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NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -BlackRock said on Friday it would buy Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) for $12.5 billion in a major bet on alternative assets and announced a shake-up of its top management.

Congress on Friday said the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra is being organised by the party to raise voice against the "injustice" of the last 10 years, as it released a «Nyay anthem» with the tagline "Saho Mat, Daro Mat (do not suffer, do not be scared)". The «anthem» was shared on all the social media handles of the party with a video that features protesting women wrestlers, glimpses from Rahul Gandhi's Kanyakumari-to-Kashmir Bharat Jodo Yatra and the Congress leader's interactions with farmers and labourers.

With India expected to have one of the youngest populations across major economies in the world till at least 2030, it is important to secure the financial and social security of the country’s youth in order to capitalise on this demographic dividend. Towards this end, it is critical that they develop the requisite financial skills that can nurture good financial practices and begin their wealth creation journey as soon as they gain formal employment. 

Trade Policy Forum (TPF) meet in New Delhi starting January 12. US Trade Representative Katherine Tai is on a three-day visit to India for this meeting. Tai and Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will co-chair the meeting. On India's agenda are a number of key issues that include a social security pact, US audit of Indian pharma players, etc. Other issues to be raised by India are: a) delay in visa; b) increasing exports of table grapes, pharma goods, and marine products such as wild caught fish and shrimp; c) reinstating the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) status to India; d) export control regulations for high-tech products and technologies; more access for Indian mangoes to the American market, etc. The two prime issues that will dominate the discussions this time are the social security pact and USFDA drug inspections in India, news agency PTI reported. Social security pact The Social security pact is also called a totalisation agreement.

Nag Ashwin's sci-fi film 'Kalki 2898-AD', starring Prabhas and Deepika Padukone, will now be released in the theatres on May 9, 2024, the makers announced on Friday. Production banner Vyjayanthi Movies shared the news of the multilingual big-budget movie's new release date on its social media pages along with a brand new poster featuring Prabhas.

A MEV (Maximal Extractable Value) arbitrage bot operator, known as 2Fast, has achieved a profit of $1.8 million from a single transaction bundle.

Shashi Tharoor on Friday highlighted a speech made two decades ago by Sonia Gandhi at the Ramakrishna Mission, emphasising how Hindu liberal thoughts contributed to India's secular identity. The Thiruvananthapuram MP's move came a day after the BJP criticised the grand old party's decision to decline the invitation to its three top leaders to attend the Ram temple consecration ceremony in Ayodhya, claiming it exposed the party's inherent opposition to India's culture and Hindu religion.

renewable energy for a cleaner future, 'Make in India' for domestic manufacturing, and EV infrastructure development. Key in this arena is the rise of green infrastructure, like LEED-certified buildings, which exemplify sustainable real estate practices. ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) criteria further enrich this domain, enabling investors to evaluate companies on broader societal impacts.

Katrina Kaif and Vijay Sethupathi's long-awaited film 'Merry Christmas' finally released in theatres on Friday and with audiences rushing to social media after the first-day-first show, it's evident that the Sriram Raghavan directorial had left a lasting impression.

OpenAI unveils GPT Store for custom AI-powered chatbots Pictures of Altman's wedding began circulating on social media on Thursday, showing the couple surrounded by palm trees in a ceremony apparently attended by only a dozen or so people. According to a report by The Free Press Journal, Altman and Mulherin shared the news of their union via a post on Instagram.

Ill-advised comments by Maldivian ministers against India sparked a diplomatic row, led to their ejection from authority in Maldives and set off social media calls here to develop Lakshadweep, a Union territory off the coast of Kerala, as an alternative tourist destination. While they hold parallel appeal as holiday isles with white-sand beaches amid dreamscape waters, replicating Maldives’ model of high-end resort exclusivity may not be possible at that scale, given Lakshadweep’s smaller size, even if new infrastructure can support an enlarged influx of tourists.

Discord, the social chat and messaging startup beloved by gamers, told employees Thursday that it would cut 17% of its staff, adding to the string of recent jobs reductions by tech firms. Roughly 170 jobs will be affected by the layoffs, according to an internal memo sent by Jason Citron, Discord's founder and CEO, which was seen by The New York Times.

India, being the world’s fastest-growing economy for a decade now, has been bringing transformational changes in the lives of millions of its citizens, particularly its seniors. This assumes significance as India’s demographic landscape is undergoing a profound shift, with the share of elderly people aged 60 and above expected to surge from 8.6 percent of the population in 2011 to 19.5 percent by 2050, according to the Population Division of the United Nations’ Department of Economic and Social Affairs. In this backdrop, the country’s senior citizens are experiencing improved life expectancy to higher purchasing power parity and better awareness about investments which have led to a better quality of life post retirement for India’s nearly 14 crore senior citizens.

Barred from giving a formal closing argument, Donald Trump still seized an opportunity to speak in court at the conclusion of his New York civil trial, calling the proceedings “a fraud on me” before the judge cut him off

data related to its various social security schemes such as Employee Provident Fund Organisation, National Pension Scheme and Employee State Insurance Corporation, eyeing a totalisation agreement with Washington. New Delhi, will this week, push for a totalisation pact to do away with dual social security taxation for its workers, with US trade representative Katherine Tai under the India-US Trade Policy Forum. «They wanted data on social security.

Congress leaders on Thursday defended the decision of Sonia Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury to decline the invitation to attend the Ram temple inauguration event in Ayodhya, a few other party members differed with the leadership's decision. Defending the party decision, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh said the inauguration of the temple should have been done on Ram Navami after completion of the construction. «No pran pratishtha takes place until temple is complete… When this could have been easily done on Ram Navami in April, why is it being done on January 22? BJP, RSS and VHP are making this a political issue,» Singh said here while maintaining that Congress always respected all faiths.

militants killed four villagers, including a father and his son, in Manipur's Churachandpur district, police said on Thursday. They were missing since Wednesday.

By Ariba Shahid

The rise of China as a world power and powerhouse of innovation despite an authoritarian political system presents a cognitive challenge to the liberal world order helmed by the US. However, the Western model appears to be creaking under the weight of its own imperfections even without the successful counterpoint posed by China. The US adopted an accentuated market-led growth pattern with the Ronald Reagan era of the 1980s.

disabled, aged and non-human citizens. For persons with disabilities (PwD), life in India is like running on an unending obstacle course. What is more unfortunate is that even if a few among them manage to cross those hurdles — discrimination, lack of accessible infrastructure and facilities, and educational and skilling support, to name a few — most falter on yet another track: employment.