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Donald Trump is all set to take charge as the 47th President of the United States. The swearing-in ceremony will be held on January 20. High-profiled guests are expected to attend the event. The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had not received an invitation to attend the January 20 inauguration of the U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. CBS, citing multiple unidentified sources, said that Trump had invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend. Meanwhile, President-elect Trump, who has both derided Time magazine and pined for its approval, was named the publication's person of the year on Thursday.

Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee on Wednesday slammed both ruling BJP and main opposition Congress over the repeated adjournments in Parliament, blaming them for the disruptions. Talking to reporters outside Parliament, Banerjee said these parties force adjournments due to which others do not get the opportunity to raise their issues. «The House functions as per the wishes of the Congress and BJP… Congress and BJP should decide if they want to run the House or not,» Banerjee told reporters. «The BJP is the ruling party, the Congress is the main opposition party. They get more opportunities in the House, we don't get anything. They shut the House when they want on any issue,» he said.

Archbishop George Koovakad of India will be created as a cardinal by Pope Francis, the Prime Minister's Office said on Saturday, asserting that it is a matter of immense pride for the country. The government of India has sent a delegation led by Union minister George Kurian to witness this ceremony in Vatican City. «It is a matter of immense pride for India that Archbishop George Koovakad will be created as a Cardinal by His Holiness Pope Francis,» the PMO said in a post on X.

recently issued a «full and unconditional» pardon to his son Hunter Biden for gun crime and tax convictions, a decision that was widely criticised by Republicans and Democrats alike. Biden, who earlier said he would not interfere with the proceedings, said his son was “unfairly prosecuted" by political opponents. This has brought renewed attention to the US Constitution's provision granting the president the authority to offer clemency, a power wielded by every president since George Washington. Biden's senior aides in the White House are now actively considering whether to issue 'preemptive pardons' to certain current and former public officials in the government as fears grow over the possibility of politically motivated prosecutions under Donald Trump’s return to the presidency.

A top Federal Reserve official says he is leaning toward supporting an interest rate cut when the Fed meets in two weeks but that evidence of persistent inflation before then could cause him to change that view

The reaction of those who defended “Morning Joe” hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski for meeting with President-elect Trump sounds almost quaint in the days of opinionated journalism

Netflix has renewed "A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder" for a second season. Emma Myers of 'Wednesday' will play pivotal role, as per a report. «A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder» is loosely based on Holly Jackson’s popular YA novel. There will be six episodes in «A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder». The series will focus on murders in a tiny village England, according to hollywoodreporter. Meanwhile, «Zero Day», an upcoming drama series starring Hollywood veteran Robert De Niro, will make its debut on Netflix on February 20. According to entertainment news outlet Variety, the six-episode show marks the first regular television role for De Niro, who plays the role of former US President George Mullen.

RPG Enterprises is scouting for strategic M&A opportunities to drive growth across group companies including Ceat, KEC International, RPG Life Sciences and Zensar Technologies, Anant Goenka, vice chairman of the $4.8-billion diversified conglomerate, told ET's Rica Bhattacharyya and George Smith Alexander in an interview. The RPG scion also talked about plans to double the group's market capitalisation in 3-5 years, grow Zensar into a $1-billion company, expand Ceat's global business, and strengthen KEC's position by executing premium and challenging infrastructure projects. Edited excerpts: It's been over a year since you took charge as vice chairman. What is your plan for the group? At a group level, we set forth a vision for ourselves some time back, which was more of values in terms of what we call as «unleash talent», «touch lives», «outperform» and «be happy». Recently we converted these mottos to define what they mean. So, 'touch lives' is about having an impact on the lives of customers and being number one in customer satisfaction. Whichever industry we are in, we should be in the top 10% of sustainable practices. By 'unleash talent' we're talking about being number one in terms of employee happiness. 'Outperform' is about beating industry in whichever businesses we run.

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The federal judge considering Boeing’s plea deal with prosecutors wants to know how the Justice Department’s diversity, equity and inclusion policies would affect the selection of an independent monitor to oversee the aerospace company

Fifty-three years after its founding, Starbucks is unhappy with what it’s become – and trying to figure out how to meet customers’ changing needs without losing its coffeehouse roots

United States of America is gearing-up for a historic election this November. After outgoing President Joe Biden announced his decision to not run for a second term, the Democrats chose his running mate, Vice President Kamala Harris as their official contender for the upcoming polls. On the other hand, former US President Donald Trump is eyeing a second term in office, representing the right-wing Republican party. As Democrats and Republicans race for the White House once again, did you know the criteria that must be met to become the American President? Also Read — US Elections 2024: How is the President of the world's oldest democracy elected?

BJP on Tuesday announced names of 10 candidates for Rajya Sabha bypolls across eight states. The party has left one seat each in Bihar and Maharashtra for allies. Union minister of state Ravneet Singh Bittu has been nominated as party candidate from Rajasthan. Another Union minister of state George Kurian has been made the party candidate for the lone seat of Madhya Pradesh. For two seats of Assam, BJP has announced the names of former Union minister Rameswar Teli and former MLA Mission Ranjan Das. Senior advocate and chairman of Bar Council of India Manan Kumar Mishra has been made the party candidate from Bihar. In Bihar, the BJP has left one seat for ally Upendra Kushwaha who will file nomination on Wednesday.

The NBA released the complete schedule for the regular season on Thursday after revealing the Emirates NBA Cup (in-season tournament) schedule earlier this week. A doubleheader on the card during the first night of the season opens with Boston-New York followed by the Los Angeles Lakers hosting the Minnesota Timberwolves.

economics were uttered by former US President George W Bush at the peak of the economic crisis in 2008. Bush said: “If money isn’t loosened up, this sucker could go down!” Participating in an interview with billionaire Dan Gilbert at the Detroit Homecoming event at the College for Creative Studies in 2014, Buffet said that what the president said were “the 10 most important words in the history of economics.”

AI will likely be replacing low-wage jobs with expensive technologies and lack of reliability, as of now. “Unless there is RoI, companies will not invest. But we believe every business will be an AI business in future.

Targaryen drama and dragon-filled battles can rejoice, as HBO has officially confirmed the production of House of the Dragon Season 3. The announcement came before the launch of Season 2, highlighting the network's confidence in the series' continued success.

Following the death of George Floyd, U.S. Bank decided to look for ways to economically uplift the African American community and narrow the wealth gap. It didn’t have to look very far, according to Scott Ford, president of wealth management at U.S. Bank.

president and changing the trajectory of a presidency. It happened on a dreary March afternoon in 1981. President Ronald Reagan was leaving the Washington Hilton hotel after giving a speech to a union group when John W. Hinckley Jr. opened fire from his .22-caliber revolver. At the sound of the gunshots, Secret Service agents swarmed, and one of them shoved the president into the waiting limousine — but not before one of the bullets struck home, hitting Reagan in his side.

America’s oldest flour company opened in 1790, when George Washington was president