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₹300-599 per month on prepaid subscription plans. Several emerging aggregator platforms played a role in expanding the reach of streaming services in a competitive online video market such as India. Telecom operators have been offering bundled services for OTT video platforms, but the emergence of aggregators such as Prime Video Channels, Tata Play and Airtel Xstream Premium is poised to enhance the reach and subscriber base of platforms that are not aggressive with their distribution and marketing efforts.

Ukraine say they won't give up after a bill to keep the federal government open excluded President Joe Biden's request to provide more security assistance to the war-torn nation. Still, many lawmakers acknowledge that winning approval for Ukraine assistance in Congress is growing more difficult as the war between Russia and Ukraine grinds on. Republican resistance to the aid has been gaining momentum in the halls of Congress.

Jamaal Bowman triggered a fire alarm during a crucial budget vote on Saturday, raising suspicions of an intentional act to disrupt proceedings.

By David Morgan

From In-N-Out Burger to California's gas prices, Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., discusses key moments from the second GOP debate at the Reagan Library on 'Hannity.'

For the uninitiated a cryptocurrency is a decentralised form of virtual asset based on a network scattered across a huge network of computers outside the control of the central government or authorities. Over the past decade or so, while the process has been slow, retail investors and institutions are slowly waking up to the positive aspects of cryptocurrency and are exploring ways to harness its benefits. The latest Chainalysis’ report, ‘Global Crypto Adoption Index 2023’, ranks India first amongst 154 nations in grassroots crypto adoption or the extent to which ordinary people in a country are adopting cryptocurrency for utilization in daily life.

Omar Abdullah on Saturday said Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council elections in Kargil on October 4 is an important opportunity for people here to express their opinion and convey whether they accept or reject the decisions of August 5, 2019. The National Conference leader addressed an election rally in Kargil where he was not allowed to take the names of his party candidates fighting election in the wake of an order issued by the local authorities.

government shutdown on Saturday. However, he called for Congress to swiftly approve aid to war-hit Ukraine after it was left out of the agreement.

United States House on Saturday approved a 45-day stopgap funding bill to avert a government shutdown, sending the legislation to the Senate for consideration hours before the midnight funding deadline, The Hill reported. Notably, the decision is poised to prevent the government from falling off the shutdown cliff, which many lawmakers thought was inevitable after weeks of disagreements within the House GOP conference and between both chambers. The measure would keep the government funded at current spending levels through November 17. It includes USD 16 billion in disaster relief — matching the figure the White House included in a supplemental request.

funding bill late on Saturday with overwhelming Democratic support after Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy backed down from an earlier demand by his party's hardliners for a partisan bill. The Democratic-majority Senate voted 88-9 to pass the measure to avoid the federal government's fourth partial shutdown in a decade, sending it to President Joe Biden to sign into law before the 12:01 a.m. ET (0401 GMT) deadline. McCarthy abandoned party hardliners' insistence that any bill pass the chamber with only Republican votes, a change that could cause one of his far-right members to try to oust him from his leadership role. The House voted 335-91 to fund the government through Nov.

government shutdown, according to AFP reports. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted 335-91 to adopt a 45-day stopgap measure hours before funding for federal agencies was set to expire. Kevin McCarthy, the top US House Republican could face an untimely end to his role as speaker if party hardliners oust him, for averting a costly government shutdown on Saturday with a stopgap bill that drew more support from Democrats than Republicans, Reuters reported.

Congress is on the brink of a government shutdown, and many Americans are left wondering about the potential consequences. In this guide, we explore what a government shutdown entails and how it could affect various aspects of daily life.

House of Representatives will vote on a stopgap funding bill, Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Saturday, just hours before the federal government is due to begin its fourth partial shutdown in a decade. The move will test McCarthy's narrow 221-212 majority, where multiple hardline conservatives have opposed the idea of a short-term bill known as a continuing resolution or CR, and could lead to a challenge to McCarthy's position as speaker. The maneuver will require Democratic votes, a fact that will anger some party hardliners who had wanted to pass a bill without Democratic support. Even if the House passes the bill, there may not be enough time for the Democratic-majority Senate to vote on the measure and President Joe Biden sign it into law before funding expires at 12:01 a.m. ET (0401 GMT) Sunday. House Republican lawmakers just Friday had blocked their own CR, which included multiple conservative policy additions that Democrats opposed.

₹2,000 notes till October 7, 2023. The earlier deadline for returning ₹2,000 notes was set to expire on Saturday. As per the RBI release, the deposit or exchange of ₹2,000 notes at bank branches will be stopped from 8 October.

By Kanishka Singh

Congress government in Chhattisgarh, alleging that there was corruption in its every scheme. Addressing a concluding function of the BJP's Parivartan Yatra outreach campaign here ahead of assembly elections, he also claimed that the Congress can not tolerate the rise of the Dalits, STs, OBCs; and it abuses OBCs on the pretext of targeting him.

By Andy Sullivan and David Morgan

Narendra Modi for the new Parliament building, Chandrayaan-3, the G20 summit and Women Reservation Bill, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said he completed all four works within three months while it would have normally taken 50 years just to do any one of them. Addressing a gathering here, Shah showered praise on Modi for «rejuvenating» the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and inspiring its scientists, as well as sending out a message through the G20 summit that India is with both the developed and developing nations.

Joe Biden's administration issuing increasingly dire warnings of everything from impending border chaos to travel disruptions. The closure, set to start after midnight Saturday (0400 GMT Sunday) if lawmakers fail to reach a deal, would be the first since 2019 — impacting millions of federal employees and military personnel while threatening the closure of national parks. The two chambers of Congress are deadlocked, with a small group of Republicans in the House of Representatives pushing back against any stopgap measure that would at least keep the lights on. On Friday, hardline House Republicans defeated a plan proposed by their own leader to keep funds flowing, with a bill to temporarily fund the government rejected in a 232-198 vote. The measure involved deep spending cuts and would unlikely have passed the Democratic-majority Senate. Office of Management and Budget director Shalanda Young said Friday it was up to hardline Republican lawmakers to resolve the impasse, telling reporters «there is still a chance» of avoiding a shutdown. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre added at a briefing that «the conversation is not between the president and McCarthy.» «The conversation needs to happen between Speaker McCarthy and his caucus.

Global market update: Wall Street indices erased its gains from signs of subsiding inflation as investors seems weary of US shutdown on October 1, 2023. Dow Jones index ended 0.47 per cent lower whereas S&P 500 index went down 0.27 per cent on Friday. However, tech heavy weight Nasdaq manged to remain in positive territory as it closed 0.14 per cent higher on Friday.

Republican priorities that had little chance of passing the Democratic-controlled Senate. The defeat left Republicans - who control the chamber by 221-212 - without a clear strategy to avert a shutdown that would close national parks, disrupt pay for up to 4 million federal workers and hobble everything from financial oversight to scientific research if funding is not extended past 12:01 a.m. ET (0401 GMT) on Sunday.