.S.-based companies have been at the forefront of developing.

“Cyclicals, commodities, capex are the most promising segments in the market,” says Somnath Mukherjee, CIO & Senior Managing Partner – Product & Research, ASK Private Wealth. In an interview with ETMarkets, Mukherjee said: “India’s a structural growth story, so expect FII flows to remain quite good. The real breakout will be the start of US rates cuts,”. Edited excerpts: As we step into FY25 – how do you see markets in the next financial year? Do you see a double-digit return? Somnath Mukherjee: Markets are pricing in multiple best-case scenarios currently – a)Current Ruling Party’s victory in elections, b)inflation continuing on its downward trajectory, c)US rate cuts sometime during the year, and d)conflict zones remaining non-disruptive.

One letter to a newly admitted Vanderbilt University engineering student showed an all-in price — room, board, personal expenses, a high-octane laptop — of $98,426. A student making three trips home to Los Angeles or London from the Nashville, Tennessee, campus during the year could hit six figures. This eye-popping sum is an anomaly. Only a tiny fraction of college-going students will pay anything close to this anytime soon, and about 35% of Vanderbilt students — those who get neither need-based nor merit aid — pay the full list price.

₹20 crores for the period of October 2016 to March 2017 and APril to June 2017.In an exchange filing, the company said it has received a notice, "Confirmation of demand of Service Tax / reversal of Cenvat Credit Aggregating to ₹ 19,33,79,337/- inclusive of applicable cess on account of non-payment/short payment of service tax pertaining to the period of October 2016 to March 2017 and April to June 2017, along with interest thereon at applicable rate and imposition of Penalty aggregating to equivalent amount".The company said, its subsidiary Securitrans India will appeal against this decision in the applicable forum.Stock Market Today Live : Wipro, L&T, Adani Green, Vi, Cochin Shipyard, ZEEL, Titan, are a few stocks likely to be in focus on Monday, April 8.Stock Market Today Live : Godrej Properties informed the exchanges today that it has sold over 1,050 homes with over 2 million square feet area in its project in Gurugram, Haryana.The company said its project, Godrej Zenith, located in Sector 89, Gurugram has proven to be its most successful launch in terms of the value and volume of sales achieved.Stock Market Today Live : The local equity market is anticipated to start off on a positive note on Monday, mirroring the uptrend seen in global counterparts.Most Asian markets exhibited an upward trend, and the US stock market experienced a surge on Friday following an impressive jobs report. The trajectory of the market this week will be influenced by several crucial corporate and macroeconomic data releases.Joseph Thomas, Head of Research at Emkay Wealth Management, commented, "The past week saw the domestic markets making gains, buoyed by robust macroeconomic data, particularly PMI numbers.

Total Solar Eclipse, which is all set to occur today (Monday), April 8. This will happen just before the Chaitra Navratri, a nine-day Hindu festival. Astrologers believe that eclipses are an auspicious events.

Also Read | Prince Harry, Meghan lose ‘Royal' title, just part of ‘Hollywood clique’ in US According to Tina Brown, the former editor of Vanity Fair, the news of Charles's cancer has put the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in a “frightening proximity to ascending the throne." The royal expert said, “The prospect of it, I am told, is causing them intense anxiety," as quoted by the Independent. Also Read | Prince William, Kate Middleton to meet Harry and Meghan soon? Here's what we know The 75-year-old King Charles is currently undergoing treatment for cancer, while the 42-year-old Duchess of Cambridge has been attending engagements when her health permits.

ANI, Vallabh had said that he had asked the high command of the Congress to stop criticising Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani. This was after the Adani Group chairman was given a clean sheet by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), which had launched an investigation into him over allegations made by US-based short-seller Hindenburg. "The Congress has made a habit of going at Adani and Ambani (Reliance Industries chairperson Mukesh Ambani) night and day.

Also Read | Russia floods: Record water rise in Ural mountains, evacuation begins The dome above a shutdown reactor at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear station was struck by Ukraine on April 7, according to the plant's Russian-installed administration. Also Read | China Providing Geospatial Intelligence to Russia, US Warns "It was not immediately clear what weapon was used in the strike on Sunday," reported Al Jazeera.

