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Research shows that one in five women in Canada will remain childless, which dovetails with census data that shows more people are living alone, as part of a couple without children or as part of a multi-generational family.

Canada has no chance of building the additional millions of homes Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. projects would be needed to restore housing affordability over the next seven years, according to the chief economist of Desjardins Group.

By David Rosenberg and Marius Jongstra

China and not even a single inch of land has been taken over by the neighbouring country in recent years, Ladakh Lt Governor Brig (Retd) B D Mishra said on Thursday. He said infrastructure development is taking place at a rapid pace across Ladakh with roads, helipads, airfields, tunnels and bridges being built, and India will catch up with China in that regard within next four-five years. Brig Mishra (Retd) was in Jammu in connection with a three-day north-tech symposium which concluded at IIT Jammu on Wednesday. The event provided a platform for engagement between the academia and industry to devise unique solutions to meet the army's operational requirements in northern command, while promoting self-reliance in defence production and technology proliferation. «If there is any match to them (China) in Asia, it is India.

Stocks, bonds and the dollar saw small moves, with a mixed inflation report reinforcing speculation the Federal Reserve will pause its rate hikes — but refrain from calling the end of its tightening cycle.

Household incomes fell in a third of all states nationwide last year, while just five saw median income levels improve, according US Census Bureau data. 

Citi has announced a significant change to its organizational model and its management structure.

Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, is loosely inspired by the Good Morning America scandal and centers around the characters Alexandra «Alex» Levy and Bradley Jackson. To keep fans informed, here is the episode schedule for the new installment of «The Morning Show.»

NASA is set to release on Thursday the findings of a long-awaited study on unexplained flying objects in Earth's skies. The US space agency announced last year it was reviewing evidence regarding unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAPs — which has replaced the term "UFO" in official parlance. The subject has long fascinated the public but was shunned by mainstream science. An independent team of 16 researchers shared their preliminary observations in May, finding that existing data and eyewitness reports are insufficient to draw firm conclusions, while calling for more systematic collection of high-quality data. It's unlikely Thursday's report will change that bottom line — but it could eventually usher in the start of a new mission for the agency. While NASA's probes and rovers scour the solar system for any fossils of ancient microbes, and its astronomers look for signs of intelligent civilizations on distant planets, its historic posture has been to «debunk» sightings on our home planet. There have been more than 800 «events» collected over 27 years, of which two to five per cent are thought to be possibly anomalous, the report's authors said during the May meeting. These are defined as «anything that is not readily understandable by the operator or the sensor,» or «something that is doing something weird,» said team member Nadia Drake. The US government has begun taking the issue of UAPs more seriously in recent years, in part due to concerns that they are related to foreign surveillance. NASA's work, which relies on unclassified material, is separate from a Pentagon investigation, though the two are coordinating on matters of how to apply scientific tools and methods. In July, a former US intelligence officer made

Pakistan appears to be intensifying its efforts to bolster its nuclear arsenal, according to a recent research report by the Federation of American Scientists. The nation's economy has been in turmoil, marked by widespread protests against skyrocketing fuel prices and exorbitant power bills.

₹400 crore in May via multiple funds of Convergent Finance LLP, an investment management company led by Harsha Raghavan, besides ₹30 crore from individual investors, Agilitas said. Its founding team comprises Ganguly, who quit Puma India in August, Atul Bajaj, Puma India’s former executive director for sales and operations, and Amit Prabhu, former chief financial officer, Puma India.

the Taliban minister of finance led an axe-wielding wrecking crew to smash up thousands of the pre-Islamic artefacts bequeathed by Afghanistan’s staggeringly rich history. Determined to prevent a repeat performance, museum employees camped for nights on end in the battered 1920s Kabul villa that houses its collections. Yet this time the Taliban have shown no interest in demolishing the museum’s thousand-year-old statues of Buddha and pagan wooden effigies of Nuristan (many of which have been laboriously stuck back together by museum staff over the past two decades).

Penny stock under ₹10: Vikas Ecotech shares witnessed huge buying interest since early morning deals and finally locked-in 10 per cent upper circuit on Thursday session. Vikas Ecotechshare price today opened upside and went on to hit 10 per cent upper circuit after climbing to intraday high of ₹4.45 per share levels on NSE. Vikas Ecotech has informed Indian bourses that its share allotment committee has allotted shares durring its board meeting to consider applications received for the fund raise drive via QIB route.

