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Saturday, October 5, 2024
TopicBloomberg wire

Topic: Bloomberg wire

Putin would be crazy to cut off Europe’s gas. Or desperate

Putin’s war has pushed the European Union to radically rethink its long-term energy relationship with Russia, one that has endured for half a century, even during the Cold War.

Jeff Bezos poised to clash with Mukesh Ambani over IPL telecast rights

For the first time, the rights to broadcast IPL matches on television and to stream them online will be sold separately, opening the door to Amazon and its Prime video service.

Apple and Meta provided subscriber data to hackers who posed as law officers

Cybersecurity researchers suspect some of the hackers are minors located in the UK and US. One of the minors is also believed to be the mastermind behind the cybercrime group 'Lapsus$'.

Tension between Putin, his military chiefs as they misled him on ground situation, says US

White House spokeswoman Kate Bedingfield said Putin has been 'misinformed' about the Russian military’s performance in Ukraine and the effect of sanctions on his country’s economy.

Mysterious Bill Gates photo highlights Imran Khan’s army crisis

The vacant space contained a ghost-like figure who appeared to be conversing with others around him, raising questions about whether the image had been doctored.

SBI, Kotak asset managers split on whether RBI is falling behind in normalising inflation policy

The Reserve Bank of India has confounded market expectations with its accommodative policy even as inflation breached its 6% limit for two months.

Axis Bank buys Citi India’s consumer banking businesses for Rs 12,300 crore

The cash payout will be the largest among the other six consumer banking markets Citi has exited in the region so far.

One of the biggest crypto heists to date sees hackers steal about $600 mn

Computers known as nodes operated by Axie Infinity maker Sky Mavis and the Axie DAO were attacked. The breach happened on 23 March, but was only discovered Tuesday.

16,600km: Cathay Pacific NY-Hong Kong flight set for distance record with route skipping Russia

The distance of 16,618 kilometres would surpass Singapore Airlines’ New York service, which totals 15,349 km, FlightRadar24 data show. The new Cathay flight will take about 17 hours.

Could Will Smith be stripped of Oscar for slapping Chris Rock? Unlikely, if history is a guide

Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was imprisoned for 23 years for sex crimes in March 2020 and banned from the Academy — but he retained his Oscar for Shakespeare in Love.

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Support reducing for Kolkata doctors. Mamata is not the only one who has to course correct

West Bengal is ready to welcome its daughter home for Durga Puja, but the family is unable to keep the deep-rooted discord within from spilling out. At its head is Mamata Banerjee.

How Modi govt’s Atmanirbhar policy could have hobbled BSNL’s efforts to catch up in 4G race

Restrictions on use of equipment from global vendors have necessitated new indigenous technology being developed, tested & deployed—further delaying BSNL's 4G & 5G launch.

IAF chief AP Singh red-flags Tejas delay, says China ahead in technology & production capacity

Air force chief says HAL needs to churn out 24 aircraft per year. It is important for IAF to have indigenous weapons systems to deal with any security challenges, he says.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?