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Russian regional governor said on Wednesday he had ordered the rebuilding of nine houses in a village that was accidentally bombed by one of Russia's own warplanes. The incident took place on Tuesday, when the state news agency RIA quoted the defence ministry as reporting an «abnormal discharge of aircraft ammunition» over the village of Petropavlovka in the southern region of Voronezh. Governor Alexander Gusev said the nine houses would be rebuilt as soon as possible, and there had also been damage to a small local school, an arts centre and an administrative building. No one had been killed but four people were treated for minor injuries and residents had access to psychological support, he said. Five cars and a tractor had also been damaged, and the owners would get compensation. «Not a single resident will be left without help, we will support everyone as much as possible,» Gusev said. Authorities did not say what caused the incident. While the damage was limited, it was embarrassing for Russia's military and came at a time of high alert in its southern regions close to the border with Ukraine. Over the New Year period, Russia staged some of its heaviest missile and drone strikes on Ukraine since its full-scale invasion in February 2022.

One of Bracken Darrell’s first stops as CEO of the company that owns Vans was a visit to the son of its co-founder. Darrell inspected the memorabilia in the office of Steve Van Doren, who is the brand’s ambassador, including photos of Warped Tour, a music festival Vans used to sponsor that helped burnish its counterculture status. Since the company stopped sponsoring the tour and similar events, it has lost more young people than any other age group.

fossil hunters unearthed the remains of a dinosaur from the hills of eastern Montana five years ago, they carried several key characteristics of a Tyrannosaurus rex: a pair of giant legs for walking, a much smaller pair of arms for slashing prey, and a long tail stretching behind it. But unlike a full-grown T. rex, which would be about the size of a city bus, this dinosaur was more like the size of a pickup truck. The specimen, which is now listed for sale for $20 million at an art gallery in London, raises a question that has come to obsess paleontologists: Is it simply a young T.

(Reuters) — Goldman Sachs Asset Management said on Wednesday it had raised $650 million for a new fund that will invest in startups related to the life sciences sector.

2023 closed as a solid year for stock markets worldwide as bets that the Fed will start lowering interest rates as soon as early 2024 prompted investors back to risk assets after a more than forgettable 2022.

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raised their fixed deposit (FD) interest rates while a few have introduced special schemes for offering higher rates of interest. Bank of India, for instance, has introduced Super Special Fixed Deposit with an interest rate of 7.5 percent per annum for deposits ranging from ₹2 to ₹50 crore and has a fixed maturity period of 175 days starting Jan 1, 2024 Other banks, which have recently raised their term deposit interest rates, include Bank of Baroda (BOB), State Bank of India (SBI), DCB Bank, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, and Axis Bank. State Bank of India (SBI): SBI has raised the FD rates to 6 percent from 5.75 percent (for 211 days to less than one year).

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra design surfaced, showcased on a poster in a Brazilian store. Discover the anticipated features of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S24 series and get insights into the expected pricing. As per information from a post by DontMatterToYou on the X platform, the design of the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra was exposed through leaked images when a store in Brazil displayed a poster of the smartphone.

The Forlers could see their family of five was growing fast and would soon need a bigger place to live. So they started to think farther afield.

Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Reliance Industries-BP consortium, Oil India, and Dilip Shanghvi’s Sun Petrochemicals Pvt. Ltd have won oil and gas exploration blocks in the eighth round of the Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP-VIII). India had offered 10 blocks for bidding of which ONGC won seven, Oil India, Sun Petrochemicals, and a consortium of Reliance Industries Ltd and BP Plc got one area each. Contracts for the 10 blocks were signed on Wednesday. «Estimated investments in awarded blocks for committed exploration work program is to the tune of $233 Million,» said a press statement from the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. Five companies-- ONGC, Vedanta Ltd, Oil India Ltd (OIL), Sun Petrochemicals Pvt Ltd, and Reliance-BP Exploration (Alpha) Ltd had put in 13 bids for the 10 blocks on offer. The press statement added that steps are being taken to augment India’s E&P sector by increasing India's exploration acreage to 0.5 million sq.

The year 2023 saw the largest US technology stocks, often referred to as the «Magnificent seven,» outshining the broader market, with gains ranging from 48% to an impressive 249%, while the S&P 500 Index closed with a 24.2% price return.

