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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday hit out at the BJP-led Centre while claiming that people in the country were not getting employment and were facing the wrath of inflation. Addressing a gathering in Chhattisgarh's Korba district during his 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra', Gandhi asked the people to wake up, claiming their pockets were being robbed and they were being misled. The backward classes, Dalits and Adivasis (tribals) comprise 74 per cent of the country's population, but not a single person from these communities is the owner or in the management of India's top 200 companies which are being given «all the money of the country», he claimed. The BJP calls it a «Hindu Rashtra», but 74 per cent of the population and the poor from the general country have been getting nothing. They are only for beating «thali» (steel plate), ringing «ghanta» (bell), showing mobile phones and dying in hunger, he further claimed targeting the Centre.

Hard Sell The bosses at the Indian outpost of this multinational giant have been trying really hard to sell a ritzy property that used to belong to this tycoon who’s proven hard to get (to India) for the past seven-eight years. He’s currently dodging regulators for some apparently serious misconduct. Anyway, the company got ownership of the pile when they took over most of the tycoon’s business. But here’s the kicker: nobody wants it! Despite its posh location in south Mumbai, potential buyers are giving it a wide berth. Local brokers are whispering that folks are spooked by what they say is its jinxed history. Maybe. Or, is the tycoon pulling the strings from across the seas? ETA Awaited A high-flying minister was recently irked by the pace of a critical project. The government wants it completed quickly but the squabbling between the two parties building the facility threatens to slow things down even more. The minister’s irritation was barely concealed at a recent meeting as he asked tough questions and made clear his impatience with the answers. Here’s hoping the words landed and the project takes off soon.

global GDP grew by about 3%. The early signs suggest progress is continuing at the same rate this year. Data from Goldman Sachs, a bank, indicate that global economic activity is about as lively as it was in 2019.

Mithun Chakraborty suffers brain stroke, hospital says ‘he is fully conscious’ Chakraborty, 73, was admitted to a private hospital here on Saturday after he complained of severe chest pain. The popular actor has already undergone an MRI, along with other medical tests at the hospital. The veteran actor developed monir speech difficulty and his right hand movement was affected.

Investing.com-- Shares of Australian pharmaceutical giant CSL Ltd (ASX:CSL) tumbled on Monday after it said that a phase 3 trial for a drug to treat second heart attacks had failed to meet its primary endpoint in efficacy.

BAPS Mandir’ in Abu Dhabi. He will also meet the top leadership of one of India's closest strategic partners in West Asia. The temple, the first traditional Hindu temple in the United Arab Emirates, sits on 27 acres of land generously gifted by the UAE leadership.

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) won a clear majority in the 336-member National Assembly. Here are top 10 updates on Pakistan general election results, 1) Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and PPP President Asif Ali Zardari held a meeting with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday.

North Korea has successfully developed a new ballistic control system for a multiple rocket launcher along with controllable shells, state media KCNA reported on Monday. The Academy of Defence Science, which oversees the country's missile development, conducted a «ballistic control» test firing of 240-mm calibre controllable multiple rocket launcher shells on Sunday, KCNA said. KCNA said the strategic value of the 240 mm-caliber multiple rocket launcher will be «reevaluated» its role in battlefields will also increase due to what it called «rapid technical improvement.»

Joe Biden hit back at predecessor and Republican presidential hopeful, Donald Trump, over his mockery of fellow party candidate Nikki Haley's husband, saying that the latter thinks that the country's troops are 'suckers', adding that «this guy wouldn't know service to his country if it slapped him in the face.» Taking to his official X handle, President Biden posted, «The answer is that Major Haley is abroad, serving his country right now. We know he thinks our troops are „suckers,“ but this guy wouldn't know service to his country if it slapped him in the face.»

Satya Nadella told ET during his annual visit to the country last week. In an interview, the 56-year-old chairman and CEO of Microsoft Corporation called AI the new factor of productivity and said it will aid India's goal of being a $5-trillion economy. Edited excerpts: Congratulations on completing ten years at Microsoft. You're being talked about as the 'GOAT' of tech CEOs, the greatest of all time. Your success is partly due to the fact that you placed the right things at the heart of Microsoft 10 years ago, in terms of mobile, cloud, and so on. So, what is going to be Microsoft's paradigm ten years from now?

Student accommodation platform Amber has raised $21 million in its first round of institutional funding, led by Mumbai-based private equity firm Gaja Capital. The round comprises $18.5 million in fresh equity and the remaining in venture debt from Lighthouse Canton and Stride Ventures.

