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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Top billionaire investor and D-Mart promoter Radhakishan Damani opposed the candidate for chairmanship proposed by British American Tobacco (BAT for its Indian unit VST Industries Ltd, leading to his rejection at a shareholder vote, according to voting disclosures and an executive privy to the development. Opposition from Damani, who owns nearly a third of India's third largest cigarette maker, marks a rare episode of opposition from the investor who holds more than 1% shares in 11 publicly listed companies.

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Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, has recently come under fire for his outspoken views on UK politics, but his ties to his British family have also raised eyebrows. While Musk has strong familial connections to Liverpool, the birthplace of his late grandmother, a family member has shared how Musk dismissed their attempts to contact him. Cousin Shares Social Media Interaction with Musk Marshall Robinson, Musk’s 86-year-old cousin, spoke to Daily Mail about their family’s efforts to reach out to the billionaire. Robinson revealed that one family member sent Musk a social media message, to which he replied bluntly, «What do you want?» Robinson said, “I have never been in touch” with Musk directly, emphasizing that this was the only interaction they had.

The victims were Chandram Yegapagol, 48, the MD and CEO of IAST Software Solutions Private Limited, his wife Gaurabai, 42, their 16-year-old son Gyan, daughter Deeksha, 12, Yegapagol's sister-in-law Vijayalakshmi, 36, and her six-year-old daughter Arya, according to ToI. Yegapagol and the others were heading to their hometown Sangli in Maharashtra in their new Volvo XC90 SUV, when the horrific accident happened around 11 am near Tippagondanahalli on the B'luru-Tumakuru stretch of the highway. «Chandram was driving responsibly and was not at fault,» police told ToI.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Christmas came early for energy nerds with the arrival of a dense 136-page document detailing how the UK government plans to decarbonize the nation’s electricity supply by 2030.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Indian farmers get only one-third of the final selling price, with the rest being enjoyed by the traders, wholesalers and retailers among themselves." Having worked closely with the agrarian economy for over two decades now, I found the conclusions of this research paper published by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to be an affirmation of my frequent observations and pre-suppositions about general practices in the country’s agriculture sector. Creating essential market linkages and consolidating farmers under umbrella bodies should have helped solve much of that problem.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Our pages have been full of suffering in 2024. War has raged on three continents: the world watched Gaza, Lebanon and Ukraine most closely, but the fighting in Sudan was the most deadly.

Mark Burnett, the power producer who helped reintroduce Donald Trump to a national television audience with «The Apprentice,» is being tapped by the president-elect as special envoy to the United Kingdom in his upcoming administration. «With a distinguished career in television production and business, Mark brings a unique blend of diplomatic acumen and international recognition to this important role,» Trump announced Saturday. Burnett, who was born in London, helped produce hits like «Survivor» and «The Voice,» but is perhaps best known for teaming up with Trump for «The Apprentice,» which first aired on NBC in 2004.

Rishi Sunak surprised many within his own Conservative Party by calling an earlier-than-expected election on July 4 — exactly a month on from a third term win for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's National Democratic Alliance. This meant the FTA talks, having entered their 14th round of intense negotiations, slipped into a more uncertain phase until the new Labour Party-led government committed itself to «deepening our bilateral ties». «We agreed to raise the ambition of our UK-India comprehensive strategic partnership… Crucially, this work will start with trade and investment, and I am pleased to say that we agreed to relaunch Free Trade Agreement negotiations early in the new year,» said newly-elected British Prime Minister Keir Starmer after his first meeting with Modi on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Brazil last month.

Mark Burnett, the power producer who helped reintroduce Donald Trump to a national television audience with "The Apprentice", is being tapped by the president-elect as special envoy to the United Kingdom in his upcoming administration. «With a distinguished career in television production and business, Mark brings a unique blend of diplomatic acumen and international recognition to this important role,» Trump announced on Saturday. Burnett, who was born in London, helped produce hits like «Survivor» and «The Voice», but is perhaps best known for teaming up with Trump for «The Apprentice», which first aired on NBC in 2004.

