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Venture capital (VC) funding in the crypto space has experienced a surge in the first quarter of 2024, breaking a two-year downtrend.

The OPEC+ alliance may be risking a repeat of last year’s oil market boom and bust.

Public Provident Fund (PPF) accounts before April 5, hoping to capitalise on the additional interest accrued from early investment. Indeed, depositing a lumpsum between April 1 and April 5 annually in a PPF account, assuming a consistent interest rate of 7.1%, yields a substantial maturity amount compared to monthly deposits of ₹12,500 over the subsequent 15 years. With monthly investments of ₹12,500 in a PPF account for 15 years at a constant interest rate of 7.1%, the total amount earned is ₹40,20,301.

Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday launched the party's 'Ghar Ghar Guarantee' programme under which the party functionaries would reach out to 80 million households and make them aware of its five sets of promises with 25 guarantees that the party has vowed to implement if voted to power. Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Congress chose Usmanpur, Kaithwara area in the North East Delhi parliamentary constituency, one of the three constituencies that the party would be contesting in the national capital this time, for the launch of the campaign. Kharge and other party members also distributed pamphlets about the details of the five sets of Congress promises that have already been announced by the party during the course of Rahul Gandhi's 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' that concluded in Mumbai recently.

Aam Admi Party leader and Delhi Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj on Tuesday drew comparisons between Kejriwal's arrest and the British rule say that today the people are «scared» and it is a matter of «grave concern» for the country. The AAP leader also said that the party is «still standing» despite its top leaders, including Chief Arvind Kejriwal, being arrested. He said that the top leaders of the INDIA bloc gathered at the March 31 rally, which shocked the BJP, which, as per the AAP leader, «executed their plan» and «arrested all their big leaders.»

Arvind Kejriwal has been remanded in judicial custody till April 15 following his arrest in the Delhi excise policy case. GST collection data released on Monday indicated an 11.5% rise to ₹1.78 lakh crore while the Election Commission received complaints about Rahul Gandhi and the Trinamool Congress. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court refused to stay Hindu prayers in the southern cellar of Gyanvapi mosque and the India Meteorological Department issued a major heatwave warning.

₹1.21 lakh crore in India’s debt market during the financial year 2023-2024, the highest yearly inflow in more than nine financial years. As per the data on National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL), FPIs’ net investment in the country’s debt markets stood at ₹121,059 crore for FY24. This was the highest FPI inflow in the debt market since FY 2014-15, when they infused ₹130,302 crore.

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Lok Sabha polls, its leader and Chhindwara mayor joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Madhya Pradesh on Monday morning. Vikram Ahake, the mayor of Chhindwara, joined the BJP in the presence of MP Chief Minister Mohan Yadav and state party chief VD Sharma in state capital Bhopal. Last week, Kamlesh Shah, the Congress legislator from Amarwada in Chhindwara district and a close associate of party stalwart Kamal Nath, had joined the BJP. Chhindwara, which goes to polls in the first phase on April 19, is the home district of former state CM Nath.

Gold rate today: On account of the fresh escalation of the geopolitical tension in central Asia and the dovish US Fed on interest rates, gold price today climbed to a new lifetime high of $2,259 per ounce in the international market. Spot gold price today opened flat at around $2,233 per ounce level but soon gathered upside momentum and touched an intraday high of $2,259 level, which turned out a new record high for the yellow metal. Asked about the reasons that are fueling gold prices across the world, Anuj Gupta, Head of Commodity & Currency at HDFC Securities said, “Gold prices are escalating due to rise in the geopolitical tension in the Middle East and US Fed rate cut buzz." Anuj Gupta said that the gold price has given a breakout above the $2,250 level in the intraday session.

Putin has signed a decree setting out the routine spring conscription campaign, calling up 150,000 citizens for statutory military service, a document posted on the Kremlin's website showed on Sunday. All men in Russia are required to do a year-long military service, or equivalent training during higher education, from the age of 18. In July Russia's lower house of parliament voted to raise the maximum age at which men can be conscripted to 30 from 27. The new legislation came into effect on Jan. 1, 2024.

