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Jamshyd Godrej, Chairman & MD, Godrej & Boyce, says: “Our vision is to grow 10-12% a year. That is our long term average growth. That has been that way and will stay that way, we hope. We see that all businesses should be profitable from the point of view of not just financial returns, but also from their impact on society. And I think that as we go along, we have to keep on being innovative. You cannot have a thriving company without having innovative products and innovative people. That is at the core of it. But at the same time, you have to be sustainable also. So this confluence of innovation and sustainability is really what is crucial.” First off, you are most passionate on the topic of the environment. There are certain initiatives that Godrej & Boyce has started. I would like you to talk to us a little bit about your environmental initiatives. You said that ESG as a word is clubbed together and misused in a lot of ways. A little bit on that front as well. Environmental issues have been very close to the family for generations now.

Yarlung Tsangpo, known as the Brahmaputra in India. There have been reports that China has plans to divert the Yarlung River by way of construction of South-North Diversion Project by constructing 1,000 km canal. Since people in both Arunachal and Assam are heavily dependent on the Brahmaputra river for their quotidian water needs, the diversion of lean season flows will affect their day to day existence and the flora, fauna and the river ecology of the region.

While participating in the Off Menu podcast, as a guest said that his diet for The Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania was so intense that he would prefer to have sparkling water as a treat. He made the comment when hosts Ed Gamble and James Acaster asked the actor about his dream menu and what type of water he preferred. “When I was having to train for the Ant-Man movie, and I was on a very restrictive diet, my reward was sparkling water. That’s how horrible that diet was. I was like, ‘Alright, I’m gonna have some sparkling water now, I’ve earned it,” she said laughing. When Acaster asked Rudd whether the sparkling water was like a treat? Rudd responded, “Yeah, it was great. It wasn’t flavored, I wasn’t gonna go crazy.” The actor said that he strictly stuck to his diet and training for all his Marvel movies. He said that once you follow then «it's not too hard». He added that he didn’t mind having “really boring food, every time, over and over again", especially since he would wake up with “tons of energy". Besides Rudd, many other actors such as Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Allen White, Robert Pattinson and Channing Tatum have opened up about undergoing intense training and diet for their roles. When the Clueless actor was asked if other Marvel stars would compare notes on their training, he said, “I worked out harder than anyone, I would eat better than everyone, and I looked worse than all of them,” Rudd quipped. “I had to work out all the time, eat perfectly, just to look kind of bad. Not even great.”

Maheshwaram, Siddipet, Dubbak, Secunderabad Sitting cross-legged in the porch of her modest home on the outskirts of Dubbak town in Telangana’s Siddipet district, MD Habeeda is rolling bidi after bidi with the deftness of years of experience, arranging them in a pile in a winnow she balances on her lap. Despite doing it for about three decades, the remuneration remains meagre. “If I roll 1,000 bidis, I get Rs 200.

A container ship owned by an Israeli billionaire came under attack by a suspected Iranian drone in the Indian Ocean as Israel wages war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip

A container ship owned by an Israeli billionaire came under attack by a suspected Iranian drone in the Indian Ocean as Israel wages war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, an American defense official said Saturday.The attack Friday on the CMA CGM Symi comes as global shipping increasingly finds itself targeted in the weekslong war that threatens to become a wider regional conflict — even as a truce has halted fighting and Hamas exchanges hostages for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.The defense official, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence matters, said the Malta-flagged vessel was suspected to have been targeted by a triangle-shaped, bomb-carrying Shahed-136 drone while in international waters. The drone exploded, causing damage to the ship but not injuring any of its crew.“We continue to monitor the situation closely,” the official said.

mutual funds often finding themselves at the decision-making crossroads, primarily when investing in Initial Public Offerings (IPOs). IPOs represent both opportunity and risk. This article explores the rationale behind mutual funds investing in IPOs, the risks involved, and the impact on investors.

A growing number of states are working to keep food out of landfills over concerns the waste is taking up too much space and posing environmental problems

Gaza on Saturday by Palestinian militant group Hamas, officials said, following the release of 24 hostages during the first day of a planned four-day truce on Friday. Israeli security officials were reviewing the list, said a statement from the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose government promised to work toward the release of all hostages taken by Hamas in an attack on Israel on Oct. 7. The released hostages, including Israeli women and children and Thai farm workers, were transferred out of Gaza and handed over to Egyptian authorities at the Rafah border crossing, accompanied by eight staff members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in a four-car convoy, the ICRC said.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that on the first day of the humanitarian pause in hostilities, the world body was able to scale up the delivery of humanitarian assistance into and across Gaza, Xinhua news agency reported. It said 200 trucks were dispatched to the Rafah crossing and 137 reached the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), where they were offloaded, making it the biggest humanitarian convoy received since the outbreak of the Hamas-Israel war on October 7. Some 129,000 litres of fuel and four trucks of gas also crossed into Gaza. Twenty-one critical patients were evacuated in a large-scale medical operation from the north of Gaza, it said. Hundreds of thousands of people were assisted with food, water, medical supplies and other essential humanitarian items.

