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AHEMEDABAD: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPIA), managed by Adani Airport Holdings Limited (AAHL), has won the prestigious Certificate of Merit at the 'National Energy Conservation Awards 2024' (NECA 2024), making it the only airport in India to receive this coveted award, it was announced on Saturday. AAHL, a subsidiary of Adani Enterprises Ltd, has been recognized for its exceptional commitment to energy conservation. The NECA Awards, organized by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency in the Ministry of Power, honors organizations that demonstrate outstanding achievements in energy efficiency. “SVPI Airport's commitment to sustainability extends beyond energy conservation. The Airport is actively pursuing initiatives to reduce its environmental impact, including waste reduction, recycling, and the use of fully renewable energy sources,” said the company. By embracing innovative technologies and sustainable practices, SVPI Airport is setting a new benchmark for the aviation industry. “This NECA 2024 award is testament to the airport's dedication to creating a greener and more sustainable future,” said the Adani Airport Holdings. SVPI Airport has implemented a comprehensive range of energy-saving measures, including state-of-the-art systems with high-efficiency cooling which have replaced less efficient chillers and cooling towers, resulting in a significant reduction in energy consumption. The implementation of centralised chiller systems and energy-efficient Variable Refrigerant Volume (VRV) air conditioning systems has significantly improved the energy performance of the airport's Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems. Water conservation at the airport includes the installation of water-efficient aerators and recycling sewage water for various purposes, including horticulture and use in the HVAC systems. “Sustainable transportation with the use of electric vehicles for airport operations has enabled SVPI Airport to significantly reduce its carbon footprint and fossil fuel consumption,” it emphasised. The record-breaking, half-year performance of Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL) this fiscal has been led by Adani New Industries Ltd (ANIL) and Adani Airport Holdings Ltd (AAHL), with their rapid growth in capacity additions and asset utilization.New Delhi, Nov 22 (PTI) Markets regulator Sebi on Friday proposed diversifying and widening the ownership of the clearing corporations, which are at present wholly-owned subsidiaries of stock exchanges. Sebi rules prohibit clearing corporations (CCs) from listing publicly but allow stock exchanges (their parent entities) to list, indirectly exposing CCs to market pressures. "While looking to broad base and diversify the ownership of CCs, it is important to ensure that such a transition is fair to all stakeholders (including to the current shareholders of the parent exchange) and causes minimal disruption to the capital markets ecosystem," Sebi said in its consultation paper. Considering this, one approach could be a pro-rata distribution of 49 per cent of shareholding of a CC to the existing shareholders of the parent exchange and the balance 51 per cent of shareholding would remain with the parent exchange to start with. The parent exchange could then be given 5 years to bring down this holding to 15 per cent or lower, by selling down their stake to other exchanges. This approach would mean that CCs would remain majority-owned by exchanges in line with the SECC norms. "Alternatively, the entire shareholding of a CC could be allotted to the existing shareholders of exchanges, who would then be free to trade their shares in the CC. This would allow for a clean break of the CC from its parent exchange, in a manner that is fair to the existing shareholders of the parent exchange," Sebi has proposed. Further, it has been suggested that CCs will continue to be prohibited from listing. Jyoti Prakash Gadia - Managing Director at Resurgent India, a Sebi-registered merchant bank, said the discussion paper correctly highlights the fact that with the widening and steep growth of the capital markets, the role of clearing corporations should be to function independently without any conflict of interest or bias in favour of the parent stock exchange. Two divergent propositions have been proposed to spread and widen the shareholding of the CCs. Additionally, the regulator has suggested CCs should operate as profit-making public utilities, reinvesting in technology, infrastructure, and risk management. Besides, fee structures should remain reasonable without increasing costs for investors. The regulator has suggested encouraging multi-asset CCs while maintaining multiple CCs to reduce reliance on a single entity and enhance systemic resilience. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has sought public comments on these proposals by December 13. (This story has not been edited by THE WEEK and is auto-generated from PTI)Dec. 