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Narendra Modi has become the sole global leader with 20 million subscribers on his personal YouTube channel, as per latest data collated by Viennese startup Tubics. With 224 million views in December 2023 alone, Modi's YouTube channel had 43 times more views than Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's channel. Overall, with 4.5 billion video views, Modi's YouTube channel leads the pack, both in terms of subscribers and video views among top world leaders. Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro is at the second spot with a modest 6.4 million followers on his personal YouTube channel, which is less than a third of followers on Modi's channel. Modi, in fact, leads other global leaders on the subscribers/video viewership sweepstakes on personal YouTube channels by a mile. For instance, US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron are at a distant fourth and sixth places with 789,000 and 316,000 subscribers, respectively, on their personal YouTube channels, as per Tubics data. Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is way down in the pecking order, at 10th place with under 70,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel. Video views and subscribers on Modi's YouTube channel are also way ahead of those recorded by the YouTube channels of other Indian political leaders.

Apple's popular Apple Watches into the United States has gone into effect. Here is a look at what the ban means for consumers and what is next for Apple. The US International Trade Commission in October ordered Apple to stop importing and selling Apple Watches based on a complaint from medical-monitoring technology company Masimo.

AstraZeneca said on Tuesday it will buy Gracell Biotechnologies for up to $1.2 billion as the Anglo-Swedish pharma company furthers its cell therapy ambitions and boosts its presence in China, the world's second-largest pharmaceuticals market. The cash deal, which adds several experimental therapies to AstraZeneca's portfolio, values Gracell at $2 per ordinary share, or $10 per ADS of Gracell, plus a non-tradable contingent value right of $0.30 per ordinary share, if certain regulatory milestones are met.

Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) for three reasons. One, for trying to hastily organise U-15 and U-20 national championships in UP's Gonda district before the year-end. Two, WFI still operates out of premises where several wrestlers, according to their complaints, were allegedly sexually harassed.

Anupam Hazra as party's national secretary. This comes after Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP National President JP Nadda held organisational meetings with the West Bengal party's core members to chalk out strategies for the party ahead of the coming elections. Amit Shah and JP Nadda are scheduled to hold a series of organisational meetings during the day with West Bengal BJP workers. After the meeting, Amit Shah said that the people of Bengal trust PM Modi and are all set to bless the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections with 35 seats. «Today, along with National President Shri @JPNadda Ji held a meeting of the@BJP4Bengal core group in Kolkata and discussed the strategies for the upcoming election. The people of Bengal trust PM Modi Ji and are all set to bless the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections with 35 seats,» he said in a post on X. The union minister has set a target to win 35 out of the 42 parliamentary seats in West Bengal. At a rally in Suri in Birbhum district in April this year, Shah targeted Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool Congress's National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee and said, «Give us 35 seats in 2024 and the Mamata Banerjee government will be out.

Xi Jinping has promoted two naval officers, including a submarine expert, as top naval commanders which involves the Chinese navy's operations in the disputed South China Sea. Xi, who is also the chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission (CMC), the overall high command of the armed forces besides being the President and head of the ruling Communist Party, has presented certificates of order to promote two military officers to the rank of General, official media reported on Tuesday. General is the highest rank for officers in active service in China.

Basanagouda Patil Yatnal on Tuesday warned that he would expose the alleged irregularities to the tune of Rs 40,000 crore in the BJP government in Karnataka led by B S Yediyurappa at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic if he was expelled from the party. Quickly responding to his statement, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said Yatnal's allegations about the irregularities that took place when Yediyurappa was the chief minister were proof of their charges that there was a '40 per cent commission government' in the state during the BJP rule. As many BJP leaders have been demanding action against him, Yatnal said, «They (the BJP government in Karnataka) have done everything (huge corruption during Covid).

