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United Arab Emirates, host of this year’s UN climate talks, unveiled on Thursday the much-awaited plans and priorities for COP28, to be held in November in Dubai. The plan could lead to a global agreement to double energy efficiency, triple renewable energy capacity to 11,000 GW, and double hydrogen production to 180 million tonnes a year by 2030. “This plan is guided by a single north star.

MUMBAI : The surprise surge in retail inflation for June has prompted economists to raise their forecast for July amid firming vegetable prices, dashing hopes of a rate cut anytime soon. Inflation measured on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) came in at 4.81% in June, higher than 4.6% predicted by Mint poll of 19 economists, led by food inflation. After the June price rise data was released, economists now believe inflation could average 5-5.4% in the current fiscal year, higher than their previous estimates.

The firing of five top executives at Thrivent Advisor Network Wednesday has raised questions about the future of the four-year-old platform made up of 25 advisory businesses that combine for $5 billion in client assets.

New Delhi: North India is grappling with a cascade of weather-induced calamities, wreaking havoc on lives and livelihoods . Torrential rains have triggered landslides in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, paralyzing daily life and crippling the agricultural sector. A surge in the Yamuna river’s water levels, compounded by the release of water from the Hathnikund Barrage by Haryana, has spurred flooding in Punjab and Delhi.

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Japan with a vibrant crypto scent — but Japan is one of the many countries that took a proactive approach towards fostering Web3 after realizing its potential worldwide. In order to retain its talent at home and create a better infrastructure for adoption of virtual digital assets, Japan has undertaken a number of regulatory steps. Amid the global turmoil caused by the volatile crypto ecosystem and its consequential effects on users, Japan has proactively introduced preemptive measures to tackle these challenges and maintain a competitive edge. From the very beginning, it supported builders and creators in Web3 suggesting that the country is enthusiastic about the growing ecosystem and it was not just due to a vast user base. It has been tweaking regulations on a rolling basis to address challenges faced by users or other stakeholders and working towards the best interest for all parties with a dedicated ‘resolution team’. Its progressive attitude towards integration of blockchain is what has made it stand apart. From government backed Metaverse offices, to corporates like Mitsubishi, Fujitsu, Rakuten foraying in the space, Japan’s efforts reflect the concentrated approach at winning the Web3 revolution after the missed opportunity in Web2.

Elon Musk’s Twitter asked a federal court to terminate a 2022 settlement it agreed to with the Federal Trade Commission over alleged privacy violations, saying it had been subject to a “burdensome and vexatious enforcement investigation." The move came hours before House Republicans and FTC Chair Lina Khan clashed at a hearing Thursday over her agency’s investigation of Twitter and what her critics say is an antibusiness agenda. The FTC is examining whether Twitter under Musk is protecting users’ privacy.

Marico expects its gross margins to improve by 200-250 bps in FY24, helped by cooling commodity inflation and portfolio mix normalising favourably. The company expects a «volume-led growth» in the domestic market and gains in market share by most of its products and increase spending in advertising & promotion (A&P), said Marico in its latest annual report. «On the domestic business, we will drive volume-led growth and market share gains across our portfolios, aided by distribution expansion, aggressive cost controls and adequate investment in market development and brand building,» said Marico, which owns Saffola, Parachute, Hair & Care, among other brands.

The Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether OpenAI’s ChatGPT has harmed people by publishing false information about them, posing a potential legal threat to the popular app that can generate eerily human-like content using artificial intelligence. In a civil subpoena to the company made public Thursday, the FTC says its investigation of ChatGPT focuses on whether OpenAI has “engaged in unfair or deceptive practices relating to risks of harm to consumers, including reputational harm." One question asks the company to “describe in detail the extent to which you have taken steps to address or mitigate risks that your large language model products could generate statements about real individuals that are false, misleading or disparaging." The new FTC investigation under Chair Lina Khan marks a significant escalation of the federal government’s role in policing the emerging technology.

New Delhi: David Bridger, UNAIDS country director for India, on Thursday expressed confidence that India has the potential to achieve the end of the AIDS epidemic as a public health threat. He emphasized the need to capitalize on the progress made thus far, saying that India has the opportunity to eradicate AIDS if efforts are sustained. Bridger’s remarks come in response to a new report released by UNAIDS titled ‘The Path that Ends AIDS’, which underscores the political and financial choices involved in ending AIDS and highlights the remarkable achievements of countries and leaders who have pursued this path.

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The British government has agreed to offer millions of public sector workers pay raises in a bid to end an array of strikes, including a five-day walkout from doctors in the early part of their career in Britain’s publicly funded health service

Only six of the 128 women entered in singles at Wimbledon work with a female coach

The German government has presented a long-awaited strategy for relations with China that points to a “systemic rivalry” with the Asian power and a need to reduce risks of economic dependency, but highlights Berlin’s desire to work with Beijing on chal...

Republicans and Democrats took shots at each other in a heated hearing on ESG Wednesday, with both sides accusing the other of being anti-capitalist on the topic of investing.

PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP) shares moved 1.7% higher in pre-open Thursday after the company raised its full-year forecast following the FQ2 outperformance.

ICRA has recently published a research note on the domestic cotton spinning industry. The rating agency expects demand for the industry to improve by close to 10% in volume terms in FY2024 on a yearly basis, primarily gaining through a shift in preference away from Chinese cotton, and the expectations of demand improving for the spring-summer season in USA and EU regions.

Big investors in Fortescue Metals said the miner can sail through the breakdown of executive chairman Andrew Forrest’s marriage and the subsequent ownership reshuffle that has given Nicola Forrest control of the single biggest Fortescue stake.

Retail inflation in June hit a three-month high at 4.81 per cent, due to soaring vegetable prices, higher than economists’ expectation of 4.3-4.6 per cent. While most economists believe the inflation rate certainly will remain sticky, it will not prompt the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for another rate hike. Meanwhile, the Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) surged to 4.49 per cent in June from 2.91 per cent in May. Economists broadly expected this because of late start and untimely rain in several parts of the country. Here is what economists have to say about the latest inflation reading: