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Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has entered the artificial intelligence (AI) race, with reportedly raising $30 million for his startup. Agrawal, who was sacked by Twitter (now called X) owner Elon Musk in late 2022, raised about $30 million in funding for an AI startup, reports The Information.

West Bengal government on Tuesday on the Sandeshkhali incident, where the Enforcement Directorate officials were attacked in the state on January 5. Meanwhile, in the wake of the recent attack on ED, top brass of the Enforcement Directorate held a high level meeting in Kolkata with its agency officials, CRPF, NIA and BSF to chalk out future strategies about the probe and safety of the ED officials.

United States on Tuesday, foreshadowing an impending harsh freeze over the weekend and causing power outages for more than 302,000 homes and businesses across nine states. The most severely affected states included Georgia, where over 65,000 power outages occurred, Florida with over 62,000 outages, and Alabama with more than 58,000 outages, as reported by PowerOutage.us. Southern Co manages the largest power companies in Georgia and Alabama, while NextEra Energy holds the position of the major power provider in Florida.

255 seats of the total 543 seats for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Here's a look at how seat-sharing talks are going on in different and what different political parties are demanding: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is in power in Delhi. The national capital has seven Lok Sabha seats.

The Solana (SOL) ecosystem now boasts more than 2,500 monthly active developers, according to the Solana Foundation. 

Jeffrey Epstein accuser Sarah Ransome claimed that she had copies of tapes Epstein had made of some of his high-profile friends, Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew and British business tycoon Richard Branson, allegedly having intimate relations with an unnamed woman. In a series of emails in 2016 to then-New York Post columnist Maureen Callahan, she wrote about one of her friends, «She confided in me about her casual ‘friendship’ with Donald. Mr. Trump definitely seemed to have a thing for her and she told me how he kept going on about how he liked her ‘pert nipples.» She also wrote that she knew she had intimate relations with Trump at Jeffery’s New York mansion on regular occasions.

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Carlyle Aviation Partners has reportedly expressed its interest for SpiceJet, Reuters reported on January 9 citing a source-based article by CNBC TV 18. Earlier, in mid 2023, the airline had sought shareholder approval to issue 5.91% stake in the low-cost airline to Carlyle Aviation Partners--the aircraft financing unit of global private equity giant Carlyle Group. In December, the cash-strapped airline had got a lifeline in the form of investment from a clutch of funds and high net worth individuals. The Rs 2,254 crore investment was done through the issue of up to 130 million convertible warrants and 320.8 million fresh equity shares. The fundraising counts 64 investors amongst which there are funds like Elara India Opportunities Fund, Aries Opportunities Fund, and Prabhudas Lilladher, Nexus Global and Mumbai based businessman Harihara Mahapatra and Arjun Juneja of Mankind Pharma. The shares are to be issued at Rs 50 apiece. SpiceJet promoter Ajay Singh holds 56.5 % stake in the company, and, out of this, 37.9 % is pledged with various banks.

World Bank warned on Tuesday that global growth in 2024 is set to slow for a third year in a row, prolonging poverty and debilitating debt levels in many developing countries. Hamstrung by the COVID-19 pandemic, then the war in Ukraine and ensuing spikes in inflation and interest rates around the world, the first half of the 2020s now looks like it will be the worst half-decade performance in 30 years, it added.

Britain's biggest miscarriages of justice, the wrongful conviction of hundreds of Post Office workers due to faulty software, has exploded into the public domain following a TV drama, sparking demands for justice. In a more than 20-year scandal, some postal workers were sent to prison and others lost their livelihoods and homes.

plantation companies including the Tata Coffee, owe about Rs 2000 crore in lease rentals and interest on dues to the Karnataka government, the state’s Forest, Environment & Ecology minister Eshwar B Khandre said on Tuesday, announcing legal steps to recover the money. These companies have taken large swathes of forest land on lease from the pre-Independence era, and been growing plantation crops including coffee, tea, rubber, and pepper. These plantations are dotted across the state including Kodagu, Dakshina Kannada and Chamarajanagar. The minister, sharing the details at a media conference, announced a special team headed by Principal Secretary (Environment) BP Ravi to recover the dues from the plantation companies.

A controversy that began online last week has escalated into a diplomatic tussle, straining the ties between India and Maldives. The conflict began after three Maldivian ministers, now suspended, made derogatory comments about Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sparking a backlash from India. Some Indian social media users are calling for a boycott of the Maldives, potentially affecting the strong trade and interpersonal ties between the two countries.

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imports declined, government data showed on Tuesday. The trade deficit contracted 2.0% to $63.2 billion, the Commerce Department's Census Bureau said. Data for October was revised slightly to show the trade gap widening to $64.5 billion instead of $64.3 billion as previously reported.

Delta Corp reported a consolidated net profit of ₹34.48 crore for the quarter ending in December, reflecting a decline of 59.34 percent, on January 9. In comparison, the company reported a net profit of ₹84.82 crore in the same quarter the previous year. According to an exchange filing, the revenue from operations for the quarter was ₹234.41 crore, marking a 15.58 percent decrease from ₹277.68 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal year.

Apple has started to pay the owners of some iPhone models in the US because of allegations that the handsets have become slower. Those who made the complaints are to be paid around $92, as a constituent of the total payout of $500m, for each model that has slowed down.

US Department of Labor on Tuesday issued a final rule that will force companies to treat some workers as employees rather than less expensive independent contractors, in a move that has riled business groups and will likely prompt legal challenges. The rule is widely expected to increase labour costs for industries that rely on contract labour or freelancers, such as trucking, manufacturing, healthcare and app-based "gig" services. Most federal and state labour laws, such as those requiring a minimum wage and overtime pay, apply only to a company's employees.

Immediate Bitnex claims to provide users with a new way to trade crypto that’s simple, more attuned to investors’ needs, and more streamlined.

Suzlon Energy Ltd on Tuesday announced the appointment of Sairam Prasad as the CEO of its wholly-owned subsidiary Suzlon Global Services Limited (SGSL). His appointment is with effect from January 16, the company said in a regulatory filing.

TCS Q3 Results Preview: Expect muted earnings growth; deal wins, outlook on near-term demand to be in focus In the last two months, there has been a positive transformation in the global macroeconomic landscape. Anticipations include robust growth in the US, earlier-than-expected interest rate reductions in both the US and Asian regions, and a projected mild depreciation of the dollar throughout the year.

After a year marked by caution and shifting expectations spurred by rising borrowing costs, economists believe the Canadian housing market could be in for a rebound in 2024.