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India's private sector activity picked up in May, recording the third strongest increase since July 2010 and contributing to optimism about the future, according to the preliminary results of a private survey released Thursday. The survey also showed the sharpest upturn in employment in nearly 18 years. The HSBC Flash India Composite Output Index rose to 61.7 in May compared with 61.5 in the previous month, as export demand strengthened further and the services sector accelerated. «The latest data showed strength in new export orders for both sectors, which rose at the fastest pace since the series started in September 2014,» said Pranjul Bhandari, chief India economist, HSBC.

disinvestment of state-run Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) and NMDC Steel will gather traction once the general election concludes in early June, a person close to the development said. The government is in the process of finalising the composition of the board of Shipping Corporation of India Land and Assets Ltd (SCILAL), created by hiving off the non-core real estate assets of SCI, to comply with regulatory requirements for the entity's listing. The Centre will invite financial bids for its entire 63.75% stake in SCI soon after the demerged entity, SCILAL, is listed. While SCILAL will remain with the government, SCI, with its core assets, will be privatised. Last year, the Maharashtra government waived off the stamp duty pertaining to the demerger of SCILAL, acceding to the Centre's request. The stamp duty, according to industry estimates, was in excess of ₹250 crore. With this, the government had crossed a key stage in its bid to get SCILAL listed. «These (privatisation of SCI and NMDC Steel) will be pursued vigorously after the election,» said the person quoted above.

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Federal Open Market Committee gathering ending May 1 showed that, while participants assessed that policy was “well positioned," various officials mentioned a willingness to tighten policy further if warranted. “Participants noted disappointing readings on inflation over the first quarter," according to the minutes released Wednesday in Washington.

Federal Reserve officials earlier this month coalesced around a desire to hold interest rates higher for longer and «many» questioned whether policy was restrictive enough to bring inflation down to their target. Minutes from the two-day Federal Open Market Committee gathering ending May 1 showed that, while participants assessed that policy was «well positioned,» various officials mentioned a willingness to tighten policy further if warranted.

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Delhi riots. He vividly remembers how his shop in the main market was burnt and his family of 10 lived in a camp for over four months before they could gather the courage to return. «The shop took longer to rebuild but the business has not been the same,» he says. North East Delhi constituency, which has the maximum concentration of Muslim voters in Delhi at 20.7%, is divided along communal lines. The epicentre of the Delhi riots of 2020 which claimed 53 lives and left 583 injured, North East Delhi is witnessing a tight contest between two-term BJP MP Manoj Tiwari and Congress' Kanhaiya Kumar, a former CPI leader involved in students politics. Tiwari is the only BJP MP who has not been dropped by the party in Delhi. But anti-incumbency is visible on the ground.

Jaunpur: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Wednesday alleged that when the Congress was in power at the Centre, India's borders were insecure and the entire country was in disarray due to scams. He exuded confidence that the BJP would win the Lok Sabha polls with a huge majority and form government for the third time in a row. Addresding a poll rally here, the BJP leader said, «India's borders were insecure during the Congress rule and the entire country was in disarray due to scams.» «Today, the country has become strong under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. When Pakistan made a mistake, it was attacked in its own home,» he said and reminded the gathering that it was the BJP government that abrogated Article 370.

Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog on Wednesday instructed OpenAI founder Sam Altman’s Worldcoin project to halt all activities in the region. This includes scanning and collecting iris and facial images from the public using iris-scanning devices.

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Top Events on May 22: India is set to witness various political, legal, technological, and sports events today, May 22, Wednesday. PM Modi will hold a Lok Sabha election rally in Delhi, while the weather office has issued heatwave alert till May 22. Take a look at top events of the day below, - Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a public rally in West Delhi's Dwarka constituency to support the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Lok Sabha elections on Wednesday.

The world’s leading artificial intelligence companies pledged at the start of a mini summit on AI to develop the technology safely, including pulling the plug if they can’t rein in the most extreme risks

‘Lord Jagannath Bhakt of PM Modi’: BJP's Sambit Patra sparks major controversy "This is not possible; no person in his right mind can say that God is a devotee of any human being. The mistake happened unknowingly while giving out bytes to a channel. I agree that the sentiments of some people have been hurt due to my statement, but even the lord forgives a person for committing a mistake unknowingly," said Patra.

South Korea is set to host a mini-summit this week on risks and regulation of artificial intelligence

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Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday began his protest march against Bhartiya Janata Party with other AAP leaders. The Delhi CM started marching towards BJP headquarters after addressing a public gathering where he challenged the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to send him and his party workers to jail. Section 144 has been imposed on DDU Marg and there is no permission for any kind of protest, said DCP Delhi Central, Harsha Vardhan Mandava earlier today. The traffic police has also issued an advisory in view of the protest planned outside the BJP office at the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg, while entry and exit have been disallowed at the nearest ITO metro station.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday hit out at the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, saying him and his party did not fear being arrested and that their ideas would live on even if the party was gone. «You arrest all of us and then see if AAP gets destroyed or gets bigger,» the Aam Aadmi Party chief said at the party's headquarters, ahead of a planned protest march to the BJP's headquarters in the national capital. «I along with my MLAs and MPs will go to the BJP office so that the Prime Minister can send anyone he wants to jail,» Kejriwal added.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday attacked BJP's Amethi Lok Sabha seat candidate and sitting MP Smriti Irani, alleging that the region has «suffered» in the last five years as the BJP never thought about its development. She was here to seek support for Congress' candidate from the seat Kishori Lal Sharma, who she said has «dedicated his entire life to Amethi». Priyanka Gandhi, who is a general secretary in the Congress, held a roadshow in Jasi town on the last day of campaigning for the seat that goes to polls on May 20 in the fifth round of the seven-phase general elections. «He (Sharma) has been associated with Amethi for the last 40 years. He was associated with my father (Rajiv Gandhi) here, he also worked with my mother (Sonia Gandhi) and my elder brother Rahul Gandhi. He has dedicated his entire life to Amethi,» she said while addressing a gathering.

CBS, the story of ‘Fire Country’, revolves around an individual who works in the fire department. He tries to gain credibility even as he is jailed. Will he be able to attain the confidence of his employers and confess his feelings to that ‘special person’? In an interview with 'Collider', Max Thieriot who plays the lead role explains the story of Season 2 and what fans can expect in the third season or Season 3.

transgender icon of the election department of Himachal Pradesh's Solan district. Hailing from the Kothi village in Kunihar area of the Solan district under Shimla parliamentary constituency, Thakur said that the situation had become so grim that villagers started pressurising her family to «throw her out». She was perhaps the only transgender among 35 belonging to the third gender in the state, who gathered the courage to speak up. «When I used to tell my family members about the mal-treatment and discrimination in the school to an extent that I was not allowed to use the toilet, they thought I was making excuses to skip the school. Given a chance, I would like to resume my education,» she said, lamenting that she faced discrimination at «every step in life».