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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The benchmark Indian equity indices have shown little movement over the past month, and market experts suggest that the lack of fresh triggers may keep the market range-bound in the near term.

Kumara Chandrashekaranatha Swamiji for his remarks on voting power to Muslims, police said on Friday. Leader of Opposition R Ashoka, terming the case against the seer as an insult to the Vokkaliga community said the BJP will protest on the streets if he is «harassed». The seer had made the statement during a protest meeting organised by the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh here on Tuesday against notices issued by Karnataka's waqf board. Urging everyone to unite to protect farmers and their land, Swamiji had said that a law should be brought in where Muslims community don't have the voting power.

Gross domestic product grew 5.4% in the three months to September from a year earlier, the Statistics Ministry said in a statement on Friday. That’s the worst reading since the fourth quarter of 2022 and much lower than the central bank’s projection of 7% for the period. None of the 44 economists surveyed by Bloomberg had predicted such a slow pace of expansion. Bonds rallied as traders now expect the central bank to start loosening monetary policy. The yield on the 10-year benchmark bond fell 6 basis points to 6.74%.

Mission Arun Himveer took off with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Arunachal Pradesh Agriculture Marketing Board (APAMB) and the Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), North East Frontier. Under the initiative the state government through APAMB will supply fruits, vegetables, meat and poultry products to the ITBP procured from local farmers, SHGs, FPOs and farmer cooperatives. This follows the first such understanding made between the state government and the Indian Army in August 2022. Till date around 400 tons of fruits and vegetables worth Rs 72 lakhs were lifted by LAMPS from indigenous farmers for supply to the Indian Army.

Sambhal mosque survey case was welcomed by both parties to the case — the Hindu litigants who claimed that a temple stood at the site and the masjid committe that opposed it. The Supreme Court on Friday ordered a Sambhal trial court to halt proceedings in the case over the Mughal-era Shahi Jama Masjid, including a survey report it had sought on the matter. It directed the proposed report of the advocate commissioner following the mosque survey be kept in a sealed cover, till the appellate court including the Allahabad High Court heard the appeal of the mosque committee. Welcoming the order of the apex court, masjid committee's lawyer Shakeel Ahmed Warsi told PTI that the apex court order was a positive development.

Manchester City will play Liverpool in the top-of-the-table clash of English Premier League on Sunday. This will be Liverpool's home game but City will need to win the match to narrow the 8-point gap from leader Liverpool. The EPL soccer match between Manchester City and Liverpool is scheduled to kick off at 11 am (ET) on Sunday, December 1 at Anfield. One can watch live streaming of Liverpool versus Manchester City at NBC.com. The game will be live telecast at USA Network. Manchester City is likely to be defeated by Liverpool.

Addressing party workers in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, PM Modi accused the Congress of «misleading» the citizens of the country and said that out of anger, the party is busy «plotting» against the country. He urged the party workers to keep an eye on such situations and make people aware to expose their lies.

OBC rally chief minister Siddaramaiah’s staunch supporters have planned in Hassan on December 5 may turn out to be a show of popularity of the CM while sending a clear message to those challenging his authority in the party. Two years ago, when Siddaramaiah turned 75, the birthday celebrations his followers organized in Davanagere increased his profile and bargaining power in the party ahead of the assembly elections and unnerved the ruling BJP. Political leaders, lawmakers and ministers, who swear by their leader, have come together to plan this political bash brimming with a newfound confidence after the Congress decisively defeated the BJP-JDS combine in all the three assembly seats that went to bypolls on November 13.

World Trade Organization (WTO) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Friday said that in the short to medium term, she would like to work to deliver on the Investment Facilitation for Development (IFD) and that some of the trust which was built at the 12th ministerial conference (MC12), was lost in MC13. WTO members Friday appointed incumbent Okonjo-Iweala as DG the organization for a second term. Her second four-year term will begin on September 1, 2025. Okonjo-Iweala took office as DG in March 2021 and is the first African and the first woman to serve as the head of the global trade watchdog. On IFD, she said in a statement: “We have to find a way forward to handle the concerns of the few members who continue to voice reservations on this matter.”

Aster DM Healthcare and Blackstone- owned hospital platform Quality Care India Ltd (QCIL) on Friday said they have signed definitive agreements for a merger. The merged listed entity will be named as Aster DM Quality Care Limited. Blackstone will be the largest shareholder in the merged entity with about 30.7% stake, Aster promoters will have around 24% and the rest will be held by public and other shareholders including TPG which will hold 10.22%

Six years after Donald Trump started the first trade war with China, the US president-elect has named a series of China hawks to his administration and threatened 60% tariffs on Chinese goods, a level that would decimate trade between the two countries. The dilemma for China now is that its sizable trade surplus with the US means any direct countermeasures may have limited impact. China has already shown a willingness to use some asymmetrical steps against tariffs and trade restrictions from both the Trump and Biden administrations. Should the new threats become policy, Beijing may have to reach further into its arsenal, risking a conflict that could be even harder to contain.

