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Colorado State University's (CSU) inaugural forecast for the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season has predicted a busy season and named more than 20 storms. The predictions also include forecast for states, as per a report in Fox Weather. Name of these storms are — Alberto, Helene, Oscar, Beryl, Isaac, Patty, Chris, Joyce, Rafael, Debby, Kirk, Sara, Ernesto, Leslie, Tony, Francine, Milton, Valerie, Gordon, Nadine, and Wlliam, Fox weather reported.

Prostate cancer cases worldwide are projected to more than double and deaths to increase by 85 per cent between 2020 and 2040, with low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) likely to bear the «overwhelming brunt» of this spike, according to The Lancet Commission on prostate cancer. The surge in cases is «inevitable», with actual numbers likely to be much higher because of under-diagnosis and missed opportunities for data collection in LMICs, researchers said. They said ageing populations and improving life expectancy will lead to more cases of prostate cancer in older men, and given than being 50 years or older is a risk factor, lifestyle changes and public health interventions may not be able to prevent the upcoming surge. «As more and more men around the world live to middle and old age, there will be an inevitable rise in the number of prostate cancer cases. We know this surge in cases is coming, so we need to start planning and take action now,» said lead author of the Commission, Nick James, professor of prostate and bladder cancer research at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.

The “real” Bitcoin (BTC) “bull run” is yet to start, a South Korean crypto firm CEO has claimed.

The Federal Reserve is on track to cut interest rates in June, according to Ellen Zentner, chief US economist at Morgan Stanley.

Callan Family Office, a bespoke investment advisory firm based in Pennsylvania, has just achieved a significant asset milestone.

A duo of advisors formerly with Key Private Bank has joined boutique wealth manager Bison Wealth.

Denise Hardesty, senior research scientist at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia, said this is the first estimate of how much plastic waste ends up on the ocean floor. «We discovered that the ocean floor has become a resting place, or reservoir, for most plastic pollution, with between three to 11 million tonnes of plastic estimated to be sinking to the ocean floor,» said Hardesty, one of the corresponding authors of the study published in the journal Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers.

India are expected to rise 66% this year after nearly doubling in 2023 as state subsidies help fuel demand and supporting infrastructure comes up in the country, according to research firm Counterpoint. WHY IT'S IMPORTANT The rapid growth in sales comes at a time when EV growth in other key markets such as the United States and China are slowing.

Nifty Bank closed in the green for the third day in a row on Friday, which propelled the index above the 48,500 level in intraday trade. The index pared some gains but outperformed Nifty 50. The Nifty bank rose 430 points to close at 48,493, while Nifty 50 ended flat with a negative bias.

Entering the realm of stock investing directly necessitates opening a 'demat' account. Functioning akin to a bank account, the demat account serves as a digital repository specifically for holding securities.

Gujarat riots and Hindutva, and tweaking the reference to Manipur's merger with India are among the latest set of revisions made public by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) in its textbooks. While NCERT did not comment on the topics being dropped, officials said the tweaks are part of the routine updation and are not linked to the development of new books as per the New Curriculum Framework (NCF). The changes have been made in Political Science textbooks of classes 11 and 12, besides others. According to a document detailing the changes prepared by the curriculum drafting committee of the NCERT, the references to the Ram Janmabhoomi movement have been tweaked «as per latest development in politics». Chapter 8 on Secularism in class 11 textbook earlier said, «More than 1,000 persons, mostly Muslims, were massacred during the post Godhra riots in Gujarat in 2002.»

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Reuters reported. Meagan Dewar, a wildlife biologist with Federation University who was a part of the latest expedition said, "This has the potential to have a massive impact on wildlife that is already being impacted by things like climate change and other environmental stresses," the Reuters report said.

BEIJING — Chinese electric car company Nio has been expanding its battery swap partnerships in a bid to gain an edge on the infrastructure side of the EV ecosystem.

RBI monetary policy 2024: In its first bi-monthly committee meeting for FY24–25, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) maintained the real GDP growth forecast for the current fiscal year at 7%. The GDP growth target for Q1 FY25 was adjusted to 7.1% from the previous 7.2%, while for Q2 FY25, it was revised to 6.9%, up from the previous forecast of 6.8%. The growth rate for Q3 FY24 remains unchanged at 7% from previous forecasts.

Pakistan that the intelligence officials deemed a threat to the nation's security, a report has claimed. These killings were reportedly part of India's plan to eliminate terrorists living on foreign soil, news daily The Guardian reported citing Indian and Pakistani intelligence operatives. The Guardian claims it has seen documents related to these 20 killings but was unable to independently verify them. ET Online has not verified these reports independently.

Read RBI Monetary Policy 2024 LIVE Updates here “While the upcoming policy may not see material changes in macro assessment by RBI, issues like case & timing of policy pivot/stance change, factors influencing liquidity management ahead and, of course, assessing which part of the yield curve has the maximum juice, etc would be key for markets," said Madhavi Arora, Lead Economist at Emkay Global Financial Services. Here are five key things to watch out for in RBI policy today: Analysts and economists on D-Street widely expect the RBI to keep its key repo rate unchanged at 6.50% in the April policy meeting for the seventh time in a row. The repo rate is the interest rate at which the central bank lends short-term funds to commercial banks.

Day trading stocks today: Following strong global market sentiments on the US Fed rate cut buzz, the Indian stock market ended higher on Thursday. The Nifty 50 index climbed to a new peak of 22,619 and finished 80 points higher at the 22,514 level. The BSE Sensex surged 350 points and closed at the 74,227 mark whereas the Bank Nifty index ended 436 points higher at the 48,060 level.

Sensex gained 350.81 points to close at 74,227.63, while the Nifty 50 settled 80.00 points, or 0.36%, higher at 22,514.65. Nifty 50 formed a small negative candle on the daily chart with a long lower shadow. “This pattern indicates presence of strong resistance at the new all-time highs and the sharp buying is emerging from the lower levels.

While investors might pick advisors based on their own financial needs and alignment of values, advisors who align themselves with larger wealth firms may have an edge in attracting affluent clients.

Ethereum Layer 2 network Zircuit has surpassed $1 billion in pre-mainnet deposits within a mere six weeks since opening its doors to investors.