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Mint in an interview in New Delhi. “We have to just stay focused on that and not sort of get caught up in all the noise and people's opinions." Boeing reported a net loss of $1.44 billion in the June quarter, primarily due to major cash burn in its defence, space and security unit as a result of cost overruns. It reported a loss of $149 million a year earlier.

Despite introducing significant steps in the last one year to get control over skyrocketing visa wait times, the United States has still not been able to bring it back to normal. Although there has been improvement—which is reflected by the processing of 1.4 million visas for Indians in 2023, an all-time high, and a 75 per cent reduction in visitor visa appointment wait times—the issue persists. Wait times for B1/B2 visa vary significantly across U.S. consulates in India. In Calcutta, the U.S. consulate offers the shortest visa wait time of 24 calendar days. In contrast, the wait time in Hyderabad is 407 calendar days, while in Delhi, it extends to 386 calendar days. The consulate in Bombay has a wait time of 422 calendar days, and in Chennai, applicants face the longest wait, which is 477 calendar days.

UN sanctions banning North Korea's imports of luxury goods, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appeared to be using a new model of a Mercedes-Benz SUV, local media in neighbouring South Korea reported. Seoul-based Yonhap news agency on Tuesday published photos carried by the Korean Central News Agency, which showed a black Mercedes-Benz SUV on a special train that Kim used to visit flood-hit areas in the northwestern province of North Phyongan last week. Under UN resolutions, first enacted in 2006 after Pyongyang carried out underground nuclear tests, exports of luxury cars and other high-end items to North Korea are banned.

Raymond’s cash flows. Debt piled up. The chief executive of the company’s flagship lifestyle business resigned.

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Donald Trump is set to make a significant return to the social media platform X, ahead of a much-anticipated live interview with billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk. This event, scheduled for Monday, is expected to stir the already volatile landscape of the U.S. presidential election, offering Trump a fresh opportunity to reassert his presence in the political arena.

Jimmy has nearly 10 years of experience as a journalist and writer in the blockchain industry. He has worked with well-known publications such as Bitcoin Magazine, CCN, Business2Community, and...

It Starts With Us, are already underway. Director and star Justin Baldoni has recently addressed the potential direction of the sequel, suggesting that while he is open to the idea, he believes Blake Lively would be an ideal choice to take on the directorial role, as per a Coming Soon report.

Biocon Biologics, the biosimilar unit of Biocon, said it expects to launch six biosimilar products in the US, and is prioritising debt reduction to spur growth and lift margins. «Six product launches are scheduled in the next two years, subject to USFDA approvals,» Shreehas Tambe, chief executive and managing director, told ET in an interview. He added that the company is also exploring ways to reduce finance costs by optimising debt repayment timelines and interest rates.

Elon Musk is due to interview Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on the X social media network on Monday in an event that could inject more surprises into the turbulent U.S. presidential election. The interview, scheduled for 8 p.m. Eastern Time (0000 Tuesday GMT), could provide the former president an opportunity to seize the limelight at a time when his campaign is seen as sagging. His Democratic rival for the Nov. 5 election, Vice President Kamala Harris, has erased Trump's lead in opinion polls and energized Democratic voters with a series of high-energy rallies.

NEW DELHI : Rockefeller Foundation-backed Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) plans to support the development of 2 gigawatt hours (GWh) of cumulative utility-scale battery-energy-storage capacity, said Saurabh Kumar, vice president, India, GEAPP. In an interview, Kumar said GEAPP, in partnership with IndiGrid, is expected to commission the country's first commercial utility-scale project by the end of this year or the start of 2025. It would be set up in Delhi.

Amanda Thorpe, the wife of former England cricketer Graham Thorpe, has revealed that her husband ended his life after a prolonged struggle with depression and anxiety. The 55-year-old’s mental health issues worsened due to declining physical health over the past two years. His death on August 5 was confirmed by the England and Wales Cricket Board.

