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Indian Railways, a behemoth in the railway industry. What about monopoly in stock exchanges? Well, the BSE competes directly with the National Stock Exchange (NSE). So, there is no monopoly there.

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Management consultant Sharan Hegde was just 25 in July 2021 when Mint first wrote about the rise of financial influencers, or ‘finfluencers’ as they've come to be known. Working with PwC in Bengaluru at the time, he had around 105,000 followers on Instagram and was already earning more from paid social media promotions on ‘financewithsharan’ than his monthly salary.

Q1: EconomicTimes.com: ADGHW was a great success and helped to raise Abu Dhabi’s profile on the healthcare stage. How will DoH look to follow this up over the short term? Beyond the inaugural event in May, Abu Dhabi Global Healthcare Week (ADGHW) will serve as a year-round platform for open, inclusive exchange and joint action for a healthier world. It will also serve as a platform for an ongoing, borderless partnership aimed at fostering cross-sector collaboration.

Online travel booking platform Ixigo, which went public last month, has reported a 20% year-on-year (YoY) increase in its operating revenue to Rs 164.8 crore for the quarter ended March 2024. Its net profit in the period jumped 55% to Rs 7.3 crore. For the fiscal year 2024, Ixigo’s net profit more than tripled to Rs 73 crore from Rs 23 crore in FY23. Revenue from operations grew by 31% on year in FY24 to Rs 655.8 crore.

Persistent Systems (Persistent) today announced the intent to acquire 100% stake in US-based software firm Starfish Associates for $20.7 million (around Rs 173 crore). The acquisition is aimed to build on Persistent’s existing engineering capabilities in the Contact Center and Unified Communications space. The total purchase consideration payable for the acquisition of Starfish is $20.7 million with upfront payment of $15.4 million (approximately Rs 130 crore) to shareholders, subject to customary adjustments for working capital, debt and cash on closing, as per the regulatory filing by Persistent.

artificial intelligence playing a pivotal role, companies are moving beyond a one-size-fits-all model of learning to ensure that employees are skilled in the emerging technology. Internal platforms remain key to delivering learning programmes, but opportunities for practical hands-on experience on the metaverse, learning sessions with experts from Google and Microsoft, and personalised programmes from edtech firms among others are also being offered by companies to help employees get trained in AI. With about 420,000 employees engaged in AI-related job functions, India has the second largest installed talent base in this segment globally, according to a report earlier this year by IT industry association Nasscom and the Boston Consulting Group.

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saas-bahu template took over Indian TV, I was hooked on Aahat, a horror show on Sony Entertainment Television (SET), the TV channel owned by Sony Pictures Networks India. I watched the show, based on ghosts, spirits and paranormal activity, with my grandmother every weekend when it aired post 10 pm. My parents, both early sleepers, are still amused by the visual of a six-year-old and a 60-year-old staying up until midnight to watch dead people returning to haunt their murderers, disguising themselves as clowns, hiding in toys, and whatnot.

Shein from selling products on its own app as part of a larger crackdown on Chinese apps following escalated border conflicts between the two countries. Now, Shein has found a safe route to India: Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Retail Ventures, which will launch the Chinese fast-fashion label in the coming few weeks, ET has reported based on information from sources. Ambani's company will sell Shein's products on its app as well as offline stores owned and operated by Reliance Retail. It seems a safe India entry for Shein because this time the ownership and control of the platform will remain with Reliance Retail's subsidiary; the platform will be hosted on infrastructure in India; and all platform data will remain in India, which Shein will not have access to, or rights over, ET has reported based on information from sources.

8848 feet and that too for a viewing point to get a selfie? Incredible and ludicrous? Yes, but true. When two separate groups of tourists from China reached the 8848 Viewing Platform, located in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, they decided to take selfies to make the trip memorable. After a tour guide asked them to pose together for a photo beside the Everest Elevation Monument, each group wanted to grab the best place for the selfie. According to the 'Independent', they argued over the optimal viewing position and it snowballed into slugfest and fisticuffs.

private equity firms including Carlyle Group, Hillhouse Investment and CVC Capital Partners have been shortlisted to acquire ChrysCapital-owned GeBBS Healthcare Solutions, said people familiar with the development. The deal proposes to value the Los Angeles-based healthcare business process outsourcing firm at $800 million. The firms, shortlisted after the initial round, will submit a binding offer by mid-July, said one of the persons, who did not wish to be identified. ChrysCapital Advisors, India's largest PE fund, owns about 80% in GeBBS, which it acquired in 2018 for $140 million, at a valuation of $175 million. The founders of GeBBS will also part-sell stakes in this round, said the people. Healthcare Admin Services

TV broadcasters are planning to mount a legal challenge to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's (Trai) directive on making pay channels that are available on DD Free Dish free to other distributors, sources privy to the development said. The broadcasters are likely to move court against the Trai notification through industry bodies like Indian Broadcasting and Digital Foundation and News Broadcasters and Digital Association, they added. Trai had on Monday directed that a TV channel permitted by the ministry of information and broadcasting (MIB), which is available for free on DD Free Dish platform, cannot be declared a pay channel for addressable distribution platforms.

Dogeverse ($DOGEVERSE), the pioneering multichain meme coin, has announced its first centralized exchange (CEX) listing on MEXC, a leading crypto exchange.

The Compound Finance website has apparently fallen victim to a hijacking incident, according to crypto investigator ZachXBT.

dark stores of leading quick commerce platforms, especially for packaged foods, after several hygiene lapses came to light in recent weeks, said people familiar with the matter. Not just these warehouses, but direct-to-consumer food brands too have received ‘surprise visits’ from Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) officials, the people told ET on condition of anonymity. Quick commerce companies are exercising more caution — in hygiene as well as in adding small-scale new-age brands to their platforms, they said.

LiquiTrade, the operator of the Latoken crypto exchange, has been found guilty of illegally operating an exchange in Canada by a panel established by the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC).

Crypto exchange and derivative trading platform BitMEX pled guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act on Wednesday.

supernatural show “Lost” are now streaming on Netflix in the U.S. as of July 1.

Meta is seeking to revolutionize metaverse gaming by incorporating generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology.

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