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‘No consequences if a face is not projected’: Pawar on INDIA bloc PM candidate Yesterday Congress constituted the manifesto committee for the 2024 general elections at the party's 139th foundation day rally -- titled `Hain Taiyyar Hum' (we are ready) -- in Nagpur and sounded the bugle for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram was appointed as the Chairman and former Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh TS Singh Deo as the Convenor of the Manifesto Committee.

PTI, Karnataka CM stated on Thursday that the state government is planning to introduce an ordinance to enforce this requirement. However, he issued a cautionary statement following the recent vandalism of business establishments by pro-Kannada activists. “Anyone can protest but no one should cause damage to government or public property," he asserted.

Bhagavad Gita on his social media handle. The post triggered accusations of promoting caste divisions in the state. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Sarma wrote, “As a routine, I upload one sloka of Bhagavad Gita every morning on my social media handles.

Buy or sell stocks for today: Following strong sentiments in Asian stock market, Dalal Street ended higher for fifth straight session on Thursday. Nifty 50 index ended at 21,778 levels after climbing to a new peak of 21,801. BSE Sensex finished at 72,410 levels after hitting record high of 72,484.

Nikki Haley for not acknowledging ‘slavery’ as the primary cause of the American Civil War, Ramaswamy now takes another dig at both US President Joe Biden and Nikki Haley, questioning their qualifications in terms of 'real foreign policy' experience. In a post on X, Ramaswamy said, “Turns out Nikki knows as little about the Civil War as she does about the Ukraine War.

Rahul Gandhi received tremendous support for its ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ which the Congress MP started in September 2022 from Kanyakumari to Kashmir. This time Rahul Gandhi will undertake a 150-day-long Bharat Nyay Yatra from Manipur in the northeast to Mumbai in western India. “This Yatra will cover a distance of 6,200 km.

US presidential primary election, according to Reuters reports. With this, it has become the second state to bar the former president for his role in the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.

Smriti Irani was responding to a question on Gandhi's proposed yatra on the sidelines of an event in Amethi, PTI reported. Irani is on a two-day visit to her parliamentary constituency Amethi. She had defeated Rahul Gandhi in Amethi in the last Parliamentary election.

diesel buses, more than a third of the total on roads, with electric ones over the next seven years. Apart from lowering vehicular emissions, this is also expected to catalyse investments in the electric vehicle (EV) ecosystem in the country. The replacement plan includes 200,000 electric buses for state transport undertakings (STUs), 550,000 for private operators, and 50,000 for schools and employee transportation by 2030, top government sources told ET. Designed to electrify the country's public transport systems, the plan is likely to replace the third leg of the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing Electric Vehicles (FAME) incentive programme and pitch India as a global manufacturing hub for EVs. To put the plan in context, about 138,000 electric buses were sold in China and 4,000 in Europe in 2022. «Replacing diesel buses with electric ones will not only address environmental concerns but also help create an ecosystem for electric vehicles,» said one of the persons cited above.

Mint. On 31 October, several individuals, including Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, party president Mallikarjun Kharge and Aam Aadmi Party politician Raghav Chadha, were sent a threat notification by Apple that suggested government hackers had attempted to hack their iPhones.

manufacturing and increasing exports to USD 500 billion by 2030 from 10-11 sectors, including automobiles, pharma, textiles, medical devices and chemicals, a senior official said on Thursday. These issues were discussed during a meeting called by the Commerce and Industry Ministry on Thursday. The meeting was convened by the Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) in collaboration with Invest India and SCALE (Steering Committee for Advancing Local Value-Add and Exports) Committee to unveil outcomes and recommendations made during the Chintan Shivir for Manufacturing, held on October 12 at Bharat Mandapam here.

Alex Garland upcoming action epic "Civil War’’, depicting a near-future United States in turmoil, actually runs for a confirmed 109 minutes, not the inaccurately listed 3 hours and 15 minutes. A24 has clarified this to Variety. Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Sonoya Mizuno, Jesse Plemons, and Nick Offerman lead the cast in a film immersing audiences in the intensity of a fresh American civil conflict. The trailer picks with glimpses of widespread destruction and news announcements declaring the secession of «19 states.”

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Mar-a-Lago, Melania Trump's sporadic presence has stirred curiosity, sparking conversations among Palm Beach club members about her activities. Laurence Leamer, an author known for exploring the inner workings of Mar-a-Lago, emphasized the enigma shrouding Melania's rare public appearances, highlighting it as a topic frequently deliberated among club affiliates. In the midst of her husband's active involvement in politics, Melania Trump has deliberately maintained a subdued presence, seldom making public appearances over the past year. Despite her husband's legal battles and public appearances, Melania has been scarcely seen. Her rare public appearance at Rosalynn Carter's memorial in Atlanta, followed by a speech at a naturalization ceremony in Washington DC, garnered attention, especially considering her husband's legal entanglements.

Argentina’s newly elected government, led by libertarian Javier Milei, has unveiled its plans to simplify the process of legalizing cryptocurrency holdings, even for individuals who may not have accurately reported them for tax purposes.

Lorna Green, the woman responsible for setting fire to Wyoming's only full-service abortion clinic, pay almost $300,000 in restitution, meeting the entirety of the prosecution's request. Currently serving a five-year prison sentence for the 2022 incident at Wellspring Health Access in Casper, Green's actions caused substantial damage, delaying the clinic's opening for almost a year. Recently operational since April, Wellspring stands as Wyoming's sole abortion clinic, following the closure of a pill abortion facility in Jackson due to escalating costs.

advertising contracts terminated. Apart from the legal action they are about to face, the celebrities are up for a big hit to their careers.

NEW DELHI : Rules detailing KYC-based age verification and consent mechanisms under the Digital Personal Data Privacy Act will be issued for industry consultation next week, Union minister of state for information technology, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, said in an interview with Mint. Industry stakeholders will get four weeks for the consultation process, with the ministry of electronics and information technology (Meity) setting a tentative deadline of 31 January to notify the DPDP rules. The rules will include offering details on “consent management, age-gating and other areas," Chandrasekhar said.

The Dawn. According to the report, the party has fielded reportedly fielded candidates for each constituency of Pakistan. But, the most interesting news is Hafiz Saeed's son Talha Saeed will contest the polls from the National Assembly’s constituency NA-127 in Lahore, as per the report.

Bank credit growth is expected to remain healthy at 12-13 per cent in the next fiscal, rating agency ICRA said while maintaining a positive outlook on the banking sector. In a statement, ICRA said the positive outlook on the banking sector is mainly driven by comfortable asset quality levels, with both corporate and retail portfolios performing well in terms of delinquencies, resulting in limited net-NPA additions.