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Small businesses along popular vacation destinations like boardwalks and piers in the U.S. say the number of tourists flocking to the waterfront is back to normal, meaning pre-2020 levels

Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the nation's largest oil firm, sources said. While 10 out of the nearly 60 candidates who applied were called for interviews, GAIL chairman and managing director Sandeep Gupta is being considered a wildcard. Gupta had not applied but was called for the interview, three sources aware of the matter said. «They had invited 10 of the candidates who had applied. Gupta was the 11th person to be interviewed,» one of them said.

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Vodafone Idea, Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL), Mazagon Dock, Hero MotoCorp, IRFC, IRCTC, HUDCO, Apollo Hospitals, Samvardhana Motherson, GMR Airports Infrastructure, Nykaa, and Ola Electric will be releasing their June quarter report cards this week. Here’s the list:

Jordan Chiles must return the bronze medal she won in the Paris Olympics floor exercise after sport's highest court said her score was judged improperly, the International Olympic Committee confirmed Sunday. The IOC announced early Sunday it was reallocating the bronze from Monday's women's floor final to Romanian Ana Barbosu after the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) said Saturday night it would respect the court's decision and elevate Barbosu to third. The decision came less than 24 hours after the Court of Arbitration for Sport voided a scoring appeal made by Team USA coach Cecile Landi during the competition that had vaulted Chiles onto the podium.

Moosa Zameer and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will soon commence the handing over ceremony of the reclamation and shore protection project and the inauguration of the 4-lane Detour Link road project. The Maldivian Foreign Affairs Minister welcomed Jaishankar to Addu City on Sunday. Moosa Zameer took to X and highlighted that both these projects are facilitated by the Indian government under the LoC of EXIM Bank.

Maldivian Democratic Party has welcomed the recalibration of the India policy by President Mohammad Muizzu-led government and said that the Maldives is confident that India will always be the first to assist it in times of emergency. Abdulla Shahid, the president of the Maldivian Democratic Party, made the remarks after he met External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar here on Saturday. Jaishankar is on a three-day official visit to Maldives to reset the bilateral relationship, the first high-level trip from India after the archipelago nation's pro-China President Muizzu assumed office last year. «Great pleasure to warmly welcome and meet Indian External Affairs Minister @DrSJaishankar to the Maldives with my colleagues from @MDPSecretariat,» Shahid, the former foreign minister, said in a statement posted on 'X' late Saturday night.

gold mutual funds, as well as equity Funds of Funds (FoFs). These changes include a reduced holding period and a revised long-term capital gains (LTCG) tax rate, while the short-term capital gains (STCG) tax rate remains unchanged. This shift has made these investment options more attractive for investors seeking diversification and tax efficiency. Key Taxation Reforms Reduced Holding Period: The holding period for equity FoFs, international funds, and gold mutual funds has been shortened from more than 36 months to more than 24 months to qualify for LTCG benefits. Revised LTCG Tax Rate: The LTCG tax rate for these funds has been reduced to 12.5% for investments held for more than 24 months. Previously, investments held for over 36 months were taxed at 20%. The STCG tax rate remains tied to the investor's income tax slab.

hobbit” humans on the Indonesian island of Flores, a new team has found fossils that are even smaller and even more ancient.The original hobbit fossils — named after the fictional race in The Lord of the Rings — date back to between 60,000 and 100,000 years ago. The species was dubbed Homo floresiensis, referring to the island of Flores where they were found, and scientists estimate they stood about 3.5 feet tall.

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Protesters carried American and Bangladeshi flags and held posters demanding that Bangladeshi minorities be «saved.» They chanted slogans of «We want justice» and called for peace amid the recent surge in violence. The crowd, which included activists from various human rights organizations, members of the Bangladeshi diaspora and Indian-American Hindu allies, came from Washington, Maryland, Virginia, and New York.

Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said lenders need to focus on raising smaller deposits that come in “trickles,” but are the “bread and butter” of the banking system. She commented on the widening gap between deposits and credit, which has become a cause for concern, at a media briefing after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) board meeting in the capital on Saturday. Sitharaman said deposits and lending are the two wheels of a cart, but “deposit is moving slowly.” RBI governor Shaktikanta Das said the banking regulator had sounded out banks on this as a matter of proactive caution as the trend can lead to potential liquidity issues.

