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Railroad operators like to say that trains are greener than trucks when it comes to moving goods, pointing out that one railcar can haul three to four times as much as a truck, and one freight train can remove hundreds of trucks from the highways. Although the freight-rail industry is responsible for less than 2% of transportation-related greenhouse-gas emissions in the U.S., rail carriers—like the rest of the transportation industry—are under pressure to reduce those emissions, much of which are produced by diesel-electric locomotives.

encouraging sign for the re-establishment of democratic processes there. Voter turnout across the Union territory was higher than in previous elections, hitting levels unseen for decades in some constituencies. Polling data is an unreliable guide to the local politics of any place.

Alphabet had announced in October last year that it will make Google Pixel smartphones in India. It's the only large global smartphone brand that was missing from the make-in-India drive in smartphones. Dixon's Pixel capacity will be 100,000 units per month with 25-30% to be exported as it makes a fresh attempt to gain market share in India, the world's second largest smartphone market. The Pixel 8 model accounts for almost 80% of all Pixels sold in India, executives said.

Netflix has renewed the docuseries 'Worst Roommate Ever' for a second season, a Deadline report said. The series, which explores unsettling true stories of nightmarish roommates, will return on June 26 with four new episodes. Renewal

Bolvin Wealth Management Group President Gina Bolvin discusses the move in commodities, expected inflation data, the housing industry and her outlook for consumers.

Meta is unequipped to detect and label AI-generated ads, despite its new policy committing to do so, and its utter failure to stamp out hate speech and incitement to violence—in direct breach of its own policies," the report said. “Between 8-13 May, Meta approved 14 highly inflammatory ads. These (ads) called for violent uprisings targeting Muslim minorities, disseminated blatant disinformation exploiting communal or religious conspiracy theories prevalent in India's political landscape, and incited violence through Hindu supremacist narratives.

Metropolis Healthcare on Tuesday reported a 8% year-on-year (YoY) rise in net profit to Rs 36.1 crore in Q4FY24 lead by volume increase and better patient realisations. The diagnostic chain reported Rs 33.5 crore net profit in the corresponding quarter of the previous year.

Eris Lifesciences on Tuesday reported 29.5% jump in net profit to Rs 80 crore in Q4FY24 led by growth in sales of the domestic formulation business. The Ahmedabad-based drug maker reported net profit of Rs 61.5 crore during the corresponding quarter of the previous year.

Awfis Space Solutions Ltd on Tuesday said it has mobilised a little over Rs 268 crore from anchor investors a day before its initial share-sale opening for public subscription. The company has allotted 70.13 lakh equity shares to 32 funds at Rs 383 apiece, which is also the upper end of the price band, according to a circular uploaded on BSE's website. At this price, the firm has collected Rs 268.61 crore, it added.

LPL has deepened its high-net-worth advisory bench with a pair of breakaway advisors from Merrill Lynch.

Modern Wealth is celebrating its first anniversary with an additional $570 million in assets as it scoops up two firms in the east.

Ali Abbasi, Sebastian Stan, Martin Donovan and Maria Bakalova walked the Cannes red carpet for the premiere of 'The Apprentice', a political drama, based on the life of former US President Donald Trump, who is gearing up to contest the 2024 US Presidential Election. After the film premiered at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, it received a wild standing ovation for almost eight minutes. Stan received the loudest applause for his transformative performance as Trump. The audience cheered and clapped for long. Director Abbasi warmly hugged his cast members. Cate Blanchett, sitting just in front of the director and crew, jumped up and applauded, and embraced Bakalova.

books can inculcate story listening habits in children and gradually attract them to reading books, says legendary author Ruskin Bond who turned 90 Sunday. To commemorate the day, audiobook platform Audible has brought out a keepsake edition with 25 of his popular stories. Titled «All Time Favourites for Children», the stories have been curated and selected by the author himself. The narration is by Anuj Datta. Bond said audiobooks can be like oral storytelling and stimulate a child's interest in reading. «Sometimes a child is reluctant to make the effort to start reading a book. If it's being read to them, either the book is on audio or somebody is reading from one, it helps to create interest. Once that interest develops, the young reader very often will go on to reading books on his or her own,» Bond told PTI.

Through smart investing, one can outpace inflation and increase the value of money. Long-term investment allows investors to take advantage of compounding, which involves reinvesting profits again and again. Over time, this compounding benefit helps generate even higher profits. With long-term investment, investors have the opportunity to roll over the profits earned from one asset into other promising investment instruments.

The vehicular movement on Jammu-Srinagar NH-44 will remain suspended for the whole day today on May 21, said Rohit Baskotra, Senior Superintendent of Police, Traffic, National Highway, as per an ANI report.

The US’s biggest bank says its consumer customers are healthy and stable. But doing well from a bank’s point of view might not be the same as how a customer sees it.

Indian equity derivatives that’s driven up volumes to the highest in the world is spurring concern among the nation’s policymakers that the frenzy may hurt efforts to harness household savings for productive purposes. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Chief Economic Advisor V. Anantha Nageswaran sounded caution in recent days about growing retail participation in the equity futures and options market.

Microsoft wants laptop users to get so comfortable with its artificial intelligence chatbot that it will remember everything you’re doing on your computer and help figure out what you want to do next

They operate in places like an airport, a resort, and a distribution center, tucked away from the public eye but close enough for easy access

Rinku Singh from Kolkata Knight Riders has made it to the list of Reserve Players for the T20 World Cup. The decision drew considerable ire from the fans, who pointed out the recent performances of Rinku Singh, where he did really well. Mumbai Indians, a team that finished at the bottom of the IPL 2024 points table, has four players in the T20 World Cup 2024 squad: Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, and Jasprit Bumrah.

Hormazd Sorabjee, Editor, Autocar India, says Nexon is the mainstay of the Tata range. It is their number one seller and Tata Motors will do a lot to guard its stuff. So, I am sure we will see a lot of action in terms of, might even be pricing going forward. The Maruti offering s almost like a bare car compared to the 3XO; yet it sells in a lot of numbers and that tells us that things like service and reliability turn out to be a key factor. There is a lot of buzz around the Mahindra launch. There are a lot of headlines talking about how the bookings have been in a matter of 60 minutes, in a matter of a day, etc. But what is the reality? I am sure you have tried and tested this one. Is it really that people would be lining up for this one? Hormazd Sorabjee: They have come out all guns blazing with this 3XO. It was sort of like a do or die for them because this is one segment they have not been competitive in at all and they really want to grab market share. They have genuinely wowed the market with a product that is very high on features, has got a lot of tech on it and at a very good price.