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NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, now 47 years old, successfully reestablished communication with Earth on October 24 after a brief period of radio silence. This contact was facilitated through a rarely used radio transmitter, the S-band, which had not been activated since 1981. The spacecraft, currently over 15 billion miles away in interstellar space, experienced a communication interruption starting on October 16, attributed to a shutdown of one of its transmitters.

NSE) celebrated its legacy of innovation with the launch of a multi-language website and mobile apps, enhancing accessibility for investors across India. During the Muhurat Trading session, a tradition held on Diwali, NSE managing director Ashish Kumar Chauhan extended warm wishes for the new year, Vikram Samvat 2081, and highlighted NSE's commitment to providing accurate and reliable information to the trading community. Chauhan said, «Some people leave their decisions to trade and invest on software, just like driver-less cars. This and many more dangerous uses of AI are being made. With persistent use of AI, the line between truth and lies will become blurred.»

As on Sep 30, 2024, in terms of performance domestic price of Gold (MCX gold) has generated reasonable return. For instance, over last period of 15 Yr. MCX Gold has generated return of 11.1% CAGR whereas Nifty50 has generated return of 12.9%. In short-term, such as over 3-year period, it has generated return of 18% vis-à-vis 14.9% of Nifty50. Over the long run, Gold has exhibited low or even negative correlation with Nifty 50 and helps in risk mitigation. Though investors should note that in the short term, correlation may or may not hold. For example, while in 2008 and 2011, when Nifty 50 gave negative returns, Gold posted strong positive returns, but both the asset classes were negative in year 2015. At current levels, while Gold may not deliver exuberant returns in short term, investors should approach it for portfolio completion and risk mitigation with longer investment horizon with a strategy to buy at Dips or in staggered manner. Backed by reasonable performance, risk mitigation and being a safe haven, investors are naturally inclined to allocate some portion of their portfolio to gold and use gold for prosperity in their wealth creation journey.

armoured vehicles, and anti-tank weapons. In a statement, the Pentagon said, «The Department of Defense (DoD) announced additional security assistance to meet Ukraine's critical security and defence needs. This announcement is the Biden Administration's sixty-ninth tranche of equipment to be provided from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021.» It added, «This Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) package, which has an estimated value of $425 million, will provide Ukraine additional capabilities to meet its most urgent needs, including air defence interceptors; munitions for rocket systems and artillery; armoured vehicles; and anti-tank weapons.»

Wendy’s plans to close 140 U.S. restaurants before the end of this year on top of the 100 it said it would close in May

jobs in October, a total that economists say was held down by the effects of strikes and hurricanes that left many workers temporarily off payrolls. The report provided a somewhat blurry view of the job market at the end of a presidential race that has pivoted heavily on voters' feelings about the economy. Last month's hiring gain was down significantly from the 223,000 jobs that were added in September.

Choe Son Hui, in a Moscow meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, accused the United States and South Korea of plotting a nuclear strike against her country. She did not provide evidence to back her assertion, but spoke of regular consultations between Washington and Seoul at which she alleged such plotting took place. Choe, who said the situation on the Korean Peninsula could become «explosive» any moment, told Lavrov that North Korea needed to strengthen its nuclear arsenal and perfect its readiness to deliver a retaliatory nuclear strike if necessary.

TORONTO — Canadians now have a single place to appeal banking issues after the federal government’s simplification of the system took effect Friday.

GoI also plays a crucial role in policy design and financing. This shared responsibility often leads to conflicts with states, intensified by political turf wars.

Striking workers at Boeing will vote on a new contract offer next week

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Social media major Meta's advertisement unit, Facebook India Online Services, has posted a 43% growth in profit to Rs 504.9 crore in the financial year ended on March 31, 2024, according to documents shared by Tofler. The company had posted a profit of Rs 352.91 crore in FY2023. Facebook India Online Services Private Limited is engaged in the business of selling advertising inventory to customers in India and providing IT-enabled support services and design support services to Meta Platforms Inc. The company reported a 9.33% increase in turnover to Rs 3,034.82 crore in FY24 against Rs 2,775.78 crore in FY23.

Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said that the upcoming assembly election in Jharkhand was for saving 'Sanatan' in the state. He claimed that the Hindu population in Jharkhand's Santhal Pargana region has declined from 90 per cent in 1951 to 67 per cent in 2011. Sarma, also the BJP's Jharkhand election co-incharge, was addressing an election rally in Deoghar district in favour of BJP nominee Randhir Singh, who filed his nomination from Sarath assembly constituency. «The election this time is not for JMM or Congress but for saving the Sanatan in Jharkhand,» he said.

U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer says a semiconductor research facility in upstate New York will be getting $825 million in funding as one of three national technology centers

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings' former chairperson, who led the emergency response after a meltdown at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and was accused of being responsible for failing to prevent the disaster as top management, has died, with...

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mumbai: India's ambulance sector is seeing an upgrade with several start-ups and the state government not just working to address the deficit but also upgrading it by launching advanced ambulances. For instance, Maharashtra’s hinterland is set to get a key medical upgrade with the state government partnering with Sumeet-SSG—a joint venture between Pune-based Sumeet Group Enterprises’s and Spanish emergency transport provider SSG Matrix—to deploy a fleet of 1,756 advanced ambulances.

analogue space mission kicked off in Leh on Friday. «A collaborative effort by Human Spaceflight Centre, ISRO, AAKA Space Studio, University of Ladakh, IIT Bombay, and Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, this mission will simulate life in an interplanetary habitat to tackle the challenges of a base station beyond Earth,» the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) said in a post on microblogging site X. Aaka Space Studio, a private company specialising in space architecture and analogue research, is set to lead a 21-day Mars and Moon mission in the rugged terrain of Ladakh, the company said in a press statement.

logistics services provider the Rhenus Group, which entered India through a joint venture in 2010, is now expanding its business by focussing on smaller towns. It expects more demand for efficient logistics as e-commerce grows.

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 3rd Test Day 1: Rohit Sharma-led Team India will aim to avoid a whitewash at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai as they take on New Zealand in the third and final match of the series. Notably, the Kiwis ended India's 4,331-day unbeaten home series run by securing victories in Pune and Bengaluru.After a string of changes to the playing XI following the defeat in Bengaluru, it will be interesting to see if Gautam Gambhir and Rohit Sharma make further adjustments for the final Test or stick with the same XI that played in Pune.

IT firms are increasingly snapping up Indian startups at a time when the startup ecosystem is amid a funding crunch. Several of the acquired firms are working in the segments of AI, semiconductor, data and analytics and spacetech among others. Most of them are making acquisitions to strengthen their capabilities so that they do not miss out when technology spending, especially in discretionary spends, returns, say analysts. Big IT firms such as Accenture, Infosys and IBM along with many midcaps like Persistent, Cyient, Global Logic and others have recently acquired smaller Indian firms working in cutting-edge technologies. This month, IBM acquired a Bengaluru-headquartered software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup Prescinto for an undisclosed amount. Later in the month Hyderabad IT engineering service provider Cyient acquired 27.3% in US based Indian startup Azimuth AI for $7.25 million. The acquisition will expand Cyient’s capabilities across the semiconductor industry.

OpenAI on Thursday beefed up its ChatGPT generative AI chatbot with search engine capabilities, as the startup takes on Google's decades-long dominance of web search. The upgrade enables users to receive «fast, timely answers» with links to relevant web sources — information that previously required using a traditional search engine, the company said. The significant upgrade to ChatGPT enables the AI chatbot to provide real-time information from across the web.