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2024 Lok Sabha elections and for the party, the assembly polls that just ended were a trial run that went as per its plans. The party is scaling up the strategy it employed successfully in the three states — Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh — where tough contests were predicted but the verdicts were one-sided in favour of the BJP. It has already started working on mass-scale worker and voter mobilisation across the country, to be completed before the campaign formally starts for the Lok Sabha polls, according to party insiders.

cricket team can turn a corner, at least in the T20 format. Or it may decide not to, and continue down the same road that has got them success but no trophy in a decade, for some more time. When it comes to deciding the direction the team should take, the buck stops with the BCCI and the selectors.

Yogi Balaknath — met party leadership over the week. While "resort" politics — allegedly led by Raje's son Dushyant Singh — unfolded, Balaknath said in a recent tweet that he is "yet to gain experience under the guidance of the Prime Minister". ALSO READ: Who is the chief minister? Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram: What we know so far With his name doing the rounds for the post of the next chief minister of Rajasthan, Baba Balaknath wrote on X on Saturday, “...Ignore the discussions going on in the media and social media after the election results are out.

The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions has maintained the additional capital bufferthe country’s biggest banks must hold at 3.5 per cent, a decision that some analysts say will cheer bank investors as an increase was expected. 

Kashvee Gautam and Vrinda Dinesh triggered a huge bidding war in the second session of the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2024 Auction with Gujarat Giants and UP Warriorz spending big bucks to get them in their team. Kashvee Gautam went for Rs 2 crore while Vrinda Dinesh, a batter from Karnataka, picked for Rs 1.3 crore. Gujarat Giants made a winning bid of a whopping Rs 2 crore for Kashvee Gautam, a 20-year-old allrounder from Chandigarh, making her the joint-most expensive player with Annabel Sutherland of Australia in the first phase of the WPL 2024 auction. A right-handed batter and a right-handed medium pacer, Kashvee has recently played for India A against the England A women in three T20Is in Mumbai and it appears that the scouts of the franchises have seen something that they feel makes the player a mega pick. Gujarat won her after a fierce bidding war with U.P Warriorz, who are one of the franchises with deep pockets in this Auction Vrinda is known as a consistent batter who has done well in the local leagues in Karnataka and UP Warriorz went for her outbidding Gujarat, Mumbai Indians and Delhi. Vrinda has been a prolific scorer for Karnataka over the last two domestic seasons, earning praise for her ability to balance consistency with her powerful power-hitting up front.

tight operational security. The assault blindsided Israel’s spies, and seems to have surprised even Hamas’s political leaders. But did someone know enough to profit? A new paper by Robert Jackson Jr, a former commissioner of America’s Securities and Exchange Commission, and Joshua Mitts of Columbia University suggests so.

Narendra Modi. "PM Modi has set the target, that India would be No1 country by 2047 in all the sectors across the world," Amit Shah said while addressing the valedictory session of the Uttarakhand Global Investors Summit on Saturday. He was quoted by PTI as saying, "The world is looking to India with hope today.

Nifty not only ended at a fresh lifetime high, but it also closed with gains for the sixth consecutive week. The markets piled up decent returns despite some signs of consolidation in the second half of the week. The last two days were choppy. However, on a weekly note, volatility, as represented by INDIA VIX remained unchanged.

bail plea of Sharjeel Imam. The court also granted time to Delhi Police to file clarification of MHA guidelines in connection to the release of accused on bail in the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) along with other offences. Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Amitabh Rawat on Saturday reserved the order for December 21.

India vs South Africa: Suryakumar Yadav-led Team India is all set to start its South Africa tour from Sunday with the first T20 international scheduled at Hollywoodbets Kingsmead Stadium in Durban. The young Indian cricket team will enter the fields with some high confidence as they comprehensively defeated world champions Australia 4-1 in the 5-match T20 series in India. But, the team is well aware that conditions will not favour them abroad and the T20 series is going to crucial ahead of the T20 World Cup 2024.

BJP's stellar performance in the recent Assembly polls is an acknowledgement of the tremendous welfare work Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has done for the people in nine years, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said on Saturday. In Assembly polls held in five states between November 7 and 30, results of which were declared on December 3, the Bharatiya Janata Party retained power in Madhya Pradesh emphatically and unseated the Congress in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.

BJP) victory in three key states in the Hindi heartland. Significantly higher week-on-week (WoW) action in terms of prominent block deals was witnessed over the five sessions where more than three dozen listed companies reported sizable deals worth Rs 25,289 crore, which included both buying and selling action. In the largecap segment, 15 companies witnessed significant block deals on the screen which were worth Rs 12,612 crore led by Reliance Industries (RIL) with a 12 block count, totalling to Rs 2,874 crore.

salmonella outbreak traced back to cantaloupes has claimed the lives of at least five people and infected over 100 people across Canada, prompting a warning from experts to remain vigilant, look for signs of the infection, and consider temporarily avoiding melons.Salmonella, a bacterial infection commonly transmitted through contaminated food and water, poses a significant health threat, especially to children and older adults, as it can lead to severe gastrointestinal symptoms, dehydration, and, in extreme cases, death.“Salmonella is one of the most prolific pathogens we know,” said Keith Warriner, a food safety professor from the University of Guelph. “The reason why it’s so successful is that it can survive any environment.

NDTV. In an official statement, the IMA confirmed its decision to suspend EA Ruwais who is alleged to be involved in the suicide of a woman doctor 'Shahana' pursuing her 2nd-year postgraduate training in surgery. Dr Joseph Benaven, President of Indian Medical Association Kerala State Branch stated that police arrested the accused under the dowry prohibition act and remanded him to judicial custody, NDTV reported.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. strategists forecast a rise in the Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) in 2024, marking a climb from its lowest point since pre-pandemic levels experienced this year. The extent of this increase, they suggest, hinges upon the economic vigour during the year ahead.

Troy Sharpe, CEO of Oak Harvest Investment Services, says his interest in investments — and in retirement planning in particular — took root in his childhood. Having been raised by his grandparents, he witnessed his grandfather’s health crisis, which occurred shortly after he stopped working.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das did so on Friday. In just about two hours after what appeared to be a declaration of victory over inflation after nearly 20 months of tense battle, Das damped it. «We do not communicate anything inadvertently, let me make it very clear,» Governor Das told reporters during the customary interaction after the latest policy review that was earlier interpreted as setting the stage for an easing of monetary policy.

Gaza, giving Arab leaders more time to try to persuade the US to let it pass. Top diplomats from countries including Egypt, Qatar and Jordan were set to meet with Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington later Friday amid a push for the US to abstain from voting. Given the US's status as a veto-wielding permanent member of the council, a no vote would kill the resolution.

El Salvador has a new, “once in five hundred years” offer for international crypto whales: donate your BTC to the government, and you’ll earn long-term citizenship in Bitcoin country.

₹1,656 crore. TPG Capital, via its affiliate TPG Asia VII SF Pte, divested 89,07,493 shares of Five-Star Business, representing a 3.05% stake, at a rate of ₹730 per share. This transaction amounted to approximately ₹650 crore, as per bulk deals data on the National Stock Exchange.

The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions has maintained the additional capital bufferthe country’s biggest banks must hold at 3.5 per cent, a decision that some analysts say will cheer bank investors as an increase was expected.