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Tomorrow's IPL Match: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will clash with Gujarat Titans (GT) on May 4 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. RCB, having won three out of their 10 matches, are at number 10 on the points table at the moment. They had won two out of their last five matches.

Congress finally revealed that Rahul Gandhi will contest from the historic Gandhi family seats of Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh. The unexpected twist in the announcement has sparked interest and speculation among political circles. In a strategic move, senior leader Rahul Gandhi has opted to contest from Rae Bareli, a decision that deviates from the traditional stronghold of Amethi, where he faced defeat in the 2019 elections against Union minister Smriti Irani. Meanwhile, his sister and AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has decided not to enter the electoral fray at this time. The nomination unveiling took place on the deadline day for filing nominations for the two constituencies, which are scheduled for polling on May 20. In Amethi, the party has put forward Kishorilal Sharma, a prominent figure representing the Nehru-Gandhi legacy in the region for over two decades. This marks the first time in 25 years that a member of the Gandhi family will not be contesting from Amethi.

Bonus shares 2024: After trading ex-split on February 23 2024, in a 1:5 ratio, the board of directors of Remedium Lifecare Ltd will discuss and approve the issuance of bonus shares this month. The small-cap company has informed the Indian stock market's exchanges about the development. The company said that the board will discuss the bonus shares proposal in its upcoming board meeting on May 10, 2024.

According to its latest monthly update, the £24.76bn fund took a «small» holding in the firm in April for an undisclosed amount. As its name suggests, the Nasdaq firm was founded and is still headquartered in Dallas, Texas. It produces both analog and embedded processing chips. Fundsmith Equity withholds name of new stock allocation Over the past year, the stock's share price has risen 7.6%, according to the index's data, and is up just under 50% over five years. Fundsmith Equity also invested in a second firm in April, but said it would reveal the stock «when we have accumulate...

Ukraine, trade and investment are expected to dominate Chinese leader Xi Jinping's first trip to Europe in five years, as the Asian giant rebuilds its foreign relations after a prolonged absence during the Covid-19 pandemic. Xi will start the tour in Paris on Monday, meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, who has been stressing the idea of European strategic autonomy from the U.S. On a visit to Beijing last year, Macron courted controversy by saying France would not necessarily always align with the U.S. in foreign policy, an apparent reference to American support for the self-governing republic of Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory to be annexed by force if necessary.

Delhi, known for its scorching summers, has surprisingly remained below 40 degrees Celsius, except for one day, despite severe heatwave conditions gripping parts of the country. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) noted that strong winds and cloudy skies due to five western disturbances in April have kept the temperature in check. Meteorologists attribute the absence of extreme heatwaves in Delhi to these weather patterns, which have prevailed since the third week of April. Kuldeep Srivastava, a scientist at the Regional Weather Forecasting Centre, IMD, explained, «April this year saw five western disturbances. No significant amount of rainfall was recorded due to these western disturbances, but there was cloudiness and strong winds on many days, which prevented a rise in temperature.»

Breakout stocks today: After trading sideways to positive throughout Thursday, the Indian stock market extended its gains from yesterday in the early morning session. The Nifty 50 index finally breached 22,700, above its previous record high of 22,783, and climbed to a new peak of 22,794. After ending lower on Thursday, the Bank Nifty index regained the upside momentum, shot up over 0.60 percent in morning deals, and came close to its existing high of 49,974 when it touched an intraday high of 49,607.

Amol Joshi, Founder, PlanRupee Investment Services, says: “A liquid fund is nothing but one type of a debt or fixed income mutual fund and from there you do STP, that is systematic transfer plan, that is just one example how even an equity investor would benefit by using debt mutual fund, something like liquid fund.” What exactly is a debt mutual fund? How is it different from an equity mutual fund? Amol Joshi: Equity funds are popular and hence well understood by investors. Equity funds invest into equity stocks and shares. Similarly, debt mutual funds invest into debt securities though debt securities could be an instrument called a CD, that is certificate of deposit issued by banks or more commonly a debt mutual fund or a fixed income mutual fund is a mutual fund that invests into various debt instruments like CDs is one we discussed and bonds issued by various issuers. Those various issuers could be government issuers, there are government bonds.