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed chargesheet against accused Ranjit Kakoty before the Special CBI Court, Guwahati in another Dibrugarh Investment Scam case. The case involves fraud amounting to Rs 260 crore and affecting approximately 1.5 lakh investors. The CBI successfully completed its probe against accused Ranjit Kakoty within 90 days of his arrest, culminating in the filing of this chargesheet. During the investigation, CBI employed advanced forensic tools to identify the majority of the investors who were victims of the fraudulent scheme perpetrated by the accused through the online platform www.tradingfx.live. The accused, Ranjit Kakoty, and his co-conspirators deceived investors through misleading plan documents, false promises, and other fraudulent practices, subsequently misappropriating their hard-earned money for personal enrichment.

MI6 chief Richard Moore said his agency and its French counterpart were working together to prevent a dangerous escalation by «calibrating the risk and informing the decisions of our respective governments» in response to President Vladimir Putin's «mix of bluster and aggression.» «We have recently uncovered a staggeringly reckless campaign of Russian sabotage in Europe, even as Putin and his acolytes resort to nuclear saber-rattling, to sow fear about the consequences of aiding Ukraine,» Moore said during a speech to diplomats and intelligence officials in France.

Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday asserted that «tough decisions» will have to be taken, accountability be fixed and shortcomings removed by learning lessons from the election results. In his address during the Congress Working Committee meeting at the AICC headquarters here, Kharge said he believes that the EVMs have made the electoral process «suspect» and stressed that it is the constitutional responsibility of the Election Commission to ensure free and fair elections in the country. Kharge also hit out at internal bickering in the party, and asserting that the lack of unity and statements against own party leaders harms the party a lot. «Unless we fight elections unitedly and stop making statements against each other, how will we be able to defeat our opponents politically?» the Congress president said.

Gujarat police on Friday said it was probing whether standard operating procedures were in place in connection with the November 27 trench cave-in near the Indus Valley Civilisation site of Lothal, which resulted in the death of a PhD student of Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. Deceased Surbhi Verma (23) and three other researchers were at the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation site, some 80 kilometres from Ahmedabad, for research work and collection of samples when a 10-foot deep trench caved in. «The joint team of IIT Delhi and IIT Gandhinagar had reached the spot to collect soil samples for paleoclimatic study. Surabhi, who was deep inside the pit, died instantly in the cave-in. A woman professor from IIT Delhi was rescued and two researchers from IIT Gandhinagar were unhurt,» said Ahmedabad District Superintendent of Police Om Prakash Jat. Koth police registered an accidental death case and began a probe, he added.

Imran Khan. «It's not easy to be a politician in Pakistan,» says Maryam, the wife of an MP from Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, who was briefly detained. After her husband fled into hiding, Maryam was taken at gunpoint into a car by «unknown people» to be questioned, and has lived since in «constant fear».

OnlyFans model Sophie Rain has taken the internet by storm by revealing how much money she makes through the adult app. The Florida-based influencer shared a screenshot of her earnings on X, formerly Twitter, yesterday, stunning millions of viewers who could barely believe that she raked in over $43.4 million in the past year alone (Rs 360 crore). According to EssentiallySports, Sophie Rain's earnings reportedly surpass Jayson Tatum's annual salary. In comparison to Sophie Rain's $43 million this year, Jayson Tatum made $35 million. Rain's pay check is almost 23% more than what the C's forward gets paid for his MVP-calibre performances day in and day out.

The LNG ship will be a modern two-stroke vessel having a tank capacity of 1,74,000 cubic metres and will be built by Samsung Heavy Industries Co Ltd, Korea, with which the ship owning company has concluded a shipbuilding contract. The contract was signed in the presence of R K Jain, GAIL Director (Finance), Sanjay Kumar, GAIL Director (Marketing), and R K Singhal, GAIL Director (Business Development) by S Bairagi, GAIL Executive Director (Marketing — Shipping & International LNG) and Satoshi Kanamori, Managing Executive Officer (LNG, Carbon Solution Business), K-Line.

PIB Fact Check posted on its social media X account, «A message circulating on social media claims that as India commemorates 75 years of its Independence, senior citizens above 75 years of age will no longer have to pay taxes.» PIB Fact Check stated that it is a fake. Which senior citizens are no longer required to file ITR?

Canada failed to cultivate new trade corridors that could have helped to mitigate the potential impact of Donald Trump’s tariff threats ahead of his return to the White House, experts tell Global News.

Nasscom has unveiled 'The Developer's Playbook for Responsible AI in India', amid challenges faced by developers in navigating complex and rapidly-evolving AI risk management landscape. The playbook offers a voluntary framework for developers to identify and mitigate the potential risks associated with the commercial development, deployment, and use of AI in India. «Recognising the challenges faced by developers in navigating the complex and rapidly evolving AI risk management landscape, the Nasscom Responsible AI Hub… unveiled The Developer's Playbook for Responsible AI in India,» Nasscom said in a release. The playbook was launched at the inaugural edition of Confluence for Responsible Intelligence (RICON) in New Delhi.