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India has the potential to host music festivals that are bigger in scale than renowned global events like Coachella, Punjabi singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh said during his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on New Year's Day.
The globally popular singer met the prime minister at his residence on Wednesday where they discussed music, culture, and India's artistic legacy.
During the meeting, PM Modi asked Dosanjh about his experience of travelling outside of India and performing at various global festivals like the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April 2023.
"I feel that they have made festivals like Coachella or any other very big. And I believe we can make it much bigger. People travel from all over the world for such festivals," said the 40-year-old singer.
Dosanjh said music is embedded in India's cultural fabric and noted how people who are not trained professionally can often display impeccable talent.
"Whether we are eating food in a dhaba or someone is singin

Diljit Dosanjh, PM Modi

RBI has given approval to HDFC Bank and its group companies to collectively acquire up to 9.5 per cent of paid-up share capital or voting rights in Kotak Mahindra Bank, AU Small Finance Bank

HDFC Bank

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 4: embedUR systems, a leader in embedded solutions and Edge AI technologies, is proud to join STMicroelectronics' Authorized Partner program. 

embedUR systems Showcases Edge AI Innovations in Collaboration with STMicroelectronics

Jasprit Bumrah took the field with the Indian team on Day 2 of the Sydney Test, but unlike his marathon spells throughout the series, he only bowled eight overs in the first session

Jasprit Bumrah

Over its 48-Test match history, the Sydney Cricket Ground has only witnessed six successful 200-plus run chases

Highest successful run chase in Sydney

The brand, which started in 2020, is known for its ingredient-based skincare products and raised funds in its Series A from Unilever Ventures and Sequoia Capital India

Hindustan unilever, HUL

In the study, two vultures were given Nimesulide, researchers observed that the treated birds showed elevated uric acid levels, a known marker of kidney failure, and both died within two days

Retirement fund body EPFO has completed the Centralized Pension Payments System (CPPS) rollout in all its regional offices across the country that will benefit over 68 lakh pensioners, the labour ministry said on Friday.
The CPPS is a paradigm shift from the existing pension disbursement system that is decentralised, with each zonal/regional office of EPFO maintaining separate agreements with only 3-4 banks, the ministry explained in a statement.
Under CPPS, a beneficiary will be able to withdraw pension from any bank and there will be no need for to visit the bank for verification at the time of commencement of pension, and the amount will be immediately credited upon release, it stated.
The CPPS system January 2025 onwards will also ensure disbursement of pension throughout India without any need for transfer of pension payment orders (PPO) from one office to another even when the pensioner moves from one location to another or changes his bank or branch, it said.
This will be a

EPFO

As day 2 progressed in Sydney, Bumrah was seen going off the field just before lunch and was seen in training gears.

The report notes that this decline in the rural poverty ratio is due to higher consumption growth in the 0-5 per cent decile

poverty

The quick commerce industry will reach a stage in 2025 where it will be comparable to traditional e-commerce giants like Amazon and Flipkart, Zepto co-founder and CEO Aadit Palicha has asserted.
In a LinkedIn post on New Year's Eve, he said Zepto last year announced that 2024 will be the year people realise that quick commerce has the potential to create an Amazon/Flipkart level outcome in India and outlined three key forecasts for the new year.
"In 2025, Quick Commerce will actually start hitting a scale where it will become comparable to e-commerce," he wrote.
IPO-headed Zepto reported a 120 per cent increase in operating revenue to Rs 4,454 crore in FY24, surpassing competitors like Swiggy's Instamart and Zomato's Blinkit.
Emphasising that success in quick commerce will hinge on "exceptional execution", Palicha said it will be challenging for every single player to deliver that level of execution.
"In 2025, the fundamentals of Quick Commerce will evolve dramatically. The custom

Aadit Palicha

63 Moons, Mercury Ev-Tech, Axiscades, JSW Holdings, Indo Tech Transformers, Zaggle, Motisons, Sunflag Iron and EPACK Durable from the BSE Smallcap index were locked at 5% upper limit on Wednesday.

The number of active investors on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) have jumped 44 per cent over the past one year to 47.9 million at the end of September 2024. The surge in active clients is underpinned by the rally in the markets, with the Nifty 50

In the first half of 2025, Isro has scheduled several key missions, which include the launch of the NVS-02 navigation satellite, unmanned Gaganyaan mission featuring Vyommitra, and many more

ISRO

Apart from the SPADEX, Isro is focussing on multiple missions, ranging from the conventional satellite launches to unconventional space exploration programmes

Also, Rs 824.77 crore fund has been created to foster innovation and technology in the agriculture sector

Farmer, Agriculture

Earlier in the week, on Monday, the capital saw a temporary improvement in air quality, with levels shifting to the "moderate" category after heavy rainfall over the weekend

Delhi AQI, air pollution, smog

Regulator has barred the infamous stock operator for front-running trades pertaining to a US based FPI, directed disgorgement of illegal gains of Rs 66 crore

sebi

While Swiggy Instamart recorded its largest order of Rs 70,325 from a user in central Goa, Blinkit reported an order worth Rs 64,988 from a Kolkata user

food delivery

The real problem with India's trade policy lies in a seemingly innocent administrative procedure that doesn't sound half as dangerous as tariffs

Exports, Export

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has released the CTET Answer Key 2024. Candidates who have appeared for CTET can download the answer key via official website at ctet.nic.in

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