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Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology of India, has reacted to a viral deep-fake video of actress of Rashmika Mandanna. In a post on social media platform X, the minister said that deep fakes are latest and even more dangerous and damaging form of misinformation and needs to be dealt with by platforms.

Westpac boss Peter King says his borrowers are primed to withstand more interest rate tightening should persistently high inflation provoke the Reserve Bank to raise the cash rate on Cup Day.

An unnamed senior mining executive sexually harassed a female staffer from Gumtree and HotCopper operator, The Market Herald, at the house of the company director Gavin Argyle, according to fresh allegations made in the bitter feud for control of the Perth-based business publication.

Smaller accounting firms say the current regulatory regime is useless and riven by conflicts of interest between the major professional bodies and the larger firms.

DMK ministers who had participated in an anti-Sanatana Dharma meeting held here in September. Those in power should rather concentrate on eradicating drugs and other social evils, Justice G Jayachandran said.

₹508 crore to Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Bhagel to set up his gambling business in Dubai. The video of Soni was released by the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the Chhattisgarh Assembly election. “Accused Shubham Soni sitting in Dubai has narrated the entire story of the Mahadev app in this video about who is connected to this betting app.

Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) has voiced opposition to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s ongoing crackdown on the cryptocurrency industry.

Delhi air pollution LIVE As reported by ANI citing officials, “Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called a high-level meeting on the issue of increasing pollution." Environment Minister Gopal Rai and other officials of all concerned departments will attend this meeting. This meeting will be held in Delhi Secretariat at 12 noon, ANI reported.

Pashupati Advani, Founder & Chairman, Global Foray, says “I unfortunately bailed out of Paytm a little early, so I am kind of watching it go up and missing it. Zomato is okay and with the World Cup, definitely the numbers have been good and the stickiness is also going to be there. So it is the way India is moving and it is new patterns that are coming up and we actually have to predict those to make money.” How is your portfolio shaping up? What have you been busy analysing and adding in your portfolios? I am a little bit reluctant to add aggressively simply because we are not at highs. But there is a lot of turmoil. I find it very difficult to believe that even though people are slaughtering each other in Israel and Gaza and in Ukraine and Russia, markets continue to trade up sort of quite interestingly. But there obviously seems to be money around. But I am a little surprised at where things are going. I have actually not been so aggressive.

Day trading guide for stock market today: Despite trading range-bound, Indian stock market ended higher on Friday. Nifty 50 index gained 97 points and ended at 19,230 levels, BSE Sensex shot up 282 points and finished at 64,363 mark while Bank Nifty index went up 301 points and closed at 43,318 levels.

Sensex closed 282.88 points higher at 64,363.78, while the Nifty 50 gained 97.35 points to settle at 19,230.60 on Friday. Nifty 50 formed a small negative candle on the daily chart with gap up opening and with minor upper and lower shadow.

Hindustan Times that the panel is likely to recommend strict actions against Moitra which might include disqualification for the remaining Lok Sabha sessions. It also told HT that the panel might draw inspiration from a related cash-for-query case dated 2005, wherein all 11 Members of Parliament suspected of accepting payment in exchange for their questions were disqualified. Earlier on 2 November, the opposition members accused the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee panel chief of asking personal, unethical questions to TMC MP Mahua Moitra in regards to the case.

World Cup encounter - the hazardous air of New Delhi. Asthmatic members of the Bangladesh team stayed indoors and Sri Lankan players resorted to masks, as per Reuters. There are speculations that the match may get cancelled due to poor air quality.

US Federal Reserve will not hike interest rates further. Investors will now await US Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s speech for future guidance on interest policy. Among other stock market triggers for the domestic markets during this week include the ongoing second quarter results of current fiscal, domestic and global macroeconomic data, foreign capital inflow and global market cues.

