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Inflation declined slightly last month on the back of weaker prices at the gasoline pump and a broader easing of price pressures throughout the U.S. economy, experts said.

job cards under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act were deleted in 2022-23, a 267 per cent jump from the previous fiscal, the Union rural development ministry informed Lok Sabha Tuesday. In reply to a query by JD(U) MP from Bihar Dileshwar Kamait, minister of state for rural development Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti said West Bengal saw the highest number of MGNREGA job cards being deleted at 83,43,469, which is 5,203 per cent more than 2021-22 when 1,57,309 job cards were deleted.

Netflix hits, Blue Eye Samurai has emerged as a standout surprise, captivating audiences and potentially etching its name among the best series of 2023. As fervent fans eagerly anticipated news of a second season, leaked information from Netflix's TUDUM website and an early tweet from Netflix Geeked have confirmed the return of the beautifully crafted and animated series.

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has informed Rajya Sabha. The Western Dedicated Freight Corridor connecting Jawaharlal Nehru Port Terminal to Dadri passes through Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Mehsana, Patan, Banas Kantha, Anand, Kheda, Vadodara, Bharuch, Surat, Valsad and Navsari districts in Gujarat, he said last Friday.

Floods, fires, historic storms — severe weather events are on the rise

Google is gearing up to upgrade its Messages app with a feature that has become a standard in messaging platforms like WhatsApp and iMessage. Recent reports suggest that the American tech giant may soon roll out a message-editing feature, allowing users to make changes to sent texts. While the company has not officially confirmed this development, clues from the beta version of the app indicate a potential shift toward a more user-friendly messaging experience.

Taylor Swift has made a donation of $1 million to the Tennessee Emergency Response Fund at the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee for relief work following devastating tornados in the state on Swift Community foundation CEO Hal Cato confirmed Swift’s contribution. The organization monetarily supports non-profits that indulge in relief work and rehabilitation following a disaster.

Modi on Tuesday flagged the threat falling of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the hands of terrorists pose to the world as he called for a global framework for the ethical use of AI. Speaking at the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence Summit, he said AI can become the biggest tool for development in the 21st century but it also equally be a force in destroying the 21st century. «Besides the challenge of deepfakes, cyber security, and data theft, AI tools falling in the hands of terrorists pose a big threat. Global security will face a big threat if AI-laced weapons were to reach terrorist organisations. We have to deliberate on this issue and reach a concrete plan to stop the misuse of AI,» he said.

New York Times, the CEOs include Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg and Dropbox’s Drew Houston. “Sam is out," was the first text on the WhatsApp group immediately after the sacking on OpenAI chief was announced. What followed was a long round of deliberations which included top leadership of Microsoft like CEO Satya Nadella and CTO Kevin Scott.

₹15,082, implying a potential upside of as much as 45.8 percent from its current market price of ₹10,337.55. The stock has gained over 22 percent in the last 1 year and over 23 percent in 2023 YTD, giving positive returns in 8 of the 12 months so far. It rose the most in September, up 6 percent and shed the most in March, down 3.85 percent.

CBSE) on Tuesday announced date sheet for class 10 and 12 board exams with the examination for both classes beginning from February 15. The class 10 exams will conclude on March 13 and the class 12 exams will end on April 2. The CBSE class 10 board exams to be conducted from February 15 to March 13 announced Examination Controller Sanyam Bhardwaj.

passive investing. Emphasizing why investors should consider investing in the Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund, Vishal Kapoor, CEO, Bandhan AMC said, “Poised to benefit from emerging themes across various sectors, small caps are well positioned to deliver outsized gains during bull markets.

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) last week ordered Air India to pay ₹2 lakh in compensation to four passengers whose flights were delayed in 2003. The commission said Air India neglected its duty during cancellations or prolonged delays, failing to provide required services like hospitality, food, accommodation, and transport as per established protocols. “Airlines is duty bound to take care of such stranded passengers, many of whom miss the connecting flights, especially when these connecting flights are by the same carrier, as is the present case," the NCDRC said.

High-net-worth individuals and families across North America are leaving themselves at risk by not taking some simple steps to protect their possessions, personal information, and reputation, according to a new report.

Omidyar Network India is set to exit India after a decade of operations, as per a YourStory report. Backed by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and Pam Omidyar, the India-specific entity, operating with a dual-chequebook investment model will cease new investments, focusing solely on closing follow-on rounds already committed, the report said. It has been decided that Omidyar Network India will cease new investments and fully withdraw from India by the end of 2024.

Vedanta (down 20 percent) and Adani Enterprises (down 26 percent). All others have been in the green. Meanwhile, 2 have given multibagger returns this year with Jindal Stainless surging 128 percent and Welspun Corp up 123 percent.

hiring sentiment for the next three months is one of the highest across the world, with 37 per cent of employers planning to increase their staff strength amid buoyant domestic demand conditions, says a survey. According to the latest ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey of nearly 3,100 employers across sectors and regions, the Net Employment Outlook (NEO) in India is the highest amongst 41 countries. The outlook for January-March 2024, calculated by subtracting the percentage of employers who anticipate reductions to staffing levels from those who plan to hire, stood at 37 per cent, up 5 per cent from the corresponding period of 2023, and same when compared with the last quarter. «Domestic demand remains buoyant, and private investments continue to flow in making India a lucrative economy. With stability in the political arena, progressive India is not a dream but a reality,» Sandeep Gulati, Managing Director of ManpowerGroup India and Middle East, said. As per the survey, India and the Netherlands reported the strongest net employment outlooks at 37 per cent, followed by Costa Rica and the US at 35 per cent in second place, and Mexico at the third position with 34 per cent of the net employment outlook. The global average stood at 26 per cent.

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Leading discount broking firm Upstox, which is eyeing 10x growth in client base in the next 5 years, says the company's focus will be on profitability as it has now built a respectable size of business. After breaking even in FY23, Upstox Co-Founder Shrini Vishwanath said it is now profitable and will continue to grow profits as the revenues grow. The new-age broker is also open to the idea of getting listed in the next 3 to 5 years. Edited excerpts from a chat: With so many players crowding the broking space, what is going to be the key differentiator for you in the long-run? You are right, the broking space is getting crowded; indicating that the industry is growing and has potential to grow fast enough to attract new players. It is exactly at this stage that established players like ours have a clear advantage.

Also Read: Sensex Today | Share Market Live Updates: Gift Nifty, global markets signal positive start for Sensex, Nifty Asian stocks increased ahead of important US economic data and major central banks' meetings, which could provide new information about the possibility of rate cuts in the upcoming year, according to a Bloomberg report. Australia, South Korea, and Japan saw gains in their stock benchmarks.

Quant Mutual Fund said, “To ride this wave, and the resulting business cycle, we successfully launched several thematic funds which are strongly correlated with cyclical upturns. So, the launch of Quant Commodities Fund is a natural corollary of that belief that we are today at an opportune juncture where our VLRT framework indicates the medium term bottoming of Risk Appetite which will provide an impetus for a new business cycle, within which a commodities super cycle seems imminent." Investors can invest under the scheme with a minimum investment ofRs 5000 per plan/option and in multiples of Re 1.