Hindustan Times Pune - December 17, 2024
Hindustan Times Pune - December 17, 2024
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December 17, 2024
B'DESH LIKELY TO HOLD ELECTIONS IN LATE '25 OR EARLY '26: YUNUS
Bangladesh's chief adviser Muhammad Yunus on Monday said the next general elections in the country could take place by the end of 2025 or the first half of 2026.
1 min
Trade deficit at a record $38bn as gold imports rise
NEW DELHI: India's merchandise trade deficit widened to a record $37.84 billion in November, driven primarily by surging gold imports and falling exports, a trend experts said threatens to add pressure on the rupee which is already strained by three months of portfolio outflows.
2 mins
Discontent among Pune dist MLAs over cabinet exclusion
Following the cabinet expansion on Sunday, some MLAs from Pune and the region have expressed dissatisfaction over being left out.
1 min
Shivajinagar shivers at 7.8°C, Ahmednagar coldest in state
Since three days, central and north Maharashtra have been experiencing cold wave conditions
1 min
President Murmu intervenes twice on city's bad road issue
For the second time in the past five months, President Draupadi Murmu has called attention to the poor condition of roads in Pune.
1 min
Trees dying at Metro Eco Park in Ravet, claim activists
According to the group, police refusal flies in the face of the Tree Act 1975
3 mins
STUDENTS' BODY DEMANDS DROP IN CUT-OFF FOR NEET-PG 2024
MUMBAI: The Indian Medical Association's Junior Doctors Network (IMA-JDN) has written to union health minister JP Nadda on Sunday, urging a reduction in National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate (NEET-PG) 2024 cut-off for the next academic year.
1 min
TRIBUTES MARK VIJAY DIWAS CELEBRATIONS AT SOUTHERN COMMAND HQ
PUNE: Southern Command commemorated the 54th Vijay Diwas, marking India's historic victory in the 1971 Indo-Pak War, with a wreath-laying ceremony at the Command War Memorial.
1 min
PMPML to get 400 new CNG buses by 2025
The Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) will soon get 400 new CNG buses even as it scraps 327 old buses in a phased manner.
1 min
MAN KILLS ANOTHER WITH LPG CYLINDER
The Pimpri-Chinchwad police have arrested a 23-year-old man for the murder of a 45-year-old during their liquor party at Dighi area.
1 min
TWO BOOKED FOR SELLING FAKE WATCHES
Pune: The Pimpri-Chinchwad police on Sunday booked two men for allegedly selling counterfeit watches of popular brands in the local market.
1 min
MahaRERA notice to 10,773 'lapsed' projects across state
MUMBAI: The developers of over one-fifth of projects, registered with Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA), have been issued show cause notices, as the projects have come under the \"lapsed\" category.
1 min
RAHUL GANDHI ATTENDS FRIEND'S FUNERAL IN MAHABALESHWAR
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was on a private visit to Mahabaleshwar in Satara district on Monday to attend the funeral of a family friend, a party source said.
1 min
₹35,788 cr sought for unplanned expenses including Ladki scheme
NAGPUR: The state government presented supplementary demands amounting to ₹35,788 crore on the first day of the winter session of the state legislature.
2 mins
16-YR-OLD BOY BOOKED FOR IMPREGNATING MINOR GIRL
PUNE: The police have booked a 16-year-old boy for allegedly raping and impregnating a 14-year-old girl on the pretext of marriage.
1 min
Now QR code-based identity cards to curtail illegal vendors at platforms, in running trains
OVER 300 VENDORS HAVE BEEN CAUGHT SELLING FOOD AND OTHER ITEMS AT PUNE RAILWAY STATION AND IN RUNNING TRAINS IN THE PAST ONE YEAR
1 min
Anganwadis in dark over unpaid electricity bills
PUNE: The merger of 23 villages into Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) limits has caused confusion over the payment of 58 Anganwadis functioning in these villages.
1 min
ED adds 4 more key players to charge sheet
MUMBAI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a supplementary charge sheet in the money laundering case involving alleged irregularities at two jumbo Covid centres in Mumbai.
2 mins
HC STAYS ₹4.5CR FINE ON PATANJALI FOR TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT
MUMBAI: A division bench of the Bombay high court on Monday stayed a single judge bench order imposing a penalty of ₹4.5 crore on Patanjali Ayurved Ltd, in a trademark infringement case filed by Mangalam Organics Ltd, world's largest camphor manufacturer.
1 min
MUMBAI BEST BUS MISHAP DEATH TOLL RISES TO 8
A 58-year-old vegetable vendor who was injured when a Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) electric bus went out of control in Kurla last week died on Sunday, taking the death toll in the mishap to eight.
