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ISRO's high-profile launch of the year, the Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission, all eyes are on the country's space agency whose scientists are keen to taste success with a soft landing on lunar surface and put the country in an elite club of nations that have accomplished the challenging task. 'Fat boy' LVM3-M4 rocket will carry Chandrayaan-3 on Friday as part of the country's ambitious moon mission. The Indian Space Research Organisation will be launching the hugely anticipated mission from this spaceport at 2.35 pm on Friday. The soft landing on moon's surface is planned for late August. Chandrayaan-2 failed to achieve the desired soft landing on the moon surface in 2019, leaving the ISRO team dejected. Images of an emotional then ISRO chief K Sivan being consoled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi who was present to achieve the rare feat, remains vivid in the memory of many. Scientists at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here, after investing many hours of hardwork, now aim at mastering the technology of soft-landing on the surface of the moon. A success would make India only the fourth country to achieve the feat after the United States, China and the former Soviet Union. Chandrayaan-3 is the third lunar exploration mission ready for take off in the fourth operational mission (M4) of LVM3 launcher. ISRO is crossing new frontiers by demonstrating soft-landing on the lunar surface by its lunar module and demonstrating roving on the lunar terrain, the space agency said. The 25.30 hour countdown for the launch is underway.

Wipro: The IT major reported dollar revenue of $2.78 billion for June quarter, a 2.1% sequential decline and only 0.81% better than the year-ago period. In constant currency terms, sequential growth fell 2.8%. Net income slipped 6.5% sequentially to $349.8 million, although it was up 7.8% year-on-year.

equity market is likely to open higher tracking gains in global peers as cooling inflation in the US raised bets that the Federal Reserve will soon end its monetary policy tightening cycle. Trends on GIFT Nifty also indicate a positive start for the Indian benchmark index. The Gift Nifty was trading at 19,550.00 level as compared to Nifty’s previous close of 19,413.

Hollywood actors will go on strike at midnight Thursday, effectively bringing the giant movie and television business to a halt as they join writers in the first industry-wide walkout for 63 years. The Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) issued a strike order after last-ditch talks with studios on their demands over dwindling pay and the threat posed by artificial intelligence ended without a deal.

Arunachal Pradesh as an integral part of India. The resolution was introduced by Senators Jeff Merkley, Bill Hagerty, Tim Kaine and Chris Van Hollen on Thursday.

«With the start of earnings season, the market is likely to witness more stock specific action. In the near term, it may remain in consolidation mode though the undertone remains positive on the back of strong FII inflows, robust domestic macro-micro factors and expectation of normal monsoon,» said Siddhartha Khemka, Head — Retail Research, Motilal Oswal Financial Services Option data suggests a broader trading range in between 19100 to 19700 zones while an immediate trading range in between 19250 to 19550 zones. Here's breaking down the pre-market actions:STATE OF THE MARKETSGIFT Nifty (Earlier SGX Nifty) signals a negative start GIFT Nifty on the NSE IX traded 15 points, or 0.08 per cent, lower at 19,543, signaling that Dalal Street was headed for negative start on Friday.

United Arab Emirates, host of this year’s UN climate talks, unveiled on Thursday the much-awaited plans and priorities for COP28, to be held in November in Dubai. The plan could lead to a global agreement to double energy efficiency, triple renewable energy capacity to 11,000 GW, and double hydrogen production to 180 million tonnes a year by 2030. “This plan is guided by a single north star.

recruitment scandal at India’s largest software exporter Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) was a one-off code of conduct violation and not a “systemic failure,” said CEO and MD K Krithivasan, 58, adding that the incident was swiftly dealt with and has had no impact on relationships with clients. The $27.92 billion Indian IT company expects the demand environment to be muted. Customers are reassessing technology spends and postponing non-critical engagements, he told Romita Majumdar and Surabhi Agarwal in an interview.

Netflix has been pushing several original movies to the platform lately, and it’s safe to say that this year has been a busy Netflix calendar. In case you missed any movie on Netflix released thus far, no issues, just go through this list and high chances you will find it along with release date.

Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) chairman Vivek Johri said the government will defend its position in all the cases where the games involved betting and gambling. The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council has clearly stated the intent of taxation and law for the future, he told ET in an interview.

US Commerce Department Secretary Gina Raimondo was among a group of senior US officials whose emails were hacked earlier this year by a group Microsoft says is based in China, according to a person briefed on the matter, as fallout from the digital theft continues to spread. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made clear to China's top diplomat Wang Yi in a meeting in Jakarta on Thursday that any action that targets the U.S. government, U.S.

NEW DELHI : Goods and services tax (GST) authorities will attempt to recover the tax demands made to a few online gaming platforms, including Gameskraft Technologies Pvt. Ltd only after the Supreme Court (SC) gives its final verdict on the tax dispute, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) chairperson Vivek Johri said in an interview. The GST Council’s decision to clarify that online gaming platforms attract 28% GST seeks to make clear the legislative intent of the tax regime applying to these entities, Johri said.

New Delhi: India and the US are working together to ensure that there is not disruption in the global clean energy supply chain, said Bhupinder Singh Bhalla, secretary, union ministry of petroleum and natural gas. Addressing the US-India Energy Summit: ‘Partnering for a Sustainable Future’, the official noted that the recently announced US-India New and emerging renewable energy technologies action platform would help in reducing the cost of green hydrogen production as per the respective green hydrogen strategies of both the countries.

Investing.com — Stocks rallied on Thursday after a second inflation gauge came up cooler than expected, stoking hopes that the Federal Reserve could be near the end of its interest rate increases.

The cost of living has surged ahead as Australians’ top worry and, although they still want the federal government to take action on climate change, worries about power prices and energy reliability are on the rise, according to a new report.

government representatives from some 40-odd countries, representing major negotiating groups, are in Brussels for the Ministerial on Climate Action (MoCA), jointly chaired by the European Union, China and Canada. The two-day informal ministerial, which begins today, is the first meeting since the UN climate talks Bonn in mid-June that saw sharp exchanges over addressing the need to reduce emissions and the provision of support particularly to developing countries to undertake climate action.

Amit Shah on Thursday said some anti-social elements and global forces are using technology to cause economic and social harm to citizens and governments, as he urged G20 member countries to rise above conventional boundaries and share information in real time to check all crimes in cyberspace. «The G20 has so far focused on digital transformation and data flow from an economic perspective, but now it is important to understand the aspects of crime and security, and find a solution,» he said.

MUMBAI : The surprise surge in retail inflation for June has prompted economists to raise their forecast for July amid firming vegetable prices, dashing hopes of a rate cut anytime soon. Inflation measured on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) came in at 4.81% in June, higher than 4.6% predicted by Mint poll of 19 economists, led by food inflation. After the June price rise data was released, economists now believe inflation could average 5-5.4% in the current fiscal year, higher than their previous estimates.

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₹9.25 crore nett on its opening day and went on to make around ₹80 crore overall. Also read: Tom Cruise's Mission Impossible advance booking surges in India, may be his biggest opener; Check details here Alongside Tom Cruise and Hayley Atwell, the movie features Pom Klementieff, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, and Henry Czerny.

Also read: China takes 'appropriate' action over ‘unfair’ treatment to journalists in India China emphasised its commitment to addressing economic and trade concerns through communication and dialogue, while promoting constructive and practical cooperation.  “China will remain committed to addressing economic and trade concerns through communication and dialogue, while promoting constructive and practical cooperation," Shu stated. In March, Raimondo had mentioned that the Biden administration was considering a pilot program to address investment risks in China.