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ALSO READ: WHO classifies JN.1 as 'variant of interest' amid sharp uptick in Covid-19 cases On Monday, the Centre asked states and UTs to maintain constant vigil amid the uptick in respiratory illness cases and the detection of the JN.1 variant of the coronavirus in the country. Considering the upcoming festive season, Union Health Secretary Sudhansh Pant said states should put in place requisite public health measures and other arrangements to minimise the risk of transmission of the disease. Here's list of states on alert and what measures have they taken so far: India's first JN.1 case was detected in a sample taken from a 79-year-old woman in Kerala with mild symptoms on December 8.

The UK Treasury has revealed its regulatory framework for a Digital Securities Sandbox under the Financial Services and Markets Act.

North Korea's «reckless» nuclear build-up and missile launches. G7 foreign ministers said in a statement after the launch of Pyongyang's most powerful ballistic missile that «North Korea's repeated reckless actions must be met with a swift, united and robust international response, particularly by the United Nations Security Council».

₹26,000 crore production-linked incentive scheme for automobiles and auto components from the next fiscal year, Union minister for heavy industries Mahendra Nath Pandey said in a written reply to Parliament on Tuesday. Mint had previously reported that automakers were skeptical about being able to complete the process to claim incentives under the scheme within this year.

risk posed by JN.1 is currently evaluated as low," WHO said. The development comes as the cases of Covid-19 are witnessing a sharp surge across the world including India. Earlier, the WHO asked the nations to remain vigilant against the JN.1 Covid variant and warned against the evolving nature of the Covid-19 virus.

Pentagon planners worried about the increasing threat from drones have looked at everything from mesh nets and missiles to cannons and lasers, but now a once highly-classified technology is attracting more attention and funding. High-power microwave devices that can disrupt or even fry the electronics of aerial threats—such as drones and missiles—are moving to the forefront of defense strategies after years of development. In theory, microwave systems offer the ability to keep firing for as long as they have power, which could help take down a swarm of drones.

credit rating agencies and reforming the structure of the multilateral development banks (MDBs) to mobilise funds for green and sustainable growth across developing nations. “The way forward involves a new toolkit of policies and a reform of the structure of the MDBs to help them engage in capital mobilisation, better project implementation, joint financing, risk sharing and making sustainable infrastructure an asset class,” the Aayog said in its report on a Green and Sustainable Growth Agenda. The report, developed by NITI Aayog in collaboration with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Ottawa, and the Global Development Network (GDN), New Delhi, has been compiled following a G20 international conference on the theme in July this year.

Large language models, similar to the one at the heart of ChatGPT, frequently fail to answer questions derived from Securities and Exchange Commission filings, researchers from a startup called Patronus AI found.

US state and local retirement funds are pumping billions into private credit, joining the stampede into a booming sector of finance in the pursuit of higher returns. 

IPL auctions 2024: The IPL teams are engaged in some intense bidding war in Dubai and the numbers are looking phenomenal in the IPL auction 2024. Australian skipper Pat Cummins was picked up by the Sunrisers Hyderabad for a whopping ₹20.5 crore, making him the most expensive player in the history of IPL. As the deal was sealed, social media was abuzz with reactions with users questioning the rationale of the team, who purchased Sri Lankan all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga for just ₹1.5 crore.

Global NCAP, Bharat NCAP is poised to initiate its first round of vehicle testing from the specified date. Formally launched in August, it serves as India's independent vehicle assessment program. India joins the ranks of the United States, China, South Korea, and Japan as the fifth country globally to have its own domestic car crash test facility.

South Korea, the United States and Japan said on Tuesday they have activated a new system to detect and assess North Korea's missile launches in real-time. The announcement comes after North Korea said it had tested the isolated state's newest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Monday to gauge the war readiness of its nuclear force against mounting U.S. hostility. Here is what we know about the new missile warning data sharing system: WHAT INFORMATION IS BEING SHARED? Under the new mechanism, the three countries will share information on the launch site, flight trajectory and hitting point of North Korean missiles around the clock, South Korean Defence Minister Shin Won-sik said. The United States had until now shared such information separately with South Korea and Japan. «We will have warning data on North Korean missiles much faster, and be able to secure enough time to respond effectively,» Shin said in an interview with broadcaster MBN on Monday.

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Could sails make a comeback for cargo ships on the high seas? Major players in maritime shipping, looking for ways to cut carbon emissions and save on fuel, are trying out new ways to use old-fashioned wind power. But the devices being tested on some bulk freighters are far from old-fashioned—more like high-tech airplane wings than the canvas sails that once powered schooners and sloops. One version is the “WindWings" device developed by the Minneapolis-based agricultural giant Cargill and BAR Technologies, a U.K.-based company that has designed boats and advanced sails for the America’s Cup race.

BNB and Solana. The global cryptocurrency market cap also rallied nearly 3.6% to around $1.61 trillion in the last 24 hours. At 12.19 p.m., BTC was trading 4.2% higher at $42,912, while Ethereum was up 3.02% at $2,241. Other popular altcoin, such as Solana and Cardano, surged 8.2% and 6.4%, respectively. BNB, Avalanche, Polkadot, Chainlink, and Shiba Inu also gained 2-4%. After trading in the red for the first time in 9 weeks, BTC started the 10th week hitting early $40k support levels but bounced soon to test $43.5k. At the same time, BTC has been able to maintain its dominance at 53.5% for the past few days, which is a positive sign for its price action, said CoinSwitch Markets Desk.

TÜV SÜD plans to set up an EV battery lab in the second phase of its recently inaugurated testing centre in Bengaluru. Testing facilities are a necessary component for creating an ecosystem around any new technology, Ishan Palit, the company’s chief operating officer, told ET. “When we provide testing and certification, we enable the industry around us to basically access markets…Because if it's not safe, nobody will adopt it,” he said. The first phase, in which the company invested nearly Rs 135 crore, is for testing medical devices and electrical components. Karnataka, said Palit, will be seeing a fair amount of investment in the medical device industry in the future.

Maruti Suzuki is anticipated to sustain this momentum by unveiling additional new products, reported HT Auto. During the February 2023 Auto Expo, Maruti Suzuki unveiled the eVX electric SUV concept, providing a glimpse of their upcoming all-electric SUV. Suzuki then presented an enhanced version of the concept at the Japan Mobility Show later in the year.

When asked directly what would drive them to take a new job, employees’ answers are focused on functional factors, with pay the overwhelming top choice, followed by benefits and perks, work/life balance, work they enjoy and care about, and better career learning opportunities, finds a survey of 11,000 employees from eight countries (US, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Australia, Japan, and India) conducted by Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

Year-to-date, the NSE Nifty 50 has gained more than 18% and the BSE Sensex 17%, driven by robust inflows from both domestic and foreign investors. As we enter into 2024, the bulls are holding the strings tight and market experts remain optimistic about the performance continuing in the next year as well.

The European Union has made Elon Musk’s online platform X the first tech company to face an investigation under Europe’s tough new regulations designed to clean up social media and protect people from toxic online content

U.S. food inspectors found “extremely high” lead levels in cinnamon at a plant in Ecuador that made applesauce pouches tainted with the metal