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India Bought 112 Billion Euro Worth Of Russian Oil Since Ukraine War: Report
The world's third largest oil consuming and importing nation, spent 102.5 billion euro (about Rs 1.5 lakh crore) on buying crude oil from Russia since the start of the Ukraine war, a European think tank said on Thursday.
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FIFA To Pay $1 Billion Prize Money For Club World Cup
FIFA on Wednesday announced it will pay total prize money of one billion dollars to participants in the Club World Cup taking place in the United States this year.
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Apple Refreshes Mac Studio With M4 Max and M3 Ultra Chips and Apple Intelligence: Price, Specifications
Apple refreshed its Mac Studio with new chipset options on Wednesday (March 5). When buying the small-form-factor workstation, customers can choose between either the M4 Max or the newly launched M3 Ultra SoCs. The company says it is positioned above the Mac mini and is built for Apple Intelligence — its suite of artificial intelligence (AI) feat...
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How The West Uses Russia's Frozen Reserves To Help Ukraine
With Donald Trump's suspension of U.S. military aid to Ukraine, European nations are again looking at how to utilise some $300 billion of Russian state assets frozen by the Group of Seven rich democracies after Moscow's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
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Microsoft’s $13 Billion OpenAI Tie-Up Cleared by UK's Competition and Markets Authority
UK's Competition and Markets Authority said that the 2023 deal doesn’t qualify for a full investigation under merger rules. The decision, after around 14 months of scrutiny, removes one UK regulatory uncertainty for Microsoft, which faces a continued investigation into its cloud service offerings.
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Ola Electric Gets Government Notice for Missing Battery Plant Setup Target
Ola Electric received a letter from the federal government on Tuesday for missing a key milestone in the setup of its planned battery "gigafactory". The Rs. 181 billion ($2.07 billion) scheme required companies to set up manufacturing facilities within two years.
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From Missiles To Tanks: List Of Military Aid Provided To Ukraine By US
The United States has provided $65.9 billion in military support to Ukraine since Russia's February 2022.
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Primordial Helium-3 May Be Locked in Earth’s Core, Study Finds
Helium-3, an isotope formed during the solar system's birth, may be trapped in Earth's core, a study suggests. Researchers at the University of Tokyo found that helium can mix with iron at extreme heat and pressure, allowing it to remain in Earth's solid core. This discovery could help determine how quickly the planet formed, with a rapid formation...
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US President Trump, TSMC Announce $100 Billion Plan to Build 5 New US Factories
TSMC plans to make a fresh $100 billion (roughly Rs. 8,73,656 crore) investment in the US that would involve building five additional chip facilities in the country. The company's Taiwan-listed shares opened down 2.25 percent on Tuesday and were trading about 1.5 percent lower at 0413 GMT.
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Reliance Gets Rs 24,500 Crore Demand Notice For Producing Gas From ONGC Block
The government had in 2016 sought USD 1.55 billion from Reliance and its partners for the quantum of gas that had migrated to its block KG-D6 from adjoining fields of ONGC.
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60% Of Adults Will Be Overweight Or Obese By 2050: Study
The number of overweight or obese people worldwide rose from 929 million in 1990 to 2.6 billion in 2021, the study found.
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Elon Musk Loses $90 Billion Amid DeepSeek's Rise, Here's What Bezos And Zuckerberg Lost
Tesla CEO Elon Musk was the hardest hit, losing an estimated $90 billion in net worth due to DeepSeek's success.
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UK PM Announces $2 Billion Deal To Fund Air-Defence Missiles For Ukraine
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday announced a new 1.6 billion pound ($2 billion) deal that would allow Ukraine to purchase 5,000 air-defence missiles using export finance.
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Adani Green Energy Refinances $1.06 Billion For Maiden Construction Facility In Rajasthan
Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL) on Monday announced it has refinanced $1.06 billion to develop India's largest solar-wind hybrid renewable cluster in Rajasthan -- achieving another milestone in its capital management journey.
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Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin Urges Team For 60-Hour Work Week Amid AI Competition
Mr Brin, who is estimated to be worth $144 billion, emphasised that "60 hours a week is the sweet spot of productivity" in a memo.
