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Congress on Thursday asserted that the situation in Himachal Pradesh is «completely under control» and the BJP has failed in its attempts to «destabilise the elected government» in the hill state. The Congress government faces a crisis after the ruling party in the state lost the lone Rajya Sabha seat despite having the numbers due to cross-voting by some of its own MLAs, who are now siding with the BJP. The six MLAS who cross-voted have been disqualified by the Speaker and are likely to challenge their disqualification from the house. Congress general secretary (communications) Jairam Ramesh said like other states, the BJP started the game of using money power, power of the government and muscle power to destabilise the Congress government in Himachal Pradesh but has failed. «Various things are going around in the media regarding Himachal Pradesh. But we want to say one thing very clearly. The Prime Minister and the so-called 'Chanakya' have completely failed in Himachal. After the intervention of the Congress leadership and the promptness of our observers, the situation there is completely under the control of the Congress,» he said in a post in Hindi on X.

Teach For India has announced the opening of applications for the 2024 Fellowship program, inviting individuals interested in working towards educational equity for children. The Fellowship, a full-time paid position spanning two years, aims to nurture changemakers in the education sector. Eligibility Criteria

Spacetech startup Digantara, which focuses on space situational awareness, said it has raised $2 million from Aditya Birla Ventures and SIDBI Venture Capital, the venture capital arms of Aditya Birla Group and the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), respectively. The latest capital infusion marks the final close of the Bengaluru-based startup’s Series A stage of funding at $12 million. In June 2023, Digantara had raised $10 million led by Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia Capital India and Southeast Asia).

Non-fungible tokens — which went from being touted as the cutting edge of the digital frontier to the punchline for the most recent cryptocurrency bust — are suddenly staging an unlikely comeback.

Quiver Quantitative — Beyond Meat stock (NASDAQ:BYND) experienced a dramatic surge, jumping as much as 61% in intraday trading, marking its best one-day move since 2019. This leap has placed significant pressure on short sellers, who are now grappling with nearly $74 million in paper losses. The rally in Beyond Meat's shares is not just a reflection of its quarterly earnings report but also sets the stage for a potential short squeeze. Such a scenario occurs when short sellers, those betting against the stock, are compelled to buy back shares to cover their losing positions, further driving up the stock price.

Bitcoin rose above $63,000 for the first time since November 2021 on Wednesday morning, buoyed by a surge in trading activity in spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds this week.

WrestleMania 40 is nearing and WWE fans are curious to know whether 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin will make an appearance in the grandest stage or not. The rise in speculations were seen especially after the return of 'The Rock' Dwayne Johnson. So far there has been no official word from either WWE or 59-year-old «Texas Rattlesnake», as per dexerto report. Fans will be hoping that just like The Rock, they will be able to witness one of the top superstars of the attitude era in the ring.

Sundar Pichai introduces Gemma: Google's State-of-the-Art open models for developers Addressing the recent controversy surrounding Gemini, Pichai wrote a memo to Google employees in which he called some of Gemini's responses "unacceptable" and admitted that the tech giant "got it wrong". Pichai wrote in the letter, quoted by The Verge, “I want to address the recent issues with problematic text and image responses in the Gemini app (formerly Bard). I know that some of its responses have offended our users and shown bias — to be clear, that’s completely unacceptable and we got it wrong." Our teams have been working around the clock to address these issues.

vandalised the residence of Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP), Imphal West and abducted him and his security guard from outside his house in retaliation for an attempt to detain militants in the ethnic violence-hit state, NDTV reported. Later, “the ASP Imphal West and his security guard were rescued from Kwakeithel Konjeng Leikai area and admitted to Raj Medicity for medical treatment. A case has been registered in this regard and an investigation has started," the Manipur Police said in a post on X (formerly known as Twitter).

