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BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi declared that the BJP's reign will end on June 4, ushering in a return to prosperity for the nation. Addressing a rally, Rahul emphasized that only seven days remain for the 'fake fakir' who deceives the public. «After June 4, it's Goodbye BJP, Goodbye Narendra Modi. Only 7 days left for the fake fakir who deceives the public. INDIA is garnering votes — Khata Khat Khata Khat! The country will break free from the BJP; better days are on the horizon — Fata Fat, Fata Fat,» Rahul asserted. Rahul also criticized Modi for his 'sent by God' remark. Responding to Modi's recent assertion of feeling «sent by God,» Rahul Gandhi taunted the PM, suggesting, «God sent Modi to aid Adani, not the impoverished.» He further asserted that the INDIA bloc will reinvigorate the economy upon assuming power.

economic policy trajectory whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi wins a third term in office or not, former central bank Governor Raghuram Rajan said. “There is a lot of continuity built into Indian policy," Rajan said in an interview Tuesday with Bloomberg TV’s David Ingles.

He blamed management for losses of $108.5 million he discovered last year.

BluSmart, India’s biggest electric cab operator, wants to raise more than $300 million in three years to add thousands of cars to its fleet in its push to take on the likes of Uber Technologies Inc. in the fast-growing market. The company will increase its Indian fleet of electric vehicles — supplied by Tata Motors Ltd., BYD Co., SAIC Motor Corp.’s MG Motor and Stellantis NV’s Citroën — to 13,000 by March from 7,500 currently, Punit Goyal, co-founder of the BP Ventures-backed startup, said in an interview. In three years, it aims to have 25,000 cars, he said.

IPL win, Gautam Gambhir’s mentorship to revive the team has been much talked about. A report has revealed that Gambhir and Shah Rukh Khan were regularly in touch with each other even when GG was not a part of KKR.Gautam Gambhir and Shah Rukh Khan met several times in 2018-2022. Interestingly, they didn't talk about cricket.

Bill Gross, the veteran bond investor often referred to as the “Bond King,” has spoken out about the potential impact of a Donald Trump presidency on the US bond market.

private equity firm ChrysCapital is looking to acquire domestic companies in the formulation business in the range of $200 million-$500 million. Along with partners, deal sizes can potentially reach $1.5 billion, said a senior executive. «We're looking at buyouts. These can be companies in the top 30-75 in their category. We will look at the $200 million to $500 million range,» Kshitij Sheth, MD of ChrysCapital told ET in an interview. Sheth said the aim is to grow these companies to "$1.5-$2 billion valuations and take them public eventually. While we could consider a strategic sale, the goal will be to take these platforms public". ChrysCapital is focused on deals within top 20 to 50 ranked Indian companies in formulation business. The PE firm has focused on acquiring non-controlling interests in pharma companies. ChrysCapital could partner either another large fund, a strategic or a sovereign fund for bigger acquisitions.

(This story originally appeared in on May 27, 2024)

Julia Quinn's Bridgerton novels have been left intrigued by the absence of a crucial friendship in Season 3 of the Netflix adaptation. Showrunner Jess Brownell has shed light on the decision, offering insights into the altered dynamics of key characters.

With Canada’s latest inflation figures paving the way for a policy rate cut, some economists worry another hold by the Bank of Canada could further damage the economy.

Mohnish Pabrai, an Indian-American businessman and investor, attributes his remarkable success to replicating the strategies of legendary investor Warren Buffett. Through disciplined value investing, Pabrai has achieved impressive returns, establishing himself as a significant figure in the investment world. In a recent post on X, Andrew Wilkinson, co-founder of Tiny Capital, shared his journey into investing, highlighting «The Dhando Investor» by Mohnish Pabrai as a pivotal influence. Wilkinson said, «Ten years ago, I knew nothing about investing. Sure, I’d read a few books on Warren Buffett, but I didn’t know how to do it. Then I read 'The Dhando Investor' by (my now friend) Mohnish Pabrai, and it became my bible.» During the course of the interview, Mohnish Pabrai referenced a number of his own investing strategies, as well as what