1 min
Search for missing trekker uncovers 2 skeletons near Harishchandra Fort
THANE: A search for a missing trekker last week at Harishchandra Fort, 180 km from Mumbai, took a grim turn when rescuers discovered two skeletons, one of which was identified as the missing person's, in the densely forested valley.
4 mins
WOMAN SELLS INFANT TO RAISE MONEY FOR HUSBAND'S BAIL
MUMBAI: A 32-year-old woman from Dadar has been arrested for allegedly selling her 45-day-old girl child to raise money to post bail for her husband, who has been arrested for stealing scrap from railway premises.
1 min
India unveils measures to help SL economy recover
Strengthening defence, trade ties
2 mins
REPORT LINKS DEATH OF MAN IN CUSTODY TO SHOCK, INJURIES
Shock due to multiple injuries may have caused the death of a 35-year-old man arrested in connection with the violence triggered by vandalism of a replica of the Constitution last week in Parbhani district of Maharashtra, a provisional post-mortem report suggested on Monday.
1 min
Krishna can't be recognised as recipient yet
Carnatic music vocalist TM Krishna should not be recognised as the recipient of the award constituted in the name of legendary classical singer MS Subbulakshmi, the Supreme Court said on Monday, in an interim order on a plea filed by the late singer's grandson who alleged Krishna made scandalous remarks against her.
1 min
NSA will visit China for SR dialogue on Dec 18
NEW DELHI: National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval will visit China for talks with foreign minister Wang Yi under the Special Representatives mechanism on December 18 to address the long-standing border dispute following the disengagement of forces on the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
1 min
PM twisted facts, misled nation on Nehru: Kharge
NEW DELHI: Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of twisting facts and misleading the country about Jawaharlal Nehru's letter on reservations and speaking the untruth during his Lok Sabha address last week.
3 mins
Cong amended Constitution to secure interests of a family: FM
ATTACKING THE ECONOMIC POLICIES OF THE CONGRESS, WHICH SHE SAID HAD BORROWED FROM THE SOVIET MODEL, THE MINISTER SAID SOVIET MODEL WAS COPIED BY NEHRU AND CONTINUED BY INDIRA GANDHI, BUT DID NOT STRENGTHEN THE ECONOMY
4 mins
With Zakir Hussain, tabla Started on its Solo journey
baba came to Ustad Alla Rakha's house the day his wife delivered their first son. As per the family's tradition, the boy should have carried the surname Qureshi, but the baba said the boy must be named after Hazrat Imam Hussain, the grandson of the Prophet, as the boy might become a fakir (wandering ascetic) in future.
3 mins
The gains of going it alone
Why the AAP may have decided against an alliance with the Congress in Delhi polls
2 mins
IIT Madras has a digital human brain atlas ready
The complexity of the human brain has always presented one of the greatest challenges in science. Neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and epilepsy affect millions of people worldwide, yet we still know relatively little about their underlying causes.
3 mins
The shaky foundations of Bangladesh's growth
The lack of diversification in its economy, the small size of its middle class, and subdued wages have contributed to the current crisis. Aggregate GDP numbers put a gloss on it
3 mins
Wah Ustad! A global musician from India
As the disciple and son of Ustad Alla Rakha, Zakir Hussain inherited a formidable legacy.
1 min
Chinese spying row roils British politics
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday that he was \"concerned about the challenge that China poses\" following revelations that a suspected Chinese spy became a confidant of disgraced royal Prince Andrew.
1 min
Assad denies 'planned' exit from Syria, calls new leaders 'terrorists'
DAMASCUS: Bashar al-Assad on Monday said he fled Syria only after Damascus had fallen and denounced the country's new leaders as \"terrorists\", in his first remarks since rebels seized the capital and unseated him.
2 mins
Israel-Hamas war: Toll in Gaza tops 45,000
The death toll in the Gaza Strip from the 14-month war between Israel and Hamas militants has topped 45,000 people, Palestinian health officials said on Monday, with 52 dead arriving at hospitals across the bombed-out strip over the past 24 hours.
1 min
Canada finance min quits over rift with PM on Trump tariffs
Canada's finance minister Chrystia Freeland quit on Monday after clashing with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on issues including how to handle possible US tariffs, dealing another blow to an already unpopular government.
1 min
SCHOLZ LOSES CONFIDENCE VOTE, SETTING UP EARLY ELECTION IN FEB
BERLIN: Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote in the German parliament on Monday, putting the European Union's most populous member and biggest economy on course to hold an early election in February.
