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BJP candidates list 2024: With an ambitious target of winning 370 seats in the Lok Sabha elections 2024, the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) took the first step on Saturday as it released its first list of candidates on 195 Lok Sabha seats across 16 states. Most of the names in the first list were along the expected lines, but some notable exclusions point towards a loud message from the BJP-hate speeches will not be tolerated.

Jairam Ramesh on Sunday used the "washing machine" analogy to target the leaders who have quit the Grand Old Party and joined the ruling BJP, a remark coming amid allegations that the turncoats get protection in pending cases. Ramesh also said Rahul Gandhi has talked about five «nyay» guarantees targeting farmers, youth, women, and labourers during the last 50 days of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra. «The people who need a washing machine are leaving and going there (joining BJP). You count the Congress leaders who have left the party, be it the chief minister of Assam (Himanta Biswa Sarma)...all are the beneficiaries of this washing machine,» Ramesh told a press conference flanked by other leaders of Congress. Parties of the opposition INDIA bloc often use the «washing machine» analogy to suggest that leaders against whom corruption cases are pending come out «clean» after joining the saffron party.

₹25 lakh of my savings just going for my father’s medical expenditure. After this, I have tried to take as much medical insurance as I can, for my family. I have got ₹4 crore medical cover for my family; ₹3 crore for my wife and I and a separate, ₹1-crore health cover, for my son," says Mohanty in an interaction with Mint for the Guru Portfolio series.

Pawan Singh, who was chosen by the BJP as their candidate for the Asansol Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal, has announced his withdrawal from the electoral race. Expressing gratitude to the BJP leadership for the nomination, Pawan cited unspecified reasons for his decision. Although he didn't specify the reason for his decision, his nomination faced criticism from the ruling TMC in West Bengal, which alleged that many of his songs were derogatory towards women, including those from the state. TMC's Abhishek Banerjee shared Singh's post on X, commenting, «The unwavering spirit and power of the people of West Bengal.»

JERUSALEM (Reuters) — The Israeli military said on Sunday it intensified operations in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, destroying dozens of Hamas targets in a blitz of air and artillery strikes.

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February was another terrific month for the stock market as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq wrapped up their fourth winning month in a row to notch their best start to a year since 2019.

China’s woes. Just over a year ago, Mr Xi abandoned his strict “zero-covid" measures, which had been in force for nearly three years and had led to ever more frequent lockdowns. But the country did not experience what Mr Xi described in his speech as a “smooth transition".

The S&P BSE Sensex rallied more than 1,200 points to hit a fresh record high of 73,819 while the Nifty50 closed with gains of more than 355 points to close at 22,338.

Godrej & Boyce is aiming to invest about Rs 40 crore over the next three years to expand its distribution footprint for its consumer brands in the tier-II and tier-III cities. The fresh investments by the company, which sells interior solutions, furniture, appliances and locks, will see its footprint getting doubled to more than 400 towns by FY27, a senior official has said. «G&B plans to spend around Rs 10-15 crore every year on store expansion and renovation for the next three years,» a company spokesperson told PTI. The company is targeting to grow its topline by 15-20 per cent per year, and it hopes for the store expansion to be one among several initiatives to realise its aim, the spokesperson added.

Haryana chief Sushil Gupta on Sunday exuded confidence that the AAP-Congress combine will win all the 10 Lok Sabha seats in the state. People want change both at the Centre and in Haryana, he claimed. The AAP and the Congress are constituents of the INDIA bloc formed by opposition parties to take on the BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The two parties announced their seat-sharing arrangement for Delhi, Gujarat, Goa and Haryana a week ago. As part of the arrangement, the AAP has fielded Gupta from Kurukshetra while the Congress will contest the remaining nine seats in Haryana.

fake job cards under the national rural job guarantee scheme and that “every scheme has been transformed into a scam” in Trinamool Congress’ “tolabaaz raj”. Speaking at a public rally in Krishnanagar, Modi also set BJP a target of winning all the 42 Lok Sabha seats in the state in the upcoming elections. Countering Trinamool’s claim that the Centre has withheld funds for MGNREGA and other schemes, the Prime Minister alleged: “TMC have put their own sticker on every scheme. People of the country must know, every scheme has been transformed into a scam. They are masters of doing it.”

Tata Steel shares, which hit a fresh peak of Rs 156 on BSE, have shown a powerful breakouhavet on the daily chart, accompanied by a notable surge in volumes. “Additionally, the formation of a Morning Star pattern, a bullish reversal candle pattern, indicates strong support for the stock. The momentum indicator, RSI, has also provided a buy crossover, confirming the bullish undertone in the stock,” says Kunal Shah, Senior Technical & Derivative Analyst at LKP Securities.

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ANI. The BJP on Saturday announced 20 out of 42 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal. The candidates were announced in wake of PM Modi's mega development push in the TMC bastion.

World Economic Forum says AI-driven misinformation could interfere with electoral processes in various countries, including India. Sam Gregory, executive director of Witness, a global human rights organisation, which uses video and technology to expose human rights abuses and has worked on the threats of AI and deepfakes, spoke to ET about AI related challenges and strategies in elections. Edited excerpts: Can you quantify the risk of deepfakes in elections? We are entering a challenging moment in terms of deepfakes. This year, we have made technical progress that makes it easier and cheaper to make them. We are going to have an election year where synthetic media tools will be used for positive purposes such as voter outreach, and for negative ones.

It’s been two years since the Bank of Canada started the most aggressive interest rate hike campaign in its history in a bid to tame rampant inflation, and the Canadian economy looks vastly different.

ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) -The UK-owned Rubymar, attacked by Houthi militants last month, has sunk in the Red Sea, Yemen's internationally recognised government said on Saturday, warning of a «environmental catastrophe» from the ship's cargo of fertilizer.

In this week's earnings recap, we delve into the latest quarterly reports from four industry giants— eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY), Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ:ZM), Salesforce (NYSE:CRM), and Snowflake (NYSE:SNOW).

BJP Candidate List 2024: Stepping into the Lok Sabha elections 2024 with a target to win 370 seats, the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday released the first list of its candidates on Saturday. BJP announced its candidates on 195 seats across 16 states. While most of the candidates were along the expected lines, there were some notable exclusions from the first list.

195 candidates released on March 2 came from the national capital. The saffron party has fielded four new faces among five candidates for the seven seats in Delhi. The first list did not feature names of sitting members of parliament such as Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi (New Delhi), former Union Minister Harsh Vardhan (Chandni Chowk), Ramesh Bidhuri (South Delhi, Pravesh Vema (West Delhi).