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startups have laid off about 10,000 employees so far in 2024 with funding across stages continuing to be constrained, while companies hire talent cautiously with a focus on improving bottom lines early on in their lifecycle. The first half of 2024 has been better than the last six months of 2023, when around 15,000 workers were laid off, and the first half of 2023, when 21,000 lost their jobs, according to data from Longhouse Consulting.

Amazon Web Services has announced a $230 million commitment aimed at accelerating the development of generative artificial intelligence applications by startups worldwide. The initiative will provide early stage companies with AWS cloud computing credits, mentorship, and education to further their utilisation of AI and machine learning technologies, the company said. Participating startups will have access to AWS computing, storage, database, and custom AI chip offerings through the provided credits.

Florida on Saturday was abandoned due to wet outfield without a ball being bowled. The umpires decided to abandon the match after an inspection at 11.30 AM local time (9 PM IST). Earlier there were initial inspection held at 10 AM local time (7.30 PM IST) and 10.30 AM local time (8 PM IST).

Despite trending memecoins dominating this crypto bull cycle, a recent downturn has seen Dogecoin (DOGE) and PEPE’s prices drop. On the other hand, Rebel Satoshi (RECQ) is being recognized as a new project aimed at entrenching true decentralization in the crypto space.

Lauderhill amidst a flash flood warning in the region as a confident India aim to make it four wins in a row when they face Canada in their last Group ‘A’ match of the Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground on Saturday. Having secured three consecutive wins, India has already qualified for the Super Eight stage, which will take place entirely in the West Indies, and is poised to top the Group A points table even if their match against Canada is rained out. However, if the weather clears up, India will aim to address any weaknesses before advancing to the Super Eights. Talismanic batter Virat Kohli came into the tournament on the back of being the leading run-getter in IPL 2024, where he amassed 741 runs in 15 matches while opening the batting for Royal Challengers Bengaluru. But in the Men’s T20 World Cup, Kohli has amassed scores of 1, 4 and 0, with his pattern of being out to wide deliveries a cause of concern.

India vs Canada Live Score Updates: Rohit Sharma-led Team India is all set to play its last league game of the T20 World Cup 2024, which remains clouded by the flash floods which struck Florida a few days ago. Today's match at the Central Broward Park & Broward County Stadium, Florida is inconsequential for both teams as India has already qualified for the Super 8 stage, while Canada is already out of the marquee tournament.The weather of Florida remains dicey and even though the rains have stopped, the threat over India vs Canada match continues.

Narendra Modi on Saturday shared highlights from his participation in the G7 Summit at Italy and said that he presented India's perspective on the world stage. A video shared by PM Modi shows glimpses of the highlights of his visit to Italy including his arrival in Italy to Italian PM Giorgia Meloni's welcome at the venue of the G7 Summit in Apulia city in Italy. Meloni greeted PM Modi with a 'namaste' and the two leaders then posed for a picture for the cameras.

T20 World Cup here with the outcome set to influence Super Eight qualification. With Australia having already booked one spot for the Super Eight from Group B, Scotland and England are in race for the second position. Scotland will go through if they beat Australia or even if their contest is washed out, but in case of a defeat to the Mitchell Marsh-led side and England winning against Namibia hours earlier, the Scotswould miss the bus. For England, a win over Namibia is a must and if the Australians do them a favour by beating Scotland, chances will only brighten up.

ICC T20 World Cup, USA batter and skipper Aaron Jones expressed that the team is looking forward to competing against more top Test cricket nations. The USA qualified for the Super Eights stage of the tournament after their match against Ireland was washed out due to rain and both teams shared a point each. With two wins, a loss, and a no result, the US secured five points in total and ended in second place. Their result also meant that Pakistan, another team in contention for the Super Eights, was knocked out of the competition.

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that construction of 1,000-Mw Solar Power Project in Karbi Anglong will begin shortly. Sarma on Friday laid the foundation stone for a 25-Mw capacity solar power generation project at the premises of the Namrup Thermal Power Station in Dibrugarh district. A joint venture collaboration between the Assam Power Generation Corporation and Oil India Limited, the project will be spread across 108 acres of land and is likely to cost Rs. 115 crores in project cost. The solar project, approved by the State Cabinet on August 19, 2022, is projected to produce 50 million units of electricity every year and its construction is expected to be completed by July 2025.

Delhi High Court has dismissed audio entertainment platform Pocket FM's plea seeking an interim injunction against Disney+ Hotstar's Telugu video web series 'Yakshini' over alleged copyright violations. Pocket FM had moved the court contending that Disney+ Hotstar's video series had many similarities with its audio series by the same name. The audio platform also claimed that it had given its audio series ‘Yakshini’ to Disney+ Hotstar for adaptation into a video series. While dismissing Pocket FM's application, the vacation bench of Justice Neena Bansal Krishna said an interim injunction cannot be granted at this stage since no concrete facts have been established to prove that there is a copyright violation of expression of idea.

