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Shah Rukh Khan, his latest blockbuster, 'Jawan', continues to make waves not only at the box office but also in the world of music streaming. Released on September 7, 'Jawan' has been rewriting the records of success, with its chart-topping song, 'Chaleya', now achieving a historic milestone on Spotify India.

Apple conducted its annual Fall event, when they unveiled their latest generation of iPhones, dubbed the iPhone 15 series. The iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, and iPhone 15 Pro Max are all part of this series.

New Delhi: Adani Global Pte Ltd., Singapore, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Adani Enterprises Ltd., on Thursday announced a 50:50 joint venture (JV) with Kowa Holdings Asia Pte Ltd., Singapore, for sales and marketing of green ammonia, green hydrogen and its derivatives, the company said here in a statement. “The green hydrogen and its derivatives are to be manufactured in India under Adani New Industries Limited (ANIL). The JV will concentrate on marketing of products in Japan, Taiwan and Hawaii," the company added.

TAIPEI (Reuters) — Taiwan is «not for sale», the island's foreign minister said in a stern rebuke to Elon Musk who asserted Taiwan was an integral part of China, as the billionaire again waded into the thorny issue of relations between Beijing and Taipei.

Biden administration has assured the Indian government of a quick investigation into the death of Indian student Jaahnavi Kandula in Seattle after being struck by a speeding police patrol car and bringing to justice the police officers who were responsible for it. The US government swung into action after India's Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, strongly raised the issue at the highest level in Washington and sought prompt action on the killing of Kandula, and the highly insensitive behaviour of the police officer in Seattle in Washington state. Kandula was killed in January after she was struck by a police vehicle driven by Officer Kevin Dave.

Elon Musk’s X Corp. has agreed to try to settle claims by thousands of former Twitter employees who say they were cheated of severance pay when the billionaire laid them off after acquiring the social media platform last year, according to a memo by a lawyer for the workers seen by Bloomberg News.

Ahead of the issue opening, the company raised Rs 616.5 crore from anchor investors. Analysts advised investors to avoid the IPO on profitability concerns and increased net borrowings. SAMHI Hotels is a prominent hotel ownership and asset management platform in India, with the third largest inventory of operational keys (owned and leased) in the country as of February 2023. The company acquires or builds primary hotels and thereafter renovates and rebrands the properties under its wings. All of its hotels are in the upper upscale and upscale, upper mid-scale and mid-scale hotel segments, typically operating under long-term management contracts with established and well-recognized global hotel operators. «The company's financial performance has been poor for the last three years, but it is making progress on cutting losses.

₹513.80 apiece on the BSE on Thursday. NIIT Learning Solutions (Canada) Ltd, the wholly owned subsidiary of NIIT Learning Systems, announced the successful implementation of its cutting-edge Xsel Learning platform in collaboration with CENTURY 21 Heritage Group. The company said that the launch of Xsel marks a significant advancement in real estate education pedagogy and technology, bringing revolutionary digital learning solutions to the CENTURY 21 Heritage Group.

Digantara and Bunpai India — took an early lead as the 11-member ET Startup Awards jury deliberated on the Best on Campus category. Finally, after two rounds of discussions and a secret voting, Digantara, a spacetech startup, emerged as the unanimous winner. With Chandrayaan-3’s historic Moon landing fresh in everyone’s mind, several factors helped clinch the win for Digantara Research & Technologies. The jury praised not just its technology prowess, but also highlighted how it was able to start up in a complex segment from campus and build traction in a crowded space that has recently seen a lot of entrepreneur and investor interest.

ET Startup Awards 2023 jury meeting, as the members contemplated how much weight should be given to public good, impact and financials. Their final choice was FIA Global, a platform that helps people in some of the most remote areas of the country avail of formal financial services, from opening a bank account and taking a loan to investing in mutual funds and buying digital gold.

OfBusiness was voted as The Economic Times Startup of the Year 2023 surging ahead of competition on the back of strong revenue backed by handsome profits. The eight-year-old venture was feted for its value proposition and focus on SMEs, which are regarded as the backbone of India’s fast-growing economy. The eleven-member jury chose the B2B venture, which is currently valued at about nearly $5 billion, over eyewear retailer Lenskart in a closely fought contest that included detailed discussions on the relative merits of both companies.

ZopSmart emerged as the hands-down winners of the Comeback Kid category at ETSA 2023. Hailing the team of Mukesh Singh, Raj Pandey and Vikash Kumar as role models for their sheer hard work, grit and perseverance, the star-studded jury unanimously voted for ZopSmart’s founders in the secret ballot on Tuesday.

The new leader of state securities regulators said states have an important role to play in protecting investors from the potential dangers of digital assets.

ANZ, National Australia Bank and Westpac have joined Commonwealth Bank’s calls for global digital platforms to be regulated as payment service providers, pushing back on recent arguments by Apple and Google that they’re merely peripheral players.

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OTT platforms are now seeing the value additions that crossovers bring to their marketing strategies to help sustain momentum of their campaigns in the long run," Bosmia said.

₹79,900, maintaining the same price point as the iPhone 12, launched in October 2020. However, this year, the iPhone 15 Pro models are dearer by ₹5,000, while iPhone 15 Pro Max prices have surged by ₹10,000 across all storage variants. Following the launch, Indian handles on social media platform X highlighted the price disparity of the new iPhone models versus global markets, despite the Made-in-India tag.

hedge fund. Glas Trust Co., the trustee representing lenders who had extended a loan of $1.2 billion to the world’s most valuable education technology startup in November 2021, told a Florida court on 7 September that Byju’s transferred $533 million to Camshaft Capital Fund, a Miami-based hedge fund, allegedly established by a 23-year-old with no training or experience in investing. The lenders also told the court that the official address of the hedge fund in its regulatory filings is a US restaurant chain, IHOP.