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BJP leader is likely to focus on the deprived people from districts who did not receive houses under the PM Awas Yojana, widow pension and dues from other central schemes through the Trinamool Congress government in Bengal, BJP sources claimed. The BJP leadership in Bengal has promised to help them even as politics over funds and central schemes continues between the Trinamool and BJP.

NEW DELHI : Airing of prime cricket property—the World Cup, preceded by the Asia Cup—has resulted in a dent in viewership and advertising for non-sports channels on television as well as streaming platforms. And the dent is sizeable. “Cricketing data available for 10 weeks, excluding the last week of the World Cup, compared with the previous 10-week period of non-cricketing months, shows that the sports genre GRPs increased by almost 322%, all dominated by cricket," said Chandrashekhar Mantha, partner, media and entertainment sector leader, Deloitte India.

New Delhi: These days, ecommerce firms offer hefty discounts on consumer products if you opt for equated monthly instalments (EMIs) on credit card purchases. But, what if you do not prefer the EMIs and would rather have only the discounts? Some people have come up with a clever workaround for this.

NEW DELHI : Generative artificial intelligence, the biggest buzzword in enterprise technology this year, will not be a factor helping India’s $245-billion information technology services industry return to revenue growth in the ongoing quarter or the next. In fact, gen AI’s contribution to the overall revenue of India’s top IT services firms is expected to be less than 1% despite an increasing number of pilots and partnerships in this emerging technology, say industry experts. This is not entirely unexpected.

Railways Board transferred him to the national capital in the Northern Railway (NR) zone just three days before his retirement, reported PTI. The report says according to the Railway Board transfer order, KP Arya— chief communication engineer from the Bilaspur division (Chhattisgarh)—is supposed to join the Northern Railways zone on a higher administrative grade post on November 28, 2023, while his retirement is due on November 30.

₹21,395 crore. Around 16 of these aircraft will be acquired in a ready-to-fly condition from the final assembly line at San Pablo Sur site in Seville, Spain. The first aircraft was handed over by Airbus earlier this year in the presence of Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhuri.

NEW DELHI : Tomato, onion and potato (TOP) farmers battling frequent price crashes may have relief at hand, with the Centre working on a pilot scheme to remove logistics bottlenecks in these crucial perishable crops. The pilot will be conducted under the agriculture ministry’s market intervention scheme (MIS), two officials aware of the plan said.

NEW DELHI : The draft Broadcast Services (Regulation) Bill, 2023, floated by the ministry of information and broadcasting earlier this month, has sparked concerns around the creative freedom of streaming platforms. Several provisions appear to border on censorship, which OTT (over-the-top) services have so far been exempted from.

NEW DELHI : In an extensive interview covering railways, information technology, and telecom, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw spelt out the government’s vision on multiple fronts—from making India an export engine of indigenous technologies, to strengthening and expanding the railway network with the right technologies to ensure safe and efficient operations, to ensuring that regulation keeps up with technology and therefore the Digital India Bill, to planning for India to take the lead in 6G where standards are yet to be set. New financial incentives for the components ecosystem may also be considered going forward. Edited excerpts: In every aspect of Railway safety, in the past nine-and-a-half-years, we have invested huge amounts.

NEW DELHI : Halloumi, the globally renowned, distinctive variety of cheese produced in Cyprus, had the country’s government saying there’s no moving their cheese. Cyprus successfully restrained an Indian entity from getting Halloumi registered as a trademark in India. The government of Cyprus objected to Ahmedabad-based Flavi Dairy Solutions’ application to register a figurative trademark containing the expression ‘Halloumi’.

New Delhi: India plans to showcase the Global Biofuels Alliance (GBA) at the upcoming UN Climate Conference (COP28) in the UAE, one of the world’s leading oil-producing nations. As part of the advocacy, the government also plans to light up the iconic Burj Khalifa with ‘GBA’, said two people aware of the development. The marquee alliance with India, the US and Brazil as its founding members was launched at the G20 summit hosted by New Delhi in September, and has grown rapidly, with a total of 22 countries having agreed to join the GBA.

