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voter turnout in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections has touched the 66.7 per cent mark, which is less than the figures of the 2019 parliamentary polls. Both phases of the ongoing polls have seen a dip in the voter turnout as compared to the last general election. The 66.7 per cent figure is approximate, sources said. The Election Commission is yet to come out with the polling percentage formally. Phase two of the Lok Sabha elections was held on Friday across 88 constituencies spread in 13 states.

Ardi Ndembo, a heavyweight boxer, has died in Miami after suffering fatal injuries during a bout. He was just 27-year-old. Ndembo, who had secured 8-0 in his professional career, lost the boxing fight through knockout. Subsequently, he was in induced coma, as per a report in New York Post. During a recent Team Combat League fight on April 5, Ardi Ndembo suffered a devastating knockout at the hands of his opponent, Nestor Santana. The brutal blow rendered Ndembo unconscious in the ring for an extended period, prompting concern and attention from spectators and officials alike.

unidentified caller after the Mumbai airport received a hoax bomb call, warning of an explosive in Terminal 1, police said on Saturday. Sharing details, the Mumbai police said, «A female employee working at Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport Terminal-1 received a call from an unknown number about the bomb threat.» «The caller said that there was a bomb in Terminal 1 of Mumbai Airport, after which the information was given to the Bomb Squad and the local police. Following this, the officials reached the spot and started an investigation,» said the police.

The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has announced that it will not assign any collateral value to exchange-traded funds (ETFs) with exposure to Bitcoin or cryptocurrencies. 

BJP) has fielded Ujjwal Nikam, who was a special public prosecutor in the Mumbai 26/11 terror attack, from Mumbai North Central in the Lok Sabha elections. Nikam, a senior public prosecutor, has appeared for the government in several high-profile cases, including the 26/11 Mumbai attack case. Ujjwal Nikam will be contesting the polls against Congress's Varsha Gaikwad.

PBKS) scripted a historic run chase in the 42nd match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, defeating Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in a high-scoring encounter at the Eden Gardens. Their monumental chase of 262 runs marked a new milestone in T20 cricket, with Jonny Bairstow's sensational century leading the charge. Despite this remarkable victory, PBKS faces an uphill battle to secure a playoff spot, as this win was only their third in nine matches, leaving them in eighth place in the 10-team standings. During the game, PBKS seamer Harshal Patel claimed the top spot in the IPL 2024 Purple Cap leaderboard, taking his wicket tally to 14 wickets in nine innings. His performance was notable despite conceding 48 runs in three overs for a single wicket, as KKR set a formidable total of 261 runs.

Graham Isador says it feels strange to think about himself as one of the “lucky ones” in Toronto’s notoriously unaffordable housing market.

₹10 per equity share for the financial year 2024. In a stock exchange filing, ICICI Bank said: “the Board recommended a dividend of ₹10 /- (Rupees Ten only) per equity share of face value of ₹2/- each, subject to requisite approvals.

the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), New York Community Bank has lost about half of its value since it announced on January 31st that it was setting aside $552m to cover troubled loans secured against commercial real estate. Last spring the bank was a saviour of sorts, buying $38bn of assets from Signature Bank, which failed around the same time as SVB. Now it is the first example of a new set of problems facing the industry.

ICICI Bank Q4 Results: ICICI Bank announced its January-March quarter results for fiscal 2023-24 (Q4FY24) on Saturday, April 27, reporting a rise of 17.4 per cent in standalone net profit at ₹10,707.5 crore, compared to ₹9,121.9 crore in the corresponding period last year. India's second-largest lender by market capitalisation (mcap) reported a growth of eight per cent in net interest income (NII)--the difference between interest earned and paid--to ₹19,092.8 crore, compared to ₹17,666.8 crore in the same period last year. Follow ICICI Bank Q4 Live Updates: Net profit rises 17% YoY, dividend declared The private-sector lender also declared a dividend of ₹10 per equity share of face value of ₹2 each.

