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Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Modi on Friday urged people casting their votes in the second phase to turn out in record numbers. He highlighted that a substantial voter turnout serves as a cornerstone of a vibrant democracy, underlining the significance of each individual's contribution to the electoral process. PM Modi also directed a special appeal to the nation's young and female electorate, urging them to exercise their franchise in large numbers.

Dalmia Bharat with a target price of Rs 2300. The current market price of Dalmia Bharat Ltd. is Rs 1815.8. Dalmia Bharat Ltd., incorporated in the year 2013, is a Mid Cap company (having a market cap of Rs 36744.33 Crore) operating in Cement sector.

IndusInd Bank with a target price of Rs 1850. The current market price of IndusInd Bank Ltd. is Rs 1493.1. IndusInd Bank Ltd., incorporated in the year 1994, is a banking company (having a market cap of Rs 114774.95 Crore).

Prabhudas Lilladher has raised its target on the Nifty for 2024 to 25,810, implying an upside of 14.35% from Thursday's closing of 22,570, and advises investors to buy during dips. The firm expects the BJP-led NDA government to win the elections. «June beginning is a crucial turning point as uncertainty around the political front and monsoons will be over, which can significantly increase FII inflows,» said Amnish Aggarwal, head of institutional research, Prabhudas Lilladher, in a note to their clients.

Shares offered in the Vodafone Idea follow on public offer (FPO) listed at ₹11.8 apiece on the NSE on Thursday, about 7.3% above the FPO price of ₹11. The shares were listed at ₹12 on BSE and closed at ₹13.8, after a gain of 5.3%. Thursday was also the day when the highest ever quantity of Vodafone Idea shares were traded. After the offer, the company's market capitalisation was at ₹91,747.17 crore on Thursday. «A lot of HNIs and retail investors had subscribed to the FPO with an arbitrage point of view,» said Jimeet Modi, founder, Samco Securities. «They have locked their gains and booked profits and moved on from the company.»

With India Meteorological Department warning of heatwave conditions in most poll-bound states and high humidity in some, Election Commission of India has taken a series of measures to ensure that weather does not impact polling. Phase 2: 88 Seats|Parliamentary Polls contest heat up Voting for the second phase of Lok

Unilever said. «Skin cleansing was flat with a small increase in price, offset by the decline in volume. In Asia, we saw the impact of commodity cost deflation on the personal wash business in India and market challenges in Indonesia, which resulted in declines in Lux and Lifebuoy, both large brands in these geographies,» Fernando Fernandez, chief financial officer, Unilever, told analysts. The maker of Surf and Rin said its global home care grew 3.1%, but price growth fell 1.1%.

REC Ltd on Thursday said it has secured a green loan for JPY 60.536 billion (about Rs 3,200 crore) to finance eligible clean energy projects. The green facility benefits from an 80% guarantee by Italian export credit agency, SACE (Italy). In January, the company had issued its first yen-denominated 61.1 billion green bonds under its $10-billion global medium term notes programme.

income tax department on Thursday extended the deadline for charitable and religious trusts to furnish registration application with tax authorities till June 30. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) had earlier extended the due date for filing Form 10A, Form 10AB by trusts, institutions and funds multiple times and the last such extension was till September 30, 2023. «Considering the representations received by CBDT requesting for further extension of due date for filing of such forms beyond the last extended date of September 30, 2023, and with a view to avoid genuine hardships to taxpayers, CBDT has extended the due date of filing Form 10A/Form 10AB up to June 30, 2024,» the CBDT said in a statement. Form 10A is an application form filed by trusts/institutions who wish to get themselves registered for income tax exemption.

Congress on Thursday said that the Election Commission of India is «super, super cautious» when it comes to complaints against PM Narendra Modi, after the poll watchdog asked the BJP to respond to the complaints filed by opposition parties accusing the PM of delivering a divisive speech in Rajasthan. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said, «We had complained to the ECI. We brought to their notice that the PM's language is against the Model Code of Conduct, the Representation of the People Act, 1951 and various verdicts of the Supreme Court… There has been a delay, we have also complained about some other candidates misusing religion for votes.

Vedanta by the end of May, a senior executive at the natural resources conglomerate told ET. «Right now, the file is with Sebi. The important step that remains is securing the lenders' approval,» group chief financial officer Ajay Goel said. Mumbai-listed Vedanta had announced a demerger in September last year. It intends to form six companies, each of which will house its different businesses — aluminium, power, oil and gas, base metals and steel. Goel reiterated that the demerger is on track to be concluded by the end of the calendar year.

