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Thiruvananthapuram: Ahead of Lok Sabha elections in the country Union Minister and BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Sunday said that he is meeting people from all sections of the society, adding to which, he said, «I consider it my duty to meet and hear them.» He further highlighted, «It is also my intention to present to them, how Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and Modi govt can change the trajectory of Thiruvananthapuram, from nothing happening in the last 10 years to making Thiruvananthapuram a place where technology, tourism, electronics, manufacturing, research and science that Anandapuri deserves.» He stated that the BJP and I as a candidate will consider people's desire for change, development and progress and will work to deliver that.

ALSO READ: Lok Sabha Polls 2024: Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra isn't a patch on its first version | 5 Points "A senior leader from Maharashtra left Congress and cried in from of my mother and said 'Sonia ji, I am ashamed that I don't have the power to fight this Shakti. I do not want to go to jail.' Thousands of people have been threatened like this..." he added. 1) "We are not fighting against one particular political party or person.

Frontier markets are back. Several African countries have recently returned to global financial markets, placing foreign-currency bonds with international investors. The question is whether they are back for good, or whether someone or something—namely, the US Federal Reserve—will throw a wrench in the works.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said, «the country would not have been divided if the Congress did not exist.» He said that this book is a best-seller, which shows that people are also realising this (What if there was no Congress). «If Congress wouldn't have been there, the country wouldn't have been divided… The corruption, and terrorism kind of thing that we witness wouldn't have been the case. The 'Viksit Bharat' that PM Modi is building today would have been done earlier,» he said on Sunday.

Vladimir Putin. Putin is poised to extend his nearly quarter century of rule for six more years after a relentless crackdown on dissent.

country has scripted a new chapter of development during ten years rule of the Narendra Modi government. Saini also said that people of Haryana, like in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, will this time too give all the 10 seats to "Modi ji's kitty". Polling in Haryana's 10 Lok Sabha seats will be held in the sixth phase of the seven-phase elections on May 25. Assembly polls in the state are due later this year. «Country has progressed at a fast pace and has scripted a new chapter of development under Modi ji's leadership during past ten years,» Saini, who was accompanied by Haryana Assembly Speaker Gian Chand Gupta, told reporters in Panchkula after paying obeisance at the Mata Mansa Devi temple this evening.

Maruti Suzuki to Hyundai and Tata Motors, are seeking to democratize the electric power train in personal mobility through the introduction of one electric car a month over the next two years, breaking consumer resistance over affordability through more mass-market choices than ever before. “The adoption of EVs in passenger vehicle segment in India has been rather slow. Currently it is only 2.2% despite the substantial GST rate advantage. There are mainly 3 reasons for this slow adoption: the high acquisition cost ( EVs are typically 1.35-1.7 times more expensive than corresponding gasoline cars ), range anxiety among potential buyers due to lack of charging infrastructure and the relatively less number of mass models in this segment. It is expected that as the battery prices come down and as more models are launched and range anxiety fades away, the adoption rate will increase”, Shashank Srivastava, senior executive officer (marketing and sales) at Maruti Suzuki said, adding, “Some research shows faster adoption once penetration gets to around 5%. After this inflexion point, it is expected that EV penetration in India will each around 20% by 2030.” The largest number of product interventions — 12 — will be in the heart of the market in the mid SUV segment that has popular models such as Hyundai Creta and Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara. Another half a dozen SUVs are scheduled for launch across the sub-compact, compact and premium SUV categories.

New Delhi: India is contemplating softening its stand on some of the contentious issues that have held up a free trade agreement with the UK, according to two people aware of the matter who expect the UK to do the same. Both countries have underscored the significance of finding a “feasible solution" to speed up the process, they added. “India is planning to soften its stand on some of the sticky issues in the trade negotiations with the UK.

₹7.5 lakh per drone, it is an investment of ₹1.5 crore. A chunk of this capital investment was financed through the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund set up by the union government, which provides loans at concessional rates of 6% per year. A year of awareness campaigns and demonstrations seem to have paid off.

₹1.2 lakh ($14 billion) crore across its portfolio business with a special focus on green/renewable energy. The investments are made in portfolio companies ranging from energy, airports, commodities, cement, and media. The planned investments are 40% higher than the invested amount in the current fiscal year.

