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Riot Platforms, a leading Bitcoin mining company, has launched a dedicated website to inform shareholders about corporate governance issues at Bitfarms and Riot’s plans to reconstitute the board. This move is part of Riot’s decisive strategy to advance its acquisition of Bitfarms, marking a significant shift in their approach.

these pages that flash floods have long been a feature of life on the Indo-Gangetic floodplains. Archival sources on south Bihar dating back to the 1860s, when India was primarily an agricultural economy, showed that sudden floods during the rainy season were the norm, as the Gangetic riverine network overflowed its banks. These floods, however, receded within days, causing little damage and leaving a layer of fine silt that replenished the soil and enhanced farm productivity.

Comprehensive buying guide to help you choose the best headphones for every needWireless headphones generally offer longer battery life compared to earbuds. Over-ear and on-ear wireless headphones can last anywhere from 15 to 30 hours on a single charge, with some models even exceeding this range.

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Latin America to secure critical mineral blocks on a government-to-government basis, Veena Kumari Dermal, joint secretary in the mines ministry, said on Tuesday. Critical minerals like lithium are crucial in driving energy transition as they are essential for clean energy technologies, including wind and electric vehicles. Currently, New Delhi is heavily reliant on imports for its critical mineral supply. «We are having lots of discussions with many resource-rich countries in Africa as well as in Latin America for getting a block on a priority basis or government-to-government basis,» said Dermal.

NEW DELHI : The Centre may issue so-called composite licences to find and extract critical minerals, in effort to end the fragmented nature of licensing, and tempt mining giants which passed up the blocks that went on auction last year. Critical mineral auction is currently a two-step process. In the first step, exploration licences are auctioned, and the bidder agreeing to share the lowest amount with a future miner wins the licence.

Cherathukal from the film Kumbalangi Nights (2019), I was transported to a boat in the island town of Kerala. As the paddle hit the stream, the water broke into small waves and the song rose from the elements. Kumbalangi Nights put Sushin Shyam on the map, making him one of Malayalam cinema’s most sought-after composers.

Cloudflare last week launched a new tool to tackle artificial intelligence (AI) bots that crawl websites and scrape their content indiscriminately. It comes at a time when content publishers are increasingly anxious about their unique works being turned into fodder for AI models. Here’s a closer look at the tool and why it matters.

Budget 2024: Ahead of the Union Budget presentation, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, pressing for enhanced financial support to the debt-burdened state. Sources said Naidu, during the meeting in North Block, highlighted various ongoing projects in Andhra Pradesh that require urgent central assistance. «The CM presented a detailed memorandum outlining the state's financial requirements and the rationale behind the demand for increased allocation,» the sources added. TDP ministers in the Centre were present during the meeting.

Pittsburgh's most storied steel company, U.S. Steel, is on the cusp of being bought by Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel Corp. in a deal that's kicking up an election year political maelstrom

Ozempic and Wegovy may have an increased risk of sudden and irreversible vision loss and blindness, a new study has found.However, doctors say there’s no reason for patients who take the uber popular drugs to panic or discontinue taking their prescriptions.The study, conducted by Harvard researchers and published Wednesday in JAMA Ophthalmology, analyzed data from 16,827 patients over a six-year period at the Mass Eye and Ear Harvard teaching hospital.Published in @JAMAOphth: Semaglutide, taken for diabetes or obesity, was associated with non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION). Further study would be needed to clarify if this drug causes NAION associated with visual loss.https://t.co/mT9PVyEoRO pic.twitter.com/L3bDzVC2Dy— JAMA (@JAMA_current) July 4, 2024Of those, 710 had type 2 diabetes, with 194 being prescribed semaglutide medications, marketed under brandnames like Wegovy and Ozempic, that belong to a class of medications known as GLP-1 receptor agonists.Another 975 patients in the study were overweight or living with obesity, 361 of them being prescribed semaglutide.Among those prescribed semaglutide, an eye problem known as nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, or NAION, was eventually diagnosed in a small percentage of patients.

Jack Dorsey’s Block has sold its first 3-nanometer mining ASICs to Bitcoin miner Core Scientific, according to a July 10 statement.

The U.S. Department of Labor says Dollar General has agreed to pay a $12 million fine and improve conditions at its thousands of retail stores nationwide to make them safer for workers

bridge collapse came to the fore in Bihar on Thursday, making it the 10th such incident to have been reported from the state in just over a fortnight, an official said. The latest incident was reported from Saran which witnessed two more bridge collapses in the last 24 hours, District Magistrate Aman Samir said. No casualty was reported after the structure, built 15 years ago by local authorities, collapsed this morning, he said. The small bridge over the Gandaki river was situated in the Baneyapur block and used to connect several villages in Saran with the neighbouring Siwan district.

French opposition parties are making hurried deals to try to block a landslide victory for Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally in Sunday’s second round of legislative elections

Bolivians have been hit hard by economic turmoil in the small South American nation fueled by a longtime hyper-dependence on, and now shortage of, U.S. dollars

Binance is reportedly close to finalizing negotiations with South Korean cloud service provider Megazone for the sale of a majority stake in Gopax, a local exchange.

Nykaa, TCS, Tata Elxsi, Glenmark Life, YES Bank, Siemens among others will be in focus due to various news developments and first quarter results. TCS, Anand Rathi Wealth, Akme Fintrade Shares of TCS, Anand Rathi Wealth and Akme Fintrade will be in focus today as the companies will announce their first quarter results.

The new Labour government has moved quickly to honour its manifesto promise to remove the 'de facto' ban on new onshore wind farms in England, confirming this morning that from today (8 July) onshore wind projects will face the same planning rules as other infrastructure projects. In a speech to business leaders this morning, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced Labour has published an update to the previous government's 'Policy statement on onshore wind', which had blocked a wave of new onshore wind projects. Chancellor Rachel Reeves puts growth at centre of In 2015, David Cameron'...

When the Bank of Canada made its first interest rate cut last month there were three risks economists cited that could stall the cycle — the Canadian dollar, the housing market and wage growth.

Congress workers on Thursday blocked Union Minister George Kurian during his visit to Muthalapozhi near here to study the issue of rising deaths of fishermen in the harbour channel. The minister of state for minority affairs, fisheries, animal husbandry, and dairying, Kurian, was at Muthalapozhi, which has witnessed a series of boat mishaps in recent years resulting in the deaths of many fishermen. Kurian reached the executive engineer's office at the harbour to review the situation. The protesters called the construction of the channel there as «unscientific», which has resulted in numerous deaths.