Narendra Modi held a bilateral meeting with Japanese PM Fumio Kishida on the sidelines of the G-7 Summit in Apulia, Italy and discussed the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail project with a targeted 5 trillion yen worth of investment in India. Highlighting India-Japan relations, the Prime Minister's office said on X, «Boosting India-Japan relations! PM @narendramodi held a productive bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister @kishida230 in Italy on the sidelines of the G7 Summit.»

Bangladesh's captain Shakib Al Hasan's response to criticism from former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag has gone viral. In a recent post-match press conference, Shakib's reaction to a journalist's question about Sehwag's comments caught widespread attention.

USA vs Ireland game in Group A of the T20 World Cup which is scheduled for Friday as it will decide the fate of several teams. However, the flood situation in Florida and forecast for more spells of heavy rain threaten could play a spoilsport, which works in favour of the home team. Out of the three statdiums picked for the tournament, three remaining matches of Group A are all scheduled to be held at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground in Lauderhill, Florida. The other two venues are in New York and Dallas. The upcoming match on Friday will see USA on the brink of another history-making moment with a chance to progress to the 'Super 8s' stage in their debut appearance in the T20 World Cup, and the inclement weather in Florida can make the equation even simpler.

Virat Kohli's string of low scores would be a concern for India when they square off against Canada in their final group match of the T20 World Cup on Saturday, hoping that the sky remains clear in this city even as several parts of Florida are ravaged by torrential rain. With three consecutive wins, India are through to the Super Eight stage, which will be held entirely in the West Indies. Kohli came into the T20 World Cup after setting the IPL ablaze, scoring upwards of 700 runs at a strike-rate of over 150 for Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Therefore, it wasn't an entirely misplaced expectation that he will continue to fire in the ICC showpiece, which is perhaps his final chance to earn India an ICC World Cup after 13 years.

European Championship kicks off Friday, what can we expect? An outsider victory? A Kylian Mbappé-inspired French romp? England out in the group stages? Whatever we get, there will be drama. Here, six of The Athletic's writers give their predictions: Who will win the tournament?

Amit Shah was seen calling back Soundararajan on stage and speaking to her while gesturing with his figure. Many on social media speculated that Shah was "scolding" or issuing a stern "warning" to Soundararajan.Dismissing such speculations, Soundararajan posted a clarification on X saying, “Yesterday as I met our Honorable Home Minister Sri Amit Shah ji in AP for the first time after the 2024 Elections he called me to ask about post-poll follow-up and the challenges faced."ALSO READ: Chandrababu Naidu swearing-in: 17 fresh faces among 25 ministers take oath; Pawan Kalyan to be Dy CM.

BENGALURU : Sixth Sense Ventures, which typically invests in early-stage consumer companies, is preparing to chase more ambitious bets as it raises potentially its largest fund ever. Among India’s earliest rupee capital funds, Sixth Sense Ventures is raising ₹2,500 crore for its fourth fund, excluding a greenshoe option that it can use to raise more money subsequently, founder Nikhil Vora told Mint in an interview. The investment firm has backed prominent startups such as Bira, a craft beer maker, Wonderchef, a maker of cookware and kitchen appliances, and Uppercase, a maker of bags and luggage.

Cloud computing giant Amazon Web Services on Thursday announced a $230 million commitment aimed at accelerating the development of generative artificial intelligence applications by startups worldwide. The initiative will provide early stage companies with AWS cloud computing credits, mentorship, and education to further their utilization of AI and machine learning technologies, the company said.

«At every higher level, there will be a bit of consolidation for some time and then again it will reach a new level. So, this year we will see a secular upward movement with in between consolidations at different higher levels,» says Sudip Bandyopadhyay, Group Chairman, Inditrade Capital. After all that flux that the markets went through all through the election week, we have already seen consolidation play out, but do you think it is going to continue for some more time? Absolutely. I think, look, while we are consolidating, we are consolidating at an elevated level and I think this is the trend which we will keep watching. The next big trigger will be, of course, the union budget, which is coming up sometimes within the next 15 to 20 days, maybe. The next thing important, of course, which the market will keep monitoring is the progress of monsoon.

many cricket leagues are active across the US in different states. Moreover, many US-based cricket lovers are extremely well-heeled, and wield enormous corporate influence and importantly, understand how to market new products. People like Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella, Vinod Khosla, and Elon Musk (who is South African and may, therefore, be interested in the game) are examples.