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Google has agreed to change its user data practices to end a German antitrust investigation aimed at curbing its data-driven market power, the German cartel office said on Thursday. The German antitrust watchdog in January issued a charge sheet known as a statement of objections to Google over its data processing terms, saying that users were not given sufficient choice as to whether and to what extent they agree to the far-reaching processing of their data across the company's services.

VinFast on Thursday reported a 159% rise in third-quarter revenue as it ramped up car deliveries and sought to boost sales by partnering with dealers in the United States. In the filing, VinFast also said it would launch an assembly facility in India, the world's third biggest car producing nation, to take advantage of the South Asian government's incentives for EVs. VinFast, which is backed by Vietnam's largest conglomerate Vingroup, is gearing up to strengthen its foothold overseas.

AIDCF), which requested a stay on Star India's free cricket streaming on Disney+ Hotstar, has been denied interim relief by the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT). The next hearing date is December 18, and the TDSAT has instructed AIDCF to submit a rejoinder affidavit by that date or earlier. Earlier, the tribunal had directed Star India to file its reply by October 3. The tribunal noted that over-the-top (OTT) platforms are not covered under the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's (TRAI) regulations.

Life Certificates now, the process started on October 1. There is a special provision for pensioners aged 80 years and above to submit their life certificates in October. A pensioner can either submit the certificate physically, by visiting banks, post offices, or online.

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₹114,999. The company has also revealed that bookings for this vintage-inspired electric scooter are now available nationwide, with deliveries scheduled to start during the forthcoming festive season. Pure EV's objective in introducing the ePluto 7G Max electric scooter is to boost its sales during the upcoming festive season.

Digital payments and financial services company MobiKwik said that it has recorded a profit for the second consecutive quarter this fiscal year, and seen topline growth as it focuses on its credit strategy. For the quarter ended September 30, 2023, MobiKwik recorded revenues of Rs 208 crore, a 17% jump over the previous quarter. The company posted a total profit of Rs 5 crore for the quarter.

Singapore unit of esports firm Nodwin Gaming has acquired a 100% stake in West Asia and Turkey-focused game marketing agency PublishME for $2 million. PublishME was earlier owned by Indian gaming and media firm Nazara Technologies, which held a stake of about 82% in the company, and PublishME founder Ozgur Ozalp, who owned the rest.

Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker and a major Apple supplier, predicted on Thursday strong year-end holiday sales after September sales dropped, coming off a high base for consumer electronics. The fourth quarter is traditionally the hot season for Taiwan's tech companies as they race to supply smartphones, tablets and other electronics to major vendors such as Apple for the year-end holiday period in Western markets.

Bitcoin continues to trade at $27,698 with a nearly 1% increase. Marathon Digital Holdings boosted its Bitcoin production by 16% monthly and Kraken experienced its highest Bitcoin deposit activity in half a decade due to surging prices and growing ETF confidence. 

transaction banking include evolving treasury management, with treasury becoming a strategic partner. Transaction banking is a core focus for global banks in India, with Bank of America emphasising globally consistent, locally relevant solutions, Sanchay Agrawal, India head, Global Transaction Services, Bank of America said in an exclusive interaction with ET Online's Gourab Das.

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Karnataka has floated an expression of interest (EoI) for empanelling agencies to set up an Information Disorder Tackling Unit (IDTU) for the state government. IT/BT Minister Priyank Kharge posted on social media platform X that the state government was serious about tackling misinformation, disinformation, malinformation and fake news. The government has set October 16 as the last day for submission of proposals for the project.

₹690.90 apiece, while Macrotech Developers shares gained as much as 3.20% to ₹773.95 apiece on the BSE. The Bengaluru-based property developer Sobha said it recorded sales worth ₹1,723.8 crore in the quarter ended September 2023, witnessing a growth of 48.1% from ₹1,164.2 crore in the year-ago quarter. The company posted the highest quarterly new sales area of 1.69 million sq ft in Q2FY24, up 26.1% YoY, with an average price realization of ₹10,223 per sq ft.

BEIJING — Asia's competitive advantage was once cheap labor. Now, whether it's China, India or Japan, the region's edge lies in industrial services, KKR's heads of global and Asia macro said in an October note.

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The South Korean central bank has set a date for its “real-world” CBDC pilot, with the first citizens slated to use the coin in the fourth quarter of FY2024.

Skilling programmes cannot have only supply-focused training mechanisms. Whether one gets skilled through formal college education or through vocational skilling programmes or through professional certificates, these programmes need to anticipate industry-based jobs demand and accordingly plan the required skilling. The actions to implement this are required at multiple levels. Some of the methods needed include public-private partnerships. Recently, the Ministry of Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) signed eight memoranda of understanding (MOUs) to address this gap. One of the MOUs was with IBM. This covered skilling at the school level, higher education level and through vocational avenues. In higher education, the plan through this partnership is to work with the Department of Higher Education, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIELIT), National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training & Research (NITTTR), Chandigarh, and state skilling missions. The students are expected to be given access to digital content, experiential learning, and new skills for technical careers.

Prabir Purkayastha and human resources department head Amit Chakravarty, arrested in a case lodged under anti-terror law UAPA following allegations that the news portal had received money to spread pro-China propaganda. Additional Sessions Judge Hardeep Kaur was hearing the arguments regarding the applications.

«So, we are going to see huge consumption numbers on the digital platform which is why we believe that potentially you could see around Rs 1000 crores of ad revenue just purely on the digital platform, which is about 60% to 70% to 80% higher as compared to the 2019 World Cup,» says Karan Taurani, Senior VP, Elara Securities. We were just chatting with Saurabh Mukherjea as well from Marcellus and he was talking about as to how the World Cup frenzy also gives you a light and insight into the affluent India, the aspirational India and the consumption boom thereby, the premiumisation theme. Everyone is willing to spend whatever it takes for the tickets, for the flights, for the hotels. What according to you are the beneficiaries that are going to emerge from the business of cricket? I think from a World Cup standpoint, firstly, we have to see two things that are happening for the first time.

And the single biggest answer to such questions is building on their skills. A recent report by Emeritus on global workplace skills, based on insights from 6,000+ professionals across multiple countries, found that tech-driven skill gaps were becoming a global issue. About 1,720 Indian professionals participated in this survey. As many as 53% of those surveyed feared becoming redundant if they did not continue to develop skills; 50% said they did not have the right skills for career advancement. A critical learning is that this need is being today felt across many career stages, and not just at the early levels. Upskilling on tech-driven skill gaps is becoming a requirement for the mid-career professional and for the senior executive.