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Paris for the 2024 Paralympic Games is how will the city get ready to welcome close to 300,000 people with special abilities who will be here to watch 4,400 athletes contesting across 23 disciplines spread over the next two weeks. Paris, unlike many other European cities, isn’t really friendly to the specially abled. To give a basic example, most metro stations still don’t have elevators, and some don’t have ramps and even toilets for the specially abled. Some of the venues—like the one used for beach volleyball, right in front of the Eiffel Tower—wasn’t meant for the specially abled during the Olympics that ended on August 11. However, its transformation has been amazing. The venue, which will now host blind football, looks completely different, having gone through a makeover. Adding to the comfort of the paraathletes, there are a lot more volunteers at the metro stations and ramps have come up at certain places.

Biden-Harris administration has provoked controversy by advocating for diversity, equality, and inclusion (DEI) in federal agencies, such as NASA. According to scientists, limiting funding to DEI standards could compromise US scientific leadership and endanger national security, as per the reports of Fox News.

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debt market so far this month, pushing the net inflow tally in the debt segment to over the Rs 1-lakh-crore mark. Foreign investors' strong buying interest in the Indian debt market can be attributed to India's inclusion in JP Morgan's Emerging Market government bond indices in June this year. According to data with the depositories, Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) injected Rs 11,366 crore in the debt market this month (till August 24).

IndiGo will be soon launching the gender-neutral option of honorific 'Mx' for passengers at the time of booking tickets, as part of larger efforts to boost inclusivity. The low-cost carrier, which has a domestic market share of 62 per cent, aims to increase by two-fold the number of individuals with disabilities employed by it. The airline will be introducing the 'Mx' option at the time of booking for passengers and that will provide a choice for transgenders who do not want to identify themselves, Sukhjit S Pasricha, Group Chief Human Resources Officer at IndiGo, told PTI. At present, the only options available on the airline's website during the booking process are 'male' and 'female.'

index provider FTSE on Friday announced changes to its All-World Index where 13 Indian stocks were included. The index saw the most number of additions from India followed by six stocks from Taiwan, two from Korea and Hong Kong and one from Australia. The inclusions were Bank of Maharashtra, Bharat Dynamics, Central Bank of India, Cochin Shipyard, Endurance Technologies, Escorts Kubota, GE T&D India, Hitachi Energy India, Housing And Urban Development (HUDCO), IRB Infrastructure Developers, KEI Industries, Lloyds Metals and Energy and Motilal Oswal Financial Services.

Canara Bank has entered the Nifty Bank index at the cost of Bandhan Bank as part of the semi-annual rejig. Canara Bank's average free-float market capitalisation stood at Rs 38,973 crore over six months as against Bandhan Bank's Rs 15,945 crore. With its inclusion, Canara Bank is expected to receive flows of $ 84 million whereas Bandhan Bank might witness outflows of $ 47 million, according to a note from JM Financial.

Tata Group's lifestyle company Trent (TRENT) and state-run Bharat Electronics (BEL) are the latest inclusion into the Nifty 50 index while LTI Mindtree (LTIM) and Divi's Laboratories have made an exit. The Index Maintenance Sub-Committee (Equity) of NSE Indices on Friday made the changes in the 50-stock index and the same will become effective from September 30, 2024 (close of September 27, 2024).

Mortgage lender Loan Kuber has raised $3.5 million in a funding round led by Singapore-based venture capital firm TRTL Ventures and existing investor Inflection Point Ventures. The round, a mix of equity and debt, also saw contributions from Auxano, LetsVenture, Mavuca Capital, and prominent angel investors including Ruchi Deepak of Acko, Prashant Tandon of 1mg, and Pankaj Vermani of Clovia. With this fresh infusion, LoanKuber's post-investment valuation now stands at $27 million.

debt market for 14 weeks in a second streak of buying this year, evidence of the country’s appeal amid the ructions of worldwide financial markets. With the prospect of interest rate cuts on the horizon and the rupee treading water near historic lows, offshore investors have bought roughly $7 billion net of the South Asian country’s bonds since May. That’s more than twice the sum of net purchases for Indonesia, to which it is often compared, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

