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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said he is «unlikely» to join Congress' "Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra" led by Rahul Gandhi. When asked about this at a press conference at the party office, Yadav said, «Neither the Congress nor the BJP invites us to their programmes.» Yadav, who flagged off "Samvidhan Bachao, Desh Bachao Samajwadi PDA Yatra" from the party office, said that the yatra will spread the ideologies of Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia and Mulayam Singh Yadav down to the villages.

interim budget, as seen in the past few decades, has whetted interest in how Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is going to structure it. Read our full Budget 2024 coverage here Coming right before the Lok Sabha elections, an interim budget is an effective vehicle on which an incumbent government's poll priorities can ride. Being a top national event, it gets a lot of eyeballs and remains in the public mind as the responses and debates it generates in different quarters echo for several days. It is the last big government event before elections to please chosen voter segments. On the face of it, the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre seems to be free of the kind of pressures, or promises, an interim budget can generate for a ruling party facing elections just a few months later. It has scored surprising victories in three key states just last month which many see as a strong voter endorsement for the coming Lok Sabha elections, especially when the opposition's alliance has yet to take a potent shape.

insurance cover under its flagship Ayushman Bharat health scheme to Rs 10 lakh to ensure that serious diseases like cancer and transplants that entail more expenditure are supported by it, official sources said on Wednesday. An announcement to this effect is likely to be made in the interim Union Budget on February 1, the sources told PTI. The Union health ministry is also planning to double the beneficiaries to 100 crore under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) to include Kisan Samman Nidhi recipients, construction workers, non-coal mine workers and ASHA workers in the next three years. «In order to ensure that serious illnesses requiring expenditure of more than Rs 5 lakh such as transplants and high-cost cancer treatments etc. are also covered under AB PMJAY, the ministry is working on finalising a proposal to increase the cover amount from Rs 5 lakh per family per year to Rs 10 lakh per family per year from 2023-24 onwards,» the sources said. The increase in coverage to Rs 10 lakh per family per year and increase in beneficiary base to 100 crore individuals will involve an additional allocation of Rs 12,076 crore per annum, the sources stated.

co-passenger has shared his first-hand account on the incident in a tweet on X. He wrote, “A series of news articles have covered the recent assault on an Indigo Flight 6E2175 pilot on Jan 14. As a co-passenger, I feel compelled to share my first-hand account of the incident." He further clarified that its he does not support violence, however, he added that he intend to share my experience and shed light on the events not support violence.

Martin Signoux, a public policy expert at Meta France, recently shared his perspectives on the future of AI models in a series of tweets. His insights, focusing on the developments expected in 2024, received considerable attention. Signoux's predictions cover a range of topics, from the emergence of Large Multimodal Models (LMMs) to the ongoing debate between open and proprietary AI models.

Winter for the general engineering R&D (ER&D) space is over and spring may be around the corner, said the management of L&T Technology Services (LTTS) in its Q3FY24 earnings call. This optimistic outlook, the company believes, is not limited to LTTS but extends to the broader industry. A bold statement, despite prevailing global economic uncertainties and a cautious stance from top-tier IT companies regarding near-term demand.

₹16,372 crore in the third quarter of FY24. The bank’s net interest income (NII) in Q3FY24 rose 24% YoY to ₹28,470 crore. The bank recorded loan growth of 4% QoQ while deposits grew 2%.

Statec -- South Africa's largest player in the solar energy market -- said its solar battery storage system started feeding power into Eskom's grid in mid-December from its hybrid solar and battery facility in the Northern Cape province, which receives the greatest amount of sunlight in the country throughout the year. -Statec has built three plants in the region, covering 879 hectares and stretching 10 kilometres from north to south. Together, the plants can produce a combined solar capacity of 540 MW while its massive solar battery system can deliver up to 225 MW of power into the grid.

Europe’s leading banking entity, the European Banking Authority (EBA), has extended its regulatory reach to cover the cryptocurrency space.

