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Today was one of those days where I was waiting (and waiting) for the profit-taking to kick in, but by the time sellers made their appearance I had reached my loss limit for the day and so that, was that.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he's certain the United States will make good on its promise of further billions of dollars for Kyiv to continue its fight against Russia

The core development team behind the proof-of-work (PoW) fork of Ethereum announced on Tuesday its decision to dissolve EthereumPOW’s centralized structure in favor of complete decentralization.

Parliament. However, he asked BJP MPs to maintain decency and decorum while responding to Opposition's charges. Taking a dig at the Opposition, Modi suggested that with their current approach over the security breach in Parliament last week, it looks unlikely that the Opposition would be able to match its 2019 performance.

Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) launched an initiative to facilitate climate action in India’s agriculture, natural resources, and rural development sector. Under this initiative, a Technical Support Unit has been set up in Nabard with the partnership of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to enable the agri lender to address the challenges posed by climate change, particularly in the areas of agriculture and rural livelihood sectors in India.

Here are top 10 updates on Israel-Hamas war, 1) Hamas released a short video on Monday showing three elderly Israeli hostages whom the Islamist group seized during its October 7 rampage. Israel denounced it as a “criminal, terrorist video", Reuters reported.

Fairshakes has raised $78 million to fund pro-crypto legislators and support leaders who support blockchain innovation in the United States.

Moitra and calling her expulsion «unfortunate,» West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that expelling TMC MP without giving her chance to defend herself was «wrong». Moitra, facing cash for query allegations, was expelled from the Lok Sabha after the Parliament adopted the report of its Ethics Committee, which was probing the matter. The motion moved by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi was passed by a voice vote after a heated debate between the opposition and Treasury benches. "Party is fully giving support to her...When they expelled her without taking her opinion, then I stood strongly," the West Bengal CM said.

Two months into its military campaign in Gaza, Israel seems to be fighting a losing battle for international support. It has lost key votes at the United Nations and even supportive powers like the United States have voiced their discontent with Israel’s conduct of the war. Mint looks at Israel’s position.

Investing.com-- Most Asian stocks rose sharply on Friday, extending recent gains following dovish signals from the Federal Reserve, while some positive economic readings from China also aided sentiment.

Following Friday’s stronger US data, both gold and silver slumped to close the week sharply lower, even if the former had hit a new record high at the start of last week and the latter reaching its best level since May. The metals broke down as the dollar and bond yields rebounded after a stronger jobs report and consumer sentiment data pushed back expectations for the Fed’s first rate cut. The focus is now turning to the upcoming release of US CPI today and the FOMC meeting on Wednesday.

The XRP price has dipped by 0.5% in the past 24 hours, with the coin slipping to $0.620612 after the cryptocurrency market suffered some heavy losses yesterday.

Donald Trump to not testify at New York fraud trial says, ‘have nothing more..' None of the rivals of Trump were anywhere close to him in the poll. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis were each backed by 11% of self-identified Republicans. US presidential polls 2024: Who are the candidates running for White House? Haley's position has improved since September when a Reuters/Ipsos poll found her tied for fourth place at 4%.

A group of lawmakers from New England and Alaska says a federal program that protects the health and wellbeing of commercial fishermen should be expanded to include substance use disorder and worker fatigue

Respondents to a survey by EdelGive Foundation say the representation of women in corporate leadership is not progressing at a pace that can drive transformative change. The survey — A Study on Pathways to Leadership for Women in Finance and Economics — covered 60 people from corporate, development and academic sectors, with over 95% being women in leadership roles. Highlighting the slow progress in women’s leadership roles in India, the survey notes that 100 of 2,000 (5%) companies listed on the National Stock Exchange have women CEOs. It quotes the differences across sectors mentioned in the Global Gender Gap study. In 2022, the development sector had the highest proportion (47%) of women in senior levels, while the manufacturing sector had a much lower percentage of women leaders (19%). The year 2023 saw the healthcare sector with the highest percentage (50%) of women in senior-level leadership. Manufacturing sector had 25%. In the midst of this, the finance and economics sectors have shown incremental progress, with representation rising from 22% to 24% between 2019 and 2021. Key findings

Entering the $40,000 range in its recent upward trajectory, Bitcoin surged to $44,000, surpassing the ascending channel established at the start of 2023.

WhatsApp has unveiled its latest feature, View Once for voice messages, providing users with the ability to send self-destructing audio notes. Revealed in a recent blog post, this new feature follows the introduction of a similar one for photos and videos in 2021 and is designed to enhance user privacy. The disappearing voice notes feature aims to address concerns about the potential forwarding of voice messages, allowing users to share sensitive information without fear of it being passed on. WhatsApp highlighted the diverse scenarios in which this feature can be useful, such as sharing credit card details or planning surprises. «For reading out your credit card details to a friend, or when you’re planning a surprise, you can now also share sensitive information over voice message with added peace of mind,» the company explained in its announcement.

BSE Sensex rising above 69,653 on Wednesday—is valid. Foreign institutional investors are back in action as buyers; their dithering in 2022 after yield gaps with safe US debt got squeezed now seems like old hat. An enlarged base of retail investors has held indices up, even as India’s economy has recovered from its covid contraction robustly enough to keep up a relatively pacy trajectory.

The Russell 2000 (IWM) posted two days of strong buying that brought the index up towards minor resistance.

Maruti Suzuki India has collaborated with its dealer partners and made several arrangements at its workshops. The company proactively sent out 7 lakh SMS alerts to its customers as soon as news about the cyclone 'Michaung' was reported. In a statement, it said that even before the cyclone hits, customers could take precautionary measures to protect their cars from potential damage.

SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China's major state-owned banks were selling U.S. dollars in the onshore spot foreign exchange market for a second day on Wednesday to support the yuan currency, three sources with knowledge of the matter said.