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Also Read: 5.4 magnitude earthquake jolts north-east India, epicenter in Bangladesh On August 14, an earthquake of magnitude 5.4 on the Richter scale jolted the entire North-east India on Monday, according to the National Center for Seismology. The NCS reported that the earthquake hit at 8:19 PM on Monday. The earthquake hit 49 km South east of Cherrapunjee, Meghalaya.

Researchers in heavily drilled Pennsylvania are adding to a body of evidence suggesting links between the natural gas industry and certain health problems

Four funds run by Sydney’s PAC Capital – which promotes itself as a world leader in computer games investing and claimed to have more than $400 million under management – have been frozen after a run of withdrawals.

KPMG Australia chief executive Andrew Yates had his pay cut by $600,000 to $2.2 million in fiscal 2023 because of a slowdown in consulting work and deals in the second half of the financial year.

Gautam Adani can’t afford a costly distraction. While his core infrastructure business is booming, there’s little reprieve from the governance issues that have dogged the Adani Group since New York-based Hindenburg Research’s allegations of stock-price manipulation and undisclosed related-party transactions earlier this year. Despite its strenuous denial of the short-seller’s report, the conglomerate’s market value has sagged more than $100 billion since January.

Old Railway Bridge in Delhi on Tuesday. According to the Central Water Commission's (CWC) data, the water level has witnessed a steady rise, crossing the danger mark of 205.33 meters to 205.39 meters at 10 pm on Tuesday.

Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea, and Bharti Airtel, India’s top three telcos, are expected to add up to 25% more employees to their existing workforce in Financial Year (FY) 2024, The Economic Times reported. The demand for telecommunications jobs is seeing a rise due to 5G technology.

Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh has led to a rapid increase in the river water level, as per ANI reports. The rain continues to wreak havoc in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Amid incessant rains, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a ‘red alert’ for several parts of both Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand and forecasted ‘heavy to hefty rains' for the next 24 hours.

Trump on Tuesday claimed that he will produce an «irrefutable» report that «should» lead to all charges against him getting dropped, New York Post reported. This comes after the former President was indicted by the Georgia grand jury in connection with the efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in the Peach State. «A Large, Complex, Detailed but Irrefutable REPORT on the Presidential Election Fraud which took place in Georgia is almost complete & will be presented by me at a major News Conference at 11:00 A.M.

Cloud-based loyalty service provider Capillary Technologies has elevated two of its senior leaders — chief operating officer Anant Choubey and chief customer officer for the US business Sridhar Bollam — as cofounders of the firm. The move comes as the software player has been focused on growth, especially in the US market, and is looking to clock profit after taxes in FY25, founder and managing director Aneesh Reddy told ET. “I think fundamentally the trajectory of the business has changed significantly.

ET Intelligence Group: Aggregate pre-provision and net profits (PPOP and PAT) of listed banks hit a record high led by the public sector banks (PSBs) in the June quarter. Better credit offtake, improvement in net interest margin and lower provisioning for bad loans, all compared with the year-ago quarter numbers, were the major drivers of profit growth.

Investing.com – The Argentina peso faces a tough road ahead, ING warned Tuesday, as the recent shock primary election victory for Argentina's far-right presidential candidate Javier Milei throws the country's political and economic future into doubt. 

Investing.com — U.S. crude oil stocks likely fell by nearly 7 million barrels last week, with deficits in distillates as well while stockpiles of gasoline rose, amid intensive production cuts by Saudi Arabia, petroleum industry group API indicated in a preliminary report on Tuesday ahead of official inventory data.

Crypto startup Auradine has managed to secure a staggering $81 million in its debut funding round, even without a product or customers to its name, a recent article from Fortune Crypto has revealed.

Videos showing downed power lines apparently sparking some of the early blazes in the Maui wildfires have become key evidence in the search for a cause

India heads to the 18th Lok Sabha elections after 76 years of Independence, Anubhuti Vishnoi looks back at the electoral journey travelled by the largest democracy. It is one marked with many milestones — the largest electorate in the world at over 900 million; women voters who closed the gender gap in voter turnout in 2019 and outdid men; and the only country to transition to paperless ballot through EVMs.THE FIRST GENERAL ELECTIONS Things moved swiftly in independent India with the adoption of the Constitution on November 26, 1949. Four months later, Sukumar Sen was appointed the first Chief Election Commissioner. With this, the country embarked on the 'great experiment' to conduct the first nationwide election. In April 1950, the Representation of People Act was passed by provisional Parliament. The first general election was held in 68 phases between October 25, 1951 and February 21, 1952. Around 53 political parties and 533 independents were in the fray for 489 seats. Around 173,212,343 voters were registered out of a population of 361,088,090 and 45.8% voter turnout was recorded.

personal data, part of the Biden administration's widening scrutiny of that industry's privacy practices, officials said. Data brokers' conduct can be «particularly worrisome» because the sensitive data driving the use of artificial intelligence can be collected from military personnel, people experiencing dementia, and others, according to Rohit Chopra, director of the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Telangana used Independence Day speeches to announce new skilling and housing schemes, increase in allowances and farm loan waivers to top the populist budgets earlier in the year. The CMs of the four states, where assembly elections are due by the yearend, announced new schemes for the youth, women and farmers. A state-wise look at the measures announced:Telangana The big-ticket announcement from all poll-bound states came from Telangana.

Energy-rich countries across the Middle East and North Africa are struggling to keep power flowing to their own citizens during intense summer heat, with Egypt the latest to impose rolling blackouts. The outages here have prompted concerns that Cairo’s domestic gas supply is running low. Iran and Iraq, both oil exporters, are also facing blackouts as blistering temperatures envelop the region, with the thermometer reaching 122 degrees Fahrenheit in Baghdad, buckling aging power grids.

ALSO READ: Delhi on alert as Hathnikund Barrage water flow set to increase With a situation like this, low-level flooding may occur at a few places along the river but a grave situation is unlikely, the news website quoted an official of the Delhi government's irrigation and flood control department as saying. Meanwhile, since Sunday, at least 53 people have been killed in Himachal Pradesh as rain caused damage.

Slatestone Wealth chief market strategist Kenny Polcari reacts to wholesale inflation rising more than expected in July on Varney & Co.