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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mumbai: In September 2021, when Rajiv Kaul, vice-chairman and chief executive of CMS Info Systems, India’s largest cash management firm, met investors, he was desperate to explain that his business had potential. The questions he faced were primarily around how the dwindling use of cash in the years ahead would impact a business that relies on the movement of paper currency.

YES Bank and AU Small Finance Bank have introduced various credit card related changes in December. While AU Small Finance Bank has revised its reward points, Axis Bank has made several changes to the general terms and conditions of most of its credit cards. SBI has revised utility bill payments fees, and YES Bank has revised reward point redemption category. December 2024 money deadlines: Don't miss deadlines for free Aadhaar updates, special FDs, and credit card changes

Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter, sparing the younger Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions and reversing his past promises not to use the extraordinary powers of the presidency for the benefit of his family, as per a report. The Democratic president had previously said he would not pardon his son or commute his sentence after convictions in the two cases in Delaware and California. The move on Sunday night comes weeks before Hunter Biden was set to receive his punishment after his trial conviction in the gun case and guilty plea on tax charges, and less than two months before President-elect Donald Trump is set to return to the White House, AP reported. It caps a long-running legal saga for the younger Biden, who publicly disclosed he was under federal investigation in December 2020 — a month after his father’s 2020 victory — and casts a pall over the elder Biden's legacy.

Over 50 protesters reportedly entered the premises of the Bangladeshi mission in Agartala, triggering concerns among those present at the complex. «The incident earlier today of the breach of premises at the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Agartala is deeply regrettable,» the MEA said.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce spent Thanksgiving together. Yes, you read that right. Taylor and Travis had a fun-filled Thanksgiving together. The Kanas City Chief, 35 and the mega pop superstar Taylor Swift, 34, celebrated the holiday together and brought along both of their families, a source confirms exclusively to People. The pop star and her family, including mom Andrea Swift and dad Scott Swift, hosted the NFL player and his family member’s in Nashville, the report said. ALSO READ: Amid Kate Middleton-Prince William's sensational rumours about married life, Princess of Wales' Christmas decision sparks buzz

Baillie Gifford's and Schroders' decisions coincides with the deadline for the SDR naming and marketing rules today (2 December), while asset managers that filed a request to adopt one of the FCA's four labels before October 2024 will have until 2 April 2025 to comply. The ‘Sustainability Impact' label will be taken up by the Baillie Gifford Positive Change fund and a pair of Schroders strategies: the Schroders Capital Real Estate Impact fund and the Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust, both of which had already revealed their intention to adopt the label.  Schroder and Victory Hill beco...

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In recent years, the decline in debt mutual fund investors has been alarming. Since 2020, folios in fixed income funds have dropped to 7.1 million from 8.1 million even as equity-oriented fund folios have skyrocketed to over 1.5 billion from 638 million. While the percentage of total MF assets to bank fixed deposits has risen to 31% in 2024 from 16% in 2020, the ratio of fixed income assets under management to bank deposits remains a paltry 7.5% as of October 2024.

Digital payments major PhonePe has decided to discontinue its partnership with payment orchestration platform Juspay. Instead, the Walmart-backed company is opting for direct integration with merchants. This will also allow PhonePe to offer an integrated payment experience to its merchants from origination of the transaction to the final settlement. While PhonePe has been offering the direct integration service for quite some time now, going forward the company will stop all third-party integrations, a person in the know said.

Pokarna Ltd.(up 14.75%), Ashapura Minechem Ltd.(up 6.01%), Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores Ltd.(up 5.87%), 20 Microns Ltd.(up 5.00%), Oriental Trimex Ltd.(up 4.94%), Madhav Marbles & Granites Ltd.(up 1.50%), MOIL Ltd.(up 1.46%), Coal India Ltd.(up 1.28%), Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd.(up 1.12%) and NMDC Ltd.(up 0.74%) stood among the top gainers.

The Dubai Shopping Festival is just around the corner. Get ready to dive into this shopper's paradise and experience for yourself why shopping in Dubai is a world of its own.

The value of Thanksgiving gravy is shown in the FRIENDS TV serial episode ‘The One with Ross’s Sandwich’. The sandwich is made with what an obsessed Ross rather grossly calls the ‘moistmaker’, a slice of bread soaked in leftover gravy. It acknowledges that bread and gravy are natural partners, as the Old Foodie’s blog notes in a recipe for ‘Gravy-bread for invalids’ from an 1859 English cookery book.

Shares of Natco Pharma Ltd.(up 2.88 per cent), Biocon Ltd.(up 2.8 per cent), Gland Pharma Ltd.(up 2.43 per cent), Mankind Pharma Ltd.(up 2.16 per cent) and Granules India Ltd.(up 1.84 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

Positioned along the seismically active Ring of Fire, Indonesia and the Philippines have the second and third highest installed geothermal energy capacity in the world, after the United States

Negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution have concluded in Busan, South Korea without reaching an agreement

Prosus, the Dutch-listed technology investment arm of Naspers, is gearing up for a ramp-up in its India IPO pipeline, highlighting five potential IPOs over the next 18 months. E-commerce firm Meesho, omnichannel jewellery retailer Bluestone, and fintech company PayU India are among the firms lining up for public offerings. Prosus CEO Fabricio Bloisi did not elaborate on the IPO timelines during a call with reporters on Monday. The company also disclosed that it had acquired an 11% stake in supply chain finance firm Mintifi for approximately $80 million. Additionally, it invested $100 million in housing finance company Vastu Finance, securing an 8.4% stake.

Supreme Court on Monday expressed concern over the inadequate implementation of Stage IV of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) in the national capital region to combat severe air pollution. The court observed that despite the alarming air quality levels, there has been a lack of serious enforcement of measures outlined under GRAP Stage IV, which is triggered when air quality deteriorates to hazardous levels.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Filmmakers across Indian languages are churning out mythological tales even after the middling performance of such movies recently, hoping to combine high-quality visual effects with a larger-than-life narrative to speak to cultural and nationalistic sentiments, besides catering to family audiences.

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