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Narendra Modi's address to first-time voters on the occasion of National Voters Day across the state. He said the broadcast was impeded despite having “valid permissions". Malviya shared a video clip on social media, purportedly showing the police stopping the screening of PM Modi's live interaction with first-time voters in North Kolkata.

Neeraj Chopra now wants the country to go a notch higher in the pecking order by hosting global events in the next two-three years. India is set to bid for the 2029 World Athletics Championships but Chopra said the country can host other global competitions of smaller scale before that. «It will be good if we host 2029 World Championships but 2029 is a long way to go.

This could be another setback to India-Canada ties which deteriorated after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused India for the murder of Khalistani terrorist and a Canadian citizen Hardeep Nijjar in Vancouver last year, Many see targeting India as a meddler in elections as a ploy by the Trudeau government to deflect attention from the rampant Chinese interference which has been in favour of Trudeau's Liberal Party. China is known to infiltrate parliaments in many developed countries.

An inital $35 million target was exceeded with Azimut Holding, a global asset management group and existing client, as the lead investor.The round pushes Sygnum's valuation up to $900 million, a $100 million uplift from its $90 million Series B in october 2022.Since then, Sygnum's assets under administration have grown to over $4 billion, with a client base of over 1,700 from more than 60 countries. Alongside the increase in valuation, the group continued to grow its global team through the 'crypto winter', now nearing 250 employees.

agriculture sector in India rose from 28.75 per cent in 2009-10 to 37.1 per cent in 2019-20 of the total energy use, according to a new data yearbook by The Energy Research Institute (TERI). The total commercial energy input to agriculture rose from 1496 A 10^9 megajoules (MJ) in 2009-10 to 2050 A 10^9 MJ in 2019-20, it said. Both direct (electricity and fuel) and indirect (nitrogenous and phosphorus fertilisers, and pesticides) energy use in Indian agriculture have increased over the years.

Indian industry, including exporters on Thursday, asked the government to provide tax incentives for research and more funds for marketing activities in the Budget to boost manufacturing and the country's outbound shipments. They also urged the government to consider developing a global shipping line in partnership with the private sector. India's outward remittance on transport services is increasing with rising exports. «We remitted over USD 80 billion as transport service charge in 2021. As the country moves towards the goal of USD 1 trillion, this will touch USD 200 billion by 2030,» Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) said, adding that the private sector may be engaged to develop the shipping lines. This will also reduce arm-twisting by foreign shipping lines, particularly of our MSMEs, the organisation said.

There’s no denying the fact that India's tourism industry is on a boom. With conversations shifting toward sustainability in travel, everyone is seeking a responsible and cost- effective travel experience. People want to make smart travel choices, and hence, they opt for travel credit cards. A travel credit card offers you discounts, reward points and cashback on your travel expenses. It also provides you with other benefits like lounge access and travel insurance.

Supreme Court on Thursday sought response of the Tamil Nadu government on a plea of the Enforcement Directorate seeking transfer of the probe in a case against its officer, arrested by the Tamil Nadu Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption on charges of bribe, to the CBI. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and KV Viswanathan issued notice to the Tamil Nadu government and sought its response in two weeks.

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh Thursday said the party is hopeful of finding a solution to the seat-sharing impasse with the TMC, a day after its supremo Mamata Banerjee made a surprise announcement of going solo in the Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal. Ramesh, while speaking to reporters at the Bagdogra airport here, maintained that the Congress cannot think of an INDIA bloc without Banerjee, as she is indispensable in the fight against the BJP in the country.

net migration to the country compensated for its low birth rate and ageing population, the statistics office said on Thursday. The increase was in line with averages seen between 2012 and 2021, but considerably weaker than 2022, when hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees came to Germany seeking shelter. Migration is a key topic in Germany currently, where the government has bolstered border controls and promised to speed up deportations, while also addressing the need for foreign workers with reforms easing access to citizenship. The far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) has surged to second place in opinion polls, seizing on migration as a key concern for voters. The statistics office put net migration to Germany at between 680,000 and 710,000 people in 2023.

MakeMyTrip said on Thursday it had completed the Savaari transaction by aquiring a controlling stake in the car rental service provider. MakeMyTrip had announced in its second quarter FY23-24 results that it has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Savaari Car Rentals Private Limited. Savaari will continue to operate as an independent entity led by the existing leadership team, the company said in a statement.

citizenship, wage disparities, work-life balance, belief in the legal protection of human and labor rights, and discontent with the political and social conditions in the country have contributed to the growing migration to Western nations, said experts attending a seminar titled ‘Navigating New Horizons: The Evolving Patterns of Kerala’s Migration Landscape’ at St Teresa’s college on Wednesday, reported TOI. “Migration in Kerala is undergoing drastic changes in the recent years. If migration in the past was mostly of unskilled workers, currently the migration is among skilled workers as well as students moving abroad in search of better living conditions,” said Divya Balan, assistant professor at FLAME University, Pune. Experts also said that though gender divide among migrants is less visible in Kerala, when compared to a few other states in India, there is lack of narratives about female migration abroad. Therefore, there is a need to conduct more studies from Kerala on migration from marginalized sections of the society, including those from queer communities. The session also touched upon the history and transformation of the political economy of the Gulf region during the colonial and post-colonial era. It delved into the societal factors within the state that triggered the migration of Malayalis to the region, particularly in the 1970s. “St Teresa’s College is celebrating its 100-year legacy and the college has always advocated social transformation through education. We curated the seminar to dissect the multiple layers of migration from the state to the globe,” said Leela P U, faculty at the sociology department, which organized the seminar.

India topped the chart for the 10th straight month with the best PMI reading, top-notch stock market performance, and strong exports growth. China climbed two spots to reach No.

Narendra Modi while addressing the first-time voters on National Voters' Day on Thursday said that the family-run parties never allow other youngsters to move ahead. Here are the top ten updates from his address to the new voters. 1.

Pran Pratistha ceremony of Ram Lalla in Ayodhya's half constructed Ram Mandir was paradigmatic of the Bakhtin described de-stabilization or reversal of power structures, as happens in traditional forms of carnival. However, the evident urgency of the consecration ceremony that could potentially seal a third term win for the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) could also frame a bigger challenge for the opposition INDIA bloc now.

Mohamed Muizzu asking India to withdraw troops from the island nation, India's Navy Chief R Hari Kumar has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has not told its defence personnel to pull out from Maldives. India and Maldives are reportedly in talks over the removal of troops from Maldives.

French President Emmanuel Macron to arrive in Jaipur today | 10-point Meanwhile, on Thursday, PM Modi addressed young voters virtually and said that their votes will decide India's future direction and approach. In a virtual address to young voters organised by the youth wing of the ruling BJP, Prime Minister Modi said he had the responsibility of making the country develop in the next 25 years in the same way the young generation during the 25 years before Independence had for its freedom.

'The Claman Countdown' panelists Simeon Hyman and John Lonski break down the Federal Reserve's favorite inflation number.

Sri Lanka’s parliament has overwhelmingly approved an internet regulation bill being criticized as a move to stifle speech in an election year

I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail" – Abraham Maslow

Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh Government has begin a one-week recruitment drive at the Industrial Training Institute (ITI) in Aliganj. Israel plans to recruit tens of thousands of Indians at a time when Palestinians who have long played a crucial role in Israeli construction and other sectors are being barred from the country.