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The head of Latvia’s government has tapped an experienced diplomat to become the Baltic nation’s new foreign minister after the current post holder stepped down earlier this week amid a criminal probe over alleged misuse of government funds

A two-decade bet on a biotechnology company turned into a roughly $8 billion windfall for investors in a New York hedge fund earlier this year. Baker Bros. Advisors, a hedge-fund firm run by brothers Felix and Julian Baker, had in 2003 invested in Seagen, a developer of next-generation cancer treatments.

₹80,000 to 90,000 while it is about ₹1.5 to 1.7 lakh for twin-engine helicopters. However, during the election time, “Rate is higher at up to ₹1.5 lakh for single-engine helicopters and up to ₹3.5 lakh for twin-engine helicopters". For the chartered aircraft, the prices can vary between ₹4.5 lakh to ₹5.25 lakh per hour, he added.

Read more here Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) manifesto ‘ Sankalp Patra’ for the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2024, on April 14 – the day marking the birth anniversary of BR Ambedkar, the architect of the Indian Constitution. Titled "Modi Ki Guarantee," the BJP’s manifesto for 2024 elections which has 14 promises focuses on the theme of cultural nationalism. Read more here Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the Uttarakhand government for not taking action against Patanjali Ayurved for violation of the law.

Millions of jobs that new immigrants have been filling in the United States appear to solve a riddle that has confounded economists for at least a year: How has the U.S. economy managed to prosper, adding hundreds of thousands of jobs, month after mont...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is cementing economic links and cultural amity with North Carolina by visiting the Tar Heel state after a few days in Washington focused on global security issues

Gnomes, those quirky statues people often have in their gardens, are flying off the shelves at Augusta National

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Sahith Theegala, in his second Masters, and Akshay Bhatia, in his first are learning this enduring characteristic of Augusta National one painstaking hole at a time. The American Indian train is chugging along nicely, driven mainly by the steely determination of these two young men, but a big impression might have to wait at least another year. On Saturday, both Sahith (6-over 222) and Akshay (221) made 74, clawing their way around the course riding their stellar temperament. The 18th hole was a suitable sample for the kind of spirit that has pervaded Sahith’s journey this week.

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, popularly known as Babasaheb Ambedkar, is widely revered as the architects of the Indian Constitution. Dr. Ambedkar was appointed as India's first Law Minister in the Cabinet of Jawaharlal Nehru. He was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour in 1990. The birthday of this great individual is celebrated as Ambedkar Jayanti. Ambedkar Jayanti 2024: Date and History The Ambedkar Jayanti is celebration with great enthusiasm around the country on April 14 annually. He was born on April 14, 1891 at Mhow near Indore in the then Central Province, now Madhya Pradesh. For the first time, activist Janardan Sadashiv Ranapisay celebrated Ambedkar’s birthday publicly on 14 April 1928 in Pune. Since then, this day is celebrated as Ambedkar Jayanti or Bhim Jayanti. From a humble origin, Dr Ambedkar went on to become one of the foremost legal minds in the country. On March 31, 20211, the Government of India decided to declare April 14 as a public holiday on account of the birthday of Dr BR Ambedkar. Ambedkar Jayanti 2024: Significance

Bryson DeChambeau and Scottie Scheffler. As many as seven golfers exchanged the lead on a roller coaster day, even as the Sun shone brightly over Augusta. In the end though, there was just one possible outcome, or so we learnt. Scheffler, the irrepressible world No.1 survived a midround stumble to work his way back to the top of the leaderboard. Nothing else has felt more certain this week. A 71 was enough to hoist him to the top at 7-under 209. Scheffler has momentum and history supporting his claims for a second Green Jacket. As many as 28 of the last 33 Masters champions started Sunday in the final group (according to Justin Ray of the sports intelligence outfit, Twenty First Group). The first win at Augusta had also come to Scheffler when he slept on the 54-hole lead in 2022. The world No.1 was quickly up by two with birdies at the first and third holes. A double bogey at the tenth was his biggest stumble on the day. He fired his iron too hot, sending the ball rolling 27 yards behind the pin. Scheffler sent his third 60 feet past the flag, eventually taking a six. At the eleventh, once again from the middle of the fairway, as he was on the tenth, Scheffler left his approach just short of the green. He fell back to four under, caught in the vortex of a downward spiral.

