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Also Read: Karnataka MP Prajwal Revanna suspended from JD(S) over sexual assault video case His uncle and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy has distanced himself from the matter, saying that they are not going to protect him. "Not only as an uncle, but as a common man of the country, we have to move further. This is a shameful issue, and I am not protecting any person.

IvyCap Ventures, which backed startups such as BlueStone, Purplle and Biryani By Kilo, has announced the final close of its third fund at Rs 2,100 crores. Through this fund, the firm plans to invest in about 25 early-stage startups, with average starting investment amount ranging from Rs 30-50 crore. It has already deployed 40% of the capital from the third fund to startups such as Dhruva Space, Snitch, Celcius Logistics, GradRight, Eggoz and Flexifyme.

It took almost a half century for Brazilian singer Cátia de França to find her audience, but she finally has — with the help of a near-obsolete audio technology

Everest have come under scanner after Hong Kong and Singapore banned their spices due to “quality concerns". The health authorities in both Singapore and Hong Kong found cancer-causing pesticide called “ethylene oxide" in these masalas. It is pertinent to note that the International Agency for Research on Cancer has identified ethylene oxide as a major carcinogen.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Prime Minister Narendra Modi dismissed concerns raised by the opposition parties that India is heading towards an autocracy. In an interview with The Times of India, he also took a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, referring to him as 'Yuvraj' and saying that the opposition's actions exemplify a scorched earth policy. "This is an example of the scorched earth policy.

The police crackdown on protests against the Gaza War in American universities, where students were staging sit-ins to demand a rollback of policies seen to be supportive of Israel’s offensive that has left over 35,000 Palestinians dead so far, leaves one aghast. Reminiscent of how the 1960s’ peace protests over the Vietnam War were thwacked back, cops used the sort of brutal force that makes the country’s claims of free-speech tolerance ring hollow across a globe that the US says is seeing a clash of democracy and autocracy, with America on the side of freedom.

Rohit Jawa is clear about the job at hand, which is to nudge India's largest consumer goods company to move “faster than the clock speed of India". Before taking over the corner room of HUL in June 2023, Jawa, 57, served as chief of transformation for Unilever in London, where he piloted the company's end-to-end transformation from January 2022. Jawa expressed surprise at the pace of change in India in an interview late last week, a day after HUL announced its earnings for the fourth quarter, where the company reported a 2% jump in underlying volumes, similar to the previous two quarters.

₹5,000 crore may be offered for developing the ecosystem for building inland vessels in the country to support movement of cargo on national waterways. Capital support may also be considered for producers of sea bound vessels at a later stage. At present 14 PLI schemes with an outlay of ₹ 1.97 trillion are under implementation for five years from FY22.

U.S. Silica has agreed to go private in an all-cash acquisition by Apollo Global Management that values the industrial minerals company at about $1.85 billion

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Also Read | India seeks 'root cause of rejection' from Singapore, Hong Kong over ban on Everest, MDH masala The CFS issued a warning against the sale and purchase of MDH's Madras Curry Powder and Sambhar Masala, as well as Everest's Fish Curry Masala. In response, MDH stated, "We have not been approached by food safety authorities in either Hong Kong or Singapore about these findings." Also Read | Do MDH, Everest masala cause cancer? Why have Hong Kong, Singapore banned some Indian spices? Explained MDH reassured consumers, stating, "We do not use ethylene oxide at any stage of our spice production.

Make in India’ initiative, these ATMs offer flexibility and efficiency to banks. Hitachi Payment Services claims that this is the first upgradable ATM in India.

India secured one of their biggest wins in archery as men's recurve team of Dhiraj Bommadevara, Tarundeep Rai and Pravin Jadhav stunned reigning Olympic champions South Korea to win the gold medal at the ongoing World Cup Stage 1 here on Sunday. In a battle between the top-two seeds of the competition, Indians showed ice-cool composure to get the better of the mighty Koreans without dropping a set. India won 5-1 (57-57, 57-55, 55-53), taking their gold medal count to five in the season-opening global showpiece. Indian compound archers had swept the team events winning men's, women's and mixed team gold medals on Saturday.

