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Investment in cleaner energy is on the verge of overtaking spending on fossil fuels for the first time ever after exceeding $1 trillion last year, a report on Tuesday said.

Tiger Global and Accel are reportedly in talks to sell their remaining stake in Flipkart to Walmart for about $1.5 billion (roughly Rs. 12,235 crore). Meanwhile, the stake collectively amounts to about 5 percent and would raise Walmart's ownership in Flipkart, according to a report.

Avatar: The Way of Water has surpassed the $2 billion (about Rs. 16,230 crore) mark globally, setting the best record in the pandemic era. With a precise figure of $2.02 billion (about Rs. 16,397 crore), the film currently stands at the sixth position, among the highest-grossing movies of all time. Director James Cameron’s much-awaited sequel mad...

The overall crypto market valuation rose by 0.69 percent in the last 24 hours. Bitcoin, Ether, Cardano, and Polygon opened with substantial gains today. After November 2022, this is the first time in 2023 that the global crypto market valuation has reached and breached the trillion-dollar mark. Meanwhile, altcoins such as Tether and USD Coin record...

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, a global figurehead of progressive politics, shocked the country today by announcing she would resign from office in a matter of weeks.

Spotify has never turned an annual profit; it seems to be in “perennial start-up mode,” as music royalties expert Phil Bird recently put it. The firm seems to be pursuing an alternative course, disrupting its own core product by folding into a new kind of tech offering pitched as the “Spotify machine” to investors. Here's why Spotify needs ...

"We count a lot on India's leadership of the G-20. Because it is such a critical time for the world to protect its own wellbeing by protecting the integrated global economy," IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said.

According to Aditi Nayar, chief economist at the agency, with a global growth slowdown looming large, Budget 2023needs to focus on sustaining the domestic growth momentum, while at the same time demonstrating a continued commitment towards fiscal consolidation.

Samsung on Friday said that its Q4 profit fell to an eight-year low, amid low demand for electronic devices and falling memory chip prices and a weak global economy. The South Korean conglomerate's dismal profit estimate also sets a weak tone for other technology firms' quarterly results. Meanwhile, the company's profits are expected to shrink agai...

Overwatch 2’s Battle for Olympus limited-time event is now live, bringing a new free-for-all deathmatch mode with seven select Heroes, reimagined as Greek gods, goddesses, and creatures. Blizzard Entertainment has also dropped patch notes for each hero, detailing their abilities, alongside a global leaderboard to honour a hero with an in-game sta...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday (local time) said that Google India has committed to mentoring 1 million Indian women entrepreneurs at the launch of the US Strategy on Global Women's Economic Security.

Kraken crypto exchange has decided to exit the Japanese market in a bid to prioritise its resources at a time when the global crypto industry is undergoing a slump. Kraken has asked its customers in Japan to withdraw their fiat and crypto holdings before February.

Realme 10 will be launched soon in India. Realme has also set up an event page for the device on its India website. There is no launch date yet but the event page says it is coming soon. The Realme 10 was unveiled in select global markets last month. It has a dual rear camera setup led by a 50-megapixel primary sensor.

Twitter is rolling out View Count for tweets enabling users to see how many people have seen a tweet. The feature is already available for videos on the platform, but now it will be accessible on texts as well.

Stock Market India: Equity benchmarks plunged to their lowest since late October on Friday, extending their losses for the fourth straight session.

Investment in cleaner energy is on the verge of overtaking spending on fossil fuels for the first time ever after exceeding $1 trillion last year, a report on Tuesday said.

Tiger Global and Accel are reportedly in talks to sell their remaining stake in Flipkart to Walmart for about $1.5 billion (roughly Rs. 12,235 crore). Meanwhile, the stake collectively amounts to about 5 percent and would raise Walmart's ownership in Flipkart, according to a report.

Avatar: The Way of Water has surpassed the $2 billion (about Rs. 16,230 crore) mark globally, setting the best record in the pandemic era. With a precise figure of $2.02 billion (about Rs. 16,397 crore), the film currently stands at the sixth position, among the highest-grossing movies of all time. Director James Cameron’s much-awaited sequel mad...

The overall crypto market valuation rose by 0.69 percent in the last 24 hours. Bitcoin, Ether, Cardano, and Polygon opened with substantial gains today. After November 2022, this is the first time in 2023 that the global crypto market valuation has reached and breached the trillion-dollar mark. Meanwhile, altcoins such as Tether and USD Coin record...

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, a global figurehead of progressive politics, shocked the country today by announcing she would resign from office in a matter of weeks.

Spotify has never turned an annual profit; it seems to be in “perennial start-up mode,” as music royalties expert Phil Bird recently put it. The firm seems to be pursuing an alternative course, disrupting its own core product by folding into a new kind of tech offering pitched as the “Spotify machine” to investors. Here's why Spotify needs ...

"We count a lot on India's leadership of the G-20. Because it is such a critical time for the world to protect its own wellbeing by protecting the integrated global economy," IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said.

According to Aditi Nayar, chief economist at the agency, with a global growth slowdown looming large, Budget 2023needs to focus on sustaining the domestic growth momentum, while at the same time demonstrating a continued commitment towards fiscal consolidation.

Samsung on Friday said that its Q4 profit fell to an eight-year low, amid low demand for electronic devices and falling memory chip prices and a weak global economy. The South Korean conglomerate's dismal profit estimate also sets a weak tone for other technology firms' quarterly results. Meanwhile, the company's profits are expected to shrink agai...

Overwatch 2’s Battle for Olympus limited-time event is now live, bringing a new free-for-all deathmatch mode with seven select Heroes, reimagined as Greek gods, goddesses, and creatures. Blizzard Entertainment has also dropped patch notes for each hero, detailing their abilities, alongside a global leaderboard to honour a hero with an in-game sta...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday (local time) said that Google India has committed to mentoring 1 million Indian women entrepreneurs at the launch of the US Strategy on Global Women's Economic Security.

Kraken crypto exchange has decided to exit the Japanese market in a bid to prioritise its resources at a time when the global crypto industry is undergoing a slump. Kraken has asked its customers in Japan to withdraw their fiat and crypto holdings before February.

Realme 10 will be launched soon in India. Realme has also set up an event page for the device on its India website. There is no launch date yet but the event page says it is coming soon. The Realme 10 was unveiled in select global markets last month. It has a dual rear camera setup led by a 50-megapixel primary sensor.

Twitter is rolling out View Count for tweets enabling users to see how many people have seen a tweet. The feature is already available for videos on the platform, but now it will be accessible on texts as well.

Stock Market India: Equity benchmarks plunged to their lowest since late October on Friday, extending their losses for the fourth straight session.