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Milind Deora has added an element of intrigue to the political landscape, raising questions about the potential impact on both the Congress party and the BJP as they navigate the approaching electoral landscape for 2024 Lok Sabha Elections. As Congress gears up to fight the Lok Sabha elections with Maha Vikas Aghadi allies Shiv Sena (UBT) and Sharad Pawar's NCP faction, the grand old party banks on the ‘left-over’ prominent leaders to give a tough fight to the saffron alliance in Maharashtra that accounts for 48 Lok Sabha seats. Let's take a look Prithviraj Chavan succeeded Ashok Chavan, when the latter had to step down as the Maharashtra chief minister after being allegations of corruption were brought against Ashok Chavan in the Adarsh Housing Society scam.

TOKYO (Reuters) -Toyota Motor Corp said on Tuesday both the president and chairman of small-car unit Daihatsu Motor will step down following revelations of misconduct related to rigged collision safety-tests.

The race for the Republican nomination got personal Saturday when Donald Trump questioned the absence of Nikki Haley’s husband on the campaign trail

Cruise, the troubled General Motors autonomous vehicle unit, has hired a veteran automotive and technology company safety official for the critical position of chief safety officer

hiring intent in India is up 6% year-on-year in the first six months of 2024, according to the latest Career Outlook Report prepared by TeamLease EdTech, a learning and employability solutions provider. The fresher hiring intent is at 68% as against 62% in HY1 of 2023. According to the report, hiring intent is a measure that represents the percentage of employers likely to hire fresh graduates during the six-month time period under consideration.

Saurabh Tiwary has decided to retire from professional cricket after Jharkhand's final league match of the Ranji Trophy against Rajasthan in Jamshedpur from February 16. In a career spanning 17 years, Tiwary represented Jharkhand and played three ODIs for India and turned up for four IPL franchises. «It's a little tough to bid farewell to this journey that I had started before my schooling,» the 34-year-old was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo. «But I'm also sure that this is the right time for this. I feel that if you're not in the national team and IPL, it's better to vacate a spot in the state side for a youngster. Youngsters are getting a lot of chances in our Test team so I'm making this decision.»

marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum and his coach were killed in a traffic accident in the Rift Valley on Sunday, cutting short the promising career of the only man to have run the endurance classic in less than two hours and one minute. The 24-year-old set the world record at the Chicago Marathon in October with a time of two hours and 35 seconds to surpass the mark of 2:01:09 run by compatriot Eliud Kipchoge in Berlin in 2022. Kiptum, who clocked three of the seven fastest marathon times in history, had been hoping to become the first man to run the marathon in under two hours in race conditions at Rotterdam in April as well as make his Olympic debut in Paris in July.

In a continuing effort to strengthen its presence across the wealth management and private banking spaces, Citizens Financial has bolstered its leadership with two critical hires.

What Now? With Trevor Noah, Bill Gates shared the 1997 incident, when he read about children dying in various parts of the world due to diseases, curable in the US, and that's the moment he realized what he wanted to do beyond Microsoft. “I had a long period from about age 18 to 40 where I was very monomaniacal... Microsoft was everything," a Moneycontrol report quoted him as saying.

Grammy Award-winning R&B singer and songwriter Usher is headlining Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas on Sunday, where the San Francisco 49ers will face off against the Kansas City Chiefs. It’s not Usher’s first Super Bowl performance—he performed alongside the Black Eyed Peas in 2011.

questioning of whether the late Sen. John McCain, a prisoner of war in Vietnam, was a hero because Trump liked “people who weren’t captured." Throughout his political career, Trump has been accused of disregarding longstanding norms on avoiding attacking current or past servicemembers or people in a politician's family. Michael Haley began a yearlong stint in June with the South Carolina Army National Guard.

Simona Halep has been fighting “the hardest match” of her life. Now, the former World No 1 and Wimbledon champion awaits the verdict of a three-person independent panel at the Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS) in Switzerland. If Halep loses, her career will be all but over, and tennis will have its biggest doping scandal since Maria Sharapova tested positive for meldonium in 2016. Halep is appealing a four-year ban imposed by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) after testing positive for the banned substance Roxadustat at the 2022 US Open, while investigators also found irregularities in her biological passport. Halep denies wrongdoing and has blamed contaminated nutritional supplements for the findings. The charges brought before the CAS panel are serious, however. Roxadustat is used for the treatment of anaemia, but in a sporting context is prohibited because of its capacity to boost the production of red blood cells in the body. Its effect is similar to EPO, the doping product that has plagued major endurance sports such as cycling’s Tour de France.

Franklin Templeton's top boss Jenny Johnson can't wait for the India opportunity to unfold where she believes the mutual fund industry has tremendous scope for growth and credits her fund management company for spotting the country's vast potential 27 years ago when it became the first foreign fund manager to start operations. «Only 5% of the population has mutual funds. So, we are incredibly excited about how the future is going to be,» said Johnson, chief executive officer of the $1.4 trillion global investment management giant. Johnson, who has lived in India briefly during her long career with Franklin Templeton, said she had really seen the country grow over the past 27 years. «There was a saying India grows at night while the government sleeps. I would laugh at that because I always believed there is huge potential in the economy. 56% of the population is under 25. You have a British-oriented legal system,» she said. Citing how remarkably things have changed, she said the country, which earlier faced headwinds because the government was blamed for slowing things down, now has a tailwind.

Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya Box Office Collection Day 1: Bollywood movie Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya, starring Shahid Kapoor and Kriti Sanon, was released on February 9. Upon its release, the movie collected ₹6.50 crore. As per media reports, the movie has been made with ₹75 crore.

career event” recently? Perhaps you were a casualty of “corporate outplacing,” the unfortunate, yet ostensibly necessary result of your company “rightsizing.” Managers are running out of ways to say you no longer have a job. Layoffs in the first month of 2024 have left tens of thousands in the United States without jobs, with the tech industry alone cutting 32,000 roles. The way the bad news is delivered is more important than ever, as companies fear being canceled on social media after a poorly executed final conversation. Executives are using all kinds of euphemisms to avoid being straightforward with their employees.

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy will make his first Super Bowl appearance on Sunday, when his team will face the Kansas City Chiefs at Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas. Despite his critical role in the National Football League's (NFL) championship game, Purdy's salary and net worth won't be among the highest on the field.

UBS Private Wealth Management has expanded its ultra-high-net-worth presence with the addition of a multibillion-dollar advisory team.

NewEdge Wealth has added a new office in Atlanta, Georgia, with the hire of a team formerly with J.P. Morgan Wealth Management.

Thousands of doctors in the early years of their careers in England are to go on strike later this month for another five-day stretch as their long-standing pay dispute with the British government remains in stasis

Women in India have always been active in making sure the family’s finances are put to the right use. They are the ones who have kept the importance of saving money intact despite facing all the financial constraints. However, today women are breaking barriers and making strides in various fields, financial independence remains a crucial aspect of their empowerment. While historical barriers may have limited financial opportunities, women are now embracing investment as a powerful tool for financial independence.

Cetera has deepened its network of advisors with the addition of a five-person veteran team.