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Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said Congress manifesto aims to give back 90 per cent Indians a part of Rs 16 lakh crore given to big businessmen as loan waivers. Gandhi accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of waiving off loans worth Rs 16 lakh crore of his billionaire friends, and said the country will never forgive him for this «crime». In a post in Hindi on X, he said this money could have been used to cure the pain of Indians but was spent on creating hype for the ilk of those like 'Adanis'. Gandhi said, «Injustice is being done to 90 percent Indians and the moment I called for checking this injustice, PM, BJP started attacking me.»

moon lander has survived a third freezing lunar night, Japan's space agency said Wednesday after receiving an image from the device three months after it landed on the moon. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said the lunar probe responded to a signal from the earth Tuesday night, confirming it has survived another weekslong lunar night. Temperatures can fall to minus 170 degrees Celsius (minus 274 degrees Fahrenheit) during a lunar night, and rise to around 100 Celsius (212 Fahrenheit) during a lunar day. The probe, Smart Lander for Investing Moon, or SLIM, reached the lunar surface on January 20, making Japan the fifth country to successfully place a probe on the moon.

Congress' Sam Pitroda says he's ‘very concerned’ about state of democracy in India Sam Pitroda on Tuesday backed Congress' stand on redistribution of wealth and advocated an inheritance tax law in the country while elaborating on the concept of inheritance tax prevailing in the United States. He said, “In America, there is an inheritance tax.

₹16 lakh crore of his “billionaire friends" while also listing how money could have been used to prevent farmer suicides, help unemployed youth and women. In an extensive post in Hindi, Rahul Gandhi suggests that ₹16 lakh crore could cover the cost of waiving farm loans and subsidising LPG cylinders at ₹400 for the entire country for at least 20 years.

Vietnam aims to transform its rice sector, making it more resilient to climate change while also reducing its emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas far more potent than carbon dioxide

Moroccan officials are aiming to turn the country into an aviation hub, luring investors aiming to spread out their supply chains to more nations with available and affordable workers

GoFundMe is expanding into Mexico, the company announced Tuesday

Eknath Shinde hit back at Shiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray for his alleged 'neech' remarks, saying «they can't digest if a common labourer becomes the CM». «Yesterday he (Uddhav Thackeray) said that Eknath Shinde is „neech“. You abuse me by calling me „neech“. If a farmer's son, a common labourer becomes the chief minister then you don't like it, you are unable to digest it,» CM Eknath Shinde at an election rally in Buldhana. «If you look at it, this is not an insult to me, it is an insult to all the farmers' sons, it is an insult to the mothers and sisters of the poor and it is an insult to the society from which I come,» he added.

Pakistan of «potential risk of sanctions,» adding that they will continue to disrupt and take actions against proliferation networks considering business deals with Iran. Emphasising the US imposing sanctions on suppliers to Pakistan's Ballistic Missile Program, US State Department Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel said «We're going to continue to disrupt and take actions against proliferation networks and concerning weapons of mass destruction procurement activities wherever they may occur...Just let me say, broadly, we advise anyone considering business deals with Iran to be aware of the potential risk of sanctions. But ultimately, the government of Pakistan can speak to their own foreign policy pursuits.»

Omar Abdullah claimed that Mehbooba Mufti-led People's Democratic Party (PDP) has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as its 'C team'. Abdullah's statement comes after BJP leader Mushtaq Bukhari notably urged members of the Pahari community to vote for Mehbooba Mufti in the ongoing Lok Sabha election. Referring to this, the NC leader said, «If we have to defeat the BJP here, and the powers spreading poison in the whole country, then people should look at INDIA alliance leaders on all five seats of J-K. All others are connected to the BJP in some way. Be it the 'A' or 'B' team that meets Tarun Chugh sahib or PDP. I am assuming that now Mehbooba Mufti will put pressure on the BJP to get Mushtaq Bukhari's statement changed. PDP has joined BJP as its 'C' team.»

