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Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, has agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the US Justice Department, according to court documents filed on Monday night. This plea deal aims to resolve a protracted legal battle involving multiple countries over the release of classified information. Assange will plead guilty to conspiring to unlawfully obtain and disseminate classified national defense information under the Espionage Act.

F&O ban list: The National Stock Exchange (NSE) has banned trading ineight stocks on Tuesday, June25, 2024, in the futures and options (F&O) segment due to their exceeding 95% of the market-wide position limit (MWPL).However, these stocks will be available for trading in the cash market.The NSE updates the list of securities in the F&O ban for trade every day.F&O ban list todayBalrampur Chini Mills,Chambal Fertilisers and Chemicals,GNFC,Granules India, Indus Towers, Piramal Enterprises, PNB, and SAIL are the8stocks on the NSE's F&O ban list for June25.The National Stock Exchange (NSE) said the derivative contracts in the mentioned securities have crossed 95% of the market-wide position limit and have been placed in the stock exchange's ban period.“It is hereby informed that all clients/members shall trade in the derivative contracts of said security only to decrease their positions through offsetting positions. Any increase in open positions shall attract appropriate penal and disciplinary action," the NSE statement said.No new positions are allowed when the stock exchanges place F&O contracts in a particular stock during the F&O ban period.On June 24, equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty closed higher on Monday as buying in power, auto and industrial stocks helped the indices rebound from early lows amid a bearish trend in global equity markets.The 30-share BSE Sensex ended 131.18 points, or 0.17 per cent, higher at 77,341.08.

Mumbai/New Delhi: Millions of students vying for coveted colleges and courses makes India's vast education sector a prime target for cybercrime, experts said, at a time authorities have pointed to leaked question papers appearing in the so-called dark net. Besides, data of innumerable students may also be vulnerable to unauthorized access and misuse. Amid widespread student protests over the past two weeks, the government has raced to withdraw grace marks in the pre-medical entrance exam for MBBS and related courses, cancelled an exam for junior research fellowships at universities, and postponed another exam to admit students to post-graduate medical courses.

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demerger of existing automotive businesses into two listed entities will help in securing synergies across its PV and JLR verticals in areas of EVs and autonomous vehicles, Tata Motors Chairman N Chandrasekaran said on Monday. Speaking at the auto major's 79th AGM, he noted that the initiative will lead each company to deliver a superior experience for customers, better growth prospects for employees and enhanced value for shareholders. «This (demerger) will also help secure the considerable synergies across PV, EV and JLR particularly in the areas of EVs, autonomous vehicles, and vehicle software,» Chandrasekaran said. In March this year, Tata Motors announced the demerger of its commercial and passenger vehicle segments into two separate listed entities to better capitalise on growth opportunities.

State Bank of India plans to raise up to Rs 10,000 crore through the issuance of 15-year infrastructure bonds as the country’s largest lender looks to garner long-term capital at a time when demand for loans continues to outstrip growth in deposits. SBI is aiming to issue infrastructure bonds on Wednesday with a base size of Rs 5,000 crore and a greenshoe option of Rs 5,000 crore, market sources said. The maturity date of the bonds is June 27, 2039, sources said. Bidding will take place from 10:30-11:30 am IST on Wednesday.

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Quant Mutual Fund has received inquiries from Sebi in the suspected front-running case. The market regulator has seized mobile phones, computers and other digital devices while raiding Quant's Mumbai headquarter and the Hyderabad premises of suspected beneficiaries to find out who was leaking confidential information from the fund house to make profit. ETMutualFunds analysed the performance of Quant Small Cap Fund in a longer horizon of five years. The scheme was the topper in the last five years among all small cap funds. Quant Small Cap Fund offered 495% absolute return in the last five years. The scheme is benchmarked against Nifty Smallcap 250 — TRI which gave 250% absolute return in the same time period. The scheme manages assets of Rs 21,243 crore as of May 2024.

RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan has cautioned investors against fake videos of him circulating on social media, giving investment tips, especially on individual stocks. «I understand there are videos of me on various social media purporting to give advice on investing, especially in individual stocks. These are fake and the perpetrators should be reported to the relevant authorities. I do not give investment advice to the public, and have never touted individual stocks,» Rajan said.

Quant Mutual Fund (MF), currently under Sebi’s scrutiny for a suspected front-running case, indicated that it would require 28 days to liquidate 50% of its smallcap portfolio, as per stress test results released by the AMC. For liquidating 25% of its portfolio, the smallcap fund would need 14 days. In the case of Quant Mid Cap Fund, it would require 9 days to liquidate 50% of its portfolio and 5 days to liquidate 25%. According to the stress test results from the fund house, the trailing 12-month PE ratio for the midcap fund benchmark has risen above its levels from one year ago and two years ago. For the smallcap index, the trailing 12-month PE ratio is higher than it was one year ago and close to its level from two years ago.

