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Today is the World EV Day. Electric vehicles (EVs) play a pivotal role in reducing carbon emissions and combating climate change.

Roblox plans to launch its immersive digital worlds platform on Sony's PlayStation devices in October, giving it access to the hundreds of millions of people who use the world's most popular gaming consoles. Roblox will also make its app fully available on Meta's Quest mixed reality devices this month after rolling out a test version in July. That version was downloaded more than a million times within five days, the company said in a blog post.

tech stocks all year. Surging valuations and elevated interest rates doom them. Earnings forecasts are a fantasy.

Inflation expectations in five to 10 years' time marginally rose to 3.3% from 3.2% in July, the survey by U.S. bank Citi and polling firm YouGov showed. Public expectations for inflation in 12 months' time increased to 4.4% from 4.3%. The BoE is widely expected to raise interest rates for the 15th time in a row on Sept.

heatwave was unprecedented and the most intense in the last 70 years, severely affecting millions of people in South Asia, according to new research from India. Such heatwaves are expected to increase in the near future, enhancing heat accumulation in the region and threatening food, water and energy security in the region, the study from institutes including IIT-Gandhinagar and IIT-Jodhpur, said. South Asia faced five continuous heatwave spells that lasted about 35 days during late February and April 2022, affecting a large part of the region. The heatwave lasted for a longer duration and had more spells than the historical heatwave events, compared to the historical heatwave events during 1950-2021, the study published in Environmental Research Letters said. Exceptional heating with more than 3.9 degrees Celsius rise in maximum temperature was experienced by majority region of South Asia, which includes countries such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka, along with India, the study found after analysing observational datasets from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, US, and European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts Reanalysis version 5 (ERA5). The study projected an increase in frequency of mega heatwave, more severe than that of 2022, in a warming planet under all types of emissions scenario.

Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB) tranche will open for subscription on September 11 and will close on September 15, 2023. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has kept the settlement date of this tranche of Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 2023-24 Series as September 20, 2023.

economic data from China and Europe, and a surge in U.S Treasury yields. According to LSEG data, investors withdrew a net $5.96 billion out of U.S. equity funds during the week, compared with about $4.42 billion worth net withdrawn the previous week. Data pointing to a slowdown in the services sector in China and Europe in August, stirring concerns about global economic growth. Meanwhile, U.S.

OTT release this week: The week is all about movie ‘Jawan’ for cinema lovers. Shah Rukh Khan's one of the best movies released this week in cinemas across the globe. For those who want to enjoy movies and shows at their home during weekend, they can watch movies like Rajinikanth's Jailer, Nawazuddin Sidduqui's Haddi, or other movies and shows released this week.

Sovereign gold bond: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) declared Sovereign gold bond September 2023 price on Friday at ₹5,923 per gram. The next tranche of the scheme is opening for subscribers on 11th September 2023 i.e. on Monday next week.

Indians love buying property as it gives them a sense of financial safety and security. It is also an asset they can rely in their tough times. A house essentially is bought for self-use, but some buy multiple pieces of property for rental income as well.

Iranian oil earlier this year, Al Jazeera reported. Notably, this strong move by the US resulted in severe tensions in the Gulf. «This is the first-ever criminal resolution involving a company that violated sanctions by facilitating the illicit sale and transport of Iranian oil and comes in concert with a successful seizure of over 980,000 barrels of contraband crude oil,» said the Justice Department in a statement, according to Al Jazeera. The department hailed the move for «successfully disrupting a multimillion-dollar shipment of crude oil,» by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is designated as a «foreign terrorist organization» in the US. Following its seizure of the Iranian oil, Washington charged Tehran with arresting a number of foreign ships transiting the Gulf. Tehran was outraged when the Pentagon revealed in August that it was deploying tens of thousands more US soldiers to the area to «support deterrence efforts» and guard maritime lines, notably the Strait of Hormuz., according to Al Jazeera.Iran has argued that capturing Iranian property in international waters is equivalent to piracy, whereas the US regards stopping Iranian oil ships as law enforcement. «Acts of trespassing on tankers carrying Iranian oil are a clear example of piracy,» Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Nasser Kanasaid last month, as per Al Jazeera. In August, the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that Washington would welcome any steps from Tehran for de-escalating the «growing nuclear threats». He, however, also clarified that the process of bringing back US citizens detained in Iran is a «completely different» matter.

Women who put their careers on pause are more than twice as likely than men who do the same to go back to work after retirement.

LONDON (Reuters) — The British public's expectations for inflation over the medium to long term, which are closely watched by the Bank of England, Rose in August, a survey published on Friday showed.

By Arathy Somasekhar

Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden reaffirmed their nations’ close ties and commitment to developing robust global semiconductor supply chains during their meeting before the G20 Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi, building on discussions from their June bilateral meeting. Biden also reiterated America’s support for India’s longstanding demand for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council and expressed support for India’s candidacy for another term in the UNSC as a non-permanent member in 2028-29.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Friday released its draft environmental impact statement of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, but said it's waiting for more input before deciding the future of the line’s controversial river crossing in North Dakota

Carrefour is set to attach labels to products sold in its stores warning shoppers of what it deems to be “shrinkflation", the latest volley against the major food producers accused of trying to profit from inflation. From Monday next week, all products that Carrefour claims to be practicing shrinkflation—when a product has become smaller but the price charged by the supplier has risen without changes to the recipe or packaging—will be labeled as such, the French supermarket chain said Friday. The bright orange label, measuring about five square inches, also informs consumers that Carrefour is committed to re-negotiating the price of the product in question.

Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden picked up from where they left off in June during their bilateral meeting on Friday in advance of the G20 Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi. “The leaders called on their governments to continue the work of transforming the India-U.S.

₹300 crore in the next three-four years to further expand their Sri City manufacturing plant in Andhra Pradesh with an aim to increase India exports, the company’s management said in a press briefing. “So, we have already invested 300 crores in our new Sri factory. And we plan to invest a total of 600 crores in the five years' bracket which is 2021 to 2025.

Employers hired more workers than expected in August, but the unemployment rate held steady due to a population increase of 103,000, so the surprise gain likely won’t bring policymakers off the sidelines when it comes to interest rates, economists say.

By Julie Cazzin with Janet Gray