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India has recorded 441 fresh COVID-19 infections while the number of active cases has come down to 3,238, the Union health ministry said on Saturday. No deaths were reported in a span of 24 hours, according to the ministry's data updated at 8 am.

Real Estate Regulatory Authority (Rera) in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana have cautioned the home buyers to do due diligence before investing in any property. The Uttar Pradesh Rera has asked both developers and buyers to not pay or ask over 10 per cent payment for any property before signing Builder Buyer agreement.

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Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd., said people familiar with the matter, capping two years of drama and delay in creating a $10 billion media giant. Read more The 10th Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit, which commenced on January 10, witnessed a flurry of investment pledges and announcements across various sectors. Tata Group, led by Chairman N Chandrasekaran, disclosed plans to establish a significant semiconductor fabrication unit in Gujarat's Dholera, with operations slated to begin in 2024.

Lok Sabha polls, participation in Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra and other matters related to the alliance. ALSO READ: Surya Uttarayan, solo quests and 'respectable' seat-sharing: INDIA bloc struggles to agree as Lok Sabha Polls near Meanwhile, Congress Leader Mallikarjun Kharge was named INDIA bloc chief NDTV reported on Saturday. Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK leader MK Stalin and party leader Kanimozhi Karunanidhi attended the meeting via video conferencing.

NDTV reported. This came after the INDIA alliance of the 28 opposition parties held discussions in a virtual meeting today. Sources informed the news publication that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar rejected the convenor of the INDIA alliance in the meeting.

Joe Biden faced vocal opposition during his visit to Pennsylvania on January 12, with protesters expressing discontent over his support for Israel in its conflict with Hamas in Gaza, NDTV reported. Demonstrators could be heard shouting, "No vote for genocide, Joe," while others referred to the president as a "loser" and urged him to "go home", it said. Sources told the publication that Biden left Pennsylvania without delivering his prepared speech.

Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), PTI reported. They were presented before a special court in Raipur on January 12, and the ED lawyer, Saurabh Pandey said the court has remanded them to ED custody until January 17. Tibrewal, described as a "close associate" of accused Vikash Chapparia, is alleged to have acquired undisclosed properties in Dubai and holds a significant stake in a foreign portfolio investment (FPI) company, where Chapparia is also a shareholder, as per the report.

Congress party on Saturday demanded an explanation from Kerala's ruling CPI(M) leadership and the state Industries Department after the Centre reportedly ordered a probe into complaints of violations by an IT company run by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's daughter Veena. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs had ordered the investigation into the complaints of financial transactions between a private minerals company and Veena's IT firm, which had triggered a huge political controversy in the southern state recently.

Carta was hit with a fiery lawsuit by its former chief technology officer, adding to an already chaotic month for the company. Ex-CTO Jerry Talton accused chief executive officer Henry Ward in a suit filed Friday of misusing Carta resources and called Ward “charismatic, but insecure and narcissistic,” also comparing him to Don Corleone from The Godfather.

Merry Christmas’. The Vijay Sethupathy-Katrina Kaif’s film has had a slow start at the box-office so far. As per a report by the Indian box-office tracking portalSacnilk.com, the Sriram Raghavan film earned just over Rs 2.5 crore on opening day. The mystery drama is expected to earn Rs 0.41 crore on day two. However, the performances of the cast have been more or less unanimously praised. The plot and the cinematography — an unconditional love letter penned by Raghavan to the ‘80s decade have also been appreciated so far. Helmed by Raghavan (of ‘Johnny Gadar’, ‘Andhadhun’ and ‘Ek Hasina Thi’ fame), ‘Merry Christmas’ is a neo-noir romance. It revolves around two strangers — Albert and Mary who chance upon each other on a Christmas evening. However, their budding romance is interrupted rudely by a gruesome murder. The plot of the film is loosely based on the mystery novel ‘Bird In A Cage’ by French author Frederic Dard.

NTA released IIT-JEE dates in September last year. While reviewing both circulars, it was found that the dates of examinations were overlapping. The first session of JEE Main 2024 is scheduled to take place between January 24 and February 1, before the commencement of CBSE Class 12 exams.

free electricity of 600 units bi-monthly or 300 units monthly, according to state Power Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO. Presenting an overview of the department's performance in 2023, He said that 100 percent of the state's agricultural tubewells have also been electricified for free. Singh also announced that the state met its highest-ever power demand of 15,293 MW on June 23, 2023, marking a 7 percent increase from the previous highest demand of 14,311 MW on June 29, 2022.

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airstrikes in Yemen on Thursday, targeting Houthi rebels. The Yemen authorities have now vowed vendetta, saying “America and Britain will have to prepare to pay a heavy price". The attack by the US and UK on Yemen comes weeks after the Houthi rebels allegedly unleashed disruptive attacks on the Red Sea hurting commercial shipping on the trade route.

PTI reported. On January 15, an ‘Akhand Deepa’ will be placed at the site where the three-day yagna will be performed by priests. The puja rituals will culminate on January 17 when Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will walk through the corridor in the afternoon, declaring it open for devotees.

Congress is likely to contest only 255 of the total Lok Sabha seats in the upcoming elections, as per media reports. This would be the lowest number of seats Congress contests the general elections in, since Independence in 1947. With Congress' declining popularity in electoral politics, and alliance with opposition INDIA bloc as a stream to survival and a bid to defeat the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) in the upcoming elections, the grand old party seems to have taken up much of a compromise.

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. recently addressed the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) in the legal profession. In his end-of-year report, Roberts touched upon the history of technology in the Supreme Court and its potential future intertwined with AI​​. This discussion comes at a crucial time when AI is increasingly becoming a staple in various professional fields, including law.

In the year 2023, the proliferation of sophisticated phishing schemes has had a profound influence on the landscape of the bitcoin industry. The 2023 Wallet Drainers Report published by Scam Sniffer sheds light on the worrisome pace at which these scams have begun to spread, resulting in significant financial losses and victimizing a large number of people.

Mamata Banerjee is set to miss a crucial virtual meeting of INDIA bloc leaders that is held virtually on Saturday, PTI reported. A TMC leader has claimed that Banerjee has an event lined up that clashes with timings of the INDIA bloc meeting.

Sachin Tendulkar was all praises for the Jammu and Kashmir Para cricket team captain Amir Hussain Lone, when news agency ANI, released a video of the 34-year old batter playing the gamer wearing a jersey marked Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar took to microblogging platform X and exclaimed, “Amir has made the impossible possible". Amir Hussain Lone hails from Waghama village in Bijbehara.