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Surendra Pal Singh Bittu joined AAP on Friday ahead of Delhi Assembly elections. Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia welcomed Singh into the party and said his experience will help the party in its development work. «Inspired by the good developmental work of the AAP in the field of education, health, etc., Singh is joining our party today, and I am sure that his experience will help the party to continue doing good work,» Sisodia said.

Lookout Circular (LOC) has been issued against YSRCP MP Vijaisai Reddy by the Andhra Pradesh police, which had booked him days ago in connection with the Kakinada Seaport and SEZ share transfer case. The senior leader said the action has been taken with an «ulterior motive.» Besides him, the Andhra Pradesh CID has issued LOC against Y Vikranth Reddy, son of another party member Y V Subba Reddy, Sarath Chandra Reddy, the Non-executive director of Aurobindo Pharma Ltd, highly placed government sources said on Friday. Earlier this week, besides Vijaysai Reddy, Vikranth Reddy and Sarath Chandra Reddy, PKF Sridhar & Santhanam LLP, Aurobindo Realty and others were booked by the Andhra Pradesh CID for allegedly using 'coercive' means to acquire stakes in Kakinada Seaport and kakinada SEZ, According to a complaint filed by Karnati Venkateswara Rao, Chairman and Managing Director of KSPL, his family-owned firms' stakes of 41.12 per cent in KSPL and 48.74 per cent in KSEZ estimated to be worth over Rs 3600 crore were acquired in 2020-21 for a little over Rs 500 crore by Aurobindo Realty (renamed as Auro Infra) at the behest of former Chief Minister and YSRCP supremo YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.

Data reveals a clear preference among these women for Western partners. In South Korea, 28% of international marriages in 2023 involved American men, followed by 18% with Chinese men. Marriages to men from other Western countries, including France, Italy, Germany, the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, accounted for approximately 17%. A similar trend appears in Japan, where American men were the top choice among foreign grooms for Japanese women. Japanese men seeking foreign brides, however, primarily choose women from China and the Philippines.

fake smiles and enthusiasm at work to appear cheerful even when they are overwhelmed and stressed. This facade of maintaining constant positivity at the workplace is called “pleasanteeism”. Though the term first came into existence during the Covid pandemic, it has become a common phenomenon now. But when employees continuously suppress their feelings and are forced to put up such a false face, it affects their mental health, which further leads to reduced engagement and productivity. Lalitha M Shetty, Vice President-HR at Omega Healthcare, says pleasanteeism arises when employees feel compelled to maintain a positive facade every single minute at work. This could be driven by organisational culture, fear of judgement or job insecurity.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. With air quality deteriorating in cities, the question of how to live healthily becomes urgent, especially for those who cannot pack up and leave. When the air quality index (AQI) rises, the immediate priority is protecting physical health.

Divided between two takeover courtships, UniCredit's Andrea Orcel still has room to sweeten his bid for Italy's Banco BPM, analysts say, while political turmoil stalls a deal with Germany's Commerzbank. 

Reserve bank of India (RBI) has announced that it has allowed small finance banks to offer the credit line on Unified Payment Interface (UPI) in its monetary policy meet (MPC) held on December 06 2024. Credit line on UPI was launched in September 2023 and was made available to scheduled commercial banks, it has now been decided to permit small finance banks to sanction credit line on UPI, the RBI stated. This move will further deepen financial inclusion and enhance formal credit particularly for new to credit customers.

Indian Hotels Company Ltd. traded 0.56 per cent in Friday's trade at 11:15AM (IST). Around 40,183 shares changed hands on the counter. The counter opened at Rs 817.65 and touched an intraday high and low of Rs 826.35 and Rs 816.90, respectively, in the session so far. The stock of Indian Hotels Company Ltd. quoted a 52-week high of Rs 826.35 and a 52-week low of Rs 416.15.

