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Infosys Ltd on Thursday reported earnings for the third quarter ended December 31, 2023. The attrition rate in the third quarter of FY24 declined to 12.9 per cent, Infosys said in an exchange filing on Thursday. The voluntary attrition for IT services was reported at 14.6 per cent in the September quarter of FY24.

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₹6,106 crore, down 7.3 percent from ₹6,586 crore in the year-ago period. Its consolidated revenue was flat, up just 1.3 percent to ₹38,821 crore versus ₹38,318 crore in the same period last year. The expectations had remained subdued from the IT sector as a whole and also from Infosys during the third quarter of FY24.

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Investing.com -- Bitcoin was trading higher on Thursday, while crypto-related stocks also rose, after the top U.S. securities regulator approved the first exchange-traded funds tracking the spot price of the digital asset.

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Dealshare said it has appointed Kamaldeep Singh as its CEO. Post the development, another cofounder Sourjyendu Medda has also left the firm joining Vineet Rao and Sankar Bora who moved on from DealShare. Singh joined Dealshare in December 2022 as president of the retail business at the Bengaluru-based firm. He was previously the chief executive of BigBazaar. Singh's appointment comes after an investor-led restructuring at the firm. ET reported in November last year about Singh being the frontrunner for the post of Dealshare CEO.

On the BSE, Polycab India(down 21.08 per cent), M K Proteins(down 19.99 per cent), Gujarat Hy-Spin(down 11.72 per cent), PM Telelinks(down 10.72 per cent) and Ramchandra Leasing(down 10.00 per cent) stood among the top losers in today's trade. In the Nifty pack, 25 stocks closed in the green, while 25 stocks ended in the red.

NEW DELHI : Visakhapatnam, Ghaziabad and Faridabad are emerging as India’s newest new e-commerce hotspots, according to a new report evaluating the potential of 100 major cities for digital commerce. Bengaluru, Mumbai and Delhi, as expected, top the list, according to the India Digital Commerce Index report by consulting firm Kearney and e-commerce marketplace Meesho. “The second cohort of cities includes the major tier 1 cities of Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, and Pune," the report stated, adding that India’s e-commerce market is expected to be valued at roughly $200 billion by 2026.

Nayanthara's Tamil film 'Annapoorani' has been removed from the streaming platform Netflix, sparking a wave of controversy and legal issues. The decision comes just weeks after the digital premiere of the movie and follows a police complaint filed against the actors, filmmakers, and the streaming service, alleging the film's derogatory portrayal hurt Hindu sentiments. Directed by Nilesh Krishnaa, 'Annapoorani' tells the story of an ambitious young woman from an orthodox Brahmin family, navigating her path through the culinary world despite facing resistance from her priest father. The film, initially released on December 1 to mixed reviews, made its way to Netflix on December 29.

Shares of Coforge Ltd.(up 1.4 per cent), MphasiS Ltd.(up 0.76 per cent), Tech Mahindra Ltd.(up 0.69 per cent), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(up 0.61 per cent) and LTIMindtree Ltd.(up 0.21 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack. On the other hand, Infosys Ltd.(down 1.7 per cent), Wipro Ltd.(down 1.2 per cent) and HCL Technologies Ltd.(down 0.49 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The first funds are expected to start trading at market opening Thursday, with BlackRock leading the way with its iShares Bitcoin Trust. Other top institutions primed to begin trading include incumbents such as Fidelity and Invesco and relative newcomers like Grayscale and Ark Invest.The ruling comes after a US federal appeals court in August sided with Grayscale in a lawsuit against the SEC after the regulator denied an application to convert the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust into an exchange-traded fund, leading to increased pressure on the regulator to correct its cautious stance.

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Sundararaman Ramamurthy, MD & CEO, BSE, Radhika Gupta, MD & CEO, Edelweiss AMC and Harsh Jain, Co-Founder & COO, GROWW, in conversation with ET Now And how it has now become easier like we were earlier highlighting to participate into the entire mutual fund schemes? Sundararaman Ramamurthy: Yes, it has become much easier today for anybody to participate. It is all in mobile. I am sure Radhika will be able to throw more light onto it. What are the efforts that you have taken to ensure that mutual fund, particularly in your case, the penetration improves and more and more investors are able to access your mutual fund?

Covid pandemic and this has helped the Indian economy to be the bright spot amid global economic meltdown, Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das said. «The remarkable turnaround in the Indian banking system has been a cornerstone of India’s success story in the recent years. Today, the Indian banking system is well-placed to support India’s growth story in the years ahead,» Das said Thursday at Mint BFSI summit in Mumbai. He said that the trust on the banking and financial system that is built over a period of time through sustained efforts needs to be preserved. «The Reserve Bank has committed itself to safeguard the trust factor of the Indian financial system.

cross-border linkage is active for the major UPI apps such as BHIM, PhonePe and Paytm. The new functionality is set to enable Indians to receive remittances from Singapore-based Indian diaspora directly into their bank accounts. This facility can be accessed by users of BHIM, PhonePe, and Paytm apps.

Bitcoin price has surged above $46,000 as the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved 11 spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on Wednesday. The approval came after a US congressional panel requested an SEC briefing on a fake tweet that claimed the regulator had authorized a bitcoin futures ETF. The tweet, which was later deleted, caused a brief spike in bitcoin’s price on Tuesday. The approval of spot bitcoin ETFs, which track the actual price of the digital asset, is seen as a major boost for the crypto industry, as it could attract more institutional and retail investors to the market.

VanEck, a renowned asset management firm, has stirred the crypto market with its latest move – launching a pro-crypto advertisement titled “Born to Bitcoin.” This strategic decision comes amidst their pending application for a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). 

Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and PayNow cross-border connection makes it possible for Indians to receive instantaneous, safe, and affordable remittances from the Indian diaspora residing in Singapore straight into their bank accounts. This facility can be accessed by users of BHIM, PhonePe, and Paytm apps. Additionally, banks such as Axis Bank, DBS Bank India, ICICI Bank, Indian Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, and State Bank of India provide this functionality through their respective apps, stated a press release issued by National Payments Corporation of India. All About Tax-Saving Which banks app are supporting the linkage According to the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) press release, “More Third-Party Application Providers (TPAPs) and bank apps such as Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Canara Bank, Central Bank of India, Federal Bank, HDFC Bank, IDFC First Bank, IndusInd Bank, Karur Vysya Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Punjab National Bank, South Indian Bank, and UCO Bank are expected to be added to the linkage soon. This expansion will broaden the range of choices offered to customers.” Key benefits of receiving funds via UPI-PayNow:

₹1,000 crore (approximately) after it raided Polycab group, a prominent wires, cables, and electrical items manufacturer, according to an official statement by the Ministry of Finance. The I-T sleuths initiated search and seizure operations last year in December. The search action was conducted at more than 50 premises located in Mumbai, Pune, Aurangabad, Nasik, Daman, Halol and Delhi.