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China tightens grip on stocks with net sale ban at open, close The first pair of pandas — a male and a female — could arrive in San Diego by late summer, officials at the zoo told the Associated Press. China is also discussing renewing its cooperation with Washington, D.C.’s National Zoo and Austria’s Schönbrunn Zoo, according to the embassy.

G20 Foreign Ministers meeting in Rio, Union Minister of State V Murleedharan on Thursday had a brief discussion with the United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken. «A brief chat with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the sidelines of G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Rio,» the MoS posted on X. Notably, Brazil assumed the presidency from India on December 20, 2023, and the G20 Foreign Minister's Meeting would be the first ministerial meeting under the Brazilian Presidency, the Ministry of External Affairs said in an official release.

World Thinking Day can be traced back to 1926 when delegates from across the globe met at Camp Edith Macy in New York for the fourth World Conference of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS). At the end of the conference, the delegates unanimously decided to create a day dedicated to guides and girl Scouts, with the joint birthday of Lord Baden-Powell, founder of the Scout and Guide movement, and his wife Olave.

Spain's prime minister has visited Morocco as the two nations reckon with a spike in migration to the Canary Islands and a Europe-wide debate and protests about agricultural regulations and imports

Karnataka government banned the use and sale of both tobacco and non-tobacco hookah at public places across the state with immediate effect with an aim to safeguard the health of its citizens and stem the tide of tobacco-related diseases. In a statement by Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao's office, it said, “The state government has taken this action with the conviction that it will be met with support from all responsible citizens who place the health and well-being of the people as a paramount concern." This action was backed by "alarming data" from the WHO Global Adult Tobacco Survey-2016-17 (GATS-2), which stated that 22.8 per cent of adults in Karnataka use tobacco, with 8.8 per cent being smokers.

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score Updates, 1st T20: NZ vs Aus, Mitchell Santner-led New Zealand take on 50-over world champions Australia in the first T20I of the 3-match series at the Sky Stadium in Wellington. The T20I series comes just 3 months before the start of the T20 World Cup in the USA and West Indies.New Zealand will be without regular skipper Kane Williamson, who recently helped the Black Caps to a historic first Test series win against South Africa.

march again today from the two points on the Punjab-Haryana border as the previous four rounds of talks with the Centre over a legal guarantee on minimum support price (MSP) for crops have failed. These talks turned out to be inconclusive even as Union ministers met the farmers in Chandigarh in the presence of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.

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UK prosecutors are challenging the claims of a British-Chinese national who says she had “no idea” she was part of a $6.3 billion Bitcoin money laundering plot.

Polish farmers have blocked border crossings with Ukraine as they intensify nationwide protest against the import of Ukrainian foods and European Union environmental policies

RP Sanjiv Goenka Group, with revenue exceeding USD 4 billion, has expressed interest in exploring investment opportunities in the Northeast, including renewable energy. The group officials had a preliminary one-on-one meeting with the Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), B L Verma. He was in Kolkata for an investment roadshow for the northeast and met a few business houses from the region to understand the sectors and how the government can assist in taking forward the projects. According to sources, the RP Sanjiv Goenka Group has expressed willingness to explore hydropower opportunities besides evaluating other sectors.

All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) on Tuesday accused Rekha Sharma, the Chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW), of prioritizing her political allegiance to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the safety of women and children and demanded her immediate resignation. In an official statement, the AITC claims that Sharma's favouritism towards the BJP, which comes from her past job as a BJP district secretary, harms the trustworthiness of her current role and makes her important position look foolish. «Rekha Sharma, transitioning from BJP district secretary to chairperson of NCW doesn't erase your political bias. How can we trust someone who puts party interests above the safety of women and children? Your allegiance to BJP renders your position utterly unfair and disgraceful. How dare you prioritise party loyalty over the safety of women? Your shameless partiality makes a mockery of the prestigious role. Resign now and spare us from your partisan incompetence!,» AITC said.