«We will achieve energy independence for Bharat by 2047 and reduce petroleum imports through a mix of electric mobility, network of charging stations, renewable energy production and improving energy efficiency, it said. »We will harness Bharat’s renewable energy potential, targeting 500 GW of renewable energy through the establishment of mega solar parks, wind parks and the Green Energy Corridor project among others," it added.

Silver prices in the domestic market are at lifetime highs amid multiple catalysts like safe-haven demand due to escalating geopolitical tensions, hopes of US interest rate cuts, speculative buying, and a sharp rally in industrial metals. Meanwhile, the performance of the benchmark London spot silver remained sluggish but hovering near three-year highs. In the key MCX futures platform, prices reached an all-time high of Rs 84,515/kg last week, gaining about 12% in the last two weeks. A similar move was witnessed in overseas platforms, but the metal was trading down by over 40% from its lifetime high of $49.51 an ounce tested in April 2011.

Lok Sabha polls, the demand for chartered planes and helicopters has jumped up to 40 per cent, and the operators are expected to net 15-20 per cent more earnings, according to industry experts. The hourly rates for chartered services have also spiked. The charge is about Rs 4.5 -5.25 lakh for an aircraft and around Rs 1.5- 1.7 lakh for a twin engine helicopter, they said. While the demand has surged compared to the normal times and previous election years, there is lesser number of fixed wing aircraft and helicopters available. Some of the operators are looking to take planes and helicopters on wet lease. «There is an increase in demand for helicopters and it is up to 25 per cent more in the election period compared to the normal period. The supply is less compared to the demand,» Rotary Wing Society of India (RWSI) President (Western Region) Captain Uday Gelli told PTI.

Despite the chaos, the Nifty 500 managed to pull off an impressive return of around 40.5%, which is pretty outstanding. The performance was even better for mid and smallcap indices. However, as a quant-powered stockbroker equipped with an intelligence layer of factor-based analysis, we wanted to delve deeper into the financial year gone by from a quantitative lens. Here's what we found.

Modi will share the dais with JDS stalwarts HD Deve Gowda and HD Kumaraswamy at a public rally in Mysuru at 5 pm today, a first public show of joint campaigning by leaders of the two parties as they seek to retain NDA’s 2019 tally in the face of stiff resistance from the ruling Congress. The public meeting will take place at Maharaja Grounds in Mysore. This is the first major campaign tour by the PM in Karnataka after his public meeting at AICC president Mallikarjuna Kharge’s home turf of Kalaburagi, last month. The PM will address a campaign rally in Mysuru before heading to Mangaluru to hold a roadshow at 7.15 pm from Narayana Guru Circle to Nav Bharath Circle. The BJP will cover six Lok Sabha constituencies from the two events.

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Amid the euphoria surrounding the forthcoming Bitcoin Halving, Investors in Polygon and Ripple have shown improving optimism despite recent struggles.

Ethena’s (ENA) DeFi activity will rise in Q2 2024. Bitcoin Cash (BCH) could soar due to the ongoing market recovery.

Rajasthan Royals as the opener scored 24 runs off 31 deliveries on Saturday. The young batsman's slow start meant that Rajasthan Royals could not get off to a good start and were on the verge of losing the match when Shimron Hetmyer's 27-run knock (off 10 balls) rescued them and pushed them over the winning line. Former Indian cricketer Robin Uthappa raised concerns about RR's bizzare strategy, stating that the franchise does something like this every season.

Mint explains how deep is the job crisis for the vast number of young people who join the labour force every year. India experienced mostly jobless growth in the first 19 years of the current century, a period when India had seen stable governments under three different prime ministers. At the national level, employment grew at an annual rate of 1.6% between 2000 and 2012 and then stagnated with a 0.01% rise till 2019, even as the economy grew at 6-7% on average during those years.