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UN said Monday, urging G20 nations to boost emissions cuts. The UN Environment Programme's annual Emissions Gap report is released just ahead of crucial COP28 climate talks in Dubai and will feed into the global response to a sobering official «stocktake» of the failure to curb warming so far. With this year expected to be the hottest in human history, UNEP said «the world is witnessing a disturbing acceleration in the number, speed and scale of broken climate records». Taking into account countries' carbon-cutting plans, UNEP warned that the planet is on a path for disastrous heating of between 2.5C and 2.9C by 2100.

Boris Johnson, the former British prime minister, struggled to come to grips with much of the science during the coronavirus pandemic, his chief scientific advisor said Monday. In keenly awaited testimony to the country's public inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic, Patrick Vallance said he and others faced repeated problems getting Johnson to understand the science and that he changed his mind on numerous occasions. «I think I'm right in saying that the prime minister gave up science at 15,» he said. «I think he'd be the first to admit it wasn't his forte and that he struggled with the concepts and we did need to repeat them — often.» Extracts from Vallace's mostly contemporaneous diary of the time were relayed to the inquiry.

Retirement fund body EPFO recorded a net addition of 17.21 lakh members in September, according to payroll data released on Monday. Month-on-month comparison of payroll data shows an increase of 21,475 net members over August 2023, a labour ministry statement said. Year-on-year comparison of payroll data reflects an increase of 38,262 net members over September 2022.

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Goldman Sachs Japan is facing a major transition with the immediate resignation of its president, Masanori Mochida.

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The EUR/USD pair is likely to be among the more active currency pairs this week, which I am expecting to potentially rise to the 1.10 handle amid improved risk sentiment and recent falls in US yields and the US dollar. Although the economic situation in the eurozone remains far from convincing, the market may have gotten ahead of itself with regard to ECB rate cuts being priced in as early as April.

Renowned author and financial educator Robert Kiyosaki believes Bitcoin (BTC) is the “best protection” against hyperinflation because it is people’s money. 

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Arsene Wenger says «it's possible» to develop Indian football «in the very short time» and he cannot imagine the sport evolving without the involvement of the Asian country. The encouraging words from the former Arsenal manager came ahead of the Indian team's World Cup Qualifier against Qatar on Tuesday. Wenger, who is currently the chief of global football development, FIFA, visited the All India Football Federation (AIFF) headquarters on Monday and had an interaction with the heads of a select group of academies from across the country.

Hilton announced the appointment of Zubin Saxena as senior vice president and country head, India on Monday. Saxena joins Hilton from Radisson Hotel Group, where he worked for over eight years, most recently as the managing director and area senior vice president, South Asia.

National Pharmacy Register with details of all pharmacy professionals as part of a draft Bill that seeks to repeal the nearly 75-year-old Pharmacy Act and replace the Pharmacy Council of India with a national commission. The Union Health Ministry uploaded a draft National Pharmacy Commission Bill, 2023, on its website on November 10, seeking comments from the public.

World Cup trophy on Sunday. Many have since taken to social media platforms to express their disappointment or express their frustration with the Rohit Sharma-led Indian team. Others took it a step further, lashing out at cricketer Glenn Maxwell's Indian-origin wife.

Papua New Guinea, the country based in Oceania, has triggered tsunami fears in the region. The weather agency of Japan said that it was assessing the risk posed towards its coastal belt. The volcano, Mount Ulawan, erupted at 3:30 pm local time (0630 GMT).

Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), PTI reported citing officials aware of the development. The monthly wages of skilled workers are likely to be increased by ₹528 to ₹20,903, that of semi-skilled workers by ₹494 to ₹18,993 and of unskilled labourers from ₹16,792 to ₹17,234, the official said. Now, the per day wage of an unskilled worker in Delhi will be ₹ 574.47, for semi-skilled ₹ 633.10 and for skilled workers ₹696.77.

CNN on Sunday. ALSO READ: Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: PM Modi dials Uttarakhand CM, says ‘workers will be evacuated safely with…’ According to provisional results, Milei received 55 per cent of votes (13,781,154) with more than 94 per cent of votes counted, CNN reported, citing the data from the country's National Electoral Chamber.

The dollar extended a decline, with a gauge of greenback strength hitting its lowest level since August, amid speculation the Federal Reserve is nearing the end of its rate-hike cycle.

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In the ever-evolving world of cryptocurrency, Bitcoin continues to make headlines with its latest surge. Trading at $37,292, the digital currency marked a significant increase of 2.5% on Monday. This uptick in value coincides with the political shift in Argentina, where Bitcoin’s price surged following Javier Milei’s victory in the presidential race, underscoring the cryptocurrency’s sensitivity to global events.

Rohit Bajaj, Executive Director — Business Development,Strategy and Regulatory Affairs, IEX, says Now that the new regulation has come, this is GNA regulation where you can avail, you can take open access or you can schedule power up to 11 months in advance under short-term market. What we are doing is taking advantage of the regulation which is there, which is very market-friendly regulation, we are going to apply very shortly. “We are hoping that by January, we should be in a position to launch this contract.” The volume growth that you have clocked in has been fairly encouraging. Do you think that we can see a further margin expansion owing to the operating leverage? This last quarter was very good for us, Q2, where we registered close to 15% growth in overall volume terms. And after that, in October, we saw a huge demand increase. So on a year-on-year basis, the overall country's demand increased by about 22% and we got the lion's share of it. Our volume also increased by 20% in October. In the first seven months, we are at 12% and going forward as the supply constraint will further ease out because November, December, January, February, are generally the months where large supplies come in as not all the states are drawing.