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This thought-provoking topic will be at the heart of a Fireside chat featuring Mayank Kumar, Co-founder and Managing Director of upGrad, during the highly anticipated ET Soonicorns Summit 2024, set to take place on September 20 in Bengaluru. As the summit’s theme of ‘From Resurgence to Resilience’ drives home, this session will offer actionable insights into how startups and developers can recalibrate for the future. The event, taking place on September 20 in Bengaluru, will feature other industry stalwarts such as Hari Menon, Aman Gupta, Prayank Swaroop, Sangeeta Bavi, and Umakant Soni, among others, who will engage in dialogues on the evolving funding landscape, building business through strategic reinvention, and the technologies of tomorrow. However, to fully grasp the relevance of Kumar’s Fireside chat, we must first understand the role of English in today’s programming world. English has long been the default language for most programming languages—whether it’s Python, Java, C++, or JavaScript. From syntax to function names and even documentation, English is deeply embedded in the linguistic architecture of software development. This widespread use of English in programming has removed linguistic barriers to a great extent considering English, today, has been described as the “fastest-spreading language in human history. English is estimated to be spoken by some 1.75 billion people worldwide—that’s one in every four of us. The count includes both native speakers and speakers in post-colonial parts of the world. English is also increasingly a global corporate lingua franca. Interestingly, two Indian languages are part of the world’s top 10 most spoken languages: Hindi and Bengali.

Joint Parliamentary Committee on Waqf Amendment Bill 2024 on Thursday commenced their meeting at the Parliament Library Building with the agenda of listening to suggestions by several muslim boards and experts. As per the new schedule, the meeting will now be held on September 19 and 20, 2024. A meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, was earlier scheduled for September 18, 19 and 20 at the Parliament House Annexe in the capital city of New Delhi. JPC to hear suggestions today: In the meeting, representatives from the Ministry of Minority Affairs will record oral evidence before the committee on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024.The Joint Parliamentary Committee will also hear the views or suggestions of some experts and stakeholders, such as Prof Faizan Mustafa, Vice Chancellor, Chanakya National Law University, Patna; Pasmanda Muslim Mahaaz and All Indian Muslim Personal Law Board, on the bill.

Reliance Power surged 5% to a day’s high of Rs 34.62, while shares of Reliance Infrastructure advanced 7.5% to Rs 304 on the BSE on Thursday. This upward rally follows their resolution of past debts and obligations.

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Fed policy outcome, the Nifty experienced significant volatility. In the first half, it rose towards the 25,500 levels; however, in the second half, it surrendered all gains and fell below the 25,300 levels. Nonetheless, it managed to recover half of its losses and closed near the 25,350 levels. “So, technically, the range is 25,200 to 25,500, and it is currently exactly in the middle of that range. From a derivatives point of view, there is the highest open interest (OI) on the call front at the 25,500 strike, whereas the put side shows the highest OI at the 25,000 strike, indicating a range of 25,000 to 25,500 levels,” said Jay Thakkar, Vice President and Head of Derivatives and Quant Research at ICICI Securities.

Brokerage firms Morgan Stanley and BofA have initiated coverage on Brainbees Solutions with an overweight and buy rating respectively. Emkay Global has upgraded Tata Motors to a ‘buy’ from ‘add’ while Citi has maintained a buy rating on Exide while cutting the target price of the stock. We have collated a list of recommendations from top brokerage firms from ETNow and other sources:

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Breakout stocks to buy or sell: After showing range-bound action in the last few sessions, the Indian stock market shifted into high volatility on Wednesday. The Nifty 50 index lost 41 points and closed at 25,377, the BSE Sensex shed 131 points and finished at 82,948, and the Bank Nifty index ended 561 points higher at 52,750.

North Korea said Thursday that leader Kim Jong Un supervised successful tests of two types of missiles — one designed to carry a «super-large conventional warhead» and the other likely for a nuclear warhead, as he ordered officials to bolster up his country's military capabilities to repel U.S.-led threats. The tests were apparent references to the multiple missile launches that neighboring countries said North Korea performed off its east coast on Wednesday, extending its run of weapons display as confrontations with the U.S. and South Korea escalate. The official Korean Central News Agency said that Kim oversaw the launch of the country's newly built Hwasongpho-11-Da-4.5 ballistic missile tipped with a dummy «4.5-ton super-large conventional warhead.» It said the test-firing was meant to verify an ability to accurately hit a 320 kilometer (200 mile)-range target, suggesting it's a weapon aimed at striking sites in South Korea.

