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BusinessPhoto: ET MarketsWall Street's main indexes opened mostly flat on Friday as concerns about weaknesses in the AI sector pressured semiconductor stocks. The Dow Jones rose 130.6 points (0.25%) to 52,308.28, the S&P 500 increased slightly by 1.3 points (0.02%) to 7,745.32, while the Nasdaq Composite fell 60 points (0.22%) to 26,652.985. Tesla's gains provided some market support.
ET Markets·
PoliticsPhoto: TOI WorldThe US Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against California, alleging that over 20,000 individuals suspected of being noncitizens are registered to vote. The DOJ seeks a court order to block the counting of their mail-in ballots in the November 3 midterm elections until their citizenship status is confirmed.
TOI World·
PoliticsPhoto: Times of IndiaOpposition parties in India are increasingly uniting to protest against the Chief Election Commissioner. After arrests of CJP leaders, Rahul Gandhi expressed solidarity, indicating a strategic shift. Earlier, Congress and CJP held separate protests on electoral issues, but now they appear to be collaborating more closely in their demonstrations.
Times of India·
PoliticsPhoto: The HinduThe Congress party stated that regime change in India always occurs through elections and seeking such change is not wrong. This response came after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh alleged that Congress and its allies aim for a Bangladesh-like regime change by causing anarchy through street protests. Congress emphasized that the opposition's role in a democracy is to oppose, expose, and depose.
The Hindu··Lucknow
PoliticsPhoto: News18A Delhi court sentenced former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain to two years of rigorous imprisonment for abetting rioting during the February 2020 North-East Delhi riots. The court noted that as an elected representative, Hussain had a duty to maintain peace but instead provided his house as a vantage point for rioters to attack and damage property, facilitating the violence.
News18··Delhi
PoliticsPhoto: Deccan HeraldKarnataka's Food, Civil Supplies Consumer Affairs Minister Rizwan Arshad wrote to Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri requesting new domestic LPG connections to meet rising demand due to population growth and urbanization. As of August, 36,000 applications for LPG connections remain pending. Many newly formed, economically weaker, migrant, and low-income households still lack LPG connections. The global LPG crisis has halted new connection approvals recently.
Deccan Herald··Bengaluru
ET Markets·
Photo: ET MarketsWall Street's main indexes opened mostly flat on Friday as concerns about weaknesses in the AI sector pressured semiconductor stocks. The Dow Jones rose 130.6 points (0.25%) to 52,308.28, the S&P 500 increased slightly by 1.3 points (0.02%) to 7,745.32, while the Nasdaq Composite fell 60 points (0.22%) to 26,652.985. Tesla's gains provided some market support.
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