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Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini has filed a reply brief in response to a lawsuit initiated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The lawsuit, which is being heard in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleges that Gemini's service, Gemini Earn, violated securities regulations by offering «unregistered securities.»

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, publicly endorsed Vivek Ramaswamy, the emerging United States Republican presidential candidate. On August 18, 2023, Musk responded to a post by Tucker Carlson on Twitter, stating, «He is a very promising candidate.» Carlson's original tweet even highlighted Ramaswamy as the «youngest Republican presidential candidate ever» and emphasized his significance in the current political landscape.

G20 Summit in Delhi. The statue symbolises Lord Shiva as the 'lord of dance' and his cosmic power of creation and destruction. "We are installing the tallest-ever statue of Nataraja, in the campus of Bharat Mandapam, the venue of the G20 Summit," PTI reported quoting a source.

90 Day Fiancé' community and fans are grappling with growing concern as Paul Staehle, a prominent figure from the reality TV series, has gone missing following a series of alarming text messages sent on August 31, 2023.

France, saying morality should not weigh on art. One of the most successful directors of his generation, Polanski fled the United States over a conviction for raping a 13-year-old girl in 1977, a crime he admitted. After the #MeToo movement gained global traction in 2017 following sexual abuse allegations against U.S. film producer Harvey Weinstein, a number of women alleged that Polanski had sexually assaulted them as teenagers as well. Polanski, a dual French-Polish national, denied the allegations which never went to trial, but he has since found it hard to secure global distribution deals for his movies, even if actors are still lining up to work with him. 'The Palace', a comedy set in a Swiss hotel peopled with a cast of grotesque characters, stars Mickey Rourke, John Cleese, Oliver Masucci, Fanny Ardant and Joaquim De Almeida. The producer Luca Barbareschi said he had sold distribution rights across continental Europe, but not in France, Britain or the United States, despite the fact well-known actors from all three countries appeared in the film. Barbareschi said Polanski's last movie 'An Officer And A Spy', which opened at the Venice Film Festival in 2019 to critical acclaim, had also never been seen in cinemas in the United States, Britain, Australia or New Zealand. «And we ask ourselves why there are wars.

City is set to face Fulham in their last Premier League match before the upcoming international break. Thus far, Manchester City has maintained an impeccable Premier League record this season, securing victories against Burnley, Newcastle United, and Sheffield United in their previous matches. Fulham, on the other hand, has also demonstrated a strong start to the season, remaining undefeated in league competition. Despite playing with 10 men, they managed to secure a 2-2 draw against Arsenal in their last outing. Additionally, Fulham had a noteworthy performance in the Carabao Cup this week, eliminating Tottenham in a penalty shootout. In the previous encounter against City last November, Fulham narrowly lost due to a 90th-minute penalty from Erling Haaland. Therefore, they aim to pose a formidable challenge to Pep Guardiola's team once again.

Chandrayaan-3 on the South Pole of the Moon, a historic first. Somanath received a handmade model of the Vikram lander model from a very young neighbour. ISRO scientist PV Venkitakrishnan shared the news of the heart-warming gesture on microblogging site ‘X’ (formerly Twitter).

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Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) emerged net sellers in August with a muted performance on D-Street on rising US bond yields and a stronger dollar, compared to the earlier three months of sustained buying. FPIs bought ₹12,262 crore worth of Indian equities and infused a total of ₹18,338 crore as of August 31, taking into account debt, hybrid, debt-VRR, and equities, according to National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL ) data. The ₹12,262 crore-figure also includes bulk deals and investment in primary market.

A recent substantial purchase of Ripple’s XRP (XRP) token has been detected by the crypto tracking platform Whale Alert.

Streaming video is one of the fastest-growing markets in the world, with the OTT video industry alone projected to reach $200 billion in 2023. Short for “over-the-top” video, the OTT video ecosystem includes on-demand video as well as ad-supported video content, and it is mainly driven by the growth of established Web2 streaming platforms, including Netflix, Hulu and Disney+.

Economic Times. Currently, 10.7 lakh Indians are caught up in the backlog, awaiting processing in the EB-2 and EB-3 categories, with an estimated waiting time of a staggering 134 years. This year, the employment-based Green Card backlog has hit a record high of 1.8 million cases, affecting the futures of 1.34 lakh Indian children who may age out before obtaining a Green Card.

