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rally in northeast Delhi on Saturday, the local police has beefed up security near the rally ground and slated a deployment of a 2,000-personnel strong force on the day. Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora, along with other senior officers on Friday visited the northeast district and took stock of the security arrangements. A senior officer said Modi is likely to arrive at the rally site by a chopper after addressing another election rally in Sonipat in Haryana. «Meetings were done with other agencies responsible for the PM's security. We are identifying buildings and trees on all possible routes where police personnel can be deployed to keep a strict vigil on all activities,» the officer said.

The US Justice Department on Thursday announced a formal proposal to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, marking a significant shift in generations of the country’s drug policy. The proposed rule, sent to the federal register, recognises the medical uses of cannabis and acknowledges its lower potential for abuse compared to some of the nation’s most dangerous drugs. This plan, approved by Attorney General Merrick Garland, stops short of legalizing marijuana outright for recreational use.

The National Rifle Association is kicking off its annual meeting in downtown Dallas, gathering for the first time in decades without Wayne LaPierre at the helm as board members prepare to elect his replacement

Washington: It's time for Indian Americans to run for office at all levels and never miss to vote, influential Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi told community members gathered here from across the country. «We have to vote. Will everyone here vote in that coming election? Because we can talk politics all day, but doing politics is what matters. Remember, politics is not just a noun, it's a verb. And we have to do politics this year. We have to vote,» Krishnamoorthi told a room full of eminent Indian Americans who had gathered in the American Capital for the annual summit of Indian American Impact, a Democratic think-tank. «Secondly, we have to work on political causes bigger than ourselves. We have to support our local mandirs. We have to support our local mosques. We have to support our local not-for-profits. I hope you do that and you give generously. But we also have to work on political issues bigger than ourselves,» said the Indian American Congressman, who represents the suburb of Chicago in the House of Representatives. «Whether you're Democrat, Republican, independent, I don't care as long as you recognize that you need to participate in the civic affairs of your country. And now is the time to do it,» he asserted.

Delhi Police sources and other officials, Swati Maliwal, an AAP Rajya Sabha MP, has filed a police complaint regarding an alleged assault at the official residence of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. A team led by Additional Commissioner P S Kushwaha visited Maliwal's residence for over four hours to gather details about the incident. Maliwal claimed that a member of Kejriwal's personal staff assaulted her. On Monday morning, Maliwal went to the Civil Lines police station here and alleged that a member of Kejriwal's personal staff «assaulted» her at the chief minister's official residence, police officials said. Police have not yet received a formal complaint.

Alamgir Alam, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case, was remanded to the ED custody for six days, said lawyers on Thursday. The minister was produced before a PMLA court in Ranchi earlier today amid tight security arrangements. Alam was arrested after a six-hour interrogation by the federal agency at their office in the city on Wednesday.

₹15 lakhs and where that 2 crore employment opportunities are. What kind of guarantee was that? Chinese..." Earlier today, Shah, told news agency ANI, "I called it 'Chinese guarantee' on the basis of their durability...Those guarantees hold no meaning. They say that during elections and then forget about it." “I called it 'Chinese guarantee' on the basis of their durability...I was in Telangana recently.

consumer goods companies such as Hindustan Unilever (HUL), Dabur, Adani Wilmar and Parle Products have said the contribution of quick commerce to overall ecommerce sales rose as high as 35% in FY24, almost doubling in a year. Quick commerce drove overall ecommerce for these companies as well as the broader fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry, executives said. The contribution of quick commerce was 15-18% in FY23.

jury gathered to deliberate on the young business leaders vying for a highly coveted spot on The Economic Times 40 Under Forty scroll. Thirteen elite jurors — women and men who have weathered many economic cycles and built enduring businesses — gathered in the Jaipur Suite at The Oberoi in Mumbai last week, tasked with recognising the most brilliant young leaders of corporate India. The 10th edition of 40 Under Forty was adjudicated by a power-packed panel led by Reliance Foundation’s Nita Ambani.

Nikhil Kamath was quoted as saying by NDTV. “I think we all feel that we are more important than we are... you are born and you die like every other animal on the planet and then you are gone and nobody remembers anybody.

Cyber-Physical Systems (TIPS 4.0), a bi-annual event, was conducted by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) under the aegis of the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS). The event, held on 13–14 May 2024, was hosted by the Technology Innovation Hub for IoT & IoE (TIH-IoT) at IIT Bombay. It witnessed the participation of 48 deeptech startups and a promising investment commitment towards 44 innovative startups. Shireesh Kedare, Director – IIT Bombay, addressed the gathering, followed by Abhay Karandikar, Secretary, DST. The inaugural session concluded with the remarks of Ekta Kapoor, Mission Director – NM-ICPS and Head of FFT Division, DST. Abhay Karandikar, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology (DST), said in a statement, “This is the first time that TIPS featured deeptech startups taking centre stage to present their work to potential investors, while their supporting Technology Innovation Hubs showcased their developments and progress in the workshops. This milestone demonstrates significant progress towards our mission, as we continue to foster lab-to-market opportunities to support deeptech innovators in our nation.”

private equity firm Warburg Pincus has fully acquired Shriram Housing Finance Ltd (SHFL) from its promoter Shriram Finance and minority shareholder Valiant Capital Management for Rs 4630 crore, in the largest M&A deal in the housing finance sector.

