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NEW DELHI : Several small-time producers who had created independent web series for streaming services are struggling to find buyers as subscriptions plateau and platforms spend less on content. Unlike feature films, web shows cannot be released in theatres either. Streaming platforms typically commission long-format web series and subsequently spend on production; however, the explosive demand for web content during the pandemic attracted many newcomers, who planned and produced web shows that they could pitch to streaming platforms later.

₹1,150) a month for access to Instagram on mobile devices, and $17 (~ ₹1,400) a month for desktop access to both Instagram and Facebook. Meta offers a paid verification programme both in India and around the world.

Over the last year, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has been working relentlessly to enhance the participation of retail investors in the corporate bonds market. It started in October 2022 with a circular titled ‘Reduction in denomination for debt securities and non-convertible redeemable preference shares’, whereby it reduced the minimum face value of listed debt securities under private placement from ₹10 lakh to ₹1 lakh. For the uninitiated, the ticket size of publicly issued bonds is ₹1,000. In November 2022, Sebi’s subsequent circular titled ‘Registration and Regulatory Framework for Online Bond Platform Providers (OBPPs)’ prohibited these providers from facilitating unlisted debt securities transactions to protect retail investors from liquidity risk in such investments.

Benjamin Netanyahu's options for hitting Hamas over its deadly incursion into Israel could be reined in by concern for the many Israelis seized in the raid, as a nation scarred by past hostage crises faces perhaps its worst one yet. In a dramatic assault launched from Gaza on Saturday, the Palestinian group Hamas stormed into Israeli towns, killing more than 600 Israelis and escaping with dozens of hostages, in the deadliest day for Israel since the 1973 war. Netanyahu has vowed «mighty vengeance» but the fate of the Israeli soldiers, elderly people, women and children taken into Gaza — the numbers are still unclear — complicates how Israel delivers on its promise to hit back hard and fast, while sticking to a longstanding principle of leaving no one behind. Israelis are reeling from the assault and from images of fellow citizens being bundled off to Gaza. «There is no chance she will come back,» sobbed a young Israeli girl, talking about her sister who was killed in the attack, while she and her parents were held hostage. She was shown in a video posted on the social media platform X by senior Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs official, Ambassador David Saranga. In 2011, Israel swapped hundreds of Palestinian prisoners to win the release of one Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, who was held for five years.

Coinbase's recent approval by Singapore's Monetary Authority signals the city-state's growing embrace of cryptocurrency. As Bitcoin (BTC) continues its bullish trend, backed by Marathon Digital's robust production, the rising star VC Spectra (SPCT) steals the limelight. Let’s explore what's happening in the crypto industry and learn more about this cryptocurrency for beginners.

Busy, stressed-out humans aren’t always good at expressing empathy. Now computer scientists are training artificial intelligence to be empathetic for us. AI-driven large language models trained on massive amounts of voice, text and video conversations are now smart enough to detect and mimic emotions like empathy—at times, better than humans, some argue.

The producers of forthcoming movie «Tejas» today on the occasion of Air Force Day today released the trailer of the film. The Kangana Ranaut movie hits the theatre on 27th Oct. It is the story of a courageous female IAF officer — Tejas Gill, played by Kangana Ranaut.

₹1,914.60 during the day on the BSE. Later, it recovered some of the early lost ground and ended at ₹2,049.30, 2.43 per cent lower.

Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX), India’s largest commodity derivatives exchange, on October 8, received approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Technical Advisory Committee to launch a new web-based commodity derivatives platform (CPD). «SEBI Technical Advisory Committee has recommended that MCX and MCXCCL may Go-Live with the CDP and to intimate SEBI regarding the proposed date for Go Live,» MCX said in an exchange filing. «Accordingly, SEBI has withdrawn its directions to MCX and MCXCCL to keep the proposed Go-Live of CDP in abeyance,» it added. The approval comes after the SEBI had on September 29 asked the company to put on hold the proposed go-live of its new commodity derivatives platform planned for the first week of October. Earlier, MCX had said that its commodity derivatives platform would go live on October 3. The above action had been taken by the market regulator in view of the writ petitions filed by Chennai Financial Markets and Accountability (CFMA) on CDP. Shares of India's largest commodity exchange, the Multi Commodity Exchange, rallied 4.6% to Rs 2,039 on Friday's trade. On a year-to-date basis, the stock has surged 40%, while it has rallied over 55% in the past one year. As per Trendlyne data, the average target price of the stock is Rs 1,811, which indicates a downside of 11% from the current market prices.

New Delhi: Online marketplace Amazon is seeing a clear trend of consumers buying more expensive clothing, watches, beauty products, and pricey footwear on its platform. This is a sign that e-commerce platforms are now seeing a shift from value-focused purchases to more expensive ones. "There is a very clear trend on premium products across customer segments—beauty, fashion, even on mobile phones, people are trading up and that comes from more disposable income as well as a larger middle class," said Saurabh Srivastava, vice president, Amazon Fashion India.

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News Corp has descended into finger-pointing and blame-shifting as senior executives reckon with how the media company burned through tens of millions of dollars on online bookmaker Betr.

X users now see «unlabeled ads in their feeds» while scrolling. When users tap on those ads they take them to third-party websites, with no way to block or report them.

The threat of renewed strike action at Chevron’s two huge LNG plants in Western Australia has firmed after night shift workers added their support for stoppages, accusing the US energy giant of reneging on a deal struck last month.

ongoing food fight at the prestigious institution. In an email, the student wrote, “On October 5th, at approximately 9.35 am - 9.50 am, I observed a student taking an omelet on his plate from the non-vegetarian counter and then using the same laddle to take items from the Jain/vegeterian counter." “I approached the student and politely informed him of the importance of not smearing non-veg item on veg spoon by touching them with non-vegeterian items after taking from the vegeterian counter. However, his response was rather dismissive," the email read.

Click here! NCS is the nodal agency of the Government of India for monitoring of earthquake activity in the country. Earlier in September, two earthquakes of magnitude 4.4 and 4.3 had struck the Andaman Sea, NSC had said. According to NCS, the 4.4 earthquake had occurred at a depth of 93 km.

FTX's co-founder has begun to tell a New York jury that he and Sam Bankman-Fried committed financial crimes and lied to the public before the cryptocurrency trading platform collapsed last year

Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 has been captivating anime enthusiasts with its thrilling storyline, and it's about to take a surprising turn with a crossover event that no one saw coming. Know more about the upcoming collaboration between Jujutsu Kaisen and the iconic Godzilla franchise; In Jujutsu Kaisen, the supernatural heroes regularly find themselves facing grotesque monstrosities known as «curses.» These curses are born from human actions, and only sorcerers like Gojo, Yuji, and their fellow Jujutsu Tech members possess the abilities to combat them effectively. In the latest narrative arc, the Shibuya Incident Arc, a group of formidable villains, including Suguru Geto, Mihato, and Jogo, have taken a drastic step to neutralize Gojo. Their scheme involves imprisoning him within a malevolent construct known as the Prison Realm. Now, the responsibility falls upon Yuji and his comrades to navigate this perilous situation, free their mentor Gojo from the clutches of the Prison Realm, and confront the myriad threats that arise in a world where the most potent force for good is conspicuously absent.