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Now in their 26th year, Investment Week's Investment Company of the Year Awards have a proud history of rewarding excellence in closed-ended fund management. To view the full shortlist, click here.  The winners will be announced at a special ceremony in London on 21 November, which brings together key players across the investment trust and VCT sector. Our Rising Star of the Year category is an individual award open to nominees with a maximum of six years' experience in the investment industry at 30 November 2024 (this includes any role in the broader investment sector). Individuals c...

Isha Ambani was recognized with the prestigious Icon of the Year award at the Harper’s Bazaar Women of the Year Awards 2024, held in Mumbai. The event, which celebrated her contributions to the entrepreneurial world, also highlighted her distinctive sense of style as she made a memorable appearance on the red carpet.

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Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductor startup Agnit Semiconductors on Thursday said it has raised $3.5 million in a seed round led by 3one4 Capital and Zephyr Peacock – marking their first investment in India’s semiconductor sector. Along with two new investors, the company said the round also witnessed participation from former CEO of Cognizant and angel investor Lakshmi Narayanan. The five-year-old Bengaluru-based startup, which was also one of the nominees for the 'Top Innovator' category at the ET Startup Awards, has raised $4.87 million in total so far and plans to utilise the fresh funds to scale its production and commercial operations.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Communications minister Jyotiraditya Scindia clarified on Tuesday that airwave spectrum for telecom services via satellite would be awarded by means of administrative allocation. This is what Elon Musk, whose Starlink plans to beam the internet to dishes in India from low-earth orbit, has been asking for.

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projects under Bharatmala Pariyojana that were halted in November 2023 will now be awarded directly by the ministry of road transport and highways. Projects costing less than `1,000 crore will be awarded over the next few months, a senior official said. The government is looking to fast-track the award of road contracts that had considerably slowed down this fiscal year, with Bharatmala being put on hold due to cost escalation.

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University of Toronto professor and Nobel Prize winner, often referred to as the “Godfather of AI,” is warning that the technology could develop and “make us irrelevant” without significant research into how to control it.Geoffrey Hinton, a British-Canadian professor at the University of Toronto, won the Nobel Prize in physics at the beginning of the month along with Princeton University researcher John Hopfield for work on machine learning and artificial neural networks.Speaking to Global News in a rare interview this week after winning the prestigious international award, Hinton pointed to the positives AI can bring but warned its rapid evolution could be existentially problematic.“I’m most concerned about the long-term dangers because those are the ones that people think are maybe just science fiction,” he said.“So, the biggest long-term danger is that, once these artificial intelligences get smarter than we are, they will take control –they’ll make us irrelevant.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Artificial intelligence (AI) has been the broad theme of this year’s Nobel awards.

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Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman, S Somanath, was awarded the prestigious International Astronautical Federation (IAF) World Space Award 2024. The award was given in recognition of ISRO’s successful Chandrayaan-3 mission—a historic milestone in lunar exploration of the South Pole, making India one of the few countries to do so. The award ceremony took place in Milan, Italy. “ISRO is honoured to announce that Dr. S. Somanath, Secretary DOS and Chairman of ISRO, has received the prestigious IAF World Space Award for Chandrayaan-3's remarkable achievement. This recognition celebrates India’s contributions to space exploration. Celebrations are underway in Milan as we continue to strive for new frontiers,” the space agency said on X.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for their work with proteins

Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday commended Indian financial sector regulators for doing a «world-class job» and bringing greater transparency into the system. Underlining that she is not against questioning or critiquing regulators, Sitharaman said there is a need to be «extremely conscious» about contributions made by them as well.

70th National Film Awards, held on Tuesday, in New Delhi, actor-director Rishab Shetty emerged as a standout, bagging the Best Actor award for his captivating performance in Kantara. The award ceremony, hosted at Vigyan Bhawan, saw Shetty receive the honour from President Droupadi Murmu. Expressing his gratitude, Shetty dedicated his award to the people of Karnataka and his entire team, emphasizing the collaborative effort behind the film’s success.

Two pioneers of artificial intelligence have won the Nobel Prize in physics