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Arun Goel before the Lok Sabha elections, emphasizing the widespread concern across the nation regarding the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal also slammed the Centre and said that the government is uninterested in ensuring a transparent and impartial electoral process. Also Read: Lok Sabha polls LIVE The resignation of Election Commissioner Arun Goel was announced on Saturday and subsequently accepted by the President.

This gradual, yet visible, shift in buying behaviour follows several futile attempts by companies to push sales of such products that either cost more or failed to spell out a clear value proposition for the consumer. Data by market researcher GfK India showed the contribution by volume, or number of units sold, for energy saving ACs with four and five stars has moved from 14% in 2019 to 27% in 2023. But for a category like refrigerators, which wouldn’t inflate power bills as much as an air-conditioner would, the volume contribution of such models remains flat at 10%.

India has more than 820 million active internet users at present. Over half of them — 442 million — now come from rural parts of the country. In 2023, internet penetration grew eight per cent year-on-year. A new report shows that Indians’ internet behaviour and activities are changing in several ways.

The Amazing Race" has been a beloved fixture on CBS since 2001, offering viewers a thrilling mix of adventure and personal connections. As the show gears up for its 36th season, fans are eager to learn more about the upcoming episodes, including the premiere date, cast, and what challenges await the contestants.

Amul is known for its wide range of products — and for its witty ads featuring the iconic Amul Girl. Last week, it came up with another smashing one that got us chortling — 'Chaicrosoft!' with the tagline 'Gatesway to taste!' It showed an Amul-ised Bill Gates and by-now celebrity roadside tea-seller from Nagpur, Sunil Patil, a.k.a. Dolly Chaiwala. Gates crossed paths with Dolly during his recent visit to India to attend the pre-wedding festivities of Anant Ambani. Passing through Nagpur, he was taken to the best-known chai cart on Ravindra Nath Tagore Marg. With his signature style of brewing and vending tea from his mobile unit, his funky glasses, chains and accessories — not to mention his style-bhai enthusiasm for his craft — Dolly has some 1.5 mn followers on Instagram. He must have added at least a few thousands more to his kitty after Bill from Washington state shared the by-now famous video of his visit to Dolly Ki Tapri last week. Dolly's chai is reportedly a concoction of tea leaves, milk, cardamom, and crushed ginger. Nothing too special about that — except the stylish way he serves it. He pours the milk into the saucepan with a flourish and then shuffles cups before handing them to customers. His fashion sense and antics seem to be inspired by Turkish meat artist superstar Salt Bae (born Nusret Gokce), whose technique for preparing, seasoning and serving meat in his restaurants across the world wowed the likes of Maradona and Devid Beckham. And it clearly works for Dolly.

England, each Test lasting a shorter time than the previous one, will not put an end to Bazball. That school of thought and style of play will likely be in evidence till the Brendon McCullum-Ben Stokes pairing continues. But this series will emphatically lay to rest the claims that this is either the best way to play Test cricket, or indeed the only way. For some time now England have been evangelists, claiming that their brand of cricket is breathing fresh life into a format in decline. The sordid truth, though, is that winning matters more than playing bright cricket. Fans of any team do not like losing, and throughout this series, England have created opportunities and repeatedly fluffed them. India were just too good. And there’s a range of factors that allowed them to be so. SPIN THRILL

Stormy Daniels' documentary 'Stormy' was premiered at SXSW Film Festival as part of documentary spotlight segment. Directed by Sarah Gibson, the Peacock Original documentary is a much-awaited show amidst the current political ambience in the US. The film festival premier often means widely circulated reviews but limited views. However, cinephiles won't have to wait longer as the film is arriving on OTT platform in March only.

Grey’s Anatomy". There will be third season of «Girls5Eva» and a limited series titled 'Manhunt', as per an AP report. Taylor Swift’s concert film “The Eras Tour” is coming to Disney+ on Thursday, a day earlier than originally announced. The streaming cut features five new songs, including “Cardigan.” “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” was a phenomenon at the theatrical box office, grossing over $262 million worldwide in a groundbreaking deal with AMC Theaters, which released the film instead of a traditional Hollywood studio.

