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Those expecting a spring rebound in Canada’s housing market might have to wait longer than they thought.

Wednesday, May 01, 2024 – Crypto’s latest cybernetic sausage dog sensation, AI meme coin WienerAI ($WAI), has added the most advanced beginner-friendly trading bot in crypto to its ecosystem in an ICO that has already attracted over $700,000 in three weeks.

The Indian Express. ALSO READ: Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Rajnath Singh reiterates ‘abolish Congress’ remark Rangeela also said that he will contest “wholeheartedly" and will visit Varanasi this weekend to file his nomination papers, the report added.

Mint explores. The heatwaves sweeping eastern, central and southern states began two weeks back. A heatwave, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) says, happens when a rise in air temperature turns fatal for humans exposed to the heat—when maximum temperatures are at least 4.5-degree Celsius higher than normal.

Rajasthan, west Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Marathwada and Gujarat -Number of heatwave days is likely to be above normal by about 2-4 days in May over remaining parts of Rajasthan, east Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and some parts of Chhattisgarh -Number of heatwave days will also be higher than normal by 2-4 days in May over interior Odisha, Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, north interior Karnataka, Telangana and isolated pockets of north Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh According to a Reuters report, the eastern part of India, including West Bengal, Odisha, experienced its hottest April on record as heatwave scorched India. This comes as Lok Sabha Elections 2024, after completing two phases, now gears up for the remaining for phases, even as IMD predicts an even hotter May.

ALSO READ: Microsoft basks in AI glory, revenue up 17% to $61.9 billion That’s comparable to about 10 nuclear power plants and reflects the turbocharged demand for electricity from data centers and artificial intelligence. Technology companies are clamoring for more clean energy to meet their own climate goals, just as overall energy demand is rising. “It is absolutely the largest single announcement for a corporate clean-power purchase agreement ever," BloombergNEF analyst Kyle Harrison said in a message.

bomb threat email sent to over 130 schools in the Delhi-NCR region, as the initial probe hinted at a deeper conspiracy by a terror group during the Lok Sabha elections, officials said on Wednesday. A case has been registered under relevant sections of law for offences like conspiracy and threat by the Special Cell and a dedicated team formed to conduct the investigation, an official said. «The matter is related to national security. It needs a deeper probe,» the official said. In a scare of unprecedented scale, over 130 schools in the Delhi-NCR area received an identical bomb threat by email early Wednesday, triggering mass evacuations and searches as panic-stricken parents rushed to pick up their children.

Bitcoin sank Wednesday before the US Federal Reserve's interest rate call, and after a mixed launch in Hong Kong of investment products tracking the world's top cryptocurrency and rival ether. At about 1450 GMT, bitcoin slid 4.26 per cent to $57,315, having earlier plumbed a more than two-month low at $56,527.

security posts, including 18 in 2024, have been set up by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in states affected by Left Wing Extremism (LWE) in the last four years, providing a significant advantage to the security forces in the fight against the Naxals, officials said on Wednesday. Most of the posts, known as forward operating bases (FOBs), were set up deep inside forest areas, which were out of bound for government officials and security forces till their establishment. The CRPF has set up 18 FOBs so far in 2024. Thirty-one such posts were established in 2023, 48 in 2022 and 28 in 2021, an official said. With the establishment of these posts, the security forces fighting the Naxals have got a significant advantage, the official added.

Grocery and drugstore retailer Loblaw Cos. Ltd. raised its quarterly dividend by 15 per cent as it reported its first-quarter profit and revenue rose compared with a year ago.

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Jeremy Morris is used to friends making fun of the Toyota Tacoma he has driven for 24 years. He still insists it was one of the best money decisions of his life. The 45-year-old financial adviser in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, estimates he saved more than $100,000 by never replacing the pickup.

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Akha Teej) falls on May 10. According to tradition, any auspicious activity undertaken on this day is believed to bring lasting prosperity. It is a common time for starting new ventures, entering new homes, beginning new jobs, and engaging in religious practices.

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ALSO READ: India T20 World Cup 2024 Squad announced: No Rinku Singh in Final 15; Furious netizens say ‘He's given everything’ Meanwhile, ahead of the announcement, Rinku Singh was quite confident that he would be selected in the main squad and even told his parents too. His father – Khanchandra Singh – mentioned that they even crackers and sweets to celebrate the occasion.

Named Heuristik Capital, the four managers will use behavioural investment tools to understand bias in markets, said Beck-Friis in a LinkedIn post. According to the firm's page on LinkedIn, they will base their approach on the work of Daniel Kahneman on cognitive psychology in markets in the 1970s. Ardevora Asset Management shuts its doors after 14 years The company noted that around 65% of sell-side analysts have a «yearly earnings forecast error of above 10%», while the International Monetary Fund failed to forecast all recessions the year before they happened over the last two d...

Vedanta Group is targeting an investment of USD 20 billion across all its businesses in India over the next four years, its Chairman Anil Agarwal said on Wednesday. The investments will be focused on technology, electronics, and glass businesses apart from the other activities that the group is engaged in, Agarwal told reporters here. The billionaire from Bihar said he wants to play the role of a catalyst in helping his home state grow, but said there is a need for a strong support from the policy front for it. He was speaking on the sidelines of an event where the mining-focused group announced to scale up its philanthropic activities.

bomb threat to giving minute-by-minute updates to parents about their wards, schools in Delhi-NCR took several measures on Wednesday to ensure that there was no panic-like situation due to a hoax e-mail received by them. Several schools said they were able to carry out a swift evacuation of the students and staff, but dealing with the parents was a challenge. Some schools said they plan to issue a circular for parents, outlining the standard operating procedure to guide them on how to react in adverse situations like these. «We hold frequent evacuation drills to prepare students for situations like an earthquake or other natural calamities. So handling the students was not a problem as our children are trained on how to react during such situations. It was the parents who panicked and were difficult to manage,» Sudha Acharya, principal, ITL Public School, said.

Uttar Pradesh has overtaken Tamil Nadu in terms of monthly GST collections by recording a 19 per cent increase in tax revenues in April. According to official data, the GST collections in Uttar Pradesh grew 19 per cent to Rs 12,290 crore in April 2024, becoming the fourth largest contributor after Maharashtra, Karnataka and Gujarat. Tamil Nadu, which saw a 6 per cent rise in GST mop-up to Rs 12,210 crore in the month slipped to fifth place. Traditionally, GST collections in Tamil Nadu have been higher than that in Uttar Pradesh which is the largest state in terms of population. In April 2023, Tamil Nadu's GST collection was Rs 11,559 crore while Uttar Pradesh's was Rs 10,320 crore. In March 2024, Tamil Nadu's collection was Rs 11,017 crore, compared to Rs 9,087 crore of Uttar Pradesh. In February too, Tamil Nadu's mop-up was higher at Rs 9,713 crore, against Rs 8,054 crore of Uttar Pradesh.

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