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INDIA bloc will meet at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's residence in Delhi on December 6 to chalk out a strategy for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, sources said on Sunday. During the meeting, which will be held in the evening, the leaders are likely to discuss and finalise their plan to take on the BJP ahead of the polls, they said.

mutual fund investment can be a challenging task, particularly when faced with a selection of over 1400 schemes. How do you go about making this decision? What criteria do you consider when determining which fund to invest in, the amount of money to allocate, the method of investment, and the duration for which you intend to keep your money invested in the fund? Examining past performance is merely one aspect to contemplate when making mutual fund investments.

Sanjeev Kapoor, Chef & Entrepreneur, in conversation with Nikunj Dalmia of ET Now. Kapoor says: “II am a curious person. I love to learn. So, if you love to learn, it becomes fairly easy. You yourself are also a consumer. If you are honest with yourself, it is not a problem. I have actually not over intellectualized this, I just keep on doing, few things work, few things do not work, which is okay.” When I was preparing for the show I got three instructions — first from my mother Kapoor sahab ki secret recipe lana (get the secret recipe from Mr Kapoor); second from my team that he has done more shows than you so please get some tips on anchoring from him and the third from my wife with request to get a selfie. Now what do we start with? First get the selfie for your wife. But the selfie has to be with her and not with you. I think the world has been kind to me. God has been kind to me and with such love and affection, I think what else can you ask for?Nahi toh khana banana wale ko kon puchta tha (Otherwise, who bothered for a mere cook?)

OpenAI, expressed the significance of the company's work as "extraordinarily important." He emphasized the importance of OpenAI operating as a "corporation with a conscience." According to a report from Bloomberg, Larry Summers stated on Bloomberg Television's Wall Street Week with David Westin that OpenAI has to be prepared to cooperate with key government officials on regulatory issues, on national security issues, on development of technology issues. The statements provide insight into the focus of Summers, a former US treasury secretary, in his role at the Silicon Valley startup. He officially became a member of OpenAI's board this week, following a turbulent leadership dispute that captured the attention of Silicon Valley.

Placements have started at the old IITs on December 1, also known as Day 1, with a good line-up of startups.

The New Yorker shares elaborate details on the whole backchannel saga that led to Sam Altman's exit and then his comeback. OpenAI has been one of the most crucial investments for Microsoft for its artificial intelligence ambitions and over the years the tech giant has raised its stake in OpenAI.

Binance, the biggest cryptocurrency exchange in the world, is about to embark on a new section of its history with Richard Teng serving as its Chief Executive Officer. Changpeng Zhao, the creator of Binance, made the announcement on this consequential shift in leadership. Not only does Teng's appointment come at a vital moment for the exchange, but it also marks a new direction in the administration and strategy of the exchange.

Exxon Mobil CEO Darren Woods on Saturday rejected the International Energy Agency's recent claim that using wide-scale carbon capture to fight climate change was an implausible «illusion», saying the same could be said about electric vehicles and solar energy. «There is no solution set out there today that is at the scale to solve the problem,» Woods told Reuters on the sidelines of the COP28 climate summit in Dubai. «So, you could say that about carbon capture today, you could say that about electric vehicles, about wind, about solar. I think that criticism is legitimate for anything that we're trying to do, to start with,» he said. While few commercially viable carbon-capture projects exist due to high costs, EVs now make up about 13% of the global new vehicle market, and solar and wind deployments have been expanding rapidly. Woods' appearance marked the first time a CEO of fossil fuel giant Exxon has attended one of the annual U.N.-sponsored climate summits, and reflected a growing effort among oil and gas companies worldwide to recast themselves as part of the solution to global warming, as opposed to a cause. The future role of carbon capture technology and fossil fuels is a key issue at the conference. The IEA, the West's energy watchdog, issued a report on Nov.

