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China a systemic rival. The development is a reflection of the end of a period of peace and stability in Europe seen since the end of the Cold War. In fact, Czech-China relations have witnessed significant changes since 2021.

BENGALURU / NEW DELHI : NatWest Group Plc., a Scotland-headquartered banking and insurance holding company, has two engineering hubs, in Poland and India. They house about one-third of NatWest’s global employees. While half of the company’s India workforce works on technology and data analytics, it is also increasing its focus on artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI applications.

ONDC) announced its beta launch in five cities including in Delhi, Delhi surpassed Bengaluru in terms of retail orders on July 9 with 8,304 orders over Bengaluru's 7,048 orders, and the network cumulatively got more than 35,000 retail orders in a day. Sources said this was the scenario despite the rains in the capital because of the weekend push by buyer applications like Magicpin and Paytm with themes like Super Sundays. ONDC had gone beta live on July 5 in Mumbai, Delhi NCR (including Noida, Gurgaon and Faridabad), Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata post scaling seller density in these cities.

With the drainage system overwhelmed, roads were inundated with water at waist height and more. Most delivery services such as Swiggy, Zomato, Zepto, Blinkit and Milk Basket stopped taking orders as large clusters were unserviceable. Elsewhere, there were extended delays, said executives at ecommerce platforms, besides grocery and restaurant companies. «Our operations have been affected due to rains in some parts of the country. We hope to be back soon,» food delivery platform Zomato, which also owns instant grocery delivery platform Blinkit, tweeted on Sunday, in response to multiple consumer complaints. The monsoon has been lashing northern India over the past few days leading to deaths, landslides, property destruction and people rendered homeless.

Roposo is collaborating with ecommerce player Shopify to help 10,000 entrepreneurs set up online stores over the next two years, and support them in product sourcing, order fulfilment and payments. Roposo offers livestream shopping along with entertainment on its platform. It is a business unit of Glance, a subsidiary of InMobi.

Taylor Russell and Harry Styles are now the talk of the town, with the internet especially filled with posts speculating a love between the two. Taylor Russell and Harry Styles were spotted together at a concert in Vienna and the speculation intensified when a video of them walking together in the city went viral. While neither party has officially confirmed or denied the rumors, fans and particularly Harry Styles' supporters, known as Harries, can't help but discuss the possibility of a Hollywood power couple.

Barauni-Guwahati Natural Gas Pipeline being executed by GAIL (India) Limited as part of Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga project, by completing tunnelling under the confluence of Kanamakra, Aie & Manas River in Chirang District in Assam, near Bongaigaon city. This marks the end of micro tunnelling in the project, with Ace Energy now having completed construction of a tunnel of diameter 1600 mm across a total length of 1200 meters at a depth of 11-12 meters under the river bed, with strata consisting of extremely hard and abrasive boulders and a river flowing upto its brim for the past three months owing to the flooding in its upper reaches in Bhutan.

Hill Harper has announced that he is running for Michigan's open US Senate seat. Harper is also set to challenge US Rep. Elissa Slotkin for the Democratic nomination, as per reports. Harper is known for his roles on «CSI: NY» and «The Good Doctor». Harper is the sixth Democratic candidate to enter the race for retiring Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow's seat. Stabenow announced in January that she would not be seeking a fifth term in 2024 in the battleground state.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has used his debut Mansion House speech to tell those questioning London's status as a global hub for finance to stop peddling a "declinist narrative" about the City.

South Korea's financial services regulator has asked major commercial banks to prepare around $4 billion in financing to support a credit cooperative hit by customer withdrawals, two banking sources familiar with the matter said on Monday. An official at the Financial Services Commission said it could not confirm the amount or other details, but it had asked the banks for cooperation in preparing liquidity through repurchase-agreement facilities to aid MG Community Credit Cooperatives (MGCCC).

Exciting news awaits Taylor Swift fans eagerly awaiting her highly anticipated Eras tour. Tickets for the tour's 13 UK dates will be available for purchase later this month. Spanning across all of Taylor's albums, from her self-titled debut in 2006 to her latest release, «Midnights,» the tour is scheduled to commence in May 2024. Despite the show being several months away, fans are already buzzing with anticipation for this remarkable event. The ongoing tour in the United States has captivated audiences with its extended duration, lasting up to four hours, and featuring special surprise tracks performed each night. This has sparked speculation that the UK shows will offer a similar exhilarating experience, with lengthy performances and thrilling surprises in store for attendees.

California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas has assumed one of the most influential political offices this month

Officials say twelve homes were evacuated in a Los Angeles-area city Saturday night after a major ground shift put them at risk of collapse

Mexico’s armed forces are taking control of the capital’s main airport, and the government plans to give the military control of nearly a dozen more across the country as the president takes aim at corruption and mismanagement

The UK government has revealed a swathe of financial services reforms in a bid to keep the City on top in the race for global capital.

The influential City lawyer who spearheaded a review of the UK’s investment research rules says her reforms won't be “a silver bullet”, and will need to work alongside other initiatives to bolster London's capital markets.

Yamuna water level, flowing above the danger mark of 205.33 metres, in Delhi was recorded at 205.76 at 8 pm on Monday, the latest data from the flood control department said. According to the flood bulletin, the water level at the Old Railway Bridge was recorded at 205.76 at 8 pm. As per officials, the «orange alert» mark is 206 metres, at which the evacuation process for people living in the Yamuna floodplain area gets started.

The Punjab government has ordered the closure of schools till July 13 while in Chandigarh schools are closed till Thursday. Haryana too has ordered the closure of schools in some worst-affected districts till Wednesday. In other places of the state, the government has left it to the deputy commissioners to take a call on the matter after assessing the situation. Tracts of land near the Sutlej and Ghaggar rivers were inundated while distributaries and major canals were breached in some places in Punjab and Haryana damaging crops. As water gushed into houses in parts of the two states, authorities raced to bring affected people to safety. Breakdown in power and water supply in some of the worst-affected areas of Punjab and Haryana escalated people's problems. Mohali, Patiala, Rupnagar, Fatehgarh Sahib, Panchkula and Ambala are some of the worst-hit districts in the two states.

BJYM workers. Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) workers raised slogans against Thackeray after tearing his posters near the Nagpur airport. A local BJP leader said they will stage demonstrations on Tuesday morning in the city against the Shiv Sena (UBT) leader. Gadkari condemned the remarks of Thackeray. He said Thackeray can compare the development work done by BJP and Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA). «But levelling personal allegations at such a low level does not suit the political culture of Maharashtra,» the Nagpur MP tweeted.

Oxford City Council granted approval for its planning application. The council-owned sports pavilion changing rooms at Court Place Farm, Marston, will be converted into a new Temple and Community Centre, subject to finalising details on the lease, the council announced last week.

Former Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank President and CEO Thomas Hoenig joined ‘Mornings with Maria’ to discuss the Federal Reserve’s forthcoming rate hike decision.