Next to a primary school and a shabby playground in India’s financial capital Mumbai stands a plush four-story building that’s home to the world’s newest breed of athlete.

More than 20 young “streamers” in residence spend their day playing video games, training hard for televised esports tournaments that draw in millions of viewers.

The Congress on Thursday took a swipe at the government for filing a review petition in the Supreme Court against the release of convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, saying it is "a case of belated wisdom".

"Government's decision to file review petition against the release of Rajiv Gandhi assassination convicts is a case of belated wisdom dawning," said AICC general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal.

Ahead of Gujarat assembly polls, Congress has expressed confidence in winning the elections stating that the people of Gujarat want a change this time after a 27-year-long rule by the BJP.

Deputy Leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi told ANI that he is quite excited to wait for the results and for the final votes to be counted because this time the people of Gujarat are going to "vote for a change".

Even if supplies are made under a government scheme, these may not be exempt from Goods and Services Tax (GST) if these are not directly supplied to governments or local authorities.

Work done for State Urban Development Agency (SUDA) under the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) and Mission Nirmal Bangla would not be exempt from GST, according to the state Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR).

With the initial roll-out of 5G in India, global chip-maker Qualcomm has bolstered its efforts with Reliance Jio to help it fast connect 100 million homes through its 5G fixed wireless accessAincluding the millimetre wave (mmWave), a top company executive has said.

Qualcomm is working very closely with Reliance Jio to provide its chipset platforms for the 5G fixed wireless access and the Open RAN 5G network.

Gold prices surged during Friday's early trade, with ten grams of 22 carat gold trading at Rs 48,760 after rising by Rs 10 from yesterday's close, according to the GoodReturns website. Silver prices fell by Rs 800 during Friday's early trade to Rs 61,200.

Ten grams of 24 carat gold is trading at Rs 53,190 after rising by Rs 10 from yesterday's close.

State-owned insurance behemoth Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) is aiming to achieve a mix of 75:25 between participatory and non-participatory business in the individual segment in the next few years and once that happens, it will give a significant push to the value of new business (VNB) and VNB margins of the corporation, the management said in an analyst call post the company’s Q2 earnings.

As of H1FY23, the non-par share on an individual annaulised premium equivalent (APE) basis of LIC stood at 8.99 per cent while par stood at 91.09 per cent.

Startup accelerator BharatX will invest USD 15 million (about Rs 122 crore) over the next 18 months in the Indian startup ecosystem, the firm said on Thursday.

A joint venture between India Accelerator and think-tank Council for International Economic Understanding (CIEU), BharatX will invest Rs 1-5 crore in each startup during the first edition of the accelerator programme.

Shares of R Systems International zoomed 20 per cent to Rs 281.55 on the BSE in Thursday’s intra-day trade after private equity player Blackstone made an open offer to acquire majority stake in the IT-enabled services company at price of Rs 245 per share.

At 10:12 am, the stock traded 14 per cent higher at Rs 267.40, as compared to 0.06 per cent decline on the S&P BSE Sensex.

Oil refining and marketing company BPCL's former chairman Arun Kumar Singh is likely to be the new chairman of India's top oil and gas producer ONGC -- the first instance of a top PSU board-level position going to a person aged over 60.

A search-cum-selection committee, constituted by the oil ministry, zeroed in on Singh after interviewing six candidates on August 27, two sources aware of the matter said.

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