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Entry and exit at Yamuna Bank Metro Station has been temporarily closed due to the rising water levels of the Yamuna River. However, interchange facility is still available and services on Blue Line are running normally.

The India Meteorological Department has issued a red alert for Meghalaya, Sikkim, and sub-Himalayan West Bengal, as heavy rainfall may cause localized flooding, landslides, and flash floods in these regions. The weather bureau has also issued an orange alert for Uttarakhand, Assam and Uttar Pradesh. IMD expects more than 204.4 mm rainfall in Meghalaya, Sikkim and sub-Himalayan West Bengal and 115.6 to 204.4 mm in Assam and Uttar Pradesh on Thursday and Friday.

Varun Beverages Ltd., which says it’s responsible for about 90% of PepsiCo sales in India, is set to profit from the expanded distribution of its products to remoter parts of the country, while sales should also benefit from the trend toward increasing temperatures, analysts say. imagee “This quarter will be good for Varun as this season is the best for them,” said Lavita Lasrado, an equity research analyst at Mirae Asset Capital Markets India Pvt. in Mumbai.

Citi from a business standpoint and we will continue to grow our employee base at our solution centres in India,” Sara Wechter, Citi’s head of human resources, told ET’s Rica Bhattacharyya in an exclusive interview. Wechter, who is currently visiting India, said Citi’s ‘Solution Centres’ (CSC) in the country will hire at least 5,000 people in the next two years taking its total strength to more than 32,000. The US banking major, which recently exited its consumer banking business in India, will focus on areas of technology, engineering, analytics, AI, and risk, among others, as it expands its talent base at its captive units here.

Delhi metro operations on Thursday. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) informed that the approach road leading to Yamuna Bank Metro Station is currently inaccessible due to escalating water levels. In a tweet, DMRC said, “Due to the escalating water levels of the Yamuna River, the approach road leading to Yamuna Bank Metro Station is currently inaccessible.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday announced that schools in flood-hit regions of the national capital would remain closed, with the region facing water-logging after the Yamuna river crossed danger levels due to increasing rains. «All government and private schools are being closed in the areas of Delhi where water is filling up,» the Chief Minister tweeted.

Arvind Kejriwal, his cabinet and other senior bureaucrats, was flooded. According to officials from the Public Works Department, they received information regarding flooding of the Delhi Secretariat. They said they are coordinating with the traffic police and other agencies on the situation.

heat records, one of the world’s biggest green investors says fund managers need to sit up and take note.Impax Asset Management Group Plc, which oversees about £40 billion ($50 billion) in client assets, has found that portfolio companies generally don’t know how extreme heat can affect their valuations. Heat waves “are a threat to revenue loss, productivity and the supply chain,” Matthew Wright, a research analyst at Impax who specialises in studying the fallout on asset values of climate change, said in an interview. The phenomenon has the potential to disrupt all sectors, but some are more vulnerable than others, he said.

Yamuna River, police started evacuations and shifted more than 750 people along with 250 cattle to safer places on Wednesday. The Yamuna water level reached 208.05 meters at 10 pm yesterday. A total of 10 schools in low-lying areas of Delhi's Civil Lines zone, 7 in Shahadra will be closed today due to a flood-like situation.

Dipan Mehta, Director, Elixir Equities, says highly risk-averse investors can look at Godrej Properties, DLF and Macrotech among real estate stocks as these offer some comfort considering the size, the balance sheet quality, and the diversity of their projects. But there is a lot of value in companies like Sobha as well as Prestige as well.What do you like within the real estate sector?Oh yes, lots of choices in real estate and you could really pick and choose. All of them are having a great moment at this point of time.

The 401(k) system will face its first test in a just a few years, when the oldest members of Gen X hit retirement age — and so far, things are not looking good.

WWE has played a crucial role in launching the careers of numerous wrestlers who have gone on to achieve stardom in the industry. While some wrestlers have chosen to remain with the company, others have ventured out to compete for different promotions or on the independent circuit. Irrespective of their chosen path, these wrestlers have made notable contributions to the development and advancement of professional wrestling as a whole. Mantaur was also one such personality in the wrestling world.

₹48,879 crore, and another 26 awaiting the market regulator’s approval. This will keep the D-street busy—but will these issues be received with the same enthusiasm as seen earlier? Common source: Primedatabase.com, BSE, NSDL, Capitaline, Mint analysis With the secondary markets recovering after the Adani group debacle, the primary market seems to be fast gearing up to play catch-up. Six issues hit the markets in the June quarter, and a few more are planned this month.

IMD) has issued a moderate flash flood risk forecast for Uttarakhand, sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim adjoining extreme northeast Bihar, northeast Assam, south Meghalaya and northeast Arunachal Pradesh. “Surface runoff or inundation may occur at some fully saturated soils and lowlying areas over areas of concern due to expected rainfall occurrence in next 24 hours,” it said on Wednesday.

Mega Millions drawing held on Tuesday night did not produce a jackpot winner. Consequently, another drawing has been scheduled for Friday at 11 p.m. ET. Mega Millions has estimated the jackpot to be an impressive $560 million for the upcoming drawing. This week, there are two substantial lottery prizes up for grabs, including the Mega Millions jackpot. In the June 23 midday drawing, a Pick 5 winner from Maryland credited another Pick 5 winner for her own $50,000 win. This highlights the impact of a simple switch in the numbers played, which turned her into a fortunate winner. However, with regards to Mega Millions, excitement is building as there hasn't been a winner since April 18. The numbers for the latest drawing were revealed shortly after 11 p.m. ET, and you can find the results below. In the event of a winner in tonight's drawing who opts for the cash option, they would receive a substantial sum of over $251 million, as stated by the lottery. While the odds are extremely slim, if someone manages to win both jackpots, they would amass an incredible $1.174 billion.

Canada’s senior governments weren’t transparent enough about the additional $309 billion spent during the COVID-19 crisis, argues a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute, which calls for improvements to the budgeting process.

Avideo grab of a person urinating on a hapless person sitting on a pavement shocked the whole nation. What was done in response? Several people voiced indignation over the incident. Law enforcers did what is expected of them.

The June that just ended was the Earth’s hottest recorded—ever. And the first week of July saw the trend continue. Surging summer temperatures made me wonder: Just how much heat can the human body stand? Deaths from heat are common, and as the world heats up, may become more so if we don’t develop a plan for extreme heat days, like the kind of warning system that comes before a major storm.

Spain is sweltering under an unrelenting heat wave as temperatures start to build toward what is forecast to be a torrid weekend across southern Europe