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By Stephanie Kelly and Andrew Hayley

Credo Brands Marketing IPO: The initial public offering (IPO) of Credo Brands Marketing Limited has opened today and it will remain open till 21st December 2023 i.e. till Thursaday this week. This means, Credo Brands IPO date of subscription will remain open from Tuesday to Thursday this week.

H-1B visas to renew their visas without having to leave the nation, Hindustan Times reported. The pilot has passed the last regulatory hurdle before publication after receiving the OIRA green light. It will begin in January with 20,000 foreign workers as its initial target.

cricket matches in the series. On December 17, India beat the Proteas in the first ODI match by 8 wickets at the Wanderers Stadium. KL Rahul leads the Men in Blue whereas Aiden Markram leads the hosts.

Digital Services Act (DSA). The DSA came into force in November last year and requires very large online platforms and search engines to do more to tackle illegal content and risks to public security.

blew up the rocket. The launch was a significant milestone as it marked the first comprehensive flight test of a Starship and Super Heavy integrated launch system, which has a towering height of 395 feet (120 meters). An earlier attempt at the launch on April 17 was cancelled due to a fueling issue.

Adani Group and Icahn Enterprises Inc. have rounded out another remarkable year for activist short seller Hindenburg Research. The US firm kicked off 2023 with allegations of accounting fraud and stock manipulation against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani’s conglomerate that led to a market value erosion of more than $150 billion at one point.

Nitish Mittersain, Founder, Nazara Technologies, says “recent announcements around GST, etc, have brought more clarity which is why we are actively looking at investments, M&A in the real money online gaming space. Nazara looks at investment opportunities in a variety of gaming spaces, including game studios, core gaming IP, e-sports, edtech, and the online real money gaming space is one more sector that we are actively looking at now.” As per media reports, if you see, Nazara is currently focussing on finding opportunities in the RMG space that are on a path to profitability and available at a fair valuation. Can you clarify the same and any such opportunities that you are looking at? The online real money gaming space today contributes to less than 5% of our revenues, about 4% of our revenues, and a negligible contribution to our EBITDA. Nazara has always been cautiously optimistic in this space. We have been waiting for more clarity on taxation, GST, etc, how it is applicable to the space before we kind of scale up our investments and business in this space. Recent announcements around GST, etc, have brought more clarity which is why we are actively looking at investments, M&A in this space. Nazara looks at investment opportunities in a variety of gaming spaces, including game studios, core gaming IP, e-sports, edtech, and the online real money gaming space is one more sector that we are actively looking at now.

By Yuka Obayashi and Mariko Katsumura

The S&P 500 (SPX) closed 2.5% higher last week, which marked the 7th straight week of gains. The index is now very close to posting fresh record highs as it returns to trade above 4700 for the first time since January 2022. Overall, the S&P 500 is up about 15% from the October lows.

By Leika Kihara

BENGALURU (Reuters) -India's economy is projected to grow at 6.3% in the current fiscal year and the next, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said late Monday, supported by macroeconomic and financial stability.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. plans to ramp up its credit business in India and sees an increasing opportunity to target the nation’s wealthy diaspora as global investors shift their focus from China to what is now the world’s fastest-growing major economy. The investment bank wants to broaden the range of loans it offers through its shadow banking unit, according to Sonjoy Chatterjee, chairman and chief executive officer for Goldman in India.

₹5.5 crore net in India. With this, the film has crossed the ₹500 mark in India collection, Sacnilk.com report shows the film has collected a total of ₹517.94 crore in India net. It also showed that the film saw an overall 12.18 percent occupancy in the Hindi language and 17.96 percent in the Telugu language.

Punjab State Ministerial Service Union today and discussed their issues in detail ... Sharing the good news that we are going to give a new year gift to the employees...DA is increased by 4% which will be considered effective from 1st December 2023." After the meeting, PSMSU president Amrik Singh said the chief minister announced giving 4 per cent DA to state government employees.

earthquake in a mountainous region in northwestern China, the country's state media reported on Tuesday. The official Xinhua News Agency said that 100 people died in the province of Gansu and another 11 in the neighboring province of Qinghai in the quake, which occurred just before midnight on Monday.

Binance and its former CEO, Changpeng Zhao, approving billions of dollars in fines for money laundering following a case brought by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the agency said on Monday. Zhao will pay $150 million and Binance will pay $2.7 billion to the CFTC, the agency said in a statement.

Artificial intelligence company OpenAI laid out a framework to address safety in its most advanced models, including allowing the board to reverse safety decisions, according to a plan published on its website Monday. Microsoft-backed OpenAI will only deploy its latest technology if it is deemed safe in specific areas such as cybersecurity and nuclear threats. The company is also creating an advisory group to review safety reports and send them to the company's executives and board. While executives will make decisions, the board can reverse those decisions.

The move comes after an order in October from the US International Trade Commission (ITC) that could bar Apple from importing its Apple Watches after finding the devices violate medical technology company Masimo's patent rights.

Red Sea and Gulf of Aden to try to safeguard commercial shipping against attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels, who say they are supporting Palestinians under siege by Israel in the Gaza Strip. A statement on Tuesday by U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, on a visit to Bahrain, identified several countries taking part in an international force.

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. This brings the country’s largest-ever entertainment deal to the brink of collapse after months of debate over the appointment of a chief executive officer (CEO) for the merged entity. Two persons aware of Sony’s plans confirmed this on condition of anonymity.