Donald Trump thanked American voters for their support in this fiercely contested election to the White House, just a few inches away from becoming the 47th President of the United States. At 1:05 PM IST, Trump had garnered 266 electoral votes, while Kamala Harris, the outgoing vice president, was far behind with 188. Harris has cancelled her scheduled address at Howard University.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the UDF candidate in the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll, on Wednesday, alleged that the BJP and its leader Narendra Modi were "trying to destroy" the Constitutional values of equality, justice, and secularism. Continuing her attack on the saffron party, Priyanka claimed that the last 10 years saw a politics of divisiveness in the country by the BJP which tried to distract the people from their real problems to stay in power.

US elections latest: Former US President Donald Trump is inching closer to securing a second term, as he leads over Democratic rival Kamala Harris in the race for the 270 electoral votes required to win the presidency.

The latest counting trends project that Trump is estimated to win about 247 electoral college votes, while Harris 213. Trump has already won two of the seven swing states – North Carolina and Georgia, which are crucial to determine the final outcome of the elections. He is leading the other five.

The opposition BJP in Karnataka on Wednesday staged a protest demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who appeared before the Lokayukta police here in response to the summons issued to him for questioning in the MUDA site allotment case.

Protesters led by BJP MLA T S Srivatsa slammed Siddaramaiah, and asked him to step down from the CM post and face the probe.

Republican Donald Trump defeated Democrat Kamala Harris in the battleground state of North Carolina in Tuesday's U.S. presidential election, Edison Research projected, moving him one step closer to completing an improbable political comeback.

The outcome remained uncertain in six other states expected to determine the winner.

A cabinet meeting was held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Mohan Yadav at Mantralaya in the state capital Bhopal on Tuesday and the council of ministers approved 35 percent reservation for women in all the recruitments of the Madhya Pradesh government services.

After the cabinet meeting, Deputy CM of Madhya Pradesh, Rajendra Shukla told ANI, Reservation (for women) in all recruitment under Government services in Madhya Pradesh has been increased to 35 per cent from 33 per cent.

E-commerce platform Meesho has come under fire for allegedly selling t-shirts featuring the name and image of Lawrence Bishnoi, a Punjab-based criminal with alleged ties to gang violence. The incident came to light after a social media post highlighting the issue went viral on X (formerly Twitter), prompting criticism of the platform for “glorifying violence.”

The post was first shared by filmmaker Alishan Jafri, who pointed out a series of t-shirts being sold on Meesho’s platform, featuring Bishnoi’s images.

Engineering conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Tuesday announced it will acquire a 21 per cent stake in an Indian cloud and AI cloud provider, in an all-cash transaction of Rs 1,327 crore.

L&T also announced a strategic partnership with the AI cloud company.

In a two part deal, L&T proposes to acquire a total of 4.17 million equity shares of Networks, or 21 per cent stake.

Apollo Green Energy Limited (AGEL), a subsidiary of Apollo International Group, on Tuesday announced its plans to establish a Rs 10,000 crore project portfolio by 2025. Its current order book is valued at Rs 3,500 crore and active solar projects worth Rs 2,500 crore are under development across India, the company said. This comes as the company prepared for a public listing in 2025.

With revenue growth from Rs 324.83 crore in financial year 2021-22 to Rs 1,174.77 crore in FY24, the firm believes it is well-positioned to sustain this momentum into FY25.

The Andhra Pradesh government will soon call fresh tenders for the state capital development works here, state Municipal Minister P Narayana has said.

Addressing reporters after the 39th Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) meeting, Narayana said, World Bank agreed to give Rs 15,000 crore for Amaravati development works but insisted on completing flood prevention works as soon as possible.

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