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Ola Advances Plan for IPO as EV Scooters Take Off in India, Plans to Unveil Electric Car in 2024 by Ragini Saxena and Debjit Chakraborty, Bloomberg, 17 July 2023 AUTO Apple Could Reveal Mac Products With M3 Chip by October This Year: Mark Gurman Written by Richa Sharma, 16 July 2023 PC/ LAPTOPS Microsoft to Let Call of Duty Stay on PlayStation After Activision Blizzard Deal by Reuters, 16 July 2023 GAMING Amazon Prime Day Sale 2023 Ends Tonight: Best Discounts on Acer, Asus, Other Laptops Under Rs. 30,000 Written by Richa Sharma, 16 July 2023 PC/ LAPTOPS Xiaomi Plans to Boost Smartphone Sale in India as Samsung Struggles by Reuters, 16 July 2023 MOBILES Infinix GT 10 Pro, GT 10 Pro+ Design and Key Specifications Leak, Looks Similar to Nothing Phone 2 Written by David Delima, 16 July 2023 MOBILES Twitter Cash Flow Still Negative Because of 50 Percent Drop in Ad Revenue, Heavy Debt: Elon Musk by Reuters, 16 July 2023 APPS India’s New Online Gaming Tax Will Stifle Foreign Investment, Put ...

ESG funds ✅The asset size of ESG funds has ballooned nearly five times to Rs 12,300 crore over the last couple of years. ✅Environment, social responsibility, and corporate governance have of late emerged as key themes for investors in India. ✅The demand and growth for ESG funds in Asia, especially in India, has been overwhelming, it is 32%. ● What are ESG Funds? ✅They are used synonymously with sustainable and socially responsible investing. ✅While selecting a stock for investment, an ESG fund shortlists companies that score high on environment, social responsibility, and corporate governance, and then looks at financial factors. ✅With the overall increase in awareness, and with regulations moving in this direction, investors are re-evaluating traditional approaches and considering the impact of their decisions on the planet. ✅The key difference between the ESG funds and other funds is 'conscience ' i.e the ESG fund focuses on companies with environment-friendly practices, ethi...

1. The United States would treat China’s pursuit of resources in the dispute-rife South China Sea as illegal 2. The United States has rejected China’s claims in the South China Sea 3. The South China Sea is both home to valuable oil and gas deposits and is a vital waterway for the world’s commerce. Nine dash line 1. China  claims most of the South China Sea through a nine-dash line, a vague delineation based on maps from the 1940s. 2. It has built military bases on artificial islands in the contested areas to cement its claims. 3. Four years ago, a tribunal under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea gave a decision against the nine-dash line. 4. China is a party to the Convention and is bound by it. The United States is one of the few countries that is not part of the convention. 5. Based on the court decision, China cannot make claims based on the Scarborough Reef or Spratly Islands, a vast uninhabited archipelago. 6. The US rejects China’s claims in the waters surrounding Vang...