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Shares plummet 11% post Greaves Cotton’s mixed Q2 results  

Greaves Cotton reported consolidated revenue of ₹705 crore for Q2 FY25, with standalone revenue growing by 2 per cent to ₹468 crore




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Markets tank on inflation worries, FII selling; Sensex drops 984 points 

The sell-off was broad-based, with mid and small-cap stocks bearing the brunt of the selling pressure




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Unrest and allegations of intimidation mar bypolls in six Assembly segments of West Bengal

Elections are being held at Madarihat, Sitai, Taldangra, Medinipur, Naihati, and Haroa. The polling till 5 p.m. was 69.29% on an average across the six constituencies.




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Rule of law citizens' umbrella against State's power: SC

It said the law must be just and fair and should protect the human rights and dignity of all members of society.




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Mukesh Ambani becomes only Indian to enter Fortune's list of 100 Most Powerful People in Business, secures...

Ambani is the richest man in India and Asia with a net worth of USD 98 billion, as per Forbes.




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Meet richest family of Bollywood, once sold fruits, has net worth of Rs 10000 crore, not Kapoors, Khans, it is...

Meet rihest family of Bollywood surpassing the net worth of the Khans, Kapoor,




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Meet Tulsi Gabbard, Hindu American who is appointed by Donald Trump as US director of national intelligence

Gabbard, who has served in the Army National Guard for more than two decades, deploying to Iraq and Kuwait, would come to the role as somewhat of an outsider, compared to her predecessor.




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'All I do is...': After Arjun Kapoor confirms breakup with Malaika Arora, her cryptic video goes viral

Malaika Arora talking about being 'boring baby' in cryptic video after Arjun Kapoor confirmed their breakup.




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Jio IPO may be pegged at over $6 bn; listing in 2025

Reliance Jio, the telecom business of the Mukesh Ambani-promoted conglomerate, is expected to go for an initial public offering (IPO) of over $6.25 billion either in the second or the third quarter of the calendar year 2025, sources said. Reliance Retail is likely to be listed around the same time with a short gap, it is learnt. The timing of the two IPOs, however, will depend on the company's assessment of the market conditions among other factors.




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RBI lists these 3 as 'important banks' in 2024

State Bank of India, HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank have again been named as Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs) by the Reserve Bank of India. The Reserve Bank on Wednesday came out with the list of D-SIBs.




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Court: Google Has Search Monopoly

Google has acted unlawfully to maintain its monopoly in the search market, according to a US court ruling. Whether it will face any practical consequences remains to be seen. The ruling was in a case brought by the Department of Justice alleging violations of the Sherman Act. That makes it a felony to intentionally act or conspire to have or maintain a monopoly in a particular market. Previous cases have established that this isn't simply about market share but rather the ability to exploit monopoly power. The judge in the case did not mince his words, stating that "Google is a monopolist, ... (view more)




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Infopackets to Launch YouTube Tech Support Pilot Program

Dear Infopackets Readers, I would like to introduce the launch of an exciting, new video-based tech support Q ... (view more)




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Necro Malware Infects 'Modified' Spotify, WhatsApp

"Modified" versions of popular apps have helped distribute a nasty piece of Android malware. The tactic expanded the reach of the Necro Trojan despite Google's security checks. Necro was able to survive for some time before discovery, largely because the infection wasn't obvious to users. Its main purpose was to hijack phones and use them to make money for the people behind the malware. This included displaying paid ads in the background so that users didn't see them, but the scammers were able to claim revenue from advertisers. The malware would also install apps on the phone to earn ... (view more)




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Google Pays Price for App Store 'Monopoly'

Google has suffered a major court defeat over its Play store. It will mean much greater access for third party app stores and apps, though could prompt a continuing argument about security. The ruling came in a case brought by Epic Games, makers of the popular game Fortnite. It's had similar battles with Apple and its possible this case will have an effect there too. Epic had argued that Google unfairly exploited a monopoly over access of app developers to the Android system by the way it controlled the official Play store. It said that monopoly existed despite the fact that Android users can ... (view more)




