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In the last year, job scams have been on the rise, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center, a nonprofit that helps consumers with identity compromises and crime

Delhi government will deploy 10,000 civil defence volunteers, who were terminated from service last year while working as bus marshals, to aid in implementing measures related to mitigation of pollution, Chief Minister Atishi said on Monday. Atishi, in a press conference, said they will be deployed alongside teams from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), the Transport Department among others. In a meeting, officials strategised the role of civil defence volunteers and bus marshals across the city to help tackle air pollution, Atishi said.

viral video capturing vehicles seemingly «flying» over an unmarked speed bump on Gurugram's Golf Course Road has sparked a storm of social media reactions and safety concerns. Shared by Bunny Punia, editor at 91 Wheels and social media influencer, the clip shows cars momentarily lifting off the ground as they hit the speed bump at high speed. Social media users quickly recognised the location, identifying it as near Centrum Plaza, opposite HR26 Dhaba, and expressed worries over the absence of road markings or warning signs. Times Now reported that it could not independently verify the exact source or location of the video.

«We exited a lot of the risk to outside the system, outside economic systems, I should add. So, in other words, it is much more in the politics, in polarisation, in geopolitics,» says Viktor Shvets, Macquarie Capital. Nikunj Dalmia: Let me start with a very basic question. What is your view of the world given that there are so many permutations and combinations which are there. US interest rates are likely to go down. China is stimulating their economy. There is a problem in Middle East and yet India seems to be slowing down. So, there are a lot of trends within trends when it comes to the global setup. Viktor Shvets: Well, my view of the world has not changed that much over the last four or five years. Effectively, the way I look at the world as in a twilight. We no longer have recessions. We no longer have recoveries. There is nothing to recover from. We live in a twilight somewhere between recessions and growth. Global growth rates are getting shallower and IMF is correctly highlighting that we are growing 50, 100 basis points less than we used to. But at the same time, we do not have the bad things. We do not have spikes in bankruptcies. We do not have spikes in bad debts.

Hindustan Zinc Ltd plans to pare its debt by a third by the end of this financial year bolstered by additional cash flows after a likely relatively robust performance in the October to March period. The country’s largest producer of zinc, lead and silver expects to reduce its debt to about Rs 2,000 crore by March-end from about Rs 6,000 crore at the end of the September quarter, chief financial officer Sandeep Modi told analysts after the company’s quarterly earnings. “…we have already generated free cash flow of Rs7,000 crore in H1, and normally H2 remains better. So, I think it's only a timing difference,” he said.

Kunal Kamra took to X (formerly Twitter) to express his frustration over the poor condition of Ola Electric scooters and urged Union Minister Nitin Gadkari to intervene. In his post, Kamra highlighted the plight of Indian customers, criticising the lack of accountability from Ola. He emphasised how customers are struggling to commute and are being forced to take bad loans due to issues that, according to him, are the company’s responsibility. His post was triggered by a complaint from Rangraj Nagar in Solapur, where several Ola scooters were reportedly found in poor condition. The user expressed outrage over the absence of qualified engineers or technicians at the site, stating that such negligence is unacceptable given that customers have invested their hard-earned money into these products. Tagging prominent figures including Ola Electric’s CEO Bhavish Aggarwal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Minister Gadkari, Kamra's post urged government agencies to intervene and address the grievances.

Actor Timothée Chalamet made a surprise appearance at his own look-alike contest in Lower Manhattan on Sunday, a well-attended event that drew an order to disperse from police and at least one arrest.

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Pedro Sanchez arrived in Vadodara, Gujarat in the early hours of Monday for his three-day visit to India, during which he will be holding delegation-level talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Upon his arrival, the Ministry of External Affairs took to social media platform X greeting the Spanish leader, «Bienvenido a India!» «President of the Government of Spain Pedro Sanchez touches down in Vadodara, marking the first visit by a Spanish President to India in 18 years. An official visit to elevate India-Spain relations to new heights,» the MEA added.

Shiv Sena leader Milind Deora expressed his gratitude and welcomed the party's decision to field him as a Mahayuti candidate from the Worli constituency and said that he is committed to understanding the aspirations of every resident of Worli and will ensure their voices are heard by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. Taking to his social media handle on X, Shiv Sena leader Milind Deora said, «I agree with Shiv Sena's decision to field me as a Mahayuti candidate from Worli, Mumbai. I will try my best to understand the aspirations of every Worlikar and convey their voice to @mieknathshindeJi.» The Worli constituency will head to a high-profile battle in the elections as Deora will be up against Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Increasingly aware Indian consumers are set to use new greenwashing guidelines to launch class action lawsuits against companies for flouting ESG— environmental, social and governance—norms, experts said. A class action is a legal mechanism that allows a group of people with a common grievance to file a single case against a party rather than separate lawsuits.

