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Maharashtra Navnirman Sena announced a fifth list of 15 candidates for Maharashtra assembly elections. MNS has nominated Yogesh Chile from Panvel, Shivshankar Lagar from Khamgaon, Mallinath Patil from Akkalkot, Nagesh Paskanti from Solapur City, Madhya Amit Deshmukh from Jalgaon, Jamod Bhayyasaheb Patil from Mehkar, Rupesh Deshmukh from Gangakedhe Shekhar Dunde from Umred, Balasaheb Pathrikar from Fulambri Rajendra Gapat from Paranda Devdutt More from Osmanabad (Dharashiv) Sagar Dudhane from Katol Someshwar Kadam from Beed Faisal Popere from Srivardhan Yuvraj Yeddre from Radhanagari. Earlier in the day, MNS candidate for the Worli Assembly seat, Sandeep Deshpande, criticised incumbent MLA Aaditya Thackeray--son of Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray--alleging that Thackeray has not met his constituency's residents over the past five years.

₹600 per kg to ₹1,000 per kg, premium Mamra almonds from Iran up about 25% to ₹3,500 per kg, and prunes in some cases doubling from ₹500 per kg to ₹1,000 per kg. Pistachio prices have risen from ₹2,000 per kg to ₹2,800 per kg in the past month.Overall, he said, imported dry fruit prices have increased between 15% and 100%, depending on availability and sourcing constraints.India sources a wide range of dry fruits globally, with Iran and Afghanistan among the key suppliers of pistachios, figs, raisins, apricots, dates and premium Mamra almonds.

Removing Venezuela’s dictator introduced ‘Trump’s Corollary’ in Latin America with an exclamation point. The White House’s updated take on the Monroe Doctrine had its baptism of fire on Saturday, when US forces captured Nicolás Maduro at his Caracas stronghold, decapitating the Chavista regime responsible for bankrupting one of the world’s richest oil nations. Less than a month after Washington unveiled a new National Security Strategy pledging to restore American pre-eminence in the Western Hemisphere—by force if necessary—Maduro and his wife were on their way to New York to face “narco-terrorism” charges.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Chileans on Sunday elected their most right-wing president in a generation, with hard-line conservative José Antonio Kast winning easily after vowing to clamp down on crime and illegal immigration. Kast’s victory over Jeannette Jara, a Communist, adds to a wave of electoral wins by right-wing politicians across Latin America, giving President Trump new allies who are on board with his anti-migrant policies.

Across much of the industrial world, trust in government is low and declining. Why is this happening and why exactly does it matter? An unusually thorough new study looks at these questions and finds answers that are somewhat unexpected and, in one way, more disturbing than you might have guessed.The fact of diminished trust is hardly a revelation, least of all in countries such as the US, where anti-establishment populists have turned politics upside down and elite expertise has become not just distrusted but disdained. Last year, a survey found that fewer than one is six Americans expect Washington to do the right thing “nearly always” (1%) or “most of the time” (15%).

Airtel, HDFC Bank, Macrotech Developers, Maruti Suzuki, Hindustan Zinc among others will be in focus due to various news developments. SpiceJet SpiceJet, which had regular flights to Nepal before the Covid pandemic, has received scheduled approval and slots from Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA).

India and Chile on Tuesday decided to start negotiations on a mutually beneficial comprehensive economic partnership agreement as Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font for wide-ranging talks focusing on boosting bilateral ties in diverse areas. Boric is on a five-day state visit to India to explore ways to shore up bilateral cooperation in a number of areas, including trade and defence. «Today, we have directed our teams to begin discussions on a mutually beneficial comprehensive economic partnership agreement,» Modi said in his media statement after the talks. Partnership in the field of critical minerals will be explored, he said. The prime minister said work will also be done to establish resilient supply and value chains.

preferential trade agreement (PTA) into a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), making Chile the first Latin American country to have such a deal with New Delhi. Discussions on CEPA are expected to take place during Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font’s State Visit to India from April 1-5. He will be accompanied by a high-level delegation, including ministers, MPs, senior officials, business associations, media, and cultural representatives. The PTA between India and Chile was signed in 2006 and expanded in 2017. Officials are now looking at tariff and non-tariff barriers to boost trade between the two regions. The target is to double two-way commerce to $100 billion in the coming years. Key sectors for cooperation include automobiles, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals. Chile is India’s fifth-largest trading partner in Latin America. From April to December in FY25, India’s exports to Chile amounted to $860.26 million, mainly consisting of pharmaceuticals and vehicles. Imports were $2.07 billion, with ores, slag, ash, and copper being the primary inbound shipments. Indian trade organizations have been actively engaging with Chile through business summits and trade fairs in sectors such as pharma, apparel, handicrafts, and chemicals. An Indian mining delegation also visited Chile in April 2024 to explore collaboration opportunities in the mining sector.