Joe Biden's campaign has amassed USD 155 million in cash on hand for the 2024 election, far exceeding the in-hand total for his Republican opponent, Donald Trump. The president raised USD 53 million alone last month, which was the strongest grassroots fundraising month since the campaign launched, according to campaign officials. Among those efforts was a contest for supporters to attend a fundraiser on March 28 in New York with Biden, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton that raised USD 4 million last month. «The enthusiasm we're picking up as we go around the country is real,» Biden said in a radio interview with WNOV 860 in Wisconsin last week. «We've raised a whole lot of money. We have 1.5 million donors, including 500,000 are brand new, they're small donors; 97 per cent of the donations under USD 200.»

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], March 17 (ANI): Former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched a scathing attack on the Congress party on Sunday, stating that the party is neither left with an army nor a leader. Chouhan asserted that the Congress, once a formidable force in Indian politics, now resembles a 'sinking ship without direction and vision.' Addressing a press conference in state capital Bhopal, Shivraj Singh Chouhan said, «On one hand, the BJP is a shining star, and on the other hand, the Congress is a sinking ship. Neither does the party have a way nor a vision, that is why their condition is depleting.» Exuding confidence in the BJP's victory in the upcoming elections, Chouhan stated, «Ab ki baar 400 paar» is not a BJP slogan, but rather an announcement of the public."

ALSO READ: Mob assaults foreign students for offering namaz inside Gujarat University hostel | Video "An incidence of violence took place at Gujarat University in Ahmedabad yesterday. State government is taking strict action against the perpetrators. Two foreign students were injured in the clash.

ZURICH (Reuters) — Swiss banking giant UBS will look for merger and acquisitions opportunities in the United States in the next few years, its chairman told the NZZ newspaper on Sunday.

Russian Elections 2024: President Vladimir Putin is all set to win a fifth term in office and tighten his grip on power with no real challengers in the Russian Elections 2024. The voting, which started on Friday witnessed occasional signs of protests as some voters vandalized the ballot box or filled them with ink in their solidarity with Alexei Navalny, the most vociferous critic of Vladimir Putin, who died in an Arctic prison last month. The Russian Elections 2024 are coming just two years after Vladimir Putin started the biggest conflict in Europe since World War II when he invaded Ukraine.

Kapil Sibal on Sunday said the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal is an evidence that the Election Commission is «a long arm of the government». Sibal also raised questions over the appointment of two election commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu recently, saying they were appointed despite the fact that there is a Constitution bench judgment stating that the Chief Justice of India (CJI) should also be a member of the committee that recommends the names of appointees. «As far as the seven phases (of the Lok Sabha polls in the country) are concerned, that was expected,» he told PTI Videos. «In fact the way they appointed these two election commissioners despite the fact that there is a Constitution bench judgment saying that the CJI should also be a member of the committee. The way they have discarded the Constitution bench decision despite the challenge pending in the Supreme Court and the way they preponed the appointment, only shows that their intention was to have their own people there,» Sibal alleged.

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BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi feels Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is the biggest liability of the opposition bloc and warned that several opposition parties could risk losing recognition from the Election Commission after defeat at the hands of the Narendra Modi-led BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. The former Union minority affairs minister tried to dispel fears revolving around the implementation of CAA by saying, «Not a single Indian citizen, including Muslims, would be affected by the new legislation» and accused the opposition of trying to create communal conflict and confusion across the country. In an interview to PTI, Naqvi predicted a decisive victory for the BJP government for a third consecutive term, citing a widespread loss of faith among the populace in opposition parties, particularly the Congress. He criticised opposition bloc INDIA, saying it lacks coherent leadership and policies, with internal conflicts and ambitions hindering its effectiveness.

Financial Services Secretary Vivek Joshi has said that public sector banks have been asked to check mis-selling of insurance products and ensure protection of account holders' interest. Banks have been sensitised on the matter, as the Department of Financial Services (DFS) regularly gets complaints that fraudulent and unethical practices are being adopted by banks and life insurance companies for procuring policies from the bank customers, he told PTI in an interview. «Banks have been asked to give utmost importance to the interest of account holders,» he said. There have been instances where life insurance policies were sold to customers aged above 75 years in tier-II and III cities.

ANI. He claimed that if there were no BJP, there would not have been any riots and said, “If there had been no BJP, there would not have been other things.

Indian Constitution. He also asserted that the truth and the country's people are on his side. He was addressing a gathering in a hall here after taking out the 'Nyay Sankalp Padyatra' from the Mani Bhavan, Mahatma Gandhi's home in Mumbai, to the August Kranti Maidan, where the Quit India movement started in 1942 during India’s struggle for independence from the British rule.