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  The International Monetary Fund (IMF), in its World Economic Outlook, slashed its FY23 growth forecast for India from its July projection of 7.4 percent to 6.8 percent Indian Economy IMF has cut its FY23 growth forecast for India by 60 basis points from its July projection of 7.4 percent to 6.8 percent. This is the steepest cut made by the multilateral body for any major economy other than the US. The IMF’s current move follows the World Bank’s slashing of its FY2023 growth projection for India from the earlier prediction of 7.5 percent to 6.5 percent. Several other agencies have also slashed India’s GDP forecast in the recent weeks, including the RBI. The recent prediction of the IMF reflects “a weaker-than-expected outturn” in the June quarter, a severe fall in external demand and tightening of interest rates by key central banks. However, India is expected to remain the fastest growing economy in the world. The IMF has retained its FY24 growth forecast at 6.1 percent. This mod...

  What is a bomb cyclone? Bomb cyclone is an extra-tropical weather phenomenon that develops by a process called bombogenesis. It is a pressure system that develops upon contact between a warm air mass or a low pressure air mass and a cold air mass or a high pressure air mass. A low pressure system is said to be a bomb cyclone if its pressure drops by 24 millibars within 24 hours. The pressure gradient between the two air masses causes the winds to intensify. The Earth’s rotation causes the winds to blow in a cyclonic manner. For instance, in the Northern Hemisphere, the winds blow in a counter-clockwise direction due to the Coriolis effect i.e. deflection caused by the planet’s rotation. Such bomb cyclones lead to heavy snowfall and blizzards. They tend to significantly disrupt every-day life. Given the climate change, bomb cyclones are expected to become more common in the future. The Arctic region is warming at a faster rate than the rest of the world, resulting in a weakening o...

  Scotland and Spain have recently passed gender reform laws to make it easier for individuals to change their legally registered gender without requiring any medical supervision. The new Spanish law requires minors aged 12 and 13 years to receive the judge’s authorization to change their gender. Those minors aged between 14 and 16 years will have to be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians. Up until now, Spanish transgender people are required to be diagnosed with gender dysphoria, which refers to the psychological condition of not feeling a match between one’s biological sex and gender identity. Under the new legislation, any individual applying for a Gender Recognition Certificate must have lived full-time in the declared identity for 3 months (6 months in case they are aging between 16 and 17 years). Previously, the individual was required to have lived full-time in the declared identity for 2 years. In some cases, the individuals were mandated to provide proof that t...

  An omnibus spending bill is a type of Bill in the United States that brings together smaller ordinary appropriations bills into single large bill that can be passed with only one vote in each house. Twelve different ordinary appropriation bills need to be passed each year to fund the federal government and avoid a government shutdown. An omnibus spending bill integrates 2 or more of these bills into a single bill. What are the key takeaways of the recent spending bill? Defence spending: Troops are expected to get 4.6 percent pay rise. The VA medical care budget has been increased by 22.4 percent. This will help armed personnel, veterans and their families weather the crises caused by inflation and have broader access to medical and housing services. Spending on naval ships and fighter jets has also been increased Ukraine war: a massive 27.9 billion USD has been allocated as a defence aid to Ukraine that is currently facing war against Russia. Childcare: The Child Care and Develop...

Introduction to OpenAI: Briefly describe the company and its mission to advance artificial intelligence in a responsible and beneficial way. History of OpenAI: Provide an overview of the company's founding and key milestones, such as the development of GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) and the creation of the OpenAI Gym platform. AI Research at OpenAI: Discuss some of the key areas of research that OpenAI is focused on, such as natural language processing, computer vision, and reinforcement learning. Applications of OpenAI's AI: Describe some of the ways that OpenAI's AI technologies are being used in the real world, such as for chatbots, language translation, and automated game playing. Ethical Considerations: Discuss the ethical considerations surrounding AI and how OpenAI is working to address them, such as through its research on AI alignment and its commitment to transparency and accountability. Conclusion: Recap the main points of the blog post and provide some...

