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Michael Vaughan was all praise of the Indian cricket team's bench strength after they lifted a historic third Champions Trophy after beating New Zealand in Dubai on Sunday. Taking to social media platform X, Vaughan said that even India's second sting side could have made it to the final of the Champions Trophy. “Jaiswal, Varma, Sharma, SKY, Pant, Reddy, Sundar, Chahal, Arshdeep, Bumrah & Bishnoi… This team would have made it to the final as well IMO. The strength in Indian cricket in white-ball is off the scale,” he wrote.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Bengaluru: The heads of three critical functions at digital bank Jupiter have resigned at a crucial juncture for the fintech startup, which is undertaking a cost-cutting and restructuring exerise.

Apple and Meta Platforms are set to face modest fines for allegedly breaching landmark rules aimed at reining in their power, people with direct knowledge of the matter said on Monday. Both companies have been in the European Commission's crosshairs since last year for potential breaches of the Digital Markets Act which could cost companies as much as 10% of their global annual sales. The act, which became law in May 2023, seeks to make it easier for people to move between competing online services like social media platforms, internet browsers and app stores, allowing smaller companies to compete with Big Tech.

Elon Musk, the platform's owner, stated that a massive cyberattack was responsible for these outages.

Prime Video has announced the streaming release of The Apprentice, featuring Donald Trump. The first seven seasons of the reality competition show will be available on the platform, with episodes rolling out weekly.

Bharti Airtel is working on a technology that will aim to eradicate online scam or phishing attempts through text messaging and calls for its more than 380 million mobile users, said a top official at India's second-largest telecom operator. The service, when ready, will prevent scamsters from misusing one-time passwords (OTPs) and online links, the official said. «We have not yet found the solution, but we are about 80% there. Once we crack a solution, there will be no fraud on the Airtel network,» the official said on condition of anonymity. The official, however, lamented that the proposed technology won't work on over-the-top (OTT) apps, which is «not right» for consumers, and called on the government and telecom regulator to bring OTT communication apps under the regulatory framework to check the menace.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Bengaluru: Six years ago, when the Swedish music streaming company Spotify launched in India, the ecosystem here was very different. Global giants Apple Music, Amazon Music and YouTube Music were jostling for space, while local players such as JioSaavn and Gaana had already established themselves.

Howard Lutnick has been appointed as new US Commerce Secretary by US President Donald Trump. Lutnick, a strong advocate of tariffs, will play a central role in President Donald Trump’s trade strategy, working closely with the US Trade Representative’s office. His appointment aligns with the administration’s ongoing tariff policies targeting China, Canada, and Mexico. While some duties have been temporarily paused for negotiations, steel and aluminum tariffs are set to take effect on March 12.

Kairan Quazi, the teen prodigy, who, at 14, became the youngest staff member of Elon Musk's space tech firm SpaceX? Soon after, the youngster’s LinkedIn profile was deleted, as the platform requires users to be at least 16 years of age to avail its services. Now, he's back on LinkedIn. “Now that I’m 16, LinkedIn has let me back on the platform," revealed Quazi on Instagram. The post went viral, with many social media users welcoming him back enthusiastically. “Welcome back! We missed you." Another commented, “Back where he belongs." Since 2023, Quazi has been employed as a software developer at SpaceX, where he actively contributes to the Starlink initiative. His primary focus lies in designing data-driven solutions for complex optimization challenges, particularly in beam planning. This highly specialized role demands expertise in low-latency computing, high-efficiency processing, and real-time system development.

«Barring quick commerce, everywhere else clearly the TAM is established, the unit economics are established and you have a bunch of companies which are hugely profitable and are dominating their respective market segments,» says Nilesh Shah, MD & CEO, Envision Capital. The other thing that you have been backing was the platform related companies, that is the sector that you used to like. Give us some sense what has been happening and how do you see the recent correction in some of these stocks because though there are near-term concerns regarding their profitability, so how do you see the unit economics panning out and the consolidation in the sector and any segment or rather any stock where you have gone ahead and actually increased your exposure in the recent correction? Nilesh Shah: So, platform companies essentially now has become a much wider bouquet. There are essentially the food delivery platforms and then there is the quick commerce space and then there is the travel space, insurance, capital market plays, these are basically a very wide variety of companies which are there in digital platforms.

