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Romario Shepherd made headlines on Sunday by slamming 39 runs in just 10 balls during an Indian Premier League match at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, helping the Mumbai Indians register their first victory of this year's IPL season. Shepherd went berserk in the final over, smashing a boundary on each delivery. After finding the fence on the first delivery, he showed his ruthless power by hitting three consecutive sixes off the first three deliveries, leaving Nortje clueless. Another four and a six to end the innings powered MI to 234/5. His swashbuckling performance was crucial in the Mumbai Indians' victory. MI went on to register their first victory in the IPL season, defeating the Delhi Capitals by 29 runs.

Market regulator Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is considering some major changes in the private placement memorandum of alternative investment funds. To facilitate the ease of doing business, Sebi has proposed that the PPM of the AIF can be directly submitted to the market regulator rather than processing it through a merchant banker. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a scathing attack on Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge over his comment on Article 370.

Fintech provider Pontera has just announced the latest addition to its web of relationships with wealth firms with an agreement to expand access to its secure, client-permissioned platform for managing 401(k) plans to advisors with Ameritas.

Anant Ambani, the youngest son of Reliance Industries Limited Chairman & Managing Director Mukesh Ambani created quite a furour during a recent shopping trip to Dubai, where he was accompanied by a convoy. In a video shared by a social media handle called Historic Vids, the Reliance Industry scion is seen arriving in a Rolls Royce Cullinan Black Badge, painted in a flambuoyant Iced Orange Metallic. He was surrounded by no less than 20 cars, most of them were security SUVs. The video clip was shared by Historic Vids on X (formerly Twitter), and it went viral moments after it was shared. The clip gained over 8.2 million views and 32K likes. Many netizens flooded the comment section and left their two cents. “I understand rich people have staff and security they move around with. But at what point does this stop actually adding extra security and makes them more noticeable and just a nuisance to everyone?” read one comment. “If you need this much protection it may mean that you’re a target…” wrote another. “I'm just trying to survive inflation under Biden.” wrote another.

While the COVID-19 pandemic pushed many Indians to purchase or increase their life insurance coverage, the non-life insurance penetration continues to remain around the 1% mark, underscoring the lack of financial protection necessary to support India’s growth ambitions. What’s more, most Indians are aware of only few products within the general insurance space, with health and motor insurance contributing to the lion’s share of non-life insurance policies sold in our country today. Recognising the fact that financial expenses associated with accidents and other emergencies could derail one’s life, let us explore the range of general insurance products that can offer a layer of much-needed protection that can facilitate a worry-free and healthier life.

BSE Sensex added about 0.8% each for the week. Financial services, the highest weighted sub-index, gained 2.70% this week, its best in four months, led by a rise in top private lender HDFC Bank after it posted a sequential growth in deposits in the March quarter.

Yogi Adityanath on Sunday the country was capable and equipped to deal with all internal and external security threats, while ensuring the safety of all citizens. Addressing a rally at Rajasthan's Bharatpur, ahead of the seven-phased Lok Sabha elections, CM Yogi said, «We don't know how credible The Guardian report is, but the new India knows how to protect its citizens and international borders. In 1952, the Congress inflicted a deep wound on the country's heart by extending certain constitutional privileges to (the erstwhile state of) Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370. However, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah corrected the historic blunder by abrogating Article 370, as it put an end to terrorism in J-K forever.» «Now, no one can shelter terrorists and Naxals in the country without fearing the consequences. The Guardian report has brought to the fore how our external security threats are being neutralised on foreign soil. However, it was the Congress that treated terrorists to biryani when they were in power,» he added.

SEBI) has issued an order directing a financial influencer, or more popularly known as a finfluencer involved in stock market training to repay a sum exceeding ₹12 crore, earned unlawfully, as per an ANI report. The finfluencer in question — Ravindra Balu Bharti, has been instructed to transfer the funds to an interest-bearing Escrow Account established specifically for this purpose in a nationalised bank. SEBI's order states that the Escrow Account will hold the funds under a lien in favour of SEBI, and they cannot be released without SEBI's permission.

