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Laal Krishna Advani-led Ram Mandir movement materialised in 2019 owing to a Supreme Court decision ruling in favour of the Hindu side, during the Narendra Modi governance period, giving the saffron party an edge with the religious fundamentalists. Now the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar government has announced the Bihar government's ₹72-crore plan to redevelop the Punourdham in Sitamarhi.

In collaboration with Emeritus, the programme has been designed to help participants gain advanced managerial skills, cross-functional acumen, creative problem-solving ability, and an innovation mindset in this high-impact one-year learning journey The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIM Kozhikode) has launched the 14th batch of the Senior Management Programme. According to a recent report from Forbes (2022), executive presence skills came in second among the top 20 leadership traits and accounted for 26% of what it takes to get promoted to leadership positions.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his cabinet ministers have come under fire after a video surfaced showing them aboard a private jet while the state grapples with a severe drought. The Opposition BJP criticized the move, accusing the Congress ministers of lavish spending of taxpayers' money while the region's farmers suffer from crop losses and water scarcity. State BJP chief Vijayendra Yediyurappa lambasted the incident, labeling it a «crude mockery» of the distress faced by Karnataka's populace.

Maruti Suzuki has swiftly emerged as the leading SUV manufacturer, surpassing its initial goal set in 2022. With an ambitious plan to capture the numero uno spot in the SUV market by the end of FY 2023-2024, Maruti Suzuki not only met but exceeded expectations, doubling its overall SUV market share from 10.5 percent in 2022 to an impressive 23 percent, a TOI report stated. The surge in demand for MSIL's SUVs has been nothing short of extraordinary, with SUV sales now constituting over 49 percent of the company's overall demand.

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Ltd. fell 0.5 per cent to Rs 516.0 in Friday's trade as of 01:09PM (IST) even as the benchmark Nifty ruled at 21354.0, up 98.95 points. The scrip had closed at Rs 518.6 in the previous session.

Salaar: Part 1- Ceasefire’, the much-awaited Prabhas-starrer hit the big screens on Friday. The Prashanth Neel directorial is all set to become one of the biggest blockbusters of the year. Moments after the movie was released, fans of the Telugu superstar flooded X (formerly Twitter) and lauded Neel’s direction, as well as the performance of the leads. One fan described the movie as a visual extravaganza. “Just finished watching #SALAAR it’s technically strong and a visual wonder. Perfect film for #Prabhas Garu after #Bahubali goosebumps every time he is on screen. congratulations to the entire team of @hombalefilms… #PrashanthNeel you have given us a Visual Spectacle. MUST WATCH,” reads the post. Another fan waxed poetic about the ‘Baahubali’ star’s magnetic screen presence, another Prabhas admirer wrote, “What a Screen presence of R E B E L S T A R.” Another hailed Prabhas as India’s biggest star and remarked that this was his strongest comeback. “KING #Prabhas RECLAIMING BACK HIS THRONE (Indian cinema)… GREATEST COMEBACK OF INDIA's BIGGEST STAR,” reads the tweet. Another wrote, “Enough of pan India… enough of experiments… this is the Rebel Star we were missing since one decade… this is the fuckin violent mental #Prabhas we want… that's it… My Rebel God is backkk.” Cricket enthusiast CricCrazyJohns tweeted that the movie was goosebump-inducing and praised Neel for creating an engaging universe. «Goosebumps in the first half, the build up for Prabhas was just fire. Welcome to the world of Prashant Neel with Salaar,» they wrote.

Rahul Gandhi to remove a social media post concerning the alleged rape and murder of a minor Dalit girl in Delhi in 2021. The court emphasized the need to protect the identity of the victim on a global scale. Rahul's counsel was informed by the court that while the post had been geo-blocked within India, it remained accessible outside the country. The bench, consisting of acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Mini Pushkarna, directed Rahul's counsel to take prompt action to remove the tweet.

PCBL with a target price of Rs 320. The current market price of PCBL Ltd.

COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says amid controversy surrounding government rapid test purchases.Trudeau faced questions stemming from a Global News investigation that found a rapid test importer landed an estimated $2 billion in federal contracts in 2021 and 2022, despite giving regulators incomplete data about its product’s accuracy.“During the pandemic, we were doing everything we could in unprecedented ways to get as many different ways of keeping Canadians safe as we possibly could, whether it was on rapid tests, whether it was on procurement of PPE, whether it was on contracts for vaccines, and getting the vaccines needed to make sure that Canadians got through this pandemic,” Trudeau told reporters in Toronto on Thursday.“There’s no doubt (there’s) lots of lessons to learn about things that worked really well, about things that we probably won’t be doing again in the next pandemic when it comes. But every step of the way through the pandemic, it was all hands-on deck with every different way we could do to try and make sure we were saving as many lives as possible, and getting our economy back on its feet as quickly as possible.”A year-long investigation into federal procurement revealed that BTNX, a small rapid test supplier based outside Toronto, deleted dozens of specimens, or samples, from a study it submitted to Health Canada.

Zomato share prices gained more than 1% as the company denied on any plans to acquire B2B logistics start up Shiprocket. Zomato has remained in spotlight in past few days with news flow pertaining to acquisition of B2B logistics start-up Shiprocket. In the release to the exchanges Zomato said that- There are articles circulating with subject “Zomato offers to acquire Shiprocket for $2 billion".

Piramal Enterprises and Piramal Capital & Housing Finance in AIF units was ₹3,817 crore. In a regulatory filing, Piramal Enterprises said ₹653 crore of this pertains to funds that have no exposure to any debtor companies of Piramal Enterprises.

International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised concerns about the long-term sustainability of India's debts. It cautioned that general government debt is likely to exceed 100 percent of India's gross domestic product (GDP) in the near future, Business Standard reported.

ANI, Karunanidhi said, “...The weather department did not expect this, we had been checking regularly. This happened suddenly and unprecedentedly... The government could not have done anything." Speaking on what led to the devastation, she added, “Every day, more than 1.5 lakh cusecs of water was being released and water from a lot of tanks breached.

Motorola has launched its budget 5G smartphone, the Moto G54 5G, in China, adding more ammunition to the growing battle in the budget 5G smartphone segment. Motorola's latest smartphone comes with a lot of great features for its price, including an 18W fast charger, a 50MP rear camera and an OLED panel with a 120Hz refresh rate. The Moto G34 5G is also expected to be released in Europe soon, while the company hasn't confirmed when the budget smartphone will be released in India.

South Asian nation, according to a report by Bloomberg. Hironori Kamezawa, the CEO of the bank, expressed confidence in India's economic growth, stating, "For India, economic growth is not something that will be a challenge; it's a sure thing," as quoted by the Bloomberg report.

Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Friday. The attack took place in Dhatyar Morh between Dhera Ki Gali and Bufliaz, under the jurisdiction of Surankote police station on Thursday.

Here are top 10 updates on JN.1 Covid variant in India, 1) The Delhi health department has ordered authorities to send an "adequate" number of Covid samples for RT-PCR test amid an uptick in coronavirus cases, said officials as quoted by PTI. 2) India on Thursday recorded 594 fresh COVID-19 infections, which took the number of active cases from 2,311 the previous day, to 2,669, according to Union Health Ministry data. 3) A meeting was convened by Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj to review the preparedness of health facilities to tackle ILI/SARI (influenza-like illness/severe acute respiratory infections) on Wednesday, officials said.

Jubilant Foodworks Ltd. gained 2.22 per cent to Rs 577.55 at 10:05AM (IST) in Friday's trade. The scrip has hit a high of Rs 578.55 and low of Rs 565.9 so far during the session.

₹820.05 in morning trade on BSE on Friday, December 22, a day after the company said the government had granted a one-time exemption to it to achieve minimum public shareholding of 25 per cent. LIC share price opened at ₹805.05 against the previous close of ₹764.55 and soon jumped 7.3 per cent to hit its 52-week high.

Covid-19 LIVE updates However, 16 states and union territories including West Bengal, Odisha, and Himachal Pradesh among others have not reported any Covid cases this time. JN.1 Covid variant: Delhi, Kerala, and other states review coronavirus situation According to the health ministry's data, Kerala accounts for 2,606 active cases of the total of 2,997 cases as of Friday 9 am data. Covid cases in Karnataka stand at 105 and in Maharashtra at 53.

HCL Technologies Ltd.(up 1.29 per cent), Wipro Ltd.(up 1.25 per cent), Coforge Ltd.(up 1.14 per cent), Persistent Systems Ltd.(up 0.96 per cent) and LTIMindtree Ltd.(up 0.83 per cent) were among the top gainers. Infosys Ltd.(down 0.17 per cent) were the top losers on the index.