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Tata Curvv retains much of the aesthetic from its 2022 concept. The coupe SUV features a contemporary design philosophy, similar to recent updates on the Nexon and Harrier. Its front is marked by a sleek LED light bar, split headlamps, and signature LED daytime running lights (DRLs).

Rapidly rising AUA represented an increase of 3.7% in the three months to 30 June 2024, according to HL's trading update today (19 July). Spread across the company's SIPP, ISA and active savings offerings, a net 24,000 new clients joined HL in the most recent quarter, providing £1.6bn of new business.  Fresh clientele represented a significant uptick of 85% year-on-year, with 1,882,000 clients now active on the investment platform. The recent figure represents a notable jump from the 13,000 reported for the three months to June 2023.  Hargreaves Lansdown receives second bid from PE...

Airports Authority of India, the Urban Development Department, the government of Rajasthan, and the Civil Aviation Department, for the development of Kota Greenfield Airport in Rajasthan, according to an official press release issued by AAI. As per the MoU, the government of Rajasthan will provide land for the development of the greenfield airport and AAI will be responsible for the construction, development, and operation of the airport. As per the information, the Greenfield airport at Kota will be constructed on 440.086 hectares of land for which a Detailed Project Report (DPR) is being prepared by the Airports Authority of India.

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Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) on Friday reported a 5% decline in its consolidated net profit to Rs 15,138 crore for the first quarter ended June 2024. The same stood at Rs 16,011 crore in the year-ago period. Revenue from operations increased 12% year-on-year (YoY) to Rs 2.36 lakh crore in the reporting period.

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CBI Friday arrested a first-year MBBS student of Ranchi's Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) for allegedly being part of a 'solver module' working with an engineer who had stolen the NEET-UG question papers, officials said. Surabhi Kumari was taken into custody after two days of detailed questioning by the CBI, the officials said. It is alleged that Kumari was the fifth member of the 'solver module' which was present in Hazaribagh in the morning of May 5, the NEET-UG examination day, to solve the paper stolen by Pankaj Kumar, they said. Pankaj Kumar alias Aditya, a 2017-batch civil engineer from the National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur (Jharkhand), who allegedly stole the NEET-UG paper from the NTA trunk in Hazaribagh.

Crypto market maker Wintermute Trading is currently engaged in discussions to conduct a new fundraising round.

A global technology outage grounded flights, knocked banks and hospital systems offline and media outlets off air on Friday in a massive disruption that affected companies and services around the world and highlighted dependence on software from a handful of providers.

IT outage affecting Microsoft's Azure cloud platform has caused major disruptions in the aviation sector, leading to the cancellation of over 200 flights by IndiGo. This global incident, which began on July 19, 2024, has had a cascading effect on travel systems worldwide, severely impacting airline operations. IndiGo’s Operational Challenges IndiGo, one of India’s largest carriers, has reported substantial operational disruptions. The airline announced on X, «Flights are cancelled due to the cascading effect of the worldwide travel system outage, beyond our control. The option to rebook/claim a refund is temporarily unavailable.» The outage has impacted IndiGo's flight operations, check-in systems, and baggage handling.

services of airlines, brokerages, financial institutions, and even media houses worldwide, causing significant damage to businesses in terms of data loss, productivity loss, IT downtime, financial loss, and even reputation loss. Even as CrowdStrike, Microsoft, CERT-In, and cybersecurity companies put out advisories, it's fortunately an issue that can be fixed. A server hardware or software issue can cause a Blue Screen error, also known as black screen error or STOP code.

Atishi on Friday demanded Rs 10,000 crore from the Centre for infrastructure development, claiming the city government got nothing in return over the past year despite its income tax contribution of Rs 2 lakh crore. Delhi also provided Rs 25,000 crore as central GST to the pool of taxes, the minister said during a press conference here. Ahead of the presentation of the Centre's annual budget, Atishi batted for release of more money to Delhi, saying it could be spent on infrastructure development in road, transport and power sectors as well as to beautify the city. Asserting that people of Delhi are the highest income tax payers, the minister said, «Delhi should get Rs 10,000 crore from the Rs 2.07 lakh crores that people of the city pay as income tax. This amount of Rs 10,000 crore is just 0.25 per cent of the Central government's budget and only 5 per cent of the income tax of Delhiites.»

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is cracking down on so-called paycheck advance programs, which have grown popular with workers in recent years.

Bombay High Court on Friday quashed the Maharashtra government's notification that exempted private schools within a one-kilometre radius of government or aided schools from Right to Education (RTE) Act quota admissions. A division bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Amit Borkar said the notification dated February 9 was «ultra vires» to Article 21 of the Constitution of India and provisions of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, also known as the RTE. «The notification is held to be null and void,» the court said. The court, in its judgment, said the mandate of the law casts a duty not only on the government but also on private unaided schools to provide education to children in the age group of six to 14 years from the disadvantaged section of society.

iCapital is helping more advisors gain access to the alternative investment space thanks to a new strategic collaboration.

In the wake of recently raising tens of billions of dollars of capital with nontraded real estate investment trusts and business development companies, Blackstone Inc. is preparing to roll out new funds for financial advisors to sell to clients by 2025.

The $1.7 trillion private credit industry is set on transforming itself into the world’s new banks, and it’s putting on display an ever greater tolerance for the risks of lending to indebted companies.

It’s slow and it will take time, but the managed account platform sector’s shift towards consolidation is sure to come, according to recent findings from Cerulli.

Some days in sunny southern California just aren’t all that sunny for the “silver splitters” of divorce, as Kimberly Nelson calls them.

CW Advisors, a registered investment advisor based in Boston, has announced a new acquisition to expand its presence in New Jersey.