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Jasmine only issues its powerful scent when it blooms at night, and pickers must select only the ones yet to open. «We know which one to pick,» said Malarkodi, who gave only one name, as she snapped her fingers carefully to pluck the buds, tucking into her hair a few flowers that had already bloomed. «There is no use of these… but I like the smell,» she said.

California’s only native sunfish, Sacramento perch, was once so abundant it was a regular staple in San Francisco’s markets, but its numbers declined with the introduction of non-native fish in the early 20th century and today it exists in little more ...

By Nate Raymond and Jonathan Stempel

Rock band Death Cult is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a tour across the UK, the US, and Ireland. The band, whose members are Billy Duffy and Ian Astbury, will perform at renowned venues that hold significance from their early days.

Harvey Norman chief executive Katie Page has become the latest high-profile executive to throw support behind another Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, urging the Victorian government to give the money it was planning to spend to mayor Tom Tate.

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg can’t seem to agree on whether and when to duke it out in a cage match. Still, Italian cities home to famous archaeological venues are jockeying to be the stage for an event that would bring massive global publicity. Musk, the chief executive of Tesla, set off the frenzy among Italian cities last week with a post on X, his social-media company formerly known as Twitter.

Kerala's CPI (M)-led Left government on Monday announced a bonus of Rs 4,000 for state sector employees in connection with the upcoming Onam season.In a statement, state Finance Minister K N Balagopal said those government employees who are not entitled to the bonus would get Rs 2,750 as special festival allowance. The special assistance and benefits will reach more than 13 lakh employees and labourers working in the government sector on the occasion of Onam, he said.

LISBON (Reuters) — The number of foreign tourists visiting Portugal surpassed eight million in January-June, making it the best first half on record, official data showed on Monday.

Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd plans to phase out fuel exports in the next two to three years as it expands its local retail network to diversify its sources of revenue, its managing director said.MRPL, a subsidiary of state-controlled Oil and Natural Gas Corp, operates a 300,000 barrel-per-day coastal refinery in southern Karnataka state, mostly supplying the state refiners that own about 90% of India's retail fuel stations and exporting the remainder.Sanjay Varma told Reuters that MRPL plans to expand its retail outlets in southern India to 1800 by 2027 from about 71 now. «When refining margins are low (retailers) make a handsome profit because marketing margins are good.

One sector which did not recover from the shock of the global financial crisis for more than a decade was the real estate sector. Excess inventory, over leveraged balance sheets and weak demand were some of the factors which plagued the sector.

Sikko Industries(up 3.82%), Rama Phosphates(up 2.25%) and Madhya Bharat Agro Products(up 0.32%) were among the top gainers. Fertilizers & Chemicals Tranvancore(down 5.33%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers(down 4.74%), Nagarjuna Fertilizers & Chem(down 3.46%), Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals(down 2.60%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries(down 2.18%), Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers(down 1.94%), Aries Agro(down 1.79%), Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers(down 1.70%), National Fertilizer(down 1.64%) and Madras Fertlizers(down 1.64%) were among the top losers.

agricultural landscape is crucial. India's "White Revolution" or "Operation Flood," initiated in the 1970s, ushered in a dairy boom that transformed India into the world's largest milk producer. But while this has enhanced milk productivity, it has also raised significant environmental and societal challenges.

Also read: Russia-Ukraine war: NSA Ajit Doval says, 'India promotes dialogue, diplomacy' Russian officials stated that automatic weapons were used to halt the vessel with warning fire, and Russian military personnel boarded the ship with the assistance of a Ka-29 helicopter. After an inspection, the vessel continued its journey to Izmail.

El Nino's dry weather threatens to further dent coffee production in Indonesia, the world's fourth largest grower, after excessive rains dragged down output to its lowest in more than a decade, driving global prices to all-time highs. Lower coffee output in Indonesia, which mainly produces robusta beans — having a bolder and more bitter flavour than the arabica variety — could trigger more gains in prices which have climbed more than 40% in 2023 and hit a record high in June.

Russian shelling killed seven people, including a 22-day-old infant, and wounded at least 22 in Ukraine's southern region of Kherson on Sunday, prompting local officials to declare Monday a day of mourning and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to promise justice.Kyiv reclaimed part of Kherson from Russian occupation last November but Kremlin troops have continued shelling the regional capital and areas around it from across the Dnipro River. Five people were killed in the village of Shyroka Balka, including a 22-day-old girl, her 12-year-old brother who died from serious injuries in hospital, and their 39-year-old mother, Olesia, Zelenskiy said. «The terrorists will never willingly stop killing civilians,» Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko wrote in a Telegram post.

DUBAI (Reuters) -An attack on a Shi'ite Muslim shrine in Iran's southern city of Shiraz killed at least one person on Sunday, a local official told state TV, adding that one person had been arrested.

DK Shivakumar may get to play a major role in the upcoming Assembly polls in Telangana as the Congress gears up to take on the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), led by chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao. Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president Revanth Reddy is said to be already in consultation with Shivakumar, who is also the president of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC). The AICC is likely to assign him a major role connected with the elections, along with other important leaders and strategists.

₹17,383 crore, despite gross revenue falling 10.4% to ₹1.63 lakh crore. Here’s a look at how the public-sector energy giant increased its profits. Its revenue from operations during the period under review was ₹1.63 lakh crore, compared to ₹1.82 lakh crore a year ago.

KYIV (Reuters) — Ukrainian border guards placed a new sign on Snake Island this weekend, recalling the early hours of Russia's invasion when a comrade on the strategic Black Sea outcrop used a choice phrase to refuse to surrender to a warship.

The family of Henrietta Lacks has filed another lawsuit accusing a second company of unjustly profiting off her cells for generations

(Reuters) — Ukraine's military said in a regular update of fighting and casualties on Saturday that its forces had made progress near Robotyne on the front line in the southern Zaporizhzhia region.