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Johnson & Johnson is pumping more money into heart care with a roughly $13 billion deal for Shockwave Medical, which specializes in technology that helps open clogged arteries

Apple is laying off more than 600 workers in California, marking the company’s first big wave of post-pandemic job cuts amid a broader wave of tech industry consolidation

Stocks gained ground on Wall Street and Treasury yields rose following a hot U.S. jobs report

Himachal Pradesh on April 5, 6, 10 and 11; and over Uttarakhand during next 7 days. Isolated light to moderate rainfall very likely over Rajasthan on April 5, 6, 10 and 11" The weather agency also said that a cyclonic circulation over north Bangladesh persists, while another cyclonic circulation lies over east Assam and the neighbourhood in lower tropospheric levels, which is likely to impact in light/moderate rainfall/snowfall with isolated thunderstorms and lightning very likely over Arunachal Pradesh; scattered to fairly widespread light to moderate rainfall with isolated thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds (40-50 kmph) over Assam and Meghalaya and Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura during next 7 days.

Nadir Godrej, Chairman, Godrej Agrovet, says outlook for the “cattle feed as well as aquafeed segments are good. We have a lot of premium cattle feed products now. We have done a lot of R&D in cattle feed, which is showing good results. Our products are being well received. They are more efficient products. So, with less feed, you get better milk yield and therefore they are more sustainable products also because you can produce milk with lower carbon emissions.” Let us begin by talking about palm oil prices. In the last month, there has been 11% rise. What is your outlook as to where prices could potentially be headed? Nadir Godrej: Palm oil prices had risen quite a lot. They were expected to rise because they were quite low and there was a lot of demand and high production of other oils such as soybean oil and sunflower oil. But now the palm oil prices have reached the level expected and we do not really expect any further big increase. Of course, there will be small fluctuations, but generally speaking we expect fairly steady prices for quite some time.

The prospect of welcomed rainfall has elicited optimism among residents. According to IMD, Bengaluru and South Interior Karnataka can expect summer showers starting from the second week of April, continuing with thunderstorms until month-end. A Prasad, a senior scientist at IMD Bengaluru, noted, «The rain may commence on Ugadi with light showers in isolated areas, progressing to moderate rainfall during the latter part of the festive week.» Officials further disclosed that rainfall would be dispersed throughout the city, accompanied by gusty winds and thunderstorms. Although precipitation may not be uniform across Bengaluru, certain areas are anticipated to receive above-average rainfall.

Nazara Technologies will acquire intellectual property rights pertaining to Ultimate Teen Patti from Games24x7 for Rs 10 crore, the company said in a regulatory filing. Launched in 2015, Ultimate Teen Patti (UTP) is a free casual card game for entertainment purposes only and does not offer any real money to the players. «Next Wave Multimedia Private Limited, a subsidiary of the company, at their meeting held today i.e. on April 04, 2024, has approved the acquisition of all the Intellectual Property rights pertaining to the 'UTP — Ultimate Teen Patti' casual freemium card game software and associated trademarks,» the filing said.

software companies, has a persistent hardware problem: poor infrastructure. It has become notorious for traffic jams and floods. Last month, it suffered another reputational problem when it began running short of water. Many people even started thinking of leaving the city as water wasn't enough for taking showers or using toilets. Bengaluru's condition is only going to worsen. Extremely hot weather in future is going to compound its water problem, creating a crisis for its tech businesses. It is home to $245 billion IT industry. Scorchers ahead

The looming “maturity wall" for commercial real-estate loans coming due has been moved back, but it has also gotten taller. Banks’ commercial real-estate loans are now growing at an accelerating rate. In the first quarter of 2024 they grew sequentially 1.2% on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to Federal Reserve data.

₹931.50. In the past 1 day, the Mentha oil rate on MCX has decline 0.18% from ₹938.00 to ₹931.50.Mentha oil is an essential oil obtained from a mint plant and India is one of the leading producers and exporters of mentha oil. Mentha oil is used in food, pharma, soaps, and other skincare/personal care products.

heatwave conditions across various states including Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, and others for the next five days. “Enhanced rainfall/thunderstorm activity likely to continue over Northeast India till 07th April, 2024.