James Bond film. There have been rumours that the renowned James Bond series may be postponed indefinitely following months of conjecture over the upcoming film. Now, the franchise itself appears to be struggling for its own survival, much like the fictional British agent. Despite the fact that Daniel Craig's last Bond movie, No Time To Die, was released more than three years ago, it seems that a purported dispute between Amazon and producing partner Barbara Broccoli is keeping us from seeing the next Bond film, as quoted in a report by Metro. A few years ago, Amazon paid £6.4 billion to acquire Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio, which gave them half of the rights to Bond.

Scheduled to take place in Saudi Arabia, this fight is expected to net Fury an impressive £60 million, as mentioned in a report by Mirror USA. However, should Usyk secure a second victory, Fury stands to lose nearly half of his prize money to the taxman.

5,000-year-old marvel, have puzzled researchers. Now, new research from University College London and Aberystwyth University sheds new light on its purpose and the origins of its stones. According to the research, the massive stones of Stonehenge were sourced from far-reaching corners of Britain, including southwest Wales and northeast Scotland. This effort wasn’t just architectural but symbolic. Communities from these regions are believed to have transported their local stones to Wiltshire as a gesture of unity. Lead author Professor Mike Parker Pearson stated, “[Stonehenge was] a monument of unification for the peoples of Britain, celebrating their eternal links with their ancestors and the cosmos.” The study emphasizes the collaborative effort to create a shared identity across ancient Britain.

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Google Maps cameras have captured some pretty interesting photos in the past, preserved on the mapping software for the world to find, but this time the images have given police an extra clue in the arrests of two people in connection with a murder investigation.The images in question were captured by a Google Maps car camera in October, in which a man can be seen hunched over the trunk of a car on a nearly deserted street in Spain, loading a large, bulky object wrapped in what appears to be a white sheet or bags.Police say they believe the object is tied to the death of a Cuban national living in Spain who was reported missing by a relative in late 2023.According to newspaper El País, the man had been living in the northern Spanish municipality of Soria, where he had turned up hoping to track down a woman believed to be his partner.The relative of the missing man contacted police, saying he’d received some suspicious text messages from the man’s phone saying he’d met another woman and would be leaving Spain and ditching his phone.“This made the complainant suspect that the messages had not been sent by the missing person and led him to report it to police,” police said in a statement.Last month, according to Reuters, a man and woman were initially arrested on suspicion of kidnapping. On Dec.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In the 17th century Visvagunadarsana by Venkatadhvari, two celestial beings go on a tour of India. Flying from the Himalayas to Kanyakumari, they review the land’s many towns and holy sites, with one gandharva noticing only bad, the other more good.

Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) and EcoHealth Alliance. This effort aimed to collect and study 500,000 unknown viruses with the potential to infect humans, costing an estimated $3 billion. The project, co-led by EcoHealth's Peter Daszak and Wuhan’s Shi Zhengli, proceeded despite biosafety concerns and warnings about national security risks. New documents obtained by US Right to Know (USRTK) highlight these concerns just months before the Covid-19 outbreak. The Global Virome Project aimed to identify and experiment with 99% of undiscovered viruses that could jump from animals to humans. Supported by USAID and the US State Department from 2016 to 2019, the project also involved China’s Academy of Military Medical Sciences and Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI), a company later blacklisted by the Pentagon. The initiative faced scrutiny over transparency, data ownership, and potential national security threats, as the US and Chinese governments were warned about each other’s involvement. Also Read: The Housemaid: When will the Sydney Sweeney thriller release in US and UK

Middle East. Prince Andrew hasn't exactly had a great December, or decade, when it comes to royal scandals. Following Andrew's forced withdrawal from the King's Christmas lunch and his decision to skip the Sandringham holidays due to the Duke of York's alleged ties to Chinese spy Yango Tengbo, it appears that the only people standing by him are his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson and their daughters Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, as quoted in a report by Marie Claire. According to the Daily Beast, Prince Andrew's predicament has gotten so bad that some of his friends are even considering leaving the nation.

The film, which promises to keep audiences on the edge of their seats, has now confirmed its release date in US cinemas on Christmas Day in 2025, as mentioned in a report by Digital Spy.

HBO has confirmed the renewal of Dune: Prophecy for a second season. The announcement was made during a virtual press conference. The news comes just days before the finale of the first season, scheduled to air on December 22.