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Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone have made their debut as parents, following Deepika's discharge from the hospital after the birth of their baby girl. The couple welcomed their first child on September 8, 2024, and shared the joyous news on Instagram with a heartwarming post reading, «Welcome Baby Girl!» along with the birth date «8.9.2024.» In the lead-up to Deepika’s discharge, Ranveer Singh's parents were spotted arriving at the Reliance Hospital, fueling speculation that they were there to bring their daughter-in-law and newborn granddaughter home. Their arrival was eagerly anticipated by fans.

rice with other crops could help recover 60-100 cubic kilometres of groundwater lost since 2000 in north India, a study has found. Current cropping patterns — dominated by rice, which relies heavily on groundwater for irrigation — could result in a loss of about 13-43 cubic kilometres of groundwater if warming of the planet continues, a team of researchers, including those from the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Gujarat, said. The researchers proposed shifting from existing cropping habits by cutting down on cultivating rice as a potential solution for sustaining the fast-depleting resource in a warmer world that threatens food and water security. «Replacing 37 per cent area of rice with other crops can recover 61 to 108 cubic kilometres groundwater compared to 13 to 43 cubic kilometres with current cropping pattern under the 1.5-3 degrees Celsius global warming levels,» the authors wrote in the study accepted for publication in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) Nexus.

freight costs, shortage of containers and dependence on major shipping hubs and foreign carriers pose serious challenges to the country's exports, think tank GTRI said on Sunday. To address these challenges, the Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) recommended that India implement several strategies to boost domestic container production, enhance the role of local shipping companies, promote use of domestic containers, and strengthen local shipping firms. «India can lower its risk of global supply chain disruptions by boosting domestic container production, encouraging the use of locally made containers, and increasing the use of Indian shipping companies for transporting goods,» GTRI Founder Ajay Srivastava said. Between 2022 and 2024, shipping rates for a 40-foot container have fluctuated significantly.

Especially when it comes to raising questions regarding a leader’s strategy, they feel it’s better to keep the thoughts to themselves as they do not want to come across as someone overriding the leader’s authority. And this is exactly what happens when employees do not feel psychologically safe at work. The concept of psychological safety has been gaining traction in recent years as more and more leaders can be seen realising its benefits. When an employee feels safe enough to speak their mind and not hold back, they significantly contribute to driving innovation at work.

BJP leader and former Minister Anil Vij on Sunday said he will stake claim for the chief minister's post if the party returns to power in Haryana after the October 5 Assembly polls. The six-time MLA's remarks come at a time when the party has already made it clear that Nayab Singh Saini will be the chief minister if the BJP returns to power. Saini is also the party's chief ministerial face in the polls. «I never sought anything from the party till today...people from Haryana are coming to meet me. Even in Ambala, people tell me that I am senior-most why I did not become CM. On demand of the people, and on the basis of seniority, this time I will stake claim to become chief minister,» Vij said.

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has got a new director to spearhead its new energy, petrochemicals and corporate strategy as part of a board revamp aimed at breathing fresh life into the state-controlled behemoth. Arunangshu Sarkar has been appointed as Director for strategy and corporate affairs, ONGC said in a stock exchange filing. Before the elevation, Sarkar, a petroleum engineer from the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, was Group General Manager (Production) at ONGC. He had previously worked as General Manager (Strategy & Corporate Planning), ONGC Videsh Ltd — the overseas investment arm of ONGC. Two years back, the board of ONGC was reorganised. Besides creating the new post of Director (Strategy & Corporate Affairs), the post of Director (Production) was created after merging Director (Onshore), who is in charge of all oil and gas fields located on land, and Director (Offshore) who looks after all offshore assets, such as the prime Mumbai High fields.

Melania Trump called the FBI's 2022 raid at Mar-a-Lago an «invasion of her privacy.» She warned it is a reminder that American freedom and rights must be respected. In a promotional video for her upcoming memoir, Melania Trump criticized the FBI's actions. The video begins by citing the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution, stating: «US Constitution Fourth Amendment: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated.» Melania Trump said, “I never imagined my privacy would be invaded by the government here in America. The FBI raided my home in Florida and searched through my personal belongings. This is not just my story, it serves as a warning to all Americans, a reminder that our freedom and rights must be respected.”

IndiGo Airlines has issued an apology and said that the customers are being provided hotels and are being rebooked as per their final destination. The video of the incident, which took place on Thursday on flight 6E 2235, shows flyers in utter discomfort.

heavy rain lashed parts of south Bengal, including Kolkata, on Sunday under the impact of a deep depression in the region, the IMD said. A deep depression is a more intense stage of a low-pressure system and typically precedes the formation of a cyclonic storm. The weather system lay about 40 km west-northwest of Kolkata and 130 km east-southeast of Bankura, it said.

