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Rahul Gandhi will file his nomination papers in Wayanad for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2024 today on April 3. The Congress leader will also hold a roadshow in the constituency that he won in 2019 Lok Sabha elections with a margin of over four lakh votes. Rahul will arrive by helicopter at Muppainad village, and will travel by road till Kalpetta, the Congress party said.

LTIMindtree Ltd. traded 0.2 per cent up at Rs 4910.85 at 12:07PM (IST) on Wednesday, even as BSE benchmark Sensex gained 42.21 points to 73946.12. The scrip had closed at Rs 4900.65 in the previous session. The stock quoted a 52-week high and 52-week low of Rs 6442.65 and Rs 4130.3, respectively.

first phase of Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh, just seven or 8.75 per cent are women, according to official data. The figure is lower than the first phase of the 2019 general elections when 12 of the 91 contenders or 13.18 per cent were women. However, none of those female candidates were victorious. Of the 80 Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, eight — Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Nagina, Moradabad, Rampur and Pilibhit — will go to polls in the first phase on April 19. Kairana, Moradabad and Saharanpur have two female candidates each and Muzaffarnagar has one. Bijnor, Pilibhit, Rampur and Nagina do not have any female contenders, the Election Commission website showed.

Bengaluru is in the spotlight for another reason: higher than usual temperatures. Netizens have taken to social media to comment on Bengaluru's weather. Recently an user Diwakar Kaushik shared on X that Gurugram is cooler than Bengaluru. A check of India Meteorological Department website showed that in the past 24 hours, the maximum recorded temperature in Bengaluru was 37.2 degrees Celsius, which is 3.2 degrees Celsius higher than normal. On the other hand, the maximum recorded temperature in Gurugram was 33.2 degrees Celsius. And going by IMD's forecast for next week, there is not much respite for Bengaluru's residents from heat. The weather department has forecast that Bengaluru is expected to have a maximum temperature of 36 degrees Celsius over the next seven days and minimum of 22 degrees Celsius. On the other hand, Gurugram could have a maximum temperature of 32-36 degrees Celsius over next one week while minimum of 16-18 degrees Celsius.

earthquake off the coast Taiwan with a magnitude of 7.2 rocked the entire island on Wednesday morning, collapsing buildings in a southern city and creating a tsunami that washed ashore on southern Japanese islands.Taiwan television stations showed footage of some collapsed buildings in the lightly populated eastern city of Hualien, near the quake’s epicentre, and media reported some people were trapped. A five-story building appeared heavily damaged, collapsing its first floor and leaving the rest leaning at a 45-degree angle.In the capital, Taipei, tiles fell from older buildings and within some newer office complexes.

ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Ltd. traded 0.47 per cent up at Rs 1696.55 at 10:56AM (IST) on Wednesday, even as BSE benchmark Sensex dropped 49.59 points to 73854.32. The stock had settled at Rs 1688.55 in the previous session. The stock quoted a 52-week high and 52-week low of Rs 1739.95 and Rs 1056.0, respectively.

Indian Hotels Company Ltd. traded 1.65 per cent up at Rs 614.95 on Wednesday at around 10:45AM (IST), while the benchmark BSE Sensex advanced 5.86 points to 73909.77. As many as 48,759 shares changed hands on the counter with a total value of Rs 2.97 crore.

In the moments before the cargo ship Dali rammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge and sent it crumbling into the water, a flurry of urgent warnings crackled over radios and enabled police to block traffic from getting on the span, likely saving lives

U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday as investors weighed chances that the Federal Reserve could delay cutting interest rates, while Tesla shares dropped after the electric car maker posted fewer quarterly deliveries for the first time in nearly four years. Tesla's stock fell more than 5% and was among the biggest drags on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq.

dollar was on the front foot on Wednesday, pinning the yen near its lowest its decades though the heightened threat of currency intervention by Tokyo capped further declines in the Japanese currency. The yuan was steady after a private-sector survey showed that China's services activity growth accelerated in March, in a sign sentiment was staging a tentative recovery in the world's second-largest economy.

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Flights were suspended at the main airport in Japan's southern region of Okinawa on Wednesday due to a tsunami alert triggered by an earthquake in Taiwan, a government official said. Operations at Naha Airport were suspended from 9:25 am local time (0025 GMT) as a precautionary measure, a transport ministry official stationed at the airport told AFP.

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As you retire today from the Rajya Sabha after having served for more than three decades, an era comes to an end. Very few people can say they have served our nation with more dedication and more devotion than you. Very few people have accomplished as much as you for the nation and its people. Personally, it has been a privilege for me to have been a part of your cabinet. Over the last 10 years, while I have been the leader of the Congress Party in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, you have always been a source of wisdom and someone whose advise I valued. Over the last few years, you have made it a point to be available for the Congress party despite personal inconveniences. For this, the party and I will always remain grateful. You have shown that it is possible to pursue economic policies that were equally beneficial to large industries, young entrepreneurs, small businesses, the salaried class and the poor. It was you who showed that even the poor can participate in the nation's growth and be lifted out of poverty. Thanks to your policies, India was able to lift 27 crore people, the highest number of poor people out of poverty in the world while you were the Prime Minister. The MGNREGA scheme launched under your government continues to provide relief to the rural workers during times of crisis. The nation and particularly the rural poor will always remember you for ensuring that they can earn a living and live with self-respect through this scheme. The patriotic legacy of the Congress party and its spirit of sacrifice was ably demonstrated by you when you decided to pursue the Indo-US Nuclear Deal even if it meant putting your government at risk for the sake of the nation's security. This was a historic moment when

Amit Shah on Tuesday accused the Congress of taking support from the Social Democratic Party of India, the political arm of the banned Popular Front of India, «even as blasts are taking place in Bengaluru». The senior BJP leader was apparently referring to the recent blast at popular eatery Rameshwaram Cafe, which is under investigation. Shah also claimed that there has been no trace of corruption on Prime Minister Narendra Modi as against the Congress, which has allegedly stains of corruption of Rs 12 lakh crore. «On the one hand there are explosions in Bengaluru and on the other hand I got an information that SDPI has supported Congress. If it is true, then can people of Karnataka be safe under Congress?,» Shah asked during his election campaign in Channapatna in Ramanagara district, which is part of Bengaluru Rural Constituency. BJP has fielded Dr C N Manjunath, a renowned cardiologist who was the head of Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology. Manjunath is the son-in-law of former Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda and brother-in-law of former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy.

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