Apple on Tuesday appealed a decision to ban imports of its watches based on a complaint from medical monitoring technology company Masimo, after US President Joe Biden's administration declined to veto a government tribunal. The tech giant also filed an emergency request on Tuesday for the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to halt the ban.

migrants and Secretary of State Antony Blinken prepares for a state visit to Mexico, a fresh wave of up to 15,000 migrants is set to crash into the already flooded US southern border of Mexico. A caravan of nearly 8,000 asylum-seekers began its march through Mexico to the border days before Blinken’s meeting with Mexican President Andres Lopez Manuel Obrador to discuss the illegal immigration crisis. They are mostly from Cuba, Haiti and Honduras.

WFI chief. India's top wrestlers led a month-long protest against the BJP MP from Kaiserganj, after which he stepped down from his post. Under pressure from the protesting wrestlers and criticism around the elections of WFI, the Sports Ministry decided to suspend the newly formed wrestling federation on Sunday.

Looking to split entrees or stick with starters to save on your next dinner out? Restaurants are on to you. After years of pushing small, shareable plates, and rising prices that have prompted some customers to split dishes to save money, restaurants want you to order more. So they’re introducing hard-to-share menu items and asking servers to nudge diners to load up on extra small plates.

Wrestler Vinesh Phogat, who is the first Indian woman wrestler to win a gold at both the Commonwealth and Asian Games, in a letter to PM Modi has said that she is returning her Khel Ratna and Arjuna awards. Wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat had accused BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexually exploiting women wrestlers during his tenure as WFI president. After Brij Bhushan's loyalist Sanjay Singh was elected as the WFI president, Malik announced her retirement from the sport, while Punia returned his Padma Shri medallion to the government. The Sports Ministry on Sunday suspended the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), three days after it elected new office bearers, for not following the provisions of its constitution while taking decisions.

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Narendra Modi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge Tuesday termed the move a "brazen waste" of taxpayers' money when opposition-ruled states are awaiting MGNREGA funds. The Congress president in a post on microblogging platform X (formerly known as Twitter) said, “Modi Govt hasn’t provided drought and flood relief to states. MGNREGA funds for opposition-ruled states are also pending.

MUMBAI : Brightcom Group Ltd has filed a fresh application before the Securities Appellate Tribunal seeking a stay on the market regulator’s order restraining ace investor Shankar Sharma and others from selling shares in the digital marketing company. The Securities and Exchange Board of India had in August restrained Brightcom’s then chairman and managing director Suresh Kumar Reddy and chief financial officer Narayan Raju from holding directorial positions following an investigation into alleged irregularities in preferential allotment of shares. Brightcom in its petition said the allegations made in Sebi’s order were “baseless and completely unfounded".

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ANI. The National Conference president also urged the leaders of both India and Pakistan to find a solution to their bilateral issues through dialogue. “(Late former prime minister) Atal Bihari Vajpayee had said that we can change our friends but not our neighbours.

AFP. "Don't worry about me. I'm fine. I'm totally relieved that I've finally made it," he wrote on X, adding, "I'm still in a good mood, as befits a Santa Claus", referring to his winter clothing and beard.

ANI. The Police official further informed they were expecting over one lakh tourist vehicles to roll into the hill town in the last week of December. To draw tourists to Shimla, the capital of Himachal Pradesh, the Mayor of has planned the first-ever winter carnival with year-end festivities that began on December 25.

Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP National President offered prayers at a gurudwara on Jorasanko in Kolkata on Tuesday on the occasion of "Veer Bal Diwas" and offered pujas at Kalighat Temple, ahead of a crucial strategy meeting for Lok Sabha 2024 polls. BJP central leadership is likely to create a strategic planning for the Lok Sabha polls in a high-level meeting in a hotel in the eastern fringes of Rajarhat. The high-level close door strategy meeting with Shah and Nadda will be attended by eight top leaders of Bengal BJP's inner circle and two central observers.

India’s foreign minister S Jaishankar landed in Russia on Monday for a five-day visit, during which he is expected to meet the country’s top economic and foreign policy officials. While his agenda promises much, observers have pointed out that this is the second time prime minister Narendra Modi has skipped his annual summit with Vladimir Putin. India’s top diplomat is expected to meet with Russia's deputy prime minister Denis Manturov and foreign minister Sergey Lavrov during his visit, which ends on 29 December.