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retail sales are expected to grow 4-5%, Passenger Vehicle (PV) retail sales are likely to jump 5-7% YoY, analysts said. Moreover, with freight demand likely to improve post-monsoon owing to the upcoming festive season, MHCV retail may grow 4-6% YoY. Tractor volumes are expected to grow 3-5% YoY led by healthy reservoir level and favorable crop realization, as per estimates by brokerage firm Motilal Oswal Financial Services.

climate change is reaching its limit. For six of the past seven years, the tropical Pacific Ocean has been close to or cooler than normal and has been absorbing excess heat from the atmosphere, according to Michael McPhaden, senior scientist at the NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory in Seattle. Now with a strong El Niño pattern underway in the Pacific, that excess heat is being released to the atmosphere where it is affecting ocean circulation patterns and contributing to the spate of marine heat waves in different parts of the globe, McPhaden said.

Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has refused to say whether more competition from Qatar Airways would lower international airfares, conceding only that prices were “coming down anyway”.

Imran Khan, his lawyer said. «God be praised,» said the lawyer, Naeem Panjutha on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, adding the charges related to the murder of a lawyer in southern city of Quetta had been dismissed by a court. Khan, who was charged for the murder in June, has been facing over 100 cases since his ouster in a parliamentary vote of confidence in April, 2022, after he fell out with the country's powerful military. A high court in Islamabad is also due on Monday to give a ruling on an appeal filed by Khan seeking to suspend his conviction in a graft case.

Nagarjuna Fertilizers & Chem(up 4.76%), Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers (up 4.33%), Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals(up 2.59%), G S F C(up 2.46%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries(up 1.21%), Coromandel International(up 1.17%), National Fertilizer(up 0.89%), Agro Phos(up 0.86%), Paradeep Phosphates(up 0.80%) and KRISHANA(up 0.78%) were among the top gainers. Rama Phosphates(down 1.59%), Aries Agro(down 1.54%), Sikko Industries(down 0.97%), Madras Fertlizers(down 0.33%), ZUARIAGRO(down 0.31%) and Deepak Fertilizers & Petrochemicals(down 0.17%) were among the top losers. The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 44.8 points up at 19310.6, while the 30-share BSE Sensex was up 132.08 points at 65018.59 at around 10:45AM. Bharat Petroleum Corporation(up 1.93%), Larsen & Toubro(up 1.57%), Cipla(up 1.52%), Mahindra & Mahindra(up 1.25%), Power Grid Corporation of India(up 1.24%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries(up 1.15%), Maruti Suzuki(up 1.1%), Hero MotoCorp(up 0.86%), Coal India(up 0.79%) and ITC(up 0.76%) were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack. On the other hand, Adani Enterprises(down 1.43%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone(down 0.77%), Bajaj Finance(down 0.71%), HCL Technologies(down 0.67%), Britannia Industries(down 0.57%), Hindustan Unilever(down 0.53%), Asian Paints(down 0.41%), ICICI Bank(down 0.4%), Bharti Airtel(down 0.33%) and Tech Mahindra(down 0.32%) were trading in the red.

Global technology and e-commerce giants are driving demand for direct air capture technology to remove carbon emissions, according to Sydney-based carbon removal company, AspiraDAC. but Australian firms are lagging behind,

One of the programs set up to ensure affordable internet for all is set to run out by the middle of 2024

Many women who work at McMurdo Station, the main United States research base in Antarctica, say the isolated environment and macho culture have allowed sexual harassment and assault to flourish

Japan's space agency suspended a planned launch on Monday of an H-IIA rocket that was to carry a moon lander into space, according to operator Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI). The launch was cancelled because of unsuitable wind conditions in the upper atmosphere, MHI's launch services unit said in a post on social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, 24 minutes before the planned launch time. The H-IIA No. 47 rocket was to be launched from Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)'s Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan at 9:26 a.m.

BJP is toying with the idea of announcing candidates, even before the announcement of the 2024 general election schedule, for 160 seats which the party has identified as 'weak' and where it has carried out a massive exercise to strengthen its standing, sources said. A lot of these 'weak' seats have been identified in South and East India and the BJP hopes early announcement of candidates can give the candidates the first-mover advantage to beat its rivals. These 160 seats, which include Lok Sabha constituencies of some political heavyweights, were divided into 40 clusters, and a massive exercise was carried out spanning over several months, involving many senior leaders and Union ministers who prepared the roadmap and strengthened the party organisation on the ground by spending several days there. The list includes Bareilly Lok Sabha constituency of former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, Mainpuri constituency of Dimple Yadav, wife of SP chief and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian investigators said on Sunday that genetic tests had confirmed that Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of the Wagner mercenary group, was among the 10 people killed in a plane crash last week.

