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Ian Somerhalder is not regretful about exchanging the flamboyance and glamor of Hollywood for the good archaic farm life. The «Vampire Diaries» star who is aged 45 years, has made the revelation that he and Nikki Reed, his wife, have loaded their things and proceeded to a farm outside of Los Angeles with both of their children. Somerhalder has told E! News that he has loved what he did for a long period, on his decision to step away from acting. He also said that he does not miss any of it as he loves making films.

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pran-pratistha’ or the consecration ceremony. According to several reports, the PM will be following the ‘Yam Rules’ for the rituals. He would be subjecting himself to an 11-day code that includes purifying the mind, body, and soul with meditation, following a rigid ‘sattvic’ diet (a diet that consists of eating pure vegetarian fare and avoiding any food with onion and garlic). The Prime Minister has been sleeping on the floor, with only a blanket, and drinking coconut water as per reports. The consecration ceremony of the temple, which started on January 12, will end on January 22. The Prime Minister will perform the ‘pran pratistha’ ceremony. A team of priests led by priest-in-chief Laxmikant Dixit will take over the main rituals. Several luminaries from the world of business and entertainment such as Harsh Goenka (Chairman of RPG Enterprises), cricketer Virat Kohli, and his wife actress Anushka Sharma, Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor and his wife, National Award-winning actress Alia Bhatt, Telugu stars Ram Charan, Prabhas, Tamil star Rajinikanth etc. Arun Govil & Deepika Chikhalia, the actors who played Lord Ram and Mata Sita in the hugely popular ‘80s TV series ‘Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayan’ will also be present at the ceremony on January 22.

The United States has put Yemen’s Houthis rebels back on its list of specially designated global terrorists

NEW DELHI : India’s horticulture production, including that of vegetables and fruits, was 2.32% higher in financial year 2022-23 at 355.3 million tonnes, according to the agriculture ministry’s third advance estimates issued on Thursday. Production of vegetables is estimated to have increased to 213.88 mt in FY 2022-23 from 209.14 mt in the year prior due to an increase in potato and tomato output. Onion production, however, is estimated to have dropped 4.7% to 30.2 mt in FY23, according to government officials who declined to be identified.

Amazon and Costco have been pushed to second and third place respectively as the most preferred grocery stores of Americans. In a survey conducted by the Retailer Preference Index (RPI), H-E-B has emerged as the top choice for shoppers in the US. They have won this coveted position the third time, beating big names like online giant Amazon and smaller stores like Trader Joe's. With 380 stores in Texas and Mexico, H-E-B made $38.9 billion and were named one of «America's Largest Private Companies» by Forbes in 2022. They were also named Retailer of the Year in 2010 and are one of the «Top 75 North American Food Retailers.»

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transforming farming practices across the world. Digital agriculture is an umbrella term for any type of farming or agronomic methods that integrate digital technologies (including information communication technologies) and analytics. Successfully utilizing these technologies can deliver a wide range of benefits at both a macro and micro level.

Zomato on Wednesday announced goals for 2030, to protect and ensure, "sustainable growth of the platform economy and all its stakeholders". The food aggregator's sustainability goals have been crafted around eight themes, such as ‘climate-conscious deliveries’, a ''waste-free world', ‘zero hunger’, ‘customer centricity’, ‘governance’, ‘inclusive growth’, ‘health, safety’, and ‘diversity and equity’. Zomato has pledged to facilitate 100% deliveries through EVs.

Mint. She said that ‘greenwashing’ was a type of misleading claim for which the body had been receiving complaints. “This is the first time we are putting out these guidelines because these claims have been rampant across categories, including personal care, food products, beverages, automobiles, digital devices, and the real estate industry," she said.

Monetary policy in India must remain actively disinflationary despite the recent sharp fall in core inflation, Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das said at the World Economic Forum in Davos. «When inflation is still above 5.5%, rather close to 6%, our monetary policy has to remain actively disinflationary and it would be too premature to talk in terms of a pivot in our monetary policy,» Das said in an interview with Reuters. He however acknowledged the recent fall in core inflation, which strips out volatile food and fuel prices, and said it gives them the satisfaction that monetary policy is working but the target for the monetary policy committee remains the headline number. The apex bank chief said the global geo-political situation remains volatile and could impact economies around the world with food inflation particularly vulnerable to spikes on the back of disruption in global supply chains and other risks. Das said he expects January inflation to moderate and the trend has been moderating but unless inflation reaches 4% on a durable basis, the bank cannot get lulled into a complacency or think of changing its policy focus. Annual retail inflation rose 5.69% in December, the fastest pace in four months but core inflation dropped to a four-year low of 3.8% from around 4.1% in November. Das, whose term is ends in December, would be the longest serving RBI governor since the 1991 liberalisation. He has led the world's fifth largest economy since 2018, keeping inflation and the currency relatively stable through successive shocks including the failure of a large non-bank lender, Covid-19 and the Ukraine war. He reiterated that the RBI intervenes in the exchange rate market only to prevent undue

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Inflation across the United Kingdom increased unexpectedly last month as a result of a hike in tobacco and alcohol prices

Ukraine has won praise for stabilizing its economy under dire circumstances

The Niti Aayog has published a discussion paper titled ‘Multidimensional Poverty in India since 2005-06.’ It is a technical paper that examines our poverty trend over the past two decades. It estimates that nearly 250 million people escaped multidimensional poverty in the last nine years. This estimation is done by interpolating poverty numbers for 2013-14 and 2022-23, based on data extracted from National Family Health Survey rounds 3, 4 and 5 (i.e.

A growing number of Canadians appear to be getting fed up with waiting on the sidelines for the housing market to improve.

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₹1.2 crore on IndiGo over the incident wherein passengers were spotted having food on tarmac at Mumbai airport, according to PTI on Wednesday. A penalty of ₹60 lakh was also imposed on Mumbai airport operator MIAL, as per the orders issued by the BCAS.

National Retail Federation CEO Matt Shay dissects consumer spending and the retail industry as shoppers hit stores across the country for Black Friday.

NEW DELHI : The Union government’s food subsidy bill for fiscal year 2023-24 is likely to overshoot the budgeted estimate of ₹1.97 trillion, prompting the food department to seek additional funds primarily to support its flagship programme. Revised allocation for the ongoing fiscal year is expected to go up by 3% to ₹2.02 trillion, a top official of the department of food and public distribution told Mint.

Hennion & Walsh Asset Management President and CIO Kevin Mahn discusses the state of the Fed's inflation fight after consumer prices rose more than expected in December on 'The Big Money Show.'