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Apple is filing an emergency motion asking a court to let it keep selling two of its most popular watches until a final decision on its broader appeal in a patent dispute is decided

The administration of Argentine President Javier Milei says the government won’t renew contracts for more than 5,000 employees hired this year before he took office

Sports betting has spread rapidly across U.S. states in the past five years

AI Safety Summit" to discuss the extreme risks that AI models may pose. Governments cannot ignore a technology that could change the world profoundly, and any credible threat to humanity should be taken seriously. Regulators have been too slow in the past.

RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan opened up about his tenure's financial aspects, disclosing his annual salary and other perks. Rajan, who led the RBI from 2013 to 2016, emphasised that the most significant benefit of the role was not the monetary compensation but the privilege of residing in a spacious house near Dhirubhai Ambani's residence on Malabar Hill in Mumbai. «I don’t know what the current salary is, but in my time it used to be Rs 4 lakh a year. The biggest perk is the house. You get a really big house, a few blocks away from Dhirubhai Ambani’s house in Mumbai on Malabar Hill,» Rajan stated during the podcast.

Ram Temple in Ayodhya next month. As per an ANI report, Secretary Champat Rai shared that a meticulous selection process involving three designs of a 51-inch tall idol is underway.

Coforge in August. SoftBank and Tiger Global sold blocks in Zomato, Paytm, Delhivery, and PolicyBazaar, as the focus turned on venture capital firms returning capital to their fund investors or limited partners. Open market exits by PE/VC firms have been the highest since 2017, according to Vivek Soni, partner and national leader, private equity services, EY.

ALSO READ: Shikhar Dhawan gets divorce on grounds of cruelty by wife Aesha Mukerji The court specifically ordered Aesha Mukherjee to facilitate bringing their son to India for visitation purposes, including overnight stays with Dhawan and his family, especially during school holidays. However, it appears Dhawan is currently facing challenges in establishing connections with his son. "It's been a year since I saw you in person, and now, for almost three months, I've been blocked from everywhere so Posting the same picture to wish you, my boy, a very Happy Birthday.

The hashrate of the Bitcoin (BTC) network has reached a new all-time high, putting additional pressure on miners who are already grappling with a slump in profitability. 

Christmas weekend, the Saimal to Dasturi section of the Mumbai-Pune national highway witnessed the burning of clutch plates in over 100 cars, with a similar fate befalling more than a dozen vehicles on the Dheku village stretch of the Mumbai-Pune expressway. The incidents occurred during the holiday rush, spanning from Friday evening to Sunday night, a TOI report stated. To manage the aftermath, towing vans from the highway safety patrol were deployed in the ghat section to clear the Pune-bound carriageway.

holiday season, many companies are encouraging their employees to take time off and be with their family and friends. The small fraction of staffers who might be working at these firms during this time will get compensatory leave. As 2024 has a number of holidays close to the weekend, many companies are also clubbing these to give extra time off to their employees. For now, most companies have given off to their staffers in the last week of 2023.

France for a human trafficking investigation departed on Monday for India, after an exceptional holiday ordeal that left about 300 Indians en route to Central America blocked inside a rural French airport for four days. Associated Press reporters outside the Vatry Airport in Champagne country saw the unmarked Legend Airlines A340 take off after the crew and about 200 other people boarded the plane. It wasn't immediately clear what would happen with those who didn't board the plane. The passengers grounded in France included a 21-month-old child and 11 unaccompanied minors who were put under special administrative care.

It matters when electricity is produced. A barrel of oil may be a barrel of oil whether it is pumped at midday or midnight, but a megawatt hour (mwh) of electricity is worth a great deal less when you are sleeping than during the middle of the day or, indeed, during moments when everyone decides to boil the kettle. The difficulty of bottling electricity makes its economics unusual: it is a question not just of “how much" but also “when".

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, BJP is set to organise several events across the country. Vajpayee was born on December 25, 1924, in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, and was elected three times as the nation's prime minister. BJP national president JP Nadda has asked party officials and state presidents across the country to pay floral tributes to Atal Bihari Vajpayee's portrait at all booths and discuss the wonderful personality and work of the former Prime Minister.

Mega Blocks and Mega Construx by Mattel, fills the gap with Pokemon-themed building sets available on Amazon.

A storm has brought heavy rain and strong winds across northern Europe, bringing down trees and prompting warnings of flooding on the North Sea coast

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he knows people are frustrated with him, especially the same young voters who helped propel his party to a majority government in 2015.

Manipur, the state government has opened up the highways from the valley region to the hill region deploying additional security forces on the highway, however the Kuki-Zo civil society groups have opposed the move. The Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum (ITLF), however, has decided to seal the entire Churachandpur district which would block the state government from posting more forces and opening the routes, citing concerns over possible disruption during the Christmas season. The Committee on Tribal Unity (CoTU) had been imposing economic blockades along the national highway which passes through Kangpokpi on and off. Indigenous Tribal Leaders' Forum (ITLF) and the Committee on Tribal Unity (COTU) jointly announce closure of the road linking Churachandpur and Kanggui from 23rd December to 5th January, 2024 as a security measure. The bodies stated, “As we have received intelligence input about an imminent threat from the Meitei, the public is advised to avoid traveling on the said road during this period. The Manipur government has announced that it will resume operations on Imphal- Kangpokpi-Mao (Imphal-Mao highway) and Imphal-Bishnupur-Churachandpur (Tiddim highway) with the deployment of additional security forces from Saturday. A notice issued by chief secretary, Government of Manipur, Vineet Joshi stated that the move was taken for convenience of the people of the state who are reeling under the prevailing conflict.

Bitcoin network activity increase has triggered a significant spike in transaction fees, soaring to as high as $40.00. In the face of market fluctuations, Polkadot is dominated by new proposals. Meanwhile, Borroe Finance ($ROE), one of the new DeFi projects, introduces an AI and NFT-powered funding marketplace grabbing Web3 investors’ attention.

Ryugu asteroid and Murchison meteorite. They found that certain are PAHs "likely to be formed in the cold areas of space between stars, rather than in hot regions near stars as was previously thought", Curtin University said in a report.

It is slated to be an interim budget since the Lok Sabha elections are scheduled for early next year. The budget-making process usually begins in September, over six months before the date of presentation. Making a budget is a time-taking process that entails numerous steps and consultations. Have you ever pondered the intricate process of crafting the budget? Comprising a multitude of financial proposals, its creation is no small undertaking.