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Google experienced a significant outage affecting users across the globe. Starting around 9 am ET, individuals reported issues accessing key Google services, including Gmail, the search engine, YouTube, and more. Downdetector, which monitors online outages, recorded a sharp increase in complaints, revealing a widespread impact. Regional Impact and Service Breakdown The outage particularly affected major US cities such as Los Angeles and New York City, with additional reports from Houston, San Francisco, Dallas, Boston, and Chicago. According to Downdetector’s heat map, 57% of the reported problems were related to Google’s search functionality, 31% were linked to website performance, and 11% concerned Google Drive.

Indian rupee weakened to a record low versus the US dollar on Monday, as Asian currencies fell due to risk aversion ahead of the US consumer price inflation numbers expected this week. The rupee was also pressured by a rise in crude oil prices. The rupee closed at 83.9725 versus the US dollar on Monday, as against its last close of 83.955 versus the US dollar, LSEG data showed. The currency was trading in a tight three paisa range of 83.95 and 83.97

Foreign investors pulled a record amount of money from China last quarter, likely reflecting deep pessimism about the world’s second-largest economy.

Universal Music Group artists will see their songs made available on WhatsApp for the first time, after the record label struck a new licensing deal with Meta Platforms. The world’s largest music company has signed an expanded multi-year global agreement that allows music from its artists and songwriters to be used and shared across Meta’s global network of platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Horizon, Threads and WhatsApp.

major domestic appliances saw an 18 per cent value-based growth in the first half of 2024, helped by a strong demand for essential household items, according to a report from GfK. The growth in MDA (major domestic appliances) market was led by Key categories such as air-conditioners and refrigerators, which reported a growth of 30 per cent and 7 per cent, respectively. «This growth is 3X of growth in 2023 over the previous year,» said the report from GfK, which is now an NIQ Company, a leading global market and consumer intelligence firm. The small domestic appliances market recorded a 29 per cent increase in value, reflecting heightened consumer interest in home convenience products, according to the report.

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Olympic gold medals are worth more than ever at this year’s Paris games, with the raw materials that go into them having the potential to fetch about $900 each.

Bank of India ensured the currency did not weaken more. The rupee closed at 83.9725 against the U.S. dollar, after closing at 83.9550 in the previous session. The currency hovered in a narrow range between 83.95 and 83.97 during the session.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to deliver his eleventh consecutive Independence Day address on Thursday, marking his first speech since securing a record-equalling third consecutive term in office. With his oath-taking on June 9, Modi matched Jawaharlal Nehru's record of three terms as prime minister. He is now poised to become the third prime minister, after Nehru and Indira Gandhi, to address the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on eleven consecutive August 15 occasions. Nehru, a leading figure of the Congress party, delivered 17 straight Independence Day speeches, while Indira Gandhi, who served as prime minister from January 1966 to March 1977 and again from January 1980 to October 1984, addressed the nation 16 times, with 11 of those speeches being consecutive.

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Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh are on high alert for potential flooding after a crest gate of the 71-year-old dam across the Tungabhadra river failed Sunday afternoon. This incident has led to water gushing out of the dam, which is about 350km from Bengaluru, raising concerns for downstream districts in north Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool and Nandyal. The Tungabhadra dam, which was inaugurated in 1953, has a maximum storage capacity of 133TMCFT (thousand million cubic feet). As of Saturday, it held 100TMCFT of water, with the remaining 33TMCFT being silt. On Saturday evening, 22 of its 33 crest gates were opened, releasing nearly 1 lakh cusecs of water into the river. Engineers have raised concerns regarding the damaged gate, estimating that 60TMCFT of the stored water must be drained before they can proceed with replacing the damaged gate. The entire process, including constructing a new gate, could take four days or longer.

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India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicting a week full of showers. On August 12, 2024, the national capital experienced light rain, with the maximum temperature recorded at 32°C and the minimum at 24.8°C. According to the Central Pollution Control Board, Delhi's air quality index (AQI) was recorded at 53 this morning, placing it in the «satisfactory» category. The AQI scale ranges from «good» (0-50) to «severe» (401-500), with «satisfactory» (51-100) indicating that air quality poses little or no risk. Throughout the week, Delhi is expected to witness generally cloudy skies accompanied by light to moderate rain, thundershowers, and occasional lightning, as forecasted by the IMD.

«Our maps feature 3D junction views and many other attributes that are hard to replicate or compete with. Of course, people will try, and everyone is welcome to compete fairly, but it is quite challenging.,» says Rohan Verma, CEO & MD, MapMyIndia. Before discussing the earnings and other details, I wanted to get a sense from you about the competition, as you’ve been quite vocal about it. Ola is also a listed player, so I'm trying to understand better what unique selling proposition (USP) you offer and what the moat is for companies trying to catch up in this technology. Rohan Verma: Mapping is a serious business and building it is not at all easy.

Voltas Ltd reported 58% year-on-year (yoy) jump in standalone net profit at Rs 339.14 crore for the first quarter ending June, on back of a 45% yoy growth in revenue from operations at Rs 3920.26 crore. In the AC business which is the unitary cooling products business of the company, segment revenue shot up by 51% YoY to Rs 3,802.17 crore for the quarter under review. The segment profitability of this business improved by 58% YoY to Rs 327.02 crore last quarter. The country’s largest AC brand said it sold a record one million units of AC last quarter with overall volume growth of 67% YoY.

Nelly was arrested early Wednesday at a St. Louis-area casino, and the Missouri Highway Patrol said an officer found four illegal ecstasy pills on him.

said central banks bought over 290 tonnes of gold in the first quarter of calendar 2024–that’s the highest on record. The history of the financial markets shows that any spectacular fall in asset prices triggers a cascading effect on all asset prices. This is logical.

gold ETFs and sovereign gold bonds, which track prices of physical gold, also crashed by 5-6%. Investors felt shortchanged as the worth of their investments eroded overnight. Have gold investors really been robbed of their gains by the government? The nine percentage point cut in the import duty on gold is acute.

PARIS – Canada’s record performance at the Olympic Games in Paris did not happen without thorns, but athletes provided unforgettable sporting moments.

landslides, traffic chaosand house collapses, as well as a dam breach which inundated several villages in Haryana. The Jammu and Kashmir administration said the annual Amarnath Yatra has been suspended after heavy rains in the Shri Amarnathji Yatra area. This was the second straight day of heavy rains in the region with Rajasthan being the worst hit as the state reported 16 deaths over two days — two on Saturday and 14 on Sunday. Its Karauli district recorded «exceptionally heavy rainfall» of 38 cm. Nine people, including eight members of a family, died in Punjab's Hoshiarpur on Sunday as their vehicle was swept away by a overflowing seasonal rivulet.

One thing has been missing from Kamala Harris' sudden rise as the Democratic choice for president against Donald Trump: contact with many reporters