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Donald Trump, who has been indicted in four different criminal cases, on Saturday compared himself to South African anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela while accusing Merchan of violating the law his First Amendment rights to free speech. In a post on Truth Social platform, Trump wrote, “If this Partisan Hack wants to put me in the 'clink' for speaking the open and obvious TRUTH, I will gladly become a Modern Day Nelson Mandela - It will be my GREAT HONOR." It is pertinent to note that Nelson Mandela also spent 27 years in jail before being released and serving as South African president. He died in 2013.

Netaji was not the first PM of India but ‘Azad Hind’. 5 things you should know Apart from Chandra Bose, Subhashini Ali, CPI(M) leader and the daughter of a member of Subhas Chandra Bose's ‘Provisional government of Azad Hind’ also fact-checked the BJP leader saying, "Netaji was the head of the PROVISIONAL GOVT OF AZAD HIND not of the govt of India".

El Salvador has announced that the Central American country will offer 5,000 free passports to highly skilled workers. The number is equivalent to $5 billion in the country's passport programme, he added. "We're offering 5,000 free passports (equivalent to $5 billion in our passport program) to highly skilled scientists, engineers, doctors, artists, and philosophers from abroad.

It is ChIna’s gravest economic test since the most far-reaching of Deng Xiaoping’s reforms began in the 1990s. Last year the country achieved growth of 5%, but the pillars of its decades-long miracle are wobbling. Its famously industrious workforce is shrinking, history’s wildest property boom has turned to bust and the global system of free trade that China used to get richer is disintegrating.

Spot gold closed with a solid gain of 1.76% at $2330 Friday as the metal rallied for the third straight week. It hit a fresh record high just above $2330. It posted a whooping gain of nearly 4.50% on the week despite surging yields and a largely steady US Dollar. Part of the gains this week could be attributed to escalating Middle East tensions on possibility of a direct war between Israel and Iran. The ten-year US yields were up 2.14% Friday and were up around 4.70% on the week. The two-year US yields closed at 4.76%, up by 2.26% Friday and were up around 2.50% on the week. The US Dollar Index failed to capitalise on a stellar job report as healthy risk appetite weighed on it; however, it closed with a gain of 0.06% at 104.29 Friday and was down by roughly 0.20% on the week.

Li Qiang on Sunday that the ability to have difficult conversations has put the two economic superpowers on «a more stable footing» over the past year. As they began a meeting in Beijing, Li responded that the two countries needed to respect each other and should be partners, not adversaries, adding that «constructive progress» had been made during Yellen's trip.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah on April 6 took a jibe at the Congress, saying the opposition party does not understand India due to “its mostly Italian culture", as per an ANI report. The “Italian culture" jibe is likely a reference to Sonia Gandhi's roots and came following Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge's remarks on Article 370. In a post on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), Shah called Kharge's remarks “shameful" and attached a clip of him speaking.

Tesla Roadster, with ‘space-inspired attributes’, and an incredibly high speed of 0-60 mph (0-97 kmph) in less than a second has ignited speculation within the automotive industry globally. What specific features could embody these premium attributes in an electric car, and how might they influence India’s burgeoning electric luxury car market? While the next-generation Roadster with record-setting acceleration, range and performance might offer a glimpse into the future, US-based Tesla, Vietnam’s Vinfast, China’s BYD and many other global luxury car makers may bet on premium feature-led electric models for the Indian market.

Peter Pellegrini won Slovakia's presidential election Saturday against pro-Western diplomat Ivan Korcok. Opposition-backed Korcok conceded defeat as nearly complete results showed he had received 47 percent of the vote against former prime minister Pellegrini's 53 percent.

new single-event fundraising record and is almost double the $26 million that Biden's campaign said it raised recently at a gathering with former Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama at Radio City Music Hall in New York. Saturday's event, billed as the “Inaugural Leadership Dinner," sends a signal of a resurgence of Trump and the Republican Party's fundraising, which has lagged behind Biden and the Democrats.

Wipro Limited on Saturday announced Srinivas Pallia as its Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, effective immediately, according to the exchange filing on BSE. Pallia will succeed Wipro's former CEO Thierry Delaporte, who stepped down from the post after four years “to pursue passions outside the workplace". Srinivas Pallia will be based in New Jersey and will report to Wipro's Chairman, Rishad Premji.

Top News of the Day: On 6 April, a series of events are set to take place right from politics to business. The Leh Apex Body (LAB) on Saturday withdrew their proposed march to the Changthang border with China on April 7. Maharashtra Congress rebel Ashok Chavan, along with BJP national president JP Nadda and three other leaders, took oath as the Rajya Sabha MP on Saturday.

Pushkar Singh Dhami Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set the target of winning more than 400 seats in the Lok Sabha polls as he is confident of the strength of the BJP's dedicated cadre. Dhami was speaking at a programme organised at the BJP's state office here on the occasion of the party's foundation day. «The target of winning more than 400 seats has been set by the prime minister as he is confident about your strength,» he said. «Your hard work and dedication have made the BJP the world's largest political party,» Dhami added.

war that reaches the half-year mark on Sunday. The attempt comes after Israel made a rare admission of wrongdoing during its war against Hamas militants in Gaza. The military said it was firing two officers for the killing of seven aid workers — most of them Westerners — in the territory where humanitarians say famine is imminent.

