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The U.S. officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive information, said they were basing their early analysis on multiple strands of intelligence indicating that the blast at Ahli Arab hospital was caused by Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a group allied with Hamas.

laptop, server and other IT hardware importers to provide an international certification attesting that their product is from a trusted source before allowing a licence-free import of it, people in the know of the matter told ET. This certification, one of the people said, could be from an international organisation. This organisation could periodically verify that the components used in the hardware come from trusted supply chains and do not have any spyware or malware in them, this person said.

U.S. Federal Reserve will keep its key interest rate on hold on Nov.

Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City targeted the residence of Ismail Haniyeh, the senior political figure of Hamas, resulting in the reported deaths of at least 14 individuals. 1) Coalition forces were slightly injured in Iraq in a spate of drone attacks over the last 24 hours at US bases in Iraq as regional tensions flare following the deadly explosion at a hospital in Gaza. 2) Two drones targeted the al Asad airbase in western Iraq used by US forces and one drone targeted a base in northern Iraq, a US official told The Associated Press. 3) This came after Iranian-backed militias in Iraq threatened to attack U.S.

ASX’s board of directors has narrowly avoided a second strike at its annual meeting on Thursday, with 21 per cent of shareholders voting against the remuneration report in a strong protest vote as the exchange struggles to restore trust after it announced it had bungled the CHESS replacement project 11 months ago.

Iconic frozen baked goods and desserts brand Sara Lee has called in the administrators, hiring FTI Consulting to sell or restructure the business and keep its manufacturing presence alive in Australia.

Shreyas Shipping's delisting attempt has failed, as the promoter, Transworld Holdings, fell short of securing the minimum 90% shareholding required to complete the process. Transworld Holdings, which held a 71.25% stake in the company, offered to repurchase shares at ₹400 each, but only 16.61% of shares were tendered, leaving a shortfall of 2.14 percentage points. Shares of Shreyas Shipping fell 8.7% on Wednesday to close at ₹308.30 on the BSE. The stock has declined about 18% in the past one week. Last month, about 4.30 million shares were tendered under an earlier repurchase proposal, surpassing the minimum requirement of 4.08 million shares required to reach the 90% threshold. However, the promoter rejected the price of ₹890 per share discovered through the reverse-book-building process and proposed a counteroffer of ₹400 per share in accordance with updated regulations. The counteroffer, which commenced on October 11, concluded on October 17. In a filing with stock exchanges, the company reported that the promoters could repurchase just over 3.60 million shares against its offer to buy back up to 6.49 million shares. Transworld Holdings had initially offered to acquire the shares from public shareholders in May at an indicative price of ₹338.

Venture capital firm Celesta Capital plans to add another 15-25 entities to its India portfolio over the next 3-5 years, even as startups in India have been caught in a funding winter. “There is no slowing down or pulling back,” managing partner Arun Kumar told ET.

Wipro, an erstwhile software bellwether now undergoing a protracted turnaround, on Wednesday reported a marginal on-year increase in the September-quarter net profit that declined nearly 8% sequentially, mirroring an industry-wide sluggishness in deal conversions and cautious discretionary spending in primary revenue-generating markets either side of the Atlantic water margin. India's fourth-largest software company also gave a tepid outlook, citing an «uncertain» business environment. Another sharp headcount reduction and circumspect business projections were worse than the grim forecast provided earlier by larger peers, such as Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Infosys, for a near $250-billion outsourcing industry that accounts for one-eighth weighting on the Nifty.

A total of about ₹8,717.65 crore was potentially made over the last two fiscals by the senior-to-top management of 12 large-sector frontliners in the Nifty 50, showed the data put together for ET by ESOP Direct. About 100 million options were issued — mostly to senior management — in FY22 and FY23 by these 12 companies.

By Prerana Bhat

DeFi platform Elixir has secured $7.5 million in a Series A investment fund led by Hack Venture Capital, bringing the protocol’s valuation to $100 million. 

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has called on the Biden administration to address crypto's use as a terrorist financing tool. Her concerns were documented in a bipartisan letter signed by over 100 lawmakers, including Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan) and Rep. Sean Casten (D-Ill). 

Amazon Web Services has announced the preview of new capabilities added to its coding assistant Amazon CodeWhisperer that enables organisations to customise the tool to generate specific code recommendations from private code repositories. With this feature, developers who pay for Amazon CodeWhisperer Professional tier can now receive real-time code recommendations that include their internal libraries, APIs, packages, classes and methods, the company said in a blog. AWS promises the highest level of protection for these repositories.

Currently, satcom through mobile devices is primarily used for coverage in emergency situations and is limited to messages. But in a couple of years, people will be able to get calls and broadband, too.

By Jody Godoy

European Union (EU) finance ministers approve new regulations requiring cryptocurrency firms to share data on customer cryptocurrency holdings with tax authorities.

Mumbai: Investors in the Indian stock market will soon have the opportunity to invest in a novel business enterprise, adding to the diversity of companies available in the market. Astrotalk, the online astrology consultation services provider, is currently in talks with growth and mid-size PE funds and family offices to raise up to $40 million (around ₹333 crore) as part of its pre-IPO funding round, valuing the company at $220 million, people familiar with the company’s plans said. The firm, backed by Kunal Shah’s Qed Innovation Labs, aims to go public in FY25, said Astrotalk CEO Puneet Gupta.

₹50 to travel from Sahibabad to Duhai depot. according to the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC). The fare for the same route will be ₹100 in a premium-class coach, it said.

NEW DELHI : Serentica Renewables, a renewable power company promoted by Sterlite Power, is planning to raise ₹5,000 crore debt from a clutch of domestic lenders, two people aware of the development said. The company will use the money to build hybrid solar and wind power projects in Karnataka, Rajasthan and Maharashtra, with commissioning expected to start in 2024-25. This amount will be over and above the ₹5,600 crore that Serentica Renewables raised from Rural Electrification Corp.