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US embassy mentioned that visa application process- appointment booking, calls, and fee payments-- will be resumed from 15 July.  US Embassy in India took to their Twitter handle, “Attention visa applicants! Our customer service center VFS is migrating to a new platform and will be temporarily closed for calls, fee payments, and appointment booking from July 12-14. These services will resume on July 15." VFS Global is the world's largest outsourcing and technology services specialist for governments and diplomatic missions.

Kim Philby and his MI6 colleague Nicholas Elliot are back, this time on television. ‘A Spy Among Friends’ is coming to television. The cold war drama is full of intrigue and suspense. It is based on the real story to a great extent, but its elements are changed. Kim Philby was the most notorious Soviet double agent who despite being an MI6 agent, spied on Britain for years and sent secrets to Moscow for years. When his cover was blown up in 1963 and he was exposed, Philby fled to Moscow where he stayed till his death 25 years later. Nicholas Elliot was another MI6 agent who was a close friend of Philby. He was asked to secure the confession of the double agent after his cover was blown. Based on the bestseller by Ben McIntyre, the six-episode series depicts romance, thrills, treachery, and betrayal. It shows the delicate relationship between the two spies. It is still debated in the inner circle of MI6. Alex Carey has adapted ‘A Spy Among Friends’. Guy Pearce has portrayed Kim Philby whereas Damian Lewis has played Nicholas Elliot. Maxwell Martin plays the invented character Lily Thomas. ‘A Spy Among Friends’ can be watched on ITVX. It was shown on July 9 on ITV1.

New Delhi: Diwan Arun Nanda has stepped down from the chairmanship of Rediffusion after 50 years of being at the helm. Nanda, who has stepped down due to his age and health, will be replaced by Sandeep Goyal. Goyal, who will also continue in his role as the managing director, has worked directly under Nanda for years.

Congress and the Sidhi SP Dr Ravindra Verma, wherein the former has said that the victim and the person whose feet were washed are different, and the latter has refuted the claim. Madhya Pradesh has been reporting caste based discriminating incidents in the past week. While addressing the social and spatial issue of caste discrimination remains a pipe dream, the incidences have sure been a ploy in partisan politics that have ensued in the poll-bound state.

market capitalization. Tata Motors shares on Monday hit a  record high after its Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) unit reported 30% year-on-year (y-o-y) jump in global wholesale dispatches in the June quarter of this fiscal year. Tata Motors shares rose 0.19% to close at Rs619.40.

Amazon will offer biggest discount on Apple iPhone 14. The report quotes Amazon India Director of Wireless & Home Entertainment category, Ranjit Babu who said that the handset will be available at great discount in the sale. “He revealed that one of the best offers would be on the iPhone 14.

There is a wide array of chess strategy books on the market, so it can be overwhelming to get started on your reading journey. Here are our picks for 6 of the best chess books on Amazon to train your brain. Take a look and get started with your reading journey.

₹10 and the company expects to raise a total of ₹12.85 crore from the issue.  The IPO is a fixed price issue and the shares are sold at ₹157 apiece in the IPO. The lot size of Ahasolar Tech IPO is 800 shares and the minimum amount required for retail investors is ₹1,25,600.

₹21.23-crore worth Kaka Industries IPO commenced for subscription on Monday, July 10, and will conclude on Wednesday, 12 July. Also Read: Senco Gold IPO Share Allotment: What GMP signals The company produces polymer-based profiles for use in partitions, false ceilings, wall panelling, kitchen cabinets, doors, windows, and other interior and exterior works.

₹14,600 crore  in Q1FY24, up 9% year-on-year (YoY), with the Bengaluru-focused companies anticipated to outperform others.  Overall, the realty firms under the brokerage’s coverage are expected to see net profit growth of 26.8% YoY. However, sequentially, this is expected to see a drop of nearly 40%. The total sales of these companies during the quarter under review is expected to increase by 10.3% on-year.

This article is part of our Summer reads series. Visit the full collection for book lists, guest essays and more seasonal distractions. In 1786 William Jones, a British civil servant in Calcutta, told the Asiatic Society that Sanskrit had too much in common with Greek, Latin and other European languages for it to be by chance.

This article is part of our Summer reads series. Visit the full collection for book lists, guest essays and more seasonal distractions. New generative-AI tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the fastest-growing consumer internet application of all time, have taken the world by storm.

InvoCare’s shareholders will have to wait a little longer for the listed funeral group’s private equity suitor, TPG Capital, to firm up its $13 a share bid after due diligence timed out on Monday.

 Reventure Consulting and Reventure App CEO Nicholas Gerli says the housing market is in a purgatorial state on Making Money.

Western Australian copper junior Cyprium Metals was asking investors for a $35 million cash injection on Monday morning, offering to part with shares at a whopping 63.6 per cent discount to the last close.

Lindian Resources, the rare earths and bauxite explorer whose shares are up 80 per cent this year, had Euroz Hartleys rounding up investors for a $30 million raising on Monday.

Ola will roll out its new premium service, Prime Plus, to all users in Bengaluru on Monday, and to several other cities during the month, the company’s cofounder and chief executive Bhavish Aggarwal said on Twitter. “Prime+ has been a great pilot in Bengaluru over past couple of months. Today we’re opening it up for all customers in Bengaluru.

Stock market today: Tata group stock Benares Hotels share price has ascended to life-time high during Monday deals. Dividend paying stock witnessed fresh buying on Monday and went on to hit intraday high of ₹5,862.95 apiece that turned out a new life-time high for the BSE listed multibagger stock.

Banking stocks at 52-week highs: Three banking shares — Bank of Baroda (BoB), Punjab National Bank (PNB) and South Indian Bank — have hit a new 52-week high during early morning deals on Monday. Out of these three banking shares, South Indian Bank share has delivered multibagger return to its positional shareholders in last one year while BoB share price has risen around 85 per cent and PNB share price has ascended to the tune of 95 per cent in this time.

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. fell 1.26 per cent to Rs 98.0 in Monday's trade as of 01:13PM (IST) even as the benchmark Nifty ruled at 19381.8, up 50.0 points. The scrip had closed at Rs 99.25 in the previous session.

Cyient DLM Ltd, and one IPO for a small to medium-sized enterprises (SME), Global Pet Industries Ltd. Moving forward, the week is jam-packed with listing and IPO issues that are open for subscription. Let's look at some of the companies that are opening for subscription this week and some getting listed.