The Aam Aadmi Party is constantly gaining strength in Punjab ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. Impressed by the development work done under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann in the last two years, a large number of leaders from the opposition parties joined the Aam Aadmi Party.

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday campaigned for Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate from Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer in Sunam. He addressed a huge public gathering here and appealed to the people to ensure Meet Hayer's victory with record votes.

Five young Indian boxers, Brijesh Tamta, Aryan Hooda, Yashwardhan Singh, Laxmi and Nisha, came up with impressive performances to clinch gold medals in the ASBC Asian U-22 & Youth Boxing Championships 2024 in here on Monday. Brijesh won India's first gold medal of the tournament with a unanimous 5-0 win over Tajikistan’s Muminov Muinkhodzha in the men’s 48kg final. Aryan (51kg) added to the momentum with an equally dominant 5-0 victory against Kyrgyzstan's Kamilov Zafarbek.

The Indian space agency on Monday said it has successfully achieved the ignition of a semi-cryo preburner, a major milestone in the development of semi-cryogenic propulsion systems. According to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), it is developing a 2,000 kN thrust semi-cryogenic engine working on a liquid oxygen (LOX)-kerosene propellant combination for enhancing the payload/carrying capability of LVM3 rocket and for future launch vehicles.

Believing that the creativity and imagination of the students take flight if they learn independently and without any stress, President Droupadi Murmu on Monday addressed the seventh convocation of the Central University of Himachal Pradesh. She said that change is the law of nature but the pace of change was not so rapid in the past.

Leading technology services and consulting company Wipro on Monday announced that it is teaming up with Microsoft to launch a suite of cognitive assistants for financial services powered by generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). According to the company, the cognitive assistants will provide financial professionals with deep market intelligence and appropriate and timely information on investment products and investor behaviour.

Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya elected to bowl first against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Match 55 of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 at Wankhede Stadium here on Monday. Mumbai Indians made one change in their Playing XI, handing a debut to Anshul Kamboj, who comes in place of Gerald Coetzee.

आईसीआईसीआई बैंक ने सोमवार को घोषणा की कि उसने एनआरआई (अनिवासी भारतीय) ग्राहकों को भारत में तुरंत यूपीआई भुगतान करने के लिए अपने अंतरराष्ट्रीय मोबाइल नंबर का उपयोग करने में सक्षम बनाया है।

 ICICI Bank on Monday announced that it has enabled NRI (Non-Resident Indian) customers to use their international mobile number to make UPI payments instantly in India.  This will allow the bank's NRI customers to make payments for their utility bills, merchant and e-commerce transactions with their international mobile number registered with their NRE/NRO bank account held with ICICI Bank in the country.