1 min
Chinese prez calls on party to 'turn knife inward' to end graft
China's Communist Party must \"turn the knife inward\" to eliminate problems of discipline, including corruption, President Xi Jinping said, a new call to hunt down corrupt officials and those who corrupt them.
1 min
'30 N KOREAN SOLDIERS KILLED, WOUNDED IN KURSK REGION'
Ukraine said on Monday that its troops killed or wounded at least 30 North Korean soldiers who had been deployed by Russia to its western Kursk region, where Ukraine has seized territory.
1 min
Ex-husband asks 'forgiveness' from family
AVIGNON, FRANCE: The French man who has admitted to enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily-sedated wife asked forgiveness from his family on Monday and hailed the courage of his now ex-spouse during his trial.
1 min
'B'desh to hold polls in late 2025 or early 2026'
DHAKA: Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus, who heads the caretaker government installed after an August revolution, said on Monday that general elections would be held late next year or in early 2026.
1 min
India's economic activity expands in Dec: Flash PMIs
India's economic activity gained pace in December, as demand for goods and services continued to improve, driven by new orders, a flash survey by HSBC Holdings Plc showed.
1 min
CONSUMERS CUT BACK, MAKE TATA PUSH STARBUCKS EXPANSION PLAN
Tata Consumer Products will push back plans for some new Starbucks store openings until later in its existing schedule as fewer customers are walking into its cafes in the world's most populous country, its top boss said on Monday.
1 min
MERCHANDISE TRADE DEFICIT WIDENS TO RECORD $37.84 BN
NEW DELHI: India's merchandise trade deficit in November widened to a record level, led by a surge in gold imports while exports fell driven by a drop in crude oil prices, trade ministry officials said on Monday.
1 min
Cheaper food drives WPI inflation to 3-month low
NEW DELHI: Wholesale price based inflation declined to a 3-month low of 1.89% in November on cheaper food items, and experts predicted a 0.25% interest rate cut by the RBI in the policy review in February.
2 mins
Highway capex moves in slow lane at 55% of target
Backlogs, delays in clearances slowed many greenfield and brownfield projects
2 mins
LG eyes up to $15 billion valuation for India unit IPO
LG Electronics Inc. is considering increasing the valuation of its Indian unit to as much as $15 billion in a planned listing in Mumbai next year after initial feedback from analysts and investors, according to people familiar with the matter.
1 min
Rupee closes at record low hurt by weak yuan, rise in US bond yields
MUMBAI: The Indian rupee declined to its weakest closing level on record on Monday, hurt by a rise in US bond yields, weakness in the Chinese yuan, and data which showed that India's merchandise trade deficit widened to a record high in November.
1 min
Blackstone emerges as lead bidder for stake in Haldiram
A consortium led by Blackstone Inc. has emerged as the preferred bidder for a minority stake in Haldiram Snacks Pvt., people familiar with the matter said, following months of negotiations on a potential deal.
1 min
SC may shift plea vs CCI probe into Amazon, Flipkart to Karnataka HC
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday said the Karnataka High Court will hear the challenges against the Competition Commission of India's (CCI) probe into e-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart's alleged anti-competitive practices.
1 min
New Zealand eye big win after Williamson century
HAMILTON: England made a wretched start to their unrealistic chase of 658 to win the third Test on Monday after a Kane Williamson century rammed home New Zealand's advantage.
1 min
Bumrah, anchor for transitioning Indian Test team
BRISBANE: It's not something that needs to be said. Jasprit Bumrah is world class.
3 mins
Iyer, a T20 captain with the Midas touch
MUMBAI: Even in cricket where the captain is supreme, when you have high profile names in the coaching staff, he may not get enough credit for his team's success.
3 mins
Rohan Jaitley poised to be re-elected as DDCA chief
NEW DELHI: Rohan Jaitley is poised to secure another term as president of the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) after taking a commanding lead in Monday's counting of votes.
2 mins
I have a lot to improve, says Gukesh after rousing welcome
India's young world chess champion landed home, welcomed by delirious fans outside the Chennai airport
3 mins
All glow and gloss: Lip oils are taking over winter beauty
LIP OILS HAVE A LIGHTER FORMULA THAN BALMS OR GLOSSES, WHICH HELPS HYDRATE THE LIPS AND ADD SOME SHINE WITHOUT THE STICKY, MESSY FEELING
1 min
Star cocktail of the year: All about Pornstar Martini
Just when you thought 2024 would be all about kale smoothies and mocktails, Google has revealed a surprising trend—the recipe for Pornstar Martini is among the top searches of the year.
1 min
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