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Pope Francis challenged world leaders on October 4 to commit to binding targets to slow climate change before it’s too late, warning that God’s increasingly warming creation is fast reaching a “point of no return.” In an update to his landmark 2015 encyclical on the environment, Pope heightened the alarm about the “irreversible” harm to…
Russian air defenses shot down 31 Ukrainian drones during a concerted nighttime attack by Kyiv’s forces on border regions, the Russian Defense Ministry said October 4, even as uncertainty grew over Ukraine’s future access to weapons and ammunition from its Western allies. The drone attack appeared to be Kyiv’s largest single cross-border drone assault reported…
Representational file image. | Photo Credit: Kamal Narang Gold price fell by ₹50 to ₹57,500 per 10 grams in the national capital on October 4 amid a fall in precious metal prices in international markets, according to HDFC Securities. The yellow metal had settled at ₹57,550 per 10 grams in the previous trade. Silver also…
Tokyo Olympic medallist Lovlina Borgohain put up a lacklustre display to settle for a silver as Indian boxers signed off with a haul of five medals at the Asian Games on Wednesday. Parveen Hooda couldn’t overcome the height disadvantage against two-time world champion Lin Yu Ting of Chinese Taipei in the women’s 57kg semifinal to…
The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai. File | Photo Credit: REUTERS Equity benchmark indices ended lower on Wednesday, extending their previous day’s fall, due to unabated foreign fund outflows and weak trends in the U.S. and Asian markets. The 30-share BSE Sensex went lower by 286.06 points, or 0.44%, to settle at 65,226.04….
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Representational image of a worker unloading LPG cylinders | Photo Credit: PICHUMANI K The Centre has increased subsidy for cooking gas cylinders for poor to ₹300 per unit from ₹200 announced in August, Information Minister Anurag Thakur said on Wednesday. In August, the government reduced the price by ₹200 on a 14.2-kg cooking gas cylinder…
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Once-generous valuations for the cash-guzzling businesses have been slashed. (Representational) From San Francisco to Istanbul, founders of online-delivery companies that exploded during the pandemic are watching their fortunes disappear. The boom minted six known billionaires, four of whom have already lost that status, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The group, which includes the founders…
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A money lender counts Indian rupee currency notes at his shop in Ahmedabad. File | Photo Credit: REUTERS The rupee depreciated 3 paise to settle at 83.23 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday, as a muted trend in domestic equities and sustained foreign fund outflows weighed on investor sentiments. Forex traders said the strength…
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Dirty water: View of “Bandra Talao”, the lake in the heart of Bandra. The stinking lake water is highly polluted due to sewage and other waste material dumped everywhere. | Photo Credit: ROY CHOWDHURY A Cholera is a water-borne disease caused by two strains called O1 and O139 of the bacteria Vibrio cholerae . Of…
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The ED has asked the actor to be present before it on Friday. Actor Ranbir Kapoor has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate in a case involving an online gaming app. He has been asked to be present before the agency on Friday. Here’s what we know about this developing story so far: – Ranbir…