Biggest Story In India Headlines 8th October 2024
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president in Jammu and Kashmir, Ravinder Raina, is lagging behind by over 10,000 votes in the Nowshera constituency, Rajouri district. Raina is a contesting candidate from the National Conference (NC). Surinder Choudhary is the candidate of NC who has polled 30,883 votes after the third round of counting, according to the latest data available with the Election Commission of India.
It marks a turnabout for the constituency, which was a Congress stronghold from 1962 to 2002. Raina had won the seat in 2014, which marked the first BJP victory in the constituency. But Choudhary, who had jumped from the Peoples Democratic Party to the BJP in 2022, has now come back to the NC, which changes the playing field. Increasingly, it can be seen that voting is not in favour of Raina and he faces a lot of competition that can change the politics of Nowshera.
The National Conference (NC)-Congress alliance seems poised to score a victory in Jammu & Kashmir with the alliance crossing the majority mark of 46 when it is leading in 50 seats. Early trends show the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is lagging behind with leads merely in 27 constituencies and other smaller parties ahead in eight.
This election is highly consequential for the region, for it is the first since Jammu & Kashmir lost its semi-autonomous status in August 2019. The results of this election will dictate the political discourse toward the issue of statehood, the central theme during the election campaigns. In the probable event of the NC-Congress combine achieving a majority, the possibility of return to statehood does seem bright. Elections in three phases and with as many as 873 candidates in the fray to contest for 90 seats, results so far point at NC-Congress alliance as the way to regain control of the region’s politics.
Despite worsening economic woes, China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) declared that it still remained “fully confident” to achieve its growth target for the year, without revealing any new stimulus plan. The global markets have been left disappointed as investors had expected fresh policies that would fuel economic revival.
The country has also been plagued by a potential protracted crisis in housing, poor consumption, and local government debt. According to officials, a 5% growth rate is targeted for the year, but this would seem a difficult goal to achieve now, given some economic headwinds. At a news conference on Tuesday, NDRC head Zheng Shanjie once again pointed to the “overall stability and strength” of the country’s economic fundamentals and said that Beijing was committed to long-term, stable, and sustainable development. But new measures failed to raise many more hopes for more substantial economic stimulus.
Recently, Sanjay Leela Bhansali spoke about how bumpy a month it had turned for Alia Bhatt after their film “Inshallah” went into cold storage. Barely able to hold tears, he revealed candidly how Alia, who was going to star with Salman Khan in the film, broke down when it went into cold storage all of a sudden.
She had locked herself in a room and cried because the project was dropped, Bhansali said. But the filmmaker soon called her for the lead in “Gangubai Kathiawadi,” which has emerged as a critically acclaimed film. Bhansali recalled how Alia first had her reservations about the role but put her trust in him to get her into the tough, robust character of Gangubai. It proved one of her finest performances to date.
Royal expert Grant Harrold, while explaining that perhaps on his recent visit to New York City, Prince Harry has surely sent a subtle “secret message” to his father, King Charles III, also reveals that he was formerly a royal butler for King Charles. According to this ex-royal butler to the king, Prince Harry echoing his father in his campaigns for a cause ranging from climate change to charity work.
Harrold said, “Despite the tumultuous relationship between Harry and King Charles, deep respect and admiration still exist. The royal expert believes that public service commitments from Harry to environmental causes and charitable initiatives form a befitting tribute to his father’s lifetime work. Harrold also wished that it may even act as a stepping stone for healing their ruptured relationship.
Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal spoke out for the first time on how low he had gone in his journey as a tech entrepreneur. Goyal recalled the moment when Swiggy, Zomato’s biggest competitor, raised $1 billion in funding while his company had only $35 million in the bank. This was 2018 and Swiggy’s investment round boasted to be the largest ever in India’s food tech.
Under great pressure due to competition, Goyal and his team were able to stabilize the financials of Zomato. Further, he mentioned that they won’t be returning as a judge on the fourth season of “Shark Tank India” because Swiggy sponsors the show. He further added that there is so much that one learns entering this space and Goyal wanted to tell a genuine story while making a brief appearance on the show.
Film director Karan Johar rocked the red carpet once again with his quirky dressing sense this time at a Mumbai event with a blonde braided-hair necktie worth nearly ₹2 lakhs. The director stepped up the style meter at the launch event of the luxury skincare and haircare brand Augustinus Bader.
Handcrafted to look like a strand of blonde hair, the unique tie is a testament to Johar’s style of making strong fashion statements. It is for a pricey tag of ₹1,93,685, which has raised a storm in the fashion fraternity, and more importantly, it seals Johar’s position as one of Bollywood’s most fashionable icons.
Snapdeal co-founder Kunal Bahl is soon going to join the panel of judges of season four of “Shark Tank India.” Known for entrepreneurial success in the e-commerce space, Kunal Bahl brings much-experienced value addition to the show as one of the founders of India’s leading e-commerce platforms.
Bahl will now take the place of Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal, who has quit the show due to a conflict of interest as he had invested in Swiggy. He will be one of the several business leaders such as Oyo’s Ritesh Agarwal, Emcure Pharmaceuticals’ Namita Thapar, and Aman Gupta from boAt. The viewers are curious to know what Bahl has to say about India’s emerging startups in terms of insights and advice as he judges them.
Bangladesh canceled its agreement with Summit Group over constructing a new floating liquefied natural gas terminal, calling it vague. An announcement of the Summit Group, a local conglomerate, was declared a winner for building Bangladesh’s third LNG terminal scheduled to be operable by mid-2026.
The move comes after a government committee called the contract’s fairness into question and raised questions over how it was granted. In a statement Monday, Summit Group said it was “unhappy” with the ruling and plans to appeal. The cancellation will also nullify a 15-year LNG supply agreement tied to the construction of the terminal, sources added.
Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate led by Warren Buffett, has sold its Bank of America stake off for $10 billion more than than what it spent on this investment. The last sales round made during three days of trading brought in over $383 million. It is the 14th round of sales as Buffett gradually sells off his investment in the second-largest U.S. bank.
Berkshire Hathaway started selling its shares in Bank of America in mid-July. These sales do contribute to the decline in the share’s price. However, after those sales, Berkshire is still left holding 10.1% of the company, valued at approximately $31.4 billion.
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