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The fate of as many as 1,862 candidates will be sealed by over 5.25 crore eligible voters in the state, of which nearly 33% are under the age of 30. Polling will be held in 199 out of the 200 constituencies from 7am to 6pm amid tight security arrangements. Due to the death of Congress candidate and sitting MLA in Karanpur Gurmeet Singh Koonar, voting in the constituency has been adjourned.

Rajasthan is poised for a crucial electoral showdown as voters head to the polls on Saturday. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is eyeing an opportunity to dislodge the incumbent Congress, who is trying hard to change history in a state where no party has been able to win consecutive government.

National Advisory Council (NAC) was 'uncharitably caricatured' as a 'separate power centre' when it functioned purely as an 'advisory body to the Prime Minister', the former Congress President Sonia Gandhi has said in an essay in an upcoming book. She adds that this was ironic given that NDA has openly been taking directions from the 'unelected and unaccountable' RSS. «It is extremely ironic that the NAC was vilified, when the current National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government has routinely deposed before, and taken direction on policy and legislation from the unelected and unaccountable Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), most visibly in September 2015 when Union ministers gave detailed presentations explaining their policies, and south their 'marg darshan' (guidance), as Prime Minister Narendra Modi put it», Gandhi writes in her essay titled- Enhancing People's Rights and Freedoms- The NAC revisited. She also holds forth that the NAC's role was limited to submitting recommendations to the PM and the final decision was left to the discretion of the Union government.

Kamareddy assembly constituency, located around 120 kms away from Hyderabad, has become the hotspot of this election in Telangana, as it is witnessing a triangle battle among BRS supremo and chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, his challenger A Revanth Reddy who is the state Congress president, and BJP's local heavyweight K Venkata Ramana Reddy. The chief minister had surprised many when he chose Kamareddy as his second seat in addition to his sitting Gajwal seat in the Siddipet district. A new dimension was added when sitting MP Revanth Reddy, fashioning himself as Congress' chief ministerial counter to Rao, too entered the fray — in addition to Kodangal in the Vikarabad district — thus making the Kamareddy contest a CM vs a wannabe CM.

Elon Musk had an "emotional" reunion with his father Errol as they met for the first time in seven years, a report said. The two reportedly met soon after the historic first successful launch of SpaceX’s Starship rocket last Saturday. Describing the reunion, Errol Musk's ex-wife Heide Musk told the Sun: "The family cried.

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday alleged that the highest unemployment rate in the country is in Telangana. Jairam Ramesh, who spoke to reporters at Khammam, said one of the major reasons for creating Telangana is to ensure employment to the youth. «But, what do we see after 10 years (after formation of Telangana).

JEE Advanced 2024 Exam Date Released: The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced 2024 exam date has been announced. The JEE Advanced 2024 exam is scheduled to be held on May 26. The JEE Advanced 2024 application window will open on April 21 and will remain open until April 30, 2024.

NEET PG qualifying percentile reduced to zero: Congress slams decision The new NMC rule says that students who pursued physics, chemistry, biology, or biotechnology along with English even as an additional subject after passing class 12 from duly recognised boards will be eligible to appear in the NEET-UG test. NEET PG 2023: Candidates scoring in ‘negative’ also eligible for counselling The decision will apply even to those students whose applications were previously rejected, NMC added.

The Bank of Korea (BOK) has announced that 100,000 South Korean citizens will start making “real-world” CBDC transactions next year.

Kerala police filed a case involving a cheating complaint against former Indian fast bowler S Sreesanth and two additional individuals. As reported by ANI, the FIR lists Rajiv Kumar, aged 50, and Venkatesh Kini, aged 43, as the other parties accused in the case. The filing of the case stems from a complaint lodged by Sareesh Balagopalan, a resident of Choonda Kannapuram.

Reserve Bank of India and the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), for pushing the adoption of the central bank-backed digital currency (CBDC), said two bankers in the know of the matter. Both the RBI and NPCI want CBDC to make digital payments as simple as cash transactions, the bankers said.

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The start of a new column is like the birth of a child. What you are going to name it, and expectations of how it will all turn out. This new column series (following in the tradition of Looking for Logic, Beyond Logic and No Proof Required) is named Rashomon Diaries.

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Canada’s housing market is in “recessionary” territory, and it’s going to get worse before it gets better, economists warned this week.

A new charter codifying the relief that lenders must offer financially strapped mortgage borrowers is drawing mixed reviews from market watchers, with some warning that elements of the policy will prolong overheated housing market conditions and add upward pressure on interest rates.

Geert Wilders provided a major boost to Europe's far-right populists with his election win in the Netherlands

fires continue to burn bright in the neighbouring states when famers set fire to the crop stubble. Add to this the pollution caused by bursting of firecrackers and the air quality gushes into the hazardous category. And you then see a steady line of people flocking to hospitals due to breathing problems.

domestic steel industry will soon introduce Made-In-India branded steel products to the world market, according to Union Steel Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia. This move will ensure standardised quality of products made by Indian steel producers, in addition to making domestic products more attractive to buyers, an official statement issued on Thursday said. This is the first ever initiative by any ministry to introduce labelling and branding for products of a sector. Scindia said the single brand identity for Indian-made steel will represent India’s strong manufacturing potential.

Ben Stokes recently took part in the ODI World Cup 2023, which he came out of retirement for. “The Chennai Super Kings management is supportive of Ben in his decision to manage his workload with England playing a 5-Test series in India before the IPL and then the T20 World Cup in June 2024," CSK said in a statement. The 32-year-old, who was picked by CSK for a whopping ₹16.25 crore in the last mini-auction, could participate in only two games in 2023 after suffering a toe injury.