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Narendra Modi is preparing for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections with the rallying cry of ‘Abki Baar 400 paar,’ as he is scheduled to conduct a roadshow in Telangana's Hyderabad and address a public gathering in southern Kerala on Friday. Additionally, Modi intends to visit Telangana and Tamil Nadu as part of his campaign efforts on Friday.

Lok Sabha elections. Other NDA constituents including JD(U) and TDP will clinch 61 seats, according to News18's Mega Opinion Poll. It predicted that the opposition bloc INDIA will fail to dent PM Modi's bid for a third term as the INDIA bloc will win only 105 seats in the lower house, including Congress' 49 seats.

PM Modi, Rishi Sunak discuss ‘early conclusion’ of Free Trade Agreement Though Sunak had repeatedly said his “working assumption" was that he would call it in the “second half" of 2024, his previous failure to explicitly rule out a May vote saw rumors build that he was considering a snap election if he judged that his political position was coming under threat. The prime minister has been under particular pressure in recent days after a series of controversies that provoked mounting criticism from within his own governing Conservative Party, including over racist remarks allegedly said by a top Tory donor.

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Manish Sisodia's curative petition challenging the apex court's decision rejecting his bail plea in the Delhi excise policy scam case, news agency ANI reported. Dismissing the curative petition filed by the former deputy chief minister of Delhi, a Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai and SVN Bhatti said," no case is made out." “We have gone through the Curative Petitions and the connected documents. In our opinion, no case is made out within the parameters indicated in the decision of this Court in Rupa Ashok Hurra vs Ashok Hurra," the bench observed.

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has unveiled its second list of candidates for the impending assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh. This announcement comes shortly after the release of its initial list of candidates. In a tweet on Sunday, N Chandrababu Naidu stated, «The first list of candidates contesting on behalf of the Telugu Desam Party in the upcoming 2024 elections has already been placed before the public. Now we have brought you the second list, with 34 more candidates.» He emphasized the importance of public opinion in the candidate selection process, urging the people of the state to support and ensure the victory of all TDP candidates. The TDP, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and Jana Sena Party (JSP) have recently reached a seat-sharing agreement in Andhra Pradesh for the impending elections. According to this pact, the BJP will contest from six parliamentary seats, while the TDP and JSP will vie for 17 and two seats, respectively. In the assembly elections, the BJP will compete for 10 seats, the TDP for 144 seats, and the JSP for 21 seats.

HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, and Sundaram Finance, a Nuvama report said. According to Nuvama, the March rejig will result in inflows in 66 stocks while triggering outflows in 14 stocks.

Lok Sabha elections 2024, a recent opinion poll predicted. It also suggested that, out of the 242 seats surveyed so far, NDA is expected to get 174 seats. It further concluded that 59% of people feel that Narendra Modi is ‘most capable as the next Prime Minister’ while only 21% voted for Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.

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The number of Canadians worried about defaulting on a mortgage or major loan payment rose in February, according to a long-running survey that tracks people’s financial outlooks.

News18 shows that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is set to bag a total of 77 seats, predicting a landslide victory. The survey also shows that the Opposition INDIA bloc will bag two seats, leaving one for Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) in Uttar Pradesh. The New18 opinion poll has predicted BJP-led NDA will cinch a 57% vote share in the Lok Sabha Elections 2024.

Mamata Banerjee of «spreading falsehood» on the issue of notification of CAA, senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday said that bonafide citizens need not worry as they will continue to live without any fear. Addressing a public meeting at Ranaghat in Nadia district, the Leader of Opposition in the state assembly asserted that Muslims living in the country for centuries are bonafide citizens and urged them not to be «misled by false claims of Banerjee» as «they will continue to live without any fear or hassle». Claiming that the CAA was a precursor to implementing the National Register of Citizens (NRC) across the country, TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee had on Tuesday said, «I apprehend that existing citizens would automatically be first designated as illegal immigrants and then left at the mercy of the committee to grant them citizenship afresh.» Adhikari also asserted that the law would enable three crore Bengali Hindus, who were forced to emigrate from erstwhile East Pakistan, to get their citizenship rights affirmed once and for all.

