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Awaken the nation, initiate a movement," he said, noting that for 15 years he has been connecting to the country and the world through a YouTube channel. Addressing the nearly 5,000 content and aspiring content creators, he said their product impacts people and they have an opportunity to make it even more effective. «Together, we can easily teach and make crores of people understand important matters.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday promised that 20% of all tickets in Madhya Pradesh will be reserved for women, while lashing out at the BJP for failing to give women 33% of tickets in the list of candidates it has released for the state. «I want to tell our female workers. If any of our mothers, sisters and daughters is a functionary and has worked in her area, it does not matter whether the BJP fields 33% women or not, Samajwadi Party will give 20% of its tickets to women and give them an opportunity,» Yadav said, adding that the BJP should reserve 33% of its tickets for women for MP polls as well as the Lok Sabha polls to prove that their intention while bringing in the law was noble.

Narendra Modi on Wednesday said his aim is to make India a global growth engine and expressed confidence that the country will soon emerge as an economic powerhouse of the world. Speaking at an event to mark 20 years of success of the Vibrant Gujarat Summit, Modi said they sowed small seeds of a «Vibrant Gujarat» 20 years ago, and today it has developed into a big tree. Modi also said that Vibrant Gujarat became a success at such a time when the previous central government (UPA dispensation) was «indifferent» to the industrial progress of the state.

LISBON (Reuters) — Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is likely to stay more expensive than kerosene even when large-scale production kicks in and the cost won't deter airlines from their carbon emission targets, International Air Transport Association (IATA) head Willie Walsh said.

French Army, General Pierre Schill Wednesday expressed concern on Indo-Pacific's safety and said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's participation in the Bastille Day is a sign of deepening strategic partnership between India and France. Pierre Schill, in an exclusive interview, said, «So France, as a nation of Pacific is also concerned in free movements and open space in the Pacific and the fact that through the multilateral coordination between nations and also armies to have the right and the laws been forced and for a free access to Pacific.» He was speaking on the sidelines of the Indo-Pacific Armies Chiefs Conference (IPACC) at Manekshaw Centre in Delhi. On India's ties with France, he said, «We were very proud to welcome Prime Minister Modi for the Bastille Day in France and some of your units that were opening the big parade we have on those days. This is a sign of some kind of strategic partnership we have, which is very important because we have some very close strategic assessment of the world.

Manipur CM N Biren Singh assured people here that both the state and central government are closely working together to nab the perpetrators. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Biren Singh said, “In light of the distressing news that emerged yesterday regarding the tragic demise of the missing students, I want to assure the people of the State that both the state and central government are closely working together to nab the perpetrators." “To further expedite this crucial investigation, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director, along with a specialized team, will be arriving in Imphal in a special flight.

bill is no gift from anyone to the women of India but is the hard-earned victory of their right to adequate political representation secured from a male-dominated political system, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said on Tuesday. Chidambaram's remarks came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking at a gathering of women in Ahmedabad to felicitate him on the passage of the bill, said women's reservation is a «gift from your brother».

Narendra Modi on Tuesday said those who had kept the bill to reserve seats for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies «hanging» for ten years finally voted for it due to the fear of women's power. He was speaking at a gathering of women organised here to felicitate him on the passage of the bill.

V Muraleedharan and Congress MP K Muraleedharan on Tuesday took digs at each other's political careers. While V Muraleedharan alleged that K Muraleedharan keeps changing his statements based on prevailing circumstances, the Congress MP hit back by challenging the BJP leader to contest and win even one poll — be it panchayat, assembly or Lok Sabha — from Kerala.

ALSO READ: Why lab diamonds are sparkling during a crisis Following this, it was a scene to watch as several people gathered in the Varachha bazaar looking for lost diamonds. Few of them even went to the extent of collecting dust from the road in a quest to locate these valuable stones.

Shah Rukh Khan's movie Jawan has gathered a whopping ₹571.08 crore in just 20 days. The film, which has evidently caught the fancy of the audience, kicked off its journey with a robust ₹75 crore on its first day of release, a Thursday. The financial strength of the film did not wane in the first week, amassing an incredible ₹389.88 crore.

NE Now News. A large number of students gathered and staged a demonstration in Imphal seeking justice for the two Meitei students, who went missing on 6 July – during the peak of ethnic violence in the state. Soon after the internet services were restored in the North-Eastern state, the images of the two missing Manipur students went viral on social media.

By Nandita Bose, Nathan Layne and Jarrett Renshaw

Bengaluru bandh called by various organisations over the Cauvery river water dispute evoked partial response on Tuesday with most of the public services functioning normally. Farmers and Kannada organisations, backed by the opposition BJP and JD(S) had made the call for shutdown in protest against the release of Cauvery water to neighbouring Tamil Nadu. Normal life was affected in the city as fewer people ventured out. 'Karnataka Jala Samrakshana Samiti,' an umbrella outfit of farmers' associations and other organisations led by farmer leader Kuruburu Shanthakumar, has given the call for today's dawn-to-dusk (6 am to 6 pm) Bengaluru bandh. Shanthakumar and other leaders of the 'Karnataka Jala Samrakshana Samiti were detained by the police at the Mysuru Bank circle, as they were trying to hold a protest march towards Town Hall. Several activists of Kannada organisations were also whisked away by the police at Town Hall, as they gathered there to stage a protest. Farmers' leaders and Kannada activists hit out at the government for allegedly using police force to curtail the protests and bandh. City police have taken adequate security measures to respond to any violence that may happen during the protests.

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Read all the latest updates on Bengaluru Bandh here Bengaluru Police Commissioner B Dayananda said that Section 144 will be imposed in the city under which gatherings of more than five people will not be permitted. Yesterday, a meeting was held between two groups of activists and organisations--one led by farmer leader Kuruburu Shanthakumar who has called for a Bengaluru Bandh today, and another led by activist Vatal Nagaraj.

BJP) fielded him in the upcoming Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections, party's national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Monday said that the central leadership's decision was «surprising» and that he will do whatever they say. The BJP leader has been fielded by the party from Indore-1 constituency for the Madhya Pradesh Assembly election, slated to be held later this year. While speaking to ANI, on the development, Vijayvargiya said, «This is the party's order. I was told that I would be assigned work that I would not say 'no' and I would have to do it.

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