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Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) party chief Vijay on Sunday revealed their ideology as 'Secular Social Justice ideologies' and also terms his first opponent an "ideological enemy" which does «divisive politics» and second as a «political enemy» who runs a «corrupted government» with masks of the Dravidian model. Actor Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam state conference was held on Sunday in V Salai, Vikravandi where lakhs of Vijay supporters thronged and participated in the party's first-ever state conference. He accused the DMK of deceiving the public under the guise of the Dravidian model and called the DMK government anti-people.

secular social justice ideologies with leaders like EVR Periyar and K Kamaraj as its guiding lights. The latest entrant to Tamil Nadu politics, Tamizhaga Vetri Kazhagam founder Vijay took an apparent dig at the DMK and its first family, saying its leaders were calling the "anti-people government as Dravida model government." The Dravida model government is a reference to DMK president and Chief Minister M K Stalin's oft-repeated statement that such a model of governance was an inclusive one ensuring the well-being of all sections of Tamil society. In his maiden public speech eight months after announcing the launch of TVK, Vijay said the late veterans MG Ramachandran and NT Ramarao where ridiculed as mere cinema actors when they made their political plunge «but they continue to remain in the hearts of the people» of the respective states, i.e Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.

Compressed Biogas Sector in the State. The cabinet meeting on Sunday stated Cabinet has approved the Memorandum of Understanding between Reliance Bio-Energy Limited and Government of Assam for promoting Compressed Biogas Sector in the State. As per the understanding, a network of integrated compressed bio-gas infrastructure will be established in the State. This initiative will ensure reduction of pollution created by fossil fuels without endangering food security.Significant employment and income for the farmers, by developing Bio value chain ecosystem.

Kerala government on Sunday continued to express its displeasure over the delay in central assistance to landslide-hit Wayanad and said the union government was yet to announce the category in which the disaster is classified. Revenue Minister K Rajan said 100 days have passed since the massive landslides rocked the hamlets of Wayanad, but the state was yet to receive any assistance from the union government for its rehabilitation. The «negative approach» adopted by the Centre in terms of the rehabilitation of Wayanad was 'painful' for the state, he told reporters here. The state government has raised demands for central assistance several times.

Shaktikanta Das, the Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on October 26, received award for A+ grade in Central Bank Report Cards 2024, for the second consecutive year. The award, presented by Global Finance in Washington D.C., USA, recognised RBI Governor's excellent performance and effective leadership in steering India's apex bank through complex economic challenges. In a social media post on X, RBI posted, «Governor @DasShaktikanta received the award for A+ grade in Central Bank Report Cards 2024, for the second consecutive year. Presented by Global Finance at an event held today in Washington DC, USA.»

Washington Post reported on Saturday that South African-born billionaire businessman Elon Musk worked illegally in the United States during a brief period in the 1990s while building a startup company. The news outlet reported that Musk arrived in Palo Alto, California, in 1995 to attend Stanford University but never enrolled in his graduate studies program there. Instead, he developed software company Zip2, which sold in 1999 for around $300 million, according to the outlet. Two immigration law experts quoted by the Post said Musk would have needed to be enrolled in a full course of study in order to maintain a valid work authorization as a student.

United States to Taiwan. The United States is bound by law to provide Chinese-claimed Taiwan with the means to defend itself despite the lack of formal diplomatic ties, to the constant anger of Beijing. On Friday, the Pentagon said the United States had approved a potential $2 billion arms sale package to Taiwan, including the delivery for the first time to the island of an advanced air defence missile system battle-tested in Ukraine.

Lichtman’s prediction system evaluates 13 key factors, such as party standing in Congress, economic conditions, scandals, social unrest, and candidate charisma. He explains that these indicators have historically provided reliable forecasts. Currently, he sees eight of the keys yielding “true” answers, supporting the notion of a Harris victory. Also Read: Is Jessica Simpson's decade-long marriage heading for divorce? Here's what you need to know

social media platforms to make reasonable efforts to disallow such malicious acts including hoax bomb threats from being disseminated on their platforms. In an advisory sent to platforms, the ministry of electronics and information technology has said that all social media companies must follow the due diligence obligations to promptly remove any such “misinformation that affects public order and security of the state”. “Further, the scale of spread of such hoax bomb threats has been observed to be dangerously unrestrained due to the availability of the option of “forwarding/re-sharing/ re-posting/ re-tweeting” on social media platforms. Such hoax bomb threats are mostly misinformation that is massively disrupting the public order, operations of airlines and security of the airline travellers,” the IT ministry said in its advisory.