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NASA has issued an alert regarding a massive asteroid, designated 2024 JY1, currently on a trajectory towards Earth. Despite its large size, estimated at 160 feet in diameter, and its high speed of 37,070 kilometers per hour, NASA has classified the asteroid as non-hazardous. The asteroid is expected to approach Earth at a distance of about 4.16 million miles, which is more than 17 times the distance to the Moon. Understanding Apollo Asteroids 2024 JY1 is part of the Apollo asteroids group, known for their Earth-crossing orbits. These asteroids, first discovered in the 1930s by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth, regularly come into close proximity with Earth. However, «close» in astronomical terms does not indicate any immediate danger.

Reliance Industries’ retail arm, Reliance Retail will not compete with Blinkit and Zepto with a 10-minute delivery model for its proposed re-entry into quick commerce venture next month. Instead the country’s largest retailer is planning a 30-minute delivery model with a wider assortment than existing quick commerce companies which will be fed by Reliance’s own stores and the almost 20 lakh kiranas who source products from the company, said two executives aware of the plans. The kiranas are part of the JioMart Partner initiative whereby they source products from Reliance Retail’s wholesale arm and have their backend connected. The company will be utilizing tech platforms such as FYND and Locus for the fulfilment process and optimise delivery routes to ensure orders reach within 30 minutes, considering Reliance is not setting up dark stores like other quick commerce operators who have such warehouses in each locality for under-ten-minute delivery, they said.

With the Fed still holding firm on interest rates and the election ahead, U.S. consumers have revealed mixed sentiment in new research from The Conference Board.

Children show increase in mental health difficulties over COVID-19 lockdown, on the Oxford University website.Another article, titled Babies Are Saying Less Since the Pandemic: Why That’s Concerning, on American educational news website Edweek cites research being done by The Advanced Baby Imaging Lab at the INSPIRE Center of Rhode Island Hospital since 2010. As per the study, “infants born during the pandemic vocalised significantly less and engaged in less verbal turn-taking behaviours that are critical for language development." Temper tantrums are a natural and predictable part of child development. Dr.

Bank of Montreal missed analysts’ estimates after setting aside more money than expected for potential credit losses as consumers and businesses struggle with higher interest rates.

Wayve has raised $1 billion to put its self-driving software into modern cars. The funding mostly came from existing investors including Microsoft, Nvidia and Softbank, and it came just days before the UK also passed a comprehensive law that will let driverless cars onto British roads by 2026. The regulations are the first to address one of the industry’s big problems: exaggeration.

Last month, an article in Harvard Business Review (HBR) ‘Will Your Nudge Have a Lasting Impact?’ by Evan Polman and Sam J. Maglio questioned the effectiveness of nudges used in policymaking and corporate strategy. Ever since the book Nudge by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein was published in 2008, behavioural nudges, or interventions designed to subtly steer individuals towards desired behaviours, has become a favourite tool of policymakers around the world.

rupee logged its biggest daily decline against the U.S. dollar in nearly seven weeks on Wednesday, pressured by persistent dollar demand from importers and election-related risks. The rupee ended at 83.3450, down from 83.1775 in the previous session. It fell 0.2% on Wednesday, its biggest daily fall since April 12.

IIFL Finance's microfinance subsidiary IIFL Samasta Finance is all set to hit the market next week to raise Rs 1000 crore by selling bonds in public issue. The company, registered as a non-banking finance company-microfinance institution (NBFC-MFI), will be paying interest rates between 9.2% and 10.5% a year.

Stock market today: PNB Housing Finance share price witnessed heavy selling in the early morning session. PNB Housing Finance share price today opened downside at ₹744 apiece on NSE and touched an intraday low of ₹724 per share, recording an intraday loss of nearly 8 percent in the morning session. However, the housing finance share witnessed some bottom fishing and recovered some lost ground during the noon session.

Zerodha founder Nithin Kamath flagged the high sugar content and adulteration in food items on Wednesday. Nithin Kamath said that the sugar content in most food items is “ridiculous" and adulteration in items like masalas, milk and protein is “slowly killing" people.Also Read: Buy or sell: Vaishali Parekh recommends three stocks to buy today — May 29“We Indians need to question what goes into the food we consume. The more we ask, the better choices we will have.

