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India try to «find reasons» to not pick Virat Kohli in the national side and said the charismatic former skipper would be his «first pick» for the T20 World Cup in the Americas. Kohli's sublime form in the ongoing IPL has seen him leading the run-chart with 708 runs from 14 innings, though questions keep cropping up about his strike rate at the top of the order. «He (Kohli) is the first pick for me for India. So, class and experience like that, you can't replace. »It's funny with Virat. I think people in India just always try to find a reason not to pick him or a reason why he's maybe not as good as some of these other guys in the T20 game," the former Australian captain and Delhi Capitals head coach told ICC.

Naveen Kulkarni, Chief Investment Officer, Axis Securities PMS, believes that BJP not winning 400 seats will not be negative for the market at all. A stable and predictable political regime is most important right now. Therefore, irrespective of the outcome, it won't significantly affect the market, he explained.

China's latest measures and pledges to fix the weakest parts of its struggling economy, domestic investors are scooping up shares in a cheap stock market, while most foreign investors are hopeful but taking it slow. Last week's sweeping measures to support the property sector, which authorities dubbed as historic, were the latest in a series of steps China has taken since February in a bid to boost consumption, funnel state money into priority sectors and underpin the stock market.

MUMBAI : With silver trading at higher than ₹90,000 a kg on commodity bourse MCX, market stakeholders warn that any increase toward the psychological ₹1 lakh level could result in a profit-booking spree. The white metal has risen 26% from ₹73,501 a kg to a record ₹92,475 in the year-to-date, MCX’s spot price index shows.

If the final version of the Retirement Security Rule stoked the fire within Marc Cadin, the CEO of Finseca, the subsequent InvestmentNews editorial fanned the flames.

Bolvin Wealth Management Group President Gina Bolvin discusses the move in commodities, expected inflation data, the housing industry and her outlook for consumers.

trade agreement is hopefully not far on the horizon as it will offer immense opportunity to be leveraged within the bilateral partnership, said the new chair of a trade council that has played a key role in shaping the ongoing negotiations. UK-based tech professional Priya Guha, who invests in women-led innovation as Venture Partner of Merian Ventures, took over as chair of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) UK Council from Baroness Usha Prashar at a hand-over ceremony at the High Commission of India in London on Monday evening. The India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations opened in January 2022 and are aimed at significantly enhancing bilateral trade — currently worth around GBP 38.1 billion a year. The negotiations are now in their fourteenth round of talks, and likely to pick up pace following the Indian general election.

Representatives Maxine Waters (D-CA) and David Scott (D-GA) are refraining from whipping against the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (FIT21) ahead of the crypto regulation’s expected vote Wednesday, according to an email obtained by Politico on Monday.

pet care industry is also riding on them to expand its market. The industry, current valued around Rs 5,000 crore is set to cross Rs 10,000 crore by 2028. Nuclear families in India are already uping their monthly average expenditure to Rs 5,000 or more on pets, reported ToI. In Bengaluru, the average spend is estimated at Rs 3,000 per month, said Shashank Sinha, CEO at Drools Pet Food. “One key trend is the recognition of pets as companions who can help combat loneliness and anxiety. Smaller families and busy schedules create a desire for emotional support and loyalty that pets offer,” Sinha said to ToI. India has over 31 million pet dogs and 2.44 million pet cats, the fifth highest pet population in the world, however the packaged food penetration is small catering to only 5% of the calorie intake of the pets, while it is as high as over 90% in Europe.

Delhi court on Tuesday framed charges of sexual harassment, intimidation and outraging the modesty of women against ex-Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and six-time Lok Sabha MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in a criminal case filed by female wrestlers. Singh pleaded not guilty to the charges and claimed trial. «Why will I plead guilty when I am not guilty?» Singh told Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Priyanka Rajpoot. The court also framed the charge of criminal intimidation against co-accused and former WFI assistant secretary Vinod Tomar in the case.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is creating two Indias, where even justice is dependent on wealth. «If bus, truck drivers, Uber, auto drivers accidentally kill someone, they are punished with 10 years of imprisonment. But if a 16-17 year old son of a rich family drives a Porsche and kills two people, he is asked to write an essay. Why don't you ask truck or a bus driver to write essay?» said Rahul Gandhi in a video on social media platform X.

Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched a fresh attack on the Congress, accusing its top leaders, including first PM Jawaharlal Nehru, of having «opposed» reservations for deprived castes. «Had it not been for Baba Saheb Ambedkar, Nehru would have never agreed to quotas for SCs, STs and OBCs. Nehru had made his views clear on the issue in letters he wrote to the then chief ministers in the country», claimed Modi at a rally in Purbi Champaran Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar. «This has been the Congress' trait under successive prime ministers. Be it, Indira Gandhi or Rajiv Gandhi, they all opposed reservations. SCs, STs and OBCs have never got respect from the Congress», the PM added. Modi made the allegation while lashing out at the opposition for spreading a «falsehood» that the BJP, upon return to power with a brute majority, could scrap quotas by changing the Constitution.

"I have not spoken a word against minorities. I am speaking against the vote bank politics of the Congress. I am speaking about the Congress working against the Constitution," PM Modi said.

Demat accounts. This is a serious issue and concerned authorities should look into it. Even few minutes of issue can lead to huge losses of common man.

US President Joe Biden denied Monday that Israel's war in Gaza was genocide, as he slammed an «outrageous» request by the International Criminal Court's prosecutor for an arrest warrant for Israeli leaders. «What's happening is not genocide,» Biden told a Jewish American Heritage Month event at the White House as he discussed the conflict sparked by Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel.

AFP. Moreover, the US State Department also issued its statement over the matter and rejected the announcement from the ICC Prosecutor, calling it 'shameful'. "The United States fundamentally rejects the announcement today from the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) that he is applying for arrest warrants for senior Israeli officials, together with warrants for Hamas terrorists. We reject the Prosecutor's equivalence of Israel with Hamas.

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Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday again slammed Bharat Sevashram Sangha monk Kartick Mahraj for allegedly instigating riots in Murshidabad's Rejinagar during Ram Navami, arguing he must officially use the BJP's symbol as he was allegedly promoting the party's cause.

ALSO READ: US Elections 2024: Donald Trump pledges to roll back Joe Biden's gun regulations He emphasised that the Second Amendment was at stake. Highlighting the storied history of Texas, Donald Trump said: “The Texas spirit of proud independence was forged by cowboys and cattle hands, ranchers and rangers, oil workers, soldiers, and brave pioneers." “Many came here with nothing but the boots on their feet, the clothes on their back, and the gun in their saddle. Together they helped make America into the single greatest nation in the history of the world," he added.

Americans traveling this summer have broadly seen prices fall for airline fares, a welcome trend after last year's sticker shock.

This story is possibly apocryphal, but nevertheless worth telling. Just after independence, Jawaharlal Nehru instructed his party workers to go to the masses in the hinterland and spread the good news. That the British had left, and we were a free nation now.