United National Liberation Front (UNLF) faction led by Kh Pambei has decided to sign a mutual ceasefire agreement with the Government of India. The faction says it is preparing for a negotiated settlement to the protracted armed struggle to regain Manipur’s lost sovereignty. UNLF (Pambei) group’s general secretary Ch Thanil on Friday said that the outfit will soon sign a ceasefire and hold talks with the Government of India soon. Speaking on the occasion of UNLF’s 59th Anniversary at the newly inaugurated camp in Kakching Khunou area on November 25, Ch Thanil said the proposed process may be termed as “peace talk” and the UNLF (Pambei) will soon be engaged with Government of India authorities. Ch Thanil allayed “doubts” over the minds of the public in Manipur by asserting that — what the UNLF (Pambei) will be embarking upon will not be a “surrender” as being speculated by unscrupulous individuals.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday dismissed allegations by Kerala's Left government of negligence in fund allocation and claimed that the Central government promptly sends the required funds to the people of the southern state without any delay. Responding to the Left government's allegations of not releasing funds under various categories, she pointed fingers at the state government, alleging that it was due to the state's failure to meet the necessary criteria.

Hardeep Singh Nijjar on Canadian soil was not fully concluded. Urging Canada to release evidence to back up its allegation in connection with the killing, the Indian envoy maintained that New Delhi would look into anything «very specific and relevant» is communicated to them to back up Justin Trudeau's allegations. In an interview with CTV news channel, the high commissioner was asked about the allegations raised by Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau of possible Indian government's involvement in Nijjar's killing. Responding to this, Verma said, «There are two points on that. One is that, even without the investigation being concluded, India was convicted.

domestic produce, as opposed to imported blooms. India's increasing cultivation of exotic flowers such as orchids, carnations and tulips is meeting the rising demand.

global market as well as India’s trade. Queries sent to the food department and spokesperson of the Mali embassy in New Delhi remained unanswered at press time.

Introduced at the brand’s biggest motorcycling festival, Motoverse 2023, the Himalayan will be available in three variants: Base, Pass and Summit. The latest bike also comes in five colour options. “Embarking on the creation of the new Himalayan, we immersed ourselves in the riding experiences of our community, engaging with globetrotters, explorers, and athletes. Informed by these insights and our own journey in the Himalayas, we retained the crucial elements of its DNA and worked on the areas for evolution in the new and evolved Himalayan which is absolutely purpose-built for the Himalayas," said Royal Enfield CEO, B Govindarajan. The Himalayan, which had its global debut at EICMA 2023 earlier this month, will go on sale in Europe in March 2024. Starting prices for the motorbike will be 5,750 pounds in the UK and 5900 euros in other European countries. The chief also announced a special Himalayan Adventure calendar to encourage and further foster its community of riders to explore more. Himalayan Adventure calendar for 2024- 2025

Bank of India (RBI), banks will remain closed in the following regions: Agartala, Aizwal, Belapur, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Hyderabad, Telangana, Itanagar, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kohima, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Raipur, Ranchi, Shimla, and Srinagar. Apart from this, banks will remain shut in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Gangtok, Guwahati, Hyderabad-Andhra Pradesh, Imphal, Kochi, Panaji, Patna, Shillong and Thiruvananthapuram.

‘Animal’ started on Sunday, November 26, in India. The film is expected to earn ₹50 crore on its opening day, according to industry tracker Sacnilk reports. Only 3,200 tickets have been sold for 206 locations during the film's early reservations in the US.

NEW DELHI : E-SIMs or embedded SIMs will soon replace those fiddly physical SIMs in smartphones and other devices. Airtel’s top boss Gopal Vittal has urged subscribers to move to e-SIMs. But what exactly are they, how do they work, and what does it mean for us? Embedded SIM, or e-SIM is a digital copy of a physical SIM card.

Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday that she will go to New Delhi demanding funds for MGNREGA and other central schemes from Prime Minister Narendra Modi in mid December during Parliament's winter session. She also warned of staging dharna in New Delhi if denied permission to meet the Prime Minister. Banerjee stated that she aims to meet the Prime Minister with her MPs.