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday formed a larger bench to hear Parvez Elahi s plea against his denotification as Punjab chief minister by the Punjab governor.  After recusal by Justice Farooq Haider, Justice Asim Hafeez has been included in the larger bench. Justice Abid Aziz will head the bench that wil comprise Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh, Justice Chauhdry Muhammad Iqbal and Justice Muzammil Akhtar Shabbir. The bench will begin hearing shortly. Earlier in the case, the LHC bench was dissolved after Justice Haider recused himself from hearing a petition filed by Chaudhry Parvez Elahi against an order of Governor Balighur Rehman to denotify him as the Punjab chief minister. The development came hours after Chief Justice Ameer Bhatti formed the bench to hear the petition. Justice Haider said he was unable to become a member of the bench hearing the case due to "personal reason". Justice Sheikh sent a request to the chief justice to form a new bench to hear the petition ag...

The United States has accused North Korea of ​​supplying missiles to the Russian mercenary group Wagner for use in Ukraine. The White House said that this is a violation of UN Security Council resolutions, and will announce new sanctions against the Wagner Group. Both North Korea and Wagner denied it. The British government says the number of Wagner fighters in Ukraine has increased from 1,000 to 20,000.

  North Korea has announced that it is ready to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on a normal trajectory, and will prove it soon, said Kim Yo Jong, the North's top official and sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, today, Tuesday, in a statement to the North Korean Central News Agency. 

Tirunsh packed her bag ready On her return trip from Lebanon to Ethiopia. She left Beirut airport last month, after four years of trying to complete the legal procedures necessary for her travel. This young Ethiopian woman was one of the thousands of migrant workers stranded in Lebanon, against whom complaints are often unfair, after they fled from the sponsor’s house, after being subjected to ill-treatment. Terunc does not know the charge that was brought against her, but she says that she suffered starvation and torture in the house of a Lebanese family she was working for, so she fled.

  According to a report in the pro-Turkish government Daily Sabah newspaper, the suspects are accused of spying for Israel's intelligence service, the Mossad. According to the report of the newspaper, which is close to the ruling party, the Turkish National Intelligence Service and the Istanbul police arrested 44 people suspected of carrying out "special secret activities" under the direction of the Mossad. The suspects were accused of spying on Palestinian citizens, institutions and NGOs in Turkey, while they (the suspects) were pretending to work as employees of a consulting company, according to the newspaper

India's impressions are found in each fear action in the country, Inside Priest Rana Sanaullah said Tuesday, taking note of that Pakistan has been a survivor of psychological warfare for a really long time. Tending to a joint question and answer session flanked by Extra Controller General (AIG) of Counter Psychological warfare Division (CTD) Punjab Imran Mehmood, the inside serve said India's noxious exercises have gone "past that of a foe state" just to conceal its barbarities in involved Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). "India, through some way or the other, charms the worldwide local area and afterward takes part in fear based oppressor exercises in Pakistan," the priest added. Today, the investigator general will brief you on a psychological oppression occurrence that Pakistan has chosen to introduce before the global local area and uncover India's "evil" plan. "This episode occurred some time back and we have gotten every one of the guilty ...

  Lashing out at the coalition government, former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said that it will not damage the interest of the "gang of thieves" if the country defaults. Lashing out at the coalition government, former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said that it will not damage the interest of the "gang of thieves" if the country defaults. He added that the US dollar will further shoot up and there would be no foreign investment "if Pakistan defaults". A group of thieves has been imposed on us,” the deposed premier said, adding that the gang has been stealing national wealth for the past 30 years. He also said they were laundering the looted money abroad via illegal means including hundi and hawala. A day earlier, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar reiterated that the “economy is going in the right direction” and it would “not default”. He added that no more experiments could b...

  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia and China consented to an essential organization arrangement on Thursday during a visit by the Chinese chief Xi Jinping to the realm, underlining the developing ties among Beijing and a longstanding American partner that is looking for more prominent independence. Mr. Xi held chats with Crown Sovereign Mohammed canister Salman, 37, the true leader of Saudi Arabia, in the first of a progression of highest points anticipated the Chinese president's three-day visit. After his two-sided gatherings with Saudi authorities, Mr. Xi is supposed to go to twin culminations with pioneers from other Inlet, Middle Easterner and African nations, including Egypt, Djibouti and Iraq. The Palestinian Power president, Mahmoud Abbas, is additionally expected to join. "This will be the biggest and most significant level strategic occasion among China and the Middle Easterner world starting from the establishing of Individuals' Republic of China," a Chi...