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Indian warship provided critical assistance to a merchant vessel after it caught fire following a suspected drone or missile attack in the Gulf of Aden, the latest in a series of such support missions in the region. Palau-flagged vessel MV Islander came under attack on Thursday and a crew member of the ship sustained injuries, Indian military officials said on Saturday. An explosive ordnance disposal team of the Navy embarked the vessel and sanitised it for any residual risk following which the vessel was cleared for onward transit, they said. The fresh incident comes amid growing global concerns over attacks on various commercial vessels in the Red Sea by Houthi militants.

This outcome is unfortunate yet entirely preventable. The key? Put your eggs in different baskets. That way, should one basket tumble, the other eggs remain safe.

GPT Healthcare IPO: The initial public offering (IPO) of GPT Healthcare Limited hit the Indian primary market on 22nd February 2024 i.e. on Thursday last week. the public issue will remain open till 26th February 2024 i.e.

Universal Insurance Holdings (ticker: NYSE:UVE) reported their fourth quarter earnings, highlighting a period of transformation and adaptation to new legislative changes. The company closed the quarter with double-digit adjusted returns on common equity and has already secured 90% of its 2024-2025 reinsurance tower.

By James Oliphant

hacking group has exposed extensive cyber intrusions conducted by Beijing's intelligence and military entities against foreign governments, companies, and infrastructure. According to a report by The Washington Post, the leaked cache, comprising over 570 files, images, and chat logs, provides a rare insight into the operations of a firm hired by Chinese government agencies for on-demand, mass data-collecting operations. The files, posted on GitHub last week, reveal contracts spanning eight years aimed at extracting foreign data. The targets include at least 20 foreign governments and territories, such as India, Hong Kong, Thailand, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Taiwan, and Malaysia.

Juniper Hotels IPO: Bidding for the initial public offering (IPO) of Juniper Hotels Limited ended Friday. In three days of bidding from Wednesday to Friday, Juniper Hotels IPO was subscribed 2.08 times. Meanwhile, after the tepid response by the primary market investors, shares of the luxury hotel company continue to trade at par in the grey market.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon and his family sold $150 million worth of the bank’s stock, following through on last year’s announcement that he would begin selling shares for the first time since taking the helm 18 years ago. Dimon and his family sold about 822,000 shares in a series of transactions on Thursday, according to a US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing.

Mark Rutte just draws our wallet till he becomes Secretary General of NATO, and then he’ll draw all of yours too.’ Meanwhile, reacting to the statement, Elon Musk said, ‘Doesn’t seem like he has the legal authority to do this.’ Dutch officials on Friday announced that it has sealed a 10-year security deal with Ukraine. Similar agreements were earlier signed by Germany, Britain, France and Denmark.

Antony Blinken, while speaking at a news conference during a trip to Buenos Aires, said, “They're also inconsistent with international law. Our administration maintains a firm opposition to settlement expansion, and in our judgment this only weakens, doesn't strengthen, Israel's security." The comments reversed the Trump administration's position that settlements did not violate international law. Israel on Thursday said that it plans to build more than 3,300 new homes in settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

₹20-25 lakh for just a few years of audit experience and are hiring from multiple channels," said Manu Saigal, director, general staffing at Adecco India, which is a recruitment firm. Also contributing to the attrition is a big gap between demand and supply. According to The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), there are about 400,000 members who are registered with ICAI.

military forces killed senior Jaish al-Adl (Army of Justice) militant group commander Ismail Shahbakhsh and some of his companions in the Pakistan territory, Iran International English reported, citing Iran's state-run media. In the latest development, Iran's forces, in an armed clash, attacked a militant group, one month after the two countries conducted air strikes on each other. Formed in 2012, Jaish al-Adl, designated as a «terrorist» organization by Iran, is a Sunni terrorist group that operates in Iran's southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan, Al Arabiya News reported.

There has been a lot of discussion about the fate of the 401(k) system in the month since a pair of academics proposed killing the tax preferences for 401(k)s to help shore up Social Security.

As the AI stock pump on Wall Street eases and major cryptocurrencies trade mostly trading in the red on Friday, highly risk-tolerant crypto degenerates are hunting for top crypto gainers today in the unregulated on-chain shitcoin markets.

A little-watched corner of Canada’s credit market is being shaken up by the country’s largest lenders as they pile into securities that shift credit risks to other investors — a play likely to be copied by their counterparts on Wall Street.

₹3.8 trillion on Thursday, and bankers hope the situation will improve when government spending picks up, and money finds its way into the banking system. Liquidity deficit stood at ₹2.6 trillion as on 22 February, slightly lower than ₹2.8 trillion on 21 February, as per data from Bloomberg, but has nonetheless stayed in deficit since 8 December. “Because credit offtake is quite strong, banks are managing the shortfall in deposits with short-term borrowings," said Arun Bansal, executive director, IDBI Bank.

music superstar Beyonce secured her first UK no.1 single in 14 years on Friday, when her new country hit "Texas Hold 'Em" stormed straight to the top spot in the British charts. The song is one of two Beyonce released after making a surprise appearance in a Super Bowl commercial earlier this month in which the 32-time Grammy Award winner quipped about «breaking the internet» minutes before announcing a forthcoming album. «Texas Hold 'Em» is Beyonce's sixth UK No. 1 single and her first in 14 years after she last topped the British charts in 2010 with Lady Gaga's «Telephone», the Official Charts Company said. Her last solo UK No. 1 was in 2008 with «If I Were A Boy».

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Blueberry managed to suspend its lending services shortly after suffering an exploit that led to over $1.3 million worth of Ether being drained from the DeFi protocol.

By Jonathan Stempel

power-sharing deal already inked, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and the Pakistan Peoples Party are moving ahead with plans to form a coalition government by March 2 and hold the presidential election before March 9, according to a media report on Friday. The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) led by three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif will be backed by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) of former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has agreed to form a new government after the February 8 elections resulted in a hung Parliament. Former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif, 72, is set to return to the top post after his elder brother Nawaz, decided to nominate the PML-N president for premiership. The party has clarified that the three-time former prime minister did not want to lead a government in which the PMN-L does not have a majority in Parliament.