2020 Financial News
18.12 / 08:01
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Traffic
Gurgaon Traffic Police deploy drones to track your every move, issue challan for violation
drones to manage traffic on NH-8, making it the first time such technology has been used for this purpose in the city. The drones are being deployed to identify congestion and facilitate quicker response times, as well as issue fines for lane driving violations, a TOI report stated. On Friday, the first drone was set up, resulting in the issuance of at least 50 fines to drivers of commercial vehicles who abruptly switched lanes on the expressway.
18.12 / 07:51
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Outlook 2024: Modi, Putin, Trump set to dominate global politics in 2024. Key elections to shape future of democracy
Narendra Modi seems certain to extend his rule to 2029; and Donald Trump could return to the White House despite charges of subverting U.S. democracy. For those who worry that authoritarian rulers are firmly in the ascendant over more liberal democrats, there is likely to be much to fret about in 2024.
18.12 / 07:03
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Mutual Funds: Investors should consider these four factors before investing in flexi-caps. Details here
Flexi-cap funds are pure equity funds that can invest across the entire market without any caps. Due to their higher equity exposure, these funds are more volatile but also have the potential to generate better returns in the long run.
18.12 / 01:05
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Fresh funds elude Vi, 5G service in limbo
NEW DELHI : Debt-laden telecom operator Vodafone Idea’s plans to raise external funds of over ₹20,000 crore may get further delayed and are unlikely to culminate even in the quarter ending March 2024, said two people aware of the development. While the telecom service provider has been in talks with investors, including those from the US, the massive debt liability of over ₹2 trillion, besides limited amount of capital coming in from promoters, is being viewed as factors leading to the delay, one of the people said on the condition that he not be named. “It will take time.
17.12 / 23:53
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Joe Biden stands to lose more from third-party candidates than Donald Trump
Joe Biden’s winning 2020 election coalition, particularly younger voters, in the battleground states likely to decide the US presidency. Interest in independent candidates such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the offspring of a celebrated Democratic political dynasty, and possibly moderate West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, who is considering a run, is the highest in at least 20 years, according to a Gallup Poll.
17.12 / 17:56
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Was CoP-28 a cop-out or did the conference achieve something?
how to apply it in practice. If there were some way we could agree on a fair share for every country in the global carbon budget, countries could be required only to live within this share, while being left free to determine how to do it. Net zero dates would be irrelevant.
17.12 / 17:55
17.12 / 17:55
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FinMin revises letter, scotches PSU bank merger speculation
MUMBAI : The Union finance ministry has rectified the agenda of a parliamentary committee meeting scheduled for early next year, putting an end to speculation of a potential merger of public sector banks—UCO Bank with Union Bank of India, and Bank of India with Bank of Maharashtra. In a letter addressed to, among others, the bank chiefs of the four PSU banks and Reserve Bank of India governor on Thursday, the finance ministry said that the members of the parliamentary committee would hold informal discussions with UCO Bank and Union Bank, besides Bank of India and Bank of Maharashtra, over the “regulatory mechanism in post-merger scenario".
17.12 / 17:55
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Are Bank of Maharashtra, BoI, Union Bank, UCO Bank on govt’s merger list?
Bank of Maharashtra, and Union Bank and UCO Bank. According to a report by Reuters citing the document, a parliamentary panel will hold discussions with the four government-owned banks early next year under banking laws which among other things govern mergers and acquisitions. The informal discussions will be held with representatives of UCO Bank and Union Bank of India on January 2, 2024, and between Bank of Maharashtra and Bank of India on January 6, 2024 in Mumbai and Goa.
