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A Google employee was fired after he disrupted the keynote address addressed by the managing director of the search engine giant's Israel business over the company's contract with the Israel military, CNBC reported. A viral video shows the…
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Bitcoin rose to $70,000 for the first time, even as traders appear to be shifting their attention elsewhere for higher returns in fringe tokens known as memecoins. Tokens such as Dogecoin and Pepe posted double-digit percentage gains on…
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In a major setback to the Congress ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha election, the Income Tax Tribunal on Friday dismissed the party's plea seeking a stay against. The income tax department's action against Congress's bank accounts. Advocate…
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Walmart-owned e-commerce firm Flipkart may launch a quick-commerce service in the next couple of months to compete with firms like Zepto, Swiggy’s Instamart and Zomato’s Blinkit, it was reported. “Flipkart is working on this service and…
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Ahead of general elections, the government on Thursday announced the extension of ₹300 per LPG cylinder subsidy to poor women under the Ujjwala Yojana for the next fiscal starting April 1. The government had in October last year hiked the…
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UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt said he would extend the windfall tax on the profits of oil and gas companies by one year. The Energy Profits Levy was introduced in May 2022 to raise funds to help people who faced soaring energy…
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Singapore Telecommunications on Thursday said it has sold a 0.8% stake in Bharti Airtel for S$950 million (nearly $711 million) to U.S. investment firm GQG Partners. The deal is the latest of Southeast Asia's largest telecom operator's…
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Reserve Bank of India governor Shaktikanta Das on Wednesday said that it has taken action against Paytm Payments Bank, a regulated entity, and has nothing against fintech companies. Das assured that 80-85 per cent of Paytm wallet users…
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Israel sold $8 billion of international bonds, the nation’s first such transaction in public markets since the war erupted with Hamas — and its biggest sale of dollar notes on record. The government issued $2 billion of notes due in five…
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Few obstacles seem to be in the way of Bitcoin’s current rally. The largest cryptocurrency rose for the second straight day and marched closer to its all-time high, driven by expectations of exchange-traded funds’ robust demand at the…
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