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More than 40 banks have piled into data centre operator AirTrunk’s $4.6 billion novel debt deal linked to its carbon, energy and water usage, snapping a lacklustre year for Australian borrowers in sustainable financing markets.

Top esports and gaming influencers, including Ricky “FaZe Banks” Bengston, Nordan “FaZe Rain” Shat, and 100 Thieves CEO Matthew “Nadeshot” Haag, are among the leading earners on the new social token platform Friend.tech.

Joe Biden Wednesday said he was not surprised by reports that Russian Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin may have died in a plane crash. Biden said not much happens in the country that President Vladimir Putin is not behind, Reuters reported.

Thailand's billionaire former leader Thaksin Shinawatra was taken to hospital on his first night in prison after his historic return from self-exile, officials said on Wednesday, citing concern about his heart and blood pressure. The influential founder of Thailand's populist Pheu Thai Party was transferred to a police hospital overnight, 15 hours after a vaunted homecoming from 15 years abroad to avoid jail, that coincided with his political ally being elected prime minister in a parliamentary vote. The Corrections Department said Thaksin, 74, was transferred in the early hours of Wednesday after being unable to sleep and experiencing chest tightness and high blood pressure. «Physicians agreed that to prevent dangerous risks to his life, he be transferred to the police hospital,» it said. Soponrat Singhajaru, a senior doctor, said Thaksin's condition had improved since he was admitted. A representative for Thaksin declined to comment.

House of Masaba is looking at tier-2 and 3 markets as the growth drivers for the beauty label LoveChild, as it scales up amid a surge in the number of brands competing for a share of the country's beauty industry. LoveChild is the beauty label founded by entrepreneur-designer Masaba Gupta and owned by Aditya Birla Group under the House of Masaba Lifestyle franchise. «If we ignore tier-2 and 3 markets, we'll be making a big mistake,» Gupta said on Wednesday, while announcing scale-up plans for the House of Masaba brand, in which Aditya Birla group has 51% stake.

Prime time ‘debates’ on Indian television channels exemplify one of the most dangerous behaviour trends of present-day society. This behaviour trait was first studied by American social psychologists Leon Festinger, Henry Riecken and Stanley Schachter, way back in the 1950s. Dorothy Martin headed a small religious group in Chicago called the Seekers, who believed in an imminent apocalypse.

NAIROBI (Reuters) -A Kenyan court has given Facebook (NASDAQ:META)'s parent company Meta and content moderators suing it for unfair dismissal 21 days to resolve their dispute out of court, a court order showed on Wednesday.

If religion in America were bought and sold like a stock, now might be a good time to short it. In recent months, a number of pundits have declared that the American love affair with organized religion—and Christianity in particular—is over. Recent surveys suggest that church attendance, already faltering in the 21st century, still hasn’t recovered in the wake of the pandemic.

brain implants have shown remarkable progress in deciphering and translating neural signals linked to language production, raising the possibility of regaining fluid communication for those previously silenced by neural disorders.

Infosys Foundation announced the winners of the third edition of its Aarohan Social Innovation Awards on Wednesday. The eight winners across Education, Healthcare and Women empowerment categories, shortlisted over a pool of 2,400 entries, received Rs 50 lakh each in prize money.Infosys Foundation founder Sudha Murthy said compassion is the basis of the foundation's work.

August 23rd, 2023, MUMBAI – Nucleus Office Parks (“Nucleus"), which manages an industry leading portfolio of over 20 million square feet of Grade A commercial assets in India, hosted its second annual Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Summit. More than 170 real estate and policy experts from leading organizations including Harappa Education, Infosys, Schneider Electric, Cushman & Wakefield, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, and Deloitte Consulting, gathered under the theme of “Staying Ahead of the ESG Curve" to share best ESG practices.

Narendra Modi and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on the successful landing of Chandrayan-3 on the surface of the moon on Wednesday. Nepal PM took to his social media 'X, (formerly known as Twitter), and said, "I congratulate Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji and ISRO team of India on successful landing of Chandrayan-3 in the surface of the moon today and unleashing of a historic achievement in science and space technology." Foreign Minister of Maldives, Abdulla Shahid congratulated PM Modi on the success of ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 mission.

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A story by Business Insider Wednesday, citing internal documents and unnamed sources, reports that electric vehicle maker, Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) has decided to cut their production targets for their German facility to 4,350 a week in July and August after hitting 5,000 a week in March with plans to reduce it further.

Commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard CG Admiral Artemio M Abu signed the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to enhance maritime security in New Delhi on Wednesday. Taking to the social media handle 'X', formerly known as Twitter, the Indian Navy stated, «Enhancing #MaritimeSecurity — operationalising information exchange.

Elon Musk has taken a swipe at Facebook and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg, alleging that the social media giant is engaged in widespread manipulation of public opinion globally. In a scathing tweet, Musk suggested that Facebook's refusal to open source its algorithm is a clear indicator of its intention to influence and control public discourse. Musk's comments come amid growing concerns about the role of social media platforms in shaping public perceptions and influencing elections.

earning 5%, that’s $5,000 in interest and potentially $1,500 in taxes. Whether you’re investing in a high-yielding money-market account, a certificate of deposit, or an I Bond, there are different tax rules. You might owe federal income taxes or state income taxes or both.

Chandrayaan 3 Moon landing: ISRO's Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander is set to land on the Moon's South Pole today evening i.e. on 23 August. ISRO said it is all set to initiate the Automatic Landing Sequence (ALS) for its ambitious third Moon mission Chandrayaan-3's Lander Module (LM) to touch down on the lunar surface.

R Nagalakshmi looked at her son Grandmaster Praggnanandhaa. Standing in a corner of a room with a glint in her eyes and a disarming smile, the proud mother looked at her son as he gave media interviews. The precious picture has become most of the favourite pictures on the Internet and has been doing the rounds on social media. Praggnanandhaa is enjoying his dream run at the final of the FIDE World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan. He recently became the first Indian, since five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand in 2002, to make it to the final of the FIDE World Cup. After defeating World No 3 Fabiano Caruana in tiebreaks on Monday, the teen sensation reached the final and will now compete against five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway. Legendary chess champion Garry Kasparov took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to laud the 18-year-old's feats and his mother's efforts. The former world champion remembered the good old days when his mother used to accompany him to every event.