Digital Financial News

BRICS Summit 2024 at Kazan in Russia will be watched keenly by the United States. The BRIC grouping, including Brazil, Russia, India, and China, was formally started in 2006. In 2009, the first BRIC Summit was held in Russia.

Delhi High Court has restrained Hong Yi F5 and others, the owner and operator of a website that had replicated an earlier version of Dream 11's website, from using Dream 11's trademark, trade and domain names, its logos and tagline and layout/ user-interface of its website or any deceptively similar variant that is likely to infringe the latter’s trademark and copyright. The HC also asked GoDaddy.com LLC to transfer Hong Yi's domain name to Sporta Technologies, which owns and operates the Dream 11 fantasy sports platform that allows participants to draft virtual teams based on real players' performances in actual games. Justice Amit Bansal said that since Hong Yi F5 and other defendants have failed to take any requisite steps to contest the present suit, it is evident that they have no defence to put forth on merits. “It may be relevant to note that Hong Yi F5 did not appear before the court, despite service of summons on February 9, 2024 via e-mail. Further, no communication on behalf of the defendants have been placed on record in respect of the allegations of the plaintiffs in this suit.”

Aadhaar, wherein only the last four digits are visible, is an accepted proof of identity. 72% are also uninformed about the rules of handling a minor's data and the requirement of needing the consent of parents or guardians—these are findings revealed in a PwC report. The report noted that out of the surveyed individuals, only 16% of consumers are aware of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act across diverse geographies, age groups, occupational backgrounds, and urban-rural divides.

Amazon Great Indian Festival biggest Diwali sale: Unbeatable prices on speakers of all budgets from Sony, JBL, and moreCheck out fantastic savings on the best digital pianos during the Amazon Great Indian Festival 2024. This Amazon sale features incredible deals on a wide range of digital pianos from renowned brands like Yamaha, Casio, and Korg.

Sebi on Tuesday came out with a framework on associations between market intermediaries and unauthorised financial advisors, especially with regard to specified digital platforms. This came after Sebi in August amended rules aimed at regulating associations between intermediaries, like stock exchanges, clearing corporations and depositories, and entities providing financial advice or making performance claims. The rule restrains intermediaries, their agents, or associated persons from having direct or indirect ties with any entity that provides investment advice or recommendations without being registered or permitted by Sebi or makes performance or return-related claims unless specifically authorised by the regulator to do so.

Ruchir Modi, son of former Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi, has filed a plea in the Delhi High Court seeking distribution of the dividends of Rs 620.83 crore, received by the K.K. Modi Family Trust companies since 2020, among the four family branches — Lalit Modi, Bina Modi, Samir Modi and Charu Modi. Justice Subramonium Prasad has given two weeks to Bina and her daughter Charu Modi to respond to the Ruchir's application. The case will be next heard on November 19. Ruchir in his fresh plea has alleged that several trust companies including Godfrey Phillips India (GPIL), IPM India Wholesale Trading and Indofil Industries have announced and distributed dividends the tune of Rs 620.83 crore to the upstream Trust companies since 2020, but he and his family branch had been kept «completely in the dark» and his family branch is entitled to a 25% share.

BJP leader CP Yogeshwar was welcome to the Congress if he had faith in the party’s ideology, adding fuel to the speculations that the former minister would contest on a Congress ticket from Channapatna, the assembly seat vacated by Union Heavy Industries & Steel Minister HD Kumaraswamy. The CM, replying to queries from the media, said DK Suresh, who lost the recent Lok Sabha polls from Bengaluru Rural, was also a strong contender for the seat. A clear picture will emerge in two days, he added. Suresh, a three-time MP, is the brother of Dy CM DK Shivakumar. Kumaraswamy told media that BJP national president JP Nadda and union minister Pralhad Joshi had requested him to give the JDS ticket to Yogeshwar, but he found Congress leaders queuing up to welcome him. The union minister defeated Yogeshwar in last year’s assembly polls. Yogeshwar’s unexpected resignation as BJP MLC on Monday has raised the temperature in the BJP and JDS camps.

Urban India is under some strain as demand continues to be muted amid surging food inflation, packaged foods maker Nestle India’s chairman Suresh Narayanan said at a media briefing on Tuesday at the company’s infant foods plant in Samalkha. He said there are “some pressure points from mega cities and metros" though tier one and below towns and rural markets seem to be reasonably stable. “The FMCG sector is facing sluggish demand with growth declining to 1.5-2 per cent compared to double digit growth a few quarters ago,” Narayanan said. The maker of Maggi noodles, KitKat chocolates and Nescafe coffee, reported a marginal 0.94% year-on-year decline in net profit for the July-September ’24 quarter, down to Rs 899.49 crore, hurt by softer demand and high commodity prices. The India unit of the Swiss foods company had reported net profit of Rs 908.08 crore in the year-ago quarter.

Kamala Harris and Republican candidate Donald Trump are fighting the US election 2024. «We are consulting with our allies and partners on the implications of such a dramatic move,» deputy U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Robert Wood told the 15-member United Nations Security Council. Russia invaded neighboring Ukraine in February 2022. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has accused Pyongyang of preparing to send 10,000 soldiers to Russia. Ukraine's U.N. Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya told the Security Council on Monday: «These troops are expected to be ready for war against Ukraine by November 1.»

