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Mumbai: Fire at BMC's water pumping station impacts water supply in THESE areas However, the BMC informed that two transformers and 15 pumps have now become operational at the Pise Water Pumping Station. Eight out of 20 pumps were started by 4 am on Tuesday. The supply resumed at low pressure from the Golanji, Rawali, Fosberry, and Bhandarwada service reservoirs, and six more pumps were started by 11 am on the same day.

Speaking at an event on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “I want to take the government out of the lives of people. Especially, I don’t approve of government interference in the lives of the middle-class. What is the need of the government everyday and at every step? We should create such a society where government interference is minimal." For the poor, the Indian state would offer support to fulfil basic needs, but for the rest, he said he would end unnecessary intervention as part of his governance agenda over the next five years.

Small-town entrepreneurs are increasingly looking for modern office interiors, much like large corporates in metro cities, leading to a surge in demand for workspace interior companies, said industry executives. From local builders to garment traders and exporters, small-town businesses are investing heavily in renovating their offices with collaboration areas, modern ceilings and open chambers, they said. Lightspeed-backed workspace interiors platform OfficeBanao said 70% of its business comes from smaller cities as the next generation is investing in improving the office ambience.

Circle, USDC’s issuer, has struck a partnership deal with Coincheck, one of Japan’s biggest crypto exchanges – with a view to securing the stablecoin’s first listing in the nation.

Investing.com — eBay reported Tuesday better-than-expected earnings guidance and fourth-quarter results that topped Wall Street estimates despite navigating a «challenging» macroeconomic environment

DPL Financial Partners and Orion Advisor Solutions Tuesday announced a broadening of their partnership to give fee-based financial advisors using the Orion Advisor Technology platform increased access to DPL’s commission-free annuity marketplace. 

Elon Musk started imagining X as an ‘everything app’ that could do much more than just be a social media platform. Now the vision is gradually taking shape, and X is slowly evolving into a job-hunting platform as well. Recently the company revealed that over 1 million companies on X are looking to hire candidates.

Quantitative research firm Gauntlet has joined Morpho, a trustless decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol, as a risk curator following its  departure from Aave (AAVE) .

LPL has just helped a $1 billion team from Merrill Lynch launch their own independent practice.

₹38,418 crore in January against the NCDEX's ₹12,509 crore, according to data from markets regulator Sebi (Securities and Exchange Board of India). This is the first time that NSE has overtaken the 2003-founded NCDEX by volumes. About ₹38,387 crore, or 99.99%, of NSE’s turnover in January came from options on crude oil futures contracts.

HCL Unica.Unica, founded in 1992 by Yuchun Lee, initially acquired by IBM, and now proudly owned by HCLSoftware, stands as one of the most reliable end-to-end marketing solutions available today. It enables marketing automation across a wide range of both inbound and outbound marketing channels.

security and risk management (SRM) in India is estimated to be $2.9 billion in 2024, up 12.4% from 2023, showed the latest forecast from Gartner. The expected increase comes at a time when organisations are ramping up security spending due to legacy IT modernisation using cloud technology, demand for digital platforms, updated regulatory environment and continuing remote/hybrid work. “In 2024, chief information and security officers (CISOs) in India will prioritise their spending on SRM to improve organisational resilience and compliance,” said Shailendra Upadhyay, senior principal, Gartner. “With the introduction of stringent government measures mandating security breach reporting and digital data protection, CISOs are facing heightened responsibility in safeguarding critical assets against evolving cyber threats.”

logistics startup Shadowfax has raised $100 million in a mix of primary and secondary investments as part of its latest funding round led by growth investor TPG NewQuest. Existing investors including Mirae Asset Management, Flipkart, International Finance Corporation, Nokia Growth Partners, Qualcomm, and Trifecta Capital also participated in the fundraise. The round also includes an element of venture debt.

In this article we cover some reasons why NuggetRush is gaining popularity alongside increased Cardano and Polygon adoption.

Despite some of the negative sentiment in the crypto world, some cryptocurrency projects have thrived. Uniswap (UNI) is among those tokens – its price has significantly increased, attracting investors hopeful for further upward momentum. Meanwhile, InQubeta (QUBE) has captured the community’s interest with its distinctive offering. Positioned as a formidable rival to Polkadot, experts predict a bright outlook for its token.

Bitcoin retook the $57,000 level for the first time since late 2021, supported by investor demand through exchange-traded funds as well as further purchases by MicroStrategy Inc.

According to a statement on Fidelity International's website, the restrictions were made «in the best interests of customers» and were effective from 23 February. Clients will still be able to redeem existing holdings under the restrictions, by selling to cash or by switching to other funds. Fidelity previously restricted new investments into Jupiter UK Mid Cap in December 2022, but the ban was later lifted. Fidelity to merge Japan Smaller Companies fund with £450m Japan strategy The new restrictions follow the departure of UK Mid Cap manager Richard Watts, who will be leaving the ...

FIR has been registered against the JD(S) leader contesting the Rajya Sabha elections in Karnataka, D Kupendra Reddy, and his aides at the Vidhana Soudha police station in Bengaluru, former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy said on Tuesday. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah too confirmed that an FIR has been registered for «threatening» the Congress MLAs in connection with the Rajya Sabha elections. «The Congress leaders not only spoke about allurement and threat to their MLAs time and again but also registered an FIR against Kupendra Reddy and his aides,» the JD(S) second-in-command told reporters here. Kumaraswamy said the complainant MLA did not say that he was lured, but that some other MLAs were «approached». «Melukote MLA Darshan Puttannaiah of Karnataka Sarvodaya Paksha too had said that it's true that his vote was sought but no one had lured him,» the JD(S) state chief claimed. Kumaraswamy also said the BJP and JD(S) had decided that the votes of its 19 JD(S) MLAs and the additional BJP votes after its first preferential votes would go to Kupendra Reddy. Siddaramaiah slammed the Janata Dal (Secular) for allegedly trying to lure Congress legislators to get its candidate Kupendra Reddy elected.

Microsoft's deal with French tech startup Mistral AI should be further investigated, one of the lawmakers who oversaw the drafting of the European Union's landmark AI Act said. On Monday, Microsoft announced it would soon make Mistral's AI models available through its Azure cloud computing platform.

₹9,362.35 crore. Mint explains the circumstances behind the various legal cases Byju’s is battling. On 22 February, a consortium of four Byju’s investors—Prosus NV, General Atlantic, Sofina, and Peak XV Partners, with support from Tiger Global and Owl Ventures—moved the Bengaluru bench of the NCLT against the edtech firm’s rights issue.