SHANGHAI/SYDNEY (Reuters) — China's leading bubble tea makers including Mixue Bingcheng and Guming are rushing to apply for first-time share sales in Hong Kong as companies in the fast-growing sector expand aggressively amid fierce competition.

Indian share markets ended calendar year 2023 on a strong note, notching around 20% gains, most of it coming in the latter half of the year. While Nifty 50 and BSE Sensex gained about 15% in the last two months of the year, midcap stocks stole the show, with the BSE Midcap index shooting up by 20.4%. Several factors contributed to the rise, including healthy domestic macro numbers, cooling inflation in the US, and higher inflows from foreign portfolio investors (FIIs).

NEW DELHI : The Indian spirits market, which navigated through a complex year due to tax hikes, state elections, and policy shifts in 2023, is expected to see a flat growth in 2024. While major players are likely to find solace in the premium segment, smaller regional companies are poised to steal the spotlight with faster growth compared with their larger counterparts. The hangover from 2023 challenges could linger amid sharp tax increases in states like Karnataka and the dampening effect of elections across nine states.

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In personal finance, taxes are a significant part of our financial lives, and it is crucial that we explore every avenue to minimise our tax liability. While investment tools like mutual funds, PPFs, FDs, and NPS are some of the mediums to save tax, insurance too can be a tax-saving medium. It is not just a protective shield, but a strategic instrument for tax optimization.

India registered about 12 lakh new cancer cases and 9.3 lakh deaths in 2019, becoming the second highest contributor to the disease burden in Asia for that year, according to a new study published in The Lancet Regional Health Southeast Asia journal. Researchers found that India, along with China and Japan, were the three leading countries in Asia in terms of number of new cases and deaths, where they say cancer has become a more significant public health threat with 94 lakh new cases and 56 lakh deaths in 2019. Of these, while China contributed the most with 48 lakh new cases and 27 lakh deaths, Japan recorded about 9 lakh new cases and 4.4 lakh deaths, the international team of researchers including those from the National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Jodhpur and Bathinda, said. «We examined the temporal patterns of 29 cancers in 49 Asian countries between 1990 and 2019 using estimates from the Global Burden of Disease, Injuries and Risk Factors 2019 Study (GBD 2019),» they wrote in their study. They found that in Asia, the leading cancer was that of tracheal, bronchus, and lung (TBL), resulting in an estimated 13 lakh cases and 12 lakh deaths. It was also found to be most frequent in men and third most frequent in women. Specifically among women, cervical cancer is ranked second or among top-5 cancers in several Asian countries.

Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation for various projects worth Rs 1,150 crore in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep on Wednesday. The projects were launched at a function attended by hundreds of islanders here. This includes the Kochi-Lakshadweep Islands Submarine Optical Fibre Connection (KLI — SOFC) project, which he announced in his Independence Day speech in August 2020 at the Red Fort.

Many big names of India Inc, from Hindustan Unilever to ICICI Bank to LIC, have received tax demand on the eve of new year as authorities sought to meet the deadline to raise claims. Even many smaller GST taxpayers have also received tax demand. The notices range from mismatch of input tax credit, mismatch in turnover for various returns to demand for non-payment of tax on payments made to expats (in case of MNCs) for which demand has been raised. For instance, Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has been slapped with two demand notices recently. One notice of Rs 806 crore for alleged short payment of GST for 2017-18 for Maharashtra, the insurer said in a regulatory filing. The insurer shall file an appeal before Commissioner (Appeals), Mumbai against the said order within the prescribed timelines, it said.

Quiver Quantitative — Intro: In our ongoing series of exploring the insights derived from 13F filings, we've often focused on the individual investment moves of renowned money managers. This time, however, we've shifted our lens to a broader perspective. Our aim is to uncover the aggregated investment patterns in specific companies, offering a bird's-eye view of institutional and hedge fund trends. In this edition, we delve into three distinct yet equally intriguing large-cap companies: Applovin Corp, ONEOK Inc (NYSE:OKE), and Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ:SMCI) Inc. We’ve defined large cap companies as those with a market capitalization larger than $10 billion. By analyzing the institutional/hedge fund holders and market performance of these firms, we hope to provide a clearer picture of their standing in the current financial landscape.