BJP president and Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary on Saturday said the party has lodged a complaint with the Election Commission against the alleged misuse of security personnel of former Chief Minister, Rabri Devi, in the campaign of her daughter Rohini Acharya. Acharya is tipped to fight the Lok Sabha elections from the Saran seat. While talking to reporters on the sidelines of a function organized to celebrate BJP's foundation day at the party office here, Chaudhary said that the party (BJP) expect the Election Commission to take cognizance of the complaint pertaining to Rohini Acharya followed by appropriate action. «A complaint in this regard has already been filed by our party leaders with the Election Commission (EC). The EC should take cognizance of the complaint and...the EC should also take appropriate action. What else do you expect from RJD supremo Lalu Prasad's family? They (Lalu's family) believe in breaking the law, promoting 'goondaraj', indulging in corrupt practices etc...», Chaudhary told reporters.

Congress on Saturday hit back at Narendra Modi over his remarks that the party's manifesto bore a Muslim League imprint, saying the prime minister «does not know his history» as it was none other than Jan Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee himself who was part of a coalition government in Bengal with the League in the early 1940s. The opposition party also accused the BJP of practising «politics of divisiveness». Addressing an election rally in Saharanpur, Modi said the Congress manifesto bears a Muslim League imprint while a part of it is dominated by the leftists. Reacting to the prime minister's remarks, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said, «The prime minister does not know his history as it was, in fact, none other than Mookerjee, the president of the Hindu Mahasabha then, who was himself part of the coalition government in Bengal with the Muslim League.»

Narendra Modi on Saturday said the grand old party's election manifesto reflects the same thought as that of the Muslim League at the time of the freedom movement. Prime Minister Modi said the Congress, which existed at the time of the freedom movement, has «ended decades ago». «A number of great personalities were associated with the Congress. The name of Mahatma Gandhi was associated with the Congress. The Congress, which is left today, neither has policies in the interest of the nation nor vision for the nation's development,» Prime Minister Modi said.

Dammu Ravi, secretary, economic relations in the MEA, will visit Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya from April 7-12, as a «reaffirmation of India's commitment» to further strengthen its ties of friendship with the three African countries. The Ministry of External Affairs, in a statement on Saturday, said the visit seeks to «maintain the momentum of high-level contacts» between India and countries in Africa, post the entry of the African Union (AU) as a permanent member of the G20 during the Indian Presidency of the grouping. In Rwanda, he will represent the government of India, in an event marking «the 30th commemoration of the 1994 Rwanda Genocide (Kwibuka 30)» on Sunday, the MEA said. During the visit, he is also expected to hold meetings with ministers and senior officials of the government of Rwanda, the external affairs ministry said in a statement.

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Shirsat on Saturday met Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president Raj Thackeray amid talks of the latter's party joining the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance. Shirsat, a spokesperson of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, termed the meeting at Thackeray's residence Shivthirth in Dadar as personal. He said his relation with Raj Thackeray goes back to the time when the latter used to accompany Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray on Marathwada tours more than two decades back.

The much-awaited milestone 15th Apollo CV Awards 2024 had the bigwigs of the commercial vehicle industry gather in Mumbai on March 28, 2024. The prestigious awards are curated by Commercial Vehicle Magazine of Next Gen Publishing Pvt. Ltd. (A Shapoorji Pallonji Group Company) with the long-standing partner of 15 years — Apollo Tyres Ltd backing it. The award ceremony was supported by Avanteum Advisors LLP and MarketsandMarkets as the Technical Partners, Mazars in India as the audit partner, and Metric Global as the research and data analytic company with Mirror Now as the telecast partner. The 2024 edition marked the business end of Financial Year 2024 (FY24) with an air of nostalgia that had stalwarts and key stakeholders of the CV industry (including Dealerships, Body Builders, Fleet Operators and Dealerships, among others) reminiscing about the editions gone by, their memorable wins over the past decade and a half as they walked past the ‘Legacy Wall’. In a grand reveal, the Mahindra Bolero MaXX Pik-up HD and the Force Urbania bagged the coveted ‘CV of the Year’ title. Girish Wagh, Executive Director at Tata Motors Ltd., bagged the ‘CV Man of the Year’. VE Commercial Vehicles Ltd. emerged as the ‘CV Maker of the Year’. The journey the industry embarked on together, and the milestones achieved as a whole by the Industry were front and centre!

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Indian National Congress (Congress) has released its list of candidates for Goa North, Goa South, Morena, Gwalior, Khandwa, and Dadra & Nagar Haveli (ST) Lok Sabha seats, ahead of the upcoming General Elections. For Goa North, the Congress has named Ramakant Khalap, while Capt. Viriato Fernandes will represent the party from the Goa South Lok Sabha seat.