KKR & Co. is exploring options including selling its controlling stake in India’s JB Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd. amid interest from potential buyers, according to people familiar with the matter. The US private equity firm is looking to hire financial advisers to help evaluate a sale of its 53.8% stake in the Mumbai-based company, the people said, asking not to be identified as the matter is private. Other buyout firms and industry players have shown preliminary interest in buying KKR’s stake, the people said. Shares of the company, which is known as JB Pharma, have climbed 68% in the past 12 months, valuing the firm at just over $3 billion.

Congress government in Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and Congress observer for Himachal Pradesh, DK Shivakumar, is leaving for Himachal Pradesh after the party's direction asking him to step in for crisis management. Shivakumar also alleged of «horse-trading,» was going on in the hill state and said someday it will «boomerang.» «Congress party has issued a direction that I should be there. I don't know why BJP is in such a hurry...any government should have a strong opposition. It is not right, this type of horse-trading, someday it might boomerang...I am confident that all our legislators will be loyal to the party,» said DK Shivakumar.

DailyHunt is in advanced stages to acquire Indian start-up Koo, TechCrunch reported citing sources on Wednesday. The deal may be finalised in as many as three weeks, the report said. Koo, which has been touted as an alternative to social media platform X, which was previously known as Twitter.

Tata Group announced Wednesday that its new multibillion-pound UK factory to manufacture batteries will be located in Bridgwater, south west England. The £4 billion ($5 billion) plant in the county of Somerset, southwest England, will be Tata's first so-called gigafactory outside India. Agratas, Tata Group's global battery business, confirmed Wednesday that the 40 GWh factory would be built at Bridgwater's Gravity Smart Campus.

The century-old Geneva motor show is back in action for the first time in five years, and organizers are desperately trying to rev up its fortunes

Congress MLAs voted in favour of the BJP candidate in the Rajya Sabha polls in Himachal Pradesh, the party's top leadership swung into action to pacify the disgruntled legislators lawmakers. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge appointed senior leaders Bhupinder Singh Hooda and D K Shivakumar to engage with the six MLAs, who are learnt to be «disappointed» with the working style of Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and are seeking his replacement. Sources said former Haryana chief minister Hooda and Karnataka deputy chief minister Shivakumar would reach Shimla early Wednesday to take stock of the situation as the Congress government in the state faces an existential crisis. The six MLAs had left Shimla for Haryana on Tuesday after casting their votes in the Rajya Sabha polls. They are learnt to be in touch with the BJP, amid signs of a crisis engulfing the Congress government in Himachal Pradesh.

“When you sit down with your portfolio management team, and the first comment made is ‘this is nuts,’ it’s probably time to think about your overall portfolio risk. On Friday, that was how the investment committee both started and ended – ‘this is nuts.’” – January 11th, 2020.

Nobody expects much from Zoom Video Communications these days. Sometimes that works to the company’s advantage. The videoconferencing wunderkind that shot to fame during the early days of the pandemic has been experiencing a long and painful comedown since.

₹48,000 to a gullible online shopper! What makes it even more shocking is that she intended to buy just a few dozen eggs on massive discount i.e. for a mere ₹49. She tried to make the payment through her credit card but she instead ended up with a bill of ₹48,000 on her card.

Over 3000 participants from all corners of the nation poured into Changemakers 2024 with high expectations, and the event exceeded every one of them. They found themselves immersed in a sea of motivation, surrounded by like-minded individuals all striving for personal and professional growth. “Changemakers is an annual event in which we bring the world’s best coaches on one stage and design the event so as to give immense value to our community of lifelong learners.

Ottawa’s policy of preventing Chinese companies from investing in Canadian-listed firms may be put to the test after Vancouver-based Osino Resources Corp. agreed to be bought by Yintai Gold Co. Ltd. for $368 million.

corporate affairs ministry is probing various Chinese companies, especially those with links to loan apps, for alleged violations and some of the investigations are at an advanced stage, according to a senior official. In recent times, Indian authorities have been cracking down on entities that are operating loan apps illegally and the ministry has also been acting against companies and related individuals for hiding beneficial ownership. The senior official told PTI that enquiries by the ministry are going on against various Chinese companies, especially those linked to loan apps, and some of the enquiries are at an advanced stage.