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Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday asserted that his party would get more seats in the ensuing elections than in 2019 and predicted that the INDIA bloc would secure a resounding victory in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. In an interview with PTI, Chidambaram also said that neither Hinduism nor the Hindus were under any threat and it was the BJP's «calculated strategy» to paint the entire Opposition as «anti-Hindu» to project Modi as the «saviour of Hindus». He also described West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee as a «key player» in this election and said that her ability to hold the fort in the state will strengthen the INDIA bloc. «I cannot speak for all the states. I can confidently predict that the INDIA bloc will record a resounding victory in Tamil Nadu. In Kerala, the two fronts (UDF and LDF) will share the 20 seats, leaving nothing to the BJP. In Karnataka and Telangana, the Congress governments are popular and Congress will get many more seats than in 2019,» Chidambaram told PTI.

Strait of Hormuz by helicopter Saturday, an attack a Mideast defence official attributed to Iran amid wider tensions between Tehran and the West. The video showed the attack earlier reported by the British military's United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations. It had offered no details about the boarding in the Gulf of Oman off the Emirati port city of Fujairah. The defence official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence matters, shared the video with the AP. Though the AP could not immediately verify it, it corresponded to known details of the boarding and the helicopter involved appeared to be one used by Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, which has carried out other ship raids in the past.

Curb Your Enthusiasm first aired. In that opening episode — ‘The Pants Tent’, October 2000, streaming in India on JioCinema — Larry David has a fight with his friend Richard Lewis. After much yelling, Lewis asks David to call him “by sundown." David is stunned by the word, not the demand.

Meta said, “Our generative AI-powered experiences are under development in various phases, and we’re testing a range of them publicly in a limited capacity," The feature was spotted first by a TechCrunch report, which said that Meta was testing its AI chatbot in the main search bar, but other reports suggest that the chatbot appeared in the Instagram DM search bar. The Engadget report states that clicking on the Meta AI icon allowed them to have a conversation with the chatbot directly from their DM, similar to chatting with a friend.

Congress in Kerala on Saturday claimed that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was attacking the grand old party and Rahul Gandhi to hide his government's administrative failures and to help the BJP in the Lok Sabha polls in the state. Leader of Opposition in the state assembly V D Satheesan said that for the past more than 30 days, Vijayan has been reading out the same speech attacking the Congress and Gandhi, while avoiding the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Satheesan said that the Congress has only one question to ask the Marxist veteran — «how will you defeat communalism and fascism at the national level without us?»

Maidaan Box Office Collection Day 2: Ajay Devgn's latest Bollywood film ‘Maidaan’ based on the golden era of Indian football witnessed a significant drop in its collection on its second day. The Ajay Devgn movie minted ₹9.85 crore net during its two-day run, as per film industry tracker Sacnilk. The film released on the occasion of Eid 2024, garnered ₹4.5 crore net on the day of its release, April 11, in theatres.

Congress has fielded against Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Gujarat's Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency, said she was not at all hesitant to fight the upcoming election against the senior BJP leader. The 62-year-old leader, who is All India Congress Committee (AICC) secretary and the party co-incharge of Mumbai and western Maharashtra, claimed that anti-incumbency prevails as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has failed to fulfil the aspirations of people. She also accused the ruling party of intimidating Congress workers in her constituency and sought a «level-playing field» in fighting elections. In an interview to PTI, Patel said, «I had not asked for a ticket from the party as I was busy with Congress's affairs in Maharashtra, where I am co-incharge of Mumbai and Western Maharashtra. But the party fielded me from Gandhinagar and I accepted it.»

markets retreated despite a tech-fueled rebound on Wall Street the day before. Oil prices were higher. The future for the S&P 500 slipped 0.1% while that for Dow Jones Industrial Average edged 0.1% higher.

Congress leader and AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is set to participate in the party's campaign rally here in Tripura on April 16, a day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally at Swami Vivekananda Maidan here in Agartala. The senior Congress leader will lead a roadshow that will cover most of the city areas in support of CPIM-supported INDIA bloc candidate Asish Kumar Saha. Saha also happens to be the president of the Congress party's Tripura state unit. Sharing details of her visit, Congress MLA Sudip Roy Barman said, «She is scheduled to land here at the MBB airport in Agartala at 2.50 PM. She will lead a road show that will snake through different parts of the city, including Durga Chowmuhani, Colonel Chowmuhani, Paradise Chowmuhani, among other top landmarks and public places. She will fly out of the state after the event on the same day.»

