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Funding among Indian fintech startups has dropped 57% year on year to $551 million in the first three months of 2024, compared to $1.3 billion raised in the same period last year, according to the Fintech India report released by data intelligence platform Tracxn on Friday. However, despite the year-on-year decline, there was a 59% rise in fintech funding from the previous quarter (October to December 2023).

Daily Mail reported that the outing was a “very low-key" affair with hardly any “great fanfare". The British publication reported, “He just walked in and through the pub. He appeared to be with Carole Middleton.

real estate and her engaging presence on the television show Shark Tank. Her noteworthy achievements and areas of expertise have become a focal point of study in numerous management schools. As aspiring entrepreneurs and finance professionals seek to understand her investing style and unravel the secrets of her business acumen that led to her success, she remains a subject of keen interest and analysis.

«There used to be the provisions like general anti avoidance rules like GAAR, which required the investors like FPIs who are based in Mauritius need to have substance in Mauritius in order to claim the benefit of India-Mauritius tax treaty,» says Punit Shah, Partner, Dhruva Advisors. Let us talk about this treaty and this change that we are making. What is the impact that one should actually expect from this? Is it too much of a worry for investors from Mauritius? Essentially what it says is that India-Mauritius tax treaty was there for several years now. It provides capital gains tax exemption on the equity shares, on derivatives, on debt instruments. The treaty was amended in 2017 where the capital gains exemption on equity shares was taken away and the capital gains exemption on the derivatives and debt instruments did continue.

Sanjiv Bhasin, Director, IIFL Securities, says in October, when the FII short position was over 74%, that was when one had to be greedy. Now they have turned long on 18% and there is no short position. So, now, one should be fearful. You have to take it at your own risk reward. I see no risk reward right now till the earnings season is over as a large part of the positives of earnings are already priced in.” Bhasin says: “I continue to be positive on a buy on Vedanta on any decline and a buy on Nalco and SAIL. In specialty chemicals, UPL, Navin, Aarti are looking good.” You had earlier warned that this month could get a little volatile and looking at the CPI and the PPI print in the US and the way the markets panned out from there, it seems like we got to brace ourselves for a little bit of global volatility? Sanjiv Bhasin: That is very much on the cards. However, like you see in the US, the Magnificent Seven are again touted to have their best week in the last three. So, weak data or hotter than expected inflation is all getting absorbed. It is typical of a bull market which is ignoring bad news just on the pretext that people are feeling missed out.

Déborah De Braekeleer knew she would have to face her fear of bugs when she volunteered to be marooned on a remote island in the Philippines. But perhaps her greatest challenge awaited her when she returned home to Quebec.

AP Inter Result 2024 Toppers List: The Andhra Pradesh Board of Intermediate Education is set to unveil the much-anticipated AP Intermediate toppers list 2024 shortly. This comprehensive list, accessible through Manabadi Intermediate Toppers List, will showcase the names of students, their respective ranks, marks obtained, and other pertinent details. Alongside the announcement of the BIEAP 1st and 2nd-year toppers list, the board will also reveal the district-wise pass percentage. Candidates eager to view the AP Inter results 2024 can do so through the official websites: resultsbie.ap.gov.in and examsresults.ap.nic.in. Here, they will find the Manabadi Intermediate Topper List, Pass Percentage, and District Wise Results.

IPL 2024: Not very long ago, Mumbai Indians (MI) captain Hardik Pandya was booed by his home crowd. The MI fans, unhappy with Rohit Sharma being replaced by Hardik Pandya as captain, reacted with hostility at the Wankhede Stadium. Things went so out of hand during the toss against Rajasthan Royals (RR) on April 1 that Sanjay Manjrejar, while supervising the toss, had to ask the crowd to “behave".

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said Russian government-backed hackers have used their access to Microsoft's email system to steal correspondence between officials and the tech giant, an emergency directive by the U.S. watchdog released on Thursday showed. In the directive dated April 2, the agency warned that hackers were exploiting authentication details shared by email to try to break into Microsoft's customer systems, including those of an unspecified number of government agencies.

