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Millets, once a staple in the Indian diet, are coming in vogue again thanks to growing consciousness about health and government campaigns. India wants to make itself a “global hub" of these grains, and the United Nations has declared 2023 the International Year of Millets to raise awareness. However, many Indians do not know much about various kinds of millets, and even if they do, they don’t necessarily consume them or even see themselves doing so in the near future, found a survey of 11,281 Indians conducted by Development Intelligence Unit, a collaboration between Sambodhi, a research group, and Transforming Rural India, a non-profit.

New Delhi: The MCA21 portal, on which about 1.5 million active companies file their statutory documents, has been rebuilt from scratch and is now making the transition to a high-security filing regime. After professionals like accountants complained about difficulties in filing documents, the ministry of corporate affairs held extensive public consultation across multiple cities in June and is closely monitoring the functioning of the portal revamped by a private service provider. So, has the new corporate reporting regime taken off? Mint takes a look.

PTI quoted an official as saying. Tata Group had previously Thursday unveiled Air India's new logo and livery. “Future Brand, the company that designed Air India’s new logo, is involved in the rebranding of Air India Express.

TikTok phenomenon in the U.S. to respond faster to trends and keep rebalancing the distribution of its products to continue betting on its retail partnerships with Ulta Beauty, Target and Sephora-Kohl’s ventures, where mass beauty brands top sales. Indie brand e.l.f.

electric vehicle later this week. Anticipation surrounds the reveal of this electric supercar, scheduled to take place on August 18 at the Monterey Car Week in California, United States. Building excitement prior to its global debut, Lamborghini has provided a glimpse of the approaching EV, set to be presented in its conceptual guise.

startups, has raised doubts about its own survival as workers start preferring public space and co-working spaces with lifestyle amenities. Cafes, coffee shops and libraries are often overrun with workers who don’t want to be at home or in the office. There is appetite for co-working spaces that are close to the places workers already frequent and enjoy spending extra time, like they do at gyms, says Bob Chodos, a vice chairman at commercial real-estate firm Newmark Group, who frequently represents tenants in leasing arrangements that include co-working spaces.

Bittu Bajrangi was remanded in police custody for a day by a Nuh court on Wednesday in connection with communal clashes that erupted in the district on July 31, and police said his associates will also be arrested soon. Bajrangi alias Raj Kumar was arrested on Tuesday from Faridabad after a fresh FIR was registered against him at Nuh's Sadar police station based on a complaint by Assistant Superintendent of Police Usha Kundu, they said. According to the FIR, Bajrangi, who was identified through social media posts, and some of his unidentified supporters had allegedly misbehaved with and threatened an ASP Kundu-led police team which had stopped them while they were carrying swords and trishuls to Nalhar temple.

Netflix is gearing up for a dynamic month ahead with many new movies and web series set to captivate viewers. From explosive documentaries to animated adventures and captivating romances, here's a sneak peek into what's in store.

Atlanta. Willis’ prosecutors could still try the case in the federal venue. But such requests, made within the first 30 days of charges, haven’t been granted to Trump in the past.

The Dogecoin price has dropped by 5% in the past 24 hours, falling to $0.070500 as the cryptocurrency market reacts badly to speculation that the SEC has delayed all decisions on recent Bitcoin ETF applications.

Akshay Kumar, the renowned actor, has taken a significant step towards cementing his ties with India. In a move that reflects his dedication to the nation, Akshay has officially become an Indian citizen, relinquishing his previous Canadian nationality. This decision was announced by Akshay on the 76th Independence Day through his social media platforms.

The comments come after a raft of recent figures that have stoked concerns over China's stuttering post-Covid recovery, and after US President Joe Biden said the country's mounting economic problems made it a «ticking time bomb». «After the smooth transition of the epidemic prevention and control, China's economic recovery is a wave-like development and a tortuous process, which will inevitably face difficulties and problems,» foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a regular press conference. «A number of Western politicians and media have hyped up the periodic problems in China's post-epidemic economic recovery process. But eventually, they will for sure be proven wrong,» he added. Retail sales, a key gauge of consumption, grew 2.5 percent year-on-year in July, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Tuesday, down from 3.1 percent in June and falling short of analyst expectations.

Tencent Holdings posted a smaller-than-expected 11% rise in second-quarter revenue on Wednesday, as the country's sputtering economic recovery weighed on the social media and gaming giant's recovery from last year's record downturn. The world's largest video game company and operator of the WeChat messaging platform said revenue reached 149.20 billion yuan ($20.45 billion) for the three months ended June 30.

earning money via X (formerly Twitter). Those who are receiving monetary benefits have been sharing screenshots of money credited to their bank accounts.

Federal Opposition leader Peter Dutton will formalise the Coalition’s official position on nuclear power, including possibly overturning the 1998 ban, to take to the 2025 election, saying Labor was putting “party interests ahead of the national interest”.

A Victorian woman avoided jail after repeated efforts to have more than $115,000 in fake GST payments paid out to a dog grooming business that had been set up over a decade earlier but remained dormant until early 2020.

Depp v. Heard offers an exploration of the widely discussed courtroom trial in 2022, involving Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. As you consider diving into this documentary, it's advisable to read the reviews beforehand.

Offshore workers at Woodside Energy-run gas platforms off Western Australia may vote as early as Thursday on industrial action after critical talks with the company appear to devolve into acrimony.

Tesla has cut prices for its existing inventories of its premium Model S and Model X cars in China by as much as 6.9%, it said on Wednesday. A post from the carmaker on social media platform Weibo showed the price of the Model S cut 6.7% to 754,900 yuan ($103,477.58) from 808,900 yuan earlier.

Germany’s Cabinet is set to approve a plan to liberalize rules on cannabis, setting the scene for the European Union’s most populous member to decriminalize possession of limited amounts and allow members of “cannabis clubs” to buy the substance for re...

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