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Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra led by Rahul Gandhi is set to recommence from Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal on Sunday. The journey, which started in Manipur on January 14, crossed into West Bengal from Assam on Thursday morning. During the break, Rahul Gandhi returned to New Delhi, PTI reported.

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company. In an interview with MintGenie, Balasubramanian said that to increase insurance penetration across the country, IRDAI is working towards implementing Bima Sugam, Bima Vahak, and Bima Vistaar initiatives. Edited Excerpts: The life insurance industry in India has registered a 13% year-on-year growth in total premium income, amounting to ₹7.83 trillion during FY2023, according to the IRDAI Annual Report, indicating an increase in the uptake of life insurance products.

Vince McMahon resigned from wrestling giant TKO Group and the subsidiary WWE that he founded, over a lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault and trafficking, which he said he will fight, the company said on Friday. «I have decided to resign from my executive chairmanship and the TKO board of directors, effective immediately,» McMahon said in a statement released by TKO.

Early buying momentum from pre-market through to morning trading had the potential to stamp bulls' authority on markets.

China's industrial firms fell 2.3% in 2023, their second straight yearly decline, due to sluggish demand at home and abroad, adding pressure on economic growth amid a deep property slump and deflationary risks. The drop followed a 4.4% profit fall in the first 11 months from the same period a year earlier, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Saturday.

Arif Mohammed Khan, he said he never requested additional security. Speaking to news agency ANI, Khan said, “I have not asked for anything. I am rather praising the Kerala Police...

India Bulls Real Estate is a stock which has given a strong flag pattern breakout on the daily basis. I would suggest a buy with a target closer to 15-16% from closing basis, says Kunal Bothra, kunalbothra.co.in. Edited Excerpts. There were lots of ups and downs; we ended Thursday below 21,400 levels. Any decisive breach below the psychological levels of 21,000 is likely to weaken the trend going ahead. What are you pencilling in on the indices and what are the levels that you suggest? It was a bit of a positive ending to the week because the last couple of days had been a bit more torrid for the markets where you had seen a very sharp sell-off, of course, in the underperformance being largely weighted towards the Bank Nifty.

Arif Mohammed Khan informed Kerala Raj Bhavan. The move comes after Kerala's governor faced protest from activists, allegedly belonging to Student Federation of India (SFI) in Kollam on Saturday.

I chuckle when somebody insists CO2 is a greenhouse gas and that’s all there is to it. Virtually all expert science would say, then, don’t worry about CO2 because the direct effect of increased CO2 is easily calculated to be only about 1 degree Celsius of warming from an expected atmospheric doubling later this century. To make CO2 responsible for the warming already observed—1.2 degrees—scientists have to posit “positive" or warming feedbacks.

Budget 2024, will be presented by the finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, on February 1, 2024. As always, all quarters of the economy has certain expectations from the Budget. A few key steps that would help to rationalise and simplify taxes are as follows: Rationalise and simplify withholding tax provisions TDS/TCS on purchase/sale of goods It is recommended that the TDS provisions of section 194Q and TCS provisions of section 206C(1H) be made applicable only to payees or payers who are not registered with GST. This will then align with the Government’s intention of widening and deepening the tax net. Alternatively, instead of TDS/TCS, the purchasers/sellers may be required to file Annual Information Returns. Also, in view of divergence between definition of ‘goods’ under Sale of Goods Act and GST law, ‘goods’ may be defined precisely with exclusion for items like shares, securities, foreign currency and actionable claims.

Tesla is recalling nearly 200,000 vehicles in the U.S. because the backup camera may not display an image

U.S. auto safety regulators have closed an investigation into complaints that the doors on some Ford Escapes can open while the SUVs are being driven, without seeking a recall

₹2,000 crore per annum for the scheme in the interim budget. The scheme is expected to be on the lines of the Union agriculture ministry’s Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) which was launched in 2007 to incentivize states to draw up plans by taking agro-climatic conditions, natural issues and technology into account. “We desperately need a scheme like RKVY to bolster the entire veterinary system in the country.

Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has disclosed findings from its extensive survey at the Gyanvapi Masjid site in Varanasi. The survey, conducted in compliance with a court order, brings to light the existence of a Hindu temple predating the 17th-century construction of the mosque. This revelation follows a directive from Varanasi district judge Ajaya Krishna Vishvesha last year, urging a scientific examination of the premises to determine the mosque's relationship with pre-existing structures.

Gautam Adani will start in February to collect the data and biometrics of up to 1 million poor residents as part of the redevelopment of a slum in Mumbai that is considered one of Asia's largest. The survey will be crucial in deciding who among the residents of the Dharavi slum will be eligible to receive a free home in the area that is being redeveloped. However, authorities have struggled for decades to fix up the area, which covers 640 acres (260 hectares), with Adani Group finally winning the bid to redevelop the area together with the state of Maharashtra, though legal disputes over the awarding of the contract are outstanding.

Satellite monitoring of fog revealed that the previous longest period occurred during the winter of 2019-20, lasting for approximately three weeks from December 14 to January 2, according to meteorological officials. The current spell has already lasted for around 32 days and is expected to persist for another three to four days, as forecasted. R K Jenamani, a senior scientist at the IMD specializing in fog, todl TOI that this winter, fog and low cloud cover started on December 24 in the western regions, including Punjab and Haryana.

Layer-2 scaling network Polygon (MATIC) came close to matching Ethereum (ETH) in terms of crypto user acquisition in 2023.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, in a social media video, shared the news. "It is bittersweet that I must announce that Ingenuity, the 'little helicopter that could' - and it kept saying, 'I think I can, I think I can' - well, it has now taken its last flight on Mars," Reuters quoted Nelson as saying. The mission was initially planned for 30 days, however, it was extended nearly three years.

WWE 2K franchise, WWE 2K24, is set to hit the shelves on March 8, 2024. In this concise overview, we cover essential details, including the release date, cover athletes, available platforms, and anticipated new features.

New Jersey's Democratic-led state government is considering legislation that would eliminate out-of-pocket costs for abortion

China's central bank has announced new rules meant to expand access to commercial bank loans for property developers