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President Joe Biden's motorcade Sunday night while the president was leaving a visit to his campaign headquarters. The president and first lady Jill Biden were unharmed.

Sharad Pawar took a swipe at his age critics on Sunday, saying that he had not grown old and still had the power to "straighten some people out." Pawar was speaking at a bullock cart race programme organised on the occasion of his birthday in Haveli taluka of Pune's rural part. Addressing the crowd, Sharad Pawar said, "I have a complaint with you people. You people often comment on my age that I am 84 years old, I am 83 years old, what have you people seen in me till now? I have not become old.

Gold prices struggled for momentum in early Asian hours on Monday as investors looked forward to U.S. inflation data due later this week for more clarity on the Federal Reserve's interest rate path after a dovish pivot last week. FUNDAMENTALS * Spot gold was little changed at $2,019.49 per ounce, as of 0041 GMT.

A Canadian Jewish organization wants police to investigate Facebook posts allegedly made by the father of a teenage terror suspect arrested in Ottawa.

NEW DELHI : Nasdaq-listed Honeywell is open to acquisitions in India’s energy transition technology sector, said Ashish Modi, president for India operations. In an interview, Modi said Honeywell recently restructured its operations into three segments: automation, aviation and energy transition. Battery storage and green hydrogen will be key areas of immediate focus in energy transition, he added.

MUMBAI : At the annual campus hiring ritual at the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) this year, the rather ubiquitous profile of product manager stood out but with a more evolved job definition. Software companies, consultancies, consumer firms and startups prowled premier engineering and business schools for potential product managers who can go beyond the traditional requirements of the role.

Buy or sell stocks for today: On account of strong global market sentiments, Indian stock market ended higher for seventh week in a row on Friday last week. Nifty 50 index logged weekly gain of 2.30 per cent last week and closed at 21,456 levels after climbing to a new high of 21,492.

Joe Biden’s winning 2020 election coalition, particularly younger voters, in the battleground states likely to decide the US presidency. Interest in independent candidates such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the offspring of a celebrated Democratic political dynasty, and possibly moderate West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, who is considering a run, is the highest in at least 20 years, according to a Gallup Poll.

Making Money host Charles Payne discusses the Dow being on pace for a record close, automakers announcing layoffs and Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna proposing legislation to ban stock trading in Congress.

Swiggy's decision to charge 2% collection fee on all orders starting December 20 is an «unwelcome distraction», the country's leading restaurant body said on Sunday. The National Restaurants Association of India (NRAI), which represents over 500,000 companies across the country, also said restaurants will seek clarity from the food delivery platform in the coming days. «December is supposed to be the best month of business for us; for Swiggy to unilaterally come up with this suddenly in peak season is definitely an unwelcome distraction,» said Sagar Daryani, vice president of NRAI. Swiggy's move is «nothing but a way of indirectly increasing commission costs», alleged Daryani who is also founder and chief executive of Wow! Momo chain of restaurants. Swiggy did not respond to ET's email seeking comments till press time Sunday. The platform, in an email to restaurant partners, said it will charge a standardised 2% collection fee on all orders effective from December 20. «This fee is for facilitating seamless customer payments on the Swiggy platform.

Former Michigan gubernatorial Tudor Dixon discusses the consequences of labor strikes and the first GOP debate on The Big Money Show.

Madhya Pradesh, Mohan Yadav was in the national capital to attend the 75th anniversary of the foundation day of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), a solid starting base of present day top BJP and RSS leaders. From Union home minister Amit Shah and BJP president JP Nadda to chief ministers of several states, including Revanth Reddy of Congress-ruled Telangana, most of these leaders have cut their teeth during their younger days with ABVP, the student wing of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). The list of ABVP student activists who are in prominent positions in BJP includes around a dozen Union ministers like Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Dharmendra Pradhan, Bhupender Yadav, G Kishen Reddy, Gajendra Shekhawat, Kiren Rijiju, V Muraleedharan, among others. Similarly, with the BJP's organisation, its general secretaries Sunil Bansal (a full-time RSS pracharak), Vinod Tawde, and national secretaries — Asha Lakhra and OP Dhankhar — started their political journey from ABVP. State heads, including Pushkar Dhami as Uttarakhand CM, Devendra Fadnavis as deputy CM of Maharashtra and the recently appointed three CMs — Bhajan Lal Sharma in Rajasthan, Yadav in MP, and Vishnu Deo Sai in Chhattisgarh, all owe their political beginnings to ABVP.

how to apply it in practice. If there were some way we could agree on a fair share for every country in the global carbon budget, countries could be required only to live within this share, while being left free to determine how to do it. Net zero dates would be irrelevant.

we win, you know what's gonna happen. People are gonna flood out of the country. They're gonna flood out before we even do anything," Trump said.

INDIA bloc parties on Tuesday is likely to focus on seat-sharing in key states, with some leaders pushing for an agreement before December 31, and on redrawing the joint strategy to take on the BJP after the recent reverses in assembly polls. The key challenge before the leaders of various opposition parties who have come together to fight the BJP unitedly in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections is also to come up with an alternative common programme as a counter to the ruling dispensation.

By Guy Faulconbridge

Michael 'Venom' Page will make his octagon debut at UFC 299 in Miami on March 9, 2024, and take on American Kevin Holland in his first fight. The welterweight was in talks with several MMA promotions but has opted to join domestic rival the UFC. The UFC President Dana White announced the news after Briton Leon Edwards' successful defense of his welterweight title on Saturday. Page has 21 wins and two defeats on his record. He competed 18 times for Bellator before his contract expired after his previous fight in March.

Telecommunications Bill 2023 in Lok Sabha on Monday, according to sources. The Telecommunications Bill 2023 aims to replace the 138 years old Indian Telegraph Act that governs the telecom sector. «The President has been informed about the Telecommunications Bill 2023.

Investing.com — Markets are entering the closing weeks of 2023 after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the historic tightening of monetary policy is likely over and discussion of rate cuts is coming «into view». Investors will get a final update on U.S. inflation for this year, while the Bank of Japan may be inching toward a long-awaited policy pivot. Here’s what you need to know to start your week.

By David Randall

China of a potential «middle-technology trap» unless it opens doors «wide open» for new investments and scientific innovation to deal with increasing containment in the ongoing tech war with the US. «China's manufacturing sector is still in the downstream of the global value chain, and it faces a risk of being hamstrung at the low and mid-end by developed countries such as the United States, Germany and Japan,» the Chinese Academy of Sciences said in its latest report released during the weekend.