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Brand India enjoys liable to misuse? PM Narendra Modi's well-known flair for wordplay, using alliteration and other rhetorical devices, was given another airing when, during the parliamentary deadlock over the violence in Manipur, he took a dig at the opposition combine, which has adopted the acronym INDIA, and pointed out that the word 'India' has often been used as guise, or camouflage, by all manner of entities engaged in various kinds of nefarious activities. In support of his claim, he cited examples as diverse as the Indian National Congress, set up during the Raj under the auspices of Alan Octavian Hume after the 1857 uprising as a 'safety valve' and a counter-revolutionary sop to further British imperialism, and terrorist organisations such as the Indian Mujahideen and the Popular Front of India.

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Tech Mahindra trained 8,000 employees in artificial intelligence as it readies itself to cater to demand around generative AI and quantum computing, a senior company official said on Saturday. Tech Mahindra global chief people officer and head of marketing Harshvendra Soin said that the company is enhancing focus on BFSI, healthcare, manufacturing and retail sectors in geographies like the USA.

ANI. Most witnesses said they failed to hear what Tytler told the mob but they saw him alight from the car and make a speech that triggered the rampage, reported PTI. Congress leader Jagdish Tytler is charged with murder and instigating violence leading to the killings in the Pul Bangash area on 1 November 1984.

GPR) technology being used in the ongoing scientific survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex can detect if any structure is buried beneath the mosque. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Saturday resumed its scientific survey work at the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh to determine whether the 17th-century mosque was constructed over a pre-existing structure of a Hindu temple. Former additional director general of the ASI B R Mani said radar technology or ground penetrating radar (GPR) technology involves certain types of equipment. «These equipment are kept on the ground and electromagnetic waves or pulses are sent on the sub-surface level below the ground. These pulses come in contact with any anomaly like bricks, sand, stone, and metals and it is recorded on a monitor,» said Mani, who is the Director General of the National Museum here. «Experts study it and make the alignment after which they get to know if there is anything solid present beneath the ground,» he said.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government won’t lower its immigration targets despite growing criticism that drastic population growth worsens existing housing shortages.

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots revealed eyewitness accounts, who alleged Congress leader incited the mob to commit acts of violence, including killing Sikhs and looting their shops. In its, chargesheet, the central agency said that according to the eyewitness, the Congress leader came out of his white ambassador car and started instigating the mob. «He (Jagdish) came out of his car and instigated the mob to first kill Sikhs and then asked them to loot their shops,» the chargesheet said.

Imran Khan on Saturday in a pre-recorded video said that his arrest was «expected» and asked his supporters «not to sit silent» and stand up for their rights and freedom. The 70-year-old Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman was arrested from his Zaman Park residence here after the Islamabad trial court convicted him in the Toshakhana case and sentenced him to three-year imprisonment. In a pre-recorded statement on X, formerly known as Twitter, Khan said, «By the time this video message reaches you, I would be arrested and in jail...which is why I have a request...an appeal to all of you...you should not sit at home in silence.

BEIJING (Reuters) — China's direct economic losses from natural disasters surged to 41.18 billion yuan ($5.74 billion) in July, more than in January to June combined, driven by severe weather as two powerful typhoons hit the country in one month.

(Reuters) -Berkshire Hathaway on Saturday posted its highest ever quarterly operating profit, while gains from stock holdings helped the conglomerate led by billionaire Warren Buffett swing to a nearly $36 billion overall profit.

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Berkshire Hathaway on Saturday posted its highest ever quarterly operating profit, while gains from stock holdings helped the conglomerate led by billionaire Warren Buffett swing to a nearly $36 billion overall profit. Rising interest rates and dividend payouts, as well as a rebound in performance at the Geico car insurer, have been helping Berkshire's insurance businesses generate more money, with profit up 38% from a year earlier. That helped offset declines at other businesses including the BNSF railroad, where lower shipments of consumer goods and increased price competition from the trucking industry contributed to a 24% drop in overall profit.

Beijing, officials said Saturday, bringing the death toll from recent torrential rains in northern China to at least 30. Officials reported the deaths in Baoding, about 150 kilometres (90 miles) from Beijing, adding that 18 people were missing. Storm Doksuri, a former super typhoon that hit mainland China last Friday, has brought the most severe rains to the region since records began 140 years ago. By noon Saturday (0400 GMT), more than 600,000 of Baoding's 11.5 million residents had been evacuated from areas deemed to be at risk, officials said. The torrential rain that hit northeast China on Saturday battered the provinces bordering Russia and North Korea.

Chandak Group has entered into an agreement to redevelop a housing society spread over 3.6 acre in Mumbai’s Andheri suburb with the project envisaging a total development potential of over 460,000 sq ft. Of the total development potential, the project will provide a saleable area of over 281,000 sq ft that is estimated to have revenue potential of Rs 956 crore.

cabinet has approved a last-mile broadband connectivity plan under the BharatNet project for 6.4 lakh villages across the country with a financial outlay of Rs 1.39 lakh crore, a top government official said. The broadband connectivity project has already connected 1.94 lakh villages, with the rest likely to be completed in two and a half years. “In a meeting held on Friday evening, the cabinet has approved Rs 1,39,579 crore for providing last mile optical fiber-based connectivity to homes in all villages of the country,” the official said.

Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) started August on a subdued note, while the inflows by the end of July came in lower than June 2023. FPIs sold ₹2,034 crore in Indian equities so far in August and infused a total of ₹46,618 crore in Julytaking into account debt, hybrid, debt-VRR, and equities, according to National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL ) data. During the last seven trading sessions FPIs sold stocks worth ₹8,545 crore in the cash market, according to analysts.

Donald Trump, indicating that it may suggest an attempt to intimidate witnesses by disclosing confidential evidence obtained from the government improperly. The justice department has taken action, urging a federal judge overseeing the criminal case against Trump to intervene after the post appeared to threaten revenge against those who pursue legal action against him.

Imran Khan was arrested on Saturday shortly after an Islamabad trial court found the former Pakistan prime minister guilty of “corrupt practices” in the Toshakhana corruption case. The case alleges that Khan “deliberately concealed” details of the gifts he retained from the Toshaskhana, a repository where presents handed to government officials from foreign officials are kept, during his time as the prime minister and proceeds from their reported sales. The verdict, issued by additional district and sessions judge Humayun Dilawar, comes as a big blow to the 70-year-old Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief who has been arrested for the second time in three months.Following is a timeline of the main developments in the Toshakhana case: August 2022: National Assembly speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf sent the Toshakhana case against Khan to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in accordance with the Articles of the Constitution.

Barbie Box office Day 15: Barbie and Oppenheimer are still running in Indian theaters. Both the film saw a craze among the audience. Now, on the 15th day of its release, Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling starrer film struggled at the Indian Box office as the film minted about ₹70 lakh on 4 August.

₹152.6 crore from 204.7 crore during the corresponding quarter previous fiscal. The asset quality of the bank improved as both Gross Non-Performing Assets and Net Non-Performing Assets declined during the April-June quarter.

ICICI Bank received approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to raise its stake in ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company by up to 4% in multiple tranches. The private lender currently holds a 48.01% share in ICICI Lombard. The second-largest private bank received the RBI nod on Friday, it said in a filing to the exchanges on Saturday.