Why Devina Mehra is bullish on silver

“Even compared to gold, silver is beginning to look good. Unlike gold, silver also has some linkage to industrial demand. The US leading indicator on industrial production is also looking good. So, all this put together bodes well for silver,” she says. Barring some legacy stock holdings, about 90% of Mehra’s investments are channeled through …

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Fintech CRED secures in-principle approval for payment aggregator license

CRED has received the in-principle approval for payment aggregator license in a boost to the Indian fintech startup that could help it better serve its customers and launch new products and experiment with ideas faster. The Bengaluru-headquartered startup, valued at $6.4 billion, received the in-principle approval from the Reserve Bank of India for the payment …

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Journey Under the Sea With 15 Amazing Photos of Marine Life | Science

Text by Tracy Scott Forson Photographs selected Donny Bajohr Scientists estimate that sharks were swimming the seas some 190 million years before dinosaurs roamed the earth, and they’re still here. That’s only one reason why we’re fascinated by the creatures that live in the oceans—one of the few areas of the earth where humans do …

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India scrambles to curb PhonePe and Google’s dominance in mobile payments

The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the governing body overseeing the country’s widely used Unified Payments Interface (UPI) mobile payment system, is set to engage with various fintech startups this month to develop a strategy to address the growing market dominance of PhonePe and Google Pay in the UPI ecosystem. NPCI executives plan to …

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Indian regulators plan panel to weigh derivatives risk, sources say

India’s top financial regulators will form a committee to assess stability risks emerging from a surge in derivatives markets and suggest policy changes if required, two sources familiar with the matter said. Options trading in India has soared in the last five years, fuelled mainly by retail investors. The notional value of index options traded …

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The OnePlus offline sales ban could spread across India

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Another Indian retail association has threatened to stop selling OnePlus products in the market. This could effectively result in OnePlus products not being sold offline across India. The threat comes after a smaller offline retail association said it would stop selling OnePlus products from May 1. OnePlus may …

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