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RBI) has announced that there will not be any pre-debit notification on auto-replenishment of FASTag and NCMC, as and when the balance falls below the preset limit. In its monetary policy meeting held in June 2024, the RBI announced the inclusion of recurring payments for Fastag, National Common Mobility Card (NCMC), etc. with auto-replenishment facility under the e-mandate framework. The RBI circular dated August 22, 2024 said, “It has been decided to include auto-replenishment of FASTag and NCMC, as and when the balance falls below a threshold set by the customer, under the e-mandate framework. Payments for auto-replenishment, since they are recurring in nature but without any fixed periodicity, will be exempt from the requirement of pre-debit notification”

Audi India Head Balbir Singh Dhillon. He noted that hybrid cars are not currently part of the company's strategy for the country and the focus firmly remains on petrol and electric models. Dhillon said subsidies are needed for the growth of the EV segment, «till the time we reach a decent penetration level». «There is no science behind this, it's just a gut feeling that maybe by the time we reach 50 per cent penetration in the luxury (electric) space, we need that support (lower GST) and thereafter it is driven by itself,» he added.

OBC list, stating that the additions were made following an elaborate three-tier process, which included two surveys and a hearing by the Commission for Backward Classes, but let out that it completed this exercise in less than 24 hours in the case of certain Muslim communities. On November 13, 2009, the Khotta Muslim community submitted an application, and the West Bengal Commission for Backward Classes recommended its inclusion in the OBC list on the same day. Likewise, the Muslim Jamadar community's application was filed on April 21, 2010, and it was recommended for inclusion on that very day. This rapid response is notable given the usual pace of government processes and the complexity of the task. The OBC Commission matched the astonishing alacrity and took just a day to recommend inclusion of Gayen (Muslim) and Bhatia Muslim communities in the list, four days for Muslim Chutor Mistri community, and less than a month for inclusion of a dozen other Muslim communities to the OBC list.

Democratic National Convention's third day began with a unique spiritual dimension as Pandit Rakesh Bhatt, a renowned Hindu priest, led the session with a traditional Vedic prayer. The event, held at the United Center in Chicago, was a significant occasion for rallying support behind Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. Pandit Bhatt’s prayer invoked the ancient Indian concept of 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam,' which translates to 'the whole world is one family.' Bhatt opened with a prayer that resonated across the hall, chanting verses in Sanskrit before translating them into English for the diverse audience. “Even if we have differences, when it comes to the nation, we have to be united,” Bhatt stated. “Let our minds think together. Let our hearts beat as one. All for the betterment of society. May this make us powerful so we can unite and make our nation proud.”

Bill Clinton's inclusion in the Democratic National Convention (DNC) program has drawn harsh criticism from CNN commentator S.E. Cupp. Recognized for her candidacies, Cupp called Clinton's endorsement of decency a «bad look» for a party. She demanded that Clinton be excluded from all next conventions and questioned the purpose of having him there, considering that he had attended every DNC since he became president, as per the reports of Yahoo news. Cupp's critique emerged following comments from Kate Bedingfield, former White House communications director, who noted that President Joe Biden would focus on decency during his speech at the convention. Cupp took this opportunity to express her disagreement, stating that Clinton's ongoing presence at these events undermines the Democratic Party’s image. She urged the party to finally remove Clinton from the DNC, suggesting that his continued involvement is problematic and outdated. Also Read: Taylor Swift experienced technical issues during her London concert

Cape Town, South Africa – 19 August 2024 – Prepare yourself for the most thrilling African Web3 event of the year! The Blockchain Africa Conference is back, celebrating its monumental 10th anniversary. This year marks a decade of groundbreaking innovation, transformative conversations, and game-changing solutions that are propelling Africa to the forefront of the global blockchain revolution.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chaired a meeting to review performances of Public Sector Banks in Delhi on Monday. The meeting was also attended by Dr Vivek Joshi, Secretary, M Nagaraju, Secretary-Designate, Department of Financial Services, Heads of Public Sector Banks (PSBs) and senior officials of Department of Financial Services (DFS). Various financial parameters like Deposit Mobilisation, Digital Payments and Cyber Security, Implementation of new credit products/ schemes and Access to Credit under Financial Inclusion were discussed in detail. During the meeting it was noted that during FY24, the PSBs performed well across all financial parameters as evidenced by improved asset quality with Net NPAs (NNPAs) declining to 0.76 per cent, sound capital adequacy of the banks at 15.55 per cent, Net Interest Margin (NIM) of the banks at 3.22 per cent, and highest ever net aggregate profit of Rs. 1.45 lakh crore with the dividend of Rs 27,830 crore to the shareholders. Improvements over various parameters have also enhanced the ability of PSBs to raise capital from the markets.

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