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A power blackout has hit Kenya, paralyzing large parts of the country, and the transport minister is calling for an investigation into “possible acts of sabotage and coverup” over the third nationwide outage in three months

Article 370 verdict LIVE updates: PM Modi terms SC verdict on abrogation of Article 370 historic 1) The Supreme Court has upheld the central government's decision to abrogate Article 370 of the Constitution, while holding that Jammu & Kashmir has no internal sovereignty different from other states of the country. CJI DY Chandrachud, while writing the judgment for himself, Justices Gavai and Surya Kant, observed, "All provisions of the Indian Constitution can be applied to J-K… We hold the exercise of presidential power to issue constitutional order abrogating Article 370 of Constitution as valid," 2) The 5 judge bench of the apex court also upheld the government's decision to carve out the union territory of Ladakh from the erstwhile state of Jammu & Kashmir.

₹140 per bulb per year. The 36.86 crore LED bulbs distributed since 2015 under the UJALA scheme alone have enabled savings of over ₹19,152 crore on energy bills and cut energy use by 47,880 million kWh a year. Similarly, the 1.329 crore LED streetlights installed under the Streetlight National Programme have reduced CO2 emissions by over 6.15 million tons, and energy consumption by 8928.34 MU a year.

Narendra Modi on Monday virtually addressed the 'Viksit Bharat @ 2047: Voice of Youth' workshop. He told the nation to take a pledge, “Whatever I do should be for a developed India". Addressing the event today, PM Modi said, “Today is a very important day regarding the resolutions of a developed India.

Stock market today: After ushering in December 2023, Indian stock market has been in continuous bull trend and key bechmark indices — Nifty 50, BSE Sensex and Bank Nifty have been continuously scaling new highs. In fact, Nifty 50 and Sensex today climed to a new peak touching 21,000 and 70,000 levels respectively. BSE Sensex has risen from 67,481 to 70,057 levels in last six straight sessions, logging over 2,500 points rally in this time.

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MetaMask, a prominent cryptocurrency software wallet, has announced its expansion into six countries through new partnerships. 

Hive Digital Technologies, a prominent player in cryptocurrency mining, has recently announced a significant expansion of its global operations. The company's latest move involves the acquisition of a new property and data center in Boden, Sweden. This acquisition is set to enhance Hive's Bitcoin production capabilities significantly.

Afghanistan on Sunday, the National Center for Seismology reported. It took place at 9.08 am, at a depth of 90 Km.

global market. MSCI 1-month’s return is 8.0% compared to MSCI World’s 5.2%, 1Yr is 12% vs 13.8%, respectively. This favourable outcome positions India attractively, fostering expectations of an enticing domestic pre-national election rally in anticipation of sustained reforms and policies.

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has issued a new notification mandating that all trucks manufactured after October 2025 must be equipped with AC cabins for drivers. The gazette notification, issued on Friday evening, will apply to trucks in the N2 and N3 categories.

Jammu & Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023, and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2023, have been passed in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. These bills, according to Union Minister Amit Shah, aim to address historical injustices and restore rights to those who were deprived of them in the Union Territory.

South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol told AFP that Seoul plans to ramp up semiconductor cooperation with Western countries, as the key industry is buffeted by geopolitical turbulence from US-China competition. South Korea plans «to significantly boost semiconductor cooperation with such major countries as the Netherlands, the United States and Japan going forward», Yoon told AFP in an exclusive written interview ahead of his state visit to the Netherlands Monday.

Federal Reserve will cut interest rates early next year. The acceleration in payrolls is at odds with recent reports that have depicted a softer hiring pace, an outcome favoured by the Fed as it will help rein in demand and tame price pressures. Officials are still expected to leave rates unchanged when they meet next week. Elsewhere, Japan’s economy contracted in the third quarter by more than initially reported, while Brazil’s barely expanded in the period.

Maldives has reported contamination in Pakistsyrups and suspension medicines, Dawn reported. The report prompted the World Health Organisation (WHO) to issue an alert urging countries to step up vigilance and test products manufactured by a Lahore-based pharmaceutical company, according to Dawn.

Narendra Modi asserted on Saturday that the priority given to policy, good governance and citizens' welfare in the past decade has resulted in India becoming a robust economy with a GDP growing 7.7% in the last six months. Thanks to his regime's transformative reforms, the world is looking at India with hope and as a strong contender to lead the Global South. In a virtual address to the second edition of the Infinity Forum, a global thought leadership platform on fintech, the Prime Minister said India is a symbol of resilience and progress at a juncture when the world is facing geopolitical tensions, high inflation and growing debt levels. «India's growth story has shown to the world that when policy is accorded top priority, when all strength is put behind good governance and when welfare of the country and its people is the sole basis of economic policies, then what will be the outcome can be seen from the 7.7% growth in the first six months of this fiscal year,» Modi said. He recalled the IMF statement in September that global growth in 2023 will be due in some measure to India. In July, the World Bank had said that India gave hope amid global challenges.

Canada is turning into a battle for survival for many immigrants due to the high cost of living and rental shortages, as rising emigration numbers hint at newcomers being forced to turn their back on a country that they chose to make their adopted home. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made immigration his main weapon to blunt Canada's big challenge of an aging and slowing population, and it has also helped fuel economic growth. That drove Canada's population up at its fastest clip in more than six decades this year, Statistics Canada said. Want to know if you qualify for immigration? Click here But now a reversal of that trend is gradually taking hold.

Indian carmakers have rolled out more sports utility vehicles than all other types of passenger vehicles combined in the last two years and the trend is likely to continue with many new SUVs proving instant hits. The number of SUV launches hit a new high this calendar year at 108, reaching the three-figure mark for the first time. In the overall passenger vehicle segment, though, there have been fewer launches in 2023 than in the pre-pandemic 2019 with hatchbacks and sedans taking a hit, data collated by automotive market research firm Jato Dynamics shows. Only 47 new sedan models hit the road this year (till October end) against 62 in 2019 while the number of hatchback launches more than halved to 21 from 48. The increased focus on SUVs reflects a major shift in the Indian passenger car market in the last few years.

S Jaishankar said that India has put up with «unfair competition» for too long in the name of the globalisation era. He said that India must have the ability to call it out if the competition is unfair. While speaking at the 96th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) on Friday, Jaishankar noted that history is on India's side and every measurable index is working in India's favour.

presidential election in which Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is poised to win a third term in power as the country grapples with an economic crisis and a war on its border with Gaza. Victory would hand Sisi a six-year term in which immediate priorities would be taming near-record inflation, managing a chronic foreign currency shortage and preventing spillover from the conflict between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers.

The domestic travel and tourism industry is now urging the Prime Minister's Office to prioritise initiatives that attract foreign tourists and boost overseas marketing and promotional campaigns. The Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) said on Friday it has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his intervention for the revival of the inbound tourism industry. «The letter has drawn the attention of the prime minister to the recently made statement in Parliament by Union tourism minister G Kishan Reddy that only 85.9 lakh foreign tourist visitors visited the country in 2022 as compared to 3.14 crore in 2019,» said IATO president Rajiv Mehra. «It mentions multiple reasons for the decline in numbers such as withdrawal of incentives to the inbound tour operators on their foreign exchange earnings which were being used for overseas marketing and promotions; lack of trained tourism manpower in Indian embassies who are not able to do regular follow-ups with the foreign tour operators,» said Mehra. «Advance planning of at least one year is required and dedicated budgetary funds should be provided to the ministry of tourism for aggressive overseas promotions.