Michael Kugelman, Director of the South Asia Institute at The Wilson Center, said on Saturday that the longer Bangladesh's interim government stays in power, the higher the chances of the military assuming a more definitive role in the country's politics. His remarks come amid ongoing political unrest in Bangladesh, following the ousting of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, which has left the timing of general elections uncertain. Kugelman emphasized that the Awami League, Hasina's party, is currently sidelined, with no representation in the interim government. However, he noted that if unrest persists, the Awami League might regain favour in future elections.

Taapsee Pannu and Imane Khelif have in common? Answer: the Indian actor and the Algerian boxer have both been targeted by misogynists at the Paris Olympics, although for reasons that are poles apart. Khelif is being humiliated by a global army of trolls — including the most famous troll of all, Harry Potter author JK Rowling — who have been questioning her identity as a woman after a match in which she made short shrift of her Italian opponent. She is a man disguised as a woman, they alleged. Pannu, meanwhile, was criticised after visuals emerged of her lustily cheering Indian badminton players coached by her husband, Mathias Boe. She distracted them, she obstructed spectators' view, she's an attention-seeker, she is a panauti (ill-omen), she is unpatriotic — the list of charges against her on social media was long.

Kai Group, a Japan-based personal care product and kitchen equipment maker, said it will invest 300 million yen (around Rs 17.17 crore) to expand production capacity of its manufacturing facility at Neemrana in Rajasthan. This latest investment is to increase the production capacity of women's razors by over 5 million units per year, according to a statement issued by the group's local subsidiary Kai India. «The group is planning an additional investment, allocated around 300 million yen, reflecting KAI group's commitment to bolstering its manufacturing infrastructure,» it said. The expected timeline for the completion of this expansion is five months, and the company expects the enhanced production capacity will be operational by the end of December 2024.

Vinesh Phogat's appeal to award her a joint silver medal. «The ad hoc division of CAS has extended time till 6:00 p.m. on August 11, 2024, for the Sole Arbitrator Hon. Dr Annabelle Bennett in the Vinesh Phogat vs. United World Wrestling & the International Olympic Committee to issue a decision. The reasoned order will be issued at a later date,» said IOA in a statement. Phogat had filed an appeal on August 7 challenging the Olympics disqualification she faced for weighing more than 50 Kg by 100 grams, leading to the Olympics committee revoking her silver medal win.

Paris 2024 Olympics, India's Reetika Hooda faced off against the top-seeded Aiperi Medet Kyzy of Kyrgyzstan in the women’s 76kg freestyle wrestling event. The match ended in a narrow defeat for Hooda, with the score tied at 1-1. However, Medet Kyzy advanced due to scoring the last equalizing point, as per wrestling rules.

Israeli airstrike hit a school-turned-shelter in Gaza early Saturday, killing at least 80 people, Palestinian health authorities said, in one of the deadliest strikes in the 10-month-old war between Israel and Hamas. The Israeli military acknowledged it targeted the Tabeen school in central Gaza City, claiming it hit a Hamas command centre within the school. Hamas denied that. The United Nations said the latest strike was part of Israel's increasing attacks on Gaza's schools, which have been turned into shelters for people who have been forced to flee their homes by the war. Video from the scene showed walls blown out on the ground level of a large building. Concrete chunks and twisted metal lay atop the blood-soaked floor, along with clothing, toppled furniture and other debris. A blackened car with the windows blown out was covered in rubble.

Narendra Modi on Saturday pledged complete support to Kerala in rehabilitating hundreds of people and their families displaced by the recent landslides and flash floods in Wayanad. The PM conducted an aerial survey of the landslide-hit regions and visited the affected families at relief camps and injured persons at the local hospital after arriving by helicopter from the Kannur international airport. Accompanied by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Modi reviewed the damage at the worst affected areas of Punchiri Mattam, Mundakkai and Chooralmala. Meppadi, Mundakkai and Chooralmala suffered the worst catastrophe in landslides caused by continuous rains and swollen streams on July 30 morning.

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, translated by Eric Ozawa. An international bestseller and winner of the Chiyoda Literature Prize (named after the district that is home to Tokyo’s beloved Jimbocho neighbourhood of bookshops), Yagisawa’s book is the story of 25-year-old Takako, who, after having broken up with her boyfriend and quit her publishing job, comes to live with her maternal Uncle Saturo, the owner of the Morisaki bookshop.