₹5,923 per gram. The government, in consultation with the RBI, has decided to offer a discount of ₹50 per gram less than the nominal value to investors applying online and making the payment against the application through digital mode. For such investors, the issue price of gold bond will be ₹5,873 per gram.

cricketer Harmanpreet Kaur, were named by TIME magazine as the top 100 emerging leaders shaping the world. The '2023 TIME100 Next: the Emerging Leaders Shaping the World' list, released on Wednesday, featured three Indians, Kaur, Nandita Venkatesan and Vinu Daniel.

NMDC share price jumped over 5 per cent to hit its fresh 52-week high of ₹150 on BSE in intraday trade on Thursday after an upward revision in iron ore prices. The stock opened at ₹142.90 against the previous close of ₹142.25 and rose 5.45 per cent to its one-year peak of ₹150. In a BSE filing on Thursday (September 14), the State-owned company, which is also the country's largest iron ore miner, said that the prices of iron ore with effect from September 14, 2023, has been fixed at ₹4,950 per tonne for lump ore and at ₹4,210 per tonne for fines.

Quordle is a web based word puzzle in which you have to decipher four-five letter words hidden inside a grid. Quordle was designed by Freddie Meyer and its a Wordle-Dordle inspired game. Quordle is available on its official website. It does not require you to do any fishy log in or sign up formalities, also the website is completely ad free. For beginners, a previously played Quordle dashboard is also available at the website to get their hands on before playing the puzzle game live.

HDFC Mutual Fund has launched HDFC Pharma and Healthcare Fund, an open-ended equity scheme investing in pharma and healthcare companies. The new fund offer or NFO of the scheme is open for subscription and it will close on September 28. The scheme will re-open for continuous sale and repurchase within five business days from the date of allotment of units under NFO. The investment objective of the scheme is to provide long-term capital appreciation by investing predominantly in equity and equity-related securities of pharma and healthcare companies.

Wankhede Stadium, where MS Dhoni's iconic winning shot for a six during the 2011 World Cup final landed. As per TOI report, these two seats, now famously known as the '2011 World Cup Memorial seats,' are set to be auctioned for the upcoming 2023 ODI World Cup matches. Announcing this, the MCA has posted on its website under a section titled 'Request for proposal for buyout of Hospitality Package for ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 matches at Wankhede Stadium' that the «Cricket World Cup 2011 Victory Memorial Stand (2 seats) to be auctioned.» It is expected that the auction of these seats will attract substantial bids, given the sentimental value that Indian cricket fans attach to that historic shot played by MS Dhoni. Earlier this year, there were reports suggesting that the MCA planned to create a 'memorial' at the very spot in the stand behind long-on, where the ball had landed after Dhoni's memorable six against Sri Lankan pacer Nuwan Kulasekara sealed India's victory on April 2, 2011.

The pensioner has to provide Aadhaar number, name, mobile number and self declared pension related information like PPO Number, pension account number, bank details, name of pension sanctioning authority, Pension Disbursing Authority, etc.Pension Payment Order (PPO) is very important for all pensioners. It is a unique 12-digit number provided to every pensioner who is covered by EPS (Employee Pension Scheme) under the Employee Provident Fund (EPF). A Pension Payment Order number is essential if you want to track the status of your pension.How to find your PPO number Step 1: Log on to www.epfindia.gov.in Step 2: Under Online service, click on the Pensioner's portal Step 3: You will be redirected to the 'Welcome to Pensioners Portal. 'Click 'Know your PPO number' which is mentioned on the right side of the page Step 4: Enter either your bank account number or PF number. You will receive your PPO number, as well as your Member ID and type of pension, after entering the relevant information. The PPO number is required when applying for a pension and when submitting one's annual life certificate. Transferring a PF account from one bank branch to another can be problematic if one does not know their PPO number

Sugar stocks jumped over 13% on the NSE on Thursday on the likelihood of a 14% fall in sugar output in Maharashtra in the 2023-24 crop year.Dalmia Sugar was the top gainer, while Dhampur Sugar, Avadh Sugar & Energy, Balrampur Chini Mills, Rana Sugar, Shree Renuka Sugars, The Ugar Sugar, Dwarikesh Sugar, Eid Parry and Triveni Engineering & Industries rallied 6-12%. Sugar stocks have been gaining lately on concerns over production in the wake of weak monsoon in the growing areas. Maharashtra, which is among India's top-producing states, has been at the receiving end of the monsoon witnessing the driest August in more than a century, according to industry insiders and government officials as reported by Reuters. «Sugar mills are worried that production could fall sharply in the new season because of drought.