Sharad Pawar, who heads the NCP (SP), on Saturday declared MP Supriya Sule as their candidate from Maharashtra's Baramati Lok Sabha seat, amid speculation that Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's wife Sunetra Pawar could be fielded from there. The octogenarian leader made the announcement during a rally organised by the opposition bloc Maha Vikas Aghadi in Bhor tehsil of Pune district. Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut of Shiv Sena (UBT), an MVA constituent, was also present at the event. The Election Commission will announce the Lok Sabha poll schedule on March 14 or March 15, said Sharad Pawar. The EC has allotted «man blowing turha (a traditional trumpet)» symbol to his outfit. «The elections will decide the future of our country. Nobody was so anxious about the future of the country so far, but now a change is needed. Today, PM Modi is not paying any attention towards farmer suicides. Instead, he is focussing all his attention only on Gujarat,» he said.

Lok Sabha elections 2024 fast approaching, Election Commissioner Arun Goel has resigned from his post, a government notification showed on Saturday, leaving Chief Election Commissioner alone in the saddle. Goel's resignation leaves a couple of vacancies in the poll panel. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has been a multi-member body since the 1990s and has conducted eight Lok Sabha elections in such a format.

₹6,462 per bbl, having swung between ₹6,427 and ₹6,525 per bbl during the session, against a previous close of ₹6,459 per barrel. Also Read: Explained | Why did OPEC+ members extend oil output cuts to mid-2024 -China's imports of crude oil rose in the first two months of the year compared with the same period in 2023, but they were also weaker than the preceding months, data showed on Thursday, continuing a trend of softening purchases by the world's biggest buyer. -On the supply side, OPEC members led by Saudi Arabia and Russia agreed on Sunday to extend voluntary oil output cuts of 2.2 million barrels per day into the second quarter, giving extra support to the market amid concerns over global growth and rising output levels.

Shogun, which is based on James Clavell’s eponymous 1975 novel, has become the Hulu's most-watched debut show, as per a report on dexerto. Now, 'Shogun' showrunners Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo has divulged details about the show's second season.

The Gentlemen' any way related to Adolf Hitler? Created by Guy Ritchie, the series revolves around Eddie Horniman, who inherits his father's estate and also gets a vast cannabis empire. How can it be connected to the German dictator, who was accused of killing millions of Jews?

If you were paying attention to the news in the early 2000s, you’ve likely seen footage — desperate parents, exhausted and frightened by their troubled teen’s behaviour, pay to have their child abducted in the night and placed in a program that will scare them straight and reform them back into good behaviour.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will return to the board of the company which is behind popular artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT. The development comes after a boardroom drama that saw Altman being fired in November last year. Altman will join the board with three new directors – Sue Desmond-Hellmann, former CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Nicole Seligman, former president of Sony Entertainment; and Fidji Simo, CEO of Instacart.

Ranglal Singhal, the 54-year-old man who was arrested from Jaipur for the alleged murder of his 29-year-old son in south Delhi's Devli, has revealed the reason behind the killing. During police interrogation, Singhal confessed stating that he wanted to avenge his son's misbehavior and physical abuse towards him. He also aimed to teach a lesson to his wife, who supported their son, by killing him a day before his wedding. According to the investigators, the trigger for the murder was a brawl that occurred on Wednesday. However, Singhal had been contemplating killing his son for the past few months. He hired three contract killers, aged between 22 and 25, from the same locality and paid them Rs 75,000 for the job. The deal was fixed at Rs 1.5 lakh.

₹7.33 lakh to a con artist posing as a Mumbai police officer. The fraudster initially pretended to be from a courier company and informed Dr. Esther that authorities at Mumbai airport had intercepted a package addressed to her.

In March 2020, at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the U.S. went into lockdown. Four years later, Covid has receded into the background of our lives.

Tata Chemicals was the top gainer with a 36% return, followed by a 28% upside in Tata Investment Corporation. Altogether the combined market capitalisation of all 24 listed Tata stocks shot up by about Rs 85,000 crore to Rs 31.6 lakh crore, shows data pulled from ACE Equity.

China's consumer prices rose for the first time in six months, providing some reprieve for the world's second-biggest economy, which faces sluggish demand, a property slump and high local government debt, although producer prices dropped. The consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.7% year-on-year in February, after the steepest fall of 0.8% in over 14 years in January, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Saturday.

China’s hacking industry, leaked internal documents reveal, is vast in size and scope but also suffers from shady business practices, disgruntlement over pay and work quality, and poor security protocols