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Ita Buttrose has told the government she will not seek a second term as chairwoman of the influential ABC board, and plans to step down when her term expires in March next year.

Also read: Fake ITC documents: Noida police issues non-bailable warrant against 10 people for defrauding govt of ₹15000 crore Pankaj Singh on Monday said that he would join the ongoing protest of villagers outside the Noida Authority's office if their demands go unanswered. On Monday the protesters barricaded his camp officer under the banner of Bharatiya Kisan Parishad. The protest was led by local farmer leader Sukhbir Pehlwan.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has granted a Major Payment Institution License (MPI) to the popular cryptocurrency exchange Blockchain.com. With this license, the platform will be able to provide digital payment token services to institutional and accredited investors. On August 7, 2023, it was disclosed that the application had been approved, and on August 1, 2023, the license was issued.

Adani Enterprises, Adani Power, Paytm, Tata Power, Union Bank of India are among stocks that will be in focus in today's trade.Asian equities ticked higher on Tuesday following the overnight rally in big tech that spurred a rebound in Wall Street stocks, though elevated Treasury yields kept risk sentiment in check.Tokyo stocks opened higher, with the benchmark Nikkei 225 index adding 0.92% in early trade, while the broader Topix index rose 0.71%. Shares advanced in South Korea as well, and Hong Kong stocks opened slightly higher after seven successive losses.Financial stocks may be under pressure after S&P Global Ratings downgraded the ratings of five US lenders on “tough" environment amid higher interest rates.Overnight on the Wall Street, The S&P 500 rose 30.06 points to 4,399.77 for its first gain in five days.

storm Hilary flooded streets and triggered mudslides across Southern California. However, no US deaths were attributed to the storm and fears of disaster dissipated, according to a report published by Reuters. In California, Hilary arrived as a rare tropical storm that dumped 4 to 5 inches (1o to 12 cm) of rain on coastal areas and 10 inches (25 cm) or more in the mountains, the National Weather Service Meteorologist Richard Thompson said.

pension fund APG Asset Management, the World Bank's investment arm International Finance Corp (IFC) and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) are in a race to invest up to $250 million (₹2,080 crore) in Mahindra Susten's renewable infrastructure investment trust (InvIT), said two people aware of the development. ET first reported on April 26 that several global investors including APG had evinced preliminary interest in investing in the Mahindra InvIT. Mahindra Susten's businesses include the Mahindra Group's renewable-focussed engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) unit (with more than 4 GW of capacity constructed) as well as an independent power production (IPP) unit with around 1.54 GW of operational solar plants. The entire 1.54 GW will be transferred to the InvIT. The portfolio has an enterprise value of about $1 billion, the sources said. «APG, IFC and AIIB are currently conducting due diligence on the assets that are part of the InvIT,» said one of the persons.

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) in their babies. The Pfizer shot, which was already approved for use in older adults, has now been greenlighted for use as a single injection from 32 through 36 weeks of pregnancy, to protect infants from birth through six months, a statement by the Food and Drug Administration said. It is the latest in a succession of medicines recently approved against the common microbe, which causes tens of thousands of hospitalizations among infants and the elderly in the United States every year, according to official estimates. Researchers have targeted an RSV vaccine since the 1960s, but the spate of shots that are emerging now were made possible thanks to a scientific breakthrough a decade ago. «RSV is a common cause of illness in children, and infants are among those at highest risk for severe disease, which can lead to hospitalization,» said Peter Marks, director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research. «This approval provides an option for healthcare providers and pregnant individuals to protect infants from this potentially life-threatening disease.» The approval follows a clinical trial involving some 7,000 pregnant women, which showed Pfizer's vaccine, called Abrysvo, reduced severe disease caused by RSV by 82 percent in babies from 0-3 months, and 69 percent from 0-6 months. Abrysvo was previously approved by the FDA for adults aged 60 and over, as was another vaccine by drugmaker GSK, called Arexvy. While RSV most often causes mild, cold-like symptoms in infants and young children, it can also lead to more serious outcomes such as pneumonia and bronchiolitis. An estimated 58,000-80,000 children younger than five years are hospitalized due to RSV infection, according to

Jio Financial Services fell 5% on debut Monday amid expectations of a flood of sale orders from passive funds which can't hold the shares anymore. But the company is confident of making strides in lending business with the best of technology. The shares which listed earlier than anticipated fell to ₹251.75 on the BSE, giving it a market value of ₹1.6 lakh crore, after opening trade at ₹265 apiece.

Just five years ago, a price-conscious auto shopper in the United States could choose from among a dozen new small cars selling for under $20,000

(Reuters) — Teva Pharmaceuticals will pay a fine of $225 million over five years to settle the criminal price-fixing charges brought against Teva in 2020 by the U.S. Department of Justice, the company said on Monday.

New Delhi: The National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) has imposed hefty penalty on the auditors of Tanglin Developments Ltd. (TDL), a group company of Coffee Day Enterprises Ltd. for alleged lapses in the audit of FY20 as part of a series of investigations into alleged financial irregularities in the group, showed an official order.

export duty on onions by the Centre, Union Minister Bharti Pawar on Monday said prices of the kitchen staple will not crash. Meanwhile, Under the aegis of the farmers union Shetkari Saghtana, onion farmers staged a ‘rasta roko’ agitation in Maharashtra’s Nashik district on Monday against the Central government’s decision to impose a 40 per cent export duty on the kitchen staple. Amid the protests, one of the representatives of the Union said, "Farmers die by suicide.

covid-19 pandemic. Artix seeks to cater to this new cohort to drive the future art market, with its annual art fairs. It is expected to travel to Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and Kolkata to further its ambitions.

Brics bloc of emerging economies to counterbalance Western influence, while others in the group are reluctant to admit new entrants, such as Iran and Cuba, for fear of alienating Washington. The debate among the Brics nations—Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa—about whether and how to expand will likely feature prominently during the group’s first in-person leaders’ summit since the pandemic. The presidents of Brazil, China and South Africa, as well as the Indian prime minister, are set to attend the gathering here starting Tuesday.

(Reuters) -Meta Platforms is set to roll out the web version on its new text-first social media platform Threads, hoping to gain an edge over X, formerly Twitter, as the initial surge in users waned.

Amanda Ray’s son attended public school from prekindergarten to fifth grade. But when he qualified for West Virginia’s school voucher program for the 2023-24 school year, Ray jumped at the opportunity to enroll her son in Eyes and Brains STEM Center, a small private school serving a total of six students in kindergarten to seventh grade.

(Reuters) — A storm system brewing in the Gulf of Mexico could strengthen into a named storm as it takes aim at the Texas coast, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Monday.

BRICS group of countries starts on Tuesday in South Africa, the only add-on member of what began as a quartet of Brazil, Russia, India and China, which formed the original ‘BRIC’ coined by Goldman Sachs two decades ago by clubbing together hot emerging markets for global investors to bet on. Such summitry has been a regular feature since 2009, and its most notable achievement has been the Shanghai-based New Development Bank set up by the group as a multilateral lender, an alternative to the West-led World Bank and International Monetary Fund. What’s new is the context: a geopolitical upheaval is underway in the post-Ukraine-war world.

exports and imports of goods and services declined 2.5% on-year in January-June 2023 at $800.9 billion, think tank Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) said Monday. Exports of goods and services rose 1.5% to $385.4 billion in the first six months of the calendar year as against $379.5 billion in the corresponding period a year ago while imports dipped 5.9% to $415.5 billion from $441.7 billion in January-June 2022. In merchandise trade, exports fell 8.1% to $218.7 billion, while imports contracted 8.3% to $325.7 billion. “Data is showing modest decline due to weak global demand and losing competitiveness in labour intensive sectors,” said GTRI Co-founder Ajay Srivastava. Services exports during the six months grew 17.7% to $166.7 billion, while imports rose 3.7% to $89.8 billion. India exports goods to 240 countries and out of that, the country's outbound shipments declined in 134 destinations. Major countries where exports declined include the US, UAE, China, Bangladesh, and Germany.

Miley Cyrus’ mother Tish Cyrus tied the knot for the third time, with actor Dominic Purcell, five months after getting engaged. Miley Cyrus was the maid of honor at her mother’s wedding, seen in an ice-blue-hued bridesmaid dress. She held white rose bouquets, as she smiled and was happy for her mother. While Hollywood celebrities, friends, and family were present at the wedding of Tish Cyrus, some of Miley’s siblings could not be present. Tish Cyrus and Dominic Purcell had a white wedding on Saturday, August 19, 2023. The beautiful poolside wedding was held at a luxury mansion in Malibu. Tish Cyrus and Dominic Purcell began seeing each other sometime in July 2022 but made their relationship Instagram official in November 2022. The couple got engaged in April 2023. Tish Cyrus had posted the news of her engagement, with pictures, on her Instagram. She had said, “A thousand times…. YES.” At her wedding, Tish Cyrus adorned a white wedding gown and had a flower veil on her hair at the back. Dominic Purcell wore a white shirt with sleeves rolled back, and black pants.

₹26,852 crore) in 2022, India jumped to 11th position in the top markets of direct sellers, as per the World Federation of Direct Selling Association (WFDSA) report. The report which was quoted by the news agency PTI said that in the previous year, India witnessed a jump of 5.4% in retail sales. Moreover, during the last 3 years, India witnessed the highest Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of over 13.3% on a constant dollar basis.