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Japan has launched a new ETF on Nifty50, which will be an addition to the four passive funds that track the headline index, NSE CEO Ashish Chauhan said on Thursday. “Happy to share that Blackrock Japan has launched an ETF on Nifty 50 in the month of June 2024. In the current Financial year, already four new passive funds tracking Nifty indices launched in international markets (3 in Japan and 1 in South Korea),” Chauhan said. In 2023, seven passive funds were launched in Japan and South Korea which tracked Nifty indices. Six of these seven passive funds tracked Nifty 50, while one tracked the Nifty50 2x leverage index.

‘savvy investors’, which makes for a very interesting reading. It plots the net buying/selling carried out by retail investors from 3 June to 6 June. The chart shows that retail investors net sold stocks worth ₹8,588 crore on 3 June, the day the market rallied.

Elon Musk recently responded to widespread reports claiming that a remote Amazon tribe became addicted to pornography following the introduction of Starlink internet. The claims originated from a New York Times article by journalist Jack Nicas, which depicted how the Starlink service impacted the Marubo tribe in Brazil. The article suggested that some young members of the 2,000-strong tribe started sharing explicit content via private chat groups. Following the article's publication, multiple news outlets worldwide ran headlines suggesting that the tribe had developed a porn addiction due to their new internet access. This led to significant controversy and misinformation. Also Read: Roger Federer shares key life lessons for graduates: Tennis legend's secrets to succeed on and off court revealed

Jack Otter and ‘Barron’s Roundtable’ senior writer Nicholas Jasinski discuss how rate cuts are looking unlikely for 2024.

Bitcoin (BTC) has attracted tech enthusiasts and investors alike, often making headlines with its dramatic price movements. Its journey from trading at just $1 in 2011 to surpassing $73,000 by 2024 has been a rollercoaster of meteoric rises and significant declines. Historically, Bitcoin has been synonymous with volatility, witnessing notable fluctuations in its price over the years. In 2012, it saw modest gains, starting the year around $13 and closing at $732 by the end of 2013. The extraordinary surge in 2017 saw Bitcoin's price skyrocket from around $1,000 to a peak of $19,188 by December. This momentum carried into 2021, smashing previous records as it surpassed $60,000 in April, peaking at $64,895 mid-month, before declining to below $20,000 by mid-2022.

Have you been feeling the hype around the crypto market in recent months? The headlines are all about how the market has jumped to create new all-time highs and profit the investors. Cryptocurrencies have become an asset for the world as people realize the importance of decentralization. Looking at the market, there are some currencies that have displayed exceptional performance.

Tim Bergling who is professionally known by the name DJ Avicii is back in news more than six years after the news of his suicide shocked the world of music. The singer’s final words were revealed in his diary entry. The singer committed suicide at the age of 28 in Muscat, Oman on April 20, 2018. A documentary which premiered at a film festival recently has shed light on his life and the professional hazards of working in the entertainment industry.

dollar hovered near a one-month peak against the euro and pushed to a one-week high versus the yen on Tuesday as traders braced for crucial U.S. inflation data and fresh Federal Reserve interest rate forecasts the following day. The U.S. currency was supported by higher Treasury yields in the aftermath of surprisingly robust domestic jobs data at the end of last week, which sparked a dramatic paring of bets for Fed rate cuts this year.

Mark Cuban, the renowned entrepreneur and investor from Shark Tank, has made headlines for his unique approach to business sales, where he shares profits with employees. In a recent post on X, Cuban revealed that 300 of the 330 employees at Broadcast.com became millionaires when the audio streaming service was sold to Yahoo for $5.7 billion in 1999.

Motilal Oswal Financial Services. With the elections now over, he sees the focus reverting to bottom-up stock picking.With the market now refocusing on fundamentals over sentiment, Gaurav Dua, senior vice president & head - Capital Market Strategy, Sharekhan by BNP Paribas, said, “We see the upward bias to continue with sector rotation in favour of consumer staples and rural demand driven stocks." He noted that smart money is flowing into consumer stocks and some of the beaten down IT services companies.Meanwhile, Alok Agarwal, head of Quant and fund manager at Alchemy Capital Management, expects the dominant trend to continue, led by domestic cyclicals such as defence, power, real estate, auto, and industrials.Though, investors took some money off the table on Monday.

Lalan Singh, who was inducted as a minister in the Narendra Modi government on Sunday, has been among Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's closest aides for many years. This Bhumihar leader has always been party supremo Kumar's strength, as this caste in Bihar is known to have wide political influence despite its small size.

Lincoln Tech CEO Scott Shaw explains why more young workers are seeking trade jobs on 'Varney & Co.'

UFC Fight Night will be headlined by the match between Jared Cannonier and Nassourdine Imavov. The event will be held on Saturday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky.

cheating and criminal intimidation case was filed against the father and grandfather of the juvenile accused of ramming his Porsche car into a motorcycle in an inebriated condition in Pune on May 19, resulting in the death of two IT professionals hailing from Madhya Pradesh, a police official said on Friday.

The European Central Bank on Thursday became the most important developed-country monetary authority to start cutting interest rates in this cycle. President Christine Lagarde believes she’s addressing the risk of recession in the eurozone, but this decision creates others. The ECB cut its main policy rate by 0.25 percentage points, to 3.75%.

Himachal Pradesh's Mandi constituency grabbed headlines yesterday when she was slapped by a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) official at Chandigarh airport. The accused woman constable, identified as Kulwinder Kaur, was heard raising strong objections to Kangana's controversial remarks during the 2020 farmers' protest.

US Presidential election campaign and proceedings as the contest between former US President Donald Trump and current President Joe Biden has grown only more intense.

In an unprecedented move by a nontraded real estate investment trust, the KKR Real Estate Select Trust Inc. on Tuesday disclosed its management was going to devote as much as $250 million over the next few years to support the net asset value, or NAV, of the company.

Hubble Space Telescope has caught the attention of NASA experts and is currently making headlines as one of the three of its remaining gyroscopes in working condition, has hit a technical snag. This gyroscope is very crucial for the telescope to aim and lock onto targets for observation, which has raised alarm at the NASA centers, according to 'CBS News'.

Kishori Lal Sharma, the newly elected Member of Parliament from Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, met with top Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, and Rahul Gandhi in Delhi today. Sharma, who recently defeated BJP's Smriti Irani in a high-profile contest, visited the Gandhis to submit Rahul Gandhi's winning certificate and seek their blessings.