New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday warned that heavy to extremely heavy rainfall will likely persist over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, and Meghalaya until Monday. This has been attributed to the influence of a cyclonic circulation over west Assam at lower tropospheric levels, coupled with the western end of the monsoon trough aligning along the Himalayan foothills.

₹15,000 crore in Gurugram during the second half of this financial year, news agency PTI quoted its Managing Director Ashok Kumar Tyagi as saying. After the success of sales of ₹8,000 crore worth of flats within three days in February in its new project 'The Arbour' at Gurugram, Tyagi said the company has set a target to achieve sales bookings of ₹13,000 crore in this fiscal year and hopes to exceed the number. DLF posted sales bookings of ₹15,058 crore during the 2022-23 financial year, which is a more than two-fold increase from ₹7,273 crore in the previous year.

fire accident at a train compartment stationed near Madurai yard on Saturday were brought to Lucknow Airport on Sunday. The remains are being taken to their native places. The mortal remains of nine victims and injured persons were brought to Lucknow by four Indigo flights--6E 6311, 6E 2088, 6E 2789, 6E 7389 and 6E 6353.Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister who also went to the airport expressed his grief over the accident and said, «This is an hour of grief. I pray for all the departed souls to give them a place at your feet and give courage to the family to bear the pain. Mohit Singh, the son of a woman passenger who was on board the train and was injured, said that he is happy that his mother is all well. »I am here to take my mother back; she is coming.

Rakshabandhan, the cherished festival celebrating the bond between siblings, approaches, an unexpected trend is taking over the festivities. As per a TOI report, the enthusiasm surrounding Chandrayaan-3, India's lunar mission, is extending its influence to this year's Rakshabandhan, with markets now featuring rakhis inspired by the cosmic expedition. Following the widespread jubilation and national pride over the triumphant landing of ISRO's Vikram lander on the moon's southern pole, rakhi artisans are producing a distinctive line of rakhis adorned with Chandrayaan-3 motifs. Labeled with titles such as 'Bharat Ka Vikram Ab Chand Par' (India's Vikram on the Moon) and 'Chand Bharat Ka Hua' (When India Touched the Moon), these specialized rakhis have already made their debut in the markets across the country. Mohd Quadir, a rakhi designer and supplier, told TOI, «The mission's success sparked significant interest among buyers, driving them to request Chandrayaan-3 themed rakhis.

Madurai train accident: Forensic experts on 27 August are carrying out examination of the train coach that caught fire at the Madurai railway station yesterday. The Southern Railway said that the fire was triggered by an “illegally smuggled gas cylinder". In an official statement, Southern Railways Chief Public Relations Officer B Guganesan said the fire broke out at 5.15 am in a private party coach at the Madurai yard and the blaze was put out by 7.15 am.

AFTER YEARS of praying for more rain, Californians unexpectedly found themselves wishing for less this week, when tropical storm Hilary blew in from Mexico on August 21st. Rainfall records were smashed in Los Angeles and San Diego. Death Valley, farther inland, was deluged with as much rain in a day as it normally receives in a year.

statutory inquiry into the Madurai train coach fire incident will be held on Sunday under Southern Circle Railway Safety Commissioner, B.Guganesan, chief public relations officer of Southern Railway informed through an official statement. The official toll from the horrific fire incident at a train coach in Madurai was pegged at 9 while another 8 passengers were gravely injured in the incident. The fire broke out inside a 'private party coach' attached to the Punalur-Madurai Express parked on Lane near Madurai railway station on Saturday morning. «A.M.

AFP. In a press conference, Jacksonville Sheriff TK Waters said, “He targeted a certain group of people and that's Black people. That's what he said he wanted to kill.

Chandrayaan-3 touched down on the Moon’s surface last week, joining the US, China and the erstwhile Soviet Union in successfully making a soft landing on the lunar soil. What’s remarkable is that India is the only nation to have landed near the southern pole. This spectacular feat will invigorate the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to undertake more missions and be counted among the space powers of the world.Cost of the mission One of the most interesting facts about the Chandrayaan-3 mission is its cost. India managed to com

A bankruptcy judge has refused to determine whether CEL, the native token of Celsius, should be classified as a security, citing the ongoing legal battle between Ripple Labs and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).