Realty major Lodha, listed as Macrotech Developers, expects its integrated smart township Palava City spread over nearly 5,000 acres near Mumbai to scale up and generate revenues worth $1 billion, or over Rs 8,000 crore per year, in the next few years, led by the development of residential and commercial properties including offices, a life sciences hub, warehousing & industrial spaces, said a top company official. The development at Palava City started in 2010, with phase 1 covering 300 acres that was sold out and delivered to nearly 20,000 families in 4-5 years. In 2014, the company started with phase 2 spanning 1,000 acres with over 75 million sq ft of developable area, of which over 20 million sq ft is complete.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is expected to propose rules this week that further rein in banks’ ability to charge customers a fee when they overdraw their bank account

—Name withheld on request Succession may be broadly bifurcated into intestate succession, or succession in case the deceased has not left behind a will, and testamentary succession, or succession by operation of will. In India, The Indian Succession Act, 1925, governs testamentary succession. Among Hindus, the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, deals with intestate succession.

₹5,000 per plan/option and in multiples of Re 1. There is no upper limit for investment. Under normal circumstances, the asset allocation of the scheme will be as follows:Indicative allocations (% of total assets)MinimumMaximumSecurities covered by the Nifty50 Equal Weight index95%100%Medium to HighGovernment securities including triparty repo, and units of liquid mutual fund0%5%Low to Medium To date, Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund House and UTI Mutual Fund have launched similar funds.

Third-party (TP) motor insurance has seen a continued decline in performance, with a notable decrease in a key metric in December. Last month, gross direct premium growth for this segment was just 6% year-on-year, a drop from the 7% increase recorded in the preceding two months, according to data from the General Insurance Council and the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai).

₹5,000 crore worth of 30-year bonds with another similar tranche likely by the end of the month. That will complete the plan to issue ₹20,000 crore worth of sovereign green bonds for the current fiscal year. The government had issued five-year sovereign green bonds worth ₹5,000 crore in November and 10-year paper worth ₹5,000 crore in December.

₹56 apiece on NSE SME, a premium of 10% to the issue price of ₹51 apiece. The stock quickly jumped to ₹58.80 after hitting the secondary market. The ₹33.41 crore SME IPO was open for subscription between January 9 and January 11, 2024, at a price band of ₹51 apiece.

Jio Financial Services: The company recorded a consolidated profit of ₹293.82 crore for the December quarter, against ₹668.2 crore in the previous quarter. Revenue from operations came in at ₹413.6 crore against ₹608 crore during the previous one as the company had no dividend income in the quarter, against ₹216.85 crore in the previous one. NALCO & Hindustan Copper: Khanij Bidesh India Ltd (KABIL), a joint venture between NALCO, Hindustan Copper, and Mineral Exploration Co.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. Here’s a comprehensive look at the upcoming game, covering its release date, platforms, story, trailers, gameplay, and characters. Release Date: February 29, 2024

Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh said that this is not the time to hold rally as Congress leader Rahul Gandhi started Bharat Jodo Nyay yatra from Manipur on Sunday. Biren said last time when Rahul came there was trouble in Manipur however people are alert and there won't be fresh trouble this time.When the situation is getting better in Manipur, Rahul Gandhi and other Congress leaders are trying to make the situation more complicated, he alleged. «Considering prevailing situation in the state, is it a time for politics by holding a rally? This is the hour of protecting lives and properties, and providing comfort and relief,” Singh told the media on the sideline of a programme in Imphal on Sunday. Terming Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra as ‘Bharat Todo’ (break India) yatra instead, he claimed that the situation in Manipur is gradually getting better and normalcy being restored. »Whenever he (Gandhi) comes, problems crop up. If he comes, we have to be careful and alert so that he does not mess with the situation," Singh said. Gandhi visited Manipur for two days in June last year, weeks after the violence broke out in the state on May 3, and visited a few districts and met the affected people lodged in relief camps. When asked as to why the yatra was not allowed to be lunched from Imphal, Biren said, «No rally is allowed in Imphal.

Armed Forces Veterans Day was celebrated by Eastern Command Headquarters on January 15. This day is celebrated every year in a bid to offer “respect and recognition of the services” and sacrifices rendered by the Veterans, Eastern Command said in a statement today. “To mark this occasion in a befitting manner, a wreath laying ceremony was organized where Lt Gen Gurmit Singh (Retd.), Uttarakhand Governor Lt Gen Ram Chander Tiwari, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Command and Veterans from all three services paid their homage to the brave hearts in a solemn ceremony at Vijay Smarak in Fort William,” the Eastern Command said. “The services by virtue of being a close-knit family, take pride in caring for its Veterans Community.

Silvia Venturini Fendi plucked heirlooms from an aristocratic family hope chest and embellished them with details long released from the feminine realm for a highlands-stomping menswear collection previewed Saturday during Milan Fashion Week