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Netflix has not officially announced the renewal of Terminator Zero for a second season yet. However, a post on Netflix Latin America’s X account confirmed that the show will return.

Something similar happened during a Town Hall event in Warren, Michigan, on September 27, where a single mother, concerned about the condition of the US economy, laid forward her concerns about the skyrocketing prices in the US, and how Trump plans on combating the same if he comes to power after November.

Civil Society Organisations are emerging as a powerful mechanism for addressing common challenges in the larger Indo-Pacific region. CUTS International, a prominent public policy research and advocacy group, on Wednesday hosted a webinar titled «Role of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the Indo-Pacific. Purushendra Singh, Assistant Director, CUTS International during his welcome remarks set the tone for the discussion by emphasising how CSOs are emerging as a vital mechanism for tackling shared challenges in the broader Indo-Pacific region.

RBI) Wednesday kept interest rates unchanged for the 10th straight policy review, but altered the stance of monetary policy to ‘neutral’ from ‘withdrawal of accommodation’, creating for itself the space to begin a rate-easing cycle as consumer inflation remains within the legally mandated tramlines. At its fourth bi-monthly policy statement for 2024-25 (April-March), the RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) said that the repo rate — or the rate at which the central bank lends to banks — will remain at 6.5%. All other rates also remain where they were. A basis point is a hundredth of a percentage point. Five of the six members of the MPC voted to keep the repo rate unchanged, with incoming external member Nagesh Kumar voting for a rate cut of 25 basis points. This week’s MPC meeting is the first with three new external members – Saugata Bhattacharya, Ram Singh and Kumar.

Rajnath Singh will also address the commanders at the meeting.

RBI) has granted a white-label ATM licence to Electronic Payment and Services (EPS), creating a pitch for faster expansion of the ATM network to support the cash economy. The award of the licence comes after a gap of a decade.

PM Narendra Modi will visit Laos for India-Asean Summit on October 10-11 to commemorate 10 years of India's Act East Policy, emphasising India's support for 'Freedom of Navigation in the South China Sea region' amid China-Philippines territorial disputes that may snowball into a bigger conflict.

Election Commission of India dismissed the Congress party's charge of «unexplained slowdown» in updating results of Haryana assembly election on the poll panel's web portal on Tuesday, stating that it «unequivocally rejects» the attempt to «surreptitiously give credence to irresponsible, unfounded and uncorroborated narratives».

Real wage growth is expected to improve further in the remainder of FY25, driven by a favorable base effect, moderating inflation, and progress in agricultural activity due to an above-normal monsoon, according to an analysis by India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra).

Haryana elections, all eyes are on the formation of the next government likely to be led by current chief minister Nayab Saini along with one or two deputy chief ministers.

EvenUp, an AI startup that helps lawyers streamline tasks such as drafting and reviewing documents, was valued at over $1 billion on Tuesday, after it raised $135 million in a funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures.

US election 2024. The campaign has also coordinated a «Black Voices for Trump» bus tour across cities in September. Meanwhile, Kamala Harris campaign has held a number of events geared toward Black voters, especially Black men, and has deployed a number of high-profile surrogates, including lawmakers, celebrities and civil rights leaders, to Black communities in recent weeks, as per an AP report.

CRPF is undertaking a «massive» exercise of realigning more than 130 of its battalions spread across the country to improve the operational efficiency of the force and provide quality «family time» to its troops deployed extensively in operations and hard duty areas, official sources said. The mega exercise is being carried out after eight years. It was approved by the Union home ministry last week.

Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti faces an uphill task to keep the PDP flag flying. The PDP, which formed a government in the erstwhile state 2014 in alliance with the BJP, won just 3 seats of the total 84 it contested in the assembly elections.

Joe Biden's visit to the storm-ravaged states in the South this week was an event that's become increasingly rare for the president.

Biotech startup BioPrime has raised $6 million in a funding round led by Belgium-based Edaphon, with equal participation from existing investors Omnivore and Inflexor.