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India Bought 112 Billion Euro Worth Of Russian Oil Since Ukraine War: Report
The world's third largest oil consuming and importing nation, spent 102.5 billion euro (about Rs 1.5 lakh crore) on buying crude oil from Russia since the start of the Ukraine war, a European think tank said on Thursday.
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FIFA To Pay $1 Billion Prize Money For Club World Cup
FIFA on Wednesday announced it will pay total prize money of one billion dollars to participants in the Club World Cup taking place in the United States this year.
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Apple Refreshes Mac Studio With M4 Max and M3 Ultra Chips and Apple Intelligence: Price, Specifications
Apple refreshed its Mac Studio with new chipset options on Wednesday (March 5). When buying the small-form-factor workstation, customers can choose between either the M4 Max or the newly launched M3 Ultra SoCs. The company says it is positioned above the Mac mini and is built for Apple Intelligence — its suite of artificial intelligence (AI) feat...
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How The West Uses Russia's Frozen Reserves To Help Ukraine
With Donald Trump's suspension of U.S. military aid to Ukraine, European nations are again looking at how to utilise some $300 billion of Russian state assets frozen by the Group of Seven rich democracies after Moscow's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
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Microsoft’s $13 Billion OpenAI Tie-Up Cleared by UK's Competition and Markets Authority
UK's Competition and Markets Authority said that the 2023 deal doesn’t qualify for a full investigation under merger rules. The decision, after around 14 months of scrutiny, removes one UK regulatory uncertainty for Microsoft, which faces a continued investigation into its cloud service offerings.
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Ola Electric Gets Government Notice for Missing Battery Plant Setup Target
Ola Electric received a letter from the federal government on Tuesday for missing a key milestone in the setup of its planned battery "gigafactory". The Rs. 181 billion ($2.07 billion) scheme required companies to set up manufacturing facilities within two years.
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From Missiles To Tanks: List Of Military Aid Provided To Ukraine By US
The United States has provided $65.9 billion in military support to Ukraine since Russia's February 2022.
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Primordial Helium-3 May Be Locked in Earth’s Core, Study Finds
Helium-3, an isotope formed during the solar system's birth, may be trapped in Earth's core, a study suggests. Researchers at the University of Tokyo found that helium can mix with iron at extreme heat and pressure, allowing it to remain in Earth's solid core. This discovery could help determine how quickly the planet formed, with a rapid formation...
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US President Trump, TSMC Announce $100 Billion Plan to Build 5 New US Factories
TSMC plans to make a fresh $100 billion (roughly Rs. 8,73,656 crore) investment in the US that would involve building five additional chip facilities in the country. The company's Taiwan-listed shares opened down 2.25 percent on Tuesday and were trading about 1.5 percent lower at 0413 GMT.
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Reliance Gets Rs 24,500 Crore Demand Notice For Producing Gas From ONGC Block
The government had in 2016 sought USD 1.55 billion from Reliance and its partners for the quantum of gas that had migrated to its block KG-D6 from adjoining fields of ONGC.
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60% Of Adults Will Be Overweight Or Obese By 2050: Study
The number of overweight or obese people worldwide rose from 929 million in 1990 to 2.6 billion in 2021, the study found.
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Elon Musk Loses $90 Billion Amid DeepSeek's Rise, Here's What Bezos And Zuckerberg Lost
Tesla CEO Elon Musk was the hardest hit, losing an estimated $90 billion in net worth due to DeepSeek's success.
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UK PM Announces $2 Billion Deal To Fund Air-Defence Missiles For Ukraine
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday announced a new 1.6 billion pound ($2 billion) deal that would allow Ukraine to purchase 5,000 air-defence missiles using export finance.
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Adani Green Energy Refinances $1.06 Billion For Maiden Construction Facility In Rajasthan
Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL) on Monday announced it has refinanced $1.06 billion to develop India's largest solar-wind hybrid renewable cluster in Rajasthan -- achieving another milestone in its capital management journey.
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Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin Urges Team For 60-Hour Work Week Amid AI Competition
Mr Brin, who is estimated to be worth $144 billion, emphasised that "60 hours a week is the sweet spot of productivity" in a memo.
