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New Delhi: Parts of west, south-west, and east Delhi, including areas such as Mundaka, Jafarpur, Nazafgarh, Preet Vihar, and Seema Puri, along with NCR regions like Bahadurgarh, Greater Noida, Ghaziabad, and Gurugram, saw showers in early hours on Saturday. The India Meteorological Department (IMD), in a statement at 09:36 am, forecast light to moderate rainfall, accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning over south Delhi in the nex 2-3 hours. “Light to moderate rainfall at most places with isolated heavy rainfall was observed over Delhi during the past 24 hours ending at 0830 am today.

Bitdeer Technologies Group (NASDAQ: BTDR), a leading technology company in the cryptocurrency mining community headquartered in Singapore, announced its unaudited mining and operations updates for July 2023 on August 7, 2023.

India and the government will continue its capex push, finance secretary TV Somanathan said. On the fiscal deficit, he said the government will not exceed the budget estimate of 5.9% of GDP. «So far as China is concerned, the very fact that we have a huge trade deficit with China means that China's slowdown has very little negative effect on the Indian economy,» Somanathan told ET in an interview.

NBA, on Thursday, unveiled the schedule for its traditional Christmas Day lineup, featuring a total of five games that will all be broadcasted on ESPN. Arguably taking center stage, the Boston Celtics are set to face off against the Los Angeles Lakers in Los Angeles at 5 pm (ET). Notably, Lakers' superstar LeBron James will mark his 18th appearance on Christmas Day, establishing a new league record. Kicking off the festive basketball extravaganza, the Milwaukee Bucks will square off against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden at noon ET. Following that, the Golden State Warriors will challenge the reigning champions, the Denver Nuggets, in Denver at 2:30 pm (ET), leading up to the highly anticipated Boston Celtics-Los Angeles Lakers showdown. The excitement will continue as the Miami Heat welcome the Philadelphia 76ers to Miami, with the game tipping off at 8 pm (ET). Bringing the Christmas Day basketball festivities to a close, the Dallas Mavericks will go head-to-head with the Phoenix Suns in Phoenix at 10:30 pm (ET).

Black Sea Fleet, officials said Friday, the latest in a surge of attacks on the capital and the flashpoint waterway. The drone assaults came as a Russian-proxy official confirmed speculation that Ukrainian forces had breached the left bank of the Dnipro river, the de facto frontline in the south of the country. Russia's defence ministry said its air force downed a Ukrainian drone over the capital at about 04:00 (0100 GMT) on Friday.

Nifty companies also showed impressive earnings growth. “Nifty earnings growth has been strong, led by sustained revenue growth and operating margin expansion driving 25% net profit growth for Q1," said Sushant Bhansali, CEO, Ambit Asset Management. In addition to better operating performance, other incomes rose as well.

₹6,744 per bbl, having swung between ₹6,616 and ₹6,754 per bbl during the session so far, against a previous close of ₹6,685 per barrel. China, the world's biggest oil importer, is seen as playing a major role in shoring up oil demand over the rest of the year. However, the country's post-pandemic recovery has been sluggish, weakened by low domestic consumption, plunging factory activity and a debt-ridden property sector.

A new report from blockchain analytics firm TRM Labs noted that North Korean hackers have stolen more than $2 billion in cryptocurrencies in the past five years. It estimated around $200 million in crypto heists this year alone.

Tarun Chugh on Friday slammed the appointment of jailed Kashmiri separatist Yasin Malik's wife Mishal Hussain Malik as a special advisor to Pakistan's caretaker prime minister, saying it vindicated India's charge that the country harbours terrorists who attack India. «Mishal Hussain Malik's appointment endorses India's claim that Pakistan is harbouring terrorism and terrorists,» BJP national general secretary and its in-charge for Jammu & Kashmir Tarun Chugh said in a statement.

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BBC Presenter Stephen Nolan has issued an apology in response to allegations that he sent unsolicited explicit photos to colleagues, a controversy that has recently garnered significant media attention.

Jawan’ could enjoy a humongous opening in the USA! According to US-based movie distributor Venky Reviews, the movie sold about 4,800 tickets worth $74200 from 239 locations. Taking to Twitter (now renamed ‘X’), the distributor wrote, “Jawan USA day 1 advance sales $74,158 — 289 Locations — 1334 shows — 4795 tickets sold. 21 days till shows start.” The tweet went viral, amassing more than 123K views and 1,444 likes. «Won’t be surprised if it makes 100-120 crore inr weekend in usa,» gushed a fan. As per a report shared by box-office tracking portal Sacnilk.com, the movie is expected to earn more than that of SRK’s previous release, ‘Pathaan’. It could collect more than Rs 50 crore on day one, predicted the website. In contrast, the Deepika Padukone-SRK-John Abraham starrer minted Rs 37 crore on the first day of release in the US. Khan’s last film, the espionage thriller ‘Pathaan’ was a monstrous hit, earning more than Rs 1000 crore worldwide. It also marked his comeback after a five year hiatus.

Forest and Sheffield United will meet on Friday after losing their respective Premier League matches. Sheffield will host the game. Tom Davies and Gustavo Hamer are most likely to make their Sheffield debut in this match. George Baldock and Max Lowe have come out of injury and they make appear, but striker Daniel Jebbison may be put on the sideline due to a groin injury.

Financial Review journalists Neil Chenoweth and Edmund Tadros have won five awards at the NRMA Kennedy Awards for Excellence in Journalism including Journalist of the Year for their reporting on the PwC tax leaks scandal.

New Delhi: The G20 Trade and Investment Ministerial Meeting will be held in Jaipur on 24-25 August. The meeting will be preceded by the fourth and last Trade and Investment Working Group (TIWG) meeting under India’s G20 Presidency on 21-22 August, the ministry of commerce & industry said.

EG.5 raised concerns for a new Covid outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) has now flagged another sub-variant of Omicron BA.2.86, dubbed as BA.X. BA.2.86 is from Omicron's BA. 2 lineage and was first detected in Israel.

SBI Research which analysed Income Tax Return (ITR) filings data. The share of returns filed after the due date (with fine) has witnessed a significant decline from a high of 60 per cent in assessment year (AY) 2020 to merely 25 per cent in AY23. This number is expected to fall further to 20 per cent in AY24.

Bilkis Bano during the 2002 Gujarat Riots. The eleven convicts in the 2002 Gujarat communal Riots were granted premature release in 2022. The state had argued that they criminals should be given a chance to reform.

RBI should have been. Based on the shocking jump in July’s inflation to 7.44%, they should have been. Consider one Monetary Policy Committee’s (MPC) member’s statement as recorded in the minutes of the June 2023 meeting.

Scheduled for August 19, 2023, the championship match of the 2023 Leagues Cup is slated to take place at Geodis Park, also recognized as Nashville SC Stadium or Nashville Fairgrounds Stadium. The kickoff is scheduled for 9 pm ET (8pm local time, 6pm PT) within the United States. For viewers in the United Kingdom, the game will be available for viewing at 2 am on August 20. Inter Miami vs Nashville SC Final Live Streamin

Ashok Kumar Khurana, DG, Association of Power Producers, says “foreign investors have now shown great interest in the entire supply chain of power, that is, generation, conventional and renewable, transmission, distribution, all these sectors and recent block deals taking place through Abu Dhabi National Energy Company. They have shown big interest in Adani Transmission.