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Congress on Thursday questioned the Modi government's claim that 250 million people in the country were alleviated from poverty in the last nine years. If the claim was right, why did not the consumption rate increase and why did the Centre still provide free food to crores of people, the main Opposition party asked. Disputing the projection and pointing out that private consumption growth had slowed down to 4.4% this fiscal, compared to 7.1% last fiscal, Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate alleged that the government claim on decreasing poverty could be a «conspiracy to deny poor the safety net» provided by the government. Questioning Niti Ayog's finding that 248.2 million people were brought out of poverty, she said: «Why are these people not consuming daily essential items like soap, shampoo, oil and biscuits? Why are companies like HUL, ITC and Britannia reporting muted sales.

Diablo Immortal Season 22, titled Plague Reaper, brings a slew of updates, including a new Battle Pass with various challenges and rewards. Here's a breakdown of what players can anticipate in this upcoming season. When Does Diablo Immortal Season 22 Start?

WWE 2K has shared a social media post revealing the logo for WWE 2K24, accompanied by a date: 1.22.2024. While no additional details were provided, the specified date has already marked a significant event on fans' calendars for the anticipated unveiling on January 22.

₹1.6 lakh plus taxes for a 1,500-square-foot apartment, which includes a year’s maintenance. As Yamini Aiyar, head of the Centre for Policy Research, pointed out last November in a column for Deccan Herald, such high-end solutions for those who can afford them are another example of the well-off in effect ‘migrating’ further away from the realities faced by the rest of India, a widening gulf that can be traced to the grossly inadequate provision of public services by the government, especially in the fields of education and medical care.

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Crypto exchange Coinbase’s NFT marketplace has released a AI-generated NFT feature.

Newly launched Bitcoin spot ETFs saw their highest daily flows on their fourth day of trading, absorbing $913.6 million on Wednesday.

The crypto exchange Woo has secured $9 million in a recent funding round. The capital injection came from existing and prospective market makers trading platform.

Layer-2 blockchain Manta Network suffered a DDoS attack shortly after successfully listing its Manta token on multiple exchanges.

CogniCor, which provides digital assistants for the financial services industry, has launched digital assistants for the wealth management and insurance industries powered by Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI service, the company announced Thursday.

Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) confirmed on Thursday is reducing its workforce in the Buy with Prime unit as part of its ongoing efforts to cut costs.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) China announced plans to embark on a countrywide tour to exhibit its leading Cybertruck pickup, as revealed on WeChat, China's social media messaging platform.

₹19 lakh. As he had a cover of $100,000, the same was covered under his international travel insurance policy. Claims due to emergency medical treatment are in fact the third most common claims at Digit.

Maxposure IPO: Maxposure IPO's share allotment has been finalised on Thursday, January 18. The investors who had applied for the IPO can check their allotment status on the issue's registrar Bigshare Service website as well as on BSE. Investors can find out if and how many shares they have been given through the basis of allotment.

₹691 crore in the December quarter as domestic demand rose. Consolidated revenue was flat at ₹9,127 crore, with a 43% increase in (Ebitda) earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization at ₹1,246 crore. “Due to the Red Sea issue, both our time to Europe and our cost to Europe have increased.

Shares of Humana are tumbling after the health insurer said it was still dealing with higher-than-expected care costs from its Medicare Advantage customers and it chopped earnings expectations

3M has started paying out parts of its $6 billion settlement to U.S. service members who say they experienced hearing loss or other serious injuries after using faulty earplugs made by the company

States are seeing increased demand for their cash amid high interest rates

Lawmakers in the United States and the United Kingdom are urging the Securities and Exchange Commission not to allow JBS, the world’s largest meatpacking company, to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange

France has announced more deliveries of its Caesar artillery system to Ukraine and is accelerating weapons production to avoid depleting its own military stocks while continuing to support the war effort against Russia’s invasion