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Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) chief Uddhav Thackeray Wednesday met his former ally and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar for the first time after the NCP leader joined the Eknath Shinde government. The meeting came after Thackeray, a member of the state legislative council, attended the house proceedings for a brief period and also a day after the former Chief Minister was present in a key meeting with other opposition parties in Bengaluru.

New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department has said that extremely heavy rainfall will likely continue over Maharashtra, Gujarat, Konkan and Goa today. Maharashtra received 269% excess rains in the past 24 hours ended 0800m on 19 July. With this, the rainfall deficit in the state has come down to 9% compared with a deficit of 17% as of 18 July.

Aadhaar-PAN Link latest news (July 19): Amid concerns raised by certain NRIs/OCIs regarding their Permanent Account Numbers (PANs) becoming inoperative, the Income Tax Department has issued fresh clarifications and suggestions.

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) national spokesperson Waris Pathan lashed out at Opposition parties for not inviting AIMIM saying that they were “political untouchables” for the 26 parties who formed a coalition and named it ‘INDIA’.

Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday met his former ally and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar for the first time after the NCP leader joined the Eknath Shinde government. Thackeray, a member of the state legislative council, attended the house proceedings for a brief period.

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NTPC share price gained over 5%, while SJVN shares rallied more than 9% on Wednesday after Goldman Sachs initiated coverage on the stocks with Buy ratings.  Goldman Sachs is of the view that India’s power sector is undergoing a generational shift. It believes that in India’s move to shift towards clean energy, the transition led business model upgrades and rising peak deficits will drive re-rating in power stocks.

Rahul Gandhi. All opposition leaders had been asked for suggestions.

Monsoon rain LIVE Updates: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday said that a cyclonic circulation is likely to form over the Bay of Bengal in the next 24 hours. IMD Bhubaneswar Director HR Biswas said that heavy to very heavy rains are likely to occur due to the development of cyclonic circulation.Mumbai and its suburbs received moderate to heavy rainfall during the day and the weather department has issued an orange alert for the city for Wednesday predicting heavy to very heavy rainfall at some places, officials said.

Anthropic's CEO Dario Amodei will testify on July 25 at a U.S. Senate hearing on artificial intelligence as lawmakers consider potential regulations for the fast-growing technology, the Senate panel scheduling the hearing said on Tuesday.

According to a royal biographer, Prince Harry was deeply moved by memories of his late mother, Princess Diana, during his initial outing with Meghan Markle. Angela Levin suggests that Meghan Markle strategically wore Princess Diana's preferred fragrance during their first encounter in an effort to capture Harry's heart. This insider advantage may have played a role in Meghan Markle successfully winning Prince Harry's affection.

Universal Postal Union will evaluate UPI for integrating the unified payment interface with cross-border remittances using global postal network, an official release said on Tuesday. Director General of Universal Postal Union (DG UPU) Masahiko Metoki, who is on a three-day visit to India for the inauguration of UPU Regional Office, also met Minister of Communications, Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw here on Tuesday.

A veteran economist and banker had been getting ready to retire in the weeks before Chinese leader Xi Jinping picked him to lead China’s central bank, according to officials familiar with the matter. Now, Pan Gongsheng is set to take the reins at the People’s Bank of China as it confronts an urgent challenge: whether and how to defend the Chinese yuan. The Chinese currency’s value has been sliding this year, as the world’s second-largest economy stagnates.

Manipur government allocated an additional fund of Rs.2.5 crore to the Agriculture Department for procurement of fertilizer. The Manipur Government had decided to pay an amount of Rs 10 lakh to the next of Kin of late M. Lucy who was recently killed by unidentified miscreants.Manipur police has warned that there should be no obstacle to the movement of security forces in carrying out their official duties.

clean energy supply chain to minimize risks and uncertainties, the two sides said in a joint statement after the meeting of their energy ministers. Oil minister Hardeep Puri and US energy secretary Jennifer Granholm met in New Delhi on Tuesday to review the progress under the U.S.-India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership (SCEP).

While Non-Resident Indians NRIs are not required to obtain an Aadhaar number, the recent conclusion of the deadline for linking PAN and Aadhaar numbers caused distress for many NRIs, as their PAN cards have become 'inoperative.' To allay these fears, the Income Tax Department issued three clarifications. Firstly, ITD has mapped the residential status of NRIs in case they have filed the ITR in any of the last 3 AYs or they have intimated their residential status to the Jurisdictional Assessing Officer (JAO). The PANs have been rendered inoperative, in case any one of the above-mentioned criteria is not met. NRIs whose PANs are inoperative have been asked to intimate their residential status to their respective JAO along with supporting documents with a request to update their residential status in the PAN database. Details of JAO can be found here.

BEIJING — Henry Kissinger, a former U.S. secretary of State, met with China's defense minister, Li Shangfu, in Beijing on Tuesday, the ministry said in a statement.

Narendra Modi met with his counterpart in Paris. The Defence Ministry greenlit plans to order 26 additional Rafale jets as well as another three Scorpene-class submarines, noting that price and other terms were still being worked out. Key details of the defence deal were however left out of a revised joint statement released in the wake of bilateral talks - even as it outlined a roadmap of bilateral ties till 2047.

Crypto exchange Binance’s Argentina arm has decided to abruptly call-off its partnership with the Argentine Football Association (AFA), accusing the latter over lack of compliance.

reliance on oil, he is pushing companies to move their regional headquarters to Riyadh, the Saudi capital, from U.A.E.’s Dubai, a more cosmopolitan city favored by Westerners. He’s also launching plans to set up tech centers, draw more tourists and develop logistical hubs that would rival the U.A.E.’s position as the Middle East’s center of commerce. In March, he announced a second national airline that would compete with Dubai’s highly ranked Emirates.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday met her Chinese counterpart Liu Kun and discussed various deliverables under G20 India Presidency, including strengthening Multilateral Development Banks and global debt vulnerabilities. Both ministers met on the sidelines of the ongoing 3rd G20 Finance Minister and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting and discussed the state of their economies, inflation, trade and recognised the importance of a good business environment for economic growth and development.