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The number of heat-related deaths in Texas is rising among residents who lost power during Hurricane Beryl

Russia has emerged as the biggest recipient of projects and loans as well as monetary assistance from China under the controversial Belt and Road Initiative. The Asian communist-ruled country has been shocking the world for more than twenty years with its economic strides and stupendous economic growth rate. Russia-China cooperation has soared to such a level that it has set the alarm bell ringing and the Western world, including the US and Europe, are scared. It has deepened global concern over what a partnership between these two powerhouses could cause. Western experts apprehend that China could be taking advantage of Russia's valuable natural resources.

“Scaling up” is a catchphrase in the artificial intelligence industry as tech companies rush to improve their AI systems with ever-bigger sets of internet data

Donald Trump made a pitch for votes from autoworkers in key swing states during his acceptance speech for the Republican presidential nomination

Mark Spitznagel, founder and chief investment officer of Universa Investments, has a knack for making headlines with his bold market predictions. Known for his contrarian approach, Spitznagel has successfully navigated financial crises since establishing Universa in 2008. Despite the current calm in the markets, he warns of an impending severe downturn, labeling the current situation as the “greatest bubble in human history.”

Madhu Kela is supportive of a government/regulatory action on the growing speculative trading in the derivatives market arguing that irrespective of the overwhelming investor traction, there is a lack of understanding as to what they are getting into. He said he was hopeful of a collective action among the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the government on this. Citing an «alarming incident» that he came across, Kela said, «A friend of mine was saying that his mother asked me about F&O. She is 82-year-old and this friend asked her what have you got to do with F&O and what do you want to do? She said that I have nothing to do with F&O. In our house there is housework going on and three carpenters are working. They do not work between 9:15 and 3:30 because they are doing F&O trading and our work has slowed down,» Kela said.

After more than a decade of dismal fixed-income performance, with Canadian indexes eking out low single-digit annualized returns, the tides are finally shifting.

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Economic Survey has projected a conservative growth of 6.5-7 per cent for the current fiscal year because of global uncertainties and various domestic challenges, experts said on Monday. The projection is lower than 8.2 per cent growth rate estimated in 2023-24 and tad lower than Reserve Bank's forecast of 7.2 per cent for the current financial year.

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budget for the financial year 2024-25. ETMutualFunds reached out to financial advisors about what mutual fund investors can expect from the Finance Minister and what changes they should make in their investment strategy.

IT sector and a significant presence of high-net-worth individuals (HNIs) have made Hyderabad a prime target for cybercriminals. In 2023, Telangana reported the highest share of malware attacks in India, accounting for 15% of the country's total, according to the latest India Cyber Threat Report.

Bluelearn has shut down operations and will return 70% of the capital it raised to its investors.

India’s intensely competitive smartphone market, Apple is poised for an aggressive play in the personal computer (PC) space, with revenue from its range of Mac PCs likely to nearly double this year, say experts. Sales of Mac PCs are expected to grow more than 14% in 2024, rebounding from a decline last year, thanks to their growing acceptance in enterprise and educational segments, despite the premium pricing of about 1 lakh per device, the experts say.

US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has appointed a bipartisan, independent panel to review this month's assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, officials said Sunday. The panel members will have «extensive law enforcement and security experience to conduct a 45-day independent review of the planning for and actions taken by the US Secret Service and state and local authorities before, during, and after the rally, and the US Secret Service governing policies and procedures,» the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement. The first people named to the panel are former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano; Frances Townsend, former Homeland Security adviser to President George W. Bush; Mark Filip, a former federal judge and deputy attorney general to President George W. Bush; and David Mitchell, former Secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Homeland Security for the state of Delaware. Additional experts could be asked to join the group in the coming days, the statement said.

₹11.11 trillion. This may be increased slightly given the increased focus by the infrastructure-related ministries, the person added. "If the intention was to go with different numbers, more liberal numbers would have been presented in the interim budget," added the second person.

insolvency resolution process (CIRP) of bankrupt companies to providing financial support to fight arbitration suits or even helping companies find sector expert lawyers for fighting costly disputes, a clutch of litigation funding startups are offering a range of services in the third-party funding market in India. Startups such as LegalPay, LitiCap, LegalFund and FightRight are helping companies fund their costly disputes, focusing on sectors including infrastructure, real estate, logistics, media entertainment and manufacturing.

Joe Biden ending his reelection bid and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris, Democrats now must navigate a shift that is unprecedented this late in an election year. Democrats are set to hold their convention in Chicago on Aug. 19-22. What was supposed to be a coronation for Biden now becomes an open contest in which nearly 4,700 delegates will be responsible for picking a new standard-bearer to challenge Republican Donald Trump in the fall. The path ahead is neither easy nor obvious, even with Biden endorsing Harris. There are unanswered questions about logistics, money and political fallout.

Union Budget for 2024-25, expectations are high for measures that will stimulate economic growth and attract foreign investment. Businesses are waiting with bated breath to see what reforms and reliefs are introduced for the financial year ahead. It is expected that Union Budget would be an agent of change in ushering India towards the long-enumerated feat of realizing $5 trillion economy by the government.

Airbus will launch its first assembly line for the single-engine H 125 helicopter in India, Sunny Guglani, head of Airbus Helicopters in India and South Asia said. «The plan is to have the first Made-in-India H125 rollout of the assembly line in 2026 that's the plan we're working with TATA,» Gugltold ANI. Guglani further stated, «This Final Assembly Line (FAL) will actually produce the H125, which will already be EASA-certified quality assurance, and the airworthy assurance is being taken care of by experts from airbus helicopters that will be located at the FAL site in India.»

Jamaat-e-Islami backed by Pakistan's ISI, is under the scanner for instigating violence and transforming student protests into a political movement in Bangladesh that has impacted the routine of millions including Indian students there, nearly 1,000 of whom have returned so far. The motive of Pakistan's army and ISI is to destabilise the Shiekh Hasina government and bring the opposition BNP back in power through protests and street violence, highly placed sources told ET. The Hasina government is monitoring the activities of opposition leaders, they said. The role of the ISI to undermine the Hasina government which has cracked down against radicals is nothing new, but now, what started as a student protest against quotas in jobs has been transformed into a political movement through infiltration of cadres of opposition parties into the protesting groups, people tracking the developments said.