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Someone Threatening to Post Video, Pics? Here's What to Do

Infopackets Reader Franco I. writes: " Dear Dennis, Please help - someone is threatening to share a video of me (in the buff) on Facebook! A few days ago, I met a girl on Omegle (a chat website). We had lots of shared interests and seemed to hit it off pretty good. After some back and forth, things escalated to the point where she started sharing pictures of herself scantily dressed. She asked for my phone number, then wanted to do a video call using Google Chat . As soon as I answered, she was already unclothed with toys in hand. She claimed her microphone was broken, so I never got to ... (view more)




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Pentecost: The Power to Reach the World

Subdeacon Adam Lowell Roberts joins Fr. Barnabas to talk about taking the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the world. How do we evangelize as Orthodox Christians? You will also learn about an exciting new evangelism initiative in the Antiochian Archdiocese.




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Caesar Has Spoken

Fr. Barnbas Powell welcomes Fr. Stephen Freeman and Fr. Panayotis Papageorgiou to discuss the recent supreme court decision on same sex marriage. Several interesting listener calls including one from Moscow, Russia!




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The Poor Are For My Salvation

Fr. Barnabas welcomes Dan Christopulos of IOCC and Nick Chakos of Focus North America to talk about our clear mandate from the Lord to care for the poor.




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A Modest Proposal

Fr. Tom Soroka and AFR listener Tad Singleton join Fr. Barnabas to talk about proper adornment as an Orthodox Christian including the topic of head coverings. We thank Tad for suggesting the topic!




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The Power and Necessity of Symbol

Fr. Barnabas welcomes artist Jonathan Pageau to talk about symbolism, art, and Orthodoxy. Jonathan writes for the Orthodox Arts Journal.




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Baptism: Its Power and Its Purpose

Fr. Barnabas welcomes Metropolitan Savas of Pittsburgh to talk about the significance of water baptism and how the Orthodox understand it compared to other Christian traditions.




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The War on the Hippocratic Oath

Bioethicist and Orthodox Christian Wesley J. Smith joins Fr. Barnabas to discuss medical ethics, end of life issues, and societal trending in the world of bioethics.




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Time and Despondency - Dr. Nicole Roccas

Dr. Roccas is the author of Time and Despondency and talks about the meaning of despondency and how it is impacting the Church.




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The Poor Are Given to Us for Our Salvation

Fr. Barnabas Powell welcomes the Executive Director of FOCUS North America Seraphim Danckaert to talk about the theology of caring for the poor and how it relates to our salvation.




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Geopolitics, Foreign Policy, and the Orthodox Church

Father Barnabas Powell interviews John Sitilides, the Washington D.C.-based geopolitical strategist and professional corporate speaker, in a far-reaching conversation to explore and assess the complexities facing the Orthodox Church and its internal administrative challenges in addressing in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the hierarchical tensions between the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Moscow Patriarchate, Turkey's repression of Orthodox and other religious minorities, the Syria civil war, the Israeli-Palestinian divide, radical Islamism in the Balkans, the plight of Egypt’s Coptic community, and the stunning rise of Orthodox Ethiopia in the Horn of Africa.




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E. coli cases tied to McDonald's Quarter Pounders climb to 104

At least 104 people have been sickened, with 34 hospitalized, in an outbreak of E. coli food poisoning tied to onions served on McDonald's Quarter Pounder hamburgers, federal health officials said Wednesday.




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Speaker Johnson wins unanimous support from GOP for another term as top House Republican

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday won a unanimous closed-door vote for his first, full term as Speaker, despite rumblings of a possible rebellion against him, after he received a full-throated endorsement from President-elect Donald Trump.




