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F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets. Over the weekend, Denmark and the Netherlands announced that they would begin sending F-16s to Ukraine as soon as the training of the first group of pilots to fly them is complete. The Danish air force will donate 19 F-16s (upgraded in recent years) and the Dutch an as yet unclear number of the 42 F-16s they possess.

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Mumbai: Blackstone Group Inc. has acquired controlling interests in Care Hospitals and Kims Health in a multi-layered deal valued at $1 billion, marking the private equity giant's maiden foray into India's healthcare sector. The New York-based firm secured roughly a 75% stake in Care Hospitals from Evercare Health Fund, an arm of TPG, for around $700 million, said a persom familiar with the transaction, requesting anonymity.

OpenAI has rolled out a recent update to ChatGPT Plus, introducing two significant features that promise to enhance the user experience, further improving the AI chatbot. As reported by The Verge, numerous users of ChatGPT Plus have shared details about the platform's latest updates. For those who might not know, ChatGPT Plus is an optional subscription offering access to an enhanced GPT-4 model and additional features like the Code Interpreter and ChatGPT Plugins.

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Nitish Mittersain, Founder, Joint MD & CEO, Nazara Tech, says “the online money gaming business is today just 4% of our revenues and is impacted due to the new GST taxation rules that came in from October 1st but we expect that business to recover and stabilise in the next couple of months. More importantly from Nazara perspective, getting clarity on taxation was a very important thing. I think that has largely been achieved.” Start by telling us a little bit more about this plan to launch the new game publishing division. How revenue accretive do you believe it is going to be? Nazara Publishing, which is a new initiative of Nazara, is basically meant for the game developers who are trying to bring high quality games across platforms such as mobile, PC, even new technologies such as Web3 and VR.

Ola and on-demand logistics startup Porter are the worst platforms for gig workers, said research firm Fairwork India, after evaluating 12 companies. Both Ola and Porter scored zero on a scale of 1 to 10 when evaluated for minimum standards of fair work in the platform economy, according to the ‘Fairwork India 2023’ report.

Mamaearth, will open for subscription on Tuesday. The anchor investor allocation will be done later today. Ahead of the issue opening, the company's shares are commanding a marginal premium of Rs 7 in the unlisted market. Mamaearth has fixed a price band of Rs 308-324 per share for its IPO, which closes on November 2.

Plenty of action at Diverger, the ASX-listed licensee services group which had already agreed to be acquired by rival financial services outfit, Count Limited. That deal was for around $1.14 per share in cash and scrip.

Byron Bay fintech Zepto has laid off 20 per cent of its workforce as part of a restructure to limit its focus on controversial cryptocurrency exchanges and target areas with better growth prospects.

IN10 Media Network, with multiple successful businesses spanning television, digital, and films, has entered the music business with the launch of Let’s Get Louder, which will be helmed by Rajitta Hemwaani. The company said that the music business vertical will serve as a prominent platform for both emerging and established artists from India and beyond. IN10 Media Network aims to redefine the music landscape and invest in assorted music offerings from various regions of the country and world to engage with a large audience. IN10 Media Network MD Aditya Pittie said, “With the introduction of our music business, Let's Get Louder, we will play a pivotal role in supporting and promoting exceptionally talented artists while delivering outstanding musical experiences to audiences worldwide." Commenting on her mandate, Rajitta Hemwaani, COO of Let's Get Louder, noted, “Recent events have further solidified the notion that music is language-agonistic and, aided by cutting-edge technology, can traverse the globe. This is an opportune moment to create and experiment, and one of our primary aims is to reach out to young and global listeners.

fire took place, this time in Pimpri-Chinchwad area of Pune. Several videos of the incident have been posted on the social media platform X. However, this time the company has claimed that the incident occurred due to an aftermarket part used in the scooter.

Elon Musk has brought a new change to creator monetization. In a post on the X platform, he said that if a user's tweet is corrected by Community Notes, the crowdsourced program of fact-checkers, then that person will not be paid for engagement on those tweets.

JSW One Platforms — the e-commerce venture of the JSW Group — is set to cross the $1-billion mark on an exit rate basis in gross merchandise value before the close of the current financial year riding on its strong first-half-of-the year traction. «We had said that we will exit at a billion dollars in FY24, and today it is looking larger than that,» Gaurav Sachdeva, the chief executive officer told ET in an interaction. «In fact, we will hit the billion-dollar run-rate ahead of that,» he said.

Sportswear firm Adidas India is clamping down against «IP infringements» of its blue India cricket jerseys and closely monitoring the market for duplicates, at a time when the jerseys are selling out within hours during the ongoing ICC World Cup. said general manager Neelendra Singh. «We have a process in place to clampdown IP infringement.

BNP Paribas released itsthird quarter results today. Pre-tax profits in its corporate and investment bank were up 13% year-on-year for the quarter; the cost income ratio in the unit was 60.8%. Deutsche Bank and Barclays, eat your hearts out. 

Alexis Augier has done it all. Sincegraduating from Spanish business school in Esade in 2016, he's been an analyst at Goldman Sachs' investment bank, a private equity associate at KKR, an 'investment professional' at hedge fund Elliott Asset Management, and founded a successful start-up. 

New Delhi: Amplus founder Sanjeev Aggarwal and I Squared Capital have come together again to set up a climate solutions platform—Hexa Climate Solutions—which will focus on renewable energy, water and carbon oxides; wherein the New York-based private equity fund will invest around $500 million, said two people aware of the development. New York-based I Squared Capital is no stranger to India’s green economy and invested $150 million in Amplus Energy Solutions Pvt. Ltd in April 2015.

Dominic Martin claiming that he belonged to the same group of sabha. Here is what we know so far about the person who claims responsibilty for the serial blasts. "One person has surrendered in Kodakra Police Station, in Thrissur Rural, claiming that he has done it.