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Tata Mumbai Marathon (TMM). Some would have finished, some will still be pounding the pavement, others might have found the distance a little too much.

Indian American leader and Republican leader Nikki Haley attacked former US President Donald Trump while raising concerns over his 'mental fitness' after the former President confused her with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, The Hill reported. In a video message of X, Haley said, «Last night, Trump is at a rally...and he's going on and on, mentioning me multiple times as to why I didn't take security during the Capitol riots, why I didn't handle January 6 better. I wasn't even in DC on January 6. I wasn't in office then.»

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Airtel, Jio square off against Elon Musk in India's satellite broadband race "Starlink replied to the Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade, and in next few days or by the end of this month, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) may issue a Letter of Intent (LoI) to Starlink," ET Telecom quoted a source as saying. Meanwhile, a Moneycontrol report, citing sources, noted that the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) could issue a letter of intent (LoI) to Starlink as early as Wednesday.

U.S. power companies raced to get in on the offshore wind boom a few years ago. Now some are rushing to get out.

Blackstone Inc. Chief Executive Steve Schwarzman said he expects the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates and sees “animal spirits” returning to the markets as more investors make that bet too. 

Maggioncalda highlighted the significance of generative AI, emphasizing its broad impact on people and industries. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, he stated, "I'd say the real hotspot is generative AI because it affects so many people." Despite initial concerns among investors that generative AI applications might replace ed-tech firms, the opposite appears to be true. Instead, the technology has spurred increased interest in upskilling, proving advantageous for companies like Coursera.

Mark Zuckerberg has announced that his company is entering the race to make an artificial general intelligence system or AGI, reported The Verge. The 39-year-old tech leader did not provide an exact definition or a timeline for creating AGI but did mention that he is making some changes in the Meta's AI research group.

Speaking at a campaign stop in New Hampshire, the former president and Republican party leadership race front-runner told a crowd: "As your president, I will never allow the creation of a central bank digital currency."

Michelle Obama is most likely to join the Presidential Election 2024 and take on former US President Donald Trump. This speculation has been doing the rounds. But now, it is becoming stronger. In an article written in the New York Post, columnist Cindy Adams said that Obama may be looking to step into the 2024 presidential race and this time it should be Michelle and not Barack. Rejecting incumbent Joe Biden, she writes, «Biden won’t debate. Can’t. Our codger-in-chief can’t even read the prewritten script in front of him fast enough to pronounce the words. So, forget him, which most of us already have.»

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.

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.

Ava DuVernay’s “Origin” takes a heavyweight work of historical and sociological inquiry and transforms it into a deeply humanistic drama and globe-trotting detective story

An Associated Press review has found businessman and Trump-backed Ohio U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno faced lawsuits alleging discrimination against employees before he sold his high-end Cleveland car dealership

Donald Trump registered a huge victory with an unprecedented margin. At the Iowa caucuses, Trump established his dominance over the party and its followers as he prepared for a 2020 rematch with incumbent Joe Biden.

Vivek Ramaswamy pulled out of the race after he marked a distant fourth rank in Iowa. Ramaswamy, however, also endorsed rival and fellow Republican Donald Trump for the US Presidential Polls. Hours after Vivek Ramaswamy announced pulling out of the presidential bid, he appeared on stage with Donald Trump.

Nikki Haley, who finished third in the Iowa caucuses, has said that the US has never been a «racist country» and their goal is to make sure that «today is better than yesterday,» Fox News reported. Haley made the remarks in response to MSNBC Joy Reid's statement on whether Haley could win the Republican Party nomination. Reid had accused Republicans of being an «anti-immigrant» party and that's why she «can't picture» Haley becoming the GOP nominee in 2024, Fox News reported.

Former premier Rachel Notley, the leader of the Alberta NDP and Official Opposition, is stepping down.“Having considered what I believe to be the best interests of our party, our caucus, as well as my own preferences, I am here today to announce that I will not be leading Alberta’s NDP into the next election,” she said Tuesday afternoon.Notley said she’ll stay on until there’s a leadership race and vote for a new Alberta NDP leader. Once a new leader is chosen, she’ll step down from that role.Notley said she is “absolutely not” pursuing a role in federal politics.However, she said she’s not made any decisions about how long she’ll stay on as MLA for Edmonton-Strathcona.

Rapper and entrepreneur Sean “Diddy” Combs has withdrawn his lawsuit against Diageo as part of a settlement with the London-based spirits giant

Trump has never been known for flattering his opponents, but in recent months he has come out with even more aggressive language that gives a hint as to what his second term might be like if he returns to the White House. The former president, who is miles ahead of his rivals in the race for the Republican nomination and easily won the Iowa caucuses on Monday, has made very clear that vengeance is a powerful motivating force for him.

Hutchinson dropped his long-shot bid for the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday, ending a candidacy that served as a throwback to an earlier era of the GOP but ultimately failed to resonate in a party now dominated by Donald Trump. Hutchinson's exit came a day after he finished sixth in Iowa's leadoff caucuses, well behind Trump and other top rivals but also behind Ryan Binkley, a pastor who failed to qualify for any of the debates. Hutchinson was the last GOP candidate remaining in the race who was willing to directly take on Trump. «I congratulate Donald J Trump for his win last night in Iowa and to the other candidates who competed and garnered delegate support,» Hutchinson said in a statement. «Today, I am suspending my campaign for President and driving back to Arkansas. My message of being a principled Republican with experience and telling the truth about the current front runner did not sell in Iowa.»