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Supreme Court on Wednesday dealt a setback to Epic Games, maker of the popular video game «Fortnite,» in its legal battle against Apple, declining to let a federal judge's injunction take effect that could force the iPhone maker to change payment practices in its lucrative App Store. Liberal Justice Elena Kagan, acting for the Supreme Court, denied Epic's request to lift a decision by the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals that effectively delayed implementing an injunction issued by US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers barring certain App Store rules, while Apple pursues a Supreme Court appeal.

India beat arch-rivals Pakistan by a margin of 4-0 in their final round-robin league match to enter the semifinals of the Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament on an unbeaten note at Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium, in Chennai on Wednesday. Akashdeep Singh scored the final goal for India at 55th minute of the game through a field play. Caption Harmanpreet Singh converted two penalty corners (15th, 23rd minutes), while Jugraj Singh (36th) netted from another set piece.

A decision by a bloc of West African nations to shut down their borders with Niger as a way of sanctioning its coup plotters is harming local businesses in northern Nigeria, where a cross-border economy has boomed for years

Old Swan, Liverpool. The fight was over a weapon. Eight suspects, including women, have been arrested by the police. Here’s what we know of the case.

Business Insider citing Dealbook. According to the media report, Gensler reiterated his stance explored in a 2020 paper that he co-authored on deep learning and economic stability. “A rapid advancement of technology could increase the uniformity and interconnected of financial systems, and make those systems harder to regulate," he had said.

Netflix is steadily advancing its foray into the gaming arena. While already offering ad-free game downloads on Android and iOS devices, the streaming giant is gearing up for the official launch of Netflix games on television. In a latest move, Netflix has released the Netflix Game Controller app on the Apple App Store for iPhones and iPads, with an expected rollout to Android phones in the near future.

PVR, Inox, Cinepolis, the day has recorded 1,05,300 so far for Day 1. Moreover, he further noted that the advance ticket sales are fantastic in mass circuits and single screen properties. Another film trade analyst Sumit Kadel in a tweet on X also noted that the advance booking of the Sunny Deol and Ameesha Patel starrer at B&C tier single screen is even bigger.

Supreme Court judge Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra on Wednesday recused himself from hearing a plea filed by former JNU student Umar Khalid seeking bail in a UAPA case related to alleged conspiracy behind the riots here in February 2020. Khalid's petition challenging the October 18 last year order of the Delhi High Court, which had rejected his bail plea in the matter, came up for hearing before a bench of Justices A S Bopanna and Prashant Kumar Mishra. «This will come before some other bench. There is some difficulty for my brother (Justice Mishra) to take up this matter,» Justice Bopanna said at the outset, without assigning any reason for Justice Mishra's recusal. Advocate Rajat Nair, appearing for the Delhi Police, told the bench that they have filed a counter affidavit but there is an objection shown by the apex court registry on it. «There are certain portion of statements which we have extracted, that portion is in vernacular,» he said, adding, «That statement itself is in vernacular.» Nair said he also wants to file relevant portion of the charge sheet filed in the case.

Google's upcoming Pixel 8 series have shed light on the possible colour variations and storage choices for the upcoming smartphone line-up expected to release in October. With the launch just around the corner, the new speculations for the Pixel 8 series come from German website WinFuture.

₹25.75 lakhs, according to officials. The gold was discovered to be concealed beneath the inner soles of the passenger's shoes. The incident involved a passenger traveling from Bahrain to Cochin, Kerala, as reported by officials.

Pakistan in a high-voltage last round-robin league match of the Asian Champions Trophy here on Wednesday. There has been complete contrast in the overall performance of both the sides in the tournament so far. While the hosts are unbeaten in the four games they played so far, Pakistan have managed only a win along with a couple of draws and a loss and their semifinal hopes depend on the result of this vital clash. A win for Pakistan will guarantee them a spot in the last four stage, but a defeat would leave their fate on the result of the match between China and Japan. If Pakistan lose on Wednesday, they will hope for China to upset Japan. In case Japan wins, the victory of margin should be lesser. Besides Pakistan would also hope for Malaysia to beat South Korea by a big margin, which would benefit the Men in Green. With three wins and a draw, India are atop the table with 10 points, followed by Malaysia (9 points), South Korea (5), Pakistan (5), Japan (2) and China (1).

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Sectorally, buying was seen in consumer durables, public sector, banks, and healthcare stocks, while selling was seen in metals, telecom, and utilities. Stocks that were in action included names like Gland Pharma, which was up 20%, Caplin Point Laboratories, which gained 11%, and HUDCO, which was up more than 6% to hit a fresh 52-week high on Tuesday. We have collated a list of three stocks that either hit a fresh 52-week high or saw a volume or a price breakout.

Flipkart. During the ongoing Flipkart Big Saving Days sale, the iPhone 14 is attainable at a fixed cost of ₹68,999, marking a noteworthy reduction of ₹10,901 from its original price of ₹79,990. To enhance the attractiveness of this deal, users holding an ICICI bank credit card can avail a maximum discount of ₹1250, effectively lowering the discounted price to ₹67,749.

Lok Sabha elections. While the Supreme Court's decision has reverberated across the Congress, images of joy in southern states stood out as a clear reminder of the interplay between legal proceedings and political realities. As Congress workers held celebratory rallies with large crowds in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, they expressed confidence that the party would win the upcoming assembly elections.

Narendra Modi has chosen to remain silent in Parliament, prompting the necessity of introducing a no-confidence motion to prompt a response. Stating that the PM had taken a 'maun vrat' (vow of silence) to not speak in the Parliament so the opposition was compelled to introduce the motion to “break his silence." “Why did he not visit Manipur to date? Why did it take almost 80 days to finally speak on Manipur and when he did speak it was just for 30 seconds? Why has the Chief Minister not been sacked the Manipur CM so far?," Gogoi asked.

Wordle is a word puzzle game designed by Engineer Josh Wardle for his wife who loves word games. Earlier, it was accessible only by close friends and relatives. In 2022, The New York Times bought it for six figures. Wordle is now globally accessible and is available to play at the NYT website. The game is free to play and comes without any subscriptions and formalities. How to Play Wordle?Y

‘Congress ka haath 'NewsClick' ke saath, 'NewsClick' ke upar China ka haath.’ He also demanded that Rahul Gandhi should apologise to nation. While speaking to news agency ANI, he said, “All I would like to say Congress ka haath 'NewsClick' ke saath, 'NewsClick' ke upar China ka haath.

Google is actively working on expediting the appearance of this summary box and enhancing the contextual information provided alongside the links featured within it. Although SGE is currently in an experimental phase, it unmistakably signifies the future direction of Google Search. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet, emphasized this during the recent earnings call, stating, "It truly offers us the opportunity to break free from the previous limitations of search functionality.

Raghav Chadha, the Arvind Kejriwal-led government has clarified on Tuesday that the rules of the proceedings state «no written consent or signature of the member whose name has been proposed» and there's no question of any allegation of «forged signature», the AAP sources added. The clarification came after five Rajya Sabha members complained that their names were included in a proposed select committee of the House for the Delhi Services Bill without their signatures, in the proposal moved by Raghav Chadha.

Reliance Industries: Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has seen a substantial uptick in incidences of “voluntary separation" in its retail and telecom divisions in 2022-23. Attrition rates rose by 64.8% over FY22, according to the annual reports of the conglomerate. Although the conglomerate spanning oil to telecommunications boosted its hiring efforts, the momentum was lost following its acquisitions as operational redundancies led to duplication of roles across various functions, said three people aware of the development.