Jammu and Kashmir and a red alert in Himachal Pradesh today. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the weather office wrote, “Intense spell of rainfall/snowfall activity likely to continue over Western Himalayan Region till 21st & rainfall activity likely over plains of Northwest India during 19th-21stFebruary, 2024." According to the weather forecasting agency, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand are expected to witness bountiful snowfall and rainfall today. The weather department noted that two Western Disturbances, one currently in the middle tropospheric westerlies and another cyclonic circulation over Pakistan and surrounding areas are behind these meteorological conditions.

PTI quoted Vinod Kumar as saying. Meanwhile, a fresh bout of snowfall began in Ladakh on Monday. Known as 'Gateway to Ladakh', Drass – a tiny village in Kargil was covered in a white blanket of snow.

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central government has invested Rs 5 lakh crore in the North East since 2014, while Rs 11 lakh crore more will be pumped into the region for its all-round development. This part of the country holds immense investment potential, said the Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER). «Already Rs 5 lakh crore has been invested by the government since 2014. While another Rs 11 lakh crore is underway for the region on developmental projects to improve infrastructure,» Verma told PTI on the sidelines of the North East Investors Summit. FICCI was the industry partner for the summit.

Kim Kardashian planning to marry the fourth time? If media reports are to be believed, the SKIMS founder is dating Odell Beckham Jr., someone her sister Khloe Kardashian once had an alleged fling. Kim has been married three times, to Damon Thomas for four years, to Kris Humphries for two years, and to Kanye West for eight. The socialite and the businesswoman share four children with West- 10-year-old North, eight-year-old Saint-six-year-old Chicago, and four-year-old Psalm.

fund manager performance, not scheme performance. This is possible only if we follow the fund manager across schemes and asset management companies. A fund manager may be managing a large-cap fund and also a mid-cap or small-cap fund. To get a unified score that captures performance across fund mandates, we created virtual NAVs for each fund manager and all metrics are based on these ‘virtual’ NAVs. The best fund managers were selected using the following steps: Gating: The first step involved creating a list of fund managers eligible for ranking. Track record: A single track record was created for each fund manager.

Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee Sarvan Singh Pandher asserted that the farmers will continue to move forward with the 'Delhi Chalo' march on February 21 adding that the discussion will also be held on the proposal proposed by the government on MSP. «We will have discussions on the proposal by the govt in the next two days...The govt will also deliberate on the other demands...We will continue with the 'Delhi Chalo' march on Feb 21 if there is no result,» Pandher said while addressing the media after the conclusion of the meeting between protesting farmer unions and Union Ministers in Chandigarh on Monday. He further said that the government and farmers' unions would try to find a solution to the issues.

government should accept the demands of farmers before the Model Code of Conduct for the Lok Sabha elections comes into force. Ahead of the fourth round of meeting between farmers' union leaders and the Centre, farmer union leader Dallewal told reporters at the Shambhu border point, «We want to tell the government that it should avoid dilly-dallying. If the government thinks it will continue to hold meetings till the model code is imposed, and then say it cannot do anything as the code is in force… the farmers are not going to return, he said. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was also present at Sunday's meeting. A group of Union ministers, including griculture minister Arjun Munda, food minister Piyush Goyal and Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai, held a fresh round of talks with farm leaders on Sunday in Chandigarh over their demands. The two sides had also met on February 8, 12 and 15 but the talks remained inconclusive.

—Manuja Sindhu The proceeds from the sale of your residential house in Delhi for ₹5.5 crore will be subject to taxation as long-term capital gains at a rate of 20%, with the benefit of indexation. Given that the property was acquired before 2001, the cost of acquisition can be either the original cost of the property or its fair market value as of 1 April 2001, at the option of the taxpayer. Additionally, the fair market value on 1 April 2001 should not surpass the stamp duty value, if available, for the property on the same date.