Highlights: BJP fields ex-diplomat Taranjit Sandhu from Amritsar, singer Hans Raj Hans from Faridkot, ex-Cong MP Preneet Kaur from Patiala for LS 2024

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Lok Sabha polls: Preparations underway for INDIA bloc's mega rally at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi on Sunday

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Lot of 'onion peeling' for attaining global first: SEBI chief Madhabi Puri Buch on T+0 settlement

Attaining the global first involved a lot of problem-solving and personal discomforts, SEBI chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch said on Saturday giving the analogy of "onion peeling" for the achievement.

Speaking at the annual convocation of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), Buch said the current generation of Indians is on its way to seeing the "high noon" of the new India.

"My colleagues often tell me that problem-solving with me is like peeling an onion. It makes everybody cry in the process. But by the time you are done, peeling layer after layer after layer of the onion, you suddenly realise there is no problem left," Buch said while addressing students of IIMA as the chief guest of the 59th annual convocation.

Stock exchanges BSE and NSE on Thursday launched the beta version of T+0, or same-day trade settlement on an optional basis for select stocks, which will offer investors an option to transact in 25 securities in T+0 settlement.

"When India became the first large market in the world to move to T+1 settlement, and just two days ago when we went live with an optional T+0 settlement, the process felt pretty much the same--lots of onion peeling happened to make for a global first," Buch said.

Notably, Buch is the first-ever woman to head the capital markets regulator- the Securities and Exchange Board of India.

 

9:57 PM

IIT student detained in Assam wanted to become engineer, lift family out of poverty: Relative

A relative of the IIT-Guwahati student detained in Assam for allegedly pledging allegiance to the IS said that the 22-year-old wanted to become an engineer to lift his family out of poverty. Touseef Ali Farouqui, a resident of Okhla in the national capital, was allegedly on his way to join the terror group when he was nabbed in the Hajo area near Guwahati on March 23. The accused was arrested the next day under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

9:45 PM

Samajwadi Party leader Zaheer Salmani's wife shot dead in UP's Hapur; probe underway

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Iran-backed Palestinian leader vows victory over Israel in the war in Gaza

The leader of the Iran-backed Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad vowed victory over Israel in the war in Gaza as he met Iran's foreign minister for talks in Tehran on Saturday.

“I promise you that we will be the victors in the war,” Ziad al-Nakhalah told reporters, according to the official IRNA news agency.

He called his meeting with Iran's foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian “important” and thanked Iran for its support for the Palestinians.

Iran hasn't directly intervened in the Israel-Hamas war, despite long describing Israel as its archenemy. However, experts say Iran provides both financial and political support to Islamic Jihad and Hamas, the militant group that runs Gaza and that launched the October 7 attack on Israel in which more than 1,200 people were killed and about 250 were taken hostage.

“Active diplomacy by Islamic Republic of Iran has had a great role in defining the stance of Palestinian resistance,” al-Nakhalah was quoted as saying.

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Odisha govt announces change in school timings from April 2 due to ongoing heat wave

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2020 Delhi riots: Court rejects former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain's bail plea

A court here on Saturday rejected the regular bail plea of former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain in the alleged larger conspiracy behind the 2020 northeast Delhi riots.

"After going through the record, the court is of the view that the allegations against the accused are prima facie true," Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai said.

He also said that there was a bar on granting bail to the accused according to the provisions of the UAPA.

"Accordingly, the bail application is dismissed, the court said. 

7:43 PM

In India, we don't have diamonds, we don't produce gold, still you have created very large industry: Ambani

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LS polls: Sharad Pawar-led NCP names candidates on 5 seats in Maha; Supriya Sule fielded again from Baramati

The NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) on Saturday declared its first list of five candidates for Lok Sabha elections from Maharashtra, retaining Supriya Sule from Baramati, and fielding Nilesh Lanke, who switched sides from the Ajit Pawar camp, in Ahmednagar constituency. "Supriya Sule and Amol Kolhe have been retained from Baramati and Shirur constituencies, respectively," said state unit NCP (SP) chief Jayant Patil while declaring the list. Bhaskar Bhagre has been nominated from Dindori seat in Nashik district and former Congress MLA Amar Kale from Wardha. Bhagre will square off against Union minister and sitting BJP MP Bharati Pawar in Dindori (ST) seat.

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9 surrendered pirates being brought to India for further legal action, says Indian Navy

Nine surrendered pirates being brought to India for further legal action, said Indian Navy day after rescuing Iranian fishing vessel