Oil prices fell nearly 2% as Middle East tensions eased after Israel withdrew more soldiers from southern Gaza, while gold prices slumped 1% after scaling record high on Friday as U.S. Treasury yields remain elevated.

Treasury yields held firm after strong U.S. data heightened doubts on whether the Federal Reserve would deliver three interest rate cuts this year. FUNDAMENTALS * Spot gold was down 1.1% at $2,305.09 per ounce, as of 0109 GMT, after hitting a record high of $2,330.06 on Friday.

solar eclipse for 21 years, prompting the weekend's worry and mad rush. Monday's extravaganza stretches from Mexico's Pacific beaches to Canada's rugged Atlantic shores, with 15 US states in between.

China's electric vehicle companies do not rely on subsidies to gain a competitive advantage and accusations by the U.S. and Europe of «overcapacity» are groundless, Commerce Minister Wang Wentao said on Sunday in Paris. Wang made the remarks at a roundtable meeting of Chinese firms in Paris, where he is set to discuss China's exports of EVs into the European market among other things.

Read here: Week Ahead: Inflation data, Q4 results, crude oil prices, global cues among key market triggers this week On Friday, the domestic equity indices ended flat after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced its monetary policy in line with expectations. The central bank kept the key policy repo rate unchanged at 6.5% and maintained its policy stance as ‘withdrawal of accommodation’. The Sensex rose 20.59 points, or 0.03%, to close at 74,248.22, while the Nifty 50 settled flat at 22,513.70.

Sensex rose 20.59 points to close at 74,248.22, while the Nifty 50 settled flat at 22,513.70. Nifty 50 formed a small positive candle on the daily chart with minor upper and lower shadows. “This market action signals narrow range movement in the market near new all-time highs.

NEW DELHI : Big Tech firms like OpenAI, Google and Meta agreed to add checks and balances to deepfakes and election-related discussions on online platforms, after meeting with officials at the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity), including Union ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and Rajeev Chandrasekhar. At least three senior officials close to the developments told Mint that the meetings gave the tech firms “informal directives" to tackle issues of misinformation, by curbing artificial intelligence (AI)-driven content and generative results about “highly sensitive keywords".

BENGALURU : Andrew Feldman, co-founder and CEO of US-based Cerebras Systems, which last month released what it touts as the world's largest and fastest artificial intelligence (AI) ‘chip’ with 4 trillion transistors, insists that while AI is not a silver bullet, it can certainly solve many of the world’s problems. In a video interview from his US office, Feldman spoke about areas where his company’s third-generation wafer-scale AI accelerator—the CS-3—scores over Nvidia's graphics processing units (GPUs). He also shared his thoughts on how India can leverage AI and Generative AI (GenAI) tools, and whether GenAI is being oversold, among other things.

Hudson Institute senior fellow Rebeccah Heinrichs weighs in on Secretary Yellen’s controversial trip to China during an appearance on ‘Varney & Co.’

If ever there was a case for the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to present a straight bat, and not attempt any theatrics, Friday, 5 April 2024, was the day. With the economy doing well, inflation down, if not out, and general elections looming ahead, it made no sense to rock the boat.

The White House described the recent phone call between US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “tense and challenging." And what else could it have been? For the first time since Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October and Israel began retaliating massively against the whole Gaza Strip, Biden demanded an immediate ceasefire. He apparently added an or-else: “If there are no changes in their policy," said a spokesperson, “there will have to be changes in ours." That still seems too little too late to lots of people, even and especially in Biden’s own government.

Niagara Regional Chairman Jim Bradley joins Cavuto: Coast to Coast to discuss the regions preparation and economic impact from eclipse viewers.

Thierry Delaporte’s exit as Wipro’s top boss comes a year after Brian Humphries, another expat CEO, was removed by the Cognizant board. There are issues, beyond managing profit and loss, that expats have found challenging in India. Culture, for instance.