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INDIA bloc has failed to gain much traction as its important allies JD(U) and RLD have walked out. He asserted that India needs greater empowerment for the underprivileged through better education, healthcare, and gender equity. “A cast census might be an exercise to consider.

India has lost much of its power due to disunity, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen said the Congress has many organisational problems that need remedying. In an interview with PTI, Sen said that a caste census might be an exercise to consider, but India needs greater empowerment for the underprivileged through better education, healthcare, and gender equity. The noted economist said he is «enormously proud» to be a citizen of a democratic country like India, but there is a need to «work harder to enhance the nation's democratic nature». Sen said the opposition bloc INDIA failed to gain much traction, with its important allies such as JD(U) and RLD walking out.

Iran on Sunday urged Israel not to retaliate militarily to an unprecedented attack overnight, which Tehran presented as a justified response to a strike that destroyed its consulate building in Damascus earlier this month. «The matter can be deemed concluded,» Iran's mission to the United Nations said in a post on X just a few hours after the start of the operation late Saturday. «However, should the Israeli regime make another mistake, Iran's response will be considerably more severe,» the Iranian mission warned.

U.S. track and field athletes have around four dozen pieces to choose from when assembling their uniforms at the Olympics

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has vowed to boost social spending, develop infrastructure and make India a global manufacturing hub as companies shift away from China

Israel has hailed the success of its defenses in the face of an unprecedented attack by Iran

U.S. and Chinese military planners are gearing up for a new kind of warfare in which squadrons of air and sea drones equipped with artificial intelligence work together like a swarm of bees to overwhelm an enemy

Tech executive Elon Musk and Argentine President Javier Milei have sealed their budding bromance at a Tesla electric car factory in Texas — their first meeting after months of mutual admiration on social media

Momofuku, a food and restaurant brand started by chef David Chang, says it won’t defend its trademark on the name “chile crunch” after it sparked an outcry by sending cease-and-desist letters to other businesses using the term

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is cementing economic links and cultural amity with North Carolina by visiting the Tar Heel state after a few days in Washington focused on global security issues

Real estate tycoon Truong My Lan's death sentence is a pivotal moment in Vietnam’s anti-corruption drive

Official customs data show China’s exports contracted in March after growing in the first two months of the year

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, popularly known as Babasaheb Ambedkar, is widely revered as the architects of the Indian Constitution. Dr. Ambedkar was appointed as India's first Law Minister in the Cabinet of Jawaharlal Nehru. He was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour in 1990. The birthday of this great individual is celebrated as Ambedkar Jayanti. Ambedkar Jayanti 2024: Date and History The Ambedkar Jayanti is celebration with great enthusiasm around the country on April 14 annually. He was born on April 14, 1891 at Mhow near Indore in the then Central Province, now Madhya Pradesh. For the first time, activist Janardan Sadashiv Ranapisay celebrated Ambedkar’s birthday publicly on 14 April 1928 in Pune. Since then, this day is celebrated as Ambedkar Jayanti or Bhim Jayanti. From a humble origin, Dr Ambedkar went on to become one of the foremost legal minds in the country. On March 31, 20211, the Government of India decided to declare April 14 as a public holiday on account of the birthday of Dr BR Ambedkar. Ambedkar Jayanti 2024: Significance

India declined 5.5 per cent in FY24 due to the monetary crisis in various overseas markets, according to the latest data shared by industry body SIAM. Overall exports stood at 45,00,492 units in the last fiscal compared to 47,61,299 units in FY23. Commenting on the drop in overseas shipments last fiscal, SIAM President Vinod Aggarwal said the situation remains volatile in various overseas markets. «Some of the countries, where we are very strong with commercial vehicle and two-wheeler exports, have been facing foreign exchange-related issues,» he noted.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its manifesto on Sunday, April 14 for the Lok Sabha election 2024 at its headquarters in New Delhi in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Among other promises, the party pledged to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) across the country after forming a government at the Centre.

Sankalp Patra’ for the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2024, on April 14 – the day marking the birth anniversary of BR Ambedkar, the architect of the Indian Constitution. BJP President JP Nadda, Union Ministers Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman and Rajnath Singh, were present, apart from PM Modi, at the manifesto release function at BJP headquarters in the national capital. Here are 10 points in the BJP's ‘Sankalp Patra’: Titled "Modi Ki Guarantee," the BJP’s manifesto for 2024 elections which has 14 promises focuses on the theme of cultural nationalism.

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Lok Sabha Elections 2024 will help empower youth, women, poor and farmers of the country and help India in its roadmap for ‘Viksit Bharat’ (Developed India), said Prime Minister Narendra Modi after unveiling BJP's manifesto on Sunday. 1) In the national interest, BJP doesn't walk away from taking 'bade' and 'kade' decisions. For us, the country is bigger than the party..." 2) “Work on BJP's 'Sankalp Patra' will begin immediately after the June 4 results.

Israel-Iran Tensions: Iran on April 13 launched a drone attack against Israel, which it blames for an attack on its embassy in Damascus (Syria). This marks the first wave of direct military assault amid high-strung tensions between Israel and Iran, raising alarms for a wider regional conflict.

ANI reported that the BJP formed the Election Manifesto Committee, comprising 27 members. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh was appointed as the chairman of this committee.Meanwhile, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was appointed as the coordinator, and Union Minister Piyush Goyal was made the co-coordinator.

Bloomberg) --The European Central Bank held the line on interest rates but officials leaned even more toward a mid-year cut should inflation continue to cool. Lower borrowing costs would help nudge a European economy that’s struggled to register any growth for longer than a year. On the other side of the Atlantic, US economic activity is on much more solid footing and inflation is running too fast for Federal Reserve policymakers. Here are some of the charts that appeared on Bloomberg this week on the latest developments in the global economy, geopolitics and markets: