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Arvind Kejriwal is set to tender resignation after meeting with Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena. The newly appointed leader of the legislative party will simultaneously stake a claim for the post of Chief Minister. The new Chief Minister comes after Kejriwal announced on Sunday that he would resign and would not resume the CM's post until the people of Delhi declared him «honest.» Read More: Atishi's journey to the top: From an activist, advisor and AAP’s force to the next CM of Delhi

Aishwarya Rai stole the show in dazzling red attire at Anant Ambani & Radhika Merchant’s wedding in July. Now, a Sri Lankan artist has immortalised her look at the wedding in the form of a doll. A video featuring the doll has become the talk of the town now.

Kerala government has denied reports circulating in the media regarding the funds spent in connection with the Wayanad disaster, calling it factually incorrect, per an official release from Kerala CMO. The release said that the state government had submitted a memorandum to the central government seeking immediate additional assistance for the disaster. Preliminary estimates of the necessary expenses for various aspects were clearly stated in the memorandum. However, these estimates are now being misrepresented in the media as actual expenditure in the disaster-affected areas, which is untrue, the release added. The figures in the memorandum, prepared according to the guidelines of the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF), have been misinterpreted, which undermines the state government's efforts to secure central assistance for the Wayanad landslide disaster, the release said.

Mukesh Sharma said that there is no one to compete with us in the state. Mukesh Sharma is BJP candidate from Gurugram Assembly seat. Speaking to on Monday Mukesh Sharma said «There is no one to compete with us as of now, Congress has no role in south Haryana… Congress was neither there before nor will we let them come.»

Ayyappan R, former chief executive of Flipkart-owned Cleartrip, is set to launch a new quick-commerce retail venture and is in talks with venture capital firms Accel and RTP Global for a sizable seed funding, multiple people aware of the discussions told ET. The venture is likely to focus on delivering a select range of premium products within 20-30 minutes and will also have an offline retail presence, hence the need for larger-than-usual seed funding, they said. It will cover various retail categories including FMCG, health and fitness and fashion, and offer both international and local brands, they added.

Benjamin Netanyahu announced an expansion of the country's war goals on Tuesday to include the return of northern residents who fled cross-border fire traded with Hamas ally Hezbollah. «The political-security cabinet updated the goals of the war this evening, so that they include the following section: the safe return of the residents of the north to their homes,» Netanyahu's office said in a statement. Israeli forces and the Iran-backed Lebanese armed group have exchanged near-daily strikes since Hamas's October 7 attack sparked war in the Gaza Strip.

E2E Networks, an artificial intelligence cloud service provider, is getting a lot of attention that the National Stock Exchange-listed company has probably not seen in the 15 years since its inception. The company started offering graphics processing units (GPUs) for cloud computing in 2018, when nobody else was in the market in India. The bet is now paying off, with a customer list of 2,500-3,000 companies, mostly startups and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and also some big companies. Its stock has yielded almost 280% year-to-date, which according to Bloomberg data makes it one of the top-performing IT stocks of 2024. Delhi-based E2E is well-positioned to participate in the India AI Mission’s tender to procure 10,000 GPUs as part of a consortium.

Ram Madhav said that the party has fielded 19 candidates in Kashmir and is confident of opening its account in the Valley in this assembly elections. «Today things have changed. People want to hear what BJP says. We are confident that BJP will open an account here (Kashmir). This is historic elections and BJP will also script new history,» said Madhav, who is also the party's election in-charge, on the sidelines of a campaign programme in Shopian district. Madhav, who was instrumental in stitching the BJP-PDP alliance in 2015 and 2016, said BJP aims to break the myth that people in Kashmir don't support his party. He said that his party is no longer an outsider in J&K as they had formed the government here earlier as well.

U.S Presidential Debate 2024 which took place in Philadelphia moderated by David Muir and Linsey Davis of ABC News created a lot of controversy with regards to alleged biasness of both towards U.S Vice President Kamala Harris. Following the U.S Presidential Debate, a post was seen circulating over Facebook including the pictures of both the moderators with a caption of, ‘ABC Fires Debate Moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis: They Are a Disgrace to Their Profession’. According to USA Today which is a verified signatory of the International Fact-Checking Network, the post and the claim was totally ‘False’. USA Today after fact checking and verifying the news from multiple genuine sources asserted that the post actually originated from a satirical website named Esspots which belongs to SpaceXMania network of websites on Sept 12 and was disguised and presented as an Authentic and True News whereas there was Zero Truth in the claim. There was no disclaimer whatsoever in the subsequent posts following that which could reiterated the claim, added USA Today. Also Read:As he turns 40, Prince Harry to accept $8.5 million as inheritance: Ex-staffer

Adani Green and Torrent Power Monday committed a total investment of Rs 32.45 lakh crore by FY30 in renewable energy, in a big boost for the country's green energy transition. «Developers have committed an additional 570 GW, manufacturers have committed additional manufacturing capacities of 340 GW in solar modules, 240 GW in solar cells, 22 GW in wind turbines, 10 GW in electrolysers,» Renewable energy minister Pralhad Joshi said at the Global RE-Invest Summit hosted by MNRE and CII here. Adani Green and Adani New Industries together submitted to add 50 GW renewable energy capacity, solar manufacturing of 10 GW, wind manufacturing of 5 GW, green hydrogen of 10 GW and electrolyser of 5 GW, as per an official, committing an investment of Rs 4.1 lakh crore.

AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal is set to resign as chief minister on Tuesday. Kejriwal convened a meeting of the political affairs committee, the highest decision-making body of the party, on Monday evening to discuss threadbare his decision to quit the top post and the probable names. The four Cabinet ministers were also invited for the meeting. Emerging from the meeting, senior minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said, «The chief minister had convened the meeting of PAC and also called the Cabinet ministers. He held one-on-one discussions with all the members of PAC and the ministers. This will now be carried forward with a second round of meetings with MLAs on Tuesday morning.» According to sources, Kejriwal conveyed to the senior leaders the reasoning and timing of his decision to resign. A senior leader, who did not wish to be identified, told ET, «The timing has confused the party cadres who are unable to understand why is the chief minister quitting now. If at all he had to resign he could have when he was sent to jail.» Sources said that Kejriwal went to great extent to explain this to the senior leaders present in the political affairs committee meeting. He told leaders that quitting at the time of imprisonment would have been seen as admission of guilt for a crime he had not committed.

Narendra Modi on Monday said India's leap in the renewable energy segment offers tremendous opportunities for investors not only in energy generation but also in the manufacturing sector. «India is striving for complete made in India solutions and creating many possibilities. It is truly a guarantee of expansion and better returns,» Modi said at Global Renewable Energy Investors Meet and Expo organised by the ministry of new and renewable energy and CII. India's renewable energy demand is rising and the government is making new policies to support it, he said. Efforts are being made for 'Make in India' in the sector and the growth in the segment presents a good opportunity for the same, he said.

good habits — because good habits are not so deep-rooted as bad habits. Good habits need much sacrifice on your part, so, very few people try to cultivate good habits. And even those who try to cultivate good habits try very few good habits; just underneath, there are many bad habits. First, try neutral, then good, then move by and by to bad habits. And, finally, remember that each habit has to be made aware. Once you have become aware of your whole habitual pattern, that habitual pattern is your mind. Any day the shift will happen. Suddenly, you will be in no-mind — when all the habits of your life have become aware… Any day, when that situation, that point, comes — at one hundred degrees — suddenly, a shift will happen....

Autoroute du Soleil violet, the ribbons of cars tapered off. Rex Hofman and Saskia Ehlvest had been travelling for ten hours, and were still about one hour removed from the end point of their first stage: a hotel in Nuits-St-Georges, not far from Dijon. That lay a bit off the most logical route, but Saskia had found the name worth the minor detour.

Azerbaijan Grand Prix, it seems like nearly half the field is capable of winning races in Formula 1. McLaren chief executive Zak Brown, whose driver Lando Norris is Max Verstappen's closest title challenger, says he's enjoying the best show he's seen in his eight years in F1. There have been six different winners in the last eight races, representing four different teams. Verstappen, whose dominance in 2022 and 2023 broke records, still leads the standings but his last win was in June.

Franck Muller is fully focused on the country, said Erol Baliyan, MD for Middle East, Africa and India at the luxury watch brand in an interview with ET. Ahead of Diwali, Franck Muller hopes to launch its third India focused collection and might also foray into luxury residential real estate here overtime, Baliyan told ET. The Franck Muller Aeternitas at London Gate, Dubai Marina, is set to be the world's tallest residential clock tower with 106 floors. “We are working on a very exclusive project of handcrafted 108 pieces for India and we hope to launch it before Diwali. Our real estate foray has been very successful and we want to do the third project in India. Hopefully, we will have a Franck Muller tower in the skyline in India in future,” he said.

Mementos ranging from sports shoe and other items of paralympic medalists to replica of Ram temple and even a silver veena — all gifts received by Prime Minister Narendra Modi — are set to be auctioned soon, and the base price of all the items together comes to around Rs 1.5 crore, Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said on Monday. Shekhawat conducted a walk-through of the exhibition showcasing the prime minister's mementos at the National Gallery of Modern Art here. Addressing a press conference later, he mentioned that the base prices for the auction of these gifts are set by a government committee, with prices ranging from as low as Rs 600 to as high as Rs 8.26 lakh.

Putin's decree, published on the official government website, will take effect Dec. 1. It sets the overall number of Russian military personnel at nearly 2.4 million, including 1.5 million troops, and orders the government to provide the necessary funding. The previous increase in Russian troop numbers came last December, when a decree by Putin set the total number of Russian military personnel at about 2.2 million, including 1.32 million troops.

Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Tuesday a plea of the Muslim side against the Allahabad High Court order rejecting their petition challenging the maintainability of 18 cases related to the Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah dispute in Mathura. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Sanjay Kumar will hear the plea filed by the Committee of Management Trust, Shahi Masjid Idgah against the August 1 order of the high court. The mosque management committee's plea has been filed through advocate RHA Sikander. On August 1, the high court rejected the plea challenging the maintainability of 18 cases related to the temple-mosque dispute in Mathura, and ruled that the «religious character» of Shahi Idgah needs to be determined.