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Former US President Donald Trump is currently having a lead over US Vice President Kamala Harris in Texas by margins which are approximately ranging from 4 to 12 percentage points, revealed several poll surveys which took place recently. According to Newsweek, such a performance of Donald Trump in polls certainly challenges the notion growing among some Democrats that Texas could be a competitive battleground state. According to an Emerson College Poll which was conducted in October showed that Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump is having a lead of 7 points with 53% points compared to Kamala Harris’s 46% points. Newsweek noted that polling analytics from FiveThirtyEight indicated that Donald Trump has an average lead of near about 6.8 points in Texas while on the other hand, survey by ActiVote showed a far more strong 12 point advantage for Donald Trump. Also Read: Husband's shocking letter to wife goes viral on social media; here's what he wrote

stock market crash, that could send the valuation of the currency for a toss, if America's top economist Peter Schiff's latest statements are considered. Long-term interest rates could also see major rise, which can directly and indirectly lay an effect on loans as well as consumer prices in the coming days, according to Schiff. Is 2025 going to bring in some major shockers for the US markets?

Pizza inadvertently laced with the Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) has apparently sickened dozens of people in Wisconsin, as per an AP report. Health officials in Dane County say Famous Yeti’s Pizza in Stoughton, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) southeast of Madison, served pizza contaminated with THC, the principal psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, from Monday through Thursday. Paramedics alerted health officials on Thursday that they had transported five people who said they had gotten sick after eating pizza at the restaurant, AP reported. Health officials said they have received dozens of reports of people who got sick from the pizza and are still taking reports. A full tally will be available in a final report, they said.

social security schemes recording a fall in new subscribers, data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) on Friday showed. New subscriptions to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) scheme and the National Pension Scheme (NPS) hit their lowest since the start of the fiscal year, according to MoSPI report, 'Payroll Reporting in India: An Employment Perspective — August 2024'. The number of new EPF subscriptions fell 15% month on month to about 930,000 in August while new subscriptions to Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) dropped by 11% to 1.5 million and those to NPS declined 13% to 54,869.

drones, helicopters, and sniffer dogs searched the upper reaches of Gulmarg in northern Kashmir on Friday. The officials said another army man injured in the attack in Bota Pathri area of Gulmarg on Thursday afternoon succumbed to injuries. As of now, three army men and two porters of the army were killed and two others injured in the attack when unidentified gunmen opened fire at an army vehicle. Officials say the People's Anti Fascist Front, an offshoot of Jaish e Muhammad, claimed responsibility and posted an unverified photo of the scene on social media. While the operation continues, officials are tight-lipped regarding ground updates on Friday. Four or five infiltrators assaulted the army vehicle. A senior officer claimed sniffer dogs directed to the Shranz water canal, where assailants may have gone. This is the fifth Kashmir Valley attack in three weeks, killing 14 people-four army men, seven non-local labourers, and three locals.

Patrolling, which had been blocked since April 2020, will resume on the Depsang plateau by the end of this month as the disengagement process with China in Eastern Ladakh will be completed by October 28-29, Army sources said, adding that the process has begun to dismantle temporary structures that had been created after the border flare-up. «Troops from both sides will fall back to positions they held pre April 2020 and will patrol to areas that were patrolled till April 2020. Regular ground commanders meetings will continue to be held,» sources said, explaining that the modalities of patrolling have been identified and a particular strength of patrol parties will be sent by each side.

US stock market is lying in a very interesting position at this point, more so because of the political uncertainty surround the Presidential elections in November. Volatility factors have become a reality under these circumstances, with some stocks that are betting on Donald Trump, shooting upwards while some assets like Dow Jones Industrial Average showing a sharp dip in recent days.

Nvidia dethroned Apple as the world's most valuable company on Friday, following a record-setting rally in the stock powered by an insatiable demand for its new supercomputing AI chips. Nvidia's stock market value briefly touched $3.53 trillion, while that of Apple was $3.52 trillion, according to data from LSEG. In June, Nvidia briefly became the world's most valuable company, before it was overtaken by Microsoft and Apple. The tech trio's market capitalizations have been neck-and-neck for several months. Microsoft's market value stood at $3.20 trillion.

U.S. election. According to the model, Trump has a 24.4% probability of claiming all seven swing states, while Vice President Kamala Harris has a 15.6% chance. Silver's analysis also suggests that if Harris wins every swing state except Arizona and Georgia, she could still win the election. However, this scenario has only a 1.7% likelihood of occurring. The forecast highlights that there is a 4.6% chance the Republicans will win all swing states except Nevada, where Harris currently holds a slight lead. In this case, Harris would secure 232 electoral votes, allowing Trump to win the presidency. Silver’s model emphasizes that Harris's best chances arise when she wins a combination of three to five battleground states. If she manages to secure Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, her chances of winning soar to 86.2%. Also Read :Wednesday Season 2: Expected release date, returning and new faces revealed

Diddy video that shows him inviting a young girl to a party has come to light. On Monday, October 21, a social media account named The Gworls Are Fighting reposted the video. The 2003 MTV Movie Awards clip shows Sean Combs, 33 at the time, asking 12-year-old actress Daveigh Chase if she was coming to the afterparty tonight. Fonzworth Bentley and 25-year-old Ashton Kutcher, who identified himself as one of Combs' closest friends at the time, were spotted grinning and giggling backstage, as quoted in a report by Vibe. After that, the video switches to the real MTV Movie Awards, where Chase accepts a prize for her performance in The Ring as the best villain in a horror film.