FPIs were sellers after three months of sustained buying. In August, FPIs sold stocks for Rs 20,620 crores in the cash market, says V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services. FPIs invested Rs 12,262 crore in August.

The cryptocurrency market is once again filled with dramatic twists and turns. While Bitcoin price faces headwinds, largely due to the US Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) recent decision to delay approvals for spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) applications, there's a palpable buzz in the meme coin sector. 

Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and General Counsel at crypto venture capital firm Paradigm are set the leave the company this month.

Sun's upper atmosphere, the corona, and sampled particles and magnetic fields there. This was the first time ever that a spacecraft touched the Sun, according to NASA. ET's Aditiya-L1 coverage: Track the developments here In February 2020, the NASA joined hands with the European Space Agency (ESA) and launched The Solar Orbiter to collect data to find out how the Sun created and controlled the constantly changing space environment throughout the solar system. Other active solar missions by the NASA are Advanced Composition Explorer launched in August, 1997; Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory in October, 2006; Solar Dynamics Observatory in February, 2010; and Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph launched in June, 2013. Also, in December, 1995, NASA, ESA and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) jointly launched the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). Japan: JAXA, the Japan's space agency, launched its first solar observation satellite, Hinotori (ASTRO-A), in 1981.

So-called "legacy admissions" — long a standard practice at many prestigious American universities, including Harvard and Stanford — are coming under increased scrutiny, though it's unlikely they'll go without a fight, even in a country that extols success through individual merit. But cracks are beginning to form, galvanized by a recent Supreme Court case and an Education Department investigation sparked by a legal complaint aiming to take down what one university president called an «aristocratic» system unfit for a democracy. Legacy admissions don't guarantee entry into a particular university, but they do give hopefuls an edge: If a prospective student can boast that, in addition to having a solid academic record, they are the child or relative of an alumnus, that can tip the scales in their favor during the very competitive admissions process. Harvard University's acceptance rate for «legacy» students from 2014 to 2019 was 33 percent, according to the student newspaper — compared to its overall acceptance rate of six percent.

gold closed almost flat at $1,940 on Friday as US treasuries fell, despite a weak monthly US job report. The surge in yields on Friday boosted the US dollar index, thus mitigating the impact of a weak job report. However, the yellow metal was up nearly 1.37% for the week as yields were lower in the week ending September 1. The US non-farm payroll report for August was softer than expected.

Aditya-L1. Few know exactly why the study of the Sun is so important for people on Earth. One major reason is the harmful impact of the Sun on Earth. Storms on the Sun and flares it emits, if they are directed towards Earth, can cause huge damage. Major objectives of Aditya-L1 include the study of the physics of solar corona and its heating mechanism, the solar wind acceleration, coupling and dynamics of the solar atmosphere, solar wind distribution and temperature anisotropy, and origin of Coronal Mass Ejections and flares and near-earth space weather. Aditya-L1 will study how storms and flares from the Sun emerge and impact us on Earth and our space activities. What happened in the Canadian province of Quebec in 1989 is an instructive case. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the American space agency, has described how disturbances on the Sun disrupted life on Earth.

The Economic Times. In an official statement, the company revealed its plan to cut around 4% of its workforce. It said that Pega expects some of the job cuts in the state of Massachusetts, ET reported, citing Boston Business Journal. "These will be go-to-market roles in order to simplify our client engagement approach and better support our business strategy.

Tharman Shanmugaratnam winning Singapore's presidential election, he joins a long list of Indian-origin leaders who are dominating politics at important world capitals. Shanmugaratnam, 66, received 70.4 per cent of the votes in the presidential election held on Friday. «Singaporeans have chosen Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam to be our next president by a decisive margin,» Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said as he congratulated Tharman on Saturday. He is among several leaders of Indian heritage who have ascended to the highest echelon of public service globally. His victory signifies the rising influence of Indians across the globe. In the US, the growing influence of the Indian-American community can be seen in the success of Kamala Harris, who became the first woman and the first coloured Vice President of the country. She was a senator for California from 2017 to 2021.