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Caste census was the predominant issue raised by the Opposition members at the first meeting of the parliamentary panel on the welfare of OBCs, with BJP ally JDU supporting their demand to call Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) officials to gather more information on OBCs, sources said. Incidentally, Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India is the head of the census organisation, which operates under MHA — necessitating the presence of ministry officials at the meet. At the first meeting of the panel, which was reconstituted earlier this month and headed by BJP MP Ganesh Singh, DMK floor leader in the Lok Sabha, TR Baalu, raised the caste census issue. He was supported by Congress Manickam Tagore and Trinamool Congress' Kalyan Banerjee. JDU's Giridhari Yadav also supported the demand.

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Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday renewed his call for a nationwide caste census and pointed out the lack of representation of women from Dalit, Tribal, or Other Backward Classes communities in the "Miss India pageant list." Addressing a gathering at the Samvidhan Samman Sammelan in Prayagraj, Gandhi said, «I checked the list of Miss India to see if there would be any Dalit or tribal woman in it, but there was no women from Dalit, tribal or OBC.» He criticised the media for being unconcerned about farmers and labourers and said, «Still the media talks about dance, music, cricket, Bollywood but does not talk about farmers and labourers.»

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North Carolina’s highest court says a racetrack shuttered for defying state gathering limits during the pandemic can sue the state’s top health regulator

Pakistan has extended an invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with other leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), for the upcoming Council of Heads of Government (CHG) meeting in October this year, reported The Times of India. However, it is unlikely that Modi will visit Islamabad, though it remains to be seen if he will delegate a minister to represent India, as has been done in the past, considering the strained relations between the two nations, the report added. Pakistan is set to host the CHG meeting on October 15-16, as it currently holds the rotating chairmanship of the council, the second most important decision-making body within the SCO, following the Council of Heads of State. While Modi regularly attends the heads of state summits, he skipped the recent one in Kazakhstan due to a scheduling conflict with a Parliament session in early July.

“The time has come for policy to adjust,” Fed Chair Jerome Powell told an annual gathering of global policymakers and economists in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, all but committing the US central bank to lowering rates when officials meet in September.

Chair Jerome Powell said the time has come for the Federal Reserve to cut its key policy rate, affirming expectations that officials will begin lowering borrowing costs next month and making clear his intention to prevent further cooling in the labor market.

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ISRO on Friday threw open its scientific data gathered from the Chandrayaan-3 mission for researchers across the world for analyses to mark the first anniversary of India landing a spacecraft on the Moon. The space agency has granted access to over 55 gigabytes of data from the five payloads — three on the Vikram lander and two on the Pragyan rover — that created history on August 23 last year by making a soft landing near the unexplored south pole region of the Moon. «This data is not going to be confined with those scientists who have created those instruments, but it will be made available to all the researchers of the country and the world for furthering the outcome of this,» ISRO Chairman S Somanath said at the National Space Day celebrations here. The Chandrayaan-3 data sets are available on Policy-based data Retieval, Analytics, Dissemination and Notification System (PRADAN) portal of the Indian Space Science Data Centre (ISSDC) — www.pradan.issdc.gov.in.

₹71,400 per 10 grams level, while Silver prices rose above ₹84,030 per kg level. International bullion prices that hit an all-time high of $2,531.60 on Tuesday, have fallen nearly 1% this week amid a rebound in the dollar index and rise in US 10-year Treasury yields.

A crash and large fire along a California freeway involving an electric Tesla Semi has drawn the attention of federal safety investigators

dollar traded near the lowest in more than a year against the euro and sterling on Thursday as a dovish Federal Reserve and fresh signs of weakness in the U.S. job market backed the case for interest rate cuts. The dollar sagged below the closely watched 145 yen mark as U.S. Treasury yields slid, ahead of weekly jobless claims data later in the day and a hotly anticipated speech by Fed Chair Jerome Powell at the central bank's annual Jackson Hole symposium on Friday.

There's a lot of debate about how much signal to take from the 818,000 downward revisions to U.S. payrolls — the largest since 2009. Is it signaling recession?

Electrification and automation major ABB on Wednesday said it has surpassed 10GW in delivering solutions for renewable energy plants in India. This is a result of over 300 renewable energy projects across India utilizing ABB's IoT-based PLC solution, a company statement said. ABB's PLC-based SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) system is an automation control solution, which helps gather and analyze real-time data to run the plant optimally and enable low maintenance. With this, operators are also able to easily monitor and analyze key parameters of the plant and get complete visibility of plant operations.

Nagpada area of Mumbai on Wednesday, police said. The police further said that the accused had been identified as Zubair Shah. «A case of molestation of an 8-year-old girl was registered in the Nagpada area of Mumbai. An earring seller molested the girl. The accused touched the girl inappropriately. Mumbai's Nagpada Police has arrested Zubair Shah who was selling earrings,» Nagpada police said. «Case registered under POCSO Act. Further investigation underway,» police added.

Jantar Mantar in Delhi on Wednesday, marking the 10th day of their indefinite strike over the alleged rape and murder of a medic in a Kolkata hospital. «It's very important to understand that we are fighting for better working conditions in our own workplace,» one of the protesting doctors said. Elective services in several government hospitals across the city have remained suspended due to the protests. Resident doctors arrived at Jantar Mantar at 11 am for the protest, marking their second gathering there after Saturday.

The asset management space stands at a crucial inflection point as firms reckon with a growing complexity from economic, technological, and market crosscurrents, according to the latest annual global survey report from the Index Industry Association.

According to Morningstar's Asset Flows report, the surge in monthly inflows came on the back of strong interest in fixed income strategies, which attracted €42.6bn of net inflows in July, marking the strongest month since June 2019. Antje Schiffler, editor at Morningstar, noted that active fixed income strategies in particular attracted €32.7bn as a result of «robust interest in Asian local currency bonds», which accumulated €6.8bn. On the other hand, only €9.9bn flowed into fixed income passive funds. Meanwhile, equity funds enjoyed €10.1bn of net inflows in July, bolstered by passiv...

gaming and animation in India is bright and Bengaluru is poised to be at the forefront, said Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on Monday. The government is committed to supporting startups and SMEs in the Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, Comics, and Extended Reality (AVGC-XR) sector and establishing the state as a global hub for AVGC, he said. «Government is ready with funds and is willing to partner with anyone. In fact, I am seeing the AVGC industry as a foot in the door for electronics manufacturing for gaming accessories. So, it has the potential to create a parallel economy with respect to manufacturing as well,» said Kharge, who holds the portfolio of Information Technology. The minister unveiled the theme and poster for GAFX 2025, the 6th edition of one of India's most eagerly awaited gatherings in the gaming, digital media, and entertainment industries, which will be held between February 27 and March 1, 2025.