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[ad_1] Donald Trump has again taken a jab at Taylor Swift.(Image via James Devaney/GC Images, Neilson Barnard/Getty Images and People) Taylor Swift has publicly stated that she supported Donald Trump’s opposition while the President was busy campaigning last year. Though Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce try to stay out of controversies, it seems like the pop sensation has again been dragged into a controversy by President Donald Trump. But this time, fans are furious at the President for dragging Taylor Swift into a conversation that had nothing to do with her.President Donald Trump takes a jab at Taylor Swift again but fans are furious at him this timeWhen the Super Bowl LIX champions, the Philadelphia Eagles, visited the White House on Monday, things went wrong when Donald Trump mentioned Taylor Swift in his speech.President Donald Trump said, “I was there, […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The commerce department on Wednesday unveiled the elements of the Export Promotion Mission focused on providing low-cost and collateral-free loans, backing new instruments, supporting opportunities in new markets and boosting export credit to e-commerce, amid concerns that the overall allocation of Rs 2,250 crore was spread too thinly.Top of the agenda is Niryat Rin Vikas or NIRVIK, an interest equalisation scheme targeted at MSMEs and new exporters. The plan is to reset interest rates annually by benchmarking them to rates in other countries that Indian exports are competing with. The decision flows from the realisation within govt that interest rates in India are twice, if not thrice, the level in countries such as China, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand.The scheme will come with a specified cap with a negative list of sectors linked to parameters, such […]

[ad_1] MUMBAI: For British coffee chain Costa Coffee, there's no going slow on India expansion despite an uncertain global macro environment, which has nudged many businesses to review their growth strategies.In India, where many people still love waking up to a hot cup of tea and debates over chai versus coffee continue to rage, parts of the population are moving from tea to coffee.Millennials with higher disposable incomes and Gen Z are driving the market opportunity in India, where the coffee space is growing at 10%-12%, double the rate of global markets, said Philippe Schaillee, CEO at Costa Coffee, which was acquired by The Coca-Cola Company in 2019 in a $4.9 billion deal. India, which is among the company's top 10 markets globally, has the potential to get into the top five markets in five years, Schaillee, who is on […]

[ad_1] HYDERABAD/MUMBAI: The current high prices of gold led to lukewarm demand for the yellow metal on Akshaya Tritiya, despite jewellers offering various schemes like slashing making charges for jewellery and offering gold jewellery as prizes for lucky buyers. The demand for gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs), however, jumped on both the exchanges on Wednesday.Earlier in April, the price of the precious metal rose above the Rs 1 lakh/10gm level, an all-time record. On Wednesday, the price in retail markets around the country hovered between Rs 94,000 and Rs 95,000.Across India, jewellers designed schemes and offers for consumers to soften the blow of steep gold prices and encourage more customers to shop. For example, Malabar Group offered up to 25% off on making charges of gold jewellery and studded jewellery. The company also had an advanced booking facility in place, which […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: SC Wednesday sought central govt's response to allegations by an NGO that as many as 58 illegal clinical trials have been conducted by national and international pharmaceutical companies in the last four years at Ahmedabad municipal corporation-run Sheth Vadilal Sarabhai Hospital.Appearing for the NGO, Swasthya Adhikar Manch, senior advocate Sanjay Parikh informed a bench of Justices P S Narasimha and J Bagchi that these trials were conducted in the absence of an ethical committee, which is mandatory under New Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2019.The allegation about illegal clinical trials in hospital was narrated, with support from news reports published in TOI, in an affidavit, which was filed in the main petition that highlighted how multinational pharma majors are conducting clinical trials without adhering to the safeguards provided under the rules and regulations, and treating those undergoing […]

[ad_1] CHANDIGARH: Punjab and Haryana HC ruled Wednesday that a parent cannot be charged with kidnapping her own child, granting custody of a 12-year-old boy to his Australia-based mother amid a family dispute.Justice Harpreet Singh Brar made the ruling while hearing a habeas corpus plea filed by Raja Rekhi of Gurgaon, the child's paternal uncle. Rekhi sought the boy's release from what he called the illegal custody of the mother, who had taken the child while his father was away on a business trip to Belgium."For an act to amount to kidnapping, it is necessary that the minor is taken from the custody of a 'lawful guardian'. However, a mother falls well within that ambit, especially in the absence of an order passed by a competent court, divesting her of the same," the court said.The boy's father Amit Rekhi was […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: A man lost interim custody of his eight-year-old daughter, ordered by Kerala HC to stay with her estranged parents alternatively for 15 days in a month, for not being able to provide home-cooked food even for a single day during the stay with him.After interacting with the child, a bench of SC Justices Vikram Nath, Sanjay Karol and Sandeep Mehta found several reasons - the girl not getting home-cooked food, separated from her three-year-old brother, and no one except father for company - for quashing the HC order on the ground that even though he is a doting father, the surroundings and circumstances at his place is not conducive for her.The man, working at Singapore, had rented out a place in Thiruvananthapuram and used to fly down every month to be with his daughter.Writing the judgment, Justice […]

[ad_1] New Delhi: Ruling that right to digital access is an intrinsic part of the fundamental right to life and liberty, Supreme Court Wednesday said it is a constitutional imperative for the Centre and its authorities to bridge the digital divide faced by large sections of the country's rural population, senior citizens, economically weaker communities, linguistic minorities and differently-abled persons.SC passed a slew of directions to revise the current KYC process for visually- and hearing-impaired users, and to develop alternative formats - including Braille and voice-enabled services - to ensure accessibility for all.Digital transformation must be inclusive, equitable: SCAt this juncture, we may also wish to observe that in the contemporary era, where access to essential services, governance, education, healthcare and economic opportunities is increasingly mediated through digital platforms, the right to life under Article 21 of the Constitution must […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Most parts of the country are likely to have ‘above normal’ temperatures in May with parts of the northwest, central and adjoining east India witnessing more than usual heat wave days during the month, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Wednesday.States/regions which may experience ‘above normal’ heat wave days in May include many parts of Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Gangetic West Bengal and some parts of Gujarat, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and adjoining Telangana, and north Karnataka.Though rains and thunderstorms are expected to bring some respite in northwest India, Indo-Gangetic plain and Delhi during the first week of May, most parts may still face 2-7 heat wave days -- 1 to 4 days higher than normal -- during the month.Releasing the temperature and rainfall outlook for the month, IMD chief Mrutyunjay Mohapatra […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The desire to negate efforts to retard broader Hindu consolidation appears to have played a major role in the decision of the cabinet committee on political affairs (CCPA) to include caste enumeration in the next census. While political watchers are linking the move to assembly elections in Bihar, sources pointed out that the political field had been levelled in the state with the caste survey already completed.Besides, the move was closely associated with chief minister Nitish Kumar, BJP's alliance partner, leaving little space for RJD's Tejaswi Yadav to claim bragging rights. A major consideration appears to have been to check attempts to split Hindus on caste lines, a cause for concern for BJP and RSS, which has been working on Hindu consolidation since inception.Sources pointed out that the decision came hours after a one-on-one meeting between PM […]