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Vikrant Massey had to sell his mobile phone in order to afford a trip to Goa. In a recent interview, the ‘12th Fail’ star reminisced about how he experienced a shortage in funds when he was a struggling artiste and had to eventually part ways with his mobile phone. “I had just started earning, and I took Rs 5000 with me. I went with my friends in a Volvo bus. It was the last night of the trip, and we used to split all expenses back then. Like, if we bought a cold drink for Rs 20, we’d split it Rs 10 each. At the time of checkout, we had all exhausted our money. We needed to pay the hotel bill. I had a mobile phone, so I sold it to settle the bill and buy return tickets to Mumbai for all my friends,” he said. In a conversation with journalist Faye D’Souza, Vikrant Massey reflected on witnessing his parents’ financial struggles during his childhood. He shared that his family, once part of a wealthy household, faced a dramatic turn of events when a family dispute resulted in their eviction. This left them with no choice but to live in a warehouse.

These measures are part of the Insurance Amendment Bill, which is set to be tabled during the upcoming winter session of Parliament. The move aligns with the government’s broader goal of achieving "Insurance for All by 2047," a vision recently emphasised by Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) chairman Debasish Panda.

disqualification of MPs for holding office of profit and bring a new one which is in sync with present requirements. The legislative department of the Union law ministry has floated the draft 'Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Bill, 2024' prepared on the lines of recommendations made by the Joint Committee on Offices of Profit (JCOP) then headed by Kalraj Mishra in the 16th Lok Sabha. The proposed bill seeks to rationalise section 3 of the existing Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act, 1959 and to remove the negative list of offices provided in the schedule containing offices, the holders of which would incur disqualification. It also proposes to remove the conflict between the existing Act and certain other statutes which have an express provision for not to incur disqualification.

The House passed legislation that would provide full benefits to millions.

Kiren Rijuju on Saturday said that the standard of debates in the Lok Sabha has gone down since Congress leader Rahul Gandhi entered Parliament. Addressing a press conference, the Union minister of parliamentary and minority affairs, who is here to campaign for the November 20 Maharashtra election, said there is an undercurrent in favour of the BJP and Mahayuti, and the Ladki Bahin scheme will benefit the ruling alliance. «The standard of debates in the Lok Sabha has gone down since Rahul Gandhi's arrival. We have people who can talk and debate, but the Congress seems to have no one, and those who want to debate are afraid of Rahul Gandhi,» he said. Rijiju claimed that many senior Congress MPs have told him they want debates and discussions, but the Leader of Opposition is not concerned because he cannot debate and reads chits given by some NGOs.

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Hardeep Singh Puri said on Friday. Speaking at the Geo India 2024 conference in Greater Noida, on the outskirts of the national capital, the minister said the government's reforms agenda to make it easier to find and produce crude oil (which is refined into fuels like petrol and diesel) and natural gas (which is used to generate power, make fertilizer or turned into cooking gas and CNG) will continue. He promised interference-free administration. «If you have a private sector company which is family owned, you still have interference. But if you have well run state oil companies as our oil firms are, and you have a minister like me, you will have zero interference. I have said that repeatedly,» he said.

Amit Shah on Friday dared Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to speak «nicely» about Veer Savarkar and Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray. «Uddhav ji, if you have the courage, get Rahul Baba to speak two good words about Veer Savarkar and Balasaheb,» Shah said, addressing a rally at Hingoli in Maharashtra ahead of the November 20 state assembly elections. «Rahul Baba's Congress party has passed a resolution in Kashmir to bring back Article 370. Rahul Baba, listen carefully, not only you but even your fourth generation cannot bring back Article 370,» Shah said. Shah said that in the Haryana assembly elections, Rahul Gandhi had said with confidence that his party had won. «So much arrogance in a democracy. Look at the results, Congress was wiped out in Haryana and BJP formed the government,» he said.

Drugmakers are required to be clearer about explaining risks and side effects.

The state that gave much of America the right to offer legal sports betting may decide that certain bets on college athletes are out of bounds

Pulte Capital CEO Bill Pulte weighs in on rising mortgage rates and says that until supply increases, high housing prices will be seen.

small businesses in India get paid faster, according to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The system, called TReDS, allows small businesses to sell unpaid invoices to banks and other financial institutions. “TReDS has effectively bridged the credit gap by enabling MSMEs to promptly convert their trade receivables into liquid funds. This ensures that small businesses do not have to wait endlessly for payments,” said RBI Deputy Governor Michael Patra. Small businesses often struggle to get paid on time by their larger customers. This delay can make it hard for them to pay their own bills and grow their businesses.

British Treasury chief Rachel Reeves is set to announce plans later Thursday to merge dozens of pension funds with the aim of unlocking tens of billions of pounds for investment and boosting the U.K.’s sub-par economic growth

Massachusetts lawmakers are planning to vote this week on a bill that would pave the way for the construction of a new soccer stadium for the New England Revolution in Everett

Tenants searching for an apartment in New York City have long been forced to pay thousands of dollars to real estate brokers

The election of the Goldman Sachs 2024 partner class may be of negligible importance alongside the election ofDonald Trump, but if you're one of Goldman's 95 new partners, it's a whole new world. 

Louisiana’s GOP-dominated House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed individual and corporate tax cuts, along with a constitutional amendment

According to the agenda of the meeting, the panel on education, women, children, youth and sports headed by Congress MP Digvijaya Singh will also hear the WCD secretary on the functioning of various statutory and autonomous bodies such as the National Commission for Women, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, Central Adoption Resource Authority, and the National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development. The Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which was introduced in the Lok Sabha in December 2021 was referred to the standing committee and got several extensions.

Speaking to ANI, Sule said «Joint Parliamentary Committee is a huge thing. Are they going to end that too? This is a democracy and the country runs on a Constitution, not on any invisible force.» Shah had said that Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) is against the changes, but the bill to amend the law regarding the Waqf board will soon be passed in the Parliament.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Shaktikanta Das’s warning of inflation rising sharply in October has turned out prescient. Data released on Tuesday showed the consumer price index rose 6.2% last month from its level a year earlier.

Donald Trump is naming longtime adviser Stephen Miller, an immigration hard-liner, to be the deputy chief of policy in his new administration. Confirming the appointment, Vice President-elect JD Vance posted a message of congratulations on Monday to Miller on X and said, This is another fantastic pick by the president. Miller is one of Trump's longest-serving aides, dating back to his first campaign for the White House. He was a senior adviser in Trump’s first term and has been a central figure in many of his policy decisions, particularly on immigration, including Trump's move to separate thousands of immigrant families as a deterrence program in 2018.