Delhi Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar and his subordinate YVVJ Rajasekhar following the orders of a court in Uttarakhand's Almora town. On March 2, the court admitted a complaint by an NGO, Pleasant Valley Foundation, against the officials and asked the revenue police to register a case against them and investigate the charges. Pleasant Valley Foundation alleged that the officials sent four people to a school run by the NGO in Dadakada village on February 14. The four men vandalised the office chamber of the NGO's joint secretary and took away files, records, documents and pen drives which contained evidence of their involvement in scams. They allegedly threatened to frame the NGO's officials if complaints of corruption filed by it against them with the Vigilance department and other forums were not immediately withdrawn, the complainant said.

New York City officials have approved a plan to build a 25,000-seat stadium for Major League Soccer’s New York City Football Club next to the New York Mets’ stadium, Citi Field

business school Insead has no plans to open a campus in India, its dean, Francisco Veloso, told ET in a recent interaction. However, the institute is committed to developing and strengthening industry-academia research in future with top Indian multinationals and large startups, as well as expand and enhance educational collaborations here, said Veloso, a professor of strategy who took over as the dean of the institute in September. Last year, the University Grants Commission notified guidelines for foreign universities to set up campuses in India.

On Eid-ul-Fitr, when the nation was celebrating the end of Ramadan, a bus in Haryana's Mahendragarh crashed with a tree killing six children and injuring twenty more. The police have arrested school principal Deepti, the bus driver Dharmender, and one more school official whose name is Hoshiar Singh. However, questions remain at large, as to why was a school bus ferrying children on Eid-Ul-Fitr, a holiday? According to police the bus had crashed into the tree, which caused it to overturn causing the fatal accident, that took the lives of six children.

From its very first earnings calls after going public in 2021, Lion Electric Co. has boasted that big-name companies, such as Amazon.com Inc., Ikea Systems BV, Canadian National Railway Co. and others, wanted its zero-emission electric trucks.

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 11,000 to a seasonally adjusted 211,000 for the week ended April 6, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast 215,000 claims in the latest week.

INSEAD, one of the world's leading graduate business schools, has no immediate plans to open a campus in India though it remains committed to developing and strengthening industry-academia research in future with top Indian multinationals and unicorn startups. Francisco Veloso, who took over as dean of the institute in September last year, says Indian students form the most represented nationality at the global business school with representation of about 12-15%, higher than Chinese students at 9-10%. In an exclusive interview with ET’s Rica Bhattacharyya, Veloso talks about the inroads AI is making into classrooms and the rising interest among Indian business leaders to learn this transformational technology. Edited excerpts: INSEAD has set up its physical presence over the years in multiple countries. Do you have any plans to set up a campus in India? India is a very important and fast-growing country for the world, and has an increasing significance internationally. We at INSEAD have many ties with India. About 10% of our faculty are originally from India and it is one of the most represented nationalities in our faculty. We have many alumni in India and have important partnerships with them in the country.

Uttarakhand's serene surroundings of Nainital and Pauri districts, villagers near the Corbett Tiger Reserve are dealing with the challenges of human-animal conflict. In the upcoming Lok Sabha elections on April 19 in Garhwal (Pauri Garhwal) and Nainital-Udham Singh Nagar, one of the major issues is the conflict between humans and big cats. The BJP won both seats in 2019. As the polls approach again, voters are faced with a decision: to boycott or to vote? While some consider boycotting, others are considering the 'None Of The Above (NOTA)' option. The frustration has grown due to what villagers perceive as a lack of government intervention. «Villagers are not inclined to vote for any candidate. Neither our MP nor any MLA has paid attention to our plight,» convener of Sanyukt Sangharsh Committee, Lalit Upreti told TOI.

social media and smartphones often cops the blame for an increase in youth mental health issues but the reality is not so simple. We are in the middle of a mental health crisis.

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PTI via phone that the bus driver had been arrested. Asked about reports suggesting that the driver was drunk, he said, "We have apprehended him and his medical examination is being conducted after which we will be able to properly establish whether he was actually drunk or not". Dr Ravi Kaushik of Nihal hospital, Mahendragarh, Haryana, said, ""Twenty children were brought here, out of which four were brought dead.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has introduced a gatekeeping law that would allow the province to veto any future deal struck between municipalities and the federal government.