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dollar slipped and Asian stocks fell after Joe Biden ended his reelection campaign and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris. China’s central bank cut a key short-term interest rate. A Bloomberg gauge of the US currency’s strength fell 0.2% Monday after the US President bowed to pressure from the Democrats and pulled out of the November election race, while the Mexican peso climbed. US stock futures gained.

Mutual Fund. Meanwhile, investors in struggling funds have voted with their feet. In the large-cap segment, just two funds accounted for 75% of the outflows.

As owner, editor and sole reporter of Ku’ku’kwes News, Maureen Googoo starts the day by publishing her latest scoops about Canada’s indigenous communities. Tracking the number of people that flocked to read those stories used to be a pleasure. Nowadays, Ms Googoo says, she dreads it.

cobra was rescued in Karnataka's Agumbe village after causing panic earlier this week. Ajay Giri, the field director at Agumbe Rainforest Research Station (ARRS), shared a video of the rescue on Instagram. According to Giri, the 12-foot snake was crossing a road when it was disturbed by onlookers and took refuge in a bush within a house's compound. When the home owners discovered the highly venomous snake on their property, they became worried and contacted the forest department, which then informed ARRS about the situation. Recognizing the danger to both residents and the snake, ARRS staff promptly sprang into action and rushed to the location. A video shared by Ajay Giri shows snake rescuers gently removing the snake from the premises.

mortality data from the National Family Health Survey 2019-21 and concluded that nearly 12 lakh additional deaths occurred in 2020, which is eight times higher than the official Covid-19 death toll reported in India for that year. The Health Ministry has rejected this estimate, calling it «exaggerated and misleading,» and has criticized the study for its flawed methodology. According to the study published in open access journal Sciences Advances, the authors found that in the subsample they studied, there was a reduction in life expectancy at birth of 2.6 years between 2019 and 2020, larger than reductions documented in any high-income country. This reduction was substantial even relative to trends in India: overall life expectancy at birth in 2020 was equivalent to all-India levels over a decade earlier. Relative to the 1.3-year life expectancy loss among high-caste Hindus, the loss for Muslims was 5.4 years.

Lancet study, due to high levels of air pollution and tobacco consumption. According to the study published in May, ischaemic heart disease will continue to be the leading cause of death around the world, followed by stroke, diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In ischaemic heart disease, narrowing of vessels in the organ reduces blood flow. The study projected that men and women around the world could live longer by up to five and four years, respectively. «It is going to remain the number one killer and disabling disease with continued bad lifestyle and increasing stress. Yet, there is a lack of understanding of the exact mechanism of formation of these blockages (in the heart's blood vessels). Till we understand the mechanism, the solutions cannot be found,» said Dr Atul Mathur, Executive Director, Interventional Cardiology and Chief of Cath Lab, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi.

Interim budget, the government should continue on the path of fiscal consolidation. D-St could be pencilling in some added populist measures in this budget,” says Jaspreet Singh Arora, CIO, Equentis — Research & Ranking. In an interview with ETMarkets, Arora said: “The budget may look at adding some populist measures which address unemployment and rural stress. This is considering four state elections coming up in the next one year,” Edited excerpts:

investors injected Rs 30,772 crore into Indian equities so far this month, driven by hopes of continued policy reforms, sustained economic growth and a better-than-expected earnings season. Additionally, the anticipation of a reform-oriented budget has also lifted investor sentiment, Himanshu Srivastava, Associate Director — Manager Research at Morningstar Investment Research India, said. Going forward, if the recent trend of weakness in dollar and bond yields persists, FPIs are likely to continue their buying in the market, VK Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist, Geojit Financial Services, said.

Tata Education Trust, later renewed. This event cast a spotlight on the instability and challenges faced by India’s philanthropies and nonprofits. Shortly after, the Centre for Financial Accountability's parent trust had its Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) licence revoked. Many prominent NGOs and think tanks in India are now struggling, along with the communities they serve. In the past few years, the sector has faced administrative hurdles, financial losses, and workforce reductions, retreating from various areas of service. Accurate data on the sector's impact is hard to come by due to the broad definition of civil society organisations, encompassing grassroots groups, large networks, faith-based organisations, research bodies, social movements, and youth groups.

