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TikTok over allegedly faulty privacy and data security practices, and could decide to bring a lawsuit or settlement in the next few weeks, Politico reported on Tuesday citing people with direct knowledge of the matter. Earlier in March, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted to pass a bill giving ByteDance about six months to sell the U.S. assets of the app, or face a ban.

Jerry Bruckheimer announced the plan for making its sequel and confirmed later that the iconic star will return as Maverick for 'Top Gun 3'.

Short sellers are still betting billions of dollars that the rally in cryptocurrency-linked stocks fueled by a surge in Bitcoin will eventually end. Total short interest, or the amount that contrarian traders have pledged against crypto stocks, has increased to nearly $11 billion this year, according to a report from S3 Partners LLC on Monday. More than 80% of total short interest in the sector are bets against MicroStrategy Inc. and Coinbase Global Inc.

Oil prices fell for a second day on Wednesday after a report that crude stockpiles in the U.S., the world's biggest oil user, surged and on signs major producers are unlikely to change their output policy at a technical meeting next week. Brent crude futures for May dropped 69 cents, or 0.8%, to $85.56 a barrel at 0150 GMT. The May contract is set to to expire on Thursday and the more actively traded June contract declined 60 cents, or 0.7%, at $85.03.

BJP President JP Nadda issued a notice seeking clarification from the party leader Dilip Ghosh regarding his remarks on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The BJP party has written a letter stating that your (Dilip Ghosh) comment today is indecent, unparliamentary and against the tradition of our party. The party strongly condemns such comments. The BJP has also sought an explanation from Dilip Ghosh on this issue. Earlier, the Trinamool Congress filed a complaint with the Election Commission of India against Bharatiya Janata Party leader Dilip Ghosh for allegedly making controversial remarks against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

India’s policy focus on making the country a hub for EV-making will have a side effect. As electric vehicles (EVs) roll off assembly lines, our dependence on Chinese imports will rise, even though we’ve been trying to reduce it. That’s because China, with a head-start of a decade or so, is the global leader of clean-tech in general and this segment of the auto industry in particular.

₹11.15 crore net in India, Sacnilk.com has reported. Speaking of its day 5 collections, the film saw a 7.14 percent drop and collected just ₹1.50 crore net. The film had an overall occupany of 12.75 percent in Hindi language.

Angel One: On March 26, the company announced the launch of a Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) issue with a base price of ₹2,555 per share, which is approximately 7% lower than the current market price. Today, Angel One's shares closed at ₹2,750 each on the NSE, marking a 3.36% increase. The company stated in an earlier stock exchange filing that the objective of this fundraising is to enhance financial flexibility, grow the business, and leverage emerging opportunities within the existing and growing broking business as well as the broader fintech space.

NEW DELHI : Actis Llp’s BluPine Energy, Singapore’s Sembcorp Industries Ltd, Edelweiss Infrastructure Yield Plus Fund’s Sekura Energy, Torrent Power and JSW Group are exploring to buy Brookfield Renewable’s 1.6 gigawatt (GW) portfolio in India, two people aware of the development said. The deal is expected to have an equity value of around $800 million. JP Morgan is running the sale process for the 1.6 GW capacity, of which 1 GW is operational, while the balance 600 MW is under execution.

Elon Musk's X shows support to paediatrician Kulvinder Kaur Gill's against 'Canada govt-supported efforts to cancel her Notably, OpenAI and its flagship offering, ChatGPT, have been in Musk's firing line since the lawsuit, going so far as to call the San Francisco-based startup "closed AI". Recently, Musk's xAI had also decided to join the ranks of Meta and Mistral by open sourcing Grok AI under the Apace 2.0 licence. Musk had launched Grok AI in November last year as an alternative to popular chatbots on the market, including ChatGPT and Gemini (formerly Bard).

Federal agents raid Sean 'Diddy' Combs' LA and Miami mansions The news comes after federal agents with Homeland Security Investigators and other law enforcement searched the homes of the music mogul in Los Angeles and Miami. Sean “Diddy" Combs is among the most influential hip-hop producers and executives of the past three decades. He is the founder of Bad Boy Records and a three-time Grammy winner who has worked with a slew of top-tier artists including Notorious B.I.G., Mary J.

