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Top Events on May 30: India is all set to witness various political, technological, sports, and entertainment events today. PM Modi will be on a three-day break from political meetings, while Yogi Adityanath will hold a public meeting in Himachal Pradesh and Rahul Gandhi will visit Odisha today. India and France will begin the talks on the Rafale Marine fighter jet deal in Delhi on Friday.

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In sections of the stock market known to read the tea leaves correctly, fear has set in just days ahead of the last leg of voting and exit polls. Retail and wealthy investors have voted with their feet in the last couple of months, snapping up Nifty and Bank Nifty futures contracts as they bet on a solid victory for the Narendra Modi government. But in just a fortnight, they have got rid of most of these contracts, likely anticipating a different outcome.

ABC’s ‘The View’, hosted by Sunny Hostin, US First Lady Jill Biden said in the most unambiguous words that the US has to choose between good and evil in the 2024 Presidential Election. She discussed a range of issues, including the upcoming US Presidential Elections. The First Lady exuded confidence when asked about her husband’s victory for the second time. She dismissed the Republican Party and its Presidential contender Donald Trump, who is also Joe Biden’s predecessor.

The top European Union cybersecurity official says that disruptive digital attacks have doubled in the 27-member bloc in recent months and election-related services are also being targeted

Australian mining giant BHP Group has pledged to invest in South Africa's economy as it seeks support for a 38.6 billion pound ($49.3 billion) bid to acquire Anglo American, which was founded in the country more than a century ago and remains one of it...

South Africans have voted in an election seen as their country’s most important in 30 years

U.S. trade authorities have filed a labor complaint with Mexico over allegations that a Volkswagen auto plant in central Mexico unfairly fired union activists

Hungary’s top diplomat has visited Belarus for talks on expanding ties despite the European Union’s sanctions against the country

Platform for promise Congress' promise of directly crediting ₹8,500 into the accounts of women heads of families belonging to the BPL category under its Mahalakshmi scheme has received mixed response in UP. Those doubting it have just one statement to offer: «it will just be like BJP's promise of transferring ₹15 lakh to the accounts of Indian citizens every year.» But goaded by their wives, some are ready to support the party. «Like we hoped for ₹15 lakh, let us, for a change, hope for this too,» said a voter. ‘Khatakhat’, ‘Fatafat’ Congress leader Rahul Gandhi using the word “khatakhat, khatakhat” to denote how people will receive money in their accounts after INDIA bloc comes to power has caught on among other Congress leaders and Opposition leaders like Tejaswi Yadav who have made it a part of their campaign speeches now. Congress’ Varanasi candidate Ajay Rai recently asked people to vote “khatakhat, khatakhat” for him on June 1 and added if done, he would get their work accomplished “fatafat, fatafat, fatafat”.

Advertisers are grappling with whether to put their money solely on India's matches, particularly the eagerly awaited clash with Pakistan, or buy non-India games as Disney Star strives to sell a bulk of its ICC Men's T20 World Cup TV ad inventory, as per media buying executives. The India matches will air during prime time at 8 pm while most of the matches featuring non-Indian teams involve weaker teams and will broadcast at 6 am. For advertisers wanting to advertise only on Indian games due to guaranteed viewership, the price tag of Rs 27-30 lakh per 10 seconds is proving to be prohibitive, experts said. For all 55 matches, the ad rate is Rs 6.5-7 lakh per 10 spots.

telecast Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meditation in Kanniyakumari, during the last phase of polling, it would amount to violation of the model code of conduct, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has said. «Around 48 hours before the last phase of election, he goes to some place, sits and meditates. Does anyone meditate in front of cameras? He can meditate, but televisions cannot show it. It violates MCC during the silence period, ahead of the election on June 1,» Banerjee contended. Is he going there to inhale fresh air," she asked, adding that she had planned a trip to Kanniyakumari after polls but dropped it after hearing about Modi's plan. «During elections, such campaigns cannot be done… When someone does puja, is it done before the camera? His time will expire on June 4. He knows that he will be defeated. He has lost in Bihar and other states,» she claimed.