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"We Need Everyone": New Award Recognizes the Importance of Scientific Community

In the lab of Minna Roh-Johnson, PhD, great science and great mentorship are inextricable. Now, up to $250,000 in federal funding from the National Cancer Institute has made that philosophy concrete by advancing cancer research and building scientific community.




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Marygold & Co. partners with Griffin to support healthy financial habits

UK-based Marygold & Co. has...




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Revolut launches debit card vending machine in Singapore

UK-based fintech company Revolut has introduced a debit...




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The Knighting of Pooh (New)

The Knighting of Pooh (New) by Peter / Harrison Ellenshaw is a(n) Limited Edition. The Edition is Limited to Limited Edition of 195 pcs




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Once Upon a Dream

Once Upon a Dream by Peter / Harrison Ellenshaw is a(n) Limited Edition. The Edition is Limited to Limited Edition of 50 pcs




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ZIPPO THE FIRE-EATER

ZIPPO THE FIRE-EATER by Will Bullas is a(n) Open Edition. The Edition is Limited to Open Edition pcs




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The Elf Porcelain

The Elf Porcelain by Will Bullas is a(n) Limited Edition. The Edition is Limited to Limited Edition of 1996 pcs




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6 Ways AI Empowers Contact Center Agents

Do you need to improve agent performance at your contact center? Here’s 6 ways AI tools can boost agent productivity, improving customer satisfaction in turn.

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Participants of OSCE-supported discussion in Bosnia and Herzegovina called to unite efforts in addressing online content that incites violence

Addressing online content that incites violence was in the focus of a two-day OSCE-supported roundtable discussion that concluded today in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH).




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OSCE Mission to BIH supports meeting of the Inter-Agency Working Group on election reform

Among other issues discussed at the meeting was the implementation of recommendations stipulated in the final report by election observers of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Righ




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Developing counter narratives to combat online violent extremism content, in focus of OSCE-supported course in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina this week organized a series of short courses, which concluded today in Sarajevo, on the use of Internet and social media in developing counter narratives to online content promoting violent extremism




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OSCE Mission supports further witness protection in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, in co-operation with the Center for Judicial and Prosecutorial Training in Federation of BiH, completed today the first of eight seminars to be held this year for judiciary staff on witness protection ...




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OSCE Mission to BiH supports conference on consequence management in response to acts of terrorism

A conference on consequence management in response to acts of terrorism gathered today over sixty participants from the security and judiciary sectors as well as local communities.




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Police seize 5m-plus meth pills in Saraburi

More than five million methamphetamine pills, one of the biggest hauls in recent months, have been confiscated in Saraburi, according to Provincial Police Region 1.




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Offshore bedrock geology of Eclipse Sound and Pond Inlet: connecting the structure and stratigraphy of Bylot and northern Baffin islands

Currie, L D; Brent, T A; Turner, E C. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences vol. 57, no. 10, 2020 p. 1254-1267, https://doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2019-0159
<a href="https://geoscan.nrcan.gc.ca/images/geoscan/20210388.jpg"><img src="https://geoscan.nrcan.gc.ca/images/geoscan/20210388.jpg" title="Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences vol. 57, no. 10, 2020 p. 1254-1267, https://doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2019-0159" height="150" border="1" /></a>




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Self-accelerating volumetric dolomite-for-calcite replacement: a possible mechanism for high-temperature dolomitization?

Morrow, D W. Carbonates and Evaporites vol. 35, issue 2, 33, 2020 p. 1-13, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13146-020-00565-w
<a href="https://geoscan.nrcan.gc.ca/images/geoscan/20210052.jpg"><img src="https://geoscan.nrcan.gc.ca/images/geoscan/20210052.jpg" title="Carbonates and Evaporites vol. 35, issue 2, 33, 2020 p. 1-13, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13146-020-00565-w" height="150" border="1" /></a>




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Report on palynological analyses of samples from Banks Island submitted in support of the Geo-Mapping for Energy and Minerals Program (GEM-2), Western Arctic Project

