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Purchasing a new car brings excitement to the entire family, as everyone looks forward to having the best vehicle for comfort. However, amidst this excitement, one crucial consideration that arises is the cost. While affordability may not be a concern for some when money isn’t an issue, it’s essential to factor in cost-saving measures both during the initial purchase and for long-term ownership when budget constraints come into play.

In the landscape of finance, a radical shift is ongoing, it challenges the traditional investment landscape for financial gains. This transformation is vainly guarded by Social Stock Exchanges (SSEs); it prioritizes investing in social and environmental causes along with monetary returns. As the world is facing numerous challenges, climate change, poverty, social injustice, and inequality, SSEs provide an opportunity for investors to align financial objectives with societal development.

Good news for EPFO subscribers! Now, advance claims are being settled within 3 days, reducing the service delivery time by a significant margin.

IPL 2024 SRH vs GT: High-flying Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will take on Gujarat Titans (GT) at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad on May 16 tomorrow. As per the weekday IPL tradition, it will be an evening match and it will commence at 7.30 pm. While Pat Cummins-led SRH have won seven games out of 12 played so far, GT are out of the playoff race due to Motera washout. This match will be very important for the SRH as those precious two points will help them in qualifying for the playoffs and seal the spot after KKR and RR. If one looks at Shubman Gill-led GT’s 2024 campaign, they posted wins in five out of 12 games that they played. Though they could have a shot at playoff had the Ahmedabad match was not abandoned. AT present, they have eight points in their kitty.

Mint, Alex Sinclair, GSMA's chief technology officer, said BharatGPT could be a potential solution. An initiative by Reliance Jio in collaboration with IIT Bombay, the generative AI (Gen AI) platform aims to serve speakers of 14-plus Indian languages, including Hindi. Sinclair said that other GSMA members, such as SK Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, and Singtel, are already sharing AI models in their respective languages.

Dr. Ravi R Kasliwal, Chairman, Clinical & Preventive Cardiology Heart Institute, Medanta, Gurgaon "Regular exercise, maintaining a healthy weight, managing stress, and a balanced diet rich in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains are all essential for keeping blood pressure in check." Micro Labs is committed to providing evidence-based solutions.

claim settlement within the prescribed time limits, Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has come up with an arrangement wherein 19 regional offices are linked to 36 collaborating regional offices. The EPFO stated in a circular dated May 8, 2024 that the periodicity in offices across the country was discussed and deliberated in the zonal review conference chaired by the CPFC (Central Provident Fund Commissioner).

Read more: Why regulatory restraints are not enough to contain retail trading in F&O Another prevalent channel through which people buy mutual funds is banking. Many people—especially the older generation—happen to buy MFs through banks as they’re easy targets for the banks. Bank employees generally need to meet their sales targets and guiding investors is usually not their forte once the sales are done.

If you are also looking for the right fish food for your aquarium, then go through this article where we have curated a list of the best fish foods in India. All of these options are acclaimed by their users and readily available on Amazon. Go through the article, find the one that suits you best and place your order using the given buying links.

2024 today, May 15. Students who appeared for the Goa Secondary School Certificate Examinations 2024 can now access their results on the official websites, gbshse.in or results.gbshsegoa.net. Key Points of Goa Board SSC Result 2024

China will allow visa-free entry for foreign tour groups that come to the country via cruise ships in a further bid to attract international visitors and boost its sluggish inbound travel market. Overseas tour groups on cruise boats will be able to enter and stay in China without a visa for up to 15 days, according to the National Immigration Administration. The new policy will be effective from May 15. Tour groups can enter China from 13 ports including Shanghai, Qingdao, Dalian and Haikou, Mao Xu, a senior official with the immigration administration, said at a press conference in Beijing on Wednesday. Qualifying tour groups need to be received and handled by domestic travel agencies and will be allowed to travel to coastal provinces as well as the capital, Beijing, while they are in China, Mao said.

BTech and dual degree students and 75% of master’s students this year, as of April 30. During the first and second phases of 2023-24 campus placements, 1,091 students were placed in 256 companies. Additionally, 235 out of 300 pre-placement offers were accepted by students, the institute said. It said 44 overseas offers were made to students from companies, including those from Japan and Europe. Further, 85 startups made 183 offers during these two phases of campus placements.

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₹128 crore and an offer-for-sale (OFS) of up to 12,295,699 equity shares of a face value of ₹10 each by the promoter selling shareholder, Peak XV Partners Investments V (formerly known as SCI Investments V), offloading up to 6,615,586 equity shares; other selling shareholders, Bisque Ltd, who intends to sell up to 5,594,912 equity shares; and Link Investment Trust, who is likely to sell up to 85,201 equity shares, as per the RHP. The company intends to use the net proceeds to fund the following objectives: capital expenditure for the establishment of new centres (42.03 crore); working capital requirements (54.37 crore); and general corporate purposes.

₹96.8 trillion, representing 35% of the market share. However, retail involvement in index futures dropped. This trend is also evident in stock options compared to stock futures.

Even a 20% slump in the price of Bitcoin cannot derail the train that is the pre-sale of BlastUP , the first launchpad on the billion-dollar rollup Blast. As the pre-sale is about to hit $6 million, and users have only 18 days left to buy $BLP. 

On Wednesday, Bitcoin traded at $61,949, up 0.65%, as the Federal Reserve’s hawkish stance on interest rates impacted its price outlook. Concerns over inflation and higher interest rates have dampened investor sentiment toward cryptocurrencies.

considering discussing generative AI and making enterprise-wide changes on them. This comes on the back of more than half the respondents stating that GenAI’s impact on their business model will be greater than that of previous disruptive technologies like the internet and smartphones. Also Read: AI asymmetry: Can our IT service firms close their gap with GenAI rivals? At least 54% of senior executives who have responded believe that their company is a long way from fully leveraging Al, with the primary barrier being the quality and availability of enterprise data.

Google unveils ‘future of AI assistants' with Project Astra. Everything you need to know Top new features coming to Android phones: Google first brought the Circle to Search feature with Pixel 8 series last year and the feature was later also extended to the flagship Samsung Galaxy S24 series. The Android maker is now planning to enhance the functionality of this AI feature by enabling students to complete their homework.

column in this paper on 27 March 2024. None of these discussions, however, examined the appropriateness of the existing methodologies for tracking poverty using consumption data. Consumption-based poverty measurement in India traces its roots to a Working Group constituted by the Planning Commission in 1962, which was subsequently re-visited and revised by a task force in 1979.

manufacturing have boosted the demand for logistics in India, with a staggering 13.5 million square feet in January to March 2024 compared from 11 million square feet in the year-ago period, say a recent Savills India report. The data revealed that leasing of industrial and warehousing spaces in Tier-I cities increased 25% to 10.5 million square feet during January-March 2024 from 8.4 million in the year-ago, while Tier II and III cities witnessed a 20% growth to 3 million square feet from 2.5 million square feet during the given period.