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₹2,800 crore through a block deal, reported CNBC-Awaaz on Tuesday. The floor price for the block deal has been fixed at ₹159.4 per share, which represents a 4 per cent discount on the current market price of Zomato stock, according to the report. Shares of Zomato closed 1.8 per cent lower at ₹166.8 on the BSE on Tuesday.

After Instagram and Facebook, YouTube users report video streaming site ‘not working’ Internet traffic observer Down Detector reported a massive outage on Facebook, Instagram and other social media platforms, while London-based internet monitoring firm Netblocks said on X that four Meta platforms -- Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Threads -- were “currently experiencing outages related to login sessions in multiple countries." In its response, Meta's head communications Andy Stone said in a post on X that the company was “aware people are having trouble accessing our services" and they were "working on this now." The services were resumed after a while. Meta's status dashboard showed the application programming interface for WhatsApp Business was also facing issues.

China reiterated a call for "reunification" with Taiwan, but added emphasis that it wants to "be firm" in doing so and dropped the descriptor "peaceful", which had been used in previous reports. Although it is not the first time that China had omitted the word "peaceful", the change in language is closely watched as a possible sign of a more assertive stance towards Taiwan. China has been increasing its military budget, and it has been more than doubled under President Xi Jinping's 11 years in office, Reuters reported.

Bitcoin surge: Why should you still not invest in cryptos? These are 7 key reasons Bitcoin's staggering surge of almost 160% since October, with a remarkable 44% spike occurring solely in February, presents a stark juxtaposition to the crypto winter of 2022. During that period, the market endured an 18-month-long downturn characterized by notable corporate bankruptcies and scandals.

Bloomberg on Tuesday. In his first public appearance at a financial technology conference in Tokyo since the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) ordered his banking affiliate to halt certain activities, Sharma said, as quoted by Bloomberg, “The biggest thing that I’ve learned is that many times your teammate and adviser may not be getting it correct." “And it is important for you, yourself to be taking care of it versus just letting a teammate or a adviser suggest that what should it be (sic)." He resigned from the PPBL board in February after the RBI prohibited the bank from accepting new deposits in its customer accounts or wallets.

Mahila Morcha in West Bengal on 7 March. The BJP seems to be going all out on the “Mahila" or the women-centric poll agenda ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections. Political analysts believe this very women centric agenda had brought Mamata Banerjee back in power in West Bengal, an agenda that BJP missed.

National Conference (NC) Tuesday said while the party will be contesting all the three Lok Sabha seats in the Kashmir valley, it is in talks with the Congress to decide on three seats of Jammu and Ladakh regions. Both the parties are members of the opposition INDIA bloc. The NC's announcement came after a marathon meeting of its parliamentary board at the party headquarters here. «The National Conference will contest these three seats from the valley on its own,» NC provincial president, Kashmir, Nasir Aslam Wani, told reporters after the meeting.

BigBasket said it is not in a rush to broaden its product portfolio and will continue to focus primarily on grocery even as quick commerce rivals such as Zomato-owned Blinkit and Mumbai-based Zepto are rapidly diversifying into newer categories. “We evaluate new categories carefully and are very careful about entering segments beyond grocery… For now, we’ll remain a grocer and depending on the need we will keep adding categories as we go along,” Hari Menon, cofounder and CEO of BigBasket, told ET in an interaction on Tuesday.

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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is reportedly lining up a set of pre-election giveaways on Wednesday (6 March), including cutting national insurance by 2p, and is expected to unveil proposals for a historic bond issuance, excluding Bank of England transactions, for the fiscal year beginning in April.  However, the Chancellor is also having to balance his tax cut ambitions with bond investor worries about the public finances. According to Reuters, prices of UK gilts have already fallen more than that of other countries, and there are substantial amounts of debt slated to enter the market. Fisca...

Palestinian officials say an Israeli airstrike has killed at least 17 people in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis

Paytm Payments Bank on January 31 impacted One 97 Communication-run Paytm’s UPI payments business in February which registered a 7.6% fall in transactions over the previous month. According to data shared by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), Paytm reported around 1.3 billion transactions on UPI, a 7.6% drop from 1.4 billion in January.

British digital bank Monzo on Tuesday raised $430 million in fresh capital from investors to help it relaunch its services in the U.S.

Investing.com -- Here are some of the biggest U.S. stock movers prior to the start of New York trading on Tuesday. Please check back later for updates:

Investing.com -- Target has reported adjusted per-share income in the fourth quarter that topped average analyst estimates, sending shares in the big-box retailer higher in premarket U.S. trading on Tuesday.

A shift away from Chinese equities by global long-term investors has taken a pause, with some funds getting less bearish, according to Morgan Stanley.

A firm which aims to be the go-to digital asset securities custody platform has hired a Wall Street veteran as its chief financial officer.

The Indian Navy on Tuesday said it “swiftly” responded in assisting a Liberian-flagged commercial vessel after it came under a drone strike in the Gulf of Aden.

By Brajesh Mishra

₹1,000 crore, includes an equity value of ₹300 crore, according to two people familiar with the development. Commissioned in May 2013, the hydroelectric facility harnesses power from two interconnected reservoirs located on the Rangpo and Rongli rivers. Mint had earlier reported that Greenko Group was considering the acquisition of GI Hydro's 110 MW Chuzachen project.

Bengaluru, the Silicon City of India, is facing a serious water crisis. There has not been enough rain in the region which has caused the water level in the Cauvery River to drop. This shortage has not only impacted irrigation but also created a drinking water crisis in some areas of the capital city of Karnataka.