Hezbollah. The blasts — which came after Israeli officials said they were ready to step up attacks against the Iranian-backed militia — have heightened concerns that Israel's long-simmering conflict with the group might escalate into a broader war. Hezbollah and Iran quickly blamed Tuesday's operation on Israel, an assessment confirmed by U.S. and other officials. Israel has not confirmed or denied responsibility. With hospitals in Lebanon struggling to cope with the number of wounded, Israel and Lebanon were tensely awaiting a promised retaliation from Hezbollah and its allies.

Determined to thwart the automating of their jobs, about 45,000 dockworkers along the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts are threatening to strike on Oct. 1, a move that would shut down ports that handle about half the nation’s cargo from ships

Daylight saving 2024 in the USA is ending soon. The fall season is all set to start on this weekend, the autumnal equinox will take place on Sunday. The clock will set back for an hour.

Her standing in national polls has improved as well. According to a Morning Consult Poll released recently, Harris holds a six-point lead over Trump, which is her highest margin yet. Despite these positive indicators, there are reasons why Harris’s team should not become too comfortable.

Sakamoto Days Chapter 183 promises to build on the events of the previous installment. This chapter will be available on September 22, 2024.

glacial lake outburst which claimed more than 40 lives, the Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) EWS mission set up by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), completed its mission on Tuesday. It made a comprehensive susceptibility assessment of the six high-risk lakes and mitigation plans, according to the Sikkim government. «The finding which emerged was that broad glaciated valleys exist below all these high-risk lakes, which are ideally located to create retention structures to contain the GLOF hazard. The next step would be to prepare a DPR for GLOF risk reduction for funding support from NDMA,» the Sikkim government said on Tuesday. The expedition from August 31 to September 14, 2024, targeted the high-risk glacial lakes in the upper reaches of Mangan district. In a first-of-its-kind initiative in India, the expedition assessed the flood susceptibility of the six high-risk glacial lakes, to mitigate the potential hazards of GLOF, officials said.

The National Toy Hall of Fame is floating the idea of inducting balloons

It’s the last quarter of the year, and the crypto market’s rat race is here again. Analysts chipping in their EOY crypto price prediction have three top altcoins: Ethereum, Ripple, and Rollblock. Ethereum’s growing institutional adoption with the launch of an ETH ETF and XRP’s legal vindication were excellent highlights that fueled a deeper look into their future trajectory.

US Federal Reserve's rate outcome due for announcement later on Wednesday night, a look into the history of the last three decades reveals Nifty's median returns of +1.6% following a 50 bps rate cut by the Fed. Meanwhile, a 25 bps cut has resulted in a median loss of 0.5%. The above findings were from a Capitalmind Financial Services study, which showed that the Fed announced a 50 bps rate cut 10 times in the last 34 years while the most frequent action by the Central Bank has been an increase of 25 bps, which has been done 39 times.

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge made his party's stance clear following the Union Cabinet's approval of the proposal, as recommended by the Kovind panel.

Bombay High Court said on Wednesday that if the use of loudspeakers and sound systems beyond permissible noise levels was harmful during the Ganesh festival then it also has the same effect during the Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi processions. A division bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Amit Borkar made the remark while hearing a bunch of public interest litigations (PILs) seeking a ban on the use of «DJs», «dance» and «laser lights» during the Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi processions. The petitions urged HC to direct the civic bodies and police to refrain from granting permission for the use of such high-decibel sound systems. The PILs claimed that neither the Quran nor the Hadith (holy books) prescribes the use of DJ systems and laser lights for the celebration.

Hezbollah exploded almost simultaneously in Lebanon and Syria Tuesday, killing at least 12 people — including two children — and wounding thousands more. A U.S. official said Israel briefed the U.S. on the operation — in which small amounts of explosive hidden in the pagers were detonated — on Tuesday after it was concluded. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the information publicly. The Iran-backed militant group blamed Israel for the deadly explosions, which targeted an extraordinary breadth of people and showed signs of being a long-planned operation. Details on how the attack was executed are largely uncertain and investigators have not immediately said how the pagers were detonated. The Israeli military has declined to comment.

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought a reply from the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), and others in a matter regarding the use of cancer-causing chemicals in cars. The tribunal was hearing a matter where it had taken suo motu (on its own) cognisance of a media report regarding the use of two flame retardant chemicals inside cars — - TDCIPP and TCEP — - which were carcinogenic. In an order passed last week, a bench of NGT Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava noted the reply of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) that it did not have the facilities to test whether these substances were carcinogenic. The bench, also comprising judicial member Justice Sudhir Agarwal and expert member A Senthil Vel, said the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) had filed a report dated September 10 where it did not take a «definite stand» on whether these chemicals were carcinogenic.