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politics of polarisation" peddled by the BJP.

Kailash Gahlot was on Saturday nominated as a member of the BJP's Delhi Assembly election coordination committee. Gahlot, an MLA from Najafgarh seat in West Delhi, stepped down as Transport minister in the Delhi government, and also resigned from the primary membership of the AAP on November 17. Next day he joined the BJP.

Outlander Season 7 Part 2 returns this week, promising eight episodes of gripping storytelling. The season continues the saga of Jamie and Claire Fraser against the backdrop of the Revolutionary War.

Google is reportedly developing a new feature called ‘Shielded Email’ which will be aimed at enhancing user privacy and reducing spam. According to The U.S. Sun, this feature will eventually allow users to create temporary email aliases that forward messages to their primary email account which is pretty similar to Apple’s existing ‘Hide My Email’ functionality. The U.S. Sun reported that by using these aliases, users can eventually sign up for services without revealing their actual email addresses, thereby protecting themselves from unwanted emails and online tracking. According to early reports, Shielded Email is still in development and has not yet been officially launched, asserted The U.S. Sun. It was discovered through a teardown of the Google Play Services code while indicating that it may soon be integrated into Android devices.

At $17.8 billion, the reserves fell the most in the week ended November 15, eclipsing the $15 billion retreat in the week of October 24, 2008, when the subprime sinkhole had swallowed global financial assets — and emerging market currencies — in the immediate aftermath of the Lehman Brothers mothballing. This time, too, the rupee declined 79 paise per dollar, or 1%, since the reserves hit a record of $704.9 billion on September 27. «Our exchange rate policy is well articulated and has remained consistent over the years,» Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das said at a recent media event. «Our exchange rate regime is market-determined and RBI does not target any level or band of the exchange rate.»

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Cybersecurity experts from NordVPN have developed a straightforward four-step test to determine if your smartphone is eavesdropping on your conversations, reported Daily Mail. The test begins by selecting a unique topic that you have never searched for or discussed near your device. According to Daily Mail, after choosing the topic, you should have multiple conversations about it while avoiding any related searches or interactions on your phone. Over the following days, you will monitor your social media ads to see if any related content appears. In their own experiments, NordVPN found that participants received targeted ads shortly after discussing topics they had never previously searched for which actually suggested that their devices may have been listening, asserted Daily Mail. For instance, one participant who discussed Saudi Arabia began seeing hotel ads for the country just days later.

married man was having an affair with his secretary. One day, after an 'afternoon's activity', they fell asleep and awoke at around 8 pm in the hotel room. As the man threw on his clothes, he told the woman to take his shoes outside in the garden area and rub them through the grass and dirt. Confused, she nonetheless complied and he slipped into his shoes and drove home. 'Where have you been?' demanded his wife when he entered the house. 'Darling,' replied the man, 'I can't lie to you. I've been having an affair with my secretary. I fell asleep in her bed and didn't wake up until eight o'clock.' The wife glanced down at his shoes and said, 'You liar! You've been playing golf!'

oil refinery and a petrochemical hub at Ramayapatnam in Nellore district that entails an investment of Rs 60,000 crore, fulfilling a promise made at the time of the state’s bifurcation in 2014 and giving chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu a boost. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd (BPCL) will establish the refinery and hub on 1,000 acres of land, said people with knowledge of the matter. As first reported by ET on July 11, the state government had offered three locations to BPCL — Srikakulam, Machilipatnam and Ramayapatnam. After a meeting with the BPCL’s senior leadership in July, Naidu had ordered detailed feasibility studies for the three sites. A formal announcement is likely to be made by the end of the month, said the people cited above.

security checks, officials told ET. IGI Airport will build a separate, temporary enclosure for passengers stranded due to the take-off delays — expected in fog season this winter — as the Centre tweaks a key security-related rule to ease the pain of travellers and airlines. The proposed changes to the security protocol will allow the airlines to optimally use slots at India’s busiest aviation hub, saving critical time in a season when foul weather often drastically shortens effective operating hours.

Tata had set up the Ratan Tata Endowment Foundation and Ratan Tata Endowment Trust in his last years, to bequeath a significant portion of his assets. People close to the recently-deceased industrialist said his wish was that the two organisations continue philanthropy. Senior lawyer Darius Khambata and Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran are among those seen as most likely to be part of the foundation, as Tata had expressed a desire to include them on the board, the people said.

It is not immediately clear how a mountain of sensitive data, pertaining to resident Indians' undisclosed properties in Dubai and other cities in the UAE, landed in the hands of German authorities. Nonetheless, the ownership details of over 1,000 Indians have reached the income tax (I-T) department as per the 'spontaneous exchange of information' mechanism under the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) between India and Germany, sources told ET.

A US President receives certain benefits and perks along with his more than decent salary, and even though he may not make as much as some top shot in some corporate office does, the checks and benefits continue until their demise, which is the best part. The Former Presidents Act is the fundamental behind the great benefits set in store for former Presidents for their service to the nation. Moreover, they receive allowance for different kinds of requirements including office space, equipment, staff, travel, entertainment and supplies. Moreover, most of the Former Presidents receive same health benefits as other former government workers. But, there is a condition: You need to be a government staff for at least 5 years, which would mean all the medical benefits would be due then after.

GNFC) on Wednesday said it will form a 50:50 joint venture with Britain's INEOS Acetyls International to build and operate a world-scale acetic acid facility in India. The joint venture will oversee both the plant's operations and coordinate marketing efforts for domestic distribution of acetic acid produced at the facility, the company said in a regulatory filing. The memorandum of understanding, signed on November 20, provides for equal representation on the board of directors and equivalent subscription rights in the new entity, the company said. A formal joint venture agreement is expected to be finalised at a later date.

The notes, obtained during a controversial search of Combs’ jail cell, are at the center of a dispute over whether they fall under attorney-client privilege, as mentioned in a report by USA Today. U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, presiding over the case, instructed prosecutors on Tuesday to refrain from using the notes while he determines their admissibility.

Americans unhappy with the outcome of the US election are offered $1 homes by an Italian village. A village on the Italian island of Sardinia has spotted a possible opportunity, as many communities around the world have been unsure how to react to Donald Trump's reelection as president, as quoted in a report by CNN. After decades of depopulation, Ollolai, like many other rural Italian communities, has been attempting to attract outsiders to help turn things around. To sweeten the deal, it has been offering to sell run-down homes for as little as one euro, or slightly more than a dollar.

Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal is looking for a chief of staff for himself. He shared a job posting for the role on his X account and wrote, "“Update: I am looking for a chief of staff for myself."

A total of 4,136 candidates are contesting for the 288 seats, of which 234 are in the general category, 29 are reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC), and 25 are reserved for Scheduled Tribes (ST).

Hezbollah and that gaps were narrowing, signalling progress in Washington's efforts to clinch a ceasefire. White House envoy Amos Hochstein spoke in Beirut following talks with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, a day after the Lebanese government and Iran-backed Hezbollah agreed to a U.S. ceasefire proposal, albeit with some comments on the content. «I came back because we have a real opportunity to bring this conflict to an end,» Hochstein said at a press conference after the meeting. «It is now within our grasp. As the window is now, I hope the coming days yield a resolute decision.»