News Highlights: PM Modi dials UK PM Rishi Sunak

The process of uniting opposition has started; this is a beginning, all parties are committed to forging unity, said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi after Mallikarjun Kharge meet NCP’s Sharad Pawar.

After the meeting, Kharge said: “All parties should come together to save the country, democracy, ensure freedom of speech. We have decided to unite, will talk to all parties; we should work together in the nation’s interest.”

Pawar has said discussions will also be held with other parties like the TMC to bring them together.

-- More than 71 percent of people surveyed are worried about potential layoffs due to market inflation, while 36 per cent believe over-hiring is the reason for attrition, a report by HR solutions provider Genius Consultants revealed.

-- The report titled ‘Layoffs to Gauge the Present Work and Mental Scenario of Organisations and Employees’ is based on a survey of 1,537 executives across sectors.

-- It found that 30 percent of the respondents said that cost-cutting is the reason behind the layoffs, and 23 percent blamed the mass economic downfall as being the reason.

-- Only 11 percent of respondents believe that technological advancements and less dependency on manual labour are reasons for layoffs.

-- Delhi reports 1527 new COVID-19 cases, 909 recoveries, and 2 deaths in the last 24 hours.

-- Active cases now stand at 3962.

-- Positivity rate at 27.77%

Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds telephone conversation with UK's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The leaders review progress on a number of bilateral issues, particularly in trade and economic sectors.

PM Modi raised the issue of security of Indian diplomatic establishments in the UK and calls for strong action against anti-India elements.

“On 6th Aug 2021, PM Modi gave an inspiring address and interacted with 180 Ambassadors and Missions of India across the world, Export Promotion Councils and others. He gave a message that India is on the track and together we have to take India to new heights...The zeal is high & all exporters have assured me that we will go further ahead.”

NCP President Sharad Pawar meeting Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi and KC Venugopal over opposition unity.

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma today received the Geographical Indication (GI) tag certificate for the ‘Gamosa’.

AAP national spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj on Thursday said the party's candidates for mayor and deputy mayor will file their nominations on April 17.

The nomination process will end on April 18, and the ordinary meeting of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi is scheduled to be held on April 26 for the election of mayor and deputy mayor.

"April 18 is the last date, so we will be filing our nominations on April 17," he told reporters.

The Urban Development minister also stressed that the BJP has laid arms in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi.

Prima facie there was a nexus between human rights activist Gautam Navlakha, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, and Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai, an agent of Pakistan's spy agency ISI convicted in the United States for terror funding, a special NIA court has said in its order denying bail to the campaigner.

“Not everyone can get an election ticket. Naturally, this causes pain to them. But BJP members work for an ideology with the sentiment of nation first. Every member of the party will unite and work together.”

Haryana officials informed that there has been a “jaw-dropping” rise of almost 5,000 percent in cybercrime incidents since 2019, registering 66,784 such complaints in 2022.

A drone carrying cash and rifle magazines has been brought down by security forces after they launched a search and cordon operation in the villages of Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district.

Suspicious movement of an aerial object was noticed in the Beri Patan and Siot areas of the Line of Control on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday which led to the initiation of the operation.