climate finance they need, especially in low-income countries, according to a study published on Saturday on the sidelines of the COP28 climate talks. The Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance (CCFLA) said cities are on the front line of climate hazards and responsible for three quarters of global emissions, but multilateral development banks (MDB) needed to adopt new strategies to address a gaping financing gap. Cities were receiving only 1% of the climate finance they required, which is estimated to be as high as $5.4 trillion per year up to 2030, according to the study, the first ever review of urban finance from major multilateral development banks. The proportion of MDB financing dedicated to urban-related climate projects stood at $62 billion from 2015 to 2022, or 21% of the total, despite rapid rates of urbanisation across the globe, the study said after analysing data from 815 urban climate-related projects financed by MDBs over the period. Though they are among the most climate-vulnerable, cities in sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and North Africa received an especially low share of urban climate finance, with the study citing issues like creditworthiness and restricted access to capital markets. It called on development banks to make more concessional funding available in order to de-risk investments.

Wipro Consumer Care — Ventures, the venture funding arm of Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting, on Saturday said it has launched the second fund with a corpus of Rs 250 crore. The Fund II will focus on investing in consumer startups in India and Southeast Asia, a company statement said. «We would look for e-comm driven companies at Pre Series A onwards, with minority stake approach (up to 25 per cent), and continue with our strategy of helping and nurturing the startups as required,» it added.

Positioned at the nexus of development and urbanization, Golf Course Extension Road in Gurugram has emerged as one of the hottest spots in the city’s real estate market. The area, once an underdeveloped corridor, has now become a magnet for high-end residential seekers, redefining the landscape of modern living. Connecting MG Road to Gurgaon-Sohna Road, the 90-meter-wide road spanning Sectors 55-56 has undergone a remarkable transformation since its construction in 2009. Recent development initiatives have seen the expansion of this stretch to encompass new sectors such as 61, 62, 65, 66, and 67.

Historically, November has been among the most prosperous for the Nifty 50 and the overall Indian stock market. While writing this, Nifty 50 was trading at around 20,094.50, and Nifty November 2023 was trading at almost 19,889.70 points premium in the cash market. 

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Investing.com — Here is your Pro Recap of the biggest insider trades and institutional investor headlines you may have missed this week: Walt Disney turns down Trian request for Board representation, Elliott takes $1 billion stake in Phillips 66 and seeks board seats, and top brass buys at Arbor Realty Trust , Agilon Health, and 3D Systems.

ICC World Cup 2023: Team India fans are still recovering from the heartbreak they faced on 19 November after Australia defeated India in the ICC World Cup 2023 finals to lift the trophy. Team India, former cricketers, experts, and fans are all wondering about the things that went wrong in the last match of the tournament, where India did so well, winning all 10 matches before the final game.

US Federal Reserve is done with interest rate hike have acted as key catalysts for the foreign fund inflows into emerging markets like India. The FPI inflows into Indian equities during the month of November stood at ₹9,001 crore as against selling of over ₹39,000 crore in September and October together, according to National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL) data. Taking into account debt, hybrid, debt-VRR, and equities, FPI inflows were at ₹24,546 crore during the month.

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«Most of the PSU and private banks have started performing and the recovery is taking place in the PSU space or PSU bank also,» says Rajesh Palviya, Axis Securities. Record high levels coming in for Nifty 50. Where you are eyeing next is 21,000 also on the cards and on the Bank Nifty, 1,000 points gain in the past four days but to touch that record high level just 1,500 points away. So do you believe that the journey for the next 1,500 could also be this fast or markets are expected to take a halt? Very strong rally in the market. Both indices have done well.We are at all-time high for the Nifty. Very strong buying action across the board. Midcap, smallcap are continuously performing and making a new all-time high. So, overall, market sentiment is super bullish. So, we believe that this momentum is likely to continue further. As you talked about the banking space,most of the PSU and private banks have started performing and the recovery is taking place in the PSU space or PSU bank also. So, that clearly shows that yes, Bank Nifty can give further more support to the market at this moment and we can see there is a catch-up rally in the Bank Nifty and possibly we can see a level of 45,600 to 45,800 in the continuation of this up move for Bank Nifty.