Debt-laden telecom company Vodafone Idea is in the spotlight after announcing that its board will consider a proposal to raise Rs 2,000 crore from Vodafone Group entities. This comes as Vodafone Group plans to sell a 3% stake in Indus Towers to clear its USD 101 million (approximately Rs 856 crore) debt and channel the remaining proceeds toward its Indian venture, Vodafone Idea. "… a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company is scheduled to be held on Monday, 9 December 2024, inter-alia, to consider proposal for raising of funds not exceeding Rs 2,000 crore, by way of issuance of equity shares and / or convertible securities on a preferential basis to one or more entities belonging to Vodafone Group," the company said in a filing.

buy call on EPACK Durables Ltd. with a target price of Rs 575. The current market price of EPACK Durables is Rs 435. The time period given by analyst is year when EPACK Durables Ltd. price can reach defined target. EPACK Durables, incorporated in 2019, is a Small Cap company with a market cap of Rs 4223.54 crore, operating in General sector. EPACK Durables' key Products/Revenue Segments include Electrical Consumer Durables, Other Operating Revenue, Scrap and Export Incentives for the year ending 31-Mar-2024.

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs), who started fleeing India after Nifty hit record high in September-end, are now on a course correction path. After selling Indian stocks worth Rs 116,437 crore in the one-and-a-half month period beginning October, FIIs ended up being buyers to the tune of Rs 809 crore last fortnight. December month saw acceleration in the pace of buying as FIIs have pumped in around Rs 23,500 crore so far in the month.

Indian market is likely to consolidate on Friday tracking mixed global cues. The Nifty future closed positive with gains of 0.87% at 24,775 levels on Thursday.

Shantanu Naidu, widely known as Ratan Tata’s trusted associate, has introduced Jaipur to his silent reading initiative, «Bookies.» The community, designed for individuals to gather at public locations and read in silence, launched in Jaipur with an event planned for Sunday, December 8.

buy call on Bharat Electronics with a target price of Rs 350. The current market price of Bharat Electronics Ltd. is Rs 313.7. Bharat Electronics, incorporated in 1954, is a Large Cap company with a market cap of Rs 229380.86 crore, operating in the Defence sector. Bharat Electronics' key products/revenue segments include Electronic Components & Equipments, Sale of services, Other Operating Revenue, Scrap and Rent for the year ending 31-Mar-2024.

The Australian transaction reports and analysis centre (AUSTRAC) said its findings showed cryptocurrency was increasingly being exploited for money laundering, scams and money mule activities. AUSTRAC's taskforce will ensure digital currency exchanges that provide crypto ATM services have robust practices in place to minimise the risk of their machines being used to move money associated with scams or fraud, the government agency said.

share allotment of Property Share REIT IPO is likely to be finalised later today. Investors will get shares on a lottery basis and the whole process was supervised by the registrar. On the allotment date, investors get to know about the number of shares allotted to them as against the bids made. They can check the allotment status through the BSE or by visiting the registrar's website. Here's how you can check the status on BSE or even on the registrar's website.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The undeniable rarity of high-risk, high-return marketing strategies, especially in markets boxed in by convention, could explain why Jaguar’s “Copy nothing" advertising campaign has been inducing so many gasps.

Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, is the 10th-richest person in the United States, worth $127 billion. In theory, when he dies, his estate should pay 40% of his net worth to the government in taxes. But Huang, 61, is not only an engineering genius and Silicon Valley icon whose company, the world's second-most valuable, makes the chips that power much artificial intelligence. He is also the beneficiary of a series of tax dodges that will enable him to pass on much of his fortune tax free, according to securities and tax filings reviewed by The New York Times. The savings for his family are on a pace to be roughly $8 billion. It likely ranks among the largest tax dodges in the United States.

Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore embarked on a historic mission in June, being the first to fly Boeing's new Starliner crew capsule to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission, intended as a weeklong test flight, faced significant challenges when thruster failures and helium leaks occurred during the journey. NASA subsequently deemed the capsule unsafe for a return flight, extending the astronauts' stay in orbit to February 2024, when they are expected to return aboard a SpaceX spacecraft. Despite the unexpected turn of events, Williams and Wilmore, both retired Navy captains, have embraced their extended mission with resilience and positivity. «We’re just on a different path,» Wilmore commented on their situation.

Reports are now saying that two produce companies that sold cucumbers, have now decided to recall their products, after dozens of people were sickened by it, as per reports. Also Read: From wedding rumours to the verge of breakup: Has Ben Affleck's marital discord led to trouble in the relationship between Jennifer Garner and John Miller? Here's what her friends are saying