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G20 Foreign Ministers meeting in Rio, Union Minister of State V Murleedharan on Thursday had a brief discussion with the United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken. «A brief chat with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the sidelines of G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Rio,» the MoS posted on X. Notably, Brazil assumed the presidency from India on December 20, 2023, and the G20 Foreign Minister's Meeting would be the first ministerial meeting under the Brazilian Presidency, the Ministry of External Affairs said in an official release.

Gold rate today, 22 Feb 2024: After the release of the US Fed minutes on Wednesday, gold price today witnessed some relief rally during morning deals. Gold futures contract on the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) for April 2024 expiry opened higher at ₹62,155 per 10 gm level and went on touch an intraday high of ₹62,169 per 10 gm level.

attacks on Indian students in America have risen in the recent past and the UK's economy is still struggling to recover from the mild recession it was reeling under — it is perhaps the time for Indian students to reassess the conventional study destinations of America, UK and Canada. Overall, there are 13.2 lakh Indian students currently studying abroad out of which 4.6 lakh are in the USA and 1.83 lakh students in Canada, World Bank blog data shows. There are a total of 423 higher education institutions in Germany, including 108 universities, 211 universities of applied sciences and 52 colleges of art and music.

Eicher Motors Ltd.(up 1.65 per cent), Balkrishna Industries Ltd.(up 0.6 per cent), TVS Motor Company Ltd.(up 0.35 per cent), Bajaj Auto Ltd.(up 0.23 per cent) and MRF Ltd.(up 0.07 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Krishana Phoschem Ltd.(up 5.04%), Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd.(up 0.78%), Bohra Industries Ltd.(up 0.67%) and Coromandel International Ltd.(up 0.09%) were among the top gainers.

Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant as pre-wedding festivities will take place in Jamnagar, Gujarat from March 1 to March 3. The functions are expected to take place in a traditional yet grand way.

Airbus said Thursday that Vietnamese airline Vietjet Air has agreed to buy 20 of its A330-900 planes. Vietjet signed a memorandum of understanding with Airbus for the wide-body aircraft, which will replace its current fleet of leased A330-300 planes, Airbus said in a statement. "We are excited to work with Vietjet on the next phase of the carrier's expansion," said Christian Scherer, chief executive of Airbus's commercial aircraft business.

Wipro: The IT services giant on Wednesday disclosed a new deal with US chipmaker, Intel Foundry. The deal with the chip development division of Intel will see Wipro engineers work on Intel’s latest ‘18A’ chip node that will be used in cutting-edge consumer electronics devices next year onward. In an exchange filing, Wipro said the deal will cater to chip designs for clients across automotive, industrial and telecommunications verticals, and be used for “generative AI-driven designs".

Sensex settled 434 lower at 72,623 and the broader Nifty also paired all its intraday gains before closing 141.9 points down at 22,055. Stocks that were in focus included names like Campus Activewear, which rose 3.24%, Devyani International, which increased 1.24%, and Hindalco, whose shares closed flat on Wednesday.

US prosecutors with conspiring to traffic nuclear materials including uranium and weapons-grade Plutonium from Myanmar to other countries, according to a superseding indictment announced Wednesday, The Hill reported. Authorities said they brought the charges against Takeshi Ebisawa after he and other associates in Thailand allegedly showed samples of nuclear material to an undercover Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent posing as a narcotics and weapons trafficker, the Hill reported. The Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a press release that the US worked with Thai authorities to seize the nuclear samples, which were subsequently transferred to US law enforcement custody.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has asked India to play a leading role in building international partnerships to meet the unprecedented challenges brought by the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East and changes in climate and energy security

Anant Ambani, the youngest son of Reliance chairman Mukesh Ambani, will wed Radhika Merchant, the daughter of industrialist Viren Merchant, on July 12 in Mumbai. The list of international guests expected to attend the pre-wedding celebrations in Jamnagar in early March reads like a veritable who's who of the global business elite. It includes Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, Blackstone chairman Stephen Schwarzman, Disney CEO Bob Iger, Ivanka Trump, Morgan Stanley CEO Ted Pick, Bank of America chairman Brian Thomas Moynihan, Qatar Premier Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, Adnoc CEO Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, EL Rothschild chair Lynn Forester de Rothschild, the king and queen of Bhutan, tech investor Yuri Milner and Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, among others. The bride and groom recently celebrated their Lagan Lakhvanu. The auspicious ritual, which includes written invitations offered first to the Gods and then to close family, took place on February 16 at Jamnagar, Gujarat, at the Ambani family estate. During the ceremony, bride-to-be Radhika donned a custom-made lehenga by Anamika Khanna.

The government of Trinidad and Tobago says it is partnering with international experts to remove the wreckage of a barge that capsized in nearby waters and caused a major oil spill

The South Korean government has warned thousands of striking doctors to return to work immediately or face legal action after their collective walkouts caused cancellations of surgeries and disrupted other hospital operations

The head of a renewable energy subsidiary of Japan’s top refiner, Eneos Holdings, has been fired for sexual harassment as awareness of the #MeToo movement grows in the country

Beyond Meat is revamping its signature plant-based burger, hoping that healthier ingredients will help it boost flagging U.S. sales

Japan’s industry minister has chided the president of the utility that runs the Fukushima nuclear plant for a radioactive water leak earlier this month

Somalia has announced a defense deal with Turkey that includes support for the Horn of Africa nation’s sea assets and appears aimed at deterring Ethiopia’s efforts to secure access to the sea by way of the breakaway region of Somaliland

“I think Casemiro’s legs have gone,” Jamie Carragher told the Covering Liverpool podcast in October. “I noticed it last season at Anfield and I didn’t like what I saw. It took me back to watching Fabinho last year for Liverpool. I want to be the first to say it (about Casemiro). I don’t want to say it when everyone else is saying his legs have gone.” What is clear is that the spotlight can be unforgiving for older players and, at times, unfair.

India will allow foreign airlines to operate non-scheduled cargo flights from all international airports in the country for three years, lifting 2020 curbs that had restricted them to six — Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Chennai. This followed lobbying by exporters against the restrictions. While India had an open sky policy in air cargo that allowed unhindered movement by foreign airlines, the government amended it in 2020 to give Indian carriers a boost. However, exporters have been protesting that goods capacity had shrunk as Indian carriers failed to deploy enough aircraft to meet demand.