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Poison experts see it every winter holiday season: Parents rush kids to the emergency room or call hotlines, panicking that their child has ingested something dangerous. Between holiday breaks, visiting relatives' homes, attending festivities, and opening gifts galore, kids face extra risks for accidental exposure to poison. In addition to heart felt season’s greetings, the Nebraska Poison Center sends out reminders that changes in routine may increase risks for kids. Poison experts urge parents and party hosts to remember safety best practices. • Pretty holiday plants aren't edible. Keep small children and animals away from mistletoe, holly berries, yew plants and poinsettias. • Be mindful of small batteries. Toys, games, watches, remotes, and musical greeting cards may contain button or disc batteries. If swallowed, they can become stuck and cause serious injury or death if not removed. • Watch out for water beads and magnets in toys . Expanding water beads and rare earth magnets are inappropriate for those who may ingest them. Strong magnets can stick together in the intestines and trigger a medical emergency. If water beads are swallowed, they may swell and cause a blockage in the intestines. • Be on the lookout for nicotine-containing products, including vape liquid and chewing tobacco, as well as CBD and THC products . These are often in brightly colored packaging that can easily be mistaken for candy or other food items for children. If swallowed by youngsters, nicotine may cause shakiness, vomiting or seizures. Keep these items away from common areas, locked and out of reach. • Lock up cleaning cabinets. Cleansers, laundry pods, and other cleaning products should also be stored out of sight. Do not mix chemicals together when cleaning and follow all label directions for using these products. • Remind relatives without small children about the importance of child-proofing prescription drugs . Encourage friends and family to store medications up, out of sight and locked up tight, not out on a nightstand or counter. Keep all purses and travel bags secured. • Be vigilant about the bar and alcohol. Alcoholic beverages are more readily accessible during gatherings. Clean immediately after gatherings and remove all items that may contain alcohol. Sadly, the holiday season can bring joy and grief simultaneously. As seasonal calls to the Poison Center concerning children increase, so do calls about intentional harm. If you or a loved one are having thoughts of self-harm or are in a crisis, remember that you are not alone. Call 988 to reach the 24/7 National Suicide and Crisis Line for help. Prevention is the best way to avoid and minimize poisonings. The Poison Center’s specially trained registered nurses and pharmacists are available 24/7/365. If you have questions or suspect poisoning exposure, call 1-800-222-1222. Your call will be routed to a local poison control center. Poison Center services are free and confidential. More information The Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA) has more about poison exposure. SOURCE: Holiday Help From the Nebraska Poison Center, fact sheet.IT problems struck flights at two oneworld Alliance member airlines this week, leading to delays and flight cancellations. Network equipment connecting internal and external systems at Japan Airlines (JAL) malfunctioned early on Dec. 26 after “receiving a large amount of data from an external source,” the company said. Delays due to too much traffic The description suggests it may have been hit by a . “The cause of the failure and the impact range of the system issues have been identified, and the system has been restored,” it said in the last of a series of statements recounting . JAL emphasized that there was “no customer data leakage or virus damage” and no threat to flight safety. It was, however, forced to temporarily suspend services including last-minute upgrades and access to standby seats. The company said that 71 flights were delayed by half an hour or more as a result of the incident, with the longest delay being just over four hours. It cancelled four flights on Thursday, with a fifth cancellation expected on Friday. Earlier in the week, American Airlines was forced to ground flights for up to an hour on Christmas Eve, one of the busiest travel days of the year. American asked US Federal Aviation Administration to issue a “nationwide groundstop” at 6:50 am Eastern Time on Tuesday, preventing any of its aircraft from flying. The advisory was lifted an hour later. Vendor technology issue The airline blamed the problems on a “vendor technology issue” in a message sent from its official X/Twitter account. The issue was in networking equipment managed by DXC Technologies, according to an American Airlines statement cited by several news outlets. Neither DXC nor American immediately responded to our requests for comment. American has been working with DXC to modernize mainframe systems using a devops approach, according to a . In a separate modernization initiative, it also , so it should be well placed to evaluate the consequences of Tuesday morning’s outage. The disruptions were relatively minor compared to the over a ten-day period at the end of 2022, when disruptions due to bad weather triggered the collapse of IT systems at a time when many Americans were travelling for the holidays. Lauren Woods, who took over as Southwest’s CIO just two months after the incident, described her new role euphemistically as an “ ” in an interview with CIO.com earlier this year.

