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United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Monday deplored how the U.N. Security Council had failed to respond adequately to the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, saying the conflicts had «perhaps fatally» undermined its authority. Speaking at the opening of the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, Guterres said the U.N. Security Council often found itself deadlocked and «unable to act on the most significant peace and security issues of our time». «The Council's lack of unity on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and on Israel's military operations in Gaza following the horrific terror attacks by Hamas on 7 October, has severely — perhaps fatally — undermined its authority,» he said.

Delhi airport after return from London. Yana Mir alleged that she was needlessly harassed by the airport customs official for having empty Louis Vuitton bags in her baggage. She shared the video of the incident on X, formerly Twitter. In the video, she can be seen having argument with customs officials about empty bags and alleging that the customs officials were trying to levy a duty on shopping bags and demanding bills for the bags. She can be heard saying she was 'treated as a smuggler' at the airport. «What I said in London about India: I am FREE AND SAFE IN INDIA

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100 officers from specialized units from various police forces including the RCMP were deployed. Led by the Sûreté du Québec (SQ), raids began Friday evening at multiple establishments in and around the capital city targeting those involved in conflicts between drug-dealing street gangs and more established biker clans.The ongoing conflict has resulted in a worrying uptick in violence.

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Gyanvapi issue: Stones pelted in Bareilly as police detain cleric, says report The Varanasi district court had on January 31 ruled that a priest can perform prayers before the idols in the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque. The mosque committee moved the court to challenge the verdict. The mosque committee has also moved a petition in the Allahabad High Court against the district court verdict.

Dara Khosrowshahi. In an interview with the Economic Times, the executive shared insights into the company's investment strategy in India, its focus on mobility, profitability, the electric vehicles (EV) business, and differences in his management style compared to Uber's founder Travis Kalanick. Reflecting on the founder vs.

Reliance Industries: Walt Disney and Reliance Industries have signed a binding agreement to merge their media operations in India, a Bloomberg report quoted people familiar with the matter. The report said billionare Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries is expected to own a 61% stake in the merged entity as Disney reassesses its strategy in India amid intense competition. The distribution of shares among the partners could undergo alterations based on the inclusion of Disney's additional local assets at the time of finalizing the deal, the report said.

entrepreneur, you are either leading a team as a manager, or are accountable for some project or task where you require different people to work together for a successful delivery. A mental model is a summary or compressed version of how a thing works. Let’s consider how you can apply some of these models as a team leader. Occam’s razor The 14th century logician, William of Ockham, said, ‘Entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity.’ In other words, the simplest explanation or solution is usually the best one. As a team leader, your team brings to you tough problems, while time is usually your biggest constraint. Prioritise simplicity in approach. Encourage your team to use Occam’s razor to slice away layers of unnecessary complexity and to prefer simple hypotheses over complex ones. Investigate and implement work processes to reduce number of steps, training time and complicated decision-making. This will reduce errors and increase efficiency.

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Writing in the Young India journal in March 1922, Mahatma Gandhi invoked the spirit of democracy to support voices of dissent within the Congress party: “Democracy is not a state in which people act like sheep. Under democracy individual liberty of opinion and action is jealously guarded." Modern democracy’s litmus test has been to expand the contours of individual liberty, within the limits of reasonableness and without infringing the rights of others, as new contingencies and technologies emerge.

(Reuters) — AT&T (NYSE:T) will credit customers a full day of service for the carrier's more than 10-hour outage on Thursday that affected more than 70,000 users, saying it was the «right thing to do.»

Cube Highways & Infrastructure, an investment arm of global infrastructure fund I Squared Capital, plans to monetise some of its road assets by selling seven highway projects spanning 516 kilometres (2,200 lane km), multiple people aware of the development said. Cube has hired Ambit Capital to run the sale process and feelers have already been sent to leading investors and strategic investors, the sources said. They did not share any estimated sale value. The assets on the block include six hybrid annuity model (HAM) assets and one BOT (build-operate-transfer) asset. They reported a total revenue of ₹860 crore in FY23. Cube Highways — the largest roads operator in India with a portfolio of 27 highways spanning nearly 8,400 lane km — had originally planned to transfer these assets with a right of first offer (ROFO) into its private infrastructure investment trust (InvIT), the sources said.

Reliance Industries and the Walt Disney Company have signed a binding agreement to merge Viacom18 and Star India, with the deal expected to be announced early this week, people privy to the development told ET. The deal, which has been in the works for over four months, will create India's largest media empire, spanning TV broadcasting, streaming, movies and sports. The two media companies generated revenue of ₹25,000 crore between them in FY23. «The merger deal has finally been signed after months of negotiations. The announcement will happen early this week. It was expected to happen late last week,» a top executive told ET on the condition of anonymity. According to another person, Reliance may own 61% of the proposed combined company, with Disney holding 33% and Bodhi Tree Systems having the remaining 6%.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Donald Trump's comments asserting that Black voters were more drawn to him after his multiple indictments on criminal charges drew sharp rebukes over the weekend from his Republican challenger for the presidential nomination, civil rights activists and others.

Kalpen Parekh, 51, believes in conservative investing. However, the managing director and chief executive officer of DSP Mutual Fund, has now tweaked his strategy on debt investments. “Our view is that interest rates are now reasonably priced and long-duration looks attractive right now," Parekh says.

Eknath Shinde on Sunday warned Manoj Jarange Patil that he must not test the patience of the state government after the Maratha quota activist made serious allegations against Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis that he was trying to kill him. Earlier in the day, the Maratha quota activist accused the Deputy Chief Minister of hatching a conspiracy to kill him. Jarange was speaking Antarwali Sarati.

Lok Sabha polls, Trinamool Congress is set to hold a mega «Janajagaran» Brigade rally in Kolkata with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as the main speaker on March 10 with a focus on the plight of MGNREGA workers in the central scheme for the last two years, which will be a poll plank of Trinamool in coming Lok Sabha polls. «This Janagarjan rally is for the people to highlight their plight as the Centre has stopped the money of the people. More than 730 days have passed and the BJP government at the Centre has stopped all the funds,» Trinamool National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee said. «The party which is lecturing, I dare them to hold a counter meeting at Brigade...it will be clear how much organization strength they have. These BJP leaders could not be seen after 2021,» the West Bengal CM said. She added that there is an ongoing conspiracy to deprive Bengal of its rightful dues for the past two years. Funds under MGNREGA, Awas Yojana, Gramin Sadak Yojana and other schemes have been stopped.

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Destin Daniel Cretton, has been chosen to lead this thrilling venture. As both the writer and director, Cretton is poised to bring the action-packed world of Naruto to life. Recent consultations between Cretton and franchise creator Masashi Kishimoto have solidified the latter's involvement in overseeing the film's production. The esteemed production team includes Avi Arad, Ari Arad, and Emmy Yu from Arad Productions, with Cretton serving as a producer alongside Jeyun Munford’s company, Hisako.

finance companies scouting for foreign equity, startups hurt by funding winter, and private equity and venture capital funds wooing overseas investors would enjoy the spinoffs from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) shedding the stigma of being in the ‘grey list’ of the global anti-money laundering watchdog. Last Friday, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the inter-government body which leads the action to combat illegal and suspicious fund flows, removed UAE from the category of “jurisdictions under increased monitoring” — better known as the grey list. The country was put on the grey list in March 2022. The development would make it easier for UAE investors and lenders to bet on businesses in India as the regulatory dos and don’ts attached to inflows from FATF grey list countries would no longer be applicable. Besides, money flowing in from such destinations are subject to closer scrutiny by banks handling remittance and fund custodians.