November 2023

Current level of capex sustainable, says financial secretary – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Indicating a continued push for public spending, finance secretary T V Somanathan on Thursday said current level of capital expenditure was “highly sustainable” and asserted that the Centre was on course to meet the spending and fiscal deficit targets for current financial year.While Somanathan refused to give any guidance on whether the …

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Stock futures inch lower after Dow notches new high for the year: Live updates

[ad_1] Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stock futures fell slightly in overnight trading after the Dow Jones Industrial Average notched a new 2023 high and capped off its best month in more than a year. Futures tied to the 30-stock index dipped 25 points, or …

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UK government intervenes in potential takeover of Telegraph newspaper by Abu Dhabi-backed fund

[ad_1] LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government said Thursday it has asked media and market competition officials to investigate whether a potential Abu Dhabi-backed takeover of The Telegraph newspaper would impact press freedoms. Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer said she issued a “public interest intervention notice” after considering the possible impact of the offer by the investment …

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Mexican cartels posed as US Treasury officials in brash timeshare scam, officials say

[ad_1] A Mexican drug cartel was so bold in operating frauds that target elderly Americans that the gang’s operators posed as U.S. Treasury Department officials, U.S. authorities said Thursday. The scam was described by the department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, or OFAC. The agency has been chasing fraudsters using call centers controlled by the …

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MMA star, OnlyFans model says Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce relationship is ‘100 percent fake’

[ad_1] Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are arguably the hottest couple in the world. Or are they? Rumors swirled in September that the two were dating, and it’s now all but official with the two seen kissing after a recent Eras Tour show in South America. Swift has been to four Kansas City Chiefs games …

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Pakistani province looks to deport 10,000 Afghans per day

[ad_1] Pakistan’s southwestern Baluchistan province is setting a deportation goal of 10,000 illegal Afghan migrants per day. An estimated 1.7 million Afghans lived in Pakistan as of October, when authorities warned they’d need to leave the country if unable to procure proper documentation by month’s end. The 1.4 million Afghan refugees living in Pakistan are …

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Pneumonia symptoms: 5 red flag signs of the deadly disease in China

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2023 warmest ever, brace for a hotter 2024 – Times of India

[ad_1] DUBAI: Confirming that 2023 is set to be the “warmest year on record”, the World Meteorological Organisation on Thursday warned that the coming year may be worse as the El Nino event of this year is likely to “further fuel the heat in 2024”.Shattering previous records, global mean temperature till October this year was …

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FBI releases photos of suspects wanted in agent vehicle carjacking

[ad_1] The FBI has released photos of two suspects wanted in connection with the carjacking of an agent in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday.  The FBI’s Washington Field Office and the D.C. Metropolitan Police Carjacking Task Force are seeking information about the carjacking that took place around 3:45 p.m. in the 100 block of 12th St. …

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Manufacturing at 9-quarter high, July-September GDP beats estimates to grow at 7.6% – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The country’s economy grew faster than expected in July-September, powered by robust growth in manufacturing (at a 9-quarter high of 13.9%), construction and mining. It posted 7.7% growth in the first half of 2023-24 against the backdrop of a slowing global economy. Data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) on Thursday …

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Brazilian city enacts ordinance written completely by ChatGPT

[ad_1] Members of Porto Alegre, Brazil’s city council have enacted an ordinance written entirely by ChatGPT. Councilman Ramiro Rosário asked the chatbot to craft a proposal aimed at preventing Porto Alegre from charging taxpayers to replace stolen water consumption meters. “If I had revealed it before, the proposal certainly wouldn’t even have been taken to …

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