Atmecs Global said it will host the grand finale of its GenAI hackathon in Hyderabad on October 26-27. The hackathon, commenced on August 30 in collaboration with HackerEarth, has provided a platform for participants to demonstrate their technical prowess and creativity. The finale will focus on the themes, each of which poses a unique challenge for developers to address using Generative AI technologies, the company said in a statement. These themes are: 1. Enterprise RAG – Revolutionizing Decision-Making with Generative AI; 2. NIM (NVIDIA Inference Microservices) – Scaling AI Performance and Efficiency and 3. Healthcare Innovation – Transforming Medicine with Multimodal AI, the company with offices in Bengaluru, Chennai, Coimbatore and Hyderabad, added in its statement.

WhatsApp video calls, according to Hennur police investigating the incident, as reported by TOI. This unusual method of remote supervision by the owner, Muniraja Reddy, 52, a civil engineer, has raised concerns among investigators. Authorities are now examining whether this remote management contributed to the building's collapse. Deputy Commissioner of Police (East) D Devaraj stated that Muniraja Reddy is currently hospitalised due to health issues. He will undergo the arrest procedure once he recovers. His son, Bhuvan Reddy, and head mason Murugesha have already been presented in court and remanded to judicial custody for 14 days.

Railway Board has initiated from October 23 a 15-day-long safety drive to inspect interlocking points and crossings across all rail networks in the country. In a written communication, the board has asked all railway zones and divisions to undertake the drive with a special emphasis on critical analysis of cases of derailment at these intersections in the last three years among other aspects. The drive was initiated almost a fortnight after a collision between a passenger and a freight train in Tamil Nadu. The incident is being investigated as initial findings hinted at an act of sabotage of the interlocking system or a possible mechanical defect in it. According to the board's letter, the officials should check if the interlocking points require frequent attention, their behaviour under the wheels of a train and also ensure the adequate availability of their components among other things.

Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) is now part of global conversations around inclusive and scalable infrastructure, and its blueprint can offer others an opportunity to harness technology for improving the lives of citizens, according to experts. Primus Partners, in association with iSPIRT, organised a DPI roundtable that saw key stakeholders such as senior bureaucrats, diplomats, policymakers, industry leaders and thought leaders discussing India's leadership in advancing DPI and its crucial role in driving socio-economic transformation. Delivering keynote address, G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant noted India's remarkable leap in becoming the voice of the Global South in DPI, and in achieving in 9 years what would have taken 50 years, otherwise. «This sentiment was echoed during India's G20 Presidency, where countries reached a common consensus that DPIs are essential for equitable development and to improve the lives of citizens, especially in the global south,» he said.

Angel One on Friday settled a case related to an alleged violation of regulatory norms with the capital markets regulator Sebi after paying Rs 5.74 crore towards settlement charges. The settlement order came after the applicant (Angel One Ltd) proposed to settle the instant proceedings initiated against them, «without admitting or denying the findings of facts and conclusions of law». «The instant adjudication proceedings initiated against the applicant (Angel One) vide show cause notice (SCN) dated March 12, 2024, and enquiry proceedings initiated against the applicant vide SCN dated March 12, 2024, is disposed of in terms of the settlement regulations,» Sebi's Adjudicating Officer Barnali Mukherjee said in the order.

European Investment Bank (EIB) has sanctioned a €300 million (approximately Rs 2,731.02 crore) loan for Bengaluru suburban railway network. This will finance development of a new suburban railway network covering four dedicated rail corridors in Bengaluru. The network will stretch over a total of 149 kilometres (km) and include 58 stations with two depots, an EIB statement said. EIB said it has already supported Bengaluru's transportation sector with a €500 million loan to build the 23 km Bengaluru Metro R6 line and purchase a fleet of about 96 metro cars. The EIB’s support for transport in India includes the financing of metro investment in Agra, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Kanpur, Lucknow and Pune, with a total of €3.25 billion committed since 2016. This makes India the largest beneficiary of EIB transport financing outside Europe.

Kenya's high court on Friday suspended a $736 million deal between a state utility and India's Adani Energy Solutions to build and operate power infrastructure including transmission lines. The public-private partnership agreement between state-owned Kenya Electrical Transmission Company (KETRACO) and Adani Energy Solutions was signed earlier this month. On Oct. 11 the energy ministry said it would help address persistent power blackouts and support economic growth.

The company reported a loss of Rs 471 crore in the September 2024 quarter from a profit of Rs 860 crore a year ago because of 32 times increase in provision to Rs 910 crore from Rs 28 crore a year ago.

quarter on weak refining margins. Revenue from operations increased 1% to Rs 1,17,952 crore. Shares in BPCL fell nearly 5% to Rs 305.95 apiece on Friday when the benchmark BSE Sensex ended 0.8% lower.

Revenues for the quarter rose 5% year-on-year to Rs 1,08,216 crore in the July-September quarter.

Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund has announced the launch of four index funds — Nifty MidSmall IT and Telecom Index Fund, Nifty MidSmall Financial Services Index Fund, Nifty MidSmall Healthcare Index Fund, Nifty MidSmall India Consumption Index Fund. The new fund offer or NFO of these four funds will open for subscription on October 29 and close on November 6. The schemes will reopen for continuous sale and repurchase on November 19. The minimum application amount for lumpsum and SIP investments is Rs 500 and in multiples of Re 1 thereafter in all four schemes. All the schemes will be managed by Swapnil Mayekar, Rakesh Shetty.