Teamo Productions HQ announced their Q4 FY24 results on 10 Apr, 2024, revealing a decrease in revenue by 69.49% year-over-year. Despite the decline in revenue, the company saw a significant increase in profit by 142.44% year-over-year, showcasing operational efficiency.

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China has surged sales to Russia of machine tools, microelectronics and other technology that Moscow in turn is using to produce missiles, tanks, aircraft and other weaponry for use in its war against Ukraine, according to a US assessment. Two senior Biden administration officials, who discussed the sensitive findings Friday on the condition of anonymity, said that in 2023 about 90 per cent of Russia's microelectronics came from China, which Russia has used to make missiles, tanks and aircraft. Nearly 70 per cent of Russia's approximately USD 900 million in machine tool imports in the last quarter of 2023 came from China.

China as Taiwan's main export market for four consecutive months due to a surge in demand for microchip products and AI technology, Taipei's Finance Ministry said Friday. Self-ruled Taiwan is a microchip-manufacturing powerhouse, churning out the world's most advanced silicon wafers necessary to power everything from e-vehicles and satellites to fighter jets and increasingly to power AI technology.

ALSO READ: IPL 2024: Tristan Stubbs lauds DC skipper Rishabh Pant, says 'He's a gifted player' Pant had called for a review for a wide ball on the 4th over of the match with Ishant Sharma bowling a wide down the leg side against Devdutt Padikkal, as the on-field umpire immediately gave it a wide. Unhappy with umpire's decision, the Capitals' skipper got into an argument with the umpire.

Delhi Capitals side after missing the last three matches due to a groin injury. The left-arm wrist spinner showed no signs of being rusty as he kept the pressure on the LSG batsmen, taking the crucial wickets of KL Rahul, Marcus Stoinis and Nicholas Pooran for just 20 runs. However, it was the dismissal of Nicholas Pooran in the 8th over of the innings that was the highlight of Kuldeep's brilliant spell today.

Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. is in advanced talks to buy a majority stake in private-credit manager Castlelake LP, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

AUGUSTA, Ga.—Tiger Woods has faced a never-ending series of injuries, surgeries and setbacks that have threatened his golf career. But he has made it back each time, even after long layoffs and doubts—including from Woods himself—that he would play competitively again. All those injuries have taken a physical toll, making it tough for Woods merely to walk 18 holes.

foreign exchange reserves touched a fresh record high of $648.56 billion in the week ended April 5th, topping the previous high of $645.58 billion, latest data published by the central bank showed. The reserves rose by $2.9 billion and were primarily driven by gold assets that climbed $2.4 billion. A spike in bullion (gold) prices has caused reserves to surge. This is the third time in the past two months where reserves have touched fresh highs. Potential supply chain disruptions spawned by uncertain geopolitics in West Asia and Eastern Europe prompted central banks to increase their gold assets, helping mitigate the impacts of currency volatility and elevated interest rates in the US.

inflation fell below 5% for the first time in five months in March, easing to 4.85% compared with 5.09% in the previous month. On the other hand, industrial output rose in February to a four-month high of 5.7%, data released Friday showed. While inflation declined to a 10-month low in March, experts indicate it is unlikely to deter the Reserve Bank of India from lowering rates anytime soon, as it tracks monsoon and other external factors. “We expect the RBI rate cut cycle to start in August at the earliest. This is contingent on the Fed rate cut cycle starting in June or July. In case the Fed rate cut cycle gets delayed due to adverse US inflation prints, the RBI rate cut cycle could also get delayed,” said Gaura Sengupta, India economist at IDFC First Bank.

India has seen a dramatic increase in the number of investors applying for the EB5 Visa as an alternative to student visas and H-1B visas. According to the latest data, the number of EB5 Visa applications from India has surged from ~750 applications in 2019 to 10000+ applications in 2022. “The EB-5 program has seen a large resurgence of interest from India with the shorter adjudication times based on the new visa set-aside categories.

NEW DELHI : Nothing is as powerful as an idea whose time has come, except when everyone has the same idea. Over a five-week stretch starting 25 January, I saw the same scene play out thrice on the big screen in three different films. First came Fighter, which had a recreation of the attack by a Jaish-e-Mohammed suicide bomber on a Central Reserve Police Force convoy at Pulwama in 2019, in which 40 soldiers were killed.