Brazil president ‘stable’ after emergency surgeryQuest Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp. ( NASDAQ:BHRB – Free Report ) in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 7,843 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $478,000. Quest Partners LLC owned about 0.05% of Burke & Herbert Financial Services as of its most recent SEC filing. Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in BHRB. HHM Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Burke & Herbert Financial Services during the second quarter worth about $29,000. Fortitude Family Office LLC raised its position in shares of Burke & Herbert Financial Services by 1,666.0% during the 2nd quarter. Fortitude Family Office LLC now owns 936 shares of the company’s stock worth $48,000 after purchasing an additional 883 shares during the last quarter. LSV Asset Management purchased a new stake in Burke & Herbert Financial Services in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $108,000. Truist Financial Corp acquired a new stake in Burke & Herbert Financial Services during the 2nd quarter valued at $202,000. Finally, TIAA Trust National Association purchased a new position in Burke & Herbert Financial Services during the second quarter worth $213,000. Burke & Herbert Financial Services Trading Up 1.0 % BHRB stock opened at $69.39 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15, a quick ratio of 0.83 and a current ratio of 0.83. Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp. has a 52-week low of $46.00 and a 52-week high of $75.32. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $63.93 and its 200-day simple moving average is $58.70. Burke & Herbert Financial Services Increases Dividend Wall Street Analyst Weigh In BHRB has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. DA Davidson assumed coverage on Burke & Herbert Financial Services in a research note on Wednesday, October 16th. They set a “buy” rating and a $76.00 price objective on the stock. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods lowered their price target on shares of Burke & Herbert Financial Services from $73.00 to $72.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, October 29th. Get Our Latest Analysis on BHRB Insider Buying and Selling at Burke & Herbert Financial Services In related news, Director Gary L. Hinkle purchased 1,548 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, November 18th. The shares were bought at an average price of $68.50 per share, for a total transaction of $106,038.00. Following the acquisition, the director now directly owns 238,355 shares in the company, valued at $16,327,317.50. This trade represents a 0.65 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link . 9.65% of the stock is owned by company insiders. About Burke & Herbert Financial Services ( Free Report ) Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp. operates as the bank holding company for Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust Company that provides various community banking products and services in Virginia and Maryland. It offers consumer and commercial deposit products, such as digital banking, demand, negotiable order of withdrawal, money market, and savings accounts, as well as certificates of deposit. Featured Articles Want to see what other hedge funds are holding BHRB? Visit HoldingsChannel.com to get the latest 13F filings and insider trades for Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp. ( NASDAQ:BHRB – Free Report ). Receive News & Ratings for Burke & Herbert Financial Services Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Burke & Herbert Financial Services and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .

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The Kansas City Chiefs bounced back from their first defeat of the season with a dramatic 30-27 win over the Carolina Panthers. The reigning Super Bowl champions saw their run of 15 straight wins ended by the Buffalo Bills last week, but got back to winning ways thanks to star quarterback Patrick Mahomes. After a late Chuba Hubbard touchdown and two-point conversion had made it 27-27, the Chiefs got the ball back with less than two minutes on the clock and a 33-yard run from Mahomes helped set up Spencer Shrader for a game-winning field goal. Mahomes finished the game with 269 yards and three touchdowns, two of them to Noah Gray in the first half. Running back Jahmyr Gibbs scored two touchdowns as the Detroit Lions beat the Indianapolis Colts 24-6 to improve their record to 10-1, matching that of the Chiefs. David Montgomery also ran for a score before having to leave the game with a shoulder injury. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers ended a four-game losing streak with a 30-7 win over the New York Giants, who “mutually agreed” to terminate the contract of quarterback Daniel Jones earlier this week. Jones’ replacement Tommy DeVito was sacked four times while opposite number Baker Mayfield ran for a touchdown and completed 24 of 30 pass attempts for 294 yards. Rachaad White, Bucky Irving and Sean Tucker also ran for touchdowns in a one-sided contest. The Dallas Cowboys ended their five-game losing streak with a remarkable 34-26 win over the Washington Commanders, with 30 points scored in the final three minutes. KaVontae Turpin’s 99-yard kick-off return for a touchdown looked to have sealed victory for the Cowboys, only for the Commanders to respond with a field goal before getting the ball back with 33 seconds remaining. Wide receiver Terry McLaurin sprinted 86 yards through the Dallas defence for a touchdown, only for Austin Seibert to miss the extra point. The Commanders tried an onside kick and Juanyeh Thomas returned it 43 yards for a touchdown. Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa threw four touchdown passes as the Miami Dolphins cruised to a 34-15 win over the New England Patriots, while the Tennessee Titans pulled off a surprise 32-27 victory at the Houston Texans. The Minnesota Vikings improved to 9-2 thanks to a 30-27 overtime win against the Chicago Bears, Parker Romo kicking the decisive field goal from 29 yards.Developing Nations Blast $300 Bln COP29 Climate Deal as Insufficient