THE OCEAN FLOOR off the coast of Sebastian, Florida, is littered with untold fortunes. For three centuries now, the sea has turned the gold and silver coins of the doomed Spanish treasure fleet over and over among strands of flowing seaweed and beneath the claws of scuttling crabs. Twenty miles inland, plunked on an unassuming industrial lot amid a swampy expanse, lie vessels capable of surfacing that sunken bounty.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government will return to power in Lok Sabha Elections 2024.The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), has already crossed the numbers required for forming the government in the first five phases of the general elections, Shah said. “We are somewhere between 300 and 310…this is minus the last phase…We are in a comfortable position. This time, we went to the people with 10 years of track record and 25 years of a powerfully positive agenda," Shah told Indian Express in an interview.

Modi — then chief minister of business-friendly Gujarat state — rode an electoral wave to the prime ministership in New Delhi, many expected that he would be far more supportive of the private sector than previous Indian leaders. As a candidate, Modi was quoted as saying: “I believe government has no business to do business,” and one of the many slogans of that 2014 campaign was “minimum government, maximum governance.” That seemed as close to laissez-faire Thatcherism as one could reasonably expect in India. Nobody who looked closely at Modi’s tenure in Gujarat, however, believed this easy narrative. His proudest achievement there was turning around the state government’s own public-sector companies, particularly in the energy sector. And that’s been his focus in national office as well. In one recent interview, when asked to cite an example of how the markets should react to his expected re-election, he pointed specifically and solely to how he had revived the stock prices of public-sector companies. Modi wasn’t wrong. State firms have done better than India’s benchmark Sensex index for three years straight, and look likely to do so again this year. They have regularly traded at a premium to their private peers.

Generative AI (GenAI) represents a new age of human productivity and scientific discovery, says Bryan Harris, executive vice-president & chief technology officer (CTO), SAS. In this interview, he talks to Sudhir Chowdhary about some of the major trends in data and AI space, and the strategic role of the firm’s Pune R&D facility in the overall scheme of things.

CG Foods, which makes India's third-largest instant noodles brand Wai Wai, is for the first time, reducing salt in its noodles by anywhere between 10% and 25% starting next quarter with select variants, Manvendra Amber Shukla, global chief executive officer of CG Foods, owned by Nepal-based diversified CG Corp Global, said in an interview. The move comes amid tighter regulation and heightened scrutiny on packaged foods. «What the government is doing (in terms of regulation) is definitely welcome; it is positive for consumers, and positive for the ecosystem and a responsibility of all organisations towards consumers,» he said. The salt reduction process will start with the spicier packs of Wai Wai, according to Shukla. «In India, starting next quarter, we will start the first phase of reduction of salt by 10% starting with spicy noodles. As we move forward, we will reduce salt up to 25% in other variants of our portfolio,» he said. Additionally, the group is working on plans to introduce healthier variants such as millet noodles and renewing focus on atta noodles.

In the past few years, there have been a variety of cases of space debris falling to Earth, with one object crashing through the roof of a Florida home in March and most recently, a piece of debris from a SpaceX spacecraft landing in a Saskatchewan farmer’s field.

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Mint has reached out to co-founder Prashant Pitti and will update the story with the response once shared.On January 8, the online travel company indefinitely suspended flight bookings to the Maldives. This decision was prompted by social media posts critical of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made by three Maldivian ministers, who have since been suspended.

Santosh, which premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, takes neither of those paths.Instead, the British-Indian filmmaker is telling a story far murkier and more ambiguous. The film follows Santosh Saini, a newly widowed woman who is offered her late husband’s police constable position “on compassionate grounds," as part of a government scheme. Suri was drawn to telling the story of a female cop after she saw a photograph taken during nationwide protests in 2012 following the Nirbhaya case.

private-equity firm Venturi Partners is considering raising a $75-100 million fund in India to invest in local consumer-focused growth-stage companies, managing director Rishika Chandan said in an interview. The fund, likely to be launched later this year, will be pooled from top family offices in India, Chandan added.“The intention is to give access to Indian families that want to be part of this platform and get access to growth-stage consumer companies because most funds in India [invest mainly in] early-stage [companies]," Chandan said.According to her, there are several India-focused generalist funds investing in growth-stage consumer companies but not many that cater exclusively to families.