EAM Jaishankar expresses concern over rising deaths of Indian students in US "Now I read that article and I wanted to say listen, in that heat my lowest turnout is higher than your highest turnout in the best run," Jaishankar said. Jaishankar stressed that "They (West) actually think they are part of our electorate", adding, "I think it's time today that we disabuse them, and the best way that we do that, is by confidence." 'They need to calm down': Jaishankar dials Iran, Israeli counterparts The EAM said that the Western media also slams the Bharatiya Janata Party by calling it "unfair", and added, "In a kind of way, today, we are at a very important inflection point.". "They will question your election system, your EVM, your election commission, even the weather," Jaishankar said.

nuclear weapons in space on Wednesday at the United Nations Security Council, which is due to vote on a U.S.-drafted resolution calling on countries to prevent an arms race in outer space. Russia is expected to block the draft resolution, said some diplomats. The U.S.

methamphetamine at the biggest drug lab found during the current administration. The lab was in Quiriego, a township in a remote part of the northern border state of Sonora.

collapsed last month. The new channel will be 35 feet (12 meters) deep, which is a substantial increase over the three other temporary channels established in recent weeks. It puts the cleanup effort slightly ahead of schedule, as officials previously said they hoped to open a channel of that depth by the end of April.

A politician is always a politician: Former vice president M Venkaiah Naidu may no longer be an active BJP leader but loves to meet people, deliver lectures and travel to various parts of the country. After receiving Padma Vibushan, Naidu met friends and well-wishers over breakfast where he announced that he would be more active now in his interactions. He also expressed his ire over leaders switching parties for instant gains and plum posts, saying a true leader would not change colours. Interestingly, most defections in recent times have been to BJP. Pleadings and allegation season: BJP's Bardhaman-Durgapur candidate Dilip Ghosh has sought support from the Left parties and their followers to strengthen Narendra Modi's hands. It is believed that a substantial number of Left votes backed BJP in 2019. Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee has been alleging a 'Ram-Bam' (BJP and Left) connection and claiming that Congress, Left and BJP are teaming together to defeat Trinamool.

Hanuman Chalisa' or 'holding a shobha yatra during Ram Navami' in Karnataka and Rajasthan during its rule. Addressing a rally in Tonk-Sawai Madhopur on Tuesday, Modi referred to the attack on a shopkeeper, allegedly for 'listening to Hanuman Chalisa' in his shop. He claimed Congress 'protected such miscreants' when it was in power for 'appeasement politics'. «A shopkeeper was badly beaten up as he was listening to Hanuman Chalisa. Look at the work of Congress in Karnataka. A shopkeeper was made to bleed in his own small shop for remembering Lord Hanuman in his prayers. You can imagine that even listening to Hanuman Chalisa becomes a crime in their rule. Under Congress rule, it becomes difficult to even follow your faith,» Modi alleged. Hanuman Jayanti was being celebrated in different parts of the country on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI : Are cars safe in India? Some of them are, going by past crash test results, but some continue to fall short of safety standards under global crash test protocols. The latest round of test results from Global New Car Assessment Programme (GNCAP) has found serious safety shortcomings in some car models, prompting calls for industry-wide action to prioritize occupant and vehicle safety.

police forces met with a Sri Lankan inspector general of police who two weeks earlier had been found by the South Asian country’s highest court to have “participated in the torture” of an arrested man.Photos published by Sri Lankan media, including the Ceylon Today, an English-language daily newspaper, show Peel Regional Police Chief Nishan Duraiappah in uniform posing alongside senior Sri Lankan officers on Dec. 29, 2023 at police headquarters in the capital Colombo – a visit a Peel police spokesperson says Global Affairs Canada and the RCMP had been made aware of ahead of time.One of the law enforcement officials in the photos was the inspector-general of Sri Lankan police, Deshabandu Tennakoon, who earlier that month was ordered to pay compensation for taking part in “mercilessly” beating a man.On Dec.

uniform civil code is bound to be implemented in the country and it will not be possible for someone to "marry four women and beget 25 children", and avail the benefits of government schemes. Addressing a press conference here, Dilawar also said that the Congress is the most corrupt party in the world. «After this election, the UCC will be implemented in the country...the day is not far when it will not be possible for a man to marry four women and beget 25 children, and avail the benefits of government schemes claiming to be from the minority community,» the state education minister said. Lashing out at the Congress over corruption, Dilawar alleged that the party during its previous tenure at the Centre would illegally take away around Rs 25 lakh crore of the people every year.

Is the controversy and skepticism around environmental, social and governance investing finally easing? Holly Mazzocca of Cincinnati-based Bartlett Wealth Management, one of the oldest RIAs in the country, believes it is.

A recent survey from FreeWill, a company focused on combining philanthropy with estate planning, sheds new light on Americans’ attitudes on estate planning, and how much of that planning they actually do.