Amazon Seller Services, the entity that runs the Amazon marketplace in India, said its US parent infused Rs 830 crore into the company. Amazon Seller Services said it allotted 830 million equity shares to Amazon Corporate Holdings Ltd and Amazon.com.inc as part of the fund infusion.

Satya Nadella, chairman and chief executive officer of Microsoft Corporation. Emphasising the role of artificial intelligence in driving increased productivity, the Hyderabad-born technocrat said it gives him “tremendous optimism” that it (AI) will further accelerate India’s growth as it races towards its goal of becoming a developed nation by 2047. “At the end of the day, what's the difference between being a developed country and a developing country? It’s just the rate of growth over long periods of time,” 56-year old Nadella told ET in an interview, last week. He cited the example of the digital public goods, which when “scaffolded or daisy-chained with a large language model” can create several innovative solutions for various sectors of the economy.

Satya Nadella, chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Microsoft that has toppled Apple as the most valuable company, believes that India with its robust developer community will be able to compete with any developed country in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI (GenAI) in enterprises. In an interview during his visit to India last week, Nadella, who has completed 10 years as the company’s CEO, underscored the importance of keeping “humans in the loop" in AI-enabled projects, the value of India-specific large language models (LLMs), the need to regulate AI, and the need to create new value from technology to stay ahead.

1,340-kilometer (832-mile) border with Russia. Unlike in most European countries, the president of Finland holds executive power in formulating foreign and security policy together with the government, especially concerning countries outside the European Union such as the United States, Russia and China.

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and PPP President Asif Ali Zardari held a meeting with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday. The two parties have agreed «in principle to save the country from political instability.» The leaders of two parties spoke about the overall situation of the country and political cooperation in the future, according to the statement released by PML-N President on X. Shehbaz Sharif and Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari agreed to cooperate politically to bring the nation to political stability.

Abu Dhabi witnessed a symbolic 'Yajna' for harmony at the BAPS Hindu Temple ahead of its inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Brahmaviharidas Swami, Head of BAPS Hindu Mandir, expressed the temple's purpose, emphasising its role in fostering coexistence among cultures, religions, communities, and countries. «Today we had a beautiful 'Yajna' for harmony. Our Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, is specially flying in to inaugurate this temple, which he actually initiated in 2015...The significance of this mandir is to breathe in a fresh air of harmony where cultures, religions, communities and countries can coexist,» he told ANI.

Guwahati: The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, drew a Lotus, the symbol of BJP, as part of the BJP Wall Painting program at the Jyotikuchi area in Guwahati. As part of this national campaign, the Party's senior leader joined enthusiastic party workers and common people to draw a lotus, where everyone cheered for ‘Ek Bar Phir Se Modi Sarkar.’

Coveted worldwide for their style, design and durability, but shut out of the Indian market over quality rules: That’s the paradox facing French luxury brands like Louis Vuitton, Dior and Christian Louboutin trying to sell their exquisite footwear in India. Footwear imports by these brands and others have faced hurdles after the government’s quality rules mandating the application of BIS standards for imported footwear, including embossing ISI marks on all footwear sold in India took effect in July 2023, three people aware of the matter said. Under the quality control order (QCO) on footwear, no company can manufacture, import, distribute, sell, hire, lease, store or exhibit any product in the country without the ISI mark.

Pakistan Election Results 2024: Pakistan is facing a deadlock with key political parties mulling option to form the new government in the crisis-hit country. Neither Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League (N) nor Bilawal Bhutto Zardari's Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) seem to be winning a clear majority in the 336-member National Assembly. Follow Pakistan Election Results 2024 LIVE Updates here Although Independent candidates backed by Imran Khan Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) are leading the race, their "symbol-less" party will not be able to form the new government independently.

Amit Shah has asked Karnataka’s BJP unit that it must win all 28 Lok Sabha seats in the upcoming elections with a 10% increase in the party’s vote-share at each booth compared to 2019. The political environment across the country was favourable to the BJP. The State unit must work hard to convert Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity into votes with increased vote-share, Shah said, at strategy meetings he held in Mysuru with the BJP core committee leaders as well as with the cluster leaders of Mysuru-Kodagu, Mandya, Hassan and Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha seats. Shah’s meeting to get the election preparations rolling comes amid Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President DK Shivakumar targeting to win 15-20 seats on the back of five-guarantees it has rolled out.