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Xiaomi has launched its Redmi A3 smartphone in India with a starting price of ₹7,299, adding more competition among brands in the sub-10k smartphone segment. The Redmi A3 brings the 'Halo' design on the back, which is usually seen on more expensive Redmi smartphones. The Redmi A3 will be available for a price of ₹7,299 for the 3GB RAM/64GB storage variant, ₹8,299 for the 4GB RAM/128GB storage variant and ₹9,299 for the 6GB RAM/128GB storage variant.

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UPSC Civil Services Exam 2024 is now open. The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) released the notification for the same earlier on February 14, with important information such as examination timings, number of vacancies, eligibility criteria, and examination pattern. According to the notification, there will be approximately 1056 vacancies this year, slightly less than 1,105 vacancies announced last year. Of the total vacancies this year, 40 are reserved for candidates with benchmark disabilities. These disabilities include blindness and low vision, deaf and hard of hearing, locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims, muscular dystrophy, and multiple disabilities from amongst persons under the mentioned categories. However, the final number of vacancies may change based on the information received from Cadre Controlling Authorities.

Electric Capital led the round with participation from Paxos and Alchemy, bringing the firm’s total seed raise to $28 million.Fordefi has built a self-custody multi-party computation (MPC) wallet for institutions, acquiring a host of industry-leading clients and securing over $3 billion in on-chain transaction volume.The new wallet-as-a-service (WaaS) offering enables exchanges, fintechs, and web3 businesses to offer their customers a user-owned wallet, directly within their applications.Curtis Spencer, general partner, Electric Capital, says: “Fordefi changes the game for safe institutional access to DeFi and crypto by providing novel tools around MPC, user policies, and transaction simulation.“Their new Wallet-as-a-Service offering extends their industry leading technology to any business wanting their customers to have the best mix of security and user experience to get on-chain.”

Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party leader Arshid Mehmood Khan Wednesday joined the BJP along with a number of his supporters in Jammu. Khan, a three-time sarpanch from Dandesar village of Nowshera, and his supporters were welcomed into the BJP by the party's J&K president Ravinder Raina and other senior leaders, including former deputy chief minister Kavinder Gupta and MP Jugal Kishore. The former PDP leader had unsuccessfully contested the 2008 assembly elections from the Nowshera constituency of Rajouri district Addressing a press conference after the joining, Raina said the BJP was ready for elections in the Union territory.

health insurance scheme at the AIIMS here since September 2018, with a majority of the patients seeking treatment in the departments of medical oncology followed by ophthalmology, general medicine, orthopaedics and neurosurgery. As far as complex surgeries are concerned, 730 procedures for congenital heart diseases have been performed followed by 557 total hip replacements and 148 total knee replacements under the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY). According to data provided by the AIIMS, 5,179 beneficiaries availed benefits of the scheme under medical oncology followed by 4,275 under the department of ophthalmology, 3,169 under general medicine, 2,260 under orthopaedics and 2,223 under neurosurgery till January 24. «The AIIMS, Delhi proudly announces the successful and effective implementation of the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (ABPMJAY) scheme. AIIMS has a centralised Ayushman Bharat Kendra located near gate no 1 which runs 24x7 for the smooth implementation of the scheme,» the hospital said in a statement.

Warehousing & Logistics recorded absorption of 37.8 million sq ft, 21% higher, compared to the previous year. Absorption has been on the rise since 2021, increasing gradually year over year. Despite dried-up investments in 2023, absorption surpassed pre-pandemic level of 2019 by 15%. The sector received investments worth USD 646 million in 2023, accounting for 15% of the total institutional investment received in the real estate sector. However, investments declined by 65% in 2023 over the previous year as investors opted for wait-and-watch mode amid global macroeconomic uncertainty. In the past decade, 3PL companies emerged as a preferred choice for several businesses as these companies can optimize cost along with providing flexibility to their clients in case of demand uncertainty.

Infosys, India’s second-largest Indian IT major, saying that the company acquired 58 acres of land in his home constituency of Hubli-Dharwad West to create a campus and promising jobs but failed to do so. Addressing the state Assembly on Wednesday, Bellad, who is also Deputy Leader of the Opposition, called it “betrayal at its finest” and demanded the state government take back the land.