AP, Roland L Butler Jr, superintendent for Maryland State Police, said in the evening that the search and rescue mission was transitioning to one of search and recovery. He said, “Divers would return to the site at 6 am the following day when challenging overnight conditions are expected to improve." Also Read: 22 Indians on board ship that caused Baltimore bridge collapse 2. Early Tuesday, a cargo ship experienced a power failure and collided with a significant bridge in Baltimore, resulting in the rapid destruction of the structure and its collapse into the river.

Indian Premier League (IPL) matches since 2021. According to reports, he had accumulated a staggering debt of over ₹1 crore through his betting activities. In his complaint, Ranjitha's father, Venkatesh, stated, “He (Darshan) was not willing to get into betting, but the suspects forced him saying it was an easy way to get rich.

Bad Boys: Ride or Die and this means that this action packed movie will be in theatres soon. Bad Boys franchise will see it's fourth film, the first being directed by Michael Bay in the year 1995, that introduced both the actors into this franchise. This film was subsequently followed by Bad Boys II, another blockbuster direction by Michael Bay, released in 2003 and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. According to Hollywood Reporter, Bad Boys II was one of the primary reasons of Will Smith's epic rise to fame after which he worked in projects like «Men In Black» alongside Tommy Lee Jones, Tony Shalboub, Linda Florentino and other Hollywood stars, making Smith a sensation in the industry. Similar was the case with Independence Day, starring Smith, and directed by Roland Emmerich. Interestingly, these films Smith has worked in have seen subsequent sequels, some of them being more than one, just like the Bad Boys which turned into a long-term franchise.

Cohen Media Group is gearing up for the U.S. release of Marco Bellocchio’s acclaimed drama Kidnapped: The Abduction Of Edgardo Mortara. The film, which premiered at Cannes, TIFF, and NYFF in 2023, is set to hit U.S. theaters on May 24, according to a Deadline report. Storyline

In the highly volatile world of meme coins, investors have a multitude of options to consider projects based on hype. Among the choices they have currently, it is observed that BEFE (BEFE), Shiba Inu (SHIB), and SLERF (SLERF) have been roaring with interest and a bullish trajectory.

Tyla Abercrumbie (The Chi) and Diany Rodriguez (The Blacklist) have joined the main cast of NCIS: Origins, CBS’ prequel to the long-running procedural NCIS. The series, set to air in the 2024-2025 broadcast season, is produced by CBS Studios and executive produced by Mark Harmon, a Deadline report said. Cast

total solar eclipse gracing parts of Mexico, Canada, and the US, spanning from Texas to Maine. Notably, this event marks the last opportunity for a total solar eclipse to traverse a significant portion of the US until the year 2044, adding to its significance and allure. As anticipation mounts for this extraordinary spectacle, enthusiasts and astronomers alike prepare to witness nature's awe-inspiring display in the skies above.

BJP raised the issue of the different approaches taken by poll officials in different states to similar infractions by politicians and urged the Election Commission to take measures to avoid this 'discrepancy'. A BJP delegation, comprising Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, general secretary Vinod Tawde, BJP leaders Om Pathak and Sanjay Mayukh were part of the delegation which met the poll watchdog to highlight this. Tawde later told reporters that while action was recommended against Union minister Shobha Karandlaje, who is contesting the Lok Sabha polls from Karnataka, for her controversial comments against Tamils, the objectionable remarks made by a Tamil Nadu minister have not drawn any censure by the poll body.

Easter 2024 and Good Friday weekend is predicted to be stormy and rain-soaked one as weather forecast shows two storms to hit parts of the US. As a midweek storm lashes the Northwest, attention shifts to the looming threat of an atmospheric river storm set to engulf Southern California over the weekend. With forecasts predicting heavy rainfall and potential flooding, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has wasted no time in issuing a Level 2 out of 4 flash flood threat for the Los Angeles and San Diego areas on Saturday, as per a report in Fox Weather.

Recently, a working paper titled ‘Income and Wealth Inequality in India, 1922-2023: The Rise of the Billionaire Raj,’ by Nitin Kumar Bharti, Lucas Chancel, Thomas Piketty and Anmol Somanchi was released. Sections of the Indian media lapped it up, forgetting that it is not a peer-reviewed paper; nor has it been published by any reputed journal. We present arguments here in the hope that it will leave readers better informed on inequality in India.