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Kashmiri Pandit migrants living in Jammu accused the ruling BJP of exploiting them for electoral purposes and failing to address their concerns and ensure their proper rehabilitation. Kashmiri Pandits living in the flats of Jagti township of Jammu--which has been allotted to them by the earlier government--have accused the administration in J&K of forcibly seizing and sealing the flats of residents who were travelling for personal or health reasons. “BJP made tall promises to us but we are still suffering.

Day Two of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos was about Ukraine’s Zelenskyy and Chinese Premier Li, Day Three was a mixed treat, with Argentina’s new President Javier Milei getting more mileage at the event. European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde, IMF’s Kristalina Georgieva, and an address by French President Emmanuel Macron were also in focus for their star power.

Meta Platforms' former chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg plans to step down from her position on the company's board of directors after her term ends in May, she said in a Facebook post on Wednesday. «Meta business is strong and well-positioned for the future, so this feels like the right time to step away,» Sandberg said in the post, adding that she will serve as an adviser to the company.

The world’s biggest talk show is on: the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) 54th Annual Meeting at Davos began this Monday and ends on Friday. As in the past, this year too, the WEF conclave in the Swiss skiing resort, where they have been held for half a century, is being attended by a veritable who’s-who of business, politics and media.

An absurdist scenario has played out for months in the bizarrely binary racial politics of the US, with one Indian-American identifying as “Black" in the vice-president’s office (Kamala Harris generally downplays her mother’s Tamil heritage) and another passing for “White" (Nikki Haley’s parents are Punjabi Sikhs) in her quest for the Republican party’s presidential nomination in a field of candidates that included Vivek Ramaswamy, the only undisguised Indian-American among the three, till he withdrew from the race this week. This mercurial 38-year-old entrepreneur splashed $17 million of his own money to garner only about 8,000 votes in Monday’s Iowa caucuses, a moment of truth that led him to drop out in support of Donald Trump, with the controversial ex-president hinting of a relationship: “It’s an honour to have his endorsement.

diplomats of Iran and the United States sit down for public — and separate — one-on-one chats while the U.N. chief and leaders of France, Argentina and Spain will deliver speeches as the World Economic Forum's annual meeting saunters into a busy second day on Wednesday. The elite gathering in the Swiss ski resort of Davos takes a turn toward the environmental and climate concerns that have animated plea after plea from U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for the world to come together do take more united action against global warming — after a record-hot year in 2023.

Gold prices edged higher on Thursday, helped by a softer U.S. dollar and lower Treasury yields, but hovered near five-week lows as investors tempered rate-cut optimism after hawkish comments from central bank officials and robust data.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signalled that he would largely bypass the New Hampshire primary next week and instead would focus on South Carolina where the Republican presidential primary is scheduled for February 24. The move makes it a direct contest between former president Donald Trump and Indian American Nikki Haley for the crucial Republican presidential primary in New Hampshire on January 23. The latest poll released Wednesday showed that Trump and Haley are tied in this State with both polling 40 per cent each.

Modi" reverberated during Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar's address at the 40th convocation ceremony at Banasthali Vidyapith in Tonk. The students raised the slogan «Modi Modi» when the VP spoke about Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the event. When the Vice President addressed the students and faculty members of the institute, the students echoed with slogans of «Modi-Modi.» Applauding PM Modi, Dhankar said, «He understood one thing after becoming the Prime Minister. That the key to development and progress springs from you,» as the students again let out a wild roar. Banasthali Vidyapith aims at the synthesis of spiritual values and scientific achievements of both the East and the West.

E. Jean Carroll is set to take the stand again to describe how his verbal attacks affected her after she came forward. Carroll is due to testify Wednesday in the second federal civil trial over her claims against Trump, who denies them all. Because the first jury found that Trump sexually abused Carroll in the 1990s and then defamed her in 2022, the new trial concerns only how much more — if anything — he'll be ordered to pay her for some other remarks. He made them while he was president.

Srinivas Satya, who was the former country president of the semiconductor products group at Applied Materials has joined Tata Electronics as the chief supply chain officer and president of the components business at the company, sources in the know told ET. «Srinivas has already begun his work at Tata Electronics from January 13,» one course cited above told ET. «What led to the switch from Applied Materials to Tata Electronics was his belief in the company's ability to build an entire industry as semiconductors need that kind of approach and the Tata group is uniquely positioned to make that happen.»

Jeh Aerospace has raised $2.75 million in a seed funding round led by San Francisco-based venture capital firm General Catalyst. Pratyush Kumar, former president of Boeing India, and Dwarakanath Srinivasan, former CEO and managing director of Airbus India, also participated in the round.

The cost to overdraw a bank account could drop to as little as $3 under a proposal announced by the White House, the latest move by the Biden administration to combat fees it says pose an unnecessary burden on American consumers, particularly those liv...

Oral arguments kicked off in Manhattan Wednesday regarding the highly anticipated case against Coinbase brought forward by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has proposed new rules that would lower overdraft fees, with President Joe Biden calling the charges “exploitative.”

Conservative Supreme Court justices have voiced support for weakening the power of federal regulators, but it's unclear whether a majority would overturn a major 40-year-old decision

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(Reuters) — Digital World Acquisition, the blank-check firm set to merge with former U.S. President Donald Trump's media company, said in a filing it could raise up to $50 million by issuing convertible notes or warrants.

PTC Industries Share Price: Shares of PTC Industries were locked at over 11 per cent upper circuit to hit its fresh 52-week high mark of ₹7,663.25 apiece on the BSE after its subsidiary signed a new supply deal with France-based Dassault Aviation on Wednesday, January 17. The company's wholly-owned subsidiary Aerolloy Technologies signed a long term purchase agreement with Dassault Aviation for supply of full range of titanium cast parts made in India for the Rafale multirole fighter aircraft.

TAINAN, Taiwan—More than a decade ago, some residents of this southern Taiwanese city got a lesson in the character of the man who is now set to be Taiwan’s next president. Lai Ching-te, then Tainan’s mayor, wanted to move a section of railway underground. Residents whose homes would have to be demolished blocked bulldozers with their bodies and accused him of selling them out to property developers.