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«It was always a long row,» said Piet De Staercke of the line to go through passport screening. He, his wife and two sons were visiting Washington and Chicago. «We were a bit scared. But now with the app, it's amazing.» As travel continues to boom following pandemic-related slumps, U.S. Customs and Border Protection is expanding the use of technology like the Mobile Passport Control app the De Staercke family used in an effort to process the ever-growing number of passengers traveling internationally. And with events like a rare solar eclipse, the Olympics in Paris, and summer holidays still driving international travel, those numbers don't look set to drop any time soon.

Either you adapt or you die - that’s the sentiment across the globe when it comes to the adoption of digital assets, including cryptocurrencies, by traditional banks.

CBSE) has extended the registration date to apply for the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) July 2024 session. The CTET is a mandatory qualification for teachers seeking positions in government schools from Class 1 to Class 8. The registration process for the CTET July 2024 session began on March 7th, 2024, allowing candidates a three-week window to apply. This window was to close on April 2nd. But now CBSE has extended the registration date to April 5, 2025 (11.59 pm)

Sebi) warnings of froth in the broader markets, as investors remained bullish on this segment last month. A nine-day rally in the Nifty Smallcap 250 index has put it on track to reclaim the level last seen on February 27 when Sebi's warning caused the bulls to hit a bump.

Lexus Granito(India)Ltd.(up 7.57%), Oriental Trimex Ltd.(up 4.95%), Aro Granite Industries Ltd.(up 4.93%), MOIL Ltd.(up 4.72%), Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores Ltd.(up 3.34%), Madhav Marbles & Granites Ltd.(up 2.96%), The Orissa Minerals Development Company Ltd.(up 1.90%), NMDC Ltd.(up 1.42%), 20 Microns Ltd.(up 1.05%) and Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd.(up 0.67%) were among the top gainers.

Lupin Ltd. traded at Rs 1615.9 on BSE at 11:31AM (IST) on Wednesday, up 0.37 per cent from previous close. The stock quoted a 52-week low price of Rs 644.65 and a high of Rs 1703.8.

Dogecoin, Cardano, and Toncoin were trading in the red, while Solana, Shiba Inu, Chainlink, Internet Computer, Litecoin, and NEAR Protocol were trading in the green. At 11:30 a.m., Bitcoin was trading 0.6% lower at $66,290 after a dip to the $64,500 region, while Ethereum was down 1.8% at $3,302.

Agro Phos India Ltd.(up 12.32%), Gujarat State Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd.(up 6.43%), Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd.(up 4.60%), Madras Fertilizers Ltd.(up 4.19%), National Fertilizers Ltd.(up 3.72%), Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd.(up 2.98%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation Ltd.(up 2.80%), The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd.(up 2.62%), Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd.(up 2.46%) and Sikko Industries Ltd.(up 2.39%) were among the top gainers.

ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Ltd. traded 0.47 per cent up at Rs 1696.55 at 10:56AM (IST) on Wednesday, even as BSE benchmark Sensex dropped 49.59 points to 73854.32. The stock had settled at Rs 1688.55 in the previous session. The stock quoted a 52-week high and 52-week low of Rs 1739.95 and Rs 1056.0, respectively.

Indian Hotels Company Ltd. traded 1.65 per cent up at Rs 614.95 on Wednesday at around 10:45AM (IST), while the benchmark BSE Sensex advanced 5.86 points to 73909.77. As many as 48,759 shares changed hands on the counter with a total value of Rs 2.97 crore.

Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd. rose 0.44 per cent to Rs 281.0 at 10:50AM hours (IST) on Wednesday. Earlier in the day, the stock saw a gap up start to the session. As per data available on BSE, total traded quantity on the counter stood at 82,149 shares with a turnover of Rs 2.3 crore till 10:50AM (IST). The stock traded at a price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple of 41.63, while the price-to-book value ratio stood at 7.01.

biblical docuseries 'Testament: The Story of Moses' has soared to No. 2 on the Netflix Global Top 10 chart. The three-part miniseries was released on March 27, 2024, and it got 13.5 million views in its first five days on Netflix. It was also praised for its artistic approach and treatment of biblical stories and its elements.

manufacturing startup Zetwerk is betting big on the defence market and is looking to invest up to Rs 350 crore in the next few years to acquire foreign companies involved in manufacturing components for electronic warfare, setting up a new test facility in Tamil Nadu and creating a new drone manufacturing unit. In an interview with ET, Vishal Chaudhary, co-founder at Zetwerk, said the company is in advanced stages of acquiring firms that specialise in high precision manufacturing, which will compliment its current portfolio of electronic warfare equipment. The executive said the acquisition would be in the Rs 50-75 crore range and would most likely be from Europe. “We have to be very selective in the choice. At the end of the day, the application is aerospace and defence, so that sort of narrows the world and then there are certain international regulations where you can go and where you can’t. So, Europe is one of those potential areas where there are some very good companies,” Chaudhary said, adding that negotiations are at an advanced stage and the acquisition could be completed within six months.

OneDigital has made another move to bolster its wealth management and retirement business with an addition to its RIA subsidiary in Texas.

Hindustan Copper is under the futures & options (F&O) trade ban on Wednesday The MWPL of the stock stood at 113.1% on Tuesday, with OI reported by Trendlyne at 35.6 million. It was up by 15.9% from the previous session. No stock was under the trade ban on Tuesday.

Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel), Southeast Asia's largest telecom operator, on Wednesday reiterated that there was no «impending deal» to divest its Australian telecom unit Optus. Singtel, majority-owned by Singapore sovereign investor Temasek, in March denied an AFR report that it was offloading Optus to Canada's Brookfield for up to $12 billion.

Rajat Sharma, Founder & CEO, Sana Securities, says “real estate has a very long cycle. Once they do become the flavour to be bought, then the stocks move up really sharply and that typically happens in the post-correction period of the market. Right now, I do not think any investors are going to get attracted to real estate.” The auto numbers for March were rather disappointing. What is your top bet within the auto sector – be it the two-wheeler space, passenger vehicles, or commercial vehicles? Rajat Sharma: I think the only number that was disappointing is Hero Motocorp’s, where the overall sales were 8.6% down. But again, the silver lining there was that export sales were up by a mile actually. And it is very difficult to say the reason why sales dipped. Just to give you a disclosure, I hold Hero Moto and I have been consistently recommending the stock on your show. I really like two-wheeler space and I have recommended buying this stock.

Cryptocurrency ether is struggling to keep pace with soaring big brother bitcoin. The no. 2 cryptocurrency, which commands less than a fifth of the $2.7 trillion crypto market, has not done poorly. But ether is up just around 53% in the first three months of this year, compared with bitcoin's 65%.

Gold prices extended their record rally on Wednesday, buoyed by a weaker dollar and safe-haven demand from escalating tensions in the Middle East, while investors looked forward to more U.S. economic data for policy clues. FUNDAMENTALS

₹542 to ₹570 apiece of the face value of ₹5. On Tuesday, the Bharti Aitel's arm, garnered ₹1,924 crore from the anchor investors.

New vehicle sales in the U.S. rose nearly 5% from January through March, as buyers stayed in the market despite high interest rates