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Week three of the 2023 Rugby World Cup will be defined by four fascinating games, and once again Australia will be the most crucial one of them when the Wallabies take on Wales in Lyon on Monday at 5am AEST. For the army of close to 30,000 Australian supporters descending upon France’s gastronomic capital, they probably weren’t expecting that the third match of a potential seven would already be, in effect, a live or die affair.

South Africa will host a meeting of nations participating in the U.S. Africa Growth and Opportunity Act despite earlier calls to exclude the country from the forum due to its ties to Russia and the docking of a sanctioned Russian vessel near Cape Town ...

Canada have escalated through this week over blames of a Khalistani activist's murder, worrying parents and families of Indian nationals in a far-off country as much as the country’s lawmakers brood over the flaring issue. Relations between the two countries worsened when on Thursday India suspended the issuance of visas in Canada, citing operational reasons. Canadian PM Justin Trudeau went on to call on the Indian government to cooperate with an official probe into the murder of Khalistani separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia. However, though the situation is unlikely to alleviate overnight, immigration lawyers in Canada believe that there’s almost nothing to worry about in the long term. Some Indo-Canadians of Sikh background are already saying they don’t feel as safe in Canada as they once did, says Ravi Jain, Canada-based immigration lawyer and founder of Jain immigration, though Trudeau’s move did not surprise some in Canada’s Sikh community. “Some leaders of this community are already indicating that they are not surprised by the Prime Minister’s announcement.

Reuters. The report also notes that demand for Apple's iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max models is high, with waiting times rising to the end of October, similar to trends in China and the US.

Narendra Modi congratulated all Indian women over the passing of the Women's Reservation Bill in Parliament, during the Nari Shakti Vandan-Abhinandan Karyakram at BJP headquarters in Delhi on September 22, reported PTI. PM Modi received a warm welcome at BJP headquarters by the party's women's wing. He highlighted the historic significance of the Women's Reservation Bill.

Apple's flagship iPhone 15 range went on sale in India at 8:30 am through the company's official stores in Delhi and Mumbai and the official website. In keeping with the excitement surrounding Apple's new devices, the company's loyal customers stood in long queues outside Apple BKC and Apple Saket to get their hands on the flagship devices. The first customer at Apple Saket outlet today, Rahul, said he had been waiting in the queue since 4 am in order to buy the iPhone 15 Pro Max.

Security Council, the more its effectiveness will be called into question and voiced strong concern over the persistent absence of meaningful progress in the matters in the Inter-Governmental Negotiations (IGN). Foreign Minister of Brazil Mauro Vieira, Federal Foreign Minister of Germany Annalena Baerbock, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Yoko Kamikawa and Secretary (West), Ministry of External Affairs Sanjay Verma met on Thursday on the margins of the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly to discuss the state of play of the negotiations for the reform of the UN Security Council. The Ministers emphasised the importance of forthcoming milestone events, such as the Summit of the Future in 2024 and the UN 80th anniversary in 2025, for decisive progress and tangible results on Security Council reform. «The Ministers stressed that the future of international governance structures rests on their capacity to adapt and remain fit for purpose.

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iPhone model you have your eye on. Before diving into the nitty-gritty, let's examine the pricing of the iPhone 15 models in India.Apple iPhone 15 Series Prices in India

iPhone 15 series, launched on September 12, 2023. Long queues of people were seen outside the Apple store at Mumbai's BKC and Delhi's Select Citywalk Mall as the much-awaited iPhone series went on sale in India on Friday (September 22). «It was a great experience. I was in the queue since 4 am and then purchased the phone. I have always had top phones with me. I have an iPhone 13 Pro Max and an iPhone 14 Pro Max. After the 15 series was announced, I wanted to get the iPhone 15 Pro Max — that too before everyone else,» ANI quoted Rahul, the first customer today at the Apple Store at Select Citywalk Mall in Saket, as saying. A customer outside the Apple store at Mumbai's BKC said, «I have been here since 3 pm yesterday. I waited in the queue for 17 hours to get the first iPhone at India's first Apple store. I have come from Ahmedabad...»

British retail sales partially recovered in August after a rainy July washout, official figures showed on Friday, adding to signs that the country's consumers were mostly coping with the cost-of-living squeeze. Sales volumes rose by 0.4% on a month-on-month basis after a sharp 1.1% fall in July, the Office for National Statistics said. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast a slightly stronger 0.5% rise in August. While sales overall remained subdued, the partial recovery was driven by food sales and a strong month for clothing, Heather Bovill, deputy director for surveys and economic indicators at the Office for National Statistics (ONS), said. «These were partially offset by internet sales, which dropped slightly as some people returned to shopping in person following a very wet July.