₹72,320 per 10 gm mark. Today, COMEX gold prices oscillate around $2,358 per troy ounce in the international market. This trend is in line with the recent upward movement in gold prices, which have been on a steady rise since [specific date].

geopolitical tensions, gold prices steadied as MCX gold June futures opened on Wednesday at Rs 72,203 per 10 grams, up 0.03% or Rs 23 while MCX silver July contracts opened 0.23% higher at Rs 95,670/kg. In the last three days, silver prices have risen by Rs 5,100 per kg.

heat waves, hospital admissions for mental health spike. The past 10 years were the hottest on record, and as we prepare for another scorcher of a summer, it's time to take steps to increase our preparedness for extreme heat. The potential for heat stress, heat exhaustion and heat stroke are well known hazards of extreme heat. Yet, physical health is not the only factor to consider under extreme heat; mental health can also suffer. Many people can relate to the sleepless nights during hot summer months, as well as anecdotal experiences of irritation and aggression when thermally uncomfortable.

market is likely to trade lower on Wednesday tracking muted global cues. The Nifty future closed negative with losses of 0.25% at 22,925 levels on Tuesday. India VIX was up by 4.36% from 23.19 to 24.20 levels.

Pankaj Pandey, Head Research, ICICIdirect.com, says if the incumbent government gets a simple kind of a majority, it could be a non-event for the market. The focus, again, will shift towards the earning side or the kind of announcements that one would expect in the Budget or subsequent policy announcements in various sectors. That will hold the key and that is where we are largely focusing upon. Pandey also says that since the monsoon expectation is also good, the focus will shift towards the overall infra spend side and cement is one sector where we have not seen much of a price performance. He likes key players like ACC, Ambuja, UltraTech or JK Cement which he says are going to experience a slightly better growth rate than the industry.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope which launched in 1990 has changed the fundamental understanding of the universe right from determining the atmospheric composition of planets around other stars to discovering dark energy.Coming back to the Gomez's Hamburger, NASA further explains that, “view was created by a dying Sun-like star casting off its outer layers of material."While explaining the simmilarties between the hamburger and this celetial giant, NASA added, “the ingredients of this giant are dust and light; the hamburger "buns" are light reflecting off dust and the "patty" is the dark band of dust in the middle, which is hiding the dying star." This image was shared the US space agency on Hamburger day which was celebrated on May 28th.Internet users couldn't resist commenting on the captivating image of the cosmic object posted by NASA.One user said, “Mother Nature does have a sense of humour"“Awsome tremendeous," another user commentedSome another wrote, “Stellar burger you got there."“Space burgers and stargazing - proof that you can have it all." A user also argued against the notion that Gomez's Hamburger is created by a dying star, suggesting instead that it is more likely formed by the protoplanetary disk surrounding a new star.Meanwhile, NASA announced in a May 26 press release that the first of two climate satellites, designed to study heat emissions at Earth's poles was launched. The agency's PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission consists of two shoebox-size cube satellites, or CubeSats, that will measure the amount of heat Earth radiates into space from two of the coldest, most remote regions on the planet.

Buy or sell stocks for today: Following weak global cues, the Indian stock market ended lower for the third straight session. The Nifty 50 index went down 44 points and closed at 22,888, whereas the BSE Sensex shed 220 points and closed at 75,170.

Equity markets witnessed a volatile session on Tuesday to finally end with losses. The broader market witnessed sharper profit booking, indicating heightened volatility. «Nifty has been consolidating in a broad range for the third consecutive day as investors remain watchful ahead of the big election outcome next week. We expect the Nifty to remain sideways to marginally positive on the back of reduced FII selling, prediction of above normal monsoon and last leg of Q4 results,» said Siddhartha Khemka, Head — Retail Research, Motilal Oswal.

OpenAI has started training of an upgraded artificial intelligence (AI) model. This AI model, once implemented, will be advanced than that of GPT-4 system. OpenAI revealed the establishment of a new safety and security panel, which will provide guidance to the entire board on essential safety and security matters related to its projects and operations.

LSEG director of consumer research Jharonne Martis analyzes the health of the consumer and explains what's behind the shift in spending on «Making Money.»