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Mahua Moitra for ‘unethical conduct’ in the cash-for-query case. The Lok Sabha Ethics Committee report was tabled in the lower house of the parliament on Friday, following which a heated debate ensued. Thereafter, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi moved a motion to expel the Trinamool member for "unethical conduct", which was adopted by a voice vote.

ICC World Cup 2023 were played on the pitches rated “average" by the international cricket body. The development comes as the Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) faced intense backlash on choosing the pitch of Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad for the final match.

Archies, directed by Zoya Akhtar and co-written with Farhan Akhtar, Reema Kagti and Ayesha Devitre, is creating a lot of buzz online. Released on December 7, 2023, on the OTT platform Netflix, the excitement around ‘The Archies’ can be credited to the marketing efforts that went into collaborations for it, apart from its cast. Speaking on how the brand partnerships helped The Archies, Shilpa Singh, Senior Director - Marketing Partnerships, APAC, Netflix said, “Brand partnerships bring together two worlds, led by two brands, to tell one story neither could have told alone.

funding winter this week, with $108 million being pumped into across 12 rounds, according to data from market intelligence firm Tracxn. The week, however, recorded the largest fundraise for an India-based AI startup with a $41 million investment in Sarvam AI. Investment in startups fell 79% in the December 4-8 week, from $514 million across 38 funding rounds in the same period a year ago. Sequentially, however, funding activity saw a surge of 81%, compared to $59 million raised across 18 rounds, last week.

On Friday, the leading cryptocurrency Bitcoin, recently witnessed a minor retreat, touching the $43,500 mark, down by over 1% on Friday. The dip comes amidst a backdrop of significant developments, including the closure of an $18 million fundraising round by Babylon Chain aimed at bolstering Bitcoin staking initiatives.

The surge in AI stocks gained momentum with the introduction of ChatGPT, intensifying the competition among companies to integrate AI into their products and platforms.

Meta is rolling out end-to-end encryption for calls and messages across its Facebook and Messenger platforms, the company announced Thursday

The year received $7 billion in total funding until December 5, a significant decline of 72 per cent, compared to $25 billion in the previous year.

Netflix to obtain the official rights for producing merchandise for the movie 'The Archies'. The movie was released on Netflix on December 7th. UNIREC's merchandise will be crafted using sustainable fabrics, and initiative and the company has also pledged to plant a tree for every garment sold.

>> Visit Meme Mogul’s Website << Shiba Inu’s (SHIB) journey through Q3 2023 has been marked by transformative developments, fostering its growth and adoption. Key milestones include Shiba Inu’s Shibarium mainnet launch, which demonstrated resilience against initial technical challenges and recorded impressive statistics with 1.25 million wallets and 3.3 million transactions. Furthermore, significant endorsements have come Shiba Inu’s way.

Within a recent post on social media, Richard Teng, who was recently hired as the CEO of Binance, provided reassurance to stakeholders over the exchange's commitment to maintaining its key principles. His message, which comes after a turbulent era for the corporation, is a promise of stability and a focus on the user from the company's perspective. Given the recent legal problems that have involved his predecessor, Changpeng Zhao, this promise is especially noteworthy in light of those specific occurrences.

Another leading South Korean crypto exchange has listed the US dollar-pegged stablecoin USDT as global trading volumes begin to climb.

RBI plans to set up a regulatory framework for digital lending apps or loan web aggregators to make taking of loans more consumer centric and transparent. The RBI governor, as part of the announcement today after the monetary policy review, said that concerns regarding the functioning of loan web aggregators and loan products that harm customers have come to its notice. Therefore, it proposes to set up a regulatory framework to enhance customer centricity and safety for customers. As per the statement issued, «The Reserve Bank had accepted, vide its Press Release dated August 10, 2022, the recommendation of the Working Group on Digital Lending (Chairman: Shri Jayant Kumar Dash) to come up with a regulatory framework for web-aggregators of loan products (WALP). WALP entails aggregation of loan offers from multiple lenders on an electronic platform which enables the borrowers to compare and choose the best available option to avail loan from one of the available lenders. Based on the recommendation of the Working Group, it has been decided to bring such loan aggregation services offered by the Lending Service Providers (LSPs) under a comprehensive regulatory framework. The framework will focus on enhancing the transparency in the operations of WALPs, increase customer centricity and enable the borrowers to make informed choices. The detailed guidelines will be issued separately.»

household spending has increased for 58% of families, indicating a positive trend in consumption. However, while the overall score dipped slightly from last month, it remains at a healthy +50, showcasing the continued growth in household spending. Spending on essential items, such as personal care and household items, has increased for 49% of families.

WhatsApp has unveiled its latest feature, View Once for voice messages, providing users with the ability to send self-destructing audio notes. Revealed in a recent blog post, this new feature follows the introduction of a similar one for photos and videos in 2021 and is designed to enhance user privacy. The disappearing voice notes feature aims to address concerns about the potential forwarding of voice messages, allowing users to share sensitive information without fear of it being passed on. WhatsApp highlighted the diverse scenarios in which this feature can be useful, such as sharing credit card details or planning surprises. «For reading out your credit card details to a friend, or when you’re planning a surprise, you can now also share sensitive information over voice message with added peace of mind,» the company explained in its announcement.

Marinetrans India IPO listing: Shares of Marinetrans India Limited listed on NSE SME Emerge platform at ₹30 per share levels, delivering 15.4% premium against the issue price of ₹26 per equity share. However, profit booking soon triggered and Marinetrans India share price hit 5 per cent lower circuit at ₹28.50 apiece levels within few minutes of stock listing. Marinetrans India shares have logged 8.56 lakh trade volume in first 13 minutes of share listing.

Orchid Pharma with a buy rating, Prabhudas Lilladher has a buy rating on DMart, and a reduce rating on NOCIL. Motilal Oswal maintained a buy rating on Cholamandalam Investment & Finance Ltd. We have collated a list of recommendations from top brokerage firms from ETNow and other sources: Investec on Orchid Pharma: Buy| Target Rs 800 Investec maintained a buy rating on Orchid Pharma with a target price of Rs 800.

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Omkar Shetty, Pune, Maharashtra In the realm of investments, diversification is a key mantra, and venturing beyond the familiar shores of the Indian stock market can open up a world of possibilities. Indian international mutual funds, particularly those with a focus on the S&P 500, offer an enticing avenue for Indian investors to tap into the dynamic and growth-oriented US equity market. The US stock market has consistently outperformed its Indian counterpart over the long term.

More Chinese cities will give away digital yuan tokens and discount vouchers this month, as the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) looks to spur CBDC adoption.

AI in Indian languages with launches lined up in the coming months, but experts said it may take 3-5 years for India to have its own ChatGPT equivalent. Gurgaon-headquartered startup Soket Labs is eyeing the release of its foundation multilingual large language model (LLM) ‘Pragna’ by Q2 next year, founder and CEO Abhishek Upperwal told ET. A 7 billion parameter version of Pragna, trained on India’s 23 scheduled languages and English, will be released open source, followed by a 30 billion parameter model a few months thereafter, he said.