Luigi Nicholas Mangione, the suspect in the fatal shooting of a healthcare executive in New York City, apparently was living a charmed life: the grandson of a wealthy real estate developer, valedictorian of his elite Baltimore prep school and with degrees from one of the nation's top private universities. Friends at an exclusive co-living space at the edge of touristy Waikiki in Hawaii where the 26-year-old Mangione once lived widely considered him a “great guy,” and pictures on his social media accounts show a fit, smiling, handsome young man on beaches and at parties. Now, investigators in New York and Pennsylvania are working to piece together why Mangione may have diverged from this path to make the violent and radical decision to gun down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in a brazen attack on a Manhattan street. The killing sparked widespread discussions about corporate greed, unfairness in the medical insurance industry and even inspired folk-hero sentiment toward his killer. But Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro sharply refuted that perception after Mangione's arrest on Monday when a customer at a McDonald's restaurant in Pennsylvania spotted Mangione eating and noticed he resembled the shooting suspect in security-camera photos released by New York police. “In some dark corners, this killer is being hailed as a hero. Hear me on this, he is no hero,” Shapiro said. “The real hero in this story is the person who called 911 at McDonald’s this morning.” Mangione comes from a prominent Maryland family. His grandfather, Nick Mangione, who died in 2008, was a successful real estate developer. One of his best-known projects was Turf Valley Resort, a sprawling luxury retreat and conference center outside Baltimore that he purchased in 1978. The Mangione family also purchased Hayfields Country Club north of Baltimore in 1986. On Monday, Baltimore County police officers blocked off an entrance to the property, which public records link to Luigi Mangione’s parents. Reporters and photographers gathered outside the entrance. The father of 10 children, Nick Mangione prepared his five sons — including Luigi Mangione’s father, Louis Mangione — to help manage the family business, according to a 2003 Washington Post report. Nick Mangione had 37 grandchildren, including Luigi, according to the grandfather's obituary. Luigi Mangione’s grandparents donated to charities through the Mangione Family Foundation, according to a statement from Loyola University commemorating Nick Mangione’s wife’s death in 2023. They donated to various causes, including Catholic organizations, colleges and the arts. One of Luigi Mangione’s cousins is Republican Maryland state legislator Nino Mangione, a spokesman for the lawmaker’s office confirmed. “Our family is shocked and devastated by Luigi’s arrest,” Mangione’s family said in a statement posted on social media by Nino Mangione. “We offer our prayers to the family of Brian Thompson and we ask people to pray for all involved.” Mangione, who was valedictorian of his elite Maryland prep school, earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in computer science in 2020 from the University of Pennsylvania, a university spokesman told The Associated Press. He learned to code in high school and helped start a club at Penn for people interested in gaming and game design, according to a 2018 story in Penn Today, a campus publication. His social media posts suggest he belonged to the fraternity Phi Kappa Psi. They also show him taking part in a 2019 program at Stanford University, and in photos with family and friends at the Jersey Shore and in Hawaii, San Diego, Puerto Rico, and other destinations. The Gilman School, from which Mangione graduated in 2016, is one of Baltimore’s elite prep schools. The children of some of the city’s wealthiest and most prominent residents, including Orioles legend Cal Ripken Jr., have attended the school. Its alumni include sportswriter Frank Deford and former Arizona Gov. Fife Symington. In his valedictory speech, Luigi Mangione described his classmates’ “incredible courage to explore the unknown and try new things.” Story continues below video Mangione took a software programming internship after high school at Maryland-based video game studio Firaxis, where he fixed bugs on the hit strategy game Civilization 6, according to a LinkedIn profile. Firaxis' parent company, Take-Two Interactive, said it would not comment on former employees. He more recently worked at the car-buying website TrueCar, but has not worked there since 2023, the head of the Santa Monica, California-based company confirmed to the AP. From January to June 2022, Mangione lived at Surfbreak, a “co-living” space at the edge of touristy Waikiki in Honolulu. Like other residents of the shared penthouse catering to remote workers, Mangione underwent a background check, said Josiah Ryan, a spokesperson for owner and founder R.J. Martin. “Luigi was just widely considered to be a great guy. There were no complaints,” Ryan said. “There was no sign that might point to these alleged crimes they’re saying he committed.” At Surfbreak, Martin learned Mangione had severe back pain from childhood that interfered with many aspects of his life, including surfing, Ryan said. “He went surfing with R.J. once but it didn’t work out because of his back,” Ryan said, but noted that Mangione and Martin often went together to a rock-climbing gym. Mangione left Surfbreak to get surgery on the mainland, Ryan said, then later returned to Honolulu and rented an apartment. An image posted to a social media account linked to Mangione showed what appeared to be an X-ray of a metal rod and multiple screws inserted into someone's lower spine. Martin stopped hearing from Mangione six months to a year ago. An X account linked to Mangione includes recent posts about the negative impact of smartphones on children; healthy eating and