Galloway, J M; Dewing, K; Piepjohn, K; Smith, I R. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8750, 2020, 44 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/327426
<a href="https://geoscan.nrcan.gc.ca/images/geoscan/gid_327426.jpg"><img src="https://geoscan.nrcan.gc.ca/images/geoscan/gid_327426.jpg" title="Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8750, 2020, 44 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/327426" height="150" border="1" /></a>




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Analyzing spatial patterns of thermal alteration in the Stikine and Wrangell terranes of the Canadian Cordillera using the conodont color alteration index (CAI) to identify hot spots and cold spots

Lei, J Z X; Golding, M L; Husson, J M. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8746, 2020, 43 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/327243
<a href="https://geoscan.nrcan.gc.ca/images/geoscan/gid_327243.jpg"><img src="https://geoscan.nrcan.gc.ca/images/geoscan/gid_327243.jpg" title="Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8746, 2020, 43 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/327243" height="150" border="1" /></a>




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Field data, till composition, and ice-flow history, south Rae Craton, Northwest Territories: results from the GEM-2 South Rae project - Surficial Mapping activity

Campbell, J E; McCurdy, M W; Lauzon, G; Regis, D; Wygergangs, M. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8714, 2020, 40 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/327218
<a href="https://geoscan.nrcan.gc.ca/images/geoscan/gid_327218.jpg"><img src="https://geoscan.nrcan.gc.ca/images/geoscan/gid_327218.jpg" title="Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8714, 2020, 40 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/327218" height="150" border="1" /></a>




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Kimberlite indicator-mineral studies on Banks Island, Northwest Territories: assessing the potential for diamond-bearing kimberlite

Smith, I R. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8726, 2020, 45 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/326157
<a href="https://geoscan.nrcan.gc.ca/images/geoscan/gid_326157.jpg"><img src="https://geoscan.nrcan.gc.ca/images/geoscan/gid_326157.jpg" title="Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8726, 2020, 45 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/326157" height="150" border="1" /></a>




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Whole-rock geochemical data compilation supporting Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals Cordillera syntheses, British Columbia and Yukon

Zagorevski, A. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8674, 2020, 5 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/323678
<a href="https://geoscan.nrcan.gc.ca/images/geoscan/of8674.jpg"><img src="https://geoscan.nrcan.gc.ca/images/geoscan/of8674.jpg" title="Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8674, 2020, 5 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/323678" height="150" border="1" /></a>




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Element and isotopic signature of re-fertilized mantle peridotite as determined by nanopowder and olivine LA-ICPMS analyses

Lawley, C J M; Pearson, D G; Waterton, P; Zagorevski, A; Bédard, J H; Jackson, S E; Petts, D C; Kjarsgaard, B A; Zhang, S; Wright, D. Chemical Geology vol. 536, 119464, 2020 p. 1-17, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.119464
<a href="https://geoscan.nrcan.gc.ca/images/geoscan/20190600.jpg"><img src="https://geoscan.nrcan.gc.ca/images/geoscan/20190600.jpg" title="Chemical Geology vol. 536, 119464, 2020 p. 1-17, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.119464" height="150" border="1" /></a>




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Pétrographie, chimie minérale et composition géochimique d'intrusions mafiques de la suite de Soisson, sud-est de la province de Churchill (Québec, Canada)

Sappin, A -A; Houlé, M G; Corrigan, D; Bédard, M -P; Wodicka, N; Brind'Amour-Côté, C; Rayner, N. Geological Survey of Canada, Scientific Presentation 115, 2020, 1 sheet, https://doi.org/10.4095/321792
<a href="https://geoscan.nrcan.gc.ca/images/geoscan/sp0115.jpg"><img src="https://geoscan.nrcan.gc.ca/images/geoscan/sp0115.jpg" title="Geological Survey of Canada, Scientific Presentation 115, 2020, 1 sheet, https://doi.org/10.4095/321792" height="150" border="1" /></a>