Former Bank of Japan (BoJ) executive Makoto Sakurai has indicated that another interest rate hike is unlikely this year, following Japan’s recent increase which caused Bitcoin to crash.

Ginnifer Goodwin, renowned for her role as Snow White in the beloved ABC fantasy drama Once Upon a Time, recently shared her openness to a potential reboot or sequel of the series. During an interview with PEOPLE at the D23 Expo in Anaheim, California, Goodwin expressed her excitement about revisiting the fairy-tale universe that captivated audiences from 2011 to 2018.

One thing has been missing from Kamala Harris' sudden rise as the Democratic choice for president against Donald Trump: contact with many reporters

Joe Biden, in his first TV interview since dropping out of the White House race, warned that Republican candidate Donald Trump was «a genuine danger to American security.» «Mark my words, if he wins… this election, watch what happens,» Biden told CBS News in a pre-taped interview broadcast on Sunday. «He's a genuine danger to American security. Look, we're at an inflection point in world history… and democracy is the key.»

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.

PARIS – Phil Kim was the first, and for the foreseeable future, the only Olympic champion in men’s breaking.The 27-year-old from Vancouver, known in his breaking circles as B-Boy Phil Wizard, captured gold at Place de la Concorde on Saturday.The Canadian dominated his final battle with host-country favourite Danis Civil (Dany Dann) of France by winning all three rounds and taking 23 of a possible 27 votes from the judges.The 2022 world champion and reigning Pan American Games champion Kim was a favourite in the performance sport making its Olympic debut in Paris.It isn’t on the menu in Los Angeles in 2028 nor is it certain to return in Brisbane, Australia, in 2032.The sunny, charismatic Kim was that throughout his bouts Saturday, but he shed tears both on the podium during O Canada, in interviews afterward and when he embraced his mother Gilsoo, father Byung Tae and brothers Daniel and John.“I was stressed out of my mind,” Kim said. “Yesterday, I cried my eyes out because I was so scared to do this.“There’s been a lot of pressure and a lot of expectations.

Arjun Ram Meghwal has accused the opposition of creating confusion among people over the Supreme Court «observation» on creamy layer among SCs and STs, and asserted that the Constitution given by B R Ambedkar has no provision of a creamy layer. In an interview to PTI Videos, he said the the BJP-led NDA government will follow Ambedkar's Constitution and will continue the reservation system for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as provided in it. Meghwal noted that though the opposition is aware that the top court had only made an «observation» on creamy layer, it is trying to create confusion among people. On Saturday, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge had said that the idea of denying reservation to SCs and STs on account of the creamy layer concept is «condemnable»

Elon Musk’s recent comments about his transgender daughter, Vivian Jenna Wilson, have ignited a public dispute. In an interview with psychologist Dr. Jordan Peterson, Musk expressed that he had “lost” his son, attributing this to a “woke mind virus.” Musk elaborated on social media platform X, stating, “Xavier was born gay and slightly autistic, two attributes that contribute to gender dysphoria. I knew that from when he was about 4 years old and he would pick out clothes for me to wear like a jacket and tell me it was 'fabulous!'” Wilson’s Response to Musk’s Statements Vivian Jenna Wilson, who legally changed her name in 2022 and distanced herself from Musk, responded to his comments on Threads. She dismissed Musk’s claim that she is “slightly autistic” as “entirely fake,” asserting that he had fabricated stories for attention.

It's an open secret that vendors are offering one of the world's most sought-after technologies: the microchips that create artificial intelligence, which the United States is battling to keep out of Chinese hands. One vendor said he could order the chips for delivery in two weeks. Another said companies came to the market ordering 200 or 300 chips from him at a time. A third business owner said he recently shipped a big batch of servers with more than 2,000 of the most advanced chips made by Nvidia, the U.S. tech company, from Hong Kong to mainland China. As evidence, he showed photos and a message with his supplier arranging the April delivery for $103 million.