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In a address delivered during the ceremonial State Opening of Parliament, Britain's Conservative government presented a pre-election policy agenda. The speech, authored by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's administration, outlined plans for tougher sentences for serious crimes and aspirations for economic revival.

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The third-quarter GDP report surprised most economists with a blow-out 4.9% gain. Is a downside reversal brewing for Q4?

UBS’s first loss in nearly six years shouldn’t make investors take their eyes off the road. While the Swiss bank said Tuesday that third-quarter net income was a negative $785 million—almost twice as large as the median analyst forecast—its shares rose about 3% in early trading. Investors are wise to look through the fog and see that this was another set of encouraging figures.

₹1.69 trillion during March-August also fuelled the rally from the low. They then began unwinding longs and raised bearish bets on cash and index futures, causing the market to plunge from the record high of 20,222.45 to a low of 18,838 on 26 October.

Apple Inc. hit pause on development of next year’s software updates for the iPhone, iPad, Mac and other devices so that it could root out glitches in the code. The delay, announced internally to employees last week, was meant to help maintain quality control after a proliferation of bugs in early versions, according to people with knowledge of the decision. Rather than adding new features, company engineers were tasked with fixing the flaws and improving the performance of the software, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the matter is private.

A chill has settled over Canada’s housing market and the big fear of any downturn is that heavily indebted homeowners will be forced to sell, fuelling a downward spiral.

Warren Buffett, often regarded as the greatest investor of all time, has not only endured the test of time but also consistently outperformed the markets throughout his remarkable career.

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The upcoming fifth annual US-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue in New Delhi will see the arrival of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin. During their visit, they will hold discussions with their Indian counterparts, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. The primary focus of these meetings will encompass critical issues, including strengthening defence collaboration, exploring emerging technologies, addressing space-related matters, and adapting to the evolving global landscape.

The pilot used the Mastercard Multi-Token Network to settle Web3 transactions involving decentralized applications and digital assets, such as NFTs. The pilot also showcased the potential for funding and settlement in and out of Web3 marketplaces via a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC), such as e-HKD in the future.For the tests, Mastercard simulated a full lifecycle of the hypothetical e-HKD, from minting and distribution to spend and redemption within its sandbox environment.

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Unveiled earlier this year, the UDPN is a DLT-underpinned messaging backbone that promises to provide interoperability between stablecoins and CBDCs to enable connectivity between any business IT system and regulated digital currencies. The network - set up by GFT Group and Red Date Technology - describes itself as a "gateway for businesses and financial institutions to use regulated digital currencies in cross-border transactions". In this respect it could be seen as a competitor to bank-to-bank messaging network Swift, which has been conducting its own research into blockchain interoperability. In the first proof-of-concept for the network, Deutsche and Standard Chartered's SC Ventures executed a real-time on-chain transfer and swap test transactions between USDC and EURS stablecoins on the infrastructure. SC Ventures set up a development environment and used UDPN SDKs and APIs to create decentralized identities and linked digital currency wallets.

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₹27.50 per kg. This scheme is launched across the country in order to provide relief to consumers from high prices. This subsidised rate is lower than the prevailing market rate of ₹36-70 per kg, depending on the quality and location.

timed out" dismissal of Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews in the World Cup clash against Bangladesh has grabbed a lot of headlines. Mathews became the the first cricketer to suffer the dismissal in the 146-year history of international cricket.

AI hallucinations’, which could result in loss of business, threat to life, and increased costs, amidst increasing adoption of artificial intelligence, experts said. AI hallucination refers to when artificial intelligence produces content or choices that are inaccurate, prejudiced, or unsuitable. In such an occurrence, the AI produces information and behaviours that veer significantly from reality.

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ChatGPT from OpenAI (a company Musk co-founded), Google Bard, Facebook’s Llama – meaning the algorithm was trained on huge chunks of textual data. Competition hotting up in this domain is likely to mean an acceleration in AI development. Grok is currently available only to premium users of X.