Reliance Infrastructure on Tuesday said it will set up the largest integrated project for manufacturing of explosives, ammunition and small arms in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra at an investment over Rs 10,000 crore in the project over the next 10 years. Reliance Infrastructure through its subsidiaries has exported defence equipment worth more than Rs 1,000 crore over a period of time, it added. «The company has been allotted 1000 acres of Land in Watad Industrial Area of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra to develop Dhirubhai Ambani Defence City (DADC). DADC will be the largest GREENFIELD project in the Defence Sector in India by any private sector company,» the company said in a statement.

Cotton Association of India (CAI) has pegged India‘s 2024-25 year-on-year cotton production lower by 7% due to fall in acreage and crop loss due to excess rainfall. The trade body also expects India's cotton imports to jump by 42% and the exports to fall by 37%. The CAI has pegged the all India total cotton pressing for the 2024-25 season at 302 lakh bales of 170 kgs each as against 325 lakh bales produced last year. «There are reports of crop damage due to excessive rainfalls in several cotton growing states. The Ministry of Agriculture has reported acreage under cotton to be lower by 10% than last year,» said CAI in a media release.

Zomato is acquiring an 8% equity stake in kitchen appliances startup Byondnxt Smart Home Pvt Limited, for Rs 6,000, the company said in an exchange filing on Tuesday. “Board of directors of Zomato has considered and approved the subscription of up to 600 equity shares of Byondnxt Smart Home Pvt Limited (“Byondnxt”), for a total purchase consideration of Rs 6,000/ at a price of Rs 10 per share. Byondnxt, a business-to-consumer (B2C) firm which designs and manufactures kitchen appliances was founded by Eshwar Vikas who is also the founder of Mukunda Food Pvt Ltd.

Haryana's Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Department has suspended 24 officials over alleged failure to take adequate steps to prevent stubble burning incidents in their respective areas. An order in this regard was issued on October 20. While the order mentioned that the officials are suspended on administrative grounds, a senior officer of the department on Tuesday said the action has been taken because of the alleged failure of these officials to prevent stubble burning incidents. He said that more stubble burning cases were found in their areas.

Angelina Jolie and British rapper Akala are allegedly getting closer. Angelina Jolie, 49, and her alleged boyfriend Akala, 40, spend two nights together in her London hotel. According to a report by Page Six, the 49-year-old ‘Maleficent’ star secretly brought the 40-year-old musician to her hotel suite at The Corinthia in London last week. Akala joined the actress two hours after her arrival. The pair spent Wednesday and Thursday nights together inside the hotel and did not leave.

Go First's lessor Accipiter Investments Aircraft 2 on Tuesday moved a contempt plea in the Delhi High Court against the airline for failing to share all the documents related to its leased aircraft. These documents included technical records, aircraft status documents, and records required to ascertain the airworthiness of the aircraft. While noting down the airline’s resolution professional’s (RP) stand that he had shared all the records, the HC further directed him to supply by November 30 all the documents to Accipiter and also file a compliance report in this regard. The case will be next heard in January.

Hezbollah claimed responsibility Tuesday for a drone attack last week targeting the home of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and acknowledged that some of its fighters have been take captive by the Israeli army. Hezbollah spokesman Mohammed Afif made the remarks during a press conference in Beirut's southern suburbs that was cut short following an Israeli evacuation warning for the area. An Israeli strike hit a target hundreds of metres (yards) away from the site of the conference just minutes after journalists left, an AFP video journalist said.

Manipal HealthMap, the diagnostics arm of Manipal Group, on Tuesday said it has fully acquired Mumbai-based iGenetic Diagnostics for an undisclosed amount. Sources told ET that the deal size would be around Rs 200 crore. With this acquisition, Manipal HealthMap is set to strengthen its presence in key markets, including Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Karnataka, while expanding its pan-India reach. The acquisition will also complement Manipal HealthMap’s existing portfolio, particularly in specialized testing areas such as oncology, infections, fertility, and more.

IMF) has maintained India’s growth forecast at 7% for FY25, consistent with its July prediction, highlighting that the "pent-up demand" during the pandemic is diminishing as the economy returns to its potential. It is 0.2 percentage points up from the April outlook. For FY26, the forecast stands at 6.5%. The projection is higher compared to both advanced and emerging economies. The global economy is expected to slow to 3.2% in 2024 from 3.3% in the year before.

Overburden (OB), the by product from mining operations, and process it to produce Manufactured-Sand (M-Sand), which can be used in construction projects. This move will reduce dependency on river sand and preventing environmental degradation, a Coal Ministry statement said. To make this possible, public-sector undertakings (PSUs) have commissioned four OB processing plants and five OB-to-M-sand pilot plants. Additionally, six more OB processing and OB-to-M-sand plants are currently in various stages of installation within the Coal/Lignite PSUs, the statement added. These plans have been listed in a report by a High-Powered Expert Committee (HPEC) of the Coal Ministry. The report has recommended that coal companies can be mandated to practice mining of other minerals present in OB strata or gainful utilization of OB for economic value rather than mining of just coal.

NATO — is not welcome by some key Western partners, in particular Germany. Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia was also likely looking at the postelection scenario in the US to assess the possibility of cease-fire talks with Ukraine. He assessed that if partial cease-fire deals could be reached over attacks on energy infrastructure and Black Sea shipping routes, it would signal the end of the «hot phase» of the war. Zelenskyy spoke to journalists on Monday and his comments were embargoed until Tuesday. On NATO, Zelenskyy said France, Britain and Italy have shown signs of support. Germany has reservations, however, and Zelenskyy believes only a US green light will convince Berlin to accept the idea.