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Naveen Patnaik, and attend other functions related to the ‘Jaga Mission’ (scheme for development of slums), the ‘Mukta’ scheme (localised employment opportunities for the urban poor) and ‘Mission Shakti’, officials said. Since 2017, Odisha government’s Department of Agriculture and Farmer Empowerment and the Fisheries and Animal Resource Department have collaborated with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for innovation in data-driven decision-making, they said.

A top court has ruled that two residents of the tiny Caribbean island of Barbuda have the right to challenge construction of an airstrip that critics say endangers fragile ecosystems and was begun without any permits

Speaking at an event on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “I want to take the government out of the lives of people. Especially, I don’t approve of government interference in the lives of the middle-class. What is the need of the government everyday and at every step? We should create such a society where government interference is minimal." For the poor, the Indian state would offer support to fulfil basic needs, but for the rest, he said he would end unnecessary intervention as part of his governance agenda over the next five years.

Sandeshkhali remained tense, with delegations of political parties and members of civil society groups making a beeline to the strife-torn island in North 24 Parganas amid arrests and protests, Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP-elect Sagarika Ghose has claimed that the key accused, Sheikh Shahjahan, will be arrested very soon. Sagarika Ghose, while speaking to ANI, said that the government is acting in this matter and will continue to do so. «Key aides of Sheikh Shahjahan have been arrested. So, if the Government of Bengal wanted to shield Sheikh Shahjahan, would it arrest and put behind bars his own key aides? No one is being shielded; no one is being protected. No one will escape the law...The TMC and the Bengal Government are on the ground; they are working and there is every reason to believe that Sheikh Shahjahan will be arrested very soon,» Ghose said on Tuesday.

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Article 370 Box Office Collection Day 5: Article 370, Yami Gautam's latest movie, has been doing consistent business at the box office since its release. After having passed the Monday test and earned ₹3.25 crore net on February 27, the Bollywood movie earned ₹3.25 crore net on Tuesday as well. The movie was released on February 23 and collected ₹5.9 crore net in India.

Sensex gained 305.09 points to close at 73,095.22, while the Nifty 50 settled 76.30 points, or 0.34%, higher at 22,198.35. Nifty 50 formed a reasonable positive candle on the daily chart that has engulfed the small negative candle of Monday. “Technically, this market action is signaling a bullish engulfing pattern.

Nigeria’s government employees and other union workers have begun a new nationwide strike that threatens to shut down key services while people are angry about soaring inflation and growing economic pain

The Kentucky Senate has voted to lay the foundation to attract nuclear energy projects to a state where coal has fueled the economy for generations

The century-old Geneva motor show is back in action for the first time in five years, and organizers are desperately trying to rev up its fortunes

The owners of a quirky 18th century British pub unlawfully bulldozed after a fire last year have been ordered by a local council to rebuild it, keeping with its previous lopsided specifications

A former finance director at New York University has pleaded guilty to a more than $3 million fraud scheme that authorities say helped fund a swimming pool and other renovations to her home in Connecticut

Thousands of farmers are marching in Poland’s capital to protest European Union agricultural policies and imports of cheap food from neighboring Ukraine

Taxi drivers in the Greek capital have begun a 48-hour strike, with the second day timed to coincide with a nationwide strike by public and some private sector workers that is expected to disrupt public transport, flights and ferries

When headlines recently said that artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to create a ‘death calculator’ that predicts the day you’ll die, it sounded like something from a terrifying science fiction story. The reaction showed how readily people believe that AI has magical fortune-telling powers. The reality was not as far-fetched.

Investigations and enforcement actions taken by state securities regulators are soaring thanks to advances in technology and social media, according to a report released Tuesday by the North American Securities Administrators Association.

Zee Entertainment Enterprises board has expanded and strengthened its Independent Advisory Committee (IAC), renaming it Independent Investigation Committee (IIC). The IIC will conduct a thorough review of all allegations made by regulatory agencies against the company, its promoters, and key managerial personnel to protect the interest of shareholders and other stakeholders of the company. The committee will submit a report to the board after completing the exercise, outlining its recommendations and suggesting necessary actions. The committee has the authority to appoint or hire any independent external agency to assist in fulfilling its charter.

Congress MLAs voted in favour of the BJP candidate in the Rajya Sabha polls in Himachal Pradesh, the party's top leadership swung into action to pacify the disgruntled legislators lawmakers. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge appointed senior leaders Bhupinder Singh Hooda and D K Shivakumar to engage with the six MLAs, who are learnt to be «disappointed» with the working style of Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and are seeking his replacement. Sources said former Haryana chief minister Hooda and Karnataka deputy chief minister Shivakumar would reach Shimla early Wednesday to take stock of the situation as the Congress government in the state faces an existential crisis. The six MLAs had left Shimla for Haryana on Tuesday after casting their votes in the Rajya Sabha polls. They are learnt to be in touch with the BJP, amid signs of a crisis engulfing the Congress government in Himachal Pradesh.

NEW DELHI : The board of directors of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) has expanded and strengthened the role of the independent advisory committee set up last week to review and examine all allegations raised by the regulatory agencies against the company, its promoters and key managerial personnel through a deep-dive exercise. The committee will take necessary measures to investigate the allegations, with the sole interest to protect the rights of the company’s shareholders and other stakeholders, ZEEL said in a statement on Tuesday.

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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday issued Master Direction – Reserve Bank of India (Filing of Supervisory Returns) Directions – 2024 to bring clarity, brevity and harmonization to the instructions issued to various supervised entities for submission of returns. The move aims to reduce the burden of compliance on the regulated entities based on the recommendations of the Regulations Review Authority and an Internal Working Group of the apex bank.