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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Chapter 16 in the Book of Leviticus, Old Testament, enjoins Aaron (brother of Moses) to organize sacrifices and expiate the sins of all Israelites. The process involves, over and above the ritual sacrifice of a bull and a ram, the community of Israelites providing Aaron with a goat; Aaron is supposed to lay both his hands over the goat’s head and confess to all the sins of Israelites.

monetary policy easing to start in most advanced economies is about to conclude with a 24-hour flurry of decisions led by the Federal Reserve. The US announcement will take center stage on Wednesday, followed by peers in Japan, the Nordics and the UK over the following day — amounting to half of the world’s 10 most-traded currency jurisdictions.

Amit Shah on Sunday, accusing the BJP-led Centre of settling «a large number of illegal Rohingyas» in different parts of the city. With the AAP targeting Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri over his tweets and claiming that settling these refugees here was a «conscious decision» of the BJP-led NDA government, the minister accused AAP of indulging in «politics of diversion, false narratives and half-truths». In the run-up to the Delhi Assembly polls due in February 2025, the ruling AAP and BJP have been hitting out at one another over the issue of illegal Rohingya and Bangladeshi people staying in the national capital. The BJP has already complained to the Election Commission about illegal Rohingyas and Bangladeshis registered as voters in Delhi «at the behest of AAP».

Mohammed Siraj was in news for his 20 per cent match fee penalty for clashing with Travis Head. Now, he was involved in another noteworthy incident. The pacer, who has picked up a solitary wicket in the ongoing third Test against Australia in GABBA, Brisbane, showed his willingness to employ various tactics to unsettle baters. A viral moment captured Siraj approaching Australian batsman Marnus Labuschagne's end to adjust the bails.

Visuals showed waterlogging in areas including Postal Telegram Colony, Rajiv Nagar, Rajagopal Nagar, Bharati Nagar, Amuda Nagar, KVK Nagar and Asoke Nagar of Thoothukudi. Earlier on Friday, Thoothukudi and other districts received moderate to heavy rainfall, while Trichy received incessant rain.

Music concerts are the latest craze, with many travelling overseas to watch their favourite performers. In India, stellar responses to Coldplay, Bryan Adams, Ed Sheeran and Diljit Dosanjh concerts signal that such large shows in India are likely to continue. Rising disposable incomes are spurring several others to fly to Southeast and West Asia, or even Europe, especially to watch artistes who don’t have an India stopover during international tours.

On social media, a 40-second video is going round which shows several people checking the BYD facility and showing the Cybertruck to view it from all sides and angles. The car examined was a Foundation Series Cybertruck, and all tailgates, interiors, and exterior features were keenly analyzed. This is one of the early prototypes that would prove useful for BYD on knowledge acquisition into Tesla's design and technologies.

Netflix will offer its strongest programming lineup in 2025 since it began producing original content, said co-CEO Theodore A. Sarandos, calling the coming year «an embarrassment of riches» for the world’s largest streaming platform, which boasts 283 million paid subscribers. Speaking at the UBS Global TMT Conference on December 10, Sarandos shared insights into Netflix’s ambitious plans for the remainder of 2024 and for 2025. He highlighted the return of Squid Game for its second season as a great way to end 2024. The groundbreaking series, which became a global phenomenon, will be released strategically after NFL football on Christmas Day, marking Netflix’s first-ever foray into airing football content.

OpenAI has escalated its legal feud with co-founder Elon Musk by pretty recently publishing his old emails, which actually reveals that he previously advocated for the company to adopt a for-profit structure, reported Business Insider. According to Business Insider, in a recent blog post and legal filing, OpenAI highlighted an email from the year 2015 in which Elon Musk eventually expressed concerns that the nonprofit model was ‘not optimal’. Adding onto that, the company also noted that Elon Musk had supported a transition to for-profit in the year 2017 while contradicting his current opposition to such a move. Elon Musk has filed innumerable lawsuits against OpenAI while seeking to halt its transition to a for-profit entity and at the same time alleging that the organization has strayed from its original mission of serving public interest, asserted Business Insider. He also claims that the partnership of OpenAI with Microsoft creates a severely unfair competitive advantage for his own AI venture named xAI.

The woman claims she was driven from Rochester, New York, to New York City for the awards show and then to an after-party in Combs' limousine. She alleges the assault occurred at the party and that her father later picked her up. However, representatives for musicians Benji and Joel Madden, whom the woman claimed to have spoken with at the party, confirmed they were touring elsewhere at the time. The woman's father also stated he doesn't recall the drive home. A friend who allegedly drove her to the awards is deceased.

