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India as the businesses in the country have been leading in terms of investing in social causes, a senior UN official said on Thursday and stressed that business is the key driver that will deliver the sustainable development goals. The United Nations Resident Coordinator in India Shombi Sharp also said that Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is indispensable in India's journey, where businesses are at the forefront in the efforts of the country to become a USD 5 trillion economy. «The world needs business and the world needs India and as India leads, the world is following,» he said at a conference on CSR in the national capital.

Donald Trump has said that he has already settled on his running mate for the US Presidential Election 2024 if he gets the Republican nomination. But he has refused to name the person. In a televised town hall in Des Moines, Iowa, he said, «Well, I can’t tell you that. I mean, I know who it’s going to be.» Talking to Fox News hosts Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, he claimed that he has received numerous calls from people eager to work in his potential new administration.

BJP president Bhupendra Chaudhary on Thursday said neither the Congress nor the Samajwadi Party are any challenge to his party and the entire country is today «Ram-may» — immersed in the devotion of Lord Ram. «Neither the Samajwadi Party (SP) nor the Congress are a challenge. You can see that the entire state and country is 'Ram-may',» the BJP state president said when asked if these parties were coming up as a challenge to his party.

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BCG. “There are use cases starting from prospecting of a customer to sales to credit underwriting to then monitoring and the collections part of it," he said. Even less mature banks have AI for underwriting, he added.

Investing.com -- Headline U.S. inflation is expected to have accelerated slightly in December, while an annual underlying reading is seen slowing, as Federal Reserve officials search for signs of easing price gains before rolling out possible interest rate cuts this year.

Dealshare said it has appointed Kamaldeep Singh as its CEO. Post the development, another cofounder Sourjyendu Medda has also left the firm joining Vineet Rao and Sankar Bora who moved on from DealShare. Singh joined Dealshare in December 2022 as president of the retail business at the Bengaluru-based firm. He was previously the chief executive of BigBazaar. Singh's appointment comes after an investor-led restructuring at the firm. ET reported in November last year about Singh being the frontrunner for the post of Dealshare CEO.

Michelle Obama launch a candidacy for the US Presidential Election 2024? After her interview with Jay Shetty in a podcast this question has been raised. Former Fox News personality and political commentator Megyn Kelly has said Michelle Obama is more talented politically than Joe Biden. Talking to the SiriusXM podcast, 'The Megyn Kelly Show', she said, «There’s no question she's more talented than Joe Biden is politically. No question.» But Kelly said she was not sure whether the former first lady would vie for the commander-in-chief role.

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Thursday wrote to the high-level committee on «One Nation, One Election» expressing her disagreement with the concept of simultaneous polls to the Lok Sabha and assemblies, and said it would be against the basic structure of India's constitutional arrangements. In a letter to the panel secretary, Banerjee said that in 1952, the first general elections were simultaneously conducted for the central and state levels.

Maruti Suzuki India plans to start exporting Electric Vehicles (EVs) from India this year after launching them in the country, a senior company official said on Thursday. The company also expects to export lithium-ion battery cells and modules worth around Rs 750 crore this fiscal.

real estate growth. “The Mumbai Trans Harbour Link is a game-changer! As a proud Mumbai developer, I see this engineering marvel transforming connectivity and our real estate landscape.

Ankeny, Iowa Ron DeSantis is nearing the end of his third pep rally of the day, surrounded by roughly 150 fans in a dimly lit baseball-themed sports bar (try the Ty Cobb Salad), when he tells the story that sums up his presidential appeal. “We had a Category 5 hurricane hit in Southwest Florida," he says. It washed out a bridge and a causeway, stranding thousands of islanders from their homes.

Maharashtra is followed by Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh. Indore, Surat named cleanest cities in the annual survey. Notably, Indore bagged the title seventh time in a row.

₹36 apiece level. Since then, it has remained an idea 'buy on dip' stock for investors. However, it seems that the stock still has some upside potential.

Congress turned down the invitation for the 'Pran Pratistha' ceremony of Ram Temple, scheduled to be held on January 22, after which the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders have slammed the grand old party, terming it «unfortunate, painful and shameful.» Earlier on Wednesday, Congress declared that it would skip the massive inauguration ceremony being planned for the Ayodhya Ram Temple, saying it was a «political project» of the BJP and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Reacting to the issue, BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the 'Pran Pratistha' ceremony of Lord Ram is a matter of joy for the whole nation.

Ukraine has shown the world that Russia's military can be stopped, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday as he began a visit to the Baltic nations in search of more help for his country against the Kremlin's larger and better-supplied forces in the 22-month-old invasion. Speaking in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius, Zelenskyy said Ukraine still must bolster its air defenses against Russia's intensified missile and drone onslaughts and replenish its ammunition supplies as long-range strikes become the main feature of this winter's fighting. «We have proven that Russia can be stopped, that deterrence is possible,» he said after talks with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda on his first foreign trip of the year. The massive Russian barrages — more than 500 drones and missiles were fired between Dec. 29 and Jan.

Union Budget by the Narendra Modi government before the 2024 Lok Sabha Election. An annual financial statement for the Union of India that contains the government's revenue and expenditure for a given fiscal year, the Union Budget is a massive and complex document. The budget is an annual financial statement that outlines the government's proposed expenditures and revenues for the upcoming fiscal year, which begins on April 1st and ends on March 31st of the following year.

Republic Day Celebrations: Rehearsals for the grand Republic Day parade have begun near India Gate in central Delhi, weeks ahead of the national celebration, as per a PTI report. As rehearsals get into full swing, the report said traffic disruptions are expected near India Gate for more than four hours, as per alerts from the city police. In particular, the Delhi traffic police have urged the public to steer clear of Vijay Chowk and intersections around the landmark.

The Nifty future closed positive with gains of 0.49% at 21722 levels on Wednesday. India VIX was down by 2.21% from 13.26 to 12.97 levels. Volatility rose above 14.5 zones during the day but cooled off later and paved the way for the bulls at support zones. On the weekly options front, the maximum Call OI is placed at 21,800 and then towards 22,000 strikes while the maximum Put OI is placed at 21,500 and then towards 21,600 strikes. Call writing is seen at 21800 and then towards 22000 strikes while Put writing is seen at 21500 and then towards 21600 strikes. “Options data suggests a broader trading range in between 21200 to 22000 zones while an immediate trading range in between 21350 to 21750 zones,” Chandan Taparia, Senior Vice President | Analyst-Derivatives at Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited, said. “Nifty formed a small-bodied Bullish candle on the daily frame on Wednesday with a longer lower shadow indicating buying visible at support zones,” he said. “Now the index has to hold above 21550 zones, for an up move towards 21750 then 21850 zones while on the downside support exists at 21450 and 21300 zones,” recommended Taparia.

bitcoin last year in El Salvador, the first country anywhere to make the cryptocurrency a form of legal tender, said a poll released Wednesday. The government of President Nayib Bukele took this pioneering step in 2021, introducing bitcoin in circulation alongside the US dollar, which replaced the Salvadoran colon in 2001. The goal was to make remittances — they account for a quarter of GDP here — cheaper to send and to get Salvadorans to open bank accounts, which 70 percent of the population lacked. However a poll by Central American University found that 85 percent of people questioned did not use bitcoin to pay for a good or service last year, and three percent have never ever used the currency.

Annamalai over his altercation with a group of Christian youth, who had objected to his entry into the church during his rally En Mann En Makkal outside St. Lourdes Church in Bommidi near Pappireddipatti on January 8.