Congress' Raebareli candidate, Rahul Gandhi, said with a smile, "Jaldi hi karni padegi." The incident happened towards the end of the rally that took place in Raebareli's Bachhrawan area on Monday. He took the opportunity to thank his sister and Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi. "I am touring different parts of the country in the election and my sister is spending time here, a heartfelt thanks to her for this," Rahul Gandhi said.

music producer in 2002 as ‘almost the godfather of pop’, Johann Pachelbel was the veritable SD Burman of late 17th century Europe. His Canon in D, (over)familiar to many of us from far too many wedding scenes in romcoms, is a piece that gathers layers, lifting itself as it glides along. The music is startlingly simple, three violins pressing out 28 varieties of the same melody over the bass line. Pachelbel’s cyclical tune unfolds like delicate sonic origami. The forth-and-back is calming, rousing, as if the world has turned to music.

Howard University has cancelled graduation mid-ceremony as family members reportedly created a ruckus, as per a report on New York Post. A student was found injured. The incident took place at the Cramton Auditorium in Washington where students of the College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences had gathered. There was utter pandemonium as family members of the students wanted to enter the auditorium, as per the report.

music producer in 2002 as 'almost the godfather of pop', Johann Pachelbel was the veritable SD Burman of late 17th century Europe. His Canon in D, (over)familiar to many of us from far too many wedding scenes in romcoms, is a piece that gathers layers, lifting itself as it glides along. The music is startlingly simple, three violins pressing out 28 varieties of the same melody over the bass line. Pachelbel's cyclical tune unfolds like delicate sonic origami. The forth-and-back is calming, rousing, as if the world has turned to music. Pachelbel's most famous tune was immensely popular during his time. It then fell into obscurity… until an arrangement recorded by French conductor Jean-Francois Paillard in 1968 got 20th century ears pricked up. France-based Greek band Aphrodite's Child made a rock adaptation of the baroque classic, 'Rain and Tears', the same year, which reached No. 1 in various European countries.

Nerul, a village close to the mouth of the Mandovi River in Goa, it’s time to celebrate clams. The sands of the riverbed and shore are ideal places to find tisriyo, small but very tasty shellfish. A village tradition has grown of gathering, cleaning, and cooking tisriyo on this day. It isn’t a religious event, though the local priest is happy to give blessings. This is excellent, because shellfish should be celebrated in India far more than they are. North Kerala loves mussels and Indian oysters are now found in upmarket restaurants, but given the length of our coastline, we hardly seem to do justice to shellfish. They tend to have an unclean reputation, perhaps because they are found in mud and are often filled with it, or because some species can occasionally be toxic, depending on the waters from which they have been filtering food. Shellfish have often been left to marginalised communities, as Dalit writer Urmila Pawar recalls in her memoir 'Aaydan: The Weave of My Life'. She writes of how women from her community would forage along coasts for oysters, make a small fire and place the shells on it, eating them as they opened. Foragers like this would have known the seasons when they were safe to eat and how to leave the smallest ones, so they could grow and reproduce.

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Telugu actor Allu Arjun was booked by Andhra Pradesh police after his visit to the YSRCP Nandyal candidate’s residence caused a large crowd to gather. The Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party candidate and sitting MLA Shilpa Ravichandra Kishore Reddy has also been named in the FIR. On Saturday, the actor waved to the large crowd as they chanted "Pushpa" for over an hour.

interim budget, presented on 1 February, pegged a capex of ₹11.1 trillion for FY25, marking an increase from FY24's budgeted estimates of ₹10 trillion and revised estimates of ₹9.5 trillion. Higher capex is largely proposed for infrastructure sectors such as roads, shipping and railways. The capital allocation for these ministries has also been scaled up substantially in the budget, allowing them to complete work under the Vision 2027 plan.

Allu Arjun has landed in legal trouble! A case has been registered against the ‘Pushpa’ star, and Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) MLA Ravi Chandra Kishore Reddy for allegedly violating the Model Code of Conduct during an election campaign. According to this rule, large campaigns are banned 48 hours before the poll starts. On Saturday, authorities in Nandyal, Andhra Pradesh, filed charges against Tollywood actor Allu Arjun for his visit to the residence of his friend and YSRCP MLA Silpa Ravi, resulting in a large gathering of thousands of people on the streets. This was a direct violation of the MCC. The MLA purportedly invited the actor from «Pushpa» without obtaining permission from the RO Nandyala for a public gathering. The case has been registered under Section 188 (Disobedience to order duly promulgated by a public authority) of the IPC (Indian Penal Code).