Amichai Eliyahu suggested that dropping nuclear weapons on Gaza is «one of the options» and no aid should be transferred to Gaza, Times of Israel reported. His remarks drew condemnation including from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who suspended him «indefinitely». On being asked in an interview with Radio Kol Berama whether he was suggesting that some kind of nuclear bomb might be dropped on the enclave, Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu said «That's one way.» Eliyahu voiced his objection against any humanitarian aid into Gaza, saying «We wouldn't hand the Nazis humanitarian aid,» and charging that «there is no such thing as uninvolved civilians in Gaza,» Times of Israel reported. He further backed retaking the territory of the Gaza Strip and restoring the settlements there. On being asked about the fate of the Palestinian population, he said, «They can go to Ireland or deserts, the monsters in Gaza should find a solution by themselves.» The Israeli Minister asserted that the northern Strip has «no right to exist», adding that anyone waving a Palestinian or Hamas flag «shouldn't continue living on the face of the earth,» Times of Israel reported. The remarks were immediately denounced by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who said that Eliyahu's words are «detached from reality». «Israel and the IDF are acting in accordance with the highest standards of international law in order to prevent harm to uninvolved people, and we will continue to do that all the way to victory,» Netanyahu says in a statement. The premiere's office also announced that Eliyahu has been suspended from government meetings indefinitely, Times of Israel reported. However, the government ministers raised objections to Eliyahu's sacking

earnings, global trends and foreign flows will drive the market momentum. Here's breaking down the pre-market actions: STATE OF THE MARKETS GIFT Nifty (Earlier SGX Nifty) signals a positive start GIFT Nifty on the NSE IX traded higher by 20 points, or 0.10 per cent, at 19,447, signaling that Dalal Street was headed for positive start on Monday.

Rich Ricci, owner of short-priced Melbourne Cup favourite Vauban, warns value investors away from backing his horse in Tuesday’s race.

annual rollback of time, with their digital devices automatically jumping back an hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday. However, in Hawaii and most of Arizona, it was business as usual with no changes to the clocks. Why did two US states not change the time? Since 1968, Arizona has opted out of daylight saving time, mainly because of the state's intense sunshine. The logic is simple: less daylight at the end of the day equals cooler evenings. The Navajo Nation in Arizona, however, does observe daylight saving time due to its expansive territory extending into states that do change the time. Hawaii's tropical latitude near the equator means its daylight hours don't vary much throughout the year, making daylight saving time unnecessary.

military action that became inevitable given the remorseless logic created by the October 7 attacks by Hamas that killed some 1,400 Israelis. Given the magnitude of that move, Israel had no option but to attack Gaza with stated maximalist aims: the elimination of Hamas. Considering the militant organisation runs the densely populated territory — it's more Taliban than the Islamic State, in this respect — civilian casualties are sadly inevitable as Israel follows its goal of uprooting it.

TikTok users have encountered a puzzling term – 'acoustic.' But what does «being acoustic» actually mean in the TikTok universe? The definition of this term might not be immediately clear, as it has taken on a rather ambiguous usage. TikTok is renowned for its diverse range of content, spanning from comedy to social commentary, and this diversity has led to the emergence of various new terms and phrases frequently used by its users. Throughout the history of internet social platforms, such as TikTok, novel slang and terminology have often been born and embraced, and 'acoustic' is just one example of this trend. However, the usage of 'acoustic' on TikTok has stirred controversy, not because of any connection to unplugged music or sound dynamics, but due to its troubling connotations. Upon hearing the term 'acoustic,' you might naturally think of music. Most individuals with even a basic understanding of music would recognize an acoustic guitar and comprehend how the acoustics of a room can influence the way music sounds. Nevertheless, on TikTok, referring to someone as 'acoustic' has a far different, and generally less pleasant, meaning. In certain videos and comments, you may encounter phrases like, «Why did [x] do that? Are they acoustic?» According to the Urban Dictionary, 'acoustic' is an intentional mispronunciation of 'autistic,' and it is frequently used in response to actions deemed «ridiculously stupid or ignorant» by the commenter.

Indian Council of Agricultural Research scientists last week, India, one of the key players in the global agricultural commodities market, wastes about 74 million tonnes of food every year. This accounts for roughly 8% of the 931 million tonnes of food wasted globally. Beyond the numbers, that kind of wastage is criminal.