Live Score LSG vs GT, IPL 2024 Updates: On April 7, the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) will face the Gujarat Titans (GT) at Lucknow's Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, also known as the Ekana Cricket Stadium. This evening match, the day's second, kicks off at 7:30 PM.So far, Lucknow have competed in 3 matches, claiming victory in 2.

Stock Market News: The domestic benchmark indices, the Sensex and Nifty 50 ended Friday's session on a flat note after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) decided to keep the repo rate at 6.5% for the seventh consecutive policy meeting. The domestic equity market saw its third straight week of gains, mostly driven by financials.

The net outflow came after a staggering investment of Rs 35,000 crore in March and Rs 1,539 crore in February, data with the depositories showed.

relief camps. «A total of 2,955 polling stations will be set up in the state for the Lok Sabha elections, out of which around 50 per cent have been identified as sensitive, vulnerable or critical. We are also setting up 94 special polling stations to facilitate voting by internally displaced persons (IDPs),» Jha told PTI. As per Election Commission of India (ECI) norms, a vulnerability mapping of hamlets, villages and electoral segments vulnerable for threat and intimidation, is conducted ahead of polls.

This World Health Day, as we reflect on the essence of health, it's imperative to recognise that it encompasses more than just physical and mental well-being; financial health plays an equally critical role. Healthy financial planning not only extends and enhances our quality of life by securing a stable future, and fostering resilience against emergencies, but also empowers us to pursue our life goals, even in our golden years.

₹2,075 crore to Oriana Investments Pte. Ltd, an Aditya Birla Group entity that is part of the promoter group, on a preferential basis. The issue price of the shares is ₹14.87 apiece, higher than the closing price of ₹13.36 on the BSE on Friday.

Mirror. This development comes in the wake of his high-profile security battle with the UK Home Office that he lost just a few months ago. The British royal was reportedly experiencing "sleepless nights" ahead of the Invictus Games' tenth-anniversary celebrations.

El Salvador has announced that the Central American country will offer 5,000 free passports to highly skilled workers. The number is equivalent to $5 billion in the country's passport programme, he added. "We're offering 5,000 free passports (equivalent to $5 billion in our passport program) to highly skilled scientists, engineers, doctors, artists, and philosophers from abroad.

It is ChIna’s gravest economic test since the most far-reaching of Deng Xiaoping’s reforms began in the 1990s. Last year the country achieved growth of 5%, but the pillars of its decades-long miracle are wobbling. Its famously industrious workforce is shrinking, history’s wildest property boom has turned to bust and the global system of free trade that China used to get richer is disintegrating.

Hindustan Times, Stalin said that the paramount issue in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls is to prevent India from becoming a "totalitarian and unitary state". MK Stalin said that "PM Modi’s return to power is not even beneficial for the BJP. The party will cease to exist; only Modi will remain".

Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 TV advertising for the first 15 matches experienced a 1% increase in ad volumes per channel compared to the previous edition, according to a report by TAM Media. The number of sponsors and categories climbed by 26% and 63%, respectively, to more than 50. The top five categories present in IPL 2024 together comprised 52% share of ad volumes, with Ecom-Gaming leading the list. The Ecom-Gaming category dominated the category list in all 15 matches of IPL 2024. Apart from Ecom-Gaming, the top five categories included Range of Food Products, Pan Masala, Cellular Phones-Smart Phones, and Securities/Sharebroking Organisation.

artificial intelligence (AI) text-to-code tools such as IBM Codenet, Microsoft’s GitHub CoPilot, Amazon’s Code Whisperer as well as StarCoder by Service Now and Hugging Face etc, to enhance productivity. Some of these tools claim to increase efficiency by up to 50%. These Gen AI models can generate code from simple text prompts 55% faster and can even check code quality and reviews in almost every computer language, including C++, Java, Go, Python, COBOL, Pascal and Fortran. Small wonder then that they are sparking high levels of curiosity.

leadership change, said analysts. Plus, margins have been robust, driven by pricing and softening input costs.