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Siddaramaiah on Thursday alleged that BJP was raking up the «Waqf issue» with an eye on the upcoming assembly by-polls in the state and elections in neighboring Maharashtra. Following allegations by a section of farmers in certain parts of the state that their lands were marked as Waqf properties, he reiterated that none of them will be evicted, and notices issued to them will be withdrawn. «BJP is doing politics. Notices were issued during their (BJP) tenure too, what do they have to say about it? During BJP's tenure over 200 notices were given. One should not practice such dual politics,» Siddaramaiah said. Speaking to reporters here, the CM said, «I have already said that the notices will be withdrawn, where is the issue? In case the notices are issued they will be withdrawn and no one will be evicted, where is the issue?»

central banks implement a series of interest rate cuts against the backdrop of a strong U.S. economy, according to a Reuters poll of around 500 economists. Next week's hotly-contested U.S. presidential election could limit the growth picture, however, by re-writing the current rules around trade. Unexpected resilience that led economists to significantly upgrade their 2024 global growth forecasts since the beginning of the year is in large part thanks to the U.S. economy's performance.

Despite an oversized interest rate cut from the Bank of Canada last week, experts who spoke to Global News say Canadians shouldn’t be expecting much more discounting on fixed mortgage rates.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) have unloaded a record ₹1.1 trillion worth of Indian shares from the cash market this October, marking the heaviest monthly outflow yet and rattling investor sentiment.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. SEOUL—Just days before the U.S. presidential election, North Korea launched an apparent intercontinental ballistic missile that stayed airborne longer than anything the Kim Jong Un regime had ever launched before.

Gold prices climbed to a record high on Thursday and were headed for their best month in seven on safe-haven demand ahead of the U.S. presidential election, while investors awaited U.S. inflation report for clues on the interest rate path. Spot gold was steady at $2,786.89 per ounce, as of 0254 GMT, after hitting a record high of $2,790.15 earlier in the session. Prices have firmed 6% for the month so far.

Asian shares are mostly declining amid uncertainty ahead of the United States presidential election next week

His remarks, made in response to a comedian's derogatory comment about Puerto Rico at a Donald Trump rally, have opened a door for Trump to shift focus away from his own controversial campaign tactics. Biden criticised the comedian's description of Puerto Rico as a «floating island of garbage,» asserting that the people of Puerto Rico are «good, decent, and honourable.» However, his defence sparked a political uproar, detracting from Vice President Kamala Harris's key closing speech on Tuesday evening, CNN reported.

Tim Walz has been standing rock solid beside Kamala Harris ever since she joined the Presidential elections but it looks like he may end up losing his own home state, Minnesota, and there could be a multitude of reasons for that. Meanwhile, A Minnesota Post survey has now revealed that the fears are right, and Walz and Harris can indeed lose out on Minnesota, that could prove to be of strategic importance for Donald Trump and JD Vance.

«Markets are facing pressure and tend to remain volatile amid uncertainty around US presidential elections slated to be held on November 5th. The second leg of Q2 results will resume in the next week post-Diwali. Market seems to have taken support at lower levels and is likely to consolidate over the next few days,» said Siddhartha Khemka, Head — Research, Wealth Management, Motilal Oswal.

Federal Reserve rate cuts. Shares in Australia and Japan opened lower, and a gauge of US-listed Chinese companies slipped in New York trading on Wednesday. US futures declined, weighed down by post-market losses for Microsoft Corp. shares, which fell around 4% in late trading after disappointing second-quarter forecasts. The S&P 500 lost 0.3% and the Nasdaq 100 dropped 0.8% Wednesday.

Dhanteras, which marks the start of Diwali, was celebrated. Better tax structure for these products and strong returns in the recent past prompted investors to buy gold and silver ETFs on that day, considered auspicious for buying precious metals. The combined turnover of gold and silver ETFs stood at ₹428 crore on October 29 as against ₹89 crore on the eve of Dhanteras last year. While gold ETF volumes surged from ₹65 crore to ₹236 crore, silver volumes jumped from ₹23.6 crore to ₹191.6 crore. ETFs are bought and sold like listed stocks.

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump in the swing states, which would be extremely crucial in deciding which candidate will ultimately reach the White House after November.

The Washington Post has lost at least a quarter million subscribers since announcing last Friday it would not endorse a candidate in the presidential race

X’s crowd-sourced fact-checking program, called Community Notes, isn’t addressing the flood of U.S. election misinformation on Elon Musk’s social media platform

Jeff Bezos defended the Washington Post’s decision of not endorsing a single US Presidential candidate just ahead of the US Presidential Elections scheduled to be held on November 5 while he asserted that political endorsements eventually creates a perception of bias. According to New York Post, in an op-ed which was recently published, Jeff Bezos described the move as a principal decision which eventually reflects the commitment of the newspaper towards independence. New York Post reported that Jeff Bezos also made an argument that endorsements do not really influence undecided voters and emphasized on the need for media credibility acknowledging the fact that public trust in journalism has eventually declined. Also Read: On Call: New police drama’s release date, where to watch, plot, cast and characters

Kamala Harris' latest strategies in the last phase of the election campaign in the United States, is arguably not going well with US voters. Apparently calling Donald Trump a 'fascist' is not cutting through with voters and Harris has now been warned to refrain from adapting such strategies as it may not look good in terms of the candidates' overall outlook.

Arnold Schwarzenegger, the «Terminator» star and former Republican governor of California, endorsed Democratic candidate Kamala Harris on Wednesday as the only way to «turn the page» on Donald Trump's divisiveness. The former bodybuilder, 77, said that while he had issues with both major parties, Trump's rhetoric calling the United States «a trash can for the world» had made him «furious.» With just days until the November 5 election, Schwarzenegger becomes the latest of dozens of prominent former Republican officials — including former vice president Dick Cheney — to endorse the Democratic candidate for president over Trump.

Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris has divided the U.S. electorate along lines of gender, race and education, with Trump improving his standing among men — particularly Hispanic men — while Harris' support has surged among women, helping her cut away at the Republicans' longstanding edge with white voters. The following figures draw from an analysis of more than 14,000 responses by registered voters in Reuters/Ipsos polls conducted in October of this year and in the same month of 2020. The numbers have levels of precision between 2 and 6 percentage points. * Among women, Harris led Trump this month by 12 percentage points: 50% to 38%. By comparison, Biden led Trump by 5 points among women voters in October 2020. Some respondents in the polls said they were unsure how they would vote, or that they might pick a third-party candidate or not vote at all.

The Canada Revenue Agency is getting out ahead of the confusion stoked by an eleventh-hour reversal on bare trust tax reporting requirements last year.