Valentine's Day beware of the cybercriminals. A report of Check Point Research has warned that cybercriminals are targetting the lovebirds with love-themed online websites. As per the report, there's a 39% increase in new domains incorporating «Valentine» or "love" in January, compared to the previous month. Shockingly, 1 in 8 of these domains were identified as malicious or posing risks to users seeking online romance. Not only individuals but organizations are also falling victim to these cyber threats. Attempts to access hazardous websites saw a 34% rise in February compared to the prior month, and a staggering 175% surge from January 2023. This alarming trend emphasizes the escalating dangers surrounding significant events like Valentine's Day. Phishing attacks, which are already prevalent, are becoming more sophisticated.

AGCM competition watchdog has fined British American Tobacco (BAT) and Amazon a combined 7 million euros ($7.5 million) over misleading advertising for heated tobacco products. BAT was fined 6 million euros and Amazon 1 million euros for failing to provide sufficient information to consumers about the nicotine content and corresponding health risks from use of the Glo Hyper X2 and Glo Hyper Air products, AGCM's statement said.

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Crypto mining has quickly gone from an obscure industry to an industry so big that Bitcoin (BTC) mining alone consumes over 0.6% of the United States’s electricity, not to mention other minable coins such as Litecoin (LTC). Similarly to investing in energy stocks, mining crypto pits the allure of financial gain against environmental concerns. But it doesn’t have to be one or the other!

Hero MotoCorp has revealed the prices of its much awaited Mavrick 440. The flagship motorbike will be offered in the Base, Mild and Top variants. These are priced at ₹1.99 lakh, ₹2.14 lakh and ₹2.24 lakh, respectively.

Non-Convertible Debenture (NCD) IPOs. Investors must understand NCD IPOs and how they differ from equity IPOs. NCDs are corporate debt instruments similar to bonds, but unlike bonds, they cannot be converted into equity shares.

Pradyuman Reddy, Hyderabad, Telangana The Nifty Healthcare Index is a sectoral index on the NSE that captures the behaviour and performance of healthcare companies in the Indian economy on a real-time basis. It is constituted of 20 stocks that are listed on the NSE and are involved with the health and wellness industry. These include pharmaceuticals, hospitals, diagnostics, medical equipment, biotechnology, and other allied services.

Bloomberg has reported. His comments came in a forum which was held on X Spaces. In the forum, the discussions included opponents of a Senate bill that would provide further assistance for Ukraine to continue battling the full-scale Russian invasion that began two years ago.

₹1.8 lakh for a 40-minute circling time to ₹2.6 lakh for 60 minutes. This not only increases airfares for customers but also affects the efficiency of airport operations, resulting in long wait times and delays, the ministry added.

just-published experiments led by Hirokazu Shirado at Carnegie Mellon University, we found that even very simple forms of AI assistance for drivers, such as auto-steering or auto-braking, eroded social norms of reciprocity on the road. Allowing humans to delegate whether to swerve away from an oncoming car in repeated games of chicken resulted in people subsequently being less likely to take turns in giving way, thereby increasing the frequency of crashes when they drove without AI assistance. These effects of AI suggest that it could have a big impact on the social norms that have evolved over millennia, shaping how we treat each other in all manner of everyday interactions.

₹46.80 in December 2023 to currently trade at ₹24.13, implying a decline of as much as 48.4 percent. An investment of ₹1,00,000 in December last year would have decreased to ₹51,600 now. The stock has already shed 9.5 percent in February so far, extending losses for the third straight month.

MintGenie, Sadana said that customers should try to build a better credit history which in the long term would be significantly advantageous to them to get better credit products and terms in the future. We have seen increased credit accessibility for customers due to the digital revolution we have seen in the lending ecosystem.

Under Section 80C and other provisions of the Income Tax Act, there are a number of ways for taxpayers to reduce their tax obligations. These investments provide you the chance to build wealth in addition to lowering your taxed income. How to switch from new tax regime to old tax regime for FY23-24