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Institutional-grade crypto custodian Hex Trust has successfully obtained a full operating license from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), the firm announced today.

Also Read | Life Certificate for pensioners: How super senior citizens can submit Jeevan Praman Patra via face authentication Approximately 14,500 pensioners are above 90 years old, and 1,93,601 pensioners fall between the age group of 80 to 90 years. Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh States are leading the Campaign, aggregating 6.25 lakh DLCs generated during the 2nd week of the month-long Campaign. Central Government pensioners, Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare to enhance ‘Ease of Living’ has been promoting Digital Life Certificate (DLC) -JeevanPramaan extensively.

Direct to consumer brands on the GoKwik network saw a massive surge in order volumes on its platforms during the peak marketplace sale period this year, reversing the trend seen last few years when they see a dip in their orders when marketplaces launch their festive season sales. During the week long marketplace sales, the GMV for D2C brands on the GoKwik network grew 1.5 times in 2023 over the year before. Order volume and GMV surged by 43% and 52%, respectively, around the same time as marketplaces also grew their order volumes.

this note published in 2014 that the idea that the BJP is a more market-friendly party than the Congress (a prominent member of the INDIA alliance) has very little evidence supporting it at least in terms of capital flows. In the six years of BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) rule from April 1998 to April 2004, the Sensex, these economists wrote, grew at compound annual growth rate of 5.9% per year. During the years under the United Progressive Alliance's (UPA) regime, this rate more than doubled to more than 16.4%.

scheduled to meet prior to the 30th Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in San Francisco, aiming to mitigate tensions in what's viewed as a critical global rivalry. Leaders from the 21-member forum will gather at the global summit. However, the Biden-Xi bilateral will be the marquee moment of the forum, as it comes amid rising tension between the two nations following a series of events touched off by the shooting down of a Chinese spy balloon that had wafted across the US earlier this year.

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The report shows much more action is needed now to bend the world’s emissions trajectory further downward and avoid the worst impacts of climate change. “Today’s report shows that governments combined are taking baby steps to avert the climate crisis. And it shows why governments must make bold strides forward at CoP28 in Dubai, to get on track,” said the Executive-Secretary of UN Climate Change, Simon Stiell.

Rescuers are digging through dirt and parts of a collapsed road tunnel to reach 40 workers trapped by a landslide in northern India

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The allure of dividends has always been a compelling factor for investors. In this article, we'll take a look at companies that not only offer an attractive dividend yield but also consistently and progressively increase their payouts in recent years.

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surveyed in India are "off track" to meet their sustainability goals despite the consumers are willing to change their behavior and pay more for sustainable products. To get a broad sense of environmental concerns around the world, Bain surveyed 23,000 consumers, the results underscore the growing urgency of sustainability topics.

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Vodafone said Tuesday that it sank into a first-half loss and revenue dipped after one-off gains from asset sales were not repeated as it undergoes a vast overhaul. Net losses totalled 346 million euros ($370 million) in the six months to the end of September, Vodafone said in a results statement. That compared with profit after tax of 945 million euros in the same period a year earlier. Revenues fell 4.3 percent to 21.9 billion euros, hit by adverse foreign exchange rate moves as well as the sale of Vantage Towers, Vodafone Hungary and Vodafone Ghana last time around. But services revenue grew 4.2 percent to 18.6 billion euros. Vodafone added that its transformation plan was «progressing», two weeks after it announced the sale of its Spanish division to investment fund Zegona for up to 5.0 billion euros. In a further streamlining, Vodafone in June agreed to merge British operations with Three UK, owned by Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison, to create Britain's biggest operator with 27 million customers, as it targets an acceleration in faster 5G connectivity. «During the first half of the year, we have delivered improved revenue growth in nearly all of our markets and have returned to growth in Germany in the second quarter,» said chief executive Margherita Della Valle. «Vodafone's transformation is progressing.

Israel's defense forces progressed into a ground invasion after issuing alerts to civilians in North Gaza, with the aim to ‘eliminate’ Hamas fighters and destroy what they claim the tunnel network operated by the Hamas. While the move has been condemned by world leaders and Israel has been urged to avoid civilian casualty, the defense forces have only intensified their attacks paralyzing Northern Gaza, killing over 11,100 Palestinians.

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Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) as they finalize agreements on two additional pillars — clean energy & infrastructure and tax & anti-corruption. The signing of an agreement on resilient supply chains is also anticipated later this week.

Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid tribute to India's first PM Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary which is celebrated as Children's Day or Bal Diwas across the country every year. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), PM Modi wrote, “Tributes to our first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru Ji on his birth anniversary." Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also paid tribute to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru today, saying that is a thought of "freedom, progress, and justice." "Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is a thought--of freedom, progress, and justice. Mother India today needs these values of 'Jawahar of Hind', like an ideology, in every heart," Rahul Gandhi posted on the microblogging site.

Millions of people in India are living with diabetes, a chronic disease, which though slow to progress, wreaks irreversible damage to the heart, liver, and the pancreas. Since it is associated with insulin resistance, a health condition that inhibits blood sugar regulation, diabetes is often referred to as ‘high blood sugar’ in layman's terms.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi paid tribute to former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on Tuesday, saying that Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is a thought of «freedom, progress, and justice.» «Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is a thought--of freedom, progress, and justice. Mother India today needs these values of 'Jawahar of Hind', like an ideology, in every heart,» Rahul Gandhi posted on X (formerly Twitter).