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edtech platforms to upskill themselves in green technology and sustainability. Edtech firms like Coursera, Emeritus, UpGrad and Terra.do are seeing high enrolment rates for courses related to ESG reporting, climate technology, carbon accounting, lifecycle analyses, etc. There is also an increasing trend of engineers wanting to learn the tech stacks used in the climate tech industry, or product managers learning how to reduce emissions of their digital products.

Speakers Agnija Gailane, product manager for open banking platforms at Nordea, and Piers Marais, global head of product of embedded cross-border solutions at Visa, spoke in the session titled: ‘Data privacy and Consumer Duty - how to improve open banking with API integration’.

₹5.2 crore in a click. The 52-year-old Jayanagar business, new to stock market trading, is a victim of sophisticated cybercrime.

Chairman of Indian Overseas Congress Sam Pitroda triggered a row after he advocated the concept of inheritance tax prevailing in the US. BJP leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, criticised Pitroda's comment and said the Congress will continue to loot people even after their death.

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Japan is benefiting from India's growth story. Japanese companies and investors are showing heightened interest in India finds an anchor report by Nomura. Japan's FDI in India has been gaining a growing presence, and Japanese investments in foreign equities (as of end-2022) showed India at the top of the list for developing countries although trade ties between Japan and India are currently weak. Japanese individual investors are also investing more aggressively in Indian stocks by way of investment trusts India at the top of the list among emerging market economies, the report said. With the Indian economy maintaining high growth, Japanese corporations are showing more interest regarding investment in India, according to Nomura. “In the ranking of countries seen as promising for the medium term in the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)'s FY23 Survey on Overseas Business Operations by Japanese Manufacturing Companies, India took the top spot for a second consecutive year, even as China fell to number three” the report, an collaborative effort by India’s and Japan’s economists and equity strategists.

gender equality have three times higher loyalty, productivity, motivation and belongingness scores than those working with laggards, according to the latest edition of Deloitte’s Women @ Work survey. The survey represents the views of 5,000 women across 10 countries, including India.

spectrum for satellite broadband communications, a senior official said, noting that the previous consultation process would not be taken forward in the light of enactment of the new telecom law. “The terms of reference are being finalized. The fresh reference will be sent in a few weeks.

ILO) and the Institute of Human Development (IHD), India’s youth continue to face high unemployment rates, with nearly 83% of the jobless population belonging to this demographic. The report underscores a concerning trend where the proportion of educated young people with at least secondary education among the total unemployed youth has nearly doubled from 35.2% in 2000 to 65.7% in 2022.

Android 15 Beta 1.1 release labeled "Disable screen share protections." The toggle’s description notes that it disables system protections for "sensitive app content" during screen sharing. However, this feature is currently inactive in the latest Android 15 beta. The publication also identified a new API within the latest beta release, allowing apps with custom virtual views, WebView, and Jetpack Compose to interact with a sensitive content protection feature.

Akhilesh Yadav will be contesting Lok Sabha elections 2024 from Kannauj. He will be filing his nomination papers on April 25. Speaking to India Today TV, his uncle Ram Gopal Yadav said that there is no confusion regarding Akhilesh Yadav's candidate from the seat.

Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd, a subsidiary of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), on Wednesday reported 39 per cent drop in March quarter net profit on lower prices and foreign exchange loss. Consolidated net profit of Rs 627.89 crore in January-March FY24 was lower than Rs 1,012.81 crore earning in the same period last year, according to a stock exchange filing of the company. The profit was up 71 per cent when compared with Rs 365.3 crore earning in December quarter.

revenue to $16.57 billion, the first drop in seven quarters, as the U.S. planemaker slows production of its strongest-selling jets following a January mid-air blowout. The U.S. planemaker said its first-quarter cash burn, a metric closely watched by investors, was $3.9 billion, compared with negative $786 million a year ago.

The yen has become stuck around a 34-year low against the dollar after months of declines, increasing concern the currency is becoming a liability for Japan’s economy and stocks.

Congress leader Sam Pitroda's remarks, the party on Wednesday asserted that it has no plans whatsoever to introduce an inheritance tax and cited former Union minister Jayant Sinha's remarks to allege that it is the Modi government that wanted to do so. Pitroda, the president of the Indian Overseas Congress, has talked about the inheritance tax law in the United States while answering a query on the «redistribution of wealth» issue. Modi on Wednesday attacked the Congress over its Pitroda's «inheritance tax» remark, saying the grand old party's «dangerous intentions» of snatching away the assets and rights of people have come to the fore. In a post on X, Congress general secretary in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh said the Congress has no plan whatsoever to introduce an inheritance tax. In fact, former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi had abolished Estate Duty in 1985, he said, adding that it is the Modi government that has wanted to do so.

Now more than ever, financial advisors are considering their independent freedom. That is, getting the freedom to run their practice how they want to. But doing so requires a lot of tools – and time.

The President of Indonesia Joko Widodo has raised concerns over the use of cryptocurrencies in money laundering.

Coinbase, the U.S.’s largest crypto exchange, is reportedly launching a $15 million TV commercials across four channels airing NBA playoffs.

Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) on Wednesday reported a 6% drop in its standalone net profit at Rs 2,406 crore for the quarter ended March 2024. The same stood at Rs 2,552 crore in the last year quarter. The profit was less than the Street estimate of Rs 2,462 crore.

consumer spending is estimated to more than double to $300 billion by 2030 from $140 billion now, aiding the growth of new-age brands, according to the report. “The combined revenue of new-age consumer brands tracked by Elevation has crossed $5 billion or ₹40,000 crore, a figure that continues to scale rapidly," according to a report released Wednesday. Deepening e-commerce penetration, lowering cost barriers and internet access before discretionary income are enablers now converging to make brand-building both lucrative and exciting for entrepreneurs, it added.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 scheduled for April 26. A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta, who had reserved its verdict on a batch of pleas seeking complete cross-verification of votes cast using EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) on April 18, had earlier said it needs clarification on certain aspects as there was some confusion in answers given by the EC in its 'frequently asked questions' (FAQs) on EVMs. During the hearing, Supreme Court Judge Datta pointed out to advocate Prashant Bhushan that no incidence of malicious program loading with the symbol had been reported.