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"I have removed all 'India's Got Latent' videos from my channel," says comedian Samay Raina. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday departed for the US to meet President Donald Trump after wrapping his two-day visit to France where he co-chaired the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit alongside French President Emmanuel Macron with whom he also held bilateral discussions. In the US, PM Modi will hold a bilateral meeting with President Trump in both restricted and delegation-level formats. Modi will be the fourth foreign leader to visit Trump in the weeks after the American leader's inauguration as the 47th President of the US in January. In France, during the bilateral talks, Modi and Macron on Wednesday called for enhancing trade and investment ties between the two countries and committed to further deepening their engagement in the Indo-Pacific and various global forums and initiatives. Modi and Macron jointly inaugurated India's new consulate in France's Marseille. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Modi co-chaired the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit alongside French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris and addressed the 14th India-France CEOs Forum in Paris. During his visit to France, Modi also met US Vice President J D Vance and his Indian-origin wife along with their two young sons. Modi, Macron exchanged views on geopolitical developments in Europe, West Asia, Indo-Pacific, says Foreign Secretary Misri.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the historic Mazargues Cemetery in Marseille city along with French President Emmanuel Macron and paid tribute to the Indian soldiers who made sacrifices fighting in the Great War. PM Modi laid a wreath composed of tricolour-themed flowers and Macron also laid a wreath. Retail inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), eased to 4.31 per cent in January from 5.22 per cent in December. Industrial output growth slowed to 3.2 per cent year-on-year in December 2024, compared to 5.2 per cent in November.
Nasa announced Tuesday that SpaceX will switch capsules for upcoming astronaut flights in order to bring Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams home in mid-March instead of late March or April. Human spaceflight is full of unexpected challenges, NASA's commercial crew program manager Steve Stich said in a statement. That will shave at least a couple weeks off their prolonged stay at the International Space Station, which hit the eight-month mark last week. The test pilots should have returned in June on Boeing's Starliner capsule after what should have been a weeklong flight demo.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has taken into custody six officials of Delhi Transport Department for alleged corruption and bribery. The agency had been receiving complaints against widespread corruption in the department, CBI officials said.
Retail inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), eased to 4.31 per cent in January from 5.22 per cent in December.
Industrial output growth slowed to 3.2 per cent year-on-year in December 2024, compared to 5.2 per cent in November.
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Tulsi Gabbard is confirmed by the Senate as Trump's director of national intelligence, reports AP
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Bhushan Kumar Sinha takes charge as IBBI Whole Time Member
Bhushan Kumar Sinha has taken charge as a Whole Time Member of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) with effect from February 11.
Sinha, a 1993 batch officer of the Indian Economic Service (IES), has extensive experience in banking, finance, capital markets, and economic policy.
"Bhushan Kumar Sinha took charge as whole time member of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India on 11 February, 2025," the IBBI said in a release on Wednesday.
He has held key portfolios in banking & finance, capital & debt markets, external debt management, asset management & strategic divestment, MSMEs, etc, while serving in the ministry of finance.
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Fed's Powell sees a ways to go on shrinking Fed holdings
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday reiterated he sees no imminent reason to stop the central bank's balance sheet contraction process, commonly referred to as quantitative tightening.
"I think we have a ways to go on reducing the size of central bank bond holdings, Powell told a House panel, as the Fed has reduced overall holdings by just over $2 trillion since 2022.
"I think we have a ways to go on reducing the size of central bank bond holdings, Powell told a House panel, as the Fed has reduced overall holdings by just over $2 trillion since 2022.
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Trader Sanjay Shah Charged in Germany Over Cum-Ex Deals
The British hedge fund trader Sanjay Shah, who was sentenced to a 12-year prison term in Denmark over Cum-Ex trades, was charged in Germany over similar deals targeting that nation’s treasury.
Cologne prosecutors filed an indictment last week against a 54-year-old British national for Cum-Ex deals, a spokesman for the agency said in an emailed statement Wednesday. Shah’s lawyer in Germany confirmed that the person charged was his client.
The case was filed at the Bonn Regional Court over deals that Shah allegedly carried out between April to August 2010, causing a tax loss of more than €46.5 million ($48.1 million), according to the statement.
In Cum-Ex deals, shares rapidly changed hands to earn duplicate refunds on dividend tax. Lawmakers estimate that the scheme may have cost taxpayers more than €10 billion by the time Germany revised the rules in 2012 to close down the practice.
Shah is currently appealing the Danish jail sentence.
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8 security personnel on anti-Naxal operation injured as vehicle overturns in Jharkhand
Eight personnel of the CRPF and Jharkhand Police suffered injuries after their vehicle overturned in West Singhbhum district on Wednesday, an officer said.
They were returning from a joint anti-Naxal operation when the accident occurred near Lanjo Ghati under Sonua police station.
The injured - six CRPF personnel and two policemen including an assistant sub-inspector - were initially taken to Sonua Community Health Centre.
Superintendent of Police Ashutosh Shekhar said the injured were later admitted to the railway hospital at Chakradharpur and their condition is stable.
The district police have been carrying out operations against the Left Wing Extremist group in Porahat forest areas for the last few days.
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Fire breaks out at two-wheeler showroom in UP's Gorakhpur
A fire broke out in a two-wheeler showroom here on Wednesday, fire officials said.
Out of nearly 50 parked motorcycles and two-wheelers at Hindustan Auto Bazaar, which deals with second hand vehicles, 25 were completely charred, while firefighters managed to save the rest, an eyewitness said.
Five fire tenders were deployed to the site and after a two-hour-long operation, the blaze was brought under control, Chief Fire Officer, Jasveer Singh said.
Officials said that swift action prevented the fire from spreading to nearby shops and houses, and no casualties were reported.
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US in talks with other nations on reciprocal tariffs, White House says
Work on the administration's reciprocal tariffs is ongoing, and talks with other nations are underway, U.S. President Donald Trump's economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Wednesday.
"That's a work in progress. Everybody's talking about it right now, and actually the conversations with other countries began this morning, really early," the White House National Economic Council director told reporters at the White House.
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I have removed all 'India's Got Latent' videos from my channel: Comedian Samay Raina
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Delhi records maximum temperature of 26.5 deg C
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US consumer inflation unexpectedly accelerated to 3.0% in January
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Maha Kumbh: Over 2 crore devotees take holy dip on Maghi Purnima
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Godrej Industries Q3 net profit zooms 77% on solid chemicals, real estate numbers
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PM Modi departs for US after wrapping up France visit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday departed for the US to meet President Donald Trump after wrapping his two-day visit to France where he co-chaired the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit alongside French President Emmanuel Macron with whom he also held bilateral discussions.
In the US, PM Modi will hold a bilateral meeting with President Trump in both restricted and delegation-level formats.
Modi will be the fourth foreign leader to visit Trump in the weeks after the American leader's inauguration as the 47th President of the US in January.
In France, during the bilateral talks, Modi and Macron on Wednesday called for enhancing trade and investment ties between the two countries and committed to further deepening their engagement in the Indo-Pacific and various global forums and initiatives.
Modi and Macron jointly inaugurated India's new consulate in France's Marseille.
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Modi co-chaired the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit alongside French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris and addressed the 14th India-France CEOs Forum in Paris.
During his visit to France, Modi also met US Vice President J D Vance and his Indian-origin wife along with their two young sons.
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Former Sena (UBT) MLA quits as party's deputy leader, cites ‘prevailing circumstances’
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Centre not releasing Bengal''s legitimate dues, alleges Mamata Banerjee at post-state budget press meet
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First Published: Feb 12 2025 | 9:04 AM IST