AAP workers and supporters attended the INDIA bloc rally in large numbers at the Ramlila Maidan on Sunday, many of them wearing yellow-coloured T-shirts with «Mai bhi Kejriwal» and «Modi ka sabse bada dar Kejriwal» printed on them. Top INDIA bloc leaders gathered at the Ramlila Maidan to express solidarity with arrested Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, and urged people to vote out the BJP in the Lok Sabha polls to «save democracy and the Constitution». «Arvind Kejriwal who always talks about education, providing free electricity, free bus services for women has been sent behind the bars,» said Aam Aadmi Party (AAP worker Kewal Singh, a resident of Taran Taran village. He was dressed up as Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann at the rally. «The rally is being organised to end dictatorship and save democracy,» said Kulwinder Singh, an AAP worker from Delhi.

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Zomato received a GST demand order worth ₹23.26 crore for FY 2018-19 from Karnataka tax authorities. Further INDIA bloc leaders assembled at Ramlila Maidan in solidarity with Kejriwal, Soren. CUET-UG also extended application deadline till April 5.

Ramlila Maidan here on Sunday to express solidarity with arrested Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, and urged people to vote out the BJP in the Lok Sabha polls to «save democracy and the Constitution». The leaders who were on the stage at the 'Loktantra Bachao' (save democracy) rally included Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former presidents Sonia and Rahul Gandhi; NCP's Sharad Yadav, NC leader Farooq Abdullah, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray; Left leaders Sitaram Yechury, D Raja, Dipankar Bhattacharya; Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav; RJD's Tejashwi Yadav and TMC's Derek O'Brien. Chief Minister Kejriwal's wife Sunita Kejriwal and JMM leader Hemant Soren's wife Kalpana Soren were also addressed the gathering, castigating the Central government over the arrest of their husbands in corruption cases.

DC vs CSK IPL 2024: MS Dhoni is not officially leading the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in IPL 2024, but his influence is visible on the ground as new skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad never shies away from seeking his guidance to make on-ground decisions. CSK is witnessing the emergence of stars as debutant Sameer Rizvi gathered a lot of praise for his explosive innings against Gujarat Titans. MS Dhoni's wide influence was visible in Sameer Rizvi's batting and the batter continues to receive the words of wisdom from the legend.

BJP allegedly clashed over the selection of Bharat Sutariya as the candidate from Amreli Lok Sabha seat in Gujarat after a meeting organised here to resolve the issue of differences between them over his nomination. The incident took place on Saturday night after the meeting was organised here under the leadership of former state cabinet minister and BJP's cluster in-charge for Amreli Bhupendra Chudasama, as per some party members. No police complaint has been filed so far in connection with the incident. Chudasama said there was no discontent and that Sutariya will remain the BJP's candidate from Amreli.

AAP is expecting more than one lakh people from Punjab to participate in the INDIA bloc's rally in Delhi on Sunday, said a senior party leader on Saturday. The opposition INDIA bloc will hold a 'Maharally' at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan on March 31 to «safeguard» the country's interests and democracy, the Aam Aadmi Party had earlier said. The rally was announced after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with an excise policy-linked money-laundering case. From Punjab, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, cabinet ministers and MLAs will participate in the rally.

Telangana IT Minister, Sridhar Babu Duddilla, has in a fervent plea appealed to people of the state to support the Congress and the INDIA bloc if they want to safeguard democracy. «All the people of Telangana, if they want to safeguard this democracy, please join and support us, the Congress, and the India bloc. This is the appeal we are putting before the people of Telangana. We are hopeful that it will be a huge gathering, which no one can even expect,» Babu Duddilla said. On being asked about the leaders joining the gathering, he said, " I am not the correct person to talk about this until and unless AICC conveys."

T Raja Singh for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of communities with his hate speech during a rally on Mira Road on February 25, said MIRA Bhayandar Vasai Virar (MBVV) police on Wednesday. The BJP leader was booked under sections 153(A) and 295(A) of the Indian Penal Code which deals with dividing communities by hurting their religious sentiments, Indian Express reported. In addition, event organizer Naresh Nile had also been booked in the case, said the police officer, adding that both accused will soon receive notices regarding this.

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