real money gaming companies, AIGF, EGF and FIFS, have jointly signed a "code of ethics" which their member companies will adopt for promoting user safety and responsible gaming practices, including KYC verification, spending limit etc, a join statement said on Monday. The members of these gaming industry bodies include Dream11, My11Circle, Khelo Fantasy Live, SG11 Fantasy, WinZO, Games24X7, Junglee Games etc. «The All India Gaming Federation (AIGF), the Federation of Indian Fantasy Sports (FIFS), and the E-Gaming Federation (EGF), today jointly signed a 'Code of Ethics' (CoE) »The CoE is aimed at enforcing consistent standards of user safety across the industry through the implementation of responsible gaming and advertising policies and mandates annual third-party audits and comprehensive reporting mechanisms to ensure accountability and transparency," the statement said.

Catch all updates about TSPSC Group 1 Results hereTSPSC notification said, “The Group-I selection process is being expedited and Commission aims at zero error result. Commission is contemplating to release paper-wise marks in candidate login and also to publish provisional marks list on Commission’s website very shortly."The TSPSC group 1 mains exam was conducted on October 21 between 2 pm and 5 pm to recruit candidates for 563 posts.

Ashwini Vaishnaw, union minister for railways, IT and electronics, and information and broadcasting. He was speaking at The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence on Saturday, where he received the Business Reformer of the Year award.

Vishakha Mulye, CEO of Aditya Birla Capital and ET's Businesswoman of the Year for 2024 expressed her strong belief in India's growth potential and her company's ability to seize and leverage these opportunities. She emphasised that her organisation's mission was to simplify finance and align with the vision of a 'Viksit Bharat'. «At Aditya Birla Capital, our goal is to make finance as simple as ABCD, which is also the name of our newly launched platform this year,» Mulye said after receiving the award. «We are excited about the vast opportunities in the Indian market and firmly believe that we have the right foundations in place to capitalise on them.»

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. If any other owner of a cryptocurrency platform had announced a national reserve of cryptocurrencies, howls of protest over conflict of interest would have rent the air. When President Donald Trump declared that the US would create a Bitcoin reserve and a separate crypto stockpile, his fan base took it as a move to fulfil a campaign promise.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India's drugmakers saw healthy revenue growth across all therapies in February as they debuted new drugs and raised prices, an industry report showed. Sales in the domestic pharmaceutical market in February touched ₹18,781 crore, up 7.5% from a year earlier, data from B2B commerce platform Pharmarack showed.

health ministry has asked the Indian Premier League (IPL) and the cricket board to ban all forms of tobacco and alcohol advertising, including surrogate ads, at stadiums and related events, as well as during telecast sessions on national television. In a letter to IPL chairman Arun Singh Dhumal, director general of health services Atul Goel also sought doing away with the sale of tobacco and alcohol products in all affiliated events and sports facilities. The letter, dated March 5 and also addressing the Board of Control for Cricket in India, asked the sports bodies to discourage sportspersons (including commentators) from directly or indirectly endorsing products linked to alcohol or tobacco.

Shoaib Akhtar called India as the best team of the Champions Trophy, saying the Men in India deserve to lift the trophy. «The best team of the tournament has won the Champions Trophy. That too without dropping a single match!!» said the Pakistani bowler in a post on his social media platforms. India won another global cricket tournament with a four-wicket victory over New Zealand in the Champions Trophy final on Sunday.

Digvijaya Singh on Sunday said he was asked not to speak against the RSS while campaigning in Gujarat for fear of «angering Hindus» and hailed Rahul Gandhi's tough talk in that state a day earlier on those in the party helping the ruling BJP. Addressing Congress workers in Ahmedabad on Saturday, Gandhi had said the party's first job was to separate two groups of Congress workers and leaders — ones who carry the party ideology in their hearts and stand with the public and the others who were cut off from the public, «half of whom are with the BJP». He had underlined the need to filter out such leaders and workers and had warned of strict action, even removals. In a post on social media platform X on Sunday, Singh congratulated Gandhi for his statement and said, «I remember when I went to Gujarat to campaign as the Chief Minister of MP, I was instructed not to speak against the RSS. Hindus will get angry.»

Nana Patekar and Gadar 2 director Anil Sharma’s son, Utkarsh Sharma, is making its digital debut nearly three months after its big-screen run. Fans who missed the film in theatres can now stream it from the comfort of their homes.