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reality game show, Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC). Reflecting on the show, Amitabh mentioned that it has become a fundamental aspect of his life.He further expressed that the show provides him with an opportunity to engage with the viewers, and he's eagerly anticipating the upcoming season. Amitabh serves as the host of the program.

US soldier crossing into North Korea, Pyongyang said on Wednesday claimed that the soldier has admitted «illegally intruding» due to "inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination within the US Army", Yonhap news agency reported citing country's state media KCNA on Wednesday. North Korea has further claimed that the soldier, Travis King has expressed a willingness to seek refuge there or in a third country.

Cloud-based loyalty service provider Capillary Technologies has elevated two of its senior leaders — chief operating officer Anant Choubey and chief customer officer for the US business Sridhar Bollam — as cofounders of the firm. The move comes as the software player has been focused on growth, especially in the US market, and is looking to clock profit after taxes in FY25, founder and managing director Aneesh Reddy told ET. “I think fundamentally the trajectory of the business has changed significantly.

Federal Reserve officials close in on the end of their tightening campaign, the debate is shifting from how high interest rates need to go to how long they should stay elevated. Inflation pressures are easing, which could give policymakers room to keep interest rates at or near current levels for the time being. Still, price gains remain well above the central bank's 2% target, making policymakers hesitant to declare victory. Introducing the discussion over how long officials may keep rates steady even if inflation continues to decelerate could help them push back on expectations for rate cuts and allow them to keep putting downward pressure on the economy. «This is the policy dimension that they will likely focus on the most going forward: Not how much higher to take the federal funds rate, but how long to keep it at these levels,» said Brian Sack, a former senior Fed official who earlier this year left D.E. Shaw & Co. after about a decade as head of the investment firm's global economics group. «There's still a lot of scope to tighten financial conditions in that way, if they wanted to.» Fed officials unanimously raised their benchmark rate last month to a target range of 5.25% to 5.5%, the highest level in 22 years. Minutes from that gathering — set for release on Wednesday afternoon — could provide more insight into whether most policymakers believe those increases have already worked their way through the economy or if they still expect to see more effects.

Governments globally including others like New Zealand said they are taking a 'keen interest' in not just the implementation of the Bill in the world's most populous country but also its approach to privacy regulation at large. While officials at some countries such as Norway told ET that they are even looking to introduce clauses that could mirror those in the DPDP Bill, others in countries such as South Africa said the success of the Bill was very critically tied to how the Data Protection Board (DPB) functions.

Google and Meta have enjoyed a duopoly in the digital advertising space in India, with almost a 90% share in what is pegged to be a Rs 70,000-crore market at present. Over the last couple of years though, Amazon Ads seems to be rapidly eating into their share of the digital pie, senior media buying executives told ET. Advertisers, especially in categories such as consumer packaged goods as well as DTC (direct-to-consumer) brands, are moving as much as 15-20% of their advertising budget — previously dedicated to Google and Meta — towards the Seattle-based ecommerce giant’s ad tech suite.

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Bitcoin, the pioneering cryptocurrency, has witnessed a minor 1% spike in its valuation, prompting investors and enthusiasts to reevaluate their stance: is now the optimal time to invest? 

Australia is set to fall well short of its 2030 target for 82 per cent renewable energy, with extra measures needed to move it past 64 per cent, according to research firm Rystad Energy, which expects Origin’s Eraring coal power station to have to run for several years longer to prevent spiking prices.

Sydney robo-adviser Stockspot, founded by ex-UBS portfolio manager Chris Brycki a decade ago, has sold a sizeable stake in the business to Japan’s Mirae Asset Global Investments, best known in Australia for being an early investor in exchange-traded fund powerhouse Betashares.

NEW DELHI : Prime Venture Partners is one of the few venture capital firms that has continued to invest in early-stage startups despite challenges in the past year that saw even larger investors turn cautious. Founded in 2012 by Sanjay Swamy, Shripati Acharya and Amit Somani, the homegrown VC fund (formerly known as AngelPrime) floated its first fund with a corpus of $8 million. The firm is currently deploying its $120 million fourth fund that closed in 2022.

NEW DELHI : Air India Express Ltd is set to sign a code-sharing agreement with Air India Ltd, pull out from all routes requiring business-class capacity, and relocate operational control centres for AirAsia India and Air India Express to a new Gurugram office starting this month, two airline executives said on condition of anonymity. These steps are part of a strategy that includes the merger of AirAsia India and Air India Express, which will operate as Air India’s low-cost unit, offering budget flights on non-trunk routes.

telcos are expected to add up to 25% more to their existing headcount in FY24, on the back of a 35% addition in FY23, as they double down on 5G coverage expansion and monetisation and deepen 4G coverage. Industry executives and experts said hiring activity by the three telcos picked up in FY23 after a slowdown in FY22 as the pressures of the pandemic wore off.

College students heading to campus over the next few weeks will soon be focusing on their reading assignments, essays and exams. Many of their parents, meanwhile, will be tasked with their own homework after dropping their budding scholars off at school – figuring out the most tax-efficient ways to pay the tuition.  

Gerry Goldberg’s clients have varying reactions to congressional efforts to remove the limit on deductions for state and local taxes that has been in place for several years.

NEW DELHI : Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed confidence about returning to power in 2024 even as he pledged measures to contain surging food prices and unveiled development initiatives, including the ₹15,000 crore Vishwakarma Yojana for workers skilled in traditional crafts and an urban housing plan aimed at providing interest rate relief for the poor. In his 90-minute Independence Day address from the Red Fort in New Delhi, about eight months before national elections are due, Modi also announced that the government is working with women self-help groups (SHGs) to create 20 million ‘Lakhpati Didis’ in villages.

Crypto exchange Binance late on Monday filed for a protective court order against the US Securities and Exchange Commission, saying the regulator's requests for information were «over broad» and «unduly burdensome.» BAM Trading, Binance US' operating company, and BAM Management in a court filing in the US District Court of Columbia said the group had already provided sufficient information to the regulator. The protective order seeks to limit the SEC, among other things, to four depositions from BAM employees and to drop the deposition of BAM's chief executive and of its chief financial officer, without naming anyone.

personal data, part of the Biden administration's widening scrutiny of that industry's privacy practices, officials said. Data brokers' conduct can be «particularly worrisome» because the sensitive data driving the use of artificial intelligence can be collected from military personnel, people experiencing dementia, and others, according to Rohit Chopra, director of the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

About 146,000 members of the United Auto Workers union will vote next week on authorizing their leaders to call strikes against the Detroit automakers

Ukrainian farmer Victor Tsvik has harvested his wheat this month but exorbitant logistics costs and Russia’s blockade of the ports has made shipping grain too expensive for him