Right-wing populist Javier Milei has been president-elect just four days and already Argentina’s unions and social organizations are vowing pushback and even protests if he makes good on his promises to slash the size of the state and privatize companies

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) — Rio de Janeiro's police said on Friday they have opened an investigation into the organizers of the Brazilian leg of Taylor Swift's «The Eras Tour» for the death of a 23-year-old fan who fell ill at the show last week. The police will investigate whether entertainment firm Time for Fun (T4F) committed the crime of endangering human life or health.

Subway India has ended its five-year exclusive deal with beverages maker PepsiCo India to sell its products at the sandwich and salad chain's outlets, and signed up with rival Coca-Cola, executives aware of the development said. All 570-plus Subway stores in India will now sell only Coca-Cola's soft drinks, juices, coffee, tea and water, one of the executives said. A Coca-Cola spokesperson confirmed the deal with Subway. «We constantly join forces with different brands,» she said in an emailed response to ET's queries. The sandwich chain has started updating its online ordering app with Coca-Cola drinks, on aggregator platforms such as Swiggy and Zomato. Subway India and PepsiCo had announced their partnership in 2018. Exclusive beverage partnerships with large food services chains drive significant sales via out-of-home and delivery channels for companies like PepsiCo and Coca-Cola.

In 2021, the Texas-to-New York Colonial Pipeline suffered a ransomware attack. The pipeline carries 55% of the gasoline, diesel and jet fuel consumed on the US East Coast. It resumed only after a $4.4 million ransom was paid in bitcoins in exchange for a decryption tool.

Gaza Strip. «Those released include 13 Israeli citizens, some of whom are dual citizens, in addition to 10 Thai citizens and a Filipino citizen,» said Majed al-Ansari, the ministry's spokesman. Qatar was a key mediator in the hostage release. The International Committee of the Red Cross, which delivered the hostages from Gaza into Egypt, also confirmed the release. The hostages, women and children, were undergoing medical checks before they were to be transferred to Israel.

The first days on a job can be energizing, nerve-racking, disorienting and a little awkward, which is precisely how Jeff Sansone felt almost 30 years ago when he stepped behind the shiny new bar in Canoe Restaurant for his first shift.

colossal iceberg A23a, the world's largest, has finally broken free after more than three decades lodged in the Antarctic's Weddell Sea. Originating in 1986, this ice giant, spanning a whopping 4,000 sq km (1,500 sq miles) – more than double the size of Greater London – had been grounded until recent months.

Leader of Opposition (LoP) in state assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Friday claimed that the central agency CBI has been requested by the Union Ministry of Education “to make a detailed inquiry to ascertain the misappropriation, misuse and diversion of PM POSHAN funds.” “I am elated to know that the @CBIHeadquarters has been requested by the Union Ministry of Education to make a detailed inquiry to ascertain the misappropriation, misuse and diversion of PM POSHAN funds for purposes other than the objectives of the scheme, in WB. My perseverant persuasion to fix culpability and ensure strict punishment for those who misappropriated funds meant for the nutrition and nourishment of the children of West Bengal, has been honoured. I wholeheartedly thank Hon'ble Union @EduMinOfIndia, Shri @dpradhanbjpJi for considering my plea,” Adhikari took to X-Handle and said.

European Union’s $100-billion scientific research program, called Horizon Europe.Trudeau offered little detail about Canada’s participation in the pact this evening as he welcomed the top two heads of the EU to Newfoundland and Labrador’s capital city of St. John’s for the 19th EU-Canada Summit.Trudeau also said during his opening speech that Canada has worked out a deal to build water bombers and ship them to the EU, after both regions faced devastating forest fires this past summer.European Council President Charles Michel says the two-day summit comes at a difficult geopolitical time, as war continues in Ukraine and Israel and Hamas fight in the Gaza Strip.He says the unrest underscores a need for Canada and the EU, two long-standing allies, to work together on issues from peace and security to fighting climate change.Trudeau is expected to hold formal meetings on Friday with Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.Ottawa and Brussels started negotiations a year ago on Canada joining the Horizon Europe scheme, with the initial goal of signing an agreement this past spring that would be in place this calendar year.The program has seen countries such as New Zealand and Israel sign up for research projects partially funded by the EU, involving themes like the digital industry, health care and climate innovation.Entrepreneurs from the St.

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As businesses and governments adopt net-zero strategies, it is imperative for the industry to develop resilient solutions and construct infrastructure capable of withstanding the repercussions of climate change. Simultaneously, these initiatives should remain economically-viable investments. The reevaluation of how we plan, create, and manage our infrastructure is a vital component of this undertaking. Infrastructure is critical in influencing our cultures, economics, and environment. Rethinking infrastructure systems is a critical step towards creating a net-zero and sustainable future.