International Day of Yoga and said the day had taken «the shape of a grand festival». The United Nations proclaimed June 21 as the International Day of Yoga with an aim to raise awareness worldwide of the many benefits of practising yoga. It was first celebrated in 2015. Sharing India's vision for a healthier world population in his monthly «Mann ki Baat» radio broadcast, Modi said, «The theme of yoga day, 2025, has been kept as 'Yoga for One Earth, One Health'. That is, we wish to make the whole world healthy through yoga.» The prime minister noted that, alongside fitness, keeping a count was also becoming a habit, citing examples of people keeping tabs on the number of steps taken, calories consumed and burnt in a day. «Amid all these counts, another countdown is about to begin. The countdown to the International Day of Yoga. Now, less than 100 days are left for yoga day. If you have not yet included yoga in your life, do it now. It is not too late yet,» he said. Noting the first International Day of Yoga was celebrated 10 years ago, Modi said, «Now this day has taken the shape of a grand festival of yoga. This is such a priceless gift from India to humanity, which is going to be very useful for future generations.»

Emerging economies such as India, Brazil and Vietnam, which impose tariff on American imports higher than what the US levies on them, face a high risk of reciprocal tariffs, global ratings agency Fitch said. “Brazil, India, Thailand, Malaysia, South Africa, Turkey and, on a simple average tariff basis, Vietnam and Indonesia, impose notably higher tariffs on exports from the US relative to tariffs imposed by the US on imports from these countries,” it said. US President Donald Trump has threatened with his reciprocal tariffs announcement on April 2 against trading partners he says have been “ripping off” the country by imposing high levies. As per the Fitch report, the tariffs in these economies were higher, both on a simple and trade-weighted average basis. “On a simple average basis, the highest differentials are in Brazil, India and Turkey,” Fitch said.

Piyush Goyal Wednesday proposed signing of free trade agreements individually with the members of the 4-member Mercosur bloc comprising Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. His statement comes as the efforts to expand the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) with the Mercosur are stuck. “I propose to either expand the MERCOSUR trade agreement or look at trade deals bilaterally,” he said at a CII event. India went ahead with a bilateral trade deal with UAE when the talks to secure a trade pact with Gulf Cooperation Council nations weren’t making much headway. Goyal also said that India is also working with Chile to expand its PTA with Chile and turn it into a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement. The PTA with Chile was signed in 2006 and expanded in 2017. Within the LAC region which includes 33 countries the FTA negotiations with Peru are in advanced stages.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth in 2032 have increased in a matter of weeks, raising concerns among astronomers, NASA has said in a statement. The world's largest space agency said the asteroid, discovered in December last year, is large enough to cause «localised damage.»

artificial intelligence (AI), the Current AI organisation announced, as per a report.

2024 YR4, is the size of the Statue of Liberty and carries the explosive force of multiple nuclear bombs. With the probability of impact rising, a newly released interactive map now shows exactly how devastating it would be if it collided with a major city, turning speculation into a terrifyingly real possibility.

asteroid which is being designated as 2024 YR4 eventually poses a potential risk of impacting Earth on the date of December 22 of the year 2032 with renowned scientists estimating a 1.2% chance of collision, reported The Mirror US.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. On Wednesday, India’s cabinet approved a national critical mineral mission. With an outlay of ₹34,300 crore, its aim is to strengthen India’s supply chain for key minerals and achieve self-reliance.

Nuts and Dry Fruits Council of India (NDFC) on Wednesday urged the government to rationalise walnut import duty on a per-kilogram basis, reduce GST to 5 per cent, and introduce a production-linked incentive scheme for the sector in its pre-budget proposals. India's dry fruits market is projected to hit USD 12 billion by 2029, growing at 18 per cent CAGR, according to the industry body.

Turbli.com, which analyzed over 10,000 routes connecting 550 of the world’s largest airports, here are some of the most turbulent flight routes in 2024.

Netflix has announced the renewal of Man on the Inside for a second season. The show debuted in November 2023, and the new season is expected to arrive in 2025.

NASA scientists have discovered an exoplanet, Neptune-sized planet, TOI-3261 b, where a year lasts just 21 Earth hours. The ultra-hot planet makes a scorchingly close orbit around its host star, resulting in its extremely short year, NASA said. Only the fourth object of its kind ever found, the planet could reveal clues as to how planets such as these form.

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