#MintCharts | At the United Nations climate change summits (COPs), India has positioned itself as a voice for the global south, asking for equal responsibility-sharing for tackling the climate crisis. However, with its own emissions rising, how is India playing the balancing act of safeguarding its interests?

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#PersonalFinance | Sebi's approval for MSM Reits formalizes fractional ownership, accommodating larger platforms like Strata & PropShare and smaller investors through structures like ALYF & Brikkit, offering opportunities in India's commercial real estate sector - writes Akshat Rohatgi

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#Mint20BestFunds | We have hand-picked 20 #mutualfunds for your portfolio that have jumped through hoops of good returns, low risk, good portfolio hygiene and our own qualitative research.

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On the latest #DataRewind in today's Mint, we examine the number of footfalls at the top 10 centrally protected monuments in India in 2001.

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Indian drug regulator Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has banned a widely used anti-cold cocktail medicine combination for infants and children under four years of age, and ordered that drugs should be labelled accordingly.

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India recorded 358 new cases of #COVID19 and six fatalities, as reported by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare today.

Notably, Kerala alone accounted for 300 new active cases and reported three deaths.

Read more: https://www.read.ht/R2AC

More than 15,000 employees were laid off by roughly 100 Indian startups in 2023 as funding winter persists. Cash-strapped Byju's sacked 2,500 of its staff in the second round this year.

Read here: https://www.read.ht/R2GG

#SanjaySingh was elected as the next President of the Wrestling Federation of India. He is known to be a close confidante of sexual harassment accused Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.

He managed to win most of the posts in the delayed polls as outgoing chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh gained indirect control over the sports body.

Read here: https://www.read.ht/R2GR

#MintCharts | India emerged as the top remittance recipient in 2023, with inwards remittance set to top $125 billion, according to World Bank. India is followed by Mexico and China.

#MitshiIndia on December 21 informed the exchanges that it has accepted the resignation of Rinku Niket Patel from the post of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in the company.

https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/mitshi-india-cfo-resigns-on-school-notebook-paper-in-handwritten-letter-see-picture-11703209475264.html

#PersonalFinance | India's insurance regulator (#Irdai) proposes increased surrender values for life policies, potentially reaching 75-84% of the premium, which could benefit policyholders but impact insurers' margins - Aprajita Sharma writes


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#PersonalFinance | Whether you are planning overseas travel or want to send money abroad, it is always a good idea to shop around for the best #forex exchange rate.

Here's a list of INR to USD forex rates offered by some of the major banks & travel aggregators.

#MintDataBytes | Which country offers the most affordable iPhone 15?

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A special court here on Thursday granted bail to #YesBank co-founder #RanaKapoor in a money-laundering case linked to alleged financial irregularities at the bank.

He, however, would not walk out of jail at present as he has not been granted bail in a related case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation.

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The prices of commercial cooking gas (#LPG) were reduced by ₹39.50 per 19-kg cylinder today, aligning with the decline in international benchmarks.

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#AirIndia set to induct first of long-haul A350s today | #FPI monthly flows hit 3-yr high in December | Govt asks PSBs to review top IBC cases

Read today's Mint e-paper here: https://epaper.livemint.com

Bhavish Aggarwal, the founder of #OlaElectric, is set to sell around 47.4 million shares in the SoftBank Group-backed e-scooter maker, as per the company's preliminary draft papers filed with SEBI on December 22.

Read more: https://www.read.ht/R2mr

India has reported 752 #COVID19 cases in the past 24 hours, the highest since May 21, 2023, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday.

The active cases have increased to 3,420, while the country's overall Covid case tally stood at 4.50 crore (4,50,07,964)

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Google is planning to reorganise a large part of its 30,000-strong ad sales unit as a result of the company's recent advances in artificial intelligence, according to a report by The Information.

https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/google-to-let-go-of-30-000-employees-due-to-new-ai-innovation-heres-what-report-suggests-11703383333475.html

Building wealth in India is not about spotting #multibaggers. You have to spread your money across stocks & assets & avoid mistakes over the course of your investing life. This can only be done if you have the right knowledge.

This Mint collection puts together our in-depth stories on a range of #personalfinance topics, including investing ideas, #mutualfunds, early #retirement, how to spot risks, #finfluencers & more.

Read on: https://livemint.com/topic/best-of-mint-money-in-2023

A lot went down in the world of tech in the last week from the passing of Telecommunications Bill 2023 in the Indian parliament to the global outage that affected X & the launch of some key smartphones.

Here's a look at all that went down in the world of technology in the last week.

https://www.livemint.com/technology/tech-news/weekly-tech-recap-from-passing-of-telecom-bill-to-global-x-outage-a-look-at-top-tech-news-of-the-week-11703395378319.html