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GenAI projects during the second and first quarters, respectively. The third quarter saw Accenture's total order bookings hit $21.1 billion, with GenAI deals accounting for 4.3% of this total, a significant increase from the 0.6% share in the year-ago period.

Bank Nifty was down by -327.55(-0.63%) at 21 Jun 2024 10:44:59 IST.Other stocks such as Suumaya Industries, Secur Credentials hit their fresh 52 wk lows today.

Mint had reported that the grocery delivery company is looking to set up larger dark stores to stock a larger assortment of grocery and e-commerce products like cosmetics and gifting items.“If we are able to achieve this while continuing to delight customers, I believe we will be ready to go public relatively soon," he added.Founded by Aadit Palicha and Kaivalya Vohra in 2021, Zepto shot to fame after it secured upwards of $150 million in funding from marquee investors such as Y Combinator and Nexus Venture Partners within months of inception. It attained unicorn status last year after bagging $200 million in Series E funding led by US private equity firm StepStone Group, along with Goodwater Capital, Nexus Venture Partners and Glade Brook Capital.The startup is now planning an initial public offering sometime next year, aiming for a multi-billion dollar listing on the back of a healthy balance sheet, Palicha said.Over the last few months, Zepto has introduced several new initiatives to diversify its revenue streams and improve its margins.For instance, Zepto Pass, its loyalty programme with monthly prices starting at ₹19, saw more than a million customers sign up to it within a week of launch in February, according to the company.

Time Technoplast, a leading manufacturer of polymer products, saw its shares surge by 12.7% in early trade today, reaching a new all-time high of ₹335 apiece. This rally followed the company's announcement that it had received final approval from the Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organization (PESO) for the manufacturing and supply of high-pressure Type-IV composite cylinders for hydrogen.In mid-March, the company had secured prototype approval for these high-pressure Type-IV composite cylinders from PESO.

MintGenie, Jain said that securities may lie unclaimed due to lack of awareness, change of address, failure to update contact information, death of the shareholder with uninformed heirs, lost documentation, and inactive accounts.Unclaimed shares and dividends are equity shares and their payouts that have not been claimed by their rightful owners even after the declaration of a dividend. Reasons include lack of awareness, outdated contact information, or heirs being unaware of investments.

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Triveni Engineering & Industries with a target price of Rs 465. The current market price of Triveni Engineering & Industries Ltd. is Rs 409.85. Triveni Engineering & Industries Ltd., incorporated in the year 1932, is a Small Cap company (having a market cap of Rs 9053.62 Crore) operating in Sugar sector.

The Nifty future closed positive, with gains of 0.40% at 23597 levels on Thursday. The India VIX was down by 2.68% from 13.71 to 13.34 levels.

Balrampur Chini Mills, Birlasoft, GNFC, Hindustan Aeronautics, Hindustan Copper, Indus Towers and Piramal Enterprises. On Friday, Chambal Fertilisers, SAIL, and India Cements emerged from the ban list, while Birlasoft and GNFC were added to it.

Tech Mahindra looks well placed on charts as the stock is standing above its significant moving averages. On June 6, a golden crossover was also formed on the chart, an indication of a potential bullishness of the security, when the 10-day EMA crossed over the 20-day EMA.

Ukraine that it can use American-supplied weapons to hit Russian forces «anywhere». They can hit any Russian forces attacking from across the border, and not just the region near Kharkiv, Politico reported, citing US officials. This subtle shift, which according to the officials is not a change in policy, comes weeks after the US quietly signaled the green light to Kyiv to strike inside Russia in retaliation to a cross-border assault on the city of Kharkiv. During that time, the US officials stressed that the policy was limited to the Kharkiv region, among other restrictions.

United States and China resumed semi-official nuclear arms talks in March for the first time in five years, with Beijing's representatives telling U.S. counterparts that they would not resort to atomic threats over Taiwan, according to two American delegates who attended. The Chinese representatives offered reassurances after their U.S. interlocutors raised concerns that China might use, or threaten to use, nuclear weapons if it faced defeat in a conflict over Taiwan. Beijing views the democratically governed island as its territory, a claim rejected by the government in Taipei. «They told the U.S. side that they were absolutely convinced that they are able to prevail in a conventional fight over Taiwan without using nuclear weapons,» said scholar David Santoro, the U.S. organiser of the Track Two talks, the details of which are being reported by Reuters for the first time.

HDFC Bank is discussing with investors and the regulator a plan through which the country's most-valued lender would buy back some of the bonds issued by the erstwhile HDFC, and replace these instruments with new infrastructure bonds to be sold to the same set of investors holding the securities. This exercise, if approved, would help HDFC Bank cut interest costs as bank infrastructure bonds have the advantage of exemptions from regulatory reserve requirements like Statutory Liquidity Ratio and Cash Reserve Ratio.

«An expectation of a growth-focused budget is aiding sentiments and is likely to lead to sector-specific action,» said Siddhartha Khemka, Head — Retail Research, Motilal Oswal.

Biden administration on Thursday announced plans to bar the sale of antivirus software made by Russia's Kaspersky Lab in the United States, with Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo saying that Russia's influence over the company poses a significant security risk. The software's privileged access to a computer's systems could allow it to steal sensitive information from American computers or install malware and withhold critical updates, enhancing the threat, a source said, noting that Kaspersky's customers include critical infrastructure providers and state and local governments.

United States has said it supports direct discussions between India and Pakistan but the pace, scope and character of talks should be determined by the two neighbouring countries. Responding to a question at his daily news conference on Thursday, State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller said the US values its important relationships with both India and Pakistan. «As we have said, we support direct discussions between India and Pakistan, but the pace, scope and character should be determined by those two countries, not by us,» he said. Responding to another question, Miller said the US and Pakistan have a shared interest in combating threats to regional security.

South Korea says it will consider sending arms to Ukraine after Russia and North Korea rattled the region and beyond by signing a pact to come to each other’s defense in the event of war

TikTok on Thursday disclosed a letter the company sent to the government in April accusing the federal agency that once held the platform’s future in its hands of “political demagoguery.”

Modi during his virtual address in Srinagar on Thursday said that preparations for assembly elections have already started in Jammu and Kashmir and its statehood will be restored soon. Modi arrived in Srinagar on Thursday and laid foundation and inaugurated several development projects worth around Rs 3,300 crore and gave letters to 2,000 persons appointed in government service. The PM is also participating in the International Yoga Day event on June 21 to be held at Sher-i-Kashmir International Convention Centre on the banks of Dal Lake. The administration has made elaborate security arrangements in the Srinagar city with restrictions on movement of traffic around the venue, drone surveillance and deployment of police and paramilitary forces across the city.

Authorities in Chile say at least two rail workers were killed and nine others injured Thursday when a freight train collided head-on with another train on a test run just outside the capital of Chile

Amazon is moving from putting plastic air pillows in its packages in North America to using recycled paper filling instead, a move that’s more environmentally friendly and is said to secure items in boxes just the same, if not better