Bangladesh's ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 58 others on the charges of attempting to murder a student during the violent clashes that led to the fall of her government last month, a media report said on Sunday. It was the latest in the slew of cases filed against the 76-year-old former premier, who resigned and fled to India on August 5 following a massive protest by students against a controversial quota system in government jobs. The case was filed on Friday by 22-year-old Fahim Faisal, who claimed he was shot and injured during an anti-government protest in Dinajpur on August 4, a day before the fall of the Hasina-led Awami League government, The Daily Star newspaper reported. With this, the tally of cases against Hasina has reached 155, including 136 for murder, seven for crimes against humanity and genocide, three for abduction, eight for attempted murder and one for the attack on a Bangladesh Nationalist Party procession, the report said.

A 36-hour monetary rollercoaster will start with the Federal Reserve’s probable decision to cut interest rates on Wednesday, and finish on Friday with the

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In 1998, a young consultant from Tata Consultancy Services was dispatched to the authorities overseeing India’s census, an immense effort carried out once a decade. The company was propelled by the concern that once computer dates ticked from 1999 to 2000, all the IBM mid-range computers it had used to stop the banking system from collapsing and planes falling out of the sky would have no work worth their capabilities.

online gaming sector topped the apex goods and services tax (GST) intelligence and investigation agency’s evasion list with detection to the tune of about Rs 1.10 lakh crore, involving show cause notices to 34 taxpayers, action against 118 domestic entities and 658 offshore entities. In its annual report released Saturday, the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) identified online gaming as one of the challenging sectors with offshore entities based in tax havens. “Bringing the gaming entities under tax net continues to be an uphill task,” the report said. Use of the dark web and virtual private networks (VPNs) based platforms for such have been cited as key challenges.

India is preparing to finalize a significant deal with the United States for 31 weaponized MQ-9B Predator drones. This agreement is expected to be signed next month. The defense ministry is currently finalizing a draft note for the finance ministry before seeking approval from the Prime Minister-led cabinet committee on security. A report from the Ministry of Defense’s contract negotiation committee has been accepted for this government-to-government deal, originally quoted by the US at $3.9 billion (over Rs 33,500 crore). Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit the US for the Quad leaders’ summit hosted by President Joe Biden in Wilmington, Delaware, on September 21. “The contract should be inked in mid-Oct. The costing, setting up of a MRO (maintenance, repair, overhaul) facility here, performance-based logistics support and other such issues have been finalized after hard negotiations,” a source said to TOI.

Jinnah International Airport have reported another suspected case of monkeypox on Saturday, ARY News reported. According to the details, a traveller who arrived on a PIA flight from Jeddah had symptoms that resembled monkeypox. The traveller was taken away to a government-run isolation ward in Sindh for additional assessment and care.

security forces and terrorists in the Pathanateer area of Poonch district, Jammu and Kashmir, on Saturday evening, officials confirmed. The operation began after the Army and police received intelligence reports about terrorists near Gursai Top in Mendhar sub-division, officials stated on Sunday. As the security team neared the location, they came under fire, leading to a gun battle. Additional forces have been sent to the area as the exchange of fire continues. In response to recent incidents where two soldiers were killed and two terrorists were neutralized, anti-terror operations have intensified across Kishtwar, Udhampur, Poonch, and Rajouri districts.

Revolutionary Guard, state-run media reported, the latest for a program the West fears helps Tehran advance its ballistic missile program. Iran described the launch as the second such launch to put a satellite into orbit with the rocket. Independent scientists later confirmed the launch and that the satellite reached orbit. Footage later released by Iranian media showed the rocket blast off from a mobile launcher. An Associated Press analysis of the video and other imagery later released suggested the launch happened at the Guard's launch pad on the outskirts of the city of Shahroud, some 350 kilometers (215 miles) east of the capital, Tehran.

nuclear technology with Iran in return for ballistic missiles. These missiles, believed to be used in Russia’s ongoing war with Ukraine, have prompted fears of a growing nuclear threat. Both leaders acknowledged the deepening military cooperation between Moscow and Tehran during their discussions, which also covered the war in Ukraine, the Middle East crisis, and competition with China. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, speaking earlier in London, warned, “For its part, Russia is sharing technology that Iran seeks – this is a two-way street – including on nuclear issues as well as some space information,” suggesting that Russia and Iran are engaged in destabilizing activities with global implications.

Biden administration said it is getting ready to send a sizable aid package to Ukraine in the upcoming weeks. White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan stated on Saturday that President Biden will meet with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, his counterpart from Ukraine, this month, and that Washington is preparing a «substantial» round of further help for Kyiv. «I do think we need a comprehensive strategy for success in this war, and that is what President Zelenskyy says he is bringing,» Sullivan said.

Kamala Harris may not win the US polls 2024 and end up conceding way more territories than was earlier expected, if reports are to be believed. A latest survey has revealed that she is leading Donald Trump by a mere 1.3 points, which is a negligible figure, considering the fact that this lead is within the margin of error, which means the risk of her losing out on the polls is very high at this point.

supermoon and a lunar eclipse will be visible at the same time in a starry evening, which would be a wonderful sight for all stargazers out there. The visibility of this unique phenomenon will also be visible in the morning of September 18, says The Sun's report.