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ITC aims to enrich biodiversity across 1 million acres by 2030, with a commitment to further restore degraded village commons and pasturelands, the company said. ITC's biodiversity conservation program has restored 290,000 acres of land across 12 states.

Tourism and Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) G Kishan Reddy invited US businesses and companies to invest in India's vibrant and diverse tourism sector. Reddy, who arrived here on Thursday for a five-day visit, sought investment while addressing a community reception organised at the Consulate General of India in New York.

earning a meagre score of 20, indicating that little progress has been made in this area over the past year. Other scores include 50 for healthcare, 38.7 for culture and environment, 75 for education and 51.8 for infrastructure. Karachi's history on the EIU's index has not been promising either.

My mother, a homemaker, has been getting a monthly family pension of ₹50,000 ever since my father died a few years ago. When she was 50 years old, she received a lump sum corpus of ₹60 lakh from various sources after tax deduction. She invests ₹10,000 per month in the SBI Bluechip Fund. Now, she is seeking to strike a balance with her corpus, ensuring that it maintains its value while providing a steady source of income. She will require a lump sum amount in 4-5 years for her child’s wedding expenses. Currently, she has no other financial obligations or liabilities.

Ben Roberts-Smith v Nine was the first part of the “defamation trial of the century”. Now it’s Ben Roberts-Smith v Justice Anthony Besanko.

Also read: Delhi Floods: People face problems due to the water-logging situation as Yamuna overflows | Watch in five videos Due to a ban on the entry of Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) in the city, several buses and trucks found themselves stranded. Water level of the Yamuna River in Delhi has started to decrease today.

Narendra Modi, in a significant announcement, has declared that Indian students pursuing a master's degree in France will now be granted an extended post-study visa lasting five years, as opposed to the previous two-year work visa.  PM Modi made this announcement during his address to the Indian community at LA Seine Musicale in Paris, where he was warmly welcomed by the attendees. This change in visa policy aims to facilitate opportunities for Indian students in France. "The last time I came to France, it was decided that Indian students studying in France would be given a two-year post-study work visa.

Aarin Capital chairman T V Mohandas Pai has urged the state’s new Congress regime to plan a Suvarna Karnataka expressway from Bidar to Bengaluru as the party national president Mallikarjuna Kharge too hailed from that region. North Karnataka is home to manufacturing hubs, adding jobs, and contributing to the state’s revenue, the former Infosys director told ET, sharing his insights on the recent budget presented by chief minister Siddaramaiah.

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Global strategy consulting firm McKinsey says it has not had any formal complaints of bullying or sexual harassment in its Australian office in the past five years, and just three allegations of employee misconduct.

kebab recipes. This delicious Galauti Kebab recipe has its own taste and fun. The easy to cook recipe is cooked by using a host of spices that will be nothing less than a delight for your taste buds.  For the hard-core vegetarians, this vegetarian avatar of the Middle-east special dish is a perfect treat for this weekend.

ANI, PM Modi will become the first Indian PM to receive this honour. The Legion of Honour, established by Napoleon Bonaparte, consists of five degrees, with the Prime Minister being awarded the highest, the Grand Cross. The ribbon is red, and the badge features a five-armed Maltese asterisk on an oak and laurel wreath.

SIP accounts at a record pace to participate in the market rally at a smaller ticket size. New SIP account registrations reached a record high of 2.78 million in June 2023, data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) show. It surpassed the previous high of 2.68 million in September 2021. On an average, about 2.12 million new SIP accounts per month were opened over the past 12 months taking the cumulative addition to 26 million. The average ticket size of these accounts dropped to ₹2,214 in June compared with ₹3,304 five years ago. The net SIP account registrations were 1.25 million in June, the highest in 18 months. The total SIP accounts reached 67 million. Consistent inflows and the current rally in the stock market have lifted the average portfolio value of SIP accounts to ₹1.2 lakh, the highest in twenty months.

government has finally renewed its federal guarantee to National Asset Reconstruction Company (NARCL), making it easier for the entity to acquire bad loans from lenders. The approval of the guarantee, which had expired last fiscal, means state-backed NARCL can finally take over bad debt from banks, starting with Delhi-based engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company SPML Infrastructure. This deal could be signed as early as next week, people familiar with the process said.

Government bonds and the rupee notched up firm gains Thursday as a lower-than-expected US inflation print lowered the odds of an imminent end to the cycle of rate increases that began late winter last year in the world's biggest economy. The dollar index that maps the movement of the US currency against other monetary units declined, burnishing the allure of emerging-market assets. The rupee and Indian bonds rallied despite a higher-than-expected local inflation reading, potentially lengthening the odds the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will ease rates soon.

Foxconn is in talks with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) and Japan’s TMH Group for technology and joint venture partnerships to start semiconductor fabrication units in India, said people with knowledge of the development. Foxconn and TSMC are both based in Taiwan. Foxconn, which ended its joint venture to make chips with India’s Vedanta Group earlier this week, has been talking to the two companies for some time now.

Aware Super has made its first data-centre play, cutting a $US500 million ($746 million) cheque to buy a stake in Switch after it was taken private by IFM Investors and NYSE-listed DigitalBridge for $US11 billion in December.

Narendra Modi announced that Indian students who are pursuing their Masters in France will now be given a five-year post study work visa. Earlier, Indian students were given two-year work visa.

The cost of living has surged ahead as Australians’ top worry and, although they still want the federal government to take action on climate change, worries about power prices and energy reliability are on the rise, according to a new report.

UK economy shrank slightly in May, hit partly by an extra public holiday for the coronation of King Charles III, official data showed Thursday. Gross domestic product decreased by 0.1 percent in May, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement. That beat expectations for a contraction of 0.3 percent and followed a 0.2-percent rise in April.

The firing of five top executives at Thrivent Advisor Network Wednesday has raised questions about the future of the four-year-old platform made up of 25 advisory businesses that combine for $5 billion in client assets.