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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack against the Narendra Modi-led government on Saturday, accusing it of ‘murdering the idea of India’ in Manipur. Addressing an event in his home constituency, the newly reinstated Lok Sabha MP said the PM and his Cabinet had a 'lot of fun' during discussion on Manipur issue in Parliament. "You have destroyed thousands of families.

PTI quoted a source as saying on 12 August. Around four months after the last edition of the military talks, the 19th round of Corps Commander-level dialogue is taking place on Monday to ease tensions in the region.

NEW DELHI: In a display of naval collaboration, two Indian naval ships, INS Visakhapatnam and INS Trikand, coordinated a bilateral Naval Maritime Partnership Exercise with the UAE Navy at Port Rashid, Dubai on August 8, the Ministry of Defence said. After two days of detailed planning, the two navies conducted the bilateral maritime partnership exercise, aimed to enhance the interoperability and synergy between the two navies by cross-training on tactics, techniques and procedures while developing stronger professional bonds.

Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike in Hollywood that began in May 2023 could reach some kind of conclusion if the negotiations with studios reach some point beneficial to all. The strike has completed 100 days and continues to affect the production of movies and shows in Hollywood.

Delhi government is considering sending senior citizens to pilgrimage sites near the national capital on luxury buses under the Mukhya Mantri Tirth Yatra Yojna, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday. More than 71,000 people from Delhi have gone on pilgrimages by 72 trains under the scheme so far, Kejriwal said.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's wife Bushra Bibi has revealed her influence in political and private matters related to Imran's life, reported The News International. It came after Bushra Bibi met Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan in the Attock Jail for the first time on Thursday after his arrest in connection with the Toshakhana case on. The alleged diary included several entries and out of that, one entry showed that Bushra Bibi used to decide about the time and the person to put pressure on the judiciary, the army and the government, reported The News International.

US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller during a recent briefing has piqued interest in the question of the purported leak's provenance. US-based news outlet The Intercept, which earlier this week reproduced what it claimed was the cipher in question, said in its report that the document was provided to it by «an anonymous source in the Pakistani military who said that they had no ties to Imran Khan or Khan's party».

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(Reuters) — The union representing striking Hollywood writers said on Friday it had received a counterproposal from the studios that it would consider, an apparent sign of progress in the more than 100-day-old strike.

Srei Infrastructure Finance and Srei Equipment Finance as part of the corporate insolvency resolution process. A bench led by Justices Rohit Kapoor and Balraj Joshi, while approving the resolution plan, said the tribunal is satisfied with the resolution plan since it is in accordance with the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.

Terming the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), a public sector initiative, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das said that it was not necessary that public goods could only be set up and financed by the public sector. “In this regard, it is worthwhile to build innovative design features which private investors find attractive in financing GPGs,” Das said while delivering closing remarks at a G20 Finance Track National Event organised by the Finance Ministry and the RBI. Keeping in mind very large investment requirements for setting up global public goods (GPGs), trigger financing could come from public investment, which would minimise risk and widen market access, Das said. “Subsequent financing needs can be met by the private sector. This is where international capital flows and movements assume importance,” he said. The central bank head said that multilateral development banks could act as catalysts for private sector investments through risk-sharing methods.

NEW DELHI : The government on Friday decided to release onions from the 300,000-tonne buffer created this year as part of the price stabilization fund (PSF) to cool onion prices amid the broader trend of rising vegetable costs. After two years of relative stability, onion prices surged in recent weeks despite record arrivals at mandis (marketplaces for farm commodities).

₹13,000 crore ($1.6 billion), news agency Reuters quoted a top trade official on 11 August as saying. As per details, the government pays local manufacturers -- under the $24 billion scheme -- when targets such as sales are met, aiming to boost investment in manufacturing.

Among the few feel-good developments during the pandemic was the remarkable rate at which Americans brought pets into their homes, emptying cages at animal shelters. Even better was how the trend appeared to survive—at least until now. This summer, facilities in many parts of the country face severe overcrowding, prompting pleas for pet adoptions to avoid the need to euthanize healthy animals.

real estate and infrastructure projects – and all three are sputtering. Since the shock of the global financial crisis of 2008, Beijing has tried to build a fminourth growth engine – domestic consumption. But the share of consumption in GDP growth is down to 32.8% from 54.5% in 2021.

All 16 Michigan Republicans accused in a fake elector scheme to keep former President Donald Trump in power are now challenging the charges in state court

The guild that represents striking film and television screenwriters says negotiations with major studios and streaming services will resume Friday

Vedanta Group Chairman Anil Agarwal expressed his happiness after meeting entrepreneur and actor Ryan Reynolds and called him ‘one of the nicest people who is extremely passionate about child welfare initiatives’. He posted his picture with Ryan Reynolds on X (formerly Twitter). In a tweet, Anil Agarwal wrote, “I met everyone's favorite superhero recently..

Writers Guild of America (WGA) said as the strike marked more than 100 days. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, the group representing Walt Disney, Netflix, Warner Bros Discovery and other studios, is expected to provide responses to proposals from the WGA, the union said in a statement on Thursday. The strike began on May 2 after talks between the WGA and the major studios reached an impasse over compensation, minimum staffing of writers' rooms and residual payments in the streaming era, among other issues.

Chowdhury for comparing a fugitive businessman with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Parliamentary affairs minister Pralhad Joshi moved a motion for Chowdhury's suspension, after the trust vote, and the Lok Sabha passed it by a voice vote. The Opposition had walked out before the conclusion of the trust vote.

Tata Motors Ltd has received a certificate from the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) for domestic value addition (DVA), a key step which will qualify it to receive incentives under the government’s ₹25,938 crore PLI scheme to boost the country’s manufacturing capabilities for advanced automotive technologies. Tata Motors is only the second manufacturer after Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd to receive the eligibility certificate for the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme.