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BRUSSELS—The European Union is ramping up economic pressure on Beijing with two new probes into allegations of unfair Chinese business practices, days ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s planned visits to Paris and Budapest. The European Commission, the bloc’s executive body, is voicing growing concern over Chinese subsidies and other economic policies that it says harm European businesses.

The Chimpzee NFTs are finally on the horizon, with the whitelist event for presale participants on April 15th followed by the public launch on April 16th. Investors of the $CHMPZ token have been highly excited about the incoming NFTs over the past few weeks.

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A prominent Canadian technology investor joined the chorus of Canadian businesses criticizing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to raise the capital-gains tax, arguing it will cause capital flight from the country.

ERShares CEO Joel Shulman discusses tech earnings and the upcoming economic data reports.

Hong Kong is gearing up to launch its much-anticipated spot  Bitcoin  and  Ethereum  exchange-traded funds (ETFs) by the end of April. 

IT services firm LTIMindtree on Wednesday reported a 1.2% year-on-year (YoY) decline in net profit at Rs 1,100 crore for the March quarter of the financial year 2024 missing street estimate of Rs 1,150 crore. The profit stood at Rs 1,114 crore a year ago. Sequentially, the Mumbai-headquartered company's net profit fell by 5.9% from Rs 1,169 crore.

AU Small Finance Bank, Equitas Small Finance Bank and DCB Bank on Wednesday reported their Q4 results. Of the three, AU SFB and DCB Bank have also announced dividends. Here’s how they performed in Q4FY24:

Chalet Hotels and The Indian Hotels Company (IHCL). On Lemon Tree Hotels, Kotak has maintained a ‘reduced’ stance. Average hotel room rates in India rose 14% on a year-on-year basis to Rs 7,560 per day in February while the exit room rate stood at Rs 8,900/day witnessing a 7% YoY uptick.

Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), intending applicants have given indifferent response to application under CAA in Assam’s Barak valley. People are more concerned about getting their names cleared from the foreigner’s tribunal and abolition of detention camps. Two seats of the Barak valley Silchar and Barak valley are going to polls on April 26 and CAA outcome is not engaging the voters. In Assam CAA has its proponents and opposition. Barak valley is believed to be a place where there are proponents of CAA. The Centre had in March implemented the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, notifying the rules four years after the law was passed by Parliament to fast-track citizenship for undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who came to India before December 31, 2014.

CHASIV YAR, Ukraine—The explosion lit up the night sky, sending flames hundreds of feet into the air. Another huge blast followed a few seconds later, then a third. The booms carried for miles across the fields east of Chasiv Yar, and a few moments later, a jet ripped through the sky.

₹5 crore. The four others were Sujoy Das, Nitish Sikand, Krishna Cheemalapati and Suresh Jakhotiya.

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₹2,406 crore from ₹2,552 crore last year same period. The earnings of the FMCG company are below the market expectations. Analysts forecasted a profit of ₹2,435 crore on revenue totaling ₹14,913 crore.

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With a historic round of price cuts this month, Tesla, Li Auto and a host of others have extended China’s monthslong electric-vehicle price war into a new quarter. Some say the fight is just getting started. EV makers in the world’s biggest market for electric and hybrid vehicles have been cutting prices en masse since last year, when slowing sales and rising competition from upstarts forced a rethink of the playing field.

Hong Kong’s stock market used to be the world’s top equity fundraising venue. Not anymore: In the number one spot as recently as 2019, it didn’t even break the top five in 2023 according to Dealogic. But the market is up 6% this week, its best performance this year, in the wake of proposed regulatory changes.

Akhilesh Yadav will be contesting Lok Sabha elections 2024 from Kannauj. He will be filing his nomination papers on April 25. Speaking to India Today TV, his uncle Ram Gopal Yadav said that there is no confusion regarding Akhilesh Yadav's candidate from the seat.

Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd, a subsidiary of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), on Wednesday reported 39 per cent drop in March quarter net profit on lower prices and foreign exchange loss. Consolidated net profit of Rs 627.89 crore in January-March FY24 was lower than Rs 1,012.81 crore earning in the same period last year, according to a stock exchange filing of the company. The profit was up 71 per cent when compared with Rs 365.3 crore earning in December quarter.

Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) ran a quiz for its social media followers on ‘X’ platform and tempted them into participating by offering a certificate of appreciation. Some subscribers — instead of answering the questions — queried the agency when the interest for FY 2023-24 be credited.