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Deepfakes of Bollywood stars spark concerns of AI meddling in LS elections

Both AI-generated videos end with the Congress election symbol and slogan: "Vote for Justice, Vote for Congress"

West teetering on brink of conflict between nuclear powers. says Russia

'United States and NATO were obsessed with the idea of inflicting "strategic defeat" on Russia,' says Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov

Mahindra Logistics Q4 loss widens to Rs 12.85 cr on subdued volume growth

The company declared a dividend on Rs 2.50 per share

Paytm Payments Bank board is independent, says CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma

Paytm Payments Bank's parent is One 97 Communications, popularly known as Paytm for its digital payments app. One97 owns 49% in the payments bank, while Sharma holds the remaining 51%

India's polished diamond exports decline by 27.5% as key markets falter

The fall in exports forced the world's biggest diamond polisher to reduce imports of rough diamonds by 18% from a year ago to $14.27 billion in the financial year ended March 31

Souring China dreams force Western financial firms to cut down on costs

More companies are expected to follow suit soon as a tepid deals pipeline and lacklustre asset generation weigh on expenses and revenues

Ukraine set to send $20 bn rework proposal to bondholders by early May

The freeze was struck after Russia's invasion of the country in February 2022 hit its economy hard

TotalEnergies signs deal with Oman to build LNG hub, eyes marine fuel mkt

TotalEnergies, which owns 5.54% of Oman LNG, will be supplied by the company for 10 years from 2025, they said in separate statements

Express Inc files for US bankruptcy protection, to close over 100 stores

Fashion retailer Express Inc has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States and intends to close more than 100 stores, it said on Monday

Automakers from GM to Volvo eye cuts as 2-way EV charging becomes real

For many years V2G remained largely theoretical, as the Nissan Leaf was the sole EV capable of it

EU aims to increase agri-food exports to China despite trade tensions

Unlike sectors such as solar panels or new energy vehicles (NEVs) the European Union's agri-food sector runs an export surplus in its trade with China

ECB governors fear Fed-style 'dot plot' would invite political pressure

Their concerns highlight the contradictions of the euro zone's architecture compared with jurisdictions with only one national government, such as Britain and the United States

India needs rate cuts to reach potential growth: MPC members Varma, Goyal

Earlier this month, the MPC kept the lending rate steady at 6.5 per cent for the seventh meeting in a row after having raised it by a total of 250 basis points between May 2022 and February 2023

Australia condemns X's fight against removal of Sydney attack images

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese criticised the broadcast of violent images and said some social media content exacerbated the pain of many people

EU foreign ministers to discuss air defence for Ukraine, Iran sanctions

After a video conference of NATO defence ministers with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday, Stoltenberg said he expected announcements soon

China leaves benchmark lending rates unchanged in line with expectations

The one-year loan prime rate (LPR) was kept at 3.45 per cent, while the five-year LPR was unchanged at 3.95 per cent

Plastic pollution: What do countries, firms want in global treaty talks?

Meanwhile, the 60-nation "High-Ambition Coalition", which includes EU countries, island nations, Japan and the UAE, wants to end plastic pollution by 2040

Salesforce abandons talks to acquire data-management firm Informatica

Informatica's shares closed at $35.19 on Friday, valuing the Redwood City, California-based company at about $11.2 billion, including debt

Indian forex, bond investors eye developments in Middle East, US inflation

The currency fell 0.1 per cent in the week to end at 83.47, and the losses would have been larger had it not been for the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) intervention

Tesla cuts price of Full Self-Driving software by a third to $8,000

Earlier this month, Musk said Tesla will unveil its robotaxis on Aug. 8, after Reuters reported Tesla had scrapped its inexpensive, mass-market car in favour of robotaxis