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Murty Trust Chairperson Sudha Murty has been nominated to the Rajya Sabha by Indian President Droupadi Murmu. «I am delighted that the President of India has nominated Sudha Murty to the Rajya Sabha. Sudha Ji's contributions to diverse fields including social work, philanthropy and education have been immense and inspiring,» Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted on social media platform X. «Her presence in the Rajya Sabha is a powerful testament to our 'Nari Shakti', exemplifying the strength and potential of women in shaping our nation's destiny. Wishing her a fruitful Parliamentary tenure,» he added.

By Trevor Hunnicutt

SEOUL (Reuters) — South Korea's antitrust agency will consider imposing sanctions on Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) for allegedly failing to protect some users of online marketplaces operated by Facebook and Instagram against fraudulent transactions, news reports said on Friday.

Bank of India (RBI) directed lenders Thursday to establish a mechanism to monitor the end use of funds for business credit cards and prohibited them from sharing customers' data with outsourcing partners. This is in the context of the RBI clamping down on unregulated co-branded partners working with banks and, in many cases, accessing customer transaction data for their own business purposes.

Worldcoin controversy in South Korea is driving trades on the Bithumb crypto exchange, a media report has claimed.

(Reuters) — UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) said the electronic prescribing for its pharmacy services is now fully functional, with claims submission and payment transmission also available after cyber attack on its tech unit Change Healthcare (NASDAQ:CHNG) impacted services.

Equitable Advisors, a national wealth management business that includes thousands of financial professionals, is welcoming a California-based advisor back into its platform. The firm announced that Michael Shieh, who most recently managed $181 million in client assets at Cetera Investment Advisors, is returning to its network.

Whether you’re an Investment Advisor Representative at an RIA firm or an Individual RIA, you should be familiar with the top RIA custodians. As of this writing, the “big four” RIA custodians (in no particular order) are Pershing, Fidelity, LPL Financial and Charles Schwab.  

It’s not an exaggeration to say that your choice of RIA custodian is one of the biggest and most impactful decisions you can make as an individual RIA or RIA firm. After all, your chosen RIA custodian reflects your brand and, most crucially, handles your client’s accounts and assets.  

NEW DELHI : The Union cabinet on Thursday approved an India AI Mission, raised dearness allowance (DA) for central employees and pensioners and extended its flagship cooking gas subsidy scheme, clearing a slew of decisions ahead of the upcoming general elections. The ₹10,372 crore India AI Mission will aim to build a base of graphic processing units (GPUs), multi-modal domain-specific large language models (LLMs), and a unified data platform. It will offer an open-source database of non-personal data that can be used to train AI models and market artificial intelligence (AI) applications commercially.

Also Read: Merry Christmas: Vijay Sethupathi and Katrina Kaif-starrer teaches us 2 simple but important money lessons Announcing the OTT release of Merry Christmas, Netflix India wrote on the social media platform Instagram, “This year, Christmas has come early, and it's time to unwrap the best gift ever!! Merry Christmas is coming tomorrow, only on Netflix!" A post shared by Netflix India (@netflix_in) The movie will be available for watching on OTT from March 8. The thriller movie, Merry Christmas, beautifully carries on with its vast range of elements including romance, crime, and suspense in a multilingual format. Raghavan's movie injects a distinctive suspense touch into the neo-noir narrative with finesse.

Come Women’s Day, many companies jump onto the bandwagon of diversity and inclusion, often through well-crafted but clichéd advertisements that feature women overcoming regressive situations. A case in point is the new advertisement of a service company that advocates dignity of labour for women professionals who work in salons. The ad features a young salon professional wearing company colours who drives home in a car and has to face an angry younger brother, smarting from the ridicule he has been subjected to by “bade bhaiyyas" in their building.

A staggering $12 million in cryptocurrency was scammed away from Surrey residents last year.

Mukesh Ambani to give Mickey Mouse a new home in India. But the $8.5 bn merger between Disney and Reliance will also take him one step closer to creating the world's largest digital telecom giant. Apart from obvious media consolidation, expect massive disruption in the advertising landscape and a direct challenge to the likes of Google and Meta. On the face of it, a Unilever may gain with bigger consumer access. But what if the latter faces a future chokehold once Reliance FMCG labels and brands force it to pay more to advertise on this mega digital platform? By merging apps, cross-selling and piggybacking on 750 million viewers — an estimated 40% viewership share in linear TV, 50%-plus in digital — the combo will have unparalleled access to content and reach, thereby giving it an edge to streamline cost and revenue benefits that no one else could have achieved on their own without looking at a much longer timeframe.

The Idea of You, based on Robinne Lee's novel, stars Anne Hathaway as a 40-year-old single mom, who finds love with a much younger pop singer. Directed by Michael Showalter, the film is set to premiere on Prime Video on May 2, 2024.

Anthony Minghella's film adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley, a new TV series titled Ripley is set to premiere. Here's a comprehensive guide to everything we know so far about this highly anticipated adaptation.

Europa League will witness an epic clash today as Liverpool plays Sparta Prague or AC Sparta Praha in Czech Republic. This last 16-tie is a must-watch for all European football fans as Liverpool stand favorites in this Europa League match. Here's how you can watch the match online.

NEW DELHI : The Union cabinet has approved a ₹10,372-crore India AI Mission that will provide funding for deep-tech AI startups as well as seek to develop an open-source database that can be used to train artificial intelligence models and other applications. The mission will also provide a framework for developing graphic processing units (GPUs) under public-private partnerships as well as multi-model, domain-specific large language models that power generative AI platforms.

Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday thanked his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for felicitations on his re-election to the top political position in the country. Taking to microblogging platform X (formerly known as Twitter) the Pakistan prime minister said," "Thank you @narendramodi for felicitations on my election as the Prime Minister of Pakistan." Earlier on Tuesday, Prime Minister Modi congratulated Shehbaz on taking oath as the 24th prime minister of Pakistan. "Congratulations to @CMShehbaz on being sworn in as the Prime Minister of Pakistan," Modi posted on X.

All the world merely watches and Bitgert will rise to the moon while making people on board millionaires. Yes! BRISE Meteoric rising in this crypto market while investors are mesmerized by the chart of BRISE. Bitgert rose 65% in just a month while investors onboarding the spaceship have predicted that BRISE will touch the moon once again and create history!