DD Mishra, VP Analyst, Gartner, says, “in 2024-25, we see that AI-led growth is going to come and AI has to play a very critical role. In 2023, AI spending was around $3.5 billion, but we are expecting that this thing is going to grow in 2024-25 significantly. There are other challenges and CIOs are struggling and in this situation, they take a lot of consulting support as well because they do not know what they do not know and this is where they depend on the consulting services which has been growing significantly. We will see disruptions in the short term, but the long term outlook is positive.” Just wanted to get a sense from you with respect to the earnings read through and the commentary that we have heard from the management of the Indian IT majors. It lacks the confidence that a recovery is around the corner. They are still non-committal about it. However, the forecasts coming in from Gartner have been improving consistently. What kind of outlook are you witnessing with respect to client spends, discretionary spends and the pace of ordering. DD Mishra: The way we look at it, there are two perspectives of it. One is the larger perspective where we see how the next four to five years are going to change around IT and that looks quite promising because we see that in 2025, 2026 and 2027, we are going to see double-digit growth and there is no cause of concern as of now.

Top Events of the Day: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold four rallies in the North Karnataka region in Belagavi, Uttara Kannada, Davanagere and Ballari on April 28. Orange alert issued over severe heatwave until April 28. Congress in Karnataka to stage protest on Apr 28 against 'paltry' drought relief given by Centre and more PM Modi will begin a full-fledged campaign in parts of Karnataka: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address four rallies in the North Karnataka region in Belagavi, Uttara Kannada, Davanagere and Ballari on Sunday.

World of Warcraft continues to evolve with new expansions and updates, Blizzard Entertainment has confirmed the release dates for two additions to the game: the Dark Heart content update and WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria. These updates promise to bring fresh experiences and new content to the World of Warcraft universe, enhancing the gameplay for millions of players worldwide.

LEGO continues its tradition of stunning NASA-themed sets with the upcoming release of the LEGO Icons Artemis Space Launch System. This highly detailed model replicates NASA's Artemis space launch system and promises an immersive building experience for adult LEGO enthusiasts. Release Date & Price

Ian Bohen, who plays the role of Ryan in the Yellowstone, has revealed that the fans can expect the best conclusion to the grand finale, as per a report on Hollywood Reporter. Though the final part is yet to begin production, the date of release and other is not yet known. However, The Independent confirmed that the shooting for this will begin in May. It is further been revealed that the script has been finalized.

spice brand, on Saturday assured consumers that its products are 100 per cent safe and rejected the allegations of the presence of certain pesticides in some products by Hong Kong and Singapore food regulators. Earlier this month, Hong Kong's Center for Food Safety (CFS) said that samples of several kinds of pre-packaged spice-mix products of two Indian brands MDH and Everest were found to contain a pesticide ethylene oxide. The CFS asked consumers not to buy and traders not to sell MDH's Madras Curry Powder (spice blend for Madras curry), Everest Fish Curry Masala, MDH Sambhar Masala Mixed Masala Powder, and MDH Curry Powder Mixed Masala Powder. In a statement, MDH said it has not received any communications from Hong Kong and Singapore food safety regulators.

Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday staged a demonstration at the BJP headquarters against the postponement of the election for the mayor of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. According to an official statement, over a dozen AAP MLAs and volunteers, including MLAs Rakhi Birla and Ajay Dutt, along with mayoral candidate Mahesh Khichi were detained by the police during the protest. The AAP accused the BJP of «conspiring» with the Lt Governor VK Saxena to «cancel» the mayoral elections fearing the win of the AAP candidate in the polls. The AAP alleged that the BJP wanted to stop a person from the Dalit community from becoming the Mayor of Delhi.

residential developments, the Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) has rolled out directives with regards to parking dimensions, numbering, and precise location within buildings. Following the registration of apartments, realty developers are mandated to incorporate these specifics into the allotment letter and agreement for sale, ensuring transparency and adherence to regulations. To streamline the process, MahaRERA has introduced a standardized annexure covering aspects of covered parking, garage, open parking, and mechanized parking.