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The ministry of skills development and entrepreneurship (MSDE) has initiated discussions with 12 central ministries seeking their requirement for skilled workers for the implementation of these schemes, a senior government official told ET. Training to these candidates will be imparted under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 4.0, the skilling scheme of the ministry, over the next two years.

Zomato’s move to raise fresh funds through a qualified institutional placement (QIP) despite sitting on $1.5 billion, or about Rs 12,600 crore, of cash has stirred up an already fired-up quick commerce sector. While some see it as a move to distract investors away from arch-rival Swiggy’s $1.25-billion IPO scheduled for mid-November, others fear an escalation of cash burn in the quick-commerce space, hurting unit economics, with Zepto too looking to raise fresh capital despite scooping up $1 billion over the past four months. The slug of capital that will be needed to sustain growth in the high-burn quick commerce sector is resembling the trajectory of ecommerce a decade ago, especially as Zomato’s Blinkit, Swiggy’s Instamart and Zepto diversify into categories like fashion and electronics, said an investor who has been tracking consumer internet companies.

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Kamala Harris is going quite steady in the US election race, and this will be for the first time in the US presidential history since 1988, that the power transition will occur within the same political party, if Harris is elected to the White House. She entered the election race quite later then her Republican rival Donald Trump, who is also very close to her in the election race, if the latest poll data is to be believed. Meanwhile thoughts are already doing the rounds about who could make it to Harris' Cabinet.

Fox News interview of Kamala Harris has helped in increasing her popularity ratings among the swing voters in the United States. The latest interview has ended up giving Harris an uptick among swing voters, which may have been the need of the hour for the Democrats, looking at the fact that she has been falling behind in the election race, according to some of the latest poll data in the past few days.

New York Post political reporter Jon Levine reacts to antisemitic stickers being placed around Harvard University’s campus during an appearance on ‘Varney & Co.’

According to NBC News, an investigation that was part of a broader inquiry into Donald Trump’s financial benefits during his Presidency highlighted the overcharging of Donald Trump’s Washington Hotel. NBC News noted that the report from House Democrats allegedly claims that various ambassadors and individuals seeking jobs and pardons also paid a hefty amount to stay at the Trump International Hotel.

Blindfire is a first-person shooter (FPS) game that was released in Early Access on October 17, 2024. Blindfire offers unique gameplay where players must avoid detection while battling in dark environments.

Donald Trump has suddenly taken a slight lead over Democrat candidate Kamala Harris in Nate Silver's prediction model. This comes as a massive alarm for the Democrat party and Kamala Harris' campaign team, as she was earlier leading in this particular prediction model that was going as far as claiming that the reigning VP would emerge victorious in the upcoming US elections.

According to the YouGov poll, which was made public on Wednesday, among registered voters, Harris has 51 percent support compared to Trump's 47 percent. In the three weeks leading up to the election, another 2 percent said they were still unsure. According to YouGov, not much has changed in the last several weeks, and the race is still close. Harris is ahead of women, Black voters, Hispanic American voters, and college grads among likely voters. The study reveals that Trump is in the lead among white American voters, men, and those without college degrees, as quoted in a report by The Hill.

Struggling New York Community Bancorp said it's cutting 700 jobs at its Flagstar subsidiary as it tries to return to profitability after being rescued by investors earlier this year

A group of Republican lawmakers is demanding a federal investigation into the U.S. consulting firm McKinsey over its work with the Chinese government and state-owned enterprises

federal investigation into whether Tesla's partial-automation system marketed as Full Self-Driving is defective after a series of crashes, one of which resulted in a fatality. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Friday it will assess whether Tesla's system, also known as FSD, has the ability to detect and appropriately respond to fog and other reduced visibility conditions. The agency said four crashes have been reported in such scenarios where FSD was engaged.

Ben Affleck is staying busy and happy lately amidst his divorce from Jennifer Lopez. The director-actor is very focused on work and his kids, despite his split from Jennifer Lopez. Ben Affleck is working out his divorce from Jennifer Lopez while anticipating what comes next. Ben is totally focused on his job and his children. He's staying busy and happy, as reported by People. Another endeavour taking up Affleck's time is a joint venture with friend and frequent co-star Matt Damon. Affleck is apparently directing Damon in a commercial, so the two were pictured on a movie set.

John Gray makes a bracing assertion in his book «Straw Dogs»: «Technology is not something that humankind can control. It is an event that has befallen the world. Once a technology enters human life-whether it be fire, the wheel, the automobile, radio, television or the internet-it changes it in ways we can never fully understand.» It's an observation brought to mind by the new point-and-click computer game Phoenix Springs, an eye-catching, thought-provoking exploration of the unintended consequences that follow a society-wide embrace of biohacking. Players fall into the role of Iris, a veteran reporter, as she sits on a train with a desert looming through a window. The opening seconds, and an arresting dissolve from the sun-flooded train to a shadowy apartment, sets the tone for what follows-a slippery exploration of memory, time and space grounded in Iris' quest to uncover the mystery of what happened to her brother.

Lady Justice and the Debate The new statue of 'Lady Justice' — without the traditional blindfold and holding a copy of the Constitution — unveiled by the Supreme Court this week generated much debate online and offline. However, a precedent had already been sent in the Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code report, featuring a similar version of Lady Justice, without a blindfold and holding law books instead of scales. Monitoring Progress on PM Projects Centre's Monitoring Group has been recast for NDA 3.0, this time under the chairmanship of agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. The last such group, set up in 2019-2020, was headed by Mansukh Mandaviya and Jitendra Singh. The newly-set up group held its first meeting on Friday and on the agenda was progress on all announcements made by the PM, including budget announcements, projects for which foundation stone was laid by the PM besides expectations of all ministries/ departments.

Season 12. The show’s executive producers made the announcement during a panel at New York Comic Con.

According to NBC News, it was Katie Britt who informed Donald Trump about a ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court that could eventually affect IVF clinics while Donald Trump expressed his surprise at the connection between the court’s decision and IVF stating that he had no prior knowledge of the procedure’s implications. Following this conversation with Senator Katie Britt Donald Trump prompted to quickly support IVF while claiming that he understood the importance of IVF within two minutes of their discussion.

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