Don’t expect the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates anytime soon as sticky inflation seems to be very much intact at this point.

Nifty on Wednesday ended 338 points lower to slip below its immediate support of the short-term moving average i.e. 20-DEMA and also breached the trendline support. The bullish pattern like higher tops and bottoms continued on the daily chart and the present weakness could be in line with the new higher bottom formation. But a decisive move below 21,860 levels (last higher bottom of 29th Feb) could negate this bullish setup and that could eventually form a bearish pattern like lower tops and bottoms, Nagaraj Shetti of HDFC Securities said.

Mint explains why. Firms building AI models, large language models and generative AI applications should ensure their platforms don’t generate “unlawful content" that violates the IT Act of 2000. It asked firms to not “permit any bias or discrimination or threaten the integrity of the electoral process." It said “under testing/unreliable" models would need “explicit permission" of the Centre—and a ‘consent popup’ would be mandatory for such AI applications.

cryptocurrency worldwide has similarly impacted Indians as well. According to Nasscom, cryptocurrency investors have witnessed a significant 1,100% growth between 2022 and 2023. This remarkable transformation is evidence of heightened interest in the sphere by the Indian populace, but it comes with a critical question — should individuals who were not part of the recent cryptocurrency growth contemplate investing in cryptocurrencies? Potential investors must research the potential advantages and disadvantages associated with cryptocurrency investment before deciding to jump into it. Some of these assets intrigue the investors based on the developers’ mission statement, whereas alternative investors favour postulating over price action and volatility of their preferred digital assets. Investing in cryptocurrencies is often intricate, but all of these assets are highly dissimilar in nature. Beginners must always be prepared to lose their capital, which can be avoided with appropriate prior analysis and due diligence.

Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she would fiercely oppose the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) if she found it to be discriminatory against groups of people living in India and if it curtailed their existing citizenship rights in any manner. Speaking at a hurriedly convened press conference from the state secretariat, Nabanna, barely minutes before the CAA rules were officially notified by the Centre, Banerjee said this was her «primary response» based on media reports that the announcement was likely to be made soon. Banerjee stated she would offer her detailed opinion on CAA on Tuesday after thoroughly going through the notification and the finalised rules. She asked, «Why do this only days before the Lok Sabha polls are scheduled to be announced? Why did the Centre have to wait for four years to notify the law after it was passed in Parliament?

The 30-share BSE Sensex ended 33 points higher or 0.1% to settle at 74119 points. The NSE Nifty gained 19 points or 0.1% to end at 22493 points.

equity mutual funds showed. PSU funds offered the highest average return of 21.72% in 2024 so far. There were around five schemes in the category and these schemes also offered double-digit returns in the year-to-date horizon. CPSE ETF, the topper in the category, offered 25.53% this year. ICICI Prudential PSU Equity Fund offered 22.89%, followed by SBI PSU Fund which gave 20.22%.

UK and India appears set to end without a breakthrough on major outstanding issues, according to people familiar with the negotiations, meaning agreement is unlikely to be reached before India holds a general election. UK officials flew back from New Delhi on Thursday night and Friday, with people close to both negotiating teams saying there were still hurdles to be overcome in goods, services and investment areas. Indian negotiators don’t have sufficient time to engage on the pending issues ahead of elections likely in April, two people familiar with the development said, refusing to be identified as the discussions are private. That means the 14th round of talks is likely to close without further discussions.

Donald Trump on Friday appealed the writer E. Jean Carroll's $83.3 million verdict in her recent defamation case, which arose from his branding her a liar after she accused him of raping her decades ago. Trump said his appeal to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan will cover «all adverse orders, rulings, decrees, decisions, opinions, memoranda, conclusions, or findings» leading to the Jan. 26 verdict.