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Paris Olympics 2024 have already begun with the opening ceremony underway along the river Seine, leading to the iconic Eiffel Tower. The teams participating at the Olympics this year including USA, France, Jamaica, Great Britain, and others will be eyeing the medal events that will start off in a matter of a few hours now.

Nico Williams is one of the leading topics of conversation in La Liga and other popular international leagues at the moment mostly because of the fact that the Spanish star has been phenomenal during his Euro Cup journey with his country, that also saw him score a blinder of a goal during the Euro Cup finals. However, there is one more reason why Williams is making headlines.

Paris Olympics 2024 action has already set off with the Opening Ceremony to be hosted in a matter of hours now. Right after the ceremony, some of the major sporting events will kick off, including the most awaited event, gymnastics that will see top medal contenders like Simone Biles from Team USA in action.

freight rates have soared around 105% in the past three months and a severe container shortage is hurting industries from agriculture to automotive.

tourism has been highlighted again by renewed anti-tourism protests in the popular Spanish holiday destination of Mallorca this week. This is the latest in a series of protests that have taken place in Barcelona, Malaga and the Canary Islands. The main contention of the activists there is that tourists have driven up housing costs, leading to locals finding central areas unaffordable.

Officials in Greece say they have formally approved the purchase of 20 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters from the United States as part of a major defense overhaul

China has issued a rare compliment to the administration of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for his order banning widespread and Chinese-run online gaming operations

Workers have linked the U.S. and Canadian sides of the new Gordie Howe International Bridge spanning the Detroit River

Abbott is warning that sensors on some of its blood sugar monitoring systems may need to be replaced to prevent inaccurate readings

₹10,000, and an additional fine of up to ₹5,000 will be levied—for every day during which the violations continue to occur—on entities found violating the provisions of the law for the first time. In case the violators fail to pay the penalty within 90 days, the act states that they shall be liable for imprisonment which may extend up to three years or pay a fine which may extend to twice the amount of the penalty, or both, as per the existing rules.

New Delhi: The country will have 12 new industrial cities in different states like the ones developed in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh and Dholera in Gujarat to further boost domestic manufacturing, a top government official said. Out of this, two are coming up in Andhra Pradesh and one in Bihar.

Vijender Singh feels India needs more heroes beyond cricket to inspire the future generations if the country wants to become a sports superpower by 2047. These heroes, he believes, will also drive a cultural change, encouraging more young Indians to pursue sports as a profession.

Agniveers will be granted reservation in government jobs in Uttarakhand upon their return after serving in the armed forces, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami announced on Friday, as the nation observed the 25th anniversary of the Kargil Vijay Diwas. Addressing a programme here to pay tributes to the armed forces personnel who fought valiantly in extremely harsh conditions to defend the nation's territory during the Kargil war in 1999, Dhami said legislation will be brought to extend the reservation.

capital gains tax rates across countries to those in India, we observe a range of approaches, from straightforward percentage rates to complex systems with multiple conditions.

Brazilian government on Thursday apologized for human rights violations in the persecution and incarceration of Japanese immigrants in the years after World War II.

Apple Inc. lost ground in China’s smartphone market in the June quarter after local companies like Huawei Technologies Co. surged ahead.

Brazil's vision for a global deal to tax the ultra-rich sparked divisions Thursday at a meeting of G20 finance ministers in Rio de Janeiro, where Washington dismissed the need for an international accord on the matter.

Nirmala Sitharaman who presented the Union Budget recently asserted that she can make savings easier for those residing in rural areas through rate rationalisation.

Raamdeo Agrawal, Chairman & Co-founder, Motilal Oswal Group, says he doesn’t think Nifty is expensive at all. 20-21 times for the India story is not out of line. The economy should pick up as we go forward. Monsoon has been fierce and that will have a very good effect in the second half, in the festival season and hopefully the interest rates will also come down somewhat, at least 50 basis point in next six months. On corporate earnings, Motilal Oswal research department is saying that next year it will be at least 14-15% Nifty EPS. From Rs 1,000 EPS in 2024, it could be Rs 1,130. Agrawal also says FIIs will be back. Maybe not in a big way, but they will be net-net positive going forward. Then there will be a lot more capital market activity in terms of I-Banking, wealth management and those sectors will rocket. It is a kind of revolution in capital market and it feel like what happened in IT in the late 1990s – 1997, 1998, 2000. It has changed the entire country. Capital market industry could be even bigger than that.

Vishal Batra stood at Point 5140 in Drass on Thursday, he scanned the horizon and shouted "Yeh dil maange more" three times. This act commemorated a famous victory message his twin brother, Capt Vikram Batra, delivered 25 years ago after capturing Tiger Hill during the Kargil War. Capt Batra, a posthumous Param Vir Chakra winner, became a national hero, and Vishal wanted to recreate the moment to feel his brother's spirit at the same barren terrain that witnessed so much bravery.