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U.S. job openings barely changed in February, staying at historically high levels in a sign that the American job market remains strong

More and more businesses are taking advantage of the total solar eclipse set to dim skies across North America next week

NEW DELHI : Power plants running on imported coal will have to operate at full capacity till September to meet rising demand for electricity, as per a government order. The power ministry said in a statement that it will extend Section 11 of the Electricity Act till the end of September. So far, the mandate is in effect till June.

Major freight railroads will have to maintain two-person crews in most circumstances under a new federal rule

Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna were physically present before the Supreme Court on Tuesday. “If this is indefensible, then your apology will not work. This is a gross violation of the undertaking given to the top court.

Two managers of a Saudi oil exploration company were going on trial Monday in Switzerland for alleged fraud and money laundering over a scandal years ago linked to a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund that the U.S. Justice Department once described as the...

As Canada’s immigration grows, a new study suggests babies born to immigrant parents are at an increased risk of complications at birth.The rate of stillbirth, which is fetal death occurring after 20 weeks of gestation or at a birth weight of at least 500 grams, was higher among immigrant parents when compared to native Canadians, according to research published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) Tuesday.The likelihood of preterm birth, when the baby is born before 37 weeks of pregnancy are completed, was also higher for immigrant parents admitted into Canada on an economic and family reunification basis, as well as for refugees.Researchers at McGill University and Université de Montréal looked at Statistics Canada data of nearly eight million Canadian births – out of which 21 per cent were to immigrants – over a 25-year period between 1993 and 2017.“We found differences in outcomes not only between Canadian-born parents and immigrants, but also by the admission category among immigrants,” said Seungmi Yang, study co-author and associate professor in the department of epidemiology, biostatistics and occupational health at McGill University, in an interview with Global News.“Births to immigrant parents had increased risk of several but not all adverse outcomes,” the authors wrote in the study.While the risk of small for gestational age (SGA) birth was higher among the immigrant population, there was a lower risk of large for gestational age (LGA) birth compared to Canadian-born parents, the study found.SGA birth is when the baby is born with a birth weight below the 10th percentile among an infant population of the same sex and gestational age.

MEA) official spokesperson, Randhir Jaiswal, on Tuesday clarified India's stance on renaming of places in Arunachal Pradesh by China. Jaiswal called the move a senseless attempt and said that India rejects such claims. He said, «China has persisted with its senseless attempts to rename places in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. We firmly reject such attempts. Assigning invented names will not alter the reality that Arunachal Pradesh is, has been, and will always be an integral and inalienable part of India.” China had released a fourth list of 30 new names of various places in Arunachal Pradesh amid Beijing's stepped-up assertions in recent weeks to re-emphasise its claim over the Indian state. India has been rejecting China renaming places in Arunachal Pradesh, asserting that the state is an integral part of the country and assigning „invented“ names does not alter this reality.

Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail: ABFRL is contemplating a vertical split of its Madura Fashion & Lifestyle division into an independent publicly traded entity, as stated in a stock exchange filing on Monday. This proposed split is expected to result in two separate publicly traded companies, each functioning as an independent growth platform with unique capital structures and concurrent opportunities for value creation, ABFRL said.

solar eclipse is a rare, natural phenomenon with great religious significance to many." The plea argues that phenomenon like a solar eclipse have been described in the Bible as well as in the sacred Islamic works during Jesus' crucifixion and when Prophet Muhammad's son died, respectively. The complaint asserts that the celestial event was last visible in the United States in 2017 and won't be seen again until 2044. It warrants "gathering, celebration, worship, and prayer," the complaint reads.

IMD forecasted ‘extreme heat’ for several Indian states in the coming months. It said that above-normal heatwave days are likely over most parts of the plains during this time with 10 to 20 heatwave days expected in different parts of the country against a normal of four to eight days.

₹341 crore by the Income Tax department for the assessment year 2020-21. “Infosys Ltd on March 31, 2024, received order under Section 201 & 201(A) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 from the Income Tax Department, Government of India for assessment year 20-21 with a tax demand of ₹341 crores (including interest)," the company said in an exchange filing. Also read: Infosys to receive windfall tax refund of ₹6,329 crore from income tax department The company is currently assessing the ramifications of this directive on its financial statements for the quarter and fiscal year ending on March 31.

One of my favourite vocalists of all time is the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin. I particularly loved her soulful style which was on great display during one of her greatest anthems Respect. The way she spelled out the words of “respect” during the song was classic.

Arvind Kejriwal has been remanded in judicial custody till April 15 following his arrest in the Delhi excise policy case. GST collection data released on Monday indicated an 11.5% rise to ₹1.78 lakh crore while the Election Commission received complaints about Rahul Gandhi and the Trinamool Congress. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court refused to stay Hindu prayers in the southern cellar of Gyanvapi mosque and the India Meteorological Department issued a major heatwave warning.

sentenced in the case by an Islamabad accountability court on January 31. A day later, they were sentenced to seven years in jail each in a case related to their marriage during the latter’s Iddat period. The duo married in 2018, months before Khan was elected prime minister.

demat account is a must if you want to trade in stocks. It functions much like a bank account for stock market transactions. It digitally records all activities in the stock market and maintains electronic records of various financial instruments.

magpie are campaigning for Australian wildlife authorities to reunite him with his best friend Peggy, an English Staffordshire terrier, after the animals’ owners say they were pressured to surrender the wild bird.Molly the magpie was rescued as a chick by Juliette Wells and Reece Mortensen, a couple from Queensland who now run the “Peggy and Molly” social media pages. The couple’s videos document the magpie and Staffie playing and sleeping together, and one recent video even showed Molly imitating the sound of a dog barking.A post shared by Peggyandmolly (@peggyandmolly)But in an emotional video posted to Instagram, the couple revealed they “had to surrender Molly.”Wells said that “a small group of people” had been “constantly complaining” about Molly to the Queensland Department of Environment, Science and Innovation (Desi).

Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has issued a fresh guideline to airports and airlines for deplaning passengers during tarmac delays. Zulfiquar Hasan, Director General of BCAS, said that they have prepared the guidelines and issued to airport operators and airlines. «In case of delays (no specific time limit of delay) the call will be taken by airport security or airlines to deplane passengers and bring them to boarding area again,» he said.

₹3,500 crore until July due to the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Representing the Union government and the IT department, Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta made this undertaking before a bench comprising Justice B.V. Nagarathna and Justice Augustine George Masih.

New EPFO rules: April 1st signals the start of a new financial year in India, bringing along revisions to regulations governing savings plans. Starting April 1, the Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) will introduce important changes. According to various media reports, with the new rule, when an individual changes jobs, their old Provident Fund (PF) balance will be automatically transferred to the new employer.

hydroelectricity output fell at the steepest pace in at least 38 years during the year ended March 31, a Reuters analysis of government data showed, as erratic rainfall forced further dependence on coal-fired power amid higher demand. The 16.3% drop in generation from the country's biggest clean energy source coincided with the share of renewables in power generation sliding for the first time since Prime Minister Narendra Modi made commitments to boost solar and wind capacity at the United Nations climate talks at Paris in 2015. Renewables accounted for 11.7% of India's power output in the year that ended in March, down from 11.8% a year earlier, a Reuters analysis of daily load despatch data from the federal grid regulator Grid-India showed.