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Paris Olympics 2024 ended graciously on August 11 with an amazing closing ceremony, that saw the Olympic flag being handed over to the next organizers of the Summer Games, Los Angeles. The entire fortnight of action in Paris' different venues, across a plethora of events, saw Team USA gaining the maximum number of medals, be it gold, bronze, or silver, and most of it came from track and field events, along with swimming.

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Tom Cruise movies are something out of the world for his fans, who flock to to theatres every time an action movie of his releases, be it the previously released Top Gun franchise film, or one of his longest-running franchise, Mission Impossible. However, there is one thing that no one actually expected him to do, and that is, pulling off an insanely crazy stunt during the Paris Olympics closing ceremony where he was seen dropping from the sky, during the official handover of the official Olympics flag to the Los Angeles Olympics committee, who will be organizing the next edition of the Olympic Games.

An attorney for former President Donald Trump has filed a legal notice announcing that his client plans to sue the Justice Department and the FBI for $115 million for alleged «malicious political prosecution» and «abuse of process.»

Nadine Ahn says she had a chance to become the first woman to run Royal Bank of Canada before she was fired over a personal relationship with a colleague.

NovaTech and its married co-founders, saying they fraudulently raised over $650 million from more than 200,000 investors worldwide, including many Haitian-Americans. NovaTech and co-founders Cynthia and Eddy Petion allegedly promised investors their money would be safe, with Cynthia Petion assuring they would be «in profit from day one.» The SEC said the Petions instead used new money mainly to repay earlier investors and pay commissions to promoters, while siphoning millions of dollars for themselves. It said the scheme lasted for four years until NovaTech's May 2023 collapse.

seer, one who sees, and the seen in a distinctive manner, building levels of awareness and transitions in the seemingly ordinary relationships of our everyday observations. The eye is seer. The form and colour, the seen. That, eye, is the seen and the mind is its seer. The witness alone is the Seer of thoughts in the mind and never the seen, according to Drig Drishya Viveka, verse 1. Our eyes perceive a myriad objects in their field of vision, yet they cannot simultaneously observe themselves in this process of viewing, and, hence, remain separate from these objects. While the objects before our eyes change, the essence and role of the eyes as instruments of vision remains constant. Once these objects are viewed, the mind takes on the role of the seer. Powering the mind is our consciousness — spirit, breath, life initiating the entire process of viewing to begin with. Hence, this makes our consciousness, our spirit, the ultimate Seer.

interim government head Muhammad Yunus after police officers agreed to call off their strike and return to work. Bangladesh descended into chaos last week after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled to India in a military aircraft while the Army stepped in to fill the power vacuum. As the news of Hasina's departure spread, hundreds of people broke into her residence, vandalising and looting the interiors, providing dramatic expression to the anti-government protests that have killed more than 500 people in a fortnight. On Monday, General Zaman said that soldiers will return to barracks once police resume normal operations. He made the comments while responding to questions from journalists at an event here.

For years, Canadian policymakers have been sleepwalking past a growing housing affordability crisis. Now, with homes seeming impossibly out of reach to so many and voter discontent on this issue poised to roil upcoming elections, they have been jolted awake and are looking for solutions. Any action on this issue is welcome, but the biggest fix of all has yet to be raised: giving households the buying power to keep up with rising home prices today and tomorrow by boosting Canadian productivity.

Former President Donald Trump this week promised retirees that he would end the tax on Social Security benefits if elected – and policy experts have been quick to critique that idea.

Baroda BNP Paribas Mutual Fund has announced the merger of Baroda BNP Paribas Medium Duration Fund and Baroda BNP Paribas Credit Risk Fund. The fund house informed about the merger to its unitholders through a notice-cum-addendum. Baroda BNP Paribas Medium Duration Fund is an open ended medium term debt scheme investing in instruments such that the Macaulay duration of the portfolio is between three and four years with a relatively high interest rate risk and moderate credit risk scheme. Baroda BNP Paribas Credit Risk Fund is an open-ended debt scheme predominantly investing in AA and below rated corporate bonds (excluding AA+ rated corporate bonds) with a relatively high interest rate risk and relatively high credit risk. The merger of these two schemes will be effective from September 11. Individual communication is also being sent to existing unitholders of both schemes over email, wherever email ID is available. As a result of the merger, no new scheme will come into effect.

Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Monday said Hindenburg Research has defamed the country in alliance with Congress and the «strictest action» will be taken against the US short-seller. Hindenburg on Saturday launched a broadside against markets regulator Sebi chairperson Madhabi Buch, alleging she and her husband Dhaval had stakes in obscure offshore funds used in the alleged Adani money siphoning scandal. The duo has denied the allegations as baseless and asserted their finances are an open book. The Adani Group termed the latest allegations malicious and based on manipulation of select public information. The company said it has no commercial relationship with the Sebi chairperson or her husband.

Hindenburg Research on Sunday responded to Sebi chief Madhabi Puri Buch's statement from the weekend that accused the short-seller of attempting a "character assassination" of the Buchs. In a post on its X account, the short-seller said that the markets regulator boss' response «raises numerous new critical questions,» and «includes several important admissions.» The Buchs had, on Sunday, addressed the allegations made by Hindenburg Research, dismissing them as “baseless,” Sebi chief Madhabi and her husband Dhaval said the US-based short-seller is resorting to character assassination in response to a show-cause notice issued by the regulator in connection with Hindenburg's earlier report on Adani.

Domestic markets clocked losses for a second consecutive week following weak global cues. On Monday, markets will react to the latest allegations of Hindenburg, which dragged Sebi chief Buch into the Adani saga. «Going forward, we expect markets to consolidate at higher levels due to mixed global cues and absence of any major domestic triggers,» said Siddhartha Khemka, Head — Retail Research, Motilal Oswal

Hindenburg report as a calculated move to destroy India's primary and secondary market by attacking the regulator's credibility through the dredging up of a non-issue. Madhabi Puri Buch, chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), made the investments mentioned in the Hindenburg report before 2017 in a private capacity and these had been disclosed, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Early on Sunday, Buch said that these were «baseless allegations» and devoid of any truth, underscoring this point.

Marcos Jr on Sunday condemned Chinese air force actions in waters of the South China Sea claimed by both countries, calling the actions «unjustified, illegal and reckless». Manila and Beijing accused each other on Saturday of disrupting their militaries' operations around the Scarborough Shoal in the first incident since Marcos took office in 2022 in which the Philippines has complained of dangerous actions by Chinese aircraft, as opposed to navy or coast guard vessels. The Philippine military on Saturday condemned «dangerous and provocative actions» when two Chinese aircraft dropped flares in the path of a Philippine aircraft during a routine patrol around the shoal on Thursday.

SEBI Chairperson Madhabi Buch and her husband have drawn sharp political reactions from the opposition parties. Reacting to the Hindenburg report, Samajwadi Party spokesperson Ghanshyam Tiwari on Sunday lashed out at the Modi government and said that the tenure of PM Modi will be known for 'Adani-waad'. «The whole world witnessed a different session with different ideologies but the term of PM Modi will be known as 'Adani-waad'. In this Adani-waad, they captured the whole economic system of India in such a way that Gautam Ad(Adani Group) could benefit, it looks like this is the only motive of PM Modi,» he said.

SEBI chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch's involvement in the obscure offshore entities in siphoning case. «Group has absolutely no commercial relationship with individuals or matters mentioned,» Adani said reacting to recent Hindenburg report. The Adani Group also rejected these allegations against the company and reiterated that its overseas holding structure is fully transparent.

Hindenburg Research as “baseless ”, Sebi chief Madhabi Puri Buch and her husband Dhaval Buch today said the US-based short-seller is resorting to character assasination in response to a show-cause notice issued by the regulator in the Adani controversy. “It is unfortunate that Hindenburg Research against whom SEBI has taken an Enforcement action and issued a show cause notice has chosen to attempt character assassination in response to the same,” the husband-wife duo said in a late night statement.

Ryan Condal has assured fans that the forthcoming Season 3 will justify the lengthy wait. In a recent virtual press conference with IGN, Condal discussed the series finale and offered a glimpse into what to expect in the next season.