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This year's Daytona 500 event is all set to commence at 2.30 pm (ET) on Sunday at Daytona International Speedway. Daytona 500 event in 2024 can be watched live on NBC, Fox and Fox Sports 1. The live streaming of 2024's Daytona 500 can be live streamed on FoxSports website and App.

Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea by Sharad Pawar against the Election Commission’s decision to recognise the faction led by Ajit Pawar, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharastra, as the real Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). A bench of Justices Surya Kant, Dipankar Datta and KV Viswanathan is likely to hear the petition filed by the former cabinet minister plea on Monday i.e. February 19.

₹40 crore and offer for sale of 2.61 crore shares. Around 50 percent of the issue is reserved for QIB, not less than 35 percent of the issue reserved for retail investors and not less than 15 percent of the offer is reserved for NII.

₹1,781, thanks to increased volume and higher realization, with a favourable product mix contributing to this rise. The company is poised for a strong final quarter, bolstered by a price increase of ₹600-650 per tonne in January, which would boost realization further. Moreover, NMDC is confident of achieving a production volume of 46-47 million tonnes in FY24, marking a 13% year-on-year increase in Q4 to meet the lower end of its guided range.

A flight from Vancouver to Toronto made an unscheduled stop in Winnipeg after a passenger attempted to open a door.

Canada implemented changes to the post-graduation work permit program (PGWP). Students who have completed a master’s degree program, even under two years, will now qualify for a 3-year PGWP, provided they meet all other eligibility criteria. However, starting September 1, 2024, students enrolled in curriculum licensing agreement programs will no longer be eligible for a PGWP. In addition, the special measures for distance learning and PGWP validity have been extended until August 31, 2024. Are you immigration ready? Find out A post-graduation work permit is an open work permit granted to foreign students upon completion of their studies in Canada. PGWP holders are free to work anywhere in Canada for any employer for as many hours as they like.

Benjamin Netanyahu responded on February 17 to rising appeals from world leaders to avoid a ground operation in Rafah, remarking that doing so would mean «losing the war against Hamas,» as reported by The Times of Israel. «Those who want to prevent us from operating in Rafah are essentially telling us: 'Lose the war.' I won't let that happen,» he vowed at an evening press conference in Jerusalem. «We won't capitulate to any pressure,» he said.

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BAFTA) Awards scheduled for February 18 evening. The BAFTA is scheduled for Sunday, February 18, at London's Royal Festival Hall, marking the venue's second consecutive year hosting the event, having previously been held at the Royal Albert Hall for several years. The award show will take place in the United Kingdom from 7 to 9 pm today, Sunday, February 18.

Civil aviation security regulator Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has asked airlines to deploy adequate manpower in 10 days so that passengers don’t have to wait at airports for their luggage. The regulator on Friday wrote to airlines saying that the first bag should arrive at the baggage belt in 10 minutes of the aircraft shutting down the engine whereas the last bag within 30 minutes. In January, BCAS monitored baggage arrival time of all airlines at six metro airports- Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Chennai on a weekly basis and found that they were not according to the standard set in Operation, Management and Delivery Agreement (OMDA).

Justin Trudeau has relied on immigration to drive economic growth and plug labor gaps, but now he is hitting the brakes after a seismic shift in public opinion that could undermine his chances to win the next election. It was Trudeau's father, Pierre, who championed immigration as prime minister in the early 1970s, promoting «multiculturalism» as government policy. Over time, Canadians have come to see the country's diversity as part of its identity, like the maple leaf and hockey. Think you check all the immigration boxes? Find out But when international students led a surge in immigration in the wake of the pandemic, the public mood soured as rental costs soared and services like healthcare came under strain.

Pakistan has established a high-level committee to probe the rigging allegations made by Rawalpindi Commissioner Liaquat Ali Chatha. The decision came after Chatha resigned from his post in protest against electoral irregularities on Saturday, Dawn reported.

Wang was walking down the podium and Jaishankar was walking up the podium for a panel discussion with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and German Foreign Minister. The two foreign ministers were seen engaging in an animated conversation. The impromptu interaction, after months of no communication, added intrigue to the diplomatic setting.

Electric vehicle makers in India are accelerating their search for expat talent even as the country positions itself among the world's leading EV markets. Companies such as Tata Motors, Ather Energy, Ultraviolette and Royal Enfield are looking for, or have recently brought in, expats and returning Indians for their global perspective, functional expertise in more developed markets and the ability to forge strategic partnerships. Senior talent is being recruited to head R&D, manufacturing, engineering and product management.

DUBAI (Reuters) -Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis claimed responsibility on Saturday for an attack on the oil tanker M/T Pollux, which U.S. officials said the previous day had been hit by a missile.

Lost Ladies) has got me thinking once again about Salaar, Animal, Pushpa, the KGF franchise and their ilk. Kiran Rao's sophomore directorial venture was premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival 2023 and will be in Indian theatres in March. For those who have watched it, it may seem blasphemous to mention Rao's quiet study of human nature in the same breath as these other films with their loud, celebratory parades of aggressive masculinity that are all the rage at the Indian box-office these days. But hear me out. Two brides in rural north India who accidentally swap places after their respective weddings are the central figures in LL. Both are lost, not merely in the physical sense after this inadvertent switch, but also in terms of larger existential questions. As their grooms search for them, the women end up finding themselves. A lot has been written over the years about the male gaze in cinema. This is not a term to be used literally. 'The male gaze' is not merely 'the gaze of a man'. It is the gaze of a man who lacks empathy. It is a gaze that may appear to serve the cause of patriarchy and its collaborations with other forms of supremacism, but in fact does a disservice to women and men.

Virender Sehwag and Shoaib Akhtar had a fun interaction around the final match and the playing conditions at Dubai International Stadium. The veteran players shared their valuable inputs on the pitch and provided the audience with a glimpse of what to expect from the final match. But, social media was completely glued to Virender Sehwag's Arab look and shared their hilarious reactions to his exchange with Shoaib Akhtar.

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look similar to the websites of Indian brokers.'' ‘’Unwitting users who click on the app download links, etc., will be prompted to download the fake app. The goal is to get people to transfer money by taking advantage of their familiarity with these apps,'' added Kamath. According to reports, pig butchering scams have a global reach, with perpetrators often becoming victims themselves.

UNITED NATIONS: Underlining the need for comprehensive reform of the Security Council, India has questioned how much longer can the will of five permanent members of the powerful UN body continue to override the collective voice of the world organisation's 188 member states. India's Permanent Representative at the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj, speaking at the Inter-Governmental Negotiations on Security Council Reform on Friday, stressed that “equity" must be the cornerstone of global efforts to reform the 15-nation UN body. “Equity demands that every nation, irrespective of its size or power, be afforded an equal opportunity…to shape global decision-making,” she said, adding that “Our question therefore is how much longer will the will of five members continue to override the collective voice of 188 member states?”.

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