As the Information Technology industry struggles with its challenges, major tech giants have been on a layoff spree in March this year.

The downsizing of the company size is mostly being attributed to "cost-cutting" .

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#MintIIS2024 | Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Exclusive On The Road To Viksit Bharat | Mint Investment Summit

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was the chief guest at the Mint India Investment Summit and Awards 2024, where she spelled out the government's path towards 'Viksit Bharat', by 2047. The minister addressed a gathering of subject experts and industry leaders and congratulated Mint for the success of its personal finance sections.

The finance minister acknowledged that the PF stories on Mint are widely-read and appreciated by the masses.

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#MintIIS2024 | Marico founder and chair Harsh Mariwala was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Mint India Investment Summit 2024 on Saturday evening in India’s financial capital, recognising his decades long journey in founding and establishing one of the most successful consumer goods companies in the country.

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The modern history of gold as an investible asset class essentially began in 1971 when the US officially ended the US dollar’s link to gold at a fixed $35/ounce.

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#MintSnapView | There’s compelling data indicating successive governments have allowed the #RBI to manage the rupee without much interference.

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#MintPodcast 🎙️| What drives Carl Pei?

#TopOfTheMorning is a daily podcast in which we bring you all the action from the global markets and the business world to kick-start your day on a well-informed note.

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Penny stock SG Finserve has delivered exceptional #multibagger returns in the last 4 years, surging from ₹2.8 in March 2020 to approximately ₹428 at present. This translates into an extraordinary return of 15185 percent.

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PSBs level up, need pros at the top: FM | Sebi may clear the air on currency derivatives today | Ice creams, drinks, ACs top summer shopping list

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#MintCharts | Most companies purchasing electoral bonds on multiple occasions did not consistently support a single party, a Mint analysis of the data released by the #ElectionCommission of India showed.

The #BJP, the biggest beneficiary of all, had at least 362 distinct corporate donors, with 43 of them being repeat loyal donors (the biggest being Gurugram-based DLF Commercial Developers). The Congress came next, with at least 177 donors, but just eight of them were loyal.

#PersonalFinance | The product is designed in a way that your coverage is four times the base policy cover in two years and five times if you pay the premium for three years in one go.

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#MintPodcast 🎙️| How climate change is biting India’s FMCG companies

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Adieu to FY24 with peak #GST mop-up | PM for global use of #rupee, more digital bank transactions | Small finance banks want to peel off the ‘small’ label

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Here's a snapshot of financial markets for you.

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Here's a compilation of interesting numbers that matter!

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#MintCharts | India announced ₹11.3 trillion worth of new projects across the country during the January-March quarter, two times higher than the figure in the December quarter, provisional data from the project-tracking database of the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) showed.

However, the overall value of new projects for the fiscal year 2023-24 experienced a decline of nearly 31%, following two consecutive years of substantial growth.

Today's #MintMetric by Bibek Debroy!

#PersonalFinance | There are eight pension fund managers to choose from & one of the ways to do that is by tracking the returns.

Here is a breakdown of the performance of different funds - equity fund, government bond fund & corporate bond fund - of the private sector NPS.

#StocksToWatch | Here are top stocks that could be in focus today!

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#PersonalFinance | Though not fool proof, a prevalent practice adopted to prevent value erosion on account of formal separation is via a trust structure.

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