Earlier this year, the US bureau of labour statistics landed in an unusual controversy. An email sent to a group of ‘super users’ about methodological tweaks in inflation calculations for the month of January found its way to the press. Since the group of super users included leading investment banks and hedge funds, it raised suspicions about the agency sharing market-sensitive information with a closed group.

demat accounts.The initiation of the refund process will commence on Tuesday, June 25 for individuals not given shares. Those allotted will receive their shares in their demat accounts on the same day itself.Falcon Technoprojects IPO listing date is scheduled for Wednesday, June 26.If you have applied for the Falcon Technoprojects IPO, you can do a Falcon Technoprojects IPO allotment status check online on the website of the IPO registrar, Kfin Technologies Ltd today.Here's Falcon Technoprojects IPO allotment link - https://ris.kfintech.com/ipostatus/Five links will appear when you click the previously stated link, allowing you to view the status.Open one of the five provided URLs, then select Falcon Technoprojects IPO from the drop-down box in the "Select IPO" section.Choose the PAN, the Demat Account, or the Application No.

India's Kotak Mahindra Bank will increase its pace of opening new branches and add about 175 to 200 branches in the financial year 2024-25, a senior official at the bank said, months after the central bank barred the private lender from sourcing new customers digitally. In April, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) stopped Kotak from adding new customers via its online and mobile banking channels, and from issuing new credit cards, due to information technology-related deficiencies. «We have been adding roughly 150 odd branches for several years now. This year too, the momentum is going to continue,» Virat Diwanji, group president and head — consumer bank, told Reuters in an email interview on Monday.

Quant Mutual Fund has lakhs of investors worried about the fate of their investments. While raiding Quant's Mumbai headquarter and the Hyderabad premises of suspected beneficiaries, Sebi has seized mobile phones, computers and other digital devices to find out who was leaking confidential information from the asset management company to make illicit profit. The hand of either a dealer from a Quant entity or a broking firm through which the AMC places order is being suspected in the case, ET reported.

Moneycontrol reported.Quant Mutual Funds, the fastest growing MF in the country with asset under management (AUM) of more than ₹90,000 crore, issued a statement saying it will cooperate with the regulator.Front-running, also known as tailgating, is a form of market manipulation.It is trading in a stock or a financial instrument by a broker who has inside information about a future transaction that would affect its price. The broker works on the basis of information that is not out in public, on whether a firm is about to buy or sell, or issue recommendations, that would affect the price of securities in the market.SEBI defines front-running as an unethical practice where brokers trade an equity based on information from the analysis department before their clients have been provided the information.

OpenAI, the startup behind it, that seized the business world’s attention. But, as usual, big tech is back on the front foot. Nvidia, maker of accelerator chips that are at the core of generative artificial intelligence (AI), is now duelling with Microsoft, a tech giant of longer standing, to be the world’s most valuable company.

Sebi conducted search and seizure operations in a suspected case of front-running, Quant Mutual Fund said it is cooperating with the regulator and remains committed to delivering superior risk-adjusted returns. «Recently, quant Mutual Fund has received inquiries from SEBI, and we want to address any concerns you may have regarding this matter. We want to assure you that Quant Mutual Fund is a regulated entity, and we are always fully committed to cooperate with the regulator throughout any review. We will provide all necessary support and continue to furnish data to SEBI on a regular and as-needed basis,» Quant said in a note to clients. While reiterating that its primary goal of delivering superior risk-adjusted returns to investors remains unchanged, the AMC said, «We appreciate the confidence, faith, and strength of 80 lacs plus folios and 93,000 AUM and we believe that the same support will continue as quant’s research capabilities and analytical tools will keep our investors ahead in the curve and we remain committed to delivering superior risk-adjusted returns in the future too.»

After five months of providing what was asked of him, he was told that his claim had been rejected on the grounds of ‘serious discrepancies in the event of hospitalisation’. This, after Pal offered counter-proof for the lapses mentioned by the insurer. “I did not have the strength to pursue the case after five months of back and forth with the insurer,” says the 36-year-old. His claim amount was Rs.1.14 lakh. Pal isn’t the only one nursing a grudge against health insurance companies over claim settlements. As per the Council for Insurance Ombudsmen’s annual report 2022-23, of the 51,103 insurance complaints received by it between 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023, nearly 50.6% or 25,873 complaints were related to health insurance. As high as 93.14% of the total entertainable complaints disposed of were about ‘partial and total repudiation of claims by insurer’.

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Car dealerships across North America have faced a major disruption this week