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Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar is at the wheel as India heads for the election to the 18th Lok Sabha, having already helmed seven assembly elections --from the high-voltage campaign in Karnataka and Telangana to the Naxal hotbed in Chhattisgarh and the polarised poll of Tripura. He is uniquely placed vis-a-vis his predecessors. As against the divided, dissenting house that went to Lok Sabha elections 2019 — split in the middle right into the final counting day — Kumar is now said to be backed by a unified Commission ahead of the 2024 LS polls.

minister for AI. This would be in keeping with a governmental interface for all technologies with transformative potential such as telecommunications and aerospace.

Netflix recently teased the forthcoming climax to Zack Snyder’s space odyssey with the release date for "Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver." This announcement follows the explosive success of «Rebel Moon — Part One: A Child of Fire,» which soared to the top of Netflix's most-watched movies list after its recent debut on December 21. The storyline orbits around Kora (played by Sofia Boutella), a former warrior who has sought refuge on the serene farming moon of Veldt, only to confront her past when Atticus Noble (Ed Skrein), a formidable agent of the oppressive Imperium, shatters her peaceful existence. With the aid of a diverse group of fighters, Kora rallies to resist the encroaching tyranny, setting the stage for intense confrontations that have captivated audiences.

Daihatsu, a unit of Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp., has shut down production lines at all its four factories in Japan while transport ministry officials investigate improper tests for safety certifications

Online, direct-to-consumer health care has grown well beyond its roots mostly treating hair loss and acne or selling birth control pills

You might not want Donald Trump for president, but you probably don’t want Liz Cheney either, judging by a recent piece in this newspaper. Checks and balances, she maintains, won’t work to contain Mr. Trump because he might have “allies" in Congress.

Metal stocks rallied for the fourth consecutive session on Wednesday, which saw the Nifty Metal index hitting a lifetime high. Rollover of positions to the January derivative series and a reversal in the dollar index are aiding the up move in the stocks in the sector. In four sessions, the Nifty Metal index has gained nearly 6% and hit a lifetime high of 7863.75 points. Among base metals, Hindalco Industries rose more than 3% and scaled a 52-week high of Rs 603. National Aluminium Co rose over 1% to Rs 116.85. Steelmakers across the board gained, with Tata Steel, Steel Authority of India, and JSW Steel rising 1-2%.

BEIJING (Reuters) — Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD (SZ:002594) said on Wednesday it has obtained a conditional testing license for level 3 (L3) autonomous driving on high-speed roads.

Covid-19 to remain in home isolation for a period of seven days. Additionally, all symptomatic primary contacts of these individuals will also be tested. This decision was taken by a cabinet sub-committee on Covid-19, chaired by health minister Dinesh Gundu Rao, during their meeting at Vidhana Soudha on Tuesday.

Toyota Motor's global production jumped 11 per cent in November to a record level, bouncing back from last year's supply chain disruptions and benefiting from robust demand both in Japan and overseas. Output for November climbed to 926,573 vehicles, while worldwide sales increased 14 per cent from a year earlier when shortages of semiconductors plagued automakers globally. Both figures include Toyota's Lexus luxury brand.

India's playing 11Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna.South Africa's playing 11Dean Elgar, Aiden Markram, Tony de Zorzi, Temba Bavuma, Keegan Petersen, David Bedingham, Kyle Verreynne, Marco Jansen, Gerald Coetzee, Kagiso Rabada and Nandre Burger.When, where and how to watch the 1st Test match?The India vs South Africa 1st Test match kicked off on December 26 at 1:30 PM and would continue till December 30. The live-streaming of the match will be available on the Disney+ Hotstar app. The match can also be watched live on Star Sports.Check LIVE updates“KL Rahul kept Indian hopes alive on the first day of the first Test at SuperSport Park in Centurion," said former Indian cricketer Akash Chopra.Only 59 overs could be played on Day 1 as rain disrupted the match.

Who's Harry Potter?," explores a groundbreaking technique that allows large language models to selectively forget information. Microsoft researchers Mark Russinovich and Ronen Eldan demonstrated that AI models can be modified to erase knowledge of the Harry Potter books—characters, plots, and all—while maintaining their overall decision-making and analytical abilities. The choice of Harry Potter was deliberate, as the series is universally familiar, making it easy for researchers to evaluate the effectiveness of the technique.

As the crypto world buzzes with the launch of new meme coins, Osmosis (OSMO) has carved out its own success story, recently witnessing a striking 24.5% surge in its price.

Salaar Box Office Collection Day 5: Prabhas' latest movie has seen a massive drop (45.72%) in numbers on the fifth day. After earning ₹46.3 crore net in India on Day 4, the action film collected ₹25.13 crore on the following day. The movie started with massive numbers, ₹90.7 crore on its release day.

₹1001.25 apiece on the BSE, a premium of 17.79% to the issue price of ₹850 per share. On NSE, Happy Forgings shares price began trading at ₹1,000 apiece, a premium of 17.64%. The initial public offering (IPO) of Happy Forgings was launched on December 19 and the bidding process ended on December 21.

Life Insurance Corporation of India rake in a massive profit of Rs 2.28 lakh crore in its portfolio. LIC, which is invested in about 260 listed companies in India, saw the market value of its overall holdings surge to Rs 11.89 lakh crore from Rs 9.61 lakh crore in December last year, data by Ace Equity showed. The market value has been calculated based on the shareholding of LIC as of September end and the current market price of the stocks. The Nifty 50 has given 18% returns on a year-to-date basis. But from its 52-week low touched in March this year, the index has rallied more than 28% to scale a lifetime high of 21593 points in this month. LIC’s Nifty 50 portfolio alone has given the domestic institutional investor handsome returns this year.

Deven Choksey, MD, DRChoksey FinServ Pvt. Ltd, says: “The government has made most of the PSU companies more accountable for the growth. And that is one of the reasons for which the market participants and investors have started buying into some of the PSU companies because there is a visibility of growth that one is seeing vis-à-vis the private sector players I think these companies probably require to demonstrate their amount of growth. If that is so, then I would justify the kind of rally which is right now in place as far as the PSUs are concerned.” You have been a market watcher for the longest time. Do you think we have the infrastructure in place for T+0, instant settlement for the equity cash segment? What will the impact of this be like? Deven Choksey: In a lighter tone, I think in our country we first create the product and then the infrastructure gets built. I am not going to be very surprised if infrastructure is going to get built over a period of time. However, the most important part out here is that this particular move is likely to work for the investors much more significantly. When you settle the trade on the same day, you probably bring in a significant amount of market confidence and the integrity quotient will probably increase significantly. So, from that point of view, I would think that it is going to benefit the investors the most. Whether we have the requisite infrastructure at this point of time in place, it will have to be tested.

coronavirus symptoms and be careful. They advised anyone with cold, fever or cough symptoms to get tested. Dr.

INS Imphal" was commissioned into the India Navy. "It epitomises our naval excellence and engineering prowess. Compliments to everyone involved in this milestone for Aatmanirbharta.

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Insacog — the network of laboratories set up to monitor genomic variations of the coronavirus in India — will hold a meeting on Friday. «By Friday, we will come to know about the expansion of the new sub-variant and the proportion of other existing sub variants,» said a member of the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (Insacog) on the condition of anonymity. So far, 69 cases of JN.1 Covid variant cases have been reported in the country. India reported 116 new cases of Covid-19, with three deaths in Karnataka, bringing total active cases to 4,170 and the total death toll to 533,337, as of Tuesday. «The cases are expected to go up as testing has been ramped up too,» he said. While cases of newly detected sub-variant are surging, XBB continues to be dominant in India.