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Prince Harry has won his phone hacking lawsuit against the publisher of the Daily Mirror and was awarded over 140,000 pounds in the first of his several lawsuits against the tabloids to go to trial

carbon emissions to preserve the planet, but oil and natural gas should not be demonized in the medium-term, Elon Musk, the founder of electric car maker Tesla, said on Saturday. Earlier this week representatives from nearly 200 countries agreed at the COP28 climate summit to begin reducing global consumption of fossil fuels to avert the worst of climate change, signalling the eventual end of the oil age. «Climate change alarm is exaggerated in the short term,» the US billionaire said, adding that the environmental movement may have gone too far, causing people to lose faith in the future. Musk said he considers himself an environmentalist and added that it is important that, in the long run, industries reduce the billions of tons of carbon they are taking from the earth and free in the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels. «We should not demonize oil and gas in the medium term,» he added, speaking in Rome at a gathering of the Italian Prime minister Giorgia Meloni's right-wing political party.

Ayodhya on January 22. Assemble at the temple nearest to you, irrespective of whether it's small or big. Go to the temple which is feasible for you, even if it belongs to a different god or goddess," Champat Rai told NDTV in an interview.

OpenAI, Meta and Google. He also added that a chatbot based on the Krutrim model can “write and speak in 10 Indian languages, and can understand 22." Work on the model, Aggarwal added at a media roundtable post-announcement, had begun “roughly a year ago." “We’re also building our own technology for data centres—not just the physical investment into data centres, but also the technology.

Prince Harry has had a turbulent relationship with the media and holds the press responsible for the death of his mother Princes Diana, who died in a Paris car crash in 1997 as she fled from paparazzi. Harry and his wife Meghan in 2020 stepped back from royal duties and relocated to California, in part blaming media attention for the move.

Bollywood movie Dunki, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Taapsee Pannu and Vicky Kaushal, is set to release on December 21. The film has generated a buzz among fans, with large-scale first-day-first-show plans across India and globally. Dunki advance booking will start on December 16, as per Pinkvilla.

As the U.S. tries to restore a key forest ecosystem in the Southeast, landowners must light more fires on private property

Let him cast the first stone, he who has not sinned, said Jesus Christ. He was admonishing a crowd gathered to stone a woman of sin, one Mary Magdalene. He might have said the same thing at the Dubai climate summit, addressing the delegates from the rich world hollering for an early elimination of fossil fuels.

bond yields and a rash of market bets on U.S. rate cuts next year, marking a sharp shift in pricing that is rare outside of financial panics. Economic data on Thursday showing stronger-than-expected retail sales in November and a smaller-than-anticipated rise in weekly jobless claims had traders paring a bit of their earlier enthusiasm for Fed policy easing next year. But even after the data, rate futures markets remain solidly priced for a March start to a round of rate reductions that would push the Fed's benchmark rate, now in the 5.25%-5.50% range, to the 3.75%-4.00% range by the end of next year. That's twice the 75-basis-points of rate cuts Fed policymakers themselves penciled in for 2024 in projections released by the U.S.

H-1B visa allows US businesses to hire foreign skilled labours in specialised occupations. The USCIS stated that it has received a sufficient number of petitions to meet both the regular cap of 65,000 and the US advanced degree exemption, commonly known as the master’s cap, set at 20,000. This means the allotted H-1B visas for fiscal year 2024 have been exhausted.

Investing.com -- The Federal Reserve leaves interest rates unchanged following its final two-day policy meeting of 2023. However, officials hinted that they may start to roll out cuts next year, fueling a sharp rally in stocks and bonds. Attention now turns to central banks in Europe, where traders will be curious to see how much policymakers in the region push back against hopes that they will take a dovish position similar to the Fed.

Investing.com — The Federal Reserve kept interest rates steady on Wednesday for the third straight meeting, and signaled deeper cuts for next year as inflation is expected to cool faster than initially anticipated.  

By Stephen Culp

From Washington to Frankfurt to London and beyond, central bankers are approaching their final decisions of the year against a backdrop of unease at how the global inflation cycle is turning.

₹7,126 crore under the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme, with sales of ₹49,825 crore during April-September, a government statement said. So far, ₹584.30 crore in incentives has been disbursed for FY22. (Under the scheme, beneficiaries are required to furnish incentive claims for a specific financial year by 31 December of the following financial year).

BJP) has appointed Mohan Yadav as the new Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. While former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan belongs to the OBC community, Yadav's appointment is seen as a strategic move to gain support from the Yadav community in politically crucial states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Haryana. The BJP has faced challenges in winning over the Yadav community, which plays a significant role in the Samajwadi Party in UP and the Rashtriya Janata Dal in Bihar.

Bengaluru next month, with its vice president of engineering Srinivas Narayanan, to discuss issues related to artificial intelligence (AI) product and safety, the US-based company’s vice president of global affairs Anna Makanju said on Tuesday. “Countries like India are critical to AI’s future, and India has the most critical ingredients…some of the most impressive technology talent in the world, a track record of developing impressive technology businesses and a focus on competing on the global stage,” she said.

Donald Trump to not testify at New York fraud trial says, ‘have nothing more..' None of the rivals of Trump were anywhere close to him in the poll. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis were each backed by 11% of self-identified Republicans. US presidential polls 2024: Who are the candidates running for White House? Haley's position has improved since September when a Reuters/Ipsos poll found her tied for fourth place at 4%.

Thousands of protesters are expected to gather in Brussels on Tuesday to protest what they perceive as new austerity measures as the 27 European Union countries discuss ways to overhaul rules on government spending

Zomato plans to diversify into the catering business by leveraging its established network of restaurant partners as part of a broader strategy to service large orders, said a senior executive at the food delivery platform. The company is also looking to add more offerings to its loyalty programme, Gold, despite concerns about the potential impact on profitability, Rakesh Ranjan, chief executive for food delivery, said in an interview.

Vaishnaw, Smriti Irani and Hardeep Singh Puri as well as Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah are likely to visit the snow-laden picturesque Swiss resort town Davos next month for the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting. RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das, India's G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant and some ministers from Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Telangana may also be in Davos for the annual gathering of rich and powerful from across the world.