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April 9, 2024 5:27 PM

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: 1210 Candidates In Fray Across 13 States/UTs In Second Phase

The Election Commission announced on Tuesday that a total of 1206 candidates from 12 states/Union territories, along with four candidates from the Outer Manipur parliamentary constituency, are set to contest in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elect...

April 9, 2024 4:53 PM

‘Maidaan’ And ‘Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’ Releases Postponed By A Day

The highly anticipated Eid releases, ‘Maidaan’ and ‘Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’, which were originally slated to hit the theatres on April 10, will now arrive in cinema halls a day later, on April 11. Actors Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff, who pl...

April 9, 2024 4:41 PM

Maruti Suzuki boosts Manesar plant capacity by 1 lakh units

Maruti Suzuki India Limited has expanded its manufacturing capacity at the Manesar plant by adding a new vehicle assembly line, resulting in an increase of 100,000 units per year. The Manesar plant now has a total production capacity of 900,000 vehic...

April 9, 2024 4:14 PM

LS polls 2024: MVA announces seat-sharing deal for Maharashtra

After months of discussions, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) finalised their seat-sharing formula in Maharashtra for the Lok Sabha election 2024, with the Shiv Sena (UBT) contesting on 21 seats, Congress 17 and NCP (SP) 10. The seat-sharing arrangement ...

April 9, 2024 4:02 PM

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar granted ‘Z’ category CRPF security across India

Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the Central government has provided prestigious 'Z' category Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) security cover to Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar across the country, sources said on Tuesday. Kumar's securit...

April 9, 2024 3:50 PM

Turkey imposes export restrictions on Israel until Gaza ceasefire

Turkey will restrict exports of a wide range of products to Israel, including steel and jet fuel, until a ceasefire is declared in Gaza, the Turkish Trade Ministry said on Tuesday, in Ankara's first significant measure against Israel after six months...

April 9, 2024 3:51 PM

Russia, China to talk about deeper security co-operation in Eurasia

Russia and China have agreed to discuss ways to deepen security co-operation across Europe and Asia to counter attempts by the United States to impose its will on the region, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday after talks in Beijing. Chi...

April 9, 2024 2:44 PM

ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 team honoured with John L ‘Jack’ Swigert Jr award

The ISRO Chandrayaan-3 mission team was honoured with the 2024 John L 'Jack' Swigert Jr. award for space exploration, by the Space Foundation based in the US. This prestigious award, given annually, celebrates remarkable achievements in space explora...

April 9, 2024 1:11 PM

EC directs Home Ministry to deploy 100 more central force companies in Bengal for Lok Sabha polls

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has instructed the Ministry of Home Affairs to deploy an additional 100 companies of the Central Armed Paramilitary Forces (CAPF) in West Bengal for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. According to sources, 55 com...

April 9, 2024 12:27 PM

Malaysia sees surge in social media content restriction requests

Malaysia urged Facebook operator Meta META.O and short video service TikTok to step up monitoring on their platforms, it said on Tuesday, with the government reporting sharp increases in harmful social media content this year. In the first three mon...