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Most countries in the European Union are making efforts to “de-risk” their economies from perceived threats posed by China

More than 300 Syrians refugees are heading back home from northeastern Lebanon to an uncertain future in Syria as anti-refugee sentiment is surging in crisis-hit Lebanon

Child care has long been expensive for families, hard to find and financially precarious for day care owners and workers

brought a large number of forces to our border and they did it at the time when we were under Covid lockdown." To the Galwan clash, "India responded by counter deployment of forces", he said. Four years since the clash, that left 20 soldiers dead, forces have been deployed ahead of the normal base positions at Galwan Valley. “We responded by counter-deploying our forces.

Amid world-shaking crises in the Middle East, Europe and the Indo-Pacific, the news from Niger might seem unimportant. Yes, American troops are making an ignominious withdrawal as Russian forces sashay into the same Nigerien air base hosting U.S. personnel.

₹600 crore to establish two ethanol plants in Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, each with a production capacity of 200 kilolitres per day. The move, in line with the government's 2025 ethanol-blending target, will help the oil-refining to fuel-retailing major achieve vertical integration, the company said in a statement. Land has already been acquired for the proposed facilities in both states, it added.

The International Monetary Fund, Argentina’s biggest creditor, has agreed to release the next tranche of loans due under a bailout program

Farmers' loans will be waived and Minimum Support Price will be guaranteed, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said on Tuesday while addressing an election meeting in Jalaun, where he sought votes for party candidate Narayan Das Ahirwar. He also attacked the BJP alleging it did nothing for the state despite being in power for the past 10 years. «The people of Bundelkhand overwhelmingly voted for the BJP. For the last 10 years, they (BJP) have been the MPs and their government is there. The Uttar Pradesh government has been in power for seven years. This government did not give anything to the people of Bundelkhand, especially Orai, Jalaun and Kalpi. The government in Delhi (Centre) and the Uttar Pradesh government did nothing for the development of this place,» he said. «The people of Bundelkhand have made up their mind that they will teach a lesson to those who have cheated them,» he added.

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MUMBAI : Homegrown private equity firm ChrysCapital is set to invest up to $100 million in New Delhi-based Centre for Sight for a “significant" minority stake in the eyecare chain. As part of the transaction, ChrysCapital will purchase the entire stake held by Mahindra Holdings Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, in Center for Sight. Mahindra Holdings had invested in the eyecare chain in 2019.

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries left its estimates for global oil-demand growth unchanged for this year and next, while reporting a fall in crude output as the market awaits the cartel’s next production policy move at its upcoming meeting in June. The Vienna-based group said in its monthly report that it continues to forecast oil demand to grow by 2.2 million barrels a day this year and by 1.8 million barrels a day in 2025, unchanged from its previous estimates. The cartel’s latest report comes as oil prices trade rangebound after dropping to mid-March levels earlier this month.

It’s been almost a month since the Canadian federal budget was released and the long tail on budget articles and comments is normally not that long — perhaps a few days or a week at best.

Canada ranks among the countries hardest hit by higher interest rates in the developed world, but a new report says it didn’t have to be that way.

Cyber-Physical Systems (TIPS 4.0), a bi-annual event, was conducted by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) under the aegis of the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS). The event, held on 13–14 May 2024, was hosted by the Technology Innovation Hub for IoT & IoE (TIH-IoT) at IIT Bombay. It witnessed the participation of 48 deeptech startups and a promising investment commitment towards 44 innovative startups. Shireesh Kedare, Director – IIT Bombay, addressed the gathering, followed by Abhay Karandikar, Secretary, DST. The inaugural session concluded with the remarks of Ekta Kapoor, Mission Director – NM-ICPS and Head of FFT Division, DST. Abhay Karandikar, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology (DST), said in a statement, “This is the first time that TIPS featured deeptech startups taking centre stage to present their work to potential investors, while their supporting Technology Innovation Hubs showcased their developments and progress in the workshops. This milestone demonstrates significant progress towards our mission, as we continue to foster lab-to-market opportunities to support deeptech innovators in our nation.”

Patanjali misleading ads case: SC reserves order on contempt plea against Ramdev "We are the first ones to uphold the freedom of free speech. But there are times when there should be self-restraint. As IMA President, you should have had self-restraint.

India is the world’s largest producer of spices by a long shot. Hong Kong, it has been reported, has suspended the sales of three spice blends made by two Indian companies that are household brand names, MDH and Everest. The reason given for the regulatory action is that these products apparently contain high levels of a cancer-causing pesticide ethylene oxide.

humanitarian aid to Kenya following severe floods that have devastated the country, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on May 14. This is the second tranche of humanitarian aid to Kenya comprising relief and medical supplies. Floods have impacted 38 out of 47 counties in the country, killing 267 people, injuring 188, and displacing over 280,000 individuals.

Trust is at the core of the diffusion of any innovation in any sector, particularly so in the case of technology. If this trust is compromised, diffusion will fail, no matter how useful it is. In today’s age of digitally generated deepfakes, the old adage “seeing is believing" is under siege.

CERT-In’s latest security bulletin, the vulnerabilities in Google Chrome could allow a remote attacker to compromise a user's system. The issues identified include a use-after-free error in the visuals and angle components and a heap buffer overflow in WebAudio.

gold in the last one week has been -0.38%, whereas in the last month it has been 0.72%. The cost of silver is Rs.83660.0 per kg down by Rs.720.0 per kg. Gold Price Today in Delhi is ₹73607.0/10 grams.

flash floods and cold lava flow on Indonesia's Sumatra island over the weekend killed at least 50 people and left another 27 missing, the country's disaster agency said. Hours of heavy rain caused large volcanic rocks to roll down one of Indonesia's most active volcanos into two of the worst-hit districts on Sumatra island Saturday evening while flooding inundated roads, homes and mosques.