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<p></p> <p><strong>Breaking news live updates:</strong> We are tracking all the latest breaking news from around the world. As the war between Israel and Hamas goes on in the Gaza Strip, the United States (US) carried out the first of what it said would be a series of humanitarian airdrops of food into the Palestinian territory on Saturday (Mar 2). Three C-130 US military planes delivered more than 38,000 meals into Gaza.</p> <p>With just months left for the presidential elections in the US, current presidential hopeful Donald Trump inched closer in his quest to become the Republican Party's presidential nominee after he won internal party elections in Missouri, Michigan, and Idaho on Saturday.</p> <p>Meanwhile in India, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released the first list of 195 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. </p>Key Updates
03 Mar 2024, 2:47 PM (IST)
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Ahead of general elections later this summer, the Indian Ministry for Electronics and Information Technology has told the companies that own Artificial Intelligence platforms that their services must not generate the responses that "threaten the integrity of the electoral process".
03 Mar 2024, 2:42 PM (IST)
Shehbaz Sharif, the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) leader and brother of the three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif, managed to win enough number of votes in the country's National Assembly to be the country's 25th prime minister weeks after the February 8 elections were held in the backdrop of violence, snapped internet and widespread accusations of rigging. The vote in the National Assembly was held amid widespread uproar and sloganeering by the PTI-backed lawmakers who have accused that their 'mandate' has been stolen to prevent Imran Khan from returning to power.
03 Mar 2024, 2:28 PM (IST)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to chair a meeting of the Union Council of Ministers on Sunday (Mar 3), the last of his second term and before the Lok Sabha elections slated to be held in upcoming months. The meeting comes a day after the PM’s Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) revealed its first list of candidates for the general elections. The first list featured 195 candidates, including several heavyweights like PM Modi himself, Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
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03 Mar 2024, 2:28 PM (IST)
Arif Mohammed Khan, the governor of Kerala state, suspended the vice-chancellor (V-C) of Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University on Saturday (Mar 2). Dr M R Saseendranath was suspended after a student in the college died by suicide after he was allegedly tortured by students on campus for two days. The governor has also written to the state high court to conduct a judicial probe into the matter.
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03 Mar 2024, 2:08 PM (IST)
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) successfully apprehended a crucial figure linked to the murder of RSS leader R Rudresh in Bengaluru back in 2016. Identified as Mohammed Ghouse Nayazi, a member of the Popular Front of India (PFI). He was known as a pivotal conspirator and had been evading authorities since the incident.
03 Mar 2024, 1:34 PM (IST)
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: As India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party released its first list of candidates for the upcoming General Elections on Saturday (Feb 2), the limelight first went to the stars of regional cinema who have been named BJP candidates. The BJP has placed the stars of Bhojpuri entertainment world, mostly based out of Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh, to potentially take on the political titans of our times.
03 Mar 2024, 11:31 AM (IST)
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party released its first list of candidates for the upcoming General Elections in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a third consecutive term in power. With 195 candidates from across 16 states announced on Saturday (Mar 2), the BJP has attempted to strike a balance between the old guard and new faces. The party led by JP Nadda has also attempted to balance the social representation on caste lines.
03 Mar 2024, 10:16 AM (IST)
A 50-year-old Orthodox Jewish man was stabbed and was left critically wounded in Zurich's Selnau area in Switzerland, media reports said. The incident occurred shortly after the conclusion of Shabbat, a holy day of rest and spiritual rejuvenation observed by Jewish people every week from Friday evening to Saturday evening.
03 Mar 2024, 8:54 (IST)
Lok Sabha elections 2024: Weeks after late Indian prime minister Charan Singh was conferred Bharat Ratna by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, the party founded by his son Ajit Singh — Rashtriya Lok Dal — formally joined the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance on Saturday (March 2).