NEW DELHI : Vistara has blamed poor rostering for a wave of flight cancellations at the full-service carrier, warning it may have to curtail its network for May as well to gradually stabilize operations, two people aware of the development told Mint. Chief executive officer Vinod Kannan addressed Vistara's pilots on Wednesday following a string of flight delays and cancellations that left thousands of passengers stranded. Over the last two days, more than 100 flights of the airline have been cancelled and a large number of flights have faced delays, as disgruntled pilots have called in sick en masse.

Bengaluru is in the spotlight for another reason: higher than usual temperatures. Netizens have taken to social media to comment on Bengaluru's weather. Recently an user Diwakar Kaushik shared on X that Gurugram is cooler than Bengaluru. A check of India Meteorological Department website showed that in the past 24 hours, the maximum recorded temperature in Bengaluru was 37.2 degrees Celsius, which is 3.2 degrees Celsius higher than normal. On the other hand, the maximum recorded temperature in Gurugram was 33.2 degrees Celsius. And going by IMD's forecast for next week, there is not much respite for Bengaluru's residents from heat. The weather department has forecast that Bengaluru is expected to have a maximum temperature of 36 degrees Celsius over the next seven days and minimum of 22 degrees Celsius. On the other hand, Gurugram could have a maximum temperature of 32-36 degrees Celsius over next one week while minimum of 16-18 degrees Celsius.

earthquake hit Taiwan's east coast, Reuters reported citing Taiwan's fire department on Wednesday. Meanwhile, a tsunami warning issued for Miyakojima and Okinawa islands in Japan following a powerful earthquake in Taiwan has been downgraded from a warning to an advisory, CNN reported citing Japan's Meteorological Agency.

Flights were suspended at the main airport in Japan's southern region of Okinawa on Wednesday due to a tsunami alert triggered by an earthquake in Taiwan, a government official said. Operations at Naha Airport were suspended from 9:25 am local time (0025 GMT) as a precautionary measure, a transport ministry official stationed at the airport told AFP.

Philippines warned of "high tsunami waves" and called for the evacuation of coastal areas across the country Wednesday after a 7.4-magnitude quake in neighbouring Taiwan. «The people in the coastal areas of the following provinces are strongly advised to immediately evacuate to higher grounds or move farther inland,» the state seismology institute said in an advisory.

Okinawa. "Tsunami waves of up to 3 meters were expected to reach large areas of Japan's southwestern coast," according to the Japan Meteorological Agency, which put the quake magnitude at 7.5, as per Reuters report. Additionally, a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 struck offshore Taiwan on the same day, shaking the capital city of Taipei and prompting tsunami warnings for the islands of southern Japan and the Philippines.

Heatwave conditions are expected to persist over portions of east and peninsular India from April 3 to April 6. Karnataka and Coastal Andhra Pradesh are likely to experience heatwave conditions on April 4, while isolated places in Odisha, West Bengal, and Jharkhand may also face heat wave conditions during this period. Heatwaves are predicted in isolated pockets of Rayalaseema, Gangetic West Bengal, and East Madhya Pradesh from April 3rd to 5th.

Wuthering Waves explores just that as the 'Lament', a massive catastrophe hit the earth, wiping out almost all of humanity, flora and fauna across the world. However, upon the destruction of most of humankind, strange and unknown beings start walking the face of the earth again posing a threat to what's left of humanity after Lament. However, the game then revolves around the Rover, who starts co-existing with monsters, unknown beings and creatures and slowly begins rebuilding the world and the civilization around with multiple strategies and tech.

ALSO READ: World markets today: US stocks fall led by healthcare shares During the quarter, Tesla lost production time in Germany after a suspected arson attack cut its power supply. Deliveries of the Models 3 and Y, dropped 10.3 per cent year-on-year to 369,783. Sales of other models, the aging X and S and the new Cybertruck, rose almost 60 per cent to 17,027.

Nifty is expected to hit 23,400 levels around the time of the general election outcome led by BFSI, auto, capital goods and metal stocks according to estimates by ICICIdirect, which sees largecaps outperforming the broader market. The brokerage picks nearly 8 dozen stocks as its top bets across sectors believing them to be riding the wave. This means that over the next two months, Nifty is set for a 930-point rally from Monday’s closing of 22,462.