17.12 / 17:21
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Kuwait's emir Sheikh Nawaf laid to rest in low-key ceremony
Kuwait's emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, who was defence minister when Iraq invaded the oil-rich country in 1990, was laid to rest Sunday in a low-key funeral, a day after he died aged 86. Foreign leaders and envoys were later due to pay their final respects, including the Saudi de facto ruler, the kings of Bahrain and Jordan, and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
17.12 / 16:57
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Climate action: Much like the ozone layer, CoP-28 has three gaping holes
bits and bobs but, overall, nobody has actually gained. The United Nations began the annual climate change conference almost three decades ago to limit greenhouse gas emissions and decelerate global warming. It did not take long for global politics to hijack the entire process, and to suborn the multilateral process with a predominantly Western development model.
17.12 / 16:35
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1 Stock to Buy, 1 Stock to Sell This Week: FedEx, Nike
Stocks on Wall Street finished higher on Friday to notch another winning week amid growing expectations the Federal Reserve is done with raising interest rates and could start cutting them next year.
17.12 / 16:13
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It took Indian Army to show to world that 'enough is enough': Gen Naravane on Eastern Ladakh
Indian Army to show to the world that «enough is enough» and challenge the «neighbourhood bully», says Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane, the 28th Chief of Army Staff, recounting the Indian response to the Chinese aggression in Eastern Ladakh in 2020. In his memoirs 'Four Stars of Destiny', Naravane, providing a rare insight into the deadly Galwan Valley clashes, says Chinese President Xi Jinping will not forget June 16 any time soon as China's People's Liberation Army suffered «fatal casualties» for the first time in over two decades in the fighting.
17.12 / 14:41
17.12 / 13:01
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Subhash Tamang beat Rohit to become first golfer from Nepal to win All India amateur c'ships
Subhash Tamang, who comes from a humble background, became the first golfer from Nepal to win the prestigious All India Amateur Championships run by the Indian Golf Union. Tamang, who was almost 10 when he first held a golf club, beat Rohit of India 9&7 to win the 122nd edition of the tournament at the iconic Royal Calcutta Golf Club. The 21-year-old Tamang, who was neck-and-neck with Rohit for the first 15 holes, pulled away to 3-up after 18 holes.
17.12 / 12:15
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2024
Biden’s 2024 Problem: Voters Say His Policies Hurt Them
WASHINGTON—Robert Gilbert is fed up with high prices for groceries and other necessities, and he has giving up hope that President Biden can help. “I don’t think he has really done much for us, nothing that benefits me really," said Gilbert, 65 years old, a retiree living on a fixed income in Fenton, Mo. He voted for Biden in 2020, but doesn’t think he will support him again.
17.12 / 11:43
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Kuwait has a new ruler who now must fix its old problems
Kuwait’s new ruler is taking over in his 80s and will be confronted with the same economy-hobbling political dysfunction that has for years doomed reforms. But there are differences in this succession as well as similarities, and how they play out will help dictate whether 83-year-old Emir Sheikh Mishaal Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah can break the OPEC member state free of its paralysis.
17.12 / 07:51
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Familiar names throw their hats in 2024 IPO market revival ring
From Reddit Inc. to Syngenta Group to CVC Capital Partners, debuts meant to restore sickly global initial public offering activity to health have been pushed back, sometimes repeatedly.
17.12 / 04:07
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2020
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Activision Blizzard to pay $54 million to settle California state workplace discrimination claims
Activision Blizzard has agreed to pay about $54 million to settle discrimination claims brought by California's civil rights agency on behalf of women employed by the video game maker. The settlement, which is subject to court approval, resolves allegations that the maker of Call of Duty, Overwatch, World of Warcraft and other video games «discriminated against women at the company, including denying promotion opportunities and paying them less than men for doing substantially similar work,» the California Civil Rights Department announced late Friday.
17.12 / 02:01
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Senior cardinal convicted in Vatican corruption trial
By Philip Pullella
16.12 / 19:43
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India declares one-day state mourning on passing away of Emir of Kuwait
India has declared a one-day state of mourning throughout the nation on Sunday as a mark of respect to the Emir of the State of Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah who passed away today. As a part of state mourning, the Indian tricolour will be flown at half-mast throughout India on all buildings where it is flown regularly. «His Highness Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Amir of the State of Kuwait passed away on December 16, 2023.
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