Apple's iPhone is facing pressure from resurgent and aggressive local brands in China. The biggest threat it faces is from Huawei Technologies Co which has been in a geopolitical chokehold of the US which had sanctioned it to throttle its sources of cutting-edge technology. But now it seems Huawei has managed to achieve on its own what the US had been preventing it to. A smartphone it released last year had surprised the US, indicating that Huawei was able to spring back from the crippling impact of sanctions. In the backdrop of these technological and geopolitical tussles, Apple is suddenly losing its base in China. As Huawei, which produces high-end phones that compete with Apple's, manages to continue rapid innovation, Apple's iPhone faces an almost existential threat in China. Some might see its India entry as a counter to the looming threat.

‘Arvind Kejriwal is only interested in power,’ HC raps Delhi govt Delhi CM is currently lodged at the Tihar jail. he was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on March 21 in a money laundering case linked to the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy. Sunita Kejriwal is slowly emerging out of the shadows to assume a bigger role to give a fillip to the AAP's campaigning which has been affected by the chief minister's arrest in a money laundering case in March.

artificial intelligence on critical infrastructure. The board will develop recommendations for the transportation sector, pipeline and power grid operators, internet service providers and others to «prevent and prepare for AI-related disruptions to critical services that impact national or economic security, public health, or safety.»

smuggling, security officials have recovered gold of over 2 kgs from two airline passengers. In the first instance, officers from the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) at Tiruchirappalli airport in Tamil Nadu seized 977 grams of 24K gold valued at Rs 70.58 lakh from a passenger who had come from Dubai. Authorities reported that the gold was hidden in three packets with 1081 grams of paste-like material inside the passenger's rectum. The passenger was traveling from Dubai to Trichy on the Air India Express. They have been detained, and additional investigation is currently in progress.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) directed Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited (KMBL) to cease with immediate effect from onboarding new customers through online and mobile banking channels and issuing fresh credit cards. The reason given by the RBI for such an action is because serious deficiencies and non-compliances in certain specified areas were observed. «As per the RBI press release, the action against Kotak Mahindra Bank may have been taken more around the information technology security aspects,» says Ashok Hariharan, Co-Founder and CEO, of IDfy, an identity verification company.

Mamata Banerjee, be declared a terrorist organisation. The demand comes a day after Central Bureau of Investigation said that it has recovered arms and ammunition during a raid at two premises of an alleged associate of Sandeshkhali accused Shahjahan Sheikh. “All the weapons found in Sandeshkhali are foreign.

ANI, the Canton Police Department released the footage on Wednesday, capturing the death of Frank E. Tyson, a 53-year-old resident of East Canton. In the video, officers arrive at the scene and confront Frank E.

The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has specified the charge structure for point of presence (PoP) under National Pension Scheme (NPS). Appointed by the PFRDA, points of presence are entities to provide services to all the citizens to open and operate their NPS accounts. They perform functions through their network of branches called POP service providers (POP-SP). A PoP service provider is more like a first point of contact between you and the NPS.

TMC leader Hafizul Khan, by a joint team of the CBI and the Bomb Squad of the elite National Security Guard (NSG) from the Sarberia area of Sandeshkhali, BJP leader Dilip Ghosh said on Saturday the state has turned into a «safe haven for terrorists». Hafizul, it turns out, is an aide of expelled TMC strongman Sheikh Shahjahan, the alleged mastermind of the attack on an ED team in Sandeshkhali while it was raiding his house in connection with the ration 'scam' and a key accused in the 'excesses' on women and land grab in the island. Speaking to media persons on Saturday, Ghosh, the BJP's Lok Sabha nominee from the Purba Bardhaman constituency, said the people would rise against the TMC if it tried to hold on to power despite the state falling to the free-run of 'terrorists' and 'goons'.

ICICI Bank Q4 results 2024 preview: Amid speculations of weak quarterly numbers from the Indian banks in Q4FFY24, ICICI Bank is going to declare its Q4 results 2024 today. According to market experts, the private lender may see a rise in net profit and net interest income on a rise in loan books and improved asset quality.

answer keys for the Graduate Aptitude Test — Biotechnology (GAT-B) and Biotechnology Eligibility Test (BET) 2024 are now available. The National Testing Agency (NTA) has released the GAT-B, BET 2024 answer keys on its official website — exams.nta.ac.in/DBT.