Hydropower generation in Asia has plunged at the fastest rate in decades amid sharp declines in China and India, data shows, forcing power regulators battling volatile electricity demand and erratic weather to rely more on fossil fuels. The two countries, which account for about 3/4 of Asia's power generation and most of its emissions, are also to a lesser extent using renewables to make up for the hydropower shortfall and address rising electricity use. Major Asian economies have faced power shortages in recent years due to extreme weather conditions, including intense heat and lower rainfall over large swathes of northern China and Vietnam, as well as in India's east and the north. Higher use of polluting fuels such as coal to meet electricity demand spikes and supply shortages underscore the challenges of lowering emissions.

Read more of our recent coverage of the Ukraine war As he headed to NATO’s gathering in Vilnius, a tetchy Volodymyr Zelensky called it “unprecedented and absurd" that Ukraine was apparently not being given a clear promise of speedy membership of the alliance. If that was meant as a last-ditch attempt to twist arms, it failed. The final communiqué, as he feared, refers to a need for conditions to be met and for allies to agree, even as it avoids dates and timelines.

economic review for August published on Friday, the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) said that the prices of selected food items that drove the inflation rate above 7 per cent in July are on the retreat. «The calibrated measures taken by the Government, including adjustments in the duties of many critical inputs and monetary policy tightening, helped to reduce core inflation,» the DEA said in its report. In its report, the department specified that the government's targeted measures for specific crops, including build-up of buffer, procurement from producing centres and subsidized distribution enabled easing of inflation in the country. Amid growing food inflation in major economies inter alia France, Germany, Japan, South Africa, and UK, India on the other hand saw a dip in its retail inflation. As of August, consumer food price inflation eased to 9.9 per cent from 11.5 per cent in July. Vegetable inflation, however, surged in both July and August due to various factors including a sudden price rise in tomatoes and other food items, due to crop specific and weather-related factors like rain deficiency in the country. Nonetheless, the average inflation during April-August 2023, was 5.6 per cent, which is within the RBI tolerance limit of 2-6 per cent. Meanwhile, the economy's outlook report highlighted that the monsoon deficit in August could impact both Kharif and Rabi crops which requires assessment.

«I think these are, let us say times of tipping point so you would see sudden shifts and you would see lots of improvements and almost every day is going to be an exciting day,» says Jairam Sampath, Kaynes Technology.First HNI investors, then institutional brokerages and now retail brokerages, are you surprised with how suddenly everybody is excited about the EMS space?Yes, so in our journey for the country from a low income group to a reasonably sized income, I think one of the things which was lacking in our country was the impetus to manufacturing and I think it looks like electronics manufacturing is going to be the flag bearer of the emergence of manufacturing. I would not say resurgence because we always had not too much of manufacturing on our plate. So yes, I am not surprised that across the board, people are excited and they are lending their support both morally and physically.Your big deal wins in last three months, which give you the confidence that the renaissance moment has arrived?I think these are, let us say times of tipping point so you would see sudden shifts and you would see lots of improvements and almost every day is going to be an exciting day.

Investing.com-- Gold prices rose slightly on Friday, taking some relief as the dollar retreated from a six-month high, although the prospect of higher-for-longer interest rates, following a hawkish stance from the Federal Reserve, presented a weak outlook.

In an interview to ET Now, Michael Kugelman, S Asia Woodrow Wilson Center, shares his views on the ongoing India-Canada diplomatic feud. Edited excerpts:ET Now: What do you believe has gone so wrong between India and Canada? How do you read this situation?Michael Kugelman: Well, the fact that Justin Trudeau went public with the allegations in the way that he did, I think that is a big reason why relations are where they are. We know that there have been tensions for quite some time between Canada and India.

Canada — which is slowly turning into another Pakistan for India by giving a free space to Khalistanis. These organisations carry out propaganda, terror strikes and murders. Many of these are deeply linked to drug and human-trafficking cartels and various criminal gangs. Sitting in Canada, they can dictate crime in India through Indian operatives with total impunity, since the Canadian government does not act against them on the pretext of allowing «freedom of expression» Below are some of the Khalistani organisations active in Canada:Babar Khalsa International (BKI) Babar Khalsa International (BKI) is the most dreaded, most organised and the oldest Khalistani terror organisation. It survived the wiping out of the Khalistani terror in Punjab in the early nineties. The BKI styled itself after the Babbar Akali Movement of 1920 which was against the British colonial rule. It originated from the 1978 clashes between the militant Sikhs led by Jarnail Singh Bhindranwala and the Nirankaris, a sect considered heretical by radical Sikhs. Its founders were Sukhdev Singh Babbar and Talwinder Singh Parmar. In 1981, BKI spun off an oversear faction led by Parmar in Canada.

leadership of PM Modi that the Women's Reservation Bill, stalled for over three decades, was passed in the Parliament." The Rajya Sabha (Council of States) unanimously passed the Women's Reservation Bill, garnering support from 214 members, and none opposed it. The members expressed their approval through enthusiastic desk-thumping. Members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and extended their greetings.

Investing.com-- Most Asian currencies moved little on Friday as markets continued to fret over higher U.S. interest rates, while the yen came close to 10-month lows after the Bank of Japan maintained its ultra-dovish policy.

By Byron Kaye