Bashar al-Assad, four Syrian officials told Reuters. The ousting of Assad, who along with his late father, former President Hafez al-Assad, had forged a close alliance with Moscow, has thrown the future of Russia's bases — the Hmeimim airbase in Latakia and the Tartous naval facility — into question. Satellite footage from Friday shows what appeared to be at least two Antonov AN-124s, among the world's largest cargo planes, at the Hmeimim base with their nose cones open, apparently preparing to load up.

Pathankot recorded a low of 2.3 degrees Celsius, while Gurdaspur and Bathinda experienced chilly nights with minimum temperatures of 2.8 degrees Celsius and 3.4 deg Celsius, respectively, the data read. The data showed that Amritsar logged 3.4 degrees Celsius, Ludhiana 7.8 deg C and Patiala recorded a low of 6 degrees Celsius.

Neerav Parekh, owner of professional football club Barnsley Football Club in South Yorkshire, England, and his mother Kalpana Parekh have purchased two sea-facing luxury apartments including a duplex on Mumbai’s Worli sea face for a total of Rs 170 crore. Both Kalpana Parekh and Neerav Parekh are part of promoter group of Pidilite Industries. The chairman of Barnsley Football Club, which was founded in 1887 and competes in EFL League One, has acquired the duplex on the 23rd and 24th floor of the under-construction super-premium tower Naman Xana himself, while his mother has acquired another apartment on the 22nd floor.

Pushpa 2: The Rule, has emerged as a pan-India success. The film, which is made within the budget of Rs400-500 crore, has garnered more than Rs750 crore in all languages in India alone in nine days of its release. Interestingly, the contribution of the dubbed Hindi version of the film to the total collection in all languages has been 60.1% at Rs453 crore. This shows that the film has emerged as a pan-India success. Ramesh Bala, entertainment sector analyst based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu said, “A southern film which crosses over its home state and makes Rs100 crore in dubbed Hindi version is a pan-India success.” He said that Pushpa 2: The Rule has fulfilled most expectations of an able sequel just like K.G.F: Chapter 2, the sequel of the original Kannada film K.G.F: Chapter 1.

Sensex and NSE Nifty 50 indices fluctuated throughout the week, with a strong rally on Friday, December 13, driving modest weekly gains. On Friday, the Sensex surged by 843.16 points (1.04%) to close at 82,133.12, while the Nifty 50 advanced 219.60 points (0.89%) to settle at 24,768.30, a recovery driven by easing food inflation, strategic price hikes by FMCG companies, and expectations of increased U.S. spending benefiting the IT sector.

scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) witnessed a significant reduction to 2.67 percent in June 2024 from 11.18 percent in March 2018, the Finance Ministry stated on Saturday. The ministry further added in a social media post on X that the asset quality has improved significantly while the provisional coverage ratio (PCR) has also increased from 49.31 percent in March 2015 to a healthy 92.52 percent in June, showing an increased resilience.

Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that the Constitution could never have been written without ancient India and ideas. Speaking during a discussion on the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of India, the LoP said that the Constitution contains a set of ideas from one philosophy of our nation. «In my last few speeches, I spoke about the concept of Abay Mudra. The concept of fearlessness, truth and nonviolence and I showed the House images of different religions displaying the Abay Mudra. People call it the longest written Constitution in the world but the Constitution contains a set of ideas from one philosophy of our nation. When we look at the Constitution and we open the Constitution we hear the voices and ideas of Ambedkar, Mahatma Gandhi, and Jawaharlal Nehru. But where do these ideas come from? These ideas came from old profound, traditions in this country. Those ideas came from Shiva, Guru Nanak, Buddha, Kabir, and Mahaavir. When we speak of the Constitution and we show the Constitution of course it is the document of modern India. but it could never have been written without ancient India, and its ideas,» Rahul Gandhi said in the Lok Sabha.

Valuation is commonly measured using financial ratios such as the Price-to-Earnings (P/E) or Price-to-Book (P/B) ratios. Let's focus on the P/E ratio for instance. This ratio increases when a stock's price rises faster than its earnings during the same period. If the price significantly outpaces the company's earnings potential, the stock is considered overvalued or sometimes “extremely overvalued” too.

Gabba on Saturday. It turned out to be the only session of the day when rain and soggy grounds washed out the remainder of play. With more rain showing on the weather radar, umpires made the decision to call off play for the day about an hour before scheduled stumps.

Bank of Baroda (BoB) report. The arrival of fresh harvests of tomatoes, onions, and potatoes has been reflected in higher mandi arrivals, easing supply pressures. December data indicates further corrections in vegetable prices, while favorable soil moisture and reservoir levels are expected to support a robust Rabi harvest. Additionally, benign global food and energy prices are expected to keep food inflation risks low in the near term.