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Sachin Tendulkar is set to be unveiled on Wednesday, coinciding with the World Cup match between India and Sri Lanka at the Wankhede Stadium. The unveiling ceremony of Tendulkar's statue will witness the presence of several dignitaries, including Maharashtra's Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, the iconic Sachin Tendulkar himself, BCCI Secretary Jay Shah, Treasurer Ashish Shelar, as well as officials from the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA), including President Amol Kale, Secretary Ajinkya Naik, and other members of the apex council, PTI reported.

Joe Biden's attendance at COP28 is not confirmed. They cautioned that his schedule is subject to change and not official until announced.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried underwent a final barrage of questions on Tuesday from a prosecutor aimed at showing that he’s not being honest about how much he knew about the disappearance of $8 billion from his customers’ accounts, setting the stage for final arguments in his fraud trial on Wednesday.

Biden will meet Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in San Francisco in November, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced on Tuesday (local time). She said that Biden looks forward to the meeting. While addressing a press briefing on Tuesday (local time), Karine Jean-Pierre said, «We've been talking about the President, who said he was looking forward to meeting with President Xi.

Infosys continues to be plagued by the exodus of senior executives to rivals with Rajeev Ranjan being the latest to leave India’s second-largest software services exporter after a stint of more than 24 years. Ranjan, who was the executive vice president (EVP) and service offering head for manufacturing in India and Japan business units, left Infosys to join US-based engineering firm Ness Digital Engineering as its chief operating officer (COO).

work from home policy, Infosys has started calling back its employees to work from office for a minimum of ten days in a month, the software exporter's select employees at the entry to mid-level positions have been informed. «As we move to strengthen our return to office (RTO) approach and hybrid work model, I urge you to work from office for a minimum of 10 days in the month, starting Nov 20, 2023,» read an email sent by one of the vice presidents to employees in the band 5 and 6 in select verticals. ET has reviewed the email.

Robert De Niro and his former employee, Graham Chase Robinson, have finally begun trial proceedings in federal court in Manhattan this week on a four-year legal dispute. The case has brought to light allegations of gender discrimination and improper spending by both parties.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried completed his grueling three-day testimony in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday.

The sudden death of a Toronto-based hedge fund manager has prompted an investigation by Ontario’s securities regulator into tens of millions of dollars in losses that the fund appears to have run up.

Apple, which said that their phones may 'face a state-sponsored hacking attempt.' Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, senior Congress leaders Shashi Tharoor, Kumari Selja and TS Singh Deo and some others posted copies of the alert on social media. Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra, CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury and Shiv Sena Thackeray group MP Priyanka Chaturvedi, SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav, AIMIM's Asaduddin Owaisi too made similar charges.

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Philadelphia 76ers are leading the NBA season with impressive beginnings. This made one thing clear: Harden’s days as a 76er were over now. However, the following day of the Harden incident came with a bit of change in its script.

Registration of properties in Mumbai municipal region rose 26 per cent annually to 10,607 units during October, according to Knight Frank India. Total 8,422 properties were registered in October last year in Mumbai city (area under BMC jurisdiction).

World Cup is in progress, could that be a reason? Airfare could be another reason as new fast trains connecting metro cities have been introduced recently, and people might have shifted their preference," said P.P. Khanna, a board member of the Federation of Associations in Indian Tourism and Hospitality.

Nirmala Sitharaman will be on a three-day official visit to Sri Lanka beginning Wednesday to address 'NAAM 200' and India Sri Lanka Business Summit, among others. During her visit, she will give the keynote address as the Guest of Honour at the 'NAAM 200' organised by the Government of Sri Lanka to commemorate the 200th anniversary of arrival of India-origin Tamils (IOTs) to the island nation on November 2 in Colombo, the finance ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.

United States accused Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday of trying to use the Israel-Hamas war to reduce Western support for Ukraine, which it said requires continued backing from Washington to prevent Russian success. Hamas militants carried out a shock cross-border attack from Gaza this month that Israeli officials say killed more than 1,400 people, prompting Washington to rush military aid to Israel and sparking fears in Kyiv that backing for its war against invading Russian forces could suffer. «Putin is very much trying to take advantage of the Hamas attack on Israel in the hopes that it will distract us… and that it will result in the United States pulling back its resources» from Ukraine, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told a Senate hearing on supplemental national security funding. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warned during the same hearing that Putin will succeed in his bid to seize Ukrainian territory if the United States halts support for Kyiv. «I can guarantee you that without our support, Putin will be successful,» Austin said.

The minimum wages in the neighbouring states, they have said in representations to the government, are less, and a further hike could make them less competitive compared to the industries in towns in neighbouring states. The minimum wages in Karnataka are the second highest in the country, and another round of increase could hurt the state’s investment prospects, they have said. The industry associations have submitted letters to the departments of Industry and Labour, as well as the chief secretary calling for government intervention. The Labour department is re-working on a revised minimum wage structure as per the September 26 directions of the High Court.

UN chief Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said as geopolitical tensions rise, global divisions are becoming deeper and more dangerous, and smaller countries fear becoming collateral damage in competition between great powers. Guterres made these remarks during his address to Nepal's parliament. The United Nations Secretary-General also spoke on the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, acknowledging that despite being thousands of miles away, Nepali citizens were among the victims of Hamas' brutal attacks in Israel.

artificial intelligence (AI) talent to the United States, an ‘Executive Order’ issued by US President Joe Biden seeks to use existing authorities to expand the ability of highly skilled immigrants and non-immigrants with AI expertise to study, stay, and work in the US by modernizing and streamlining visa criteria, interviews, and reviews. The executive order not only establishes new guidelines to protect the national security and privacy of its citizens but also seeks to balance the needs of technology companies by attracting talent from across the world.

US Federal Reserve chairman). Fairness should also apply to the distribution of Special Drawing Rights (SDR), this embryo of a global currency that the IMF may issue under certain conditions.