London Drugs says it’s rebuilding its data infrastructure with the help of leading third-party experts to bring its operations safely back online after a cybersecurity incident that has shut down stores for five days.The store says in a statement that there are billions of lines of data and code to review, but its teams have been working around the clock and there is progress.The Richmond, B.C.,-based company has more than 80 stores across B.C.

IANS reported. Also Read: ‘Surya Tilak emotional moment for me’, says PM Modi Champat Rai, General Secretary of the Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, will greet the delegation at Ram Ki Paidi, where a special event has been arranged to welcome the visitors from Pakistan.

Peloton is cutting about 400 jobs worldwide as part of a restructuring effort and its CEO Barry McCarthy is stepping down after two years as the company continues to work on turning around its business

Consumer groups are pushing Congress to uphold automatic refunds for airline passengers whose flights are canceled or delayed for several hours

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage climbed this week to its highest level in more than five months, pushing up borrowing costs for prospective homebuyers in what’s typically the housing market’s busiest stretch of the year

A small Canadian lender is muscling its way into the banking big leagues — and that’s not an easy place to be.

Nyrika Holkar has the additional task of leading a refrigerator-to-aerospace behemoth from the front. Holkar, executive director and future managing director candidate at Godrej & Boyce (G&B), fronted the succession settlement with her legal team along with Pirojsha Godrej from the Adi Godrej side of the family. Nyrika is understood to have been quietly working on the plan for the last five years, officials close to the matter said.

train drivers for definite time intervals to have food and respond to the nature's call. The Ministry of Labour has constituted a high-powered committee to work out the modalities «to provide defined time intervals for food and attending calls of the nature while on duty for the Loco Running Staff of the Indian Railway». The initiative is in line with the International Labour Organisation's (ILO) Hours of Work (Industry) Convention, 1919, which has been ratified by India.

China and Russia to commit to the use of nuclear weapons by only humans and not technology supported by automatic systems such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), as per a report on Independent. Underlining the importance of it, Paul Deans who serves in the State Department’s Arms Control Division stated that the US has a clear commitment to this principle and was supported by Britain and France, in this regard. “We would welcome a similar statement from China and the Russian Federation” said Dean who is the Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Arms Control, Deterrence and Stability.

The head of the Bank of Canada says there’s a “limit” to how much Canadian monetary policy can diverge from the United States as market watchers see earlier cuts coming north of the border.

Ontario Provincial Police say they are taking their strongest measures yet by requiring a mandatory breath sample from drivers for every traffic stop in the Greater Toronto Area.

immigrants from Manipur deported to Myanmar on Thursday, altogether 77 illegal Myanmarese migrants, including 55 women and five children, deported to their country since March 8. Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh said on the X: “Without any discrimination, we have completed the first phase of deportation of illegal immigrants from Myanmar with 38 more immigrants leaving Manipur, India, today through Moreh.” He said: “A total of 77 illegal immigrants have been deported in the first phase. One Indian national was also brought back from Myanmar during the handover ceremony.

Manpasand Beverages Scam: The capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has barred Manpasand Beverages Ltd (MBL) and its top officials and directors from the securities markets for a period of three years from now and also imposed a total penalty of ₹74 lakh for manipulating and mis-reporting the company's financial statements. Apart from MBL, those who restrained by SEBI are -- the promoter, chairman, managing director (CMD) Dhirendra Singh, promoter and executive director Abhishek Singh and chief financial officer (CFO) Paresh Thakkar. Also, these four entities have been fined ₹17 lakh each, which needs to be paid within a period of 45 days, SEBI said in its recently released 55-page order.