exercise habits; psychological theories; and a quote from Indian philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti about the dangers of becoming “well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” Mangione likely was motivated by his anger at what he called “parasitic” health insurance companies and a disdain for corporate greed, according to a law enforcement bulletin obtained by AP. He wrote that the U.S. has the most expensive healthcare system in the world and that the profits of major corporations continue to rise while “our life expectancy” does not, according to the bulletin, based on a review of the suspect’s handwritten notes and social media posts. He appeared to view the targeted killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO as a symbolic takedown, asserting in his note that he is the “first to face it with such brutal honesty,” the bulletin said. Mangione called “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski a “political revolutionary” and may have found inspiration from the man who carried out a series of bombings while railing against modern society and technology, the document said. Associated Press reporters Lea Skene in Baltimore; Jennifer Sinco Kelleher in Honolulu; Maryclaire Dale in Philadelphia; John Seewer in Toledo, Ohio; and Michael Kunzelman in Washington, D.C., contributed to this report.How not to do a BRT

Spoilers for Fire Country Season 3 , Episode 7 are ahead! If you haven’t seen it yet, you can stream it with a Paramount+ subscription . When Fire Country ’s latest episode on the 2024 TV schedule dropped, a major game-changing choice was made. I’m, of course, talking about Gabriela and Jake hooking up in the final moments of the episode, because it’s clear as day that this will cause some chaos in Station 42. Now, as fans reel with this development, Stephanie Arcila broke down why her character did this and why she’s “really grateful” for this development. I had the chance to chat with Arcila about Episode 7 specifically, and our conversation began with me noting my shock about Gabriela and Jake reigniting their long-put-out romantic flame. She said she was surprised by it too, and she didn’t know it was coming: No, I had no idea. I was just as surprised as all of you when I read it. Yeah, it was shocking. But it also shows what state Gabriela is [in], right? It's spiraling and concerning and as well as just a cry for love and help, right? She makes a good point here, after Bode broke things off with her, a semi-questionable night with Camden , and Gabriela closing herself off, it’s clear that she’s spiraling. As Arcila said, it’s a “cry for love and help,” and hopefully she’ll get that in the coming episodes. Jake is in a similar boat, as he’s still grieving Cara and dealing with Gen wanting to stay with her biological father. So they are both in need of an outlet for their pent-up struggles and emotions. However, while they both needed that, their hooking up was unexpected. Noting that both she and Jordan Calloway (who plays Jake) were in “shock” when they read the script and that last scene, they also quickly realized the goal of this story. Arcila told me: I know a lot of people are pissed, but I know we're really grateful that we're not perfect, and they're humanizing us. And people make mistakes, and people, you know, make decisions based on where they're at, emotionally and mentally. I think the shocking aspect of it is good, and there has to be conflict for healing, right? Without conflict, we don't know what we want. Without conflict, we don't know where we're at, what we don't want and what we want. Conflict is not always a bad thing. Gabriela has really been through it. She didn’t say “I do” at her wedding, Diego confronted her about Bode , she and Bode had a brief fling, and then he (rightfully) broke things off with her. She’s clearly in need of help and, honestly, a good cry. CINEMABLEND NEWSLETTER Your Daily Blend of Entertainment News As Arcila explained during our interview, Gabriela is a “steaming pot” with a lid on it, and eventually, that has to “pop.” It feels like her reigniting her relationship with Jake could lead to that, which, despite fans’ worry, could be a good thing, as the actress explained: I think fans love Bode and Gabriela at the end of the day. So fans have a lot of questions and are not ecstatic. But I think, at the end of the day, I'm really grateful that they've shown that Gabriela is not perfect, that Gabriela does go through stuff, and that Gabriela has had a lid on her. What people have thought is perfect has really been just a lid on a steaming pot ready to pop eventually. She then went on to explain that over these three seasons, Gabriela has had to deal with so much upheaval and change. She’s lost her father and Bode. Also, it's important to remember that she really hasn’t been in Edgewater for that long, meaning she's still figuring out her place in her new home. Overall, her life has changed dramatically in a short period of time, and she’s in need of a new outlet for her emotions that isn’t work. To that point, the Gabriela performer said that this moment with Jake could emphasize the need for her character to process everything she’s been through in a more complete way: Whether a life changes for the good or the bad, there's still a process that has to happen mentally. There's still an adjustment of getting to know yourself and these new dynamics and new circumstances. And if you don't go through those processes, your mind eventually, mentally, is gonna explode. So, yeah, I was shocked by Gabriela and Jake getting together, and it seemed like a very bad decision. However, it also feels like it could be the impotence that forces both of them to really look inward and start the process of healing. They’ve both faced a lot of tragedy and loss, now they really need to work on themselves. Arcila made that point clear, and now it will be interesting to see if that starts happening when Fire Country returns to CBS this Friday at 9 p.m. ET.

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