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Haven’t received the PM Kisan 11th installment yet? Check how to raise PM Kisan complaint online

PM Narendra Modi has released the PM Kisan 11th Installment to beneficiary farmers. If you haven’t received the credit then you can raise complaint with simple and easy steps. The central government has officially released the 11th installment of the PM Kisan fund under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme on May 31. Nearly Rs. 21,000 crore has been credited to 10 crore farmers as per the reports. Under this scheme, the beneficiaries get Rs.

AI Expert Says Soon People Will Raise “Virtual Children” That Cost Less, Are Less Messy

Catriona Campbell, a UK-based artificial intelligence expert, argues we could soon be raising artificially intelligence virtual children inside the metaverse.She dubs these hypothetical offspring "Tamagotchi children," in a reference to the popular virtual pets from the 1990s.In her new book "AI by Design: A Plan For Living With Artificial Intelligence," The Telegraph reports, Campbell argues that these virtual kiddos could be an environmentally friendly and cheaper answer to overpopulation and limited resources.In short,…

Apple says it will raise pay for corporate and retail employees in tight labor market

Steve Proehl | Corbis Unreleased | Getty ImagesApple said on Wednesday that it will raise pay for corporate and retail workers later this year. The move comes during a historically tight labor market in the U.S. and as employees contend with increased inflation and cost of living.Apple's move comes after Google, Amazon and Microsoft made changes to their compensation structures in recent weeks to pay workers more in a bid to retain and attract talent."Supporting and retaining the best team members in the world enables us…

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Reportedly Looking to Raise $1.7 Billion in Fresh Funding

Aerospace firm SpaceX is looking to raise $1.7 billion (roughly Rs. 13,192 crore) in fresh funding, a massive initiative as its controversial founder Elon Musk continues to make news, television channel CNBC reported Sunday.Citing a company-wide email the network said it obtained, CNBC reported the space travel pioneer would be paying $70 (roughly Rs. 5,430) a share — 25 percent above the $56 (roughly Rs. 4,345) a share the stock traded for in February after a stock split.That would value the 20-year-old firm — the first…

Higher Rates Raise Risk of Future Fed Losses

The Federal Reserve’s plans to raise interest rates aggressively to combat high inflation could have an overlooked and uncomfortable side effect for the central bank: capital losses.The potential for losses hinges on obscure monetary plumbing. The Fed’s $9 trillion portfolio, sometimes called a balance sheet, is full of mostly interest-bearing assets—Treasury and mortgage-backed securities—with an average yield of 2.3%. On the other side of the ledger—the liability side of the Fed’s balance sheet—are bank deposits held at…

Elon Musk’s SpaceX looks to raise $1.7 billion in new funding

A Falcon 9 rocket launches a batch of Starlink satellites to orbit on April 29, 2022.SpaceXSpaceX is raising a massive round of fresh funding, CNBC has learned, sending the private company's valuation to about $127 billion.The space venture is looking to bring in up to $1.725 billion in new capital, at a price of $70 per share, according to a company-wide email on Friday obtained by CNBC. Notably, SpaceX split its stock price 10-for-1 in February, which reduced the common stock to $56 a share – with the new valuation…

Residential school survivors didn’t want to ‘wear’ decision to raise flag: documents

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Politics PMN News PMN Canada Author of the article: The Canadian Press Stephanie Taylor Article content OTTAWA — Documents show some residential school survivors told Ottawa they didn’t want to “wear” a decision to raise the Canadian flag, as the government spent months mulling how to lift the Maple Leaf from half-mast. Hoisting the flag became a source of debate last year after it was lowered for months following the discovery of what were believed to be the…

High Inflation, Slowing Growth Raise Risk of Global Downturn

The global economy is in danger of entering a period of so-called stagflation, or high inflation and weak growth, policy makers and corporate leaders say, which could erode living standards around the world.Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday became the latest leader to warn of turbulence for the global economy. “Certainly the economic outlook globally is challenging and uncertain,” Ms. Yellen said in Bonn, Germany, ahead of a meeting of leaders of seven wealthy nations. “Higher…

Cyber Insurers Raise Rates Amid a Surge in Costly Hacks

Insurers significantly increased premiums for cyber coverage over the course of 2021, as a string of high-profile attacks and government action helped boost demand for products, data collected by industry bodies shows.Direct-written premiums collected by the largest U.S. insurance carriers in 2021 swelled by 92% year-over-year, according to information submitted to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, an industry watchdog, and compiled by ratings firms. Analysts say that the increase primarily reflects…

LinkedIn and DeepMind co-founders raise $225 million

DeepMind co-founder Mustafa SuleymanGreylock PartnersInflection AI, the new artificial intelligence start-up from DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, has secured $225 million in funding, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last week.The funding, first reported by TechCrunch, has been raised at an undisclosed valuation and it's not clear who the investors are at this stage. It's likely that a large chunk of the funding will be used to hire AI experts…