election battle in Jharkhand has entered the Santhal Pargana region, long considered a pocket borough of the Soren family. It is a prestige battle for Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's first family as it looks to wrest back party supremo Shibu Soren's eight-time seat from the BJP. Three Lok Sabha seats of Santhal — Dumka, Rajmahal and Godda — are going for polls in the last phase on June 1. In 2019, the BJP won Dumka — where its candidate Sunil Soren beat former chief minister and Rajya Sabha MP Shibu Soren by 47,539 votes — and Godda constituencies while JMM won Rajmahal. However, the JMM-led opposition alliance performed well in the assembly elections later in 2019, with JMM winning nine assembly constituencies and its ally Congress winning five, leaving just four out of 18 seats for the BJP.

Ajay Gupta, one of three infamous Gupta brothers, by Indian authorities is a shot in the arm for South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) and the country's President Cyril Ramaphosa in an election season. ANC is seeking re-election in Wednesday's parliamentary polls and the arrest of Ajay Gupta will enable the current ANC leadership to target former president Jacob Zuma under whose rule the Gupta brothers ran a controversial business empire in South Africa. Zuma is accused of backing the Gupta brothers in lieu of personal favours, including financial emoluments. Zuma has formed a separate entity to fight the elections, eyeing to create a rift within ANC supporters and garner votes. This is a high-stakes election for ANC.

Sunak's post, a social media user comments, "Says the Oxbridge public school boy who married a billionaire's daughter." Another said, “...just marry a billionaire."This was a dig at Sunak who married Akshata Murty, the daughter of Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy and author Sudha Murty.The Sunday Times Rich List 2024 revealed that the couple's personal fortune increased by £120 million to an estimated £651 million. According to the report, Murty's shareholding in Infosys is the couple’s most valued asset."Over the past year the shares have grown in value by £108.8 million to nearly £590 million.

The money brings Ripple's total contribution to Fairshake to $50 million, nearly half the super PAC's entire money on hand.Explaining its decision, Ripple says the SEC's approach to regulating crypto has failed and that the 2024 elections will be the "most consequential in crypto's history"."We must elect leaders who understand this potential and support policies that protect consumers and markets in ways that are fair and innovation-forward," says the firm.Fairshake recently spent $10 million helping to kill off a Senate run from Democrat Congresswoman Katie Porter.The industry secured another win last week when the House of Representatives passed the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act despite opposition from the Biden Administration and SEC chair Gary Gensler.The bill establishes a regulatory framework for digital assets, covering areas such as consumer protections, the use of crypto in illicit finance, but still faces an uncertain future in the Senate.

Donald Trump's hush money case, weighing a verdict with potentially big implications for the 2024 White House race. Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up a payment that bought the silence of porn star Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 election. Daniels had threatened to go public with her account of an alleged 2006 sexual encounter with Trump, a liaison he denies.

Rock Memorial, a monument built in tribute to Swami Vivekananda, in Kanyakumari following the culmination of the Lok Sabha polls campaign on May 30, according to BJP leaders.‘Silence period’ is used by the ECI to describe a 48-hour period during which political parties and candidates are not allowed to campaign.Congress in their complaint flagged that the meditation retreat of PM Modi was a violation of the ‘silence period’ in Varanasi that will commence. "The retreat is a “tactic" by the Prime Minister to either keep campaigning or to "keep himself in the headlines," Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi said.“We have complained that PM Modi has announced that he will sit for 'Maun Vrat' from the evening of May 30...

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Congress on Wednesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was trying to «circumvent» the silence period restrictions with his 48-hour meditation trip from May 30 in violation of the model code of conduct and urged the Election Commission to ensure that it is not aired by the media. A delegation of Congress leaders Randeep Surjewala, Abhishek Singhvi and Syed Naseer Hussain met the Election Commission and handed over a memorandum with complaints of alleged model code violations by the BJP. The Congress claimed that the meditation programme by the prime minister in Kanyakumari's 'Dhyan Mandapam" was a clear violation of the silence period ahead of the June 1 voting in Modi's Varanasi constituency and other seats. It was also in breach of the Model Code of Conduct and provisions under the Representation of the People Act, 1951, the opposition party contended.