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electronics manufacturing sector is set to grow 15 per cent to be worth USD 115 billion in 2024, with players continuing to focus more on higher levels of value addition in terms of components and development of products. The production of mobile phones, the poster boy of the country's electronics manufacturing, is expected to surpass USD 50 billion by March 2024 from around USD 42 billion in the previous financial year.

₹8 lakh. Tejas Kubal (23) and Sujal Mahajan (19), who had organised the rave party, have been detained, the police officer added. Police said the detained youngsters have been sent for medical tests and other formalities, adding that a large cache of drugs, narcotics and alcohol were seized from the venue.

Virat Kohli returned to his normal, run-scoring ways with a historic, record-breaking and consistent 2023 as a batter, breaking some massive batting records previously considered untouchable. The star batter went several steps ahead to match the legacy of the Indian great Sachin Tendulkar. This year will be known as the one of Virat's redemption. Every match, every series, and every tournament saw him grab headlines and re-write record books, even during some occasional off days with the bat. Though Virat's redemption story remains incomplete without the presence of the highly-elusive Indian Premier League (IPL) title, ICC World Test Championship mace, and the most heartbreaking of them all, an ICC Cricket World Cup trophy at home, Virat's batting still gave millions of his fans immeasurable joy, ecstasy, pride, and many more reasons to consider him their 'GOAT' (Greatest of All Time).

startups are set to launch their payloads to demonstrate microsatellite subsystems, thrusters or small engines that keep satellites in desired orbits, and radiation shield coating for satellites on board ISRO's PSLV-C58 mission on Monday. Hyderabad-based Dhruva Space will validate the functionality and robustness of the P-30 nanosatellite platform and its various subsystems in-orbit as part of 'Launching Expeditions for Aspiring Payloads — Technology Demonstrator' (LEAP-TD) payload on the PSLV-C58 mission that will launch the XPoSat satellite.

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SSC GD Recruitment registration for 2024 is scheduled to end today (December 31). The registration is for these posts: Constable (GD) in Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), SSF, and Rifleman (GD) in Assam Rifles.

ISRO is set to welcome the new year with the launch of its first X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite that would offer insights into celestial objects like black holes, onboard a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket on Monday. The launch comes after the success of its Gaganyaan Test Vehicle D1 mission in October. The PSLV-C58 rocket, in its 60th mission, would carry primary payload XPoSat and 10 other satellites to be deployed in low earth orbits.

₹45-50 crore, now mostly hovered at around ₹25 crore. This recalibration wasn’t merely numerical but strategic–a pivot towards robust business models, away from the regulatory quagmires. Venture debt, traditionally a side actor, took centrestage, offering critical support to startups, especially in sectors ripe with innovation such as electric vehicles and companies heavy on research and development.

After nearly two years of hikes to the Bank of Canada’s benchmark interest rate, some forecasters are expecting the housing market correction will come to an end in 2024.

They will reference the one-sided World Cup final at home where Australia crushed India. And, finally, they will stay with the most recent setback, the defeat to South Africa in the first Test match at Centurion, which killed all chances of a maiden Test series win in South Africa. But, to be fair to this Indian team — and that is something they do not always get simply because of how emotional responses to their performances are — 2023 was hardly doom and gloom.

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USA Boxing has implemented a 'Transgender Policy,' enabling male boxers who undergo transition to participate in the female category starting in 2024. The governing body, responsible for overseeing amateur and Olympic-style boxing in the United States, has established specific conditions for transgender athletes to compete.

COVID-19 were recorded in the Greater Mumbai Area on Saturday, the health department said. This brings the total number of positive patients to 208, as per the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, Public Health Department. Of the new cases, three were hospitalised today (Saturday), increasing the total number of hospitalised patients to 22. Currently, 14 out of 4,215 available beds are occupied, the Public Health Department said.

San Fernando Valley hills. The thieves stole luxury watches worth more than $300,000, adding to a string of break-ins affecting celebrities in the area.

Gujarat became the first state to introduce its semiconductor policy in 2022, with several companies from Japan, South Korea, New Delhi and Bengaluru expressing interest in investing in the sector during events organised ahead of the upcoming Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024, officials said. As per a government release, the state's semiconductor policy aims to play a significant role in the global realignment of supply chains in the strategic sector and raise India's economic position.

Public Health Director Niranjan Mishra in a letter to all medical colleges and CDMOs said: «The recent rise in COVID-19 cases across India necessitates immediate and proactive measures to combat any surge in COVID-19 cases in the state. In continuation of the earlier communication, you are requested to implement the action points given therein and to remain alert to meet any exigency».

Convertible term insurance plans are increasingly becoming popular as these offer the option to convert a regular term policy into a whole life insurance or an endowment plan without requiring any additional medical underwriting. This feature enables a policyholder to secure lifelong coverage.

By Lewis Krauskopf

Mary Tyler Moore, born on December 29, 1936, in Brooklyn, New York, aspired to be an entertainer from a young age. She expressed her early determination in a 1997 interview with the Archive of American Television, stating, «I knew at a very early age what I wanted to do.» Moore, who passed away on January 25, 2017, due to complications of type 1 diabetes, humorously described her passion as «just showing off,» a trait she exhibited since around the age of 3.

cognitive abilities in children and young adults sparked interest in the West, where systemic learning of music is more rampant. The first showed that listening to Western classical music, Mozart in particular, improves test scores and spatial reasoning, the ability to imagine things in 3D. The second showed that kids who listened to Britpop band Blur while completing a test did better than those who listened to classical or no music. While both studies were later challenged, it has been subsequently established that music — especially playing an instrument — makes a difference to one's cognitive abilities in one's formative years.

Bihar is going to be different this time because of the sheer weight of the caste census politics unleashed and the Domino-effect it is likely to have on the fates of CM Nitish Kumar, the RJD, Left and Congress. The 'Mahagathbandhan' of RJD, JD(U), Congress and the Left is trying to recreate Mandal politics through the census data, with the state government hiking the quota for OBCs, SC and STs up to 65%. Whether the backward castes will bite this bait and vote for the mahagathbandan is still a hazy proposition.