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The melting of Alaska's Juneau icefield, home to more than 1,000 glaciers, is accelerating. The snow covered area is now shrinking 4.6 times faster than it was in the 1980s, according to a new study. Researchers meticulously tracked snow levels in the nearly 1,500-square mile icy expanse going back to 1948 with added data back to the 18th century. It slowly shriveled from its peak size at the end of the Little Ice Age around 1850, but then that melt rate sped up about 10 years ago, according to a study in Tuesday's Nature Communications. Читать дальше...
The delay is disturbing
A representative for Hyundai India declined to comment. IFR and India media have previously reported the IPO could raise about $3 billion
Given the "very trusting nature" of the relationship between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, no topic was off-limits for the two leaders when they meet here soon, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday. The dates of Prime Minister Modi's visit to Moscow will be announced a bit later but preparations for it are already at their final stages, Peskov said. Putin and Modi will discuss regional and global security, trade and all other topics on the agenda during their meeting... Читать дальше...
First session of 18th Lok Sabha adjourned sine die
Data for April was revised lower to show 7.919 million unfilled positions instead of the previously reported 8.059 million
The stampede took place as people headed home after a 'satsang' in the district's Phulrai village, conducted by a preacher known as Bhole Baba
NRS offtake may remain high, leading to higher blended realisation because power plants with FSA have sufficient supply
India's first solar mission Aditya-L1 spacecraft completed its first halo orbit around the Sun-Earth L1 point on Tuesday, ISRO said. The space agency said its station-keeping manoeuvre on Tuesday ensured its seamless transition into the second halo orbit. The Aditya-L1 mission, which is an Indian solar observatory at Lagrangian point L1, was launched on September 2, 2023 and was inserted in its targeted halo orbit on January 6, 2024. According to ISRO, Aditya-L1 spacecraft in the halo orbit takes... Читать дальше...
Avenue Supermarts Ltd, which owns and operates the retail chain D-Mart, has reported an 18.36 per cent increase in standalone revenue from operations to Rs 13,711.87 crore for the June quarter. The company had a revenue from operations of Rs 11,584.44 crore in the year-ago period, Avenue Supermarts informed the BSE in a regulatory filing on Tuesday. "Standalone revenue from operations for the quarter ended (QE) June 30, stood at Rs 13,711.87 crore," Avenue Supermarts said. The total number of stores as of June 30 stood at 371. Читать дальше...
In his letter to Birla, Gandhi said while the Chair derives powers to expunge certain remarks from the proceedings of the House but the stipulation is only those kinds of words
Even as premature deaths due to cancer have come down across three-fourths of the world, only eight countries are likely to meet the related United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Target 3.4, pointed out a recent study. The target is concerned with slashing premature deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including cancer, by a third by 2030 through prevention and treatment. For the study, researchers, including those from the World Health Organization (WHO), Switzerland, calculated... Читать дальше...
Adani Power's current operating capacity stands at 15.25 GW, which the company in FY24 said it plans to take to 21 GW
Move could lead to doubling of weight in MSCI index; over $3 bn of passive buying, says Nuvama report
BMW Group India on Tuesday said it has reported the highest ever sales in the country in the first half of the year with delivery of 7,098 units to customers. The luxury carmaker saw its sales increase 21 per cent year-on-year from 5,867 units in the January-June period of 2023. The company also sold 3,614 BMW Motorrad motorcycles during the period. BMW Group said high demand for its sports activity vehicles, luxury class and electric cars led to robust sales performance during the period under review. Читать дальше...
Grants more autonomy to banks
Gandhi spoke on the insurer's distribution and product portfolio plans which are expected to drive the premium growth of the company
The gap in demand for electric vehicles between large and mid-sized cities in the country is shrinking and the Tier-II 2 cities are likely to emerge as the next big demand centre for EVs, a report said on Tuesday. An analysis of the electric two-wheeler and car sales by strategic research provider BloombergNEF (BNEF) from 207 cities across 10 states also suggests that the electric two-wheeler sales in some tier 2 markets have surpassed metropolitans while within tier 2 cities, state capitals generally leading the growth in electric car sales. Читать дальше...
Expects order inflow from West Asia to remain positive in FY25
The edtech firm has recorded multiple rounds of layoffs since 2022, which have affected at least 2,000 employees so far, according to the sources
The new fee structure, which kicks in from October, has a significant impact on brokers, traders and investors, Nithin Kamath, CEO and co-founder of Zerodha, said on social media platform X
A Pune court on Tuesday granted bail to the father and the grandfather of the juvenile involved in the Porsche car crash, in a case pertaining to alleged kidnapping and wrongful confinement of their family driver after the fatal accident in May. A Judicial Magistrate (First Class) granted bail to the 17-year-old boy's father Vishal Agarwal, a prominent builder, and his grandfather, who were arrested in May-end. According to police, the teen's father and the grandfather allegedly kidnapped their... Читать дальше...
June rainfall accounts for 15 per cent of the total precipitation of 87 cm recorded during the four-month monsoon season in the country
The gross GST collection for June, which reflects the transactions made in May, stood at Rs 1.74 trillion, Business Standard reported on Monday