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West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said the wavelengths of the BJP and people of the state are «completely different». She termed BJP leaders as «migratory birds» and accused them of spreading lies about West Bengal. «Bengal and BJP are not a good match as their wavelength is completely different from ours. While we uphold our culture & tradition, the migratory birds from Delhi do nothing but spread lies on Bengal, in Bengal,» Banerjee said on X. This election is about «deciding their fate and punishing them for their conspiracies», she said, adding that «Bengal will show the path to the country».

Canada (IRCC) has announced that from April 30, it will cap the number of permanent residence applications accepted each year to those associated with no more than 10 start-ups per designated organization. “Fast processing is critical to the success of entrepreneurs who come to Canada through our federal business programs. These necessary changes will set the Start­up Visa Program and Self-Employed Persons Program on the path to faster processing times while we look ahead to further reforms to make these programs more sustainable and effective over the long term,” Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, said. Are you immigration ready? Find out This move is aimed at reducing the backlog and improving processing times for applications, which have grown significantly. With approximately 82 designated organizations comprising venture capital funds (VCFs), angel investors, and business incubators, the new cap translates to a maximum of 820 applications per year, assuming the number of designated organizations remains unchanged.

₹2.10 trillion in April, according to the finance ministry data on Wednesday. The GST collection breached the ₹2 trillion mark for the first time, reflecting robust economic growth and administrative efficiency in tax mop-up. The revenue collected by the Centre and states on goods and services consumed in the country in April was 12.4% higher year-on-year, as per data from the finance ministry.

MUMBAI : Mumbai: Minority shareholders of ICICI Securities Ltd are questioning the rationale and intent of mutual funds that bought shares of the brokerage firm in February at a premium only to vote in favour of delisting the company shortly after. By buying the shares at a premium, and then voting for the delisting to get ICICI Bank shares in exchange, the funds hurt the interests of their unit holders, say the minority shareholders.

The FBI says scammers stole more than $3.4 billion from older Americans last year

Saudi Arabia's real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased 1.8% year-on-year in the first quarter, flash estimates by the government's statistical authority showed on Wednesday, as a decline in oil activities continued to hurt overall growth. The kingdom's GDP had shrunk 3.7% in the fourth quarter of 2023, as cuts to oil production and lower crude prices weighed on the economy.

Mumbai, Seclore, the leading provider of data-centric security solutions, announced it is the recipient of the official certification as a Great Place To Work® for the fifth year in a row. The Great Place To Work® Certification recognises Seclore’s commitment to the fundamental company values called “SPICE", which stands for spreading positivity, passion for people, integrity, customer focus, and entrepreneurial spirit.

Dehradun, a 4-year-old girl underwent a 3-hour surgery following an attack by a neighbour's German Shepherd. The dog had attacked the girl on March 18, following which the girl's father lodged a complaint at the local police station on Sunday evening. Recounting the event, the girl's father told TOI that his daughter, accompanied by her mother and elder sister, was heading to a shop around noon when the dog attacked her. Her father said that unleashed dog lunged at his daughter as she passed by, biting the left side of her face in an unprovoked manner. Fortunately, her mother intervened, pulling the dog away by its nape, after which it was taken inside by its owner. The girl was immediately rushed to the hospital, where she underwent a 3-hour surgery to address the facial wound. The father expressed concern, mentioning previous instances of the dog attacking others and highlighting the potential danger. Following the incident, the family had to make daily visits to the hospital for 15 days for follow-up treatments. Doctors informed them that the treatment would continue for six months, noting that the girl was still deeply affected by the incident.

Katrina Kaif, known for her on-screen performances, recently once again became the subject of a deepfake video that surfaced online. The video purportedly showed her fluently speaking French at the launch of Bina Kak’s book 'Silent Sentinels of Ranthambore' in Mumbai. The clip has sparked a debate about the growing influence of artificial intelligence (AI) in media.

A study says the climate phenomenon known as El Nino and not climate change was a key driver in low rainfall that disrupted shipping at the Panama Canal last year

Equity mutual funds have offered an average return of 2.54% in the month of April, an analysis by ETMutualFunds showed. There were around 488 equity schemes in the market. HDFC Defence Fund, the topper in the list, gave 12.56% return in April. JM Midcap Fund gave 9% return in the last month. SBI PSU Fund and DSP Natural Res & New Energy Fund gave 8.53% and 8.39% returns respectively. Franklin India Smaller Cos Fund offered 7.04% return in the said period. Mirae Asset NYSE FANG+ETF FoF gave 6.75% in the last month.

southern China's Guangdong province on Wednesday, state media reported. State broadcaster CCTV said a stretch of road between Meizhou city and Dabu county in Guangdong province caved in at around 2:10 am (1810 GMT).

Sam Bankman-Fried, the fallen ‘Crypto-King’, as he was once known, was sentenced to 25-years in prison for defrauding customers and investors of his now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX.

Ecommerce titan Amazon on Tuesday said profit in the first three months of 2024 tripled as its cloud, ads, and retail businesses thrived. Amazon shares were up about one percent in after-market trades that followed release of the earnings figures, with Wall Street keeping a close eye on the impact of AI as well as costs involved.

Federal Reserve officials are poised to keep interest rates steady for a sixth consecutive meeting and signal no plans for cuts in the near future after higher-than-expected inflation. The Federal Open Market Committee will hold the target range for its benchmark rate at 5.25% to 5.5% — a two-decade high first reached in July — at the conclusion of its two-day policy meeting Wednesday. The rate decision, and possibly an announcement on the pace of its balance-sheet reduction program, will be released at 2 p.m. in Washington. Chair Jerome Powell will hold a press conference 30 minutes later.

Sensex ended 188.50 points, or 0.25%, lower at 74,482.78, while the Nifty 50 settled 38.55 points, or 0.17%, lower at 22,604.85. Investors now watch out for the US Federal Reserve meeting outcome for further clues on interest rate cuts. The Indian stock market is closed on Wednesday, May 1, on account of Maharashtra Day.

Worries of deepfakes spreading misinformation predate Indian elections. Those who feared no escape from them may have turned out prescient.

The exodus toward independent channels continues, according to a new Cerulli Edge study. And not just from wirehouses.

NEW DELHI : Services sector raced ahead in company registrations in the just-ended financial year, reflecting the rapid formalization of a segment with few entry barriers. While services accounted for 71% of the 185,300-plus new companies registered in FY24, industry made up less than a fourth, while the farm sector accounted for about 6%.

Statistics Canada is predicting gross domestic product growth will be flat in March after data released Tuesday showed the Canadian economy slowed more than expected in February.

Pierre Poilievre was booted from the House of Commons on Tuesday after calling Justin Trudeau a “wacko prime minister.”Speaker of the House Greg Fergus took the step Tuesday during question period, kicking Poilievre out for using language he said was “not considered parliamentary.”The Conservative leader blamed Trudeau for allowing British Columbia to decriminalize small amounts of hard drugs, a step B.C. is now seeking to roll back.Last week, B.C.