Indians are buying daily necessities and fast-moving consumer goods more frequently and in larger numbers than a few years ago, with researchers and senior executives attributing this to a growing trend of consumers seeking instant gratification, fuelled by burgeoning quick commerce. Realising the consumer behaviour, mainstream retailers like Reliance Retail and Spencer’s Retail are focusing on online orders and reducing their delivery time. Ecommerce firm Amazon is trying to turn around orders faster, while rival Flipkart has introduced its own quick commerce service.

electronics manufacturing sector will need more than 63 lakh trained shop-floor workers, purchasing managers and engineers in the next 18 to 24 months, across varied roles in equipment service, integration and middleware departments. Some of this demand will be fulfilled within the industry, as people move to greener pastures in search of better jobs and salaries. But most of the requirements will need to be fulfilled by freshers and college graduates.

Lounge story titled, Is There A Perfect Way To Stretch?This piece is about whether those 90-120 seconds which we take to catch our breath between sets, might also be a good time to ease the muscles before using them again. One of the most cited researches on this was published in the Journal Of Strength And Conditioningfive years ago. Titled, Interset Stretching Vs. Traditional Strength Training: Effects on Muscle Strength and Size in Untrained Individuals, the study concluded that the interset stretching group gained more muscle mass than the group which did not stretch between sets.

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petrochemicals industry and boost the sector's growth. The minister was speaking after launching the 13th edition of the India Chem 2024 event to be held in October this year in Mumbai. «The Prime Minister desires that we have to become a USD 5 trillion economy. If we have to become a 5 trillion economy, we have to align our programmes or policies accordingly, to see to it that this petrochemical industry chemical industry also goes in the same way and aligns itself, so that we all together contribute to that USD 5 trillion economy,» Nadda said. The minister mentioned that industry representatives have talked about the challenges faced by the chemicals and petrochemicals industry and also offered various suggestions to address those issues.

Puri Jagannath Temple’s Ratna Bhandar during the shifting of valuables on Thursday, reported TOI. The Ratna Bhandar was reopened by the Odisha government on July 14 for restoration and inventory after 46 years. “We found some ancient idols in Ratna Bhandar on July 14. We have now come across a few swords and javelins near a wooden chest within the inner chamber. The weapons were very heavy and had turned black,” said one of the 11 committee members who entered the treasury to TOI.

behavioural finance plays a key role in his investment strategy, making him a force to be reckoned with in the finance world. Let's start with your personal story I was born and brought up in Mumbai. My family was in the business of importing and trading dry fruits and spices. I used to accompany my father to his office during my school and college vacation. That gave me an early exposure to business. At an early age of 14, I was fascinated by learning about business management and decided to pursue an MBA after my graduation. However, by the time I graduated, my interest shifted towards finance and capital markets. After completing my MMS (Finance) from Somaiya Institute of Management and Research, I worked as a sell-side research analyst wherein I tracked key sectors like IT and pharma. I came across the concept of behavioural finance in 2004 and decided to move to buy-side or the mutual fund side to learn about how psychology impacts investment decisions.

Bollywood actor advised practising intermittent fasting, thoroughly chewing food 45-60 times and having the last meal at 6:45 PM. He also asked to have cooked food only after 3 PM.The actor has emphasised the importance of taking early morning walks, getting deep sleep early, avoiding screens 90 minutes before bed and drinking plenty of fluids.

Security experts said CrowdStrike's routine update of its widely used cybersecurity software, which caused clients' computer systems to crash globally on Friday, apparently did not undergo adequate quality checks before it was deployed. The latest version of its Falcon Sensor software was meant make CrowdStrike clients' systems more secure against hacking by updating the threats it defends against. But faulty code in the update files resulted in one of the most widespread tech outages in recent years for companies using Microsoft's Windows operating system.

health benefits from the medication. The medication reduced the indications of aging and increased life in the treated rats, who the scientists mockingly called «supermodel grannies,» as per the reports of 'Daily Star'.

Joe Biden, it is now even the betting markets who are losing faith in the president and his ability to continue in office. Research on the various betting markets has revealed that the odds of Vice-President Kamala Harris replacing Biden on the ballot box are higher. In the betting markets, a basic principle is when the price of an outcome is priced low, the likelihood of it happening is high. Higher the price means lower the expected outcome. Higher the price also indicates higher the risk and the person betting on the outcome taking a higher risk in favor of the outcome and expecting a positive outcome.