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reality, he said, neither passenger owns that space—it’s the airline’s. “The ambiguity lets them sell that space twice on every seat on every flight," he said. Airlines “offload the conflict onto the passengers, who mostly resolve it using good manners and politeness." Brett Wilmot, associate director of the ethics program at Villanova University, said that as an ethical matter, there is no right or wrong on the question.

Chandrayaan-3 comes to fruition. In that vehicle is packed not just the scientific ambitions of ISRO, but also the sentiments of the 141-crore strong populace. New Delhi’s lunar mission is all set to make a landing on the South Pole of the moon on August 23-24. Chandrayaan-3 was launched on July 14 and entered into lunar orbit on August 5. Over in Russia, the Luna-25 too has grabbed the attention with its scheduled landing to take place on August 21-23. For a few years now, scientists from NASA and other space agencies have detected frozen water in the south pole craters. This ice could potentially serve as a reservoir for fuel, oxygen, and drinking water, thereby bolstering future lunar habitation endeavours. Both the Russian Space Agency, ROSCOMS and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) aim to create history by being the first ones to venture into the lunar south pole.

By Natalie Grover

You can’t blame Intel for trying. You might be able to blame other tech giants for trying in the future. Intel has embarked on a risky and high-stakes journey to become a maker of chips designed by others.

reality, of course, is they are building him into an almost unstoppable political phenomenon. My reading of Mr. Trump’s more than 50% support in the primary polls has been that 30% is his standard base and at least 20% consists primarily of resentment of these prosecutions alongside the wrist-slap prosecution by Merrick Garland’s Justice Department of Hunter Biden and his well-aware, enabling father.

International Trade Commission launched the investigation in January in response to a petition from the United Steelworkers union and Ohio-based Cleveland-Cliffs, which owns one of the few remaining tinplate plants in the U.S. They said cheap steel imports were hurting U.S. steelmakers and domestic jobs.

Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (“RJIL") also announced the completion of its minimum roll-out obligations in 22 telecom circles accross the country. 5G servies were first introduced in October last year.

QR codes are also proliferating, including on individual portions of pre-sliced Prosciutto di San Daniele, a raw ham similar to Prosciutto di Parma. A smartphone can be used to show information such as how long the prosciutto has been aged and when it was sliced.

Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Thursday forecast that the digital economy will contribute more than 20 per cent of the country’s GDP in 2026.

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) — A liquidity crisis at one of China's top asset managers Zhongzhi Enterprise Group has fuelled worries that the country's deepening property sector crisis is spilling over into its $57 trillion financial industry, even as the economy is weakening.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) — The euro zone swung back into a large trade surplus in June from a similar size deficit 12 months earlier, as imports from both Russia and China fell sharply, data showed on Thursday.

By Laurie Chen and Yew Lun Tian

Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday lashed out at the BJP, alleging the party is busy campaigning in other states while "Manipur is burning". Addressing Mahila Congress members and workers at the Talkatora Stadium here, Kharge said the women leaders of the party will work hard and oust the BJP government in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. «If Rahul Gandhi can go to Manipur, why can't the prime minister visit? What protection has the BJP provided to the women there? They are fleeing homes, getting raped, and killed.

Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC) is set to make an upward revision to its dividend payout for fiscal year 2022-23. The company will now pay a dividend of Rs 11.45 per share as against Rs 9.10 per share announced earlier. «The Board has decided to upwardly revise the dividend for FY 2022-23 to Rs 11.45 per share having face value of Rs 2 each, as against dividend of Rs 9.10 recommended earlier on 30 May, 2023,» the company said in a filing.

Uttar Pradesh's liquor landscape is undergoing a transformation as an influx of foreign brands seeks to attract patrons of alcoholic beverages. The state has witnessed a significant surge in the total number of registered liquor brands, soaring to 3,854 during the fiscal year 2023-23 – marking a considerable increase from the previous year's count of 3,106. This trend is poised to introduce formidable competition for local premium brands, as international liquor labels continue to penetrate the retail sector.

SK Ghosh, Group Chief Economic Adviser, SBI, says analysing I-T data showed that “close to 14% of the overall tax filers have left the income group of less than Rs 5 lakh and moved on to a higher income group. The threshold income, which means the weighted income across all income classes, whereby we can define a middle income class in India, has moved up from Rs 4 lakh to Rs 13 lakh. The number of taxpayers is three times more than what it was 10 years back.”How did you slice the Income-Tax data to make the inference on the growing Indian middle class and jump in per capita income?The data put out by the Income Tax department for the last 10 years has a plethora of information and that busts a lot of myths.

Apple Inc.’s Chief Executive Tim Cook On Thursday ... moreApple Inc.’s Chief Executive Tim Cook On Thursday Said That The Company Achieved Strong Double Digits Growth To Report Record Revenue In India For The June Quarter.

lithium prices have more than halved. But Chinese companies have been spending heavily on domestic lithium sources as they try to secure access to the metal at the heart of the energy transition. When a recent auction for exploration rights at a lithium site in China’s southwestern Sichuan province closed, it had garnered more than 11,000 bids.

reality for the Kremlin: Russia’s economy has reached its speed limit. The government has flooded the Russian economy with money to keep its troops in Ukraine supplied and insulate its businesses and citizens from the war. Thanks to the state’s largess, demand in the economy is rising, helping it recover from last year’s sanctions-induced recession.

India aims to achieve 50% non-fossil fuel installe... moreIndia aims to achieve 50% non-fossil fuel installed capacity by 2030, according to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to G20 Energy Ministers.

Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Thursday spoke about key trends happening in India that are of interest to startups. The Minister said the centre of gravity of tech which used to be in a few countries and around a few companies is now moving to open-source systems and startups are disrupting the normal. “Three trends are happening that are of interest to start ups today in the innovation economy," Chandrasekhar said during the inaugural ceremony of the two-day G20-Digital Innovation Alliance summit in Bengaluru.