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Narendra Modi received him at the airport and the two will hold a roadshow. Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendrabhai Patel, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra and other officials were present at the airport to welcome the UAE President. The UAE President was accorded a ceremonial guard of honour upon his arrival.

MUMBAI : Maharashtra cabinet minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha on Tuesday said Mumbai civic schools will organise competitions to showcase the importance of Lord Ram to students between January 10 and 17 ahead of the Ram temple consecration ceremony in Ayodhya. Competitions on writing essays, poetry, and painting will be held under 'Maryada Purushottam Prabhu Shriram Jeevan Charitra Spardha', said Lodha. "The upcoming consecration of Lord Ram's temple in Ayodhya is a historic moment for our country.

CBI claimed before a Delhi court on Tuesday that eyewitnesses saw Congress leader Jagdish Tytler incite a mob during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots which led to the killing of three people in Pul Bangash area of the national capital. The CBI made the claim before Special Judge Rakesh Syal and urged the court to frame charges against Tytler, a former union minister, in the case. «There is sufficient evidence to frame charges against Tytler.

Gabriel Attal as the new prime minister of the country. The 34-year-old Attal is not only the youngest prime minister of the country but is also the first-ever openly gay PM of France. Also Read: India invites French President Emmanuel Macron as Chief Guest for Republic Day 2024 celebrations He is known to be a rising star of French politics as he takes on the role after a bruising year for Macron who saw opposition in the country over pensions and immigration schemes.

World Bank warned on Tuesday that global growth in 2024 is set to slow for a third year in a row, prolonging poverty and debilitating debt levels in many developing countries. Hamstrung by the COVID-19 pandemic, then the war in Ukraine and ensuing spikes in inflation and interest rates around the world, the first half of the 2020s now looks like it will be the worst half-decade performance in 30 years, it added.

World Economic Forum (WEF). In an online pre-meeting press conference, WEF President Borge Brende said the meeting will take place in a very complicated and the most challenging geopolitical and geo-economic scenario.

A controversy that began online last week has escalated into a diplomatic tussle, straining the ties between India and Maldives. The conflict began after three Maldivian ministers, now suspended, made derogatory comments about Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sparking a backlash from India. Some Indian social media users are calling for a boycott of the Maldives, potentially affecting the strong trade and interpersonal ties between the two countries.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was on Tuesday given full ceremony Guard of Honour at the Horse Guards Parade grounds in London. There was a special parade by the British Army's Number 7 Company Coldstream Guards and the Band of the Irish Guards. The regiments represented on parade are among the most historic in the British Army. Ceremonial welcomes of this nature are considered special and memorable moments of high honour from one nation to another. Following the ceremony, Rajnath Singh and his UK counterpart, Secretary of State for Defence, Grant Shapps, retired to the Ministry of Defence to discuss shared future military commitments and joint training opportunities Singh on Tuesday also paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi at his statue in Tavistock, London. Later on Tuesday, the Defence Minister will depart for the Ambedkar Museum.

Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday said PM Narendra Modi takes everything 'personally' after he came to power in 2014. "After Narendra Modi came to power, he is taking everything personally. At the international level, we should keep a good relationship with our neighbours...We should act according to time...We cannot change our neighbours..." ANI quoted Mallikarjun Kharge as saying.

Also Read- Titagarh Rail: The stock gained 367% in 2023; is there more upside ahead? Even analysts at Elara Securities India Ltd said that the earnings trajectory of agrochemicals companies under their coverage in Q3 is expected to be divergent. Companies that are light on channel inventory and have liquidated high-cost inventory are likely to be on a strong footing while earnings for the rest of the universe are likely to be under pressure. Industry veterans as S K Chaudhary, founder director of Safex Chemicals, said that Agrochemical producers can be classified broadly under three categories.

Suzlon Energy Ltd on Tuesday announced the appointment of Sairam Prasad as the CEO of its wholly-owned subsidiary Suzlon Global Services Limited (SGSL). His appointment is with effect from January 16, the company said in a regulatory filing.

Matchmaking service provider Matrimony.com has launched 'safe matrimony' service aimed at addressing online frauds, the company said on Tuesday. The Chennai-headquartered firm has roped in Bollywood actress Vidya Balan for the campaign which encourages customers to stay safe in the digital world and spread awareness about safety while using the matchmaking service.

Investing.com — Boeing (NYSE:BA) shares were marginally lower in premarket U.S. trading on Tuesday after two airlines reportedly discovered loose parts on some grounded models of the planemaker's 737 Max 9 jet, threatening to compound growing safety concerns following a dangerous mid-air blowout on an Alaska Airlines flight last week.

Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. It said nine soldiers died in fighting on Monday, one of the deadliest days for the military since it launched a ground invasion of the Palestinian territory on October 27. Israel vowed to crush Gaza's Hamas rulers after they carried out the deadliest attack in the country's history on October 7. It resulted in the deaths of around 1,140 people in Israel, most of them civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official figures. Hamas-led militants also took around 250 hostages.

Nitish Kumar is among the «top leaders» of the INDIA bloc, CPI general secretary D Raja said on Tuesday. However, he side-stepped queries about the JD(U) president being considered for a «bigger role».

Portugal is no longer a route to a "golden visa" giving residency rights but foreigners who want to secure one can still put their money into investment funds, which now anticipate a boom in inflows. The Portuguese government has tightened the rules after initially saying in February 2023 that it would scrap the golden visa scheme, which has been blamed for exacerbating a housing crisis. It had already sought to redirect property investments from big cities to depopulated areas. The scheme, which offers wealthy non-EU nationals who invest in Portugal the right to live in the country, has attracted 7.3 billion euros ($8 billion) of funds since its 2012 launch. Most participants are from China, Brazil and the United States. Around 90% of that money went into real estate, sparking complaints it was driving up house prices in one of western Europe's poorest nations. The European Commission has meanwhile called for an end to such programmes, citing security risks.

(Reuters) -Pension fund AustralianSuper has raised its stake in lithium miner Pilbara Minerals and alcohol retailer Endeavour Group, two separate exchange filings showed on Tuesday.

Pope Francis called Monday for a universal ban on what he called the “despicable” practice of surrogate motherhood, as he included the “commercialization” of pregnancy in an annual speech listing threats to global peace and human dignity.

paddy procurement scam and discuss security concerns of the local ED establishment in the backdrop of the attacks on the search teams of the central probe agency in West Bengal, official sources said Tuesday. The ED chief, who landed in Kolkata midnight, is also expected to meet the injured officials along with senior officials of the agency's Kolkata-based regional office on Tuesday, the sources said.

Tokayev has recently elaborated on the country’s foreign policy approach for 2024, saying that Astana will continue a constructive and balanced foreign policy, taking into account the national interests of the state. He pointed out that the country in 2024 will chair several international organizations at once, most notably the Organization of Turkic States, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the Collective Security Treaty Organization, and the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia.