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Prime Minister Narendra Modi setting a target of 370 Lok Sabha seats for the party in the upcoming elections, BJP is aligning party resources to meet the target. Earlier, the party had set up call centres in 300 districts across the country for the election campaign. Now, it has decided to set up call centres in 370 Lok Sabha seats. Sources told ET that around 360 call centres have already been set up and the remaining 10 centres would be set up by this week. At present, there are 19,000 party workers reaching out to more than 40 lakh people on a daily basis. With the new centres adding up, there would be around 21,000 workers with a target to cross 50 lakh calls per day.

government has spent 80% of its revised FY24 budgetary allocation for capital expenditure and 79% of revenue spending until January, a senior official said on Monday, exuding confidence that the revised fiscal deficit target of 5.8% of gross domestic product (GDP) will be met this financial year. In the revised estimate for FY24, the government pegged its budgetary capex outlay at ₹9.5 lakh crore and revenue spending at ₹35.4 lakh crore.

Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference on Monday formally announced the candidature of party chief Sajad Lone for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from Baramulla-Kupwara seat in northern Kashmir. JKPC's general secretary Imran Ansari announced Lone's candidature asserting that the party aims «to defeat the common enemy of the people of J&K». «We believe that the fiercest speeches on the floor of Parliament, advocating the just cause of our people will finally be delivered by Sajad Lone after a painful wait of seven decades,» said Ansari in his official statement.

₹8 trillion into the country by 2030. Last year, Reliance Industries announced that it has chalked out a roadmap for bringing down the price of green hydrogen to $1 per kg in India.

A private lunar lander is expected to cease operations Tuesday, its mission cut short after landing sideways near the south pole of the moon

Greece has formally agreed to participate in and lead a European Union maritime security operation in the Red Sea, to protect commercial shipping from attacks by Houthi militants in Yemen

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge kicked off the party's election campaign for Andhra Pradesh at Anantapur on Monday, ahead of the upcoming state assembly polls and Lok Sabha elections, promising to dole out Rs 5,000 every month for eligible poor households. Kharge termed the monthly dole a 'Congress guarantee' and a poll promise greater than the five 'guarantees' being fulfilled in Karnataka and the six being implemented in Telangana. «This is not a promise, this is a guarantee. Like no other state in India, we are giving a promise for the poor. Every poor family will get Rs 5,000 per month into their accounts,» Kharge said, addressing the party's first election campaign meeting, switching between English and Kannada, as the region has a significant Kannadiga minority and borders Karnataka.

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NEW DELHI : The Union government is on track to achieve its capital expenditure target for the ongoing financial year, a senior government official said, riding accelerated spending on key infrastructure projects essential to spur economic growth. Till early February, the government had spent about 80% of its total capital expenditure target for FY24, according to a briefing by the finance ministry on Monday.

Investing.com — Arm Holdings (NASDAQ:ARM) ADRs have been in demand since its listing last September, and Rosenblatt sees even more upside, lifting its 12-month price target.

The deep freeze in biotech is beginning to thaw. About half a dozen biotechnology companies have gone public since the start of 2024, with some raising hundreds of millions of dollars. The jump-start to the new year is a welcome sign for the industry after a challenging two years fueled by layoffs, scientific hurdles and rising interest rates, investors say.

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Also Read: Best renewable energy stock: KP Energy vs Inox Wind The installed electricity generating capacity in the country at present is 417 GW, comprising 179 GW from non-fossil fuel sources, which is about 43% of the total installed electricity generating capacity, according to the Ministry of Power. The country has set an ambitious goal of installing 500 GW of non-fossil fuel capacity by 2030, achieving net-zero emissions by 2070, and meeting 50% of its electricity needs from renewable energy sources by 2030, marking a momentous milestone in the global effort against climate change. Currently, the country holds the 4th position globally for installed renewable energy capacity, including large hydro.

Ajit Isaac, CMD, Quess Corp, says “the demerger will unleash a simplified structure that the market has also been looking forward to, a renewed management focus on each of the businesses, a changed capital allocation strategy that is relevant to each of these specific businesses as well as a flexibility in approach to markets. Lastly, a clarity of investment thesis for investors coming into each of these specific demerged entities. That is why we did it and the advantages we can derive for each business.” Tell me a little bit more about your demerger. What kind of prospects does it throw up, the value unlocking, etc, and what was the rationale? Ajit Isaac: I will start with the third part of the question: what is the rationale? The key thing to look at here is that our business is now 17-years old and so we are no longer a startup. It is a mature business and over the years each of the business verticals have become scaled, mature, and market-leading entities and each one has its own rhythm, its cyclicality, and nuances.

₹5.3 lakh crore in March 2021 to ₹17 lakh crore in February 2024. Meanwhile, the market cap of private banks over the similar period has grown just 43% to ₹30.4 lakh crore in February 2024 (despite the HDFC-HDFC Bank merger).

Avenue Supermarts and Hindalco in the model portfolio. Meanwhile, it increased the weights on RIL, Bharti Airtel, SBI, and M&M in the model portfolio.

Balakot airstrike, a historic military operation conducted by the Indian Air Force (IAF) in response to the Pulwama terror attack. The Balakot airstrike, conducted on February 26, 2019, was a meticulously planned and executed operation that demonstrated India's unwavering commitment to national security. The codeword "Bandar Mara Gaya" was reportedly used to relay the success of the mission, signaling the elimination of a significant threat. Background and Context The operation was a response to the heinous Pulwama terror attack on February 14, 2019, where a suicide bomber affiliated with Jaish-e-Mohammed targeted a convoy of Indian paramilitary personnel, resulting in the loss of over 40 lives. In a swift and calculated move, the IAF struck the terror camps in Balakot, situated deep inside Pakistani territory, sending a strong message that India would not tolerate cross-border terrorism.

Shreya Datta, a 37-year-old tech professional from Philadelphia, has fallen victim to a cryptocurrency romance scam that left her financially ruined. 

100 officers from specialized units from various police forces including the RCMP were deployed. Led by the Sûreté du Québec (SQ), raids began Friday evening at multiple establishments in and around the capital city targeting those involved in conflicts between drug-dealing street gangs and more established biker clans.The ongoing conflict has resulted in a worrying uptick in violence.

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US Federal Reserve, which provides guidance on liquidity conditions, Ashima Goyal, a member of the Monetary Policy Committee said to Bhaskar Dutta in an interview. Edited excerpts: Is there a need for liquidity management to also be brought under the purview of the MPC? As the experience of the past six months shows us, liquidity conditions have been the driver of funding costs rather than the benchmark policy rate that the MPC votes on.