Lok Sabha seats in the northeast will be held on April 26, the second phase of the general election. Five of these seats are in Assam and one in Tripura. The same day, one seat in Manipur will see partial voting. On Friday, polling was held in the Inner Manipur Lok Sabha seat and 15 of the 28 Assembly segments of the Outer Manipur (ST) parliamentary constituency.

Essel Group entities Primcomm Media Distribution Ventures Ltd and Essel Homes Pvt Ltd under the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) after Gnex Realtech Pvt Ltd, an affiliate entity, defaulted on its dues of Rs 260 crore where these companies provided corporate guarantee. The Mumbai bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), in applications filed by Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd, also appointed Ravi Prakash Ganti as interim resolution professional (IRP) for these companies.

Faridabad Court has issued another notice against Sandeep Maheshwari for allegedly making comments despite restrictions imposed by the court in the Vivek Bindra case. In its orders on December 22, 2023, and February 5, 2024, the court prohibited both parties from making negative remarks or engaging in campaigns against each other, whether online or offline. However, despite these orders, Sandeep Maheshwari purportedly held public meetings. According to the notice, Sandeep Maheshwari is required to appear before the court on May 28th. The origin of this legal conflict can be traced back to a video released by Maheshwari on December 11, 2023, which sparked a series of exchanges in the form of posts and videos between the two. Subsequently, in December 2023, Bindra filed a case in Faridabad.

Also read: Centre to soon bring amendments to IT rules to curb deepfakes The company said that complying with the rule would require storing vast numbers of messages for extended periods, which no other country mandates. It said the rule exceeded the scope of its parent law, the Information Technology Act, which does not mandate breaking encryption.

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China on Thursday sent three astronauts to its permanently inhabited space station for a six-month stay, in a regular rotation of Chinese astronauts onboard the "Tiangong" orbiting high above the Earth's atmosphere. The spacecraft Shenzhou-18, or «Divine Vessel», and its three passengers lifted off atop a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China at 8:58 p.m. (1258 GMT), according to state media.

Airbus is in talks with China over a potentially major aircraft order ahead of a visit to France by Chinese President Xi Jinping in May, two people familiar with the matter said. One of the people said the package could involve hundreds of jets, but the other cautioned talks are at a preliminary stage.

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) has revealed its candidate for the upcoming bypoll in the Gandey assembly seat. Kalpana Soren, wife of the incarcerated former chief minister Hemant Soren, will be contesting in the election. The Gandey seat, situated in Giridih district, fell vacant following the resignation of JMM MLA Sarfaraz Ahmad. Kalpana Soren, a homemaker, boasts educational qualifications with both MTech and MBA degrees. She pursued her schooling in Baripada, Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, and furthered her engineering and MBA studies at various institutions in Bhubaneswar. Her foray into politics was highlighted by a speech delivered at the JMM's 51st foundation day celebration in Giridih district on March 4. In her address, she accused her husband's opponents of hatching conspiracies against them since the formation of the Hemant Soren-led coalition government in 2019. She also affirmed that Jharkhand would retaliate against those responsible for her husband's imprisonment.

WhatsApp LLC and its parent company Facebook Inc, now Meta, challenging the 2021 Information Technology (IT) rules for social media intermediaries requiring the messaging app to trace chats and make provisions to identify the first originator of information. Observing that the matter would have to be argued by the parties, a bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Manmohan asked if the issue has been considered in any other country. «There is no such rule anywhere else in the world. Not even in Brazil,» the lawyer appearing for WhatsApp said, adding that the requirement was against the privacy of users and the rule was introduced without any consultation.

enforcement agencies have seized drugs, unaccounted cash, liquor and valuables worth Rs 321.51 crore in Punjab since the model code of conduct came into force last month for the Lok Sabha polls. Amritsar district topped the list with seizures worth Rs 60.3 crore. Punjab Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Sibin C said drugs worth Rs 287.23 crore, unaccounted cash worth Rs 6.89 crore, liquor (22.8 lakh litres) valued at Rs 14.93 crore, precious metals and other items amounting to Rs 12.46 crore were seized. The model code of conduct came into force on March 16.