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Citigroup Inc. were partying with clients one night in May 2018 at a downtown Manhattan hot spot called Catch. One of them, a recent college grad, had landed in the equities division for her two-year rotational program at the bank and had brought her roommate along to the party.

World Economic Forum (WEF) official said. The Centre for Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR), a platform of the WEF, launched the space technology programme in India last week to forge global collaborations among various stakeholders as the private space sector takes wings in the country. «India is seen as a role model, a lighthouse for smaller, aspiring space nations, which also look to India for support. This is something the WEF would like to facilitate, an exchange between large and emerging space nations in the interest of growing the space sector overall in an inclusive and responsible manner,» Sebastian Buckup, member, Executive Committee, C4IR told PTI in an interview. He said there was immense interest among entrepreneurs keen on leveraging the space sector.

Kunal Kemmu says he had set out to test his writing skills with 'Madgaon Express' and little did he imagined the endeavour would evolve into a feature film that would also give him the opportunity to step into the director's role. No one knew that Kemmu was developing the script of the comedy film, which was released in theatres on Friday and has been praised by the critics. «I didn't even know this would become a film. This (writing) was just like a practice session for me to see if I can do this. It was a solitary process which I went through, and no one knew that I was writing it. »In fact, I thought if it ever gets made, maybe I'll play one of the boys, that's the intent with which I wrote it," the actor told PTI in an interview.

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Aam Aadmi Party leader and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday said that if his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal is sent to jail, they will approach the court seeking permission to set up his office in prison to run his government from there. He also asserted that no one can take the place of Kejriwal in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). «It is not written anywhere that a government cannot run from jail,» Mann told PTI videos in an interview when asked about the arrest of the Delhi chief minister and AAP chief by the Enforcement Directorate in an excise policy case and how he will run his government if he is sent to judicial custody. The BJP has demanded the resignation of Kejriwal after he was remanded in ED custody till March 28.

Edited Excerpts of an interview with Livemint 1) How do you assess the current domestic and global market conditions, and what factors are you closely monitoring? Inflation and geopolitical tension are the main factors impacting the global economy at present. US inflation, still hovering above the 3% level is proving to be stickier and more persistent, hence rates are likely to remain higher for the time being and any cut is unlikely in 1HCY24. To add to the concerns, the Red Sea attack by the Houthis added to higher freight rates across the globe.

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu has extended an olive branch, asserting India's crucial role as the Maldives' "closest ally", PTI reported. In a recent interview with local media, Muizzu emphasised the need for continued support from India, particularly in addressing the Maldives' debt burden. "India will continue to remain the Maldives’ closest ally, there is no question about it," he told local Dhivehi language publication 'Mihaaru' in an interview — his first one since assuming office last November.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) — Pop superstar Madonna will hold a concert on the sandy shores of Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, the companies behind the event confirmed on Friday.

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Yungblud is hoping to shake up the world of overpriced music festivals by setting a good example

D-Day, Arjun Reddy, Goodluck Jerry, A Thursday, and Talvaar on the 4K service priced at ₹99 per month. Tata Play’s chief commercial and content officer Pallavi Puri said the 4K service will not just rest with Tata IPL but shall be extended to a content pipeline including key sporting events, movies and international content.

Mohamed Muizzu has struck a reconciliatory tone, saying India will continue to remain his country's «closest ally» and urged New Delhi to provide debt relief to the archipelago nation. The Maldives owed approximately USD 400.9 million to India by the end of last year. Ever since he took oath as the president in November last year, the pro-China Maldivian leader has pursued a hardline stand towards India and within hours had demanded that Indian military personnel operating three aviation platforms be repatriated from his country by May 10. On Thursday, in his first interview with the local media since assuming office, Muizzu said India was instrumental in providing aid to the Maldives and has implemented the «greatest number» of projects.

Wayne Stork and his wife Diana had not heard of the SIM swap scam until they became victims.The Greater Toronto Area couple did nothing wrong but they lost about $140,000 anyway.“It’s a nightmare,” Wayne told Global News in a television interview, his wife Diana at his side.“We’re doing this, in part, to get the word out,” Diana said.The Storks are longtime customers of Freedom Mobile. Last September, when the couple were at home, Wayne’s phone suddenly stopped working.“My phone went into SOS mode, it was deactivated,” he said.From that point, Wayne had no use of the phone, but someone else had access to the personal information attached to it.“He (Wayne) was watching his accounts drain of money, that’s when the panic set in,” Diana said.Over the next 24 hours, scammers had gained access to Wayne’s stock trading account and other accounts, including a cryptocurrency one that contained the proceeds from an inheritance.“The Bitcoin was worth $140,000, and we lost that,” Diana said.When the couple called Freedom Mobile’s customer service line, they say a representative said records showed someone had obtained a new SIM card in a retail location in Toronto, apparently claiming to be Stork.Stork says the phone representative asked “weren’t you in the store yesterday to get a new SIM card?” to which Stork said no, it wasn’t him.A SIM swap scam can take different forms.

MUMBAI : D’Decor, the nation’s leading manufacturer of curtains and upholstery, is set to significantly expand its capacity, aiming to boost its daily output from 140,000 metres of fabric to over 200,000 metres within the next four years, managing director Sanjay Arora said. In an interview, he stressed the importance of meeting rising consumer demand while preserving the company’s competitive edge. "We are a zero-debt company, and all expansion will be funded through internal accruals," he said.

Investors, once eager to pump in billions of dollars in promising Indian tech ventures, are now going slow and cutting smaller cheques. They've been burnt by ignominious falls from grace — and valuations — for once-marquee young firms or market debutants of recent years such as digital payments company Paytm.

(Reuters) — Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said expectations of interest rate cuts this year were not «unreasonable» and he struck an optimistic tone about the UK economy, the Financial Times reported on Friday.

By Makini Brice

New York state lawyers are urging an appeals court not to buy former President Donald Trump’s claims that it’s impossible to post a bond fully covering a $454 million civil fraud judgment while he appeals

Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel must not be afraid of an investigation against him in the alleged Mahadev betting app scam if he is innocent. In an interview with PTI as his government completed 100 days in power on Thursday, Sai exuded confidence the BJP would win all 11 Lok Sabha seats in the state as people are eager to see Narendra Modi as prime minister for a third term. He, however, added his party is not overconfident and does not consider the opposition weak. Asked about Baghel claiming he was being implicated in the Mahadev online betting app case, Sai said the former CM should not be scared at all if he is innocent. The state Economic Offence Wing (EOW) earlier this month registered a case against Baghel and 18 others in the betting app «scam» on a report submitted by the ED, which has been probing the alleged money laundering part. Asked about alleged selective action against Baghel, Sai said «an accused never admits his/her offence.» Speaking about the works of his government, which came to power following the Assembly polls in November last year, the 60-year-old Sai said he had launched the BJP's Lok Sabha campaign from Bastar on Wednesday and the massive turnout in sensitive areas like Narayanpur showed the level of people's support for the party.

Tennis could be on the verge of massive structural change if one of two separate proposals formulated by the four Grand Slam tournaments and the WTA and ATP professional tours ends up moving forward

Top legislators in the Virginia House of Delegates are disputing Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin's claim that an independent consultant gave the thumbs-up to his proposal to lure two sports teams to the state