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The BJP is leading in 107 seats, while the Congress nominees are ahead in 74 of Gujarat's 182 seats, show the latest trends. Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, who earlier trailed behind his Congress rival Indranil Rajyaguru in early trends, has now taken an unassailable lead in the Rajkot West seat. The elections for 182-seat Assembly were held on December 9 and 14, after an acrimonious campaign, which was dominated by a face-off between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi. In the 2012 elections, the BJP had won 115 seats while the Congress emerged victorious on 61 seats. The BJP has been in power in the state since 1995, winning consecutive elections in the home state of Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah. ALSO READ: Modi magic intact hint exit polls; BJP predicted to win Himachal, Gujarat In Himachal Pradesh, the BJP inched ahead of the ruling Congress. The trends emerging from counting centres showed BJP candidates were ahead in 42 of the state...

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) surged ahead of the ruling Congress on Monday as officials counted the votes polled in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections. ALSO READ: LIVE updates: BJP takes lead in Gujarat, Himachal polls; Modi magic intact The BJP is leading in 35 seats while the Congress is ahead in 22 seats in Himachal Pradesh, according to early Election Commission trends. The CPI(M) is ahead in one seat. Trends are available for 60 seats. Main rivals BJP and Congress have contested all 68 seats. The verdict will decide the fate of 337 candidates including Chief Ministerial nominees Virbhadra Singh (Congress) and Prem Kumar Dhumal (BJP). A total of 37,83,580 people voted in the hill state -- a record 75.28 per cent polling. ALSO READ: MARKETS LIVE: SGX Nifty turns negative; Gujarat, Himachal poll outcome eyed The Congress and the BJP contested in all the 68 constituencies. Most exit polls have indicated the BJP's return to power with an abso...

Business Standard is republishing this 11/12/2017 article in light of Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli and Bollywood star Anushka Sharma tying the knot on Monday in a private ceremony, reportedly at a countryside resort named Borgo Finocchieto in Italy. They used to be the names big fashion brands turned to when it was time to launch a new style or jazz up an old line. Anushka Sharma, Sonam Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Shraddha Kapoor and such others are the faces that have launched a plethora of local and international labels. But now these stars are helming their independent fashion lines and hoping to leverage their mass appeal to build their own businesses. Will this trend pick up steam through 2018, or will it be just another marketing gimmick that soon loses its fizz? The trick lies in ensuring that the brands that the stars build reflect their persona. Indranil das Blah, COO and partner at CAA KWAN says, “The clothing/fashion brand and celebrity need to be in sync.” The in...

Facebook -owned WhatsApp is likely to give group administrators more powers where they will be able to restrict all other members from sending text messages, photographs, videos, GIFs, documents or voice messages in case the admin thinks so. According to WABetaInfo, a fan site that tests new WhatsApp features early, the popular mobile messaging platform has submitted the "Restricted Groups" setting via Google Play Beta Programme in the version 2.17.430. The "Restricted Groups" setting can only be activated by group admininstrators. Administrators can keep sharing media and chatting as normal as they restrict other members. Once restricted, other members will simply have to read their messages and will not be able to respond. They will have to use the "Message Admin" button to post a message or share media to the group. The message will need to be approved by the administrator before going through to the rest of the group. "A g...

Social media titan Facebook will open a new office in London on Monday that is set to be its biggest engineering hub outside America, the company has announced. The investment in the office, near Oxford Street in the heart of the city's West End district, will also lead to the creation of 800 jobs, more than half of which will be in engineering. The company, which opened its first office in the British capital ten years ago, said the new site would allow its local workforce to reach 2,300 by the end of next year, a sign that it "is more committed than ever to the UK". The country "has been a huge part of Facebook's story over the past decade", Nicola Mendelsohn, Facebook's vice president for Europe, the Middle East and Asia, told Britain's Press Association. "The UK's flourishing entrepreneurial ecosystem and international reputation for engineering excellence makes it one of the best places in the world to build a tech ...

Cheese Lovers , Rejoice! A new research shows that eating a daily portion of cheese could reduce the risk of fatal heart attacks and stroke. This comes just months after a previous study found that cheese could hold the keys to a longer life. According to the research, a daily portion of the size of a small matchbox reduces the chances of heart attack by 14 percent. All cheese is rich in vitamins, minerals and proteins which help protect against cardiovascular disease. Cheese also contains high levels of calcium, which means that although it is high in fat, less of that fat is absorbed by the body. Participants eating around one-and-a-half ounces (40g) a day saw the greatest reduction in risk to their health. The scientists said the research also showed cheese boosted levels of so-called "good" cholesterol while reducing levels of "bad" cholesterol. Reacting to the latest study, Ian Givens, Professor of Food Chain Nutrition at Reading Uni...

City-based private Max Super Specialty Hospital has terminated the services of two doctors involved in the declaration of a 22-week-old premature baby as dead while he was alive The hospital situated in north-west Delhi's Shalimar Bagh, which has also set up an inquiry into the matter and has two senior doctors from Indian Medical Association (IMA) in the panel, is likely to conclude its investigation on Monday. "While the inquiry by the expert group which includes external experts from IMA is still in process, we have decided to terminate the services of the two treating doctors, Dr A P Mehta and Dr Vishal Gupta in the case relating to the twin extreme pre-term babies," the hospital said in a statement. "This strict action has been taken on the basis of our initial discussions with the expert group and as a reflection of our commitment to higher standards of care," the statement added. The hospital added that the action should not presuppos...

After well over a decade with Capgemini, Salil Parekh is returning home to head unsettled Indian software services firm Infosys, where he will seek to replicate his success in notching up record growth at the divisions he ran. Alongside, Parekh has to help the bellwether of India's $154 billion software services sector recover from a nasty public spat between its board and founders that led to the dramatic exit of the previous CEO, Vishal Sikka, in August. Parekh joins Bengaluru-based Infosys in January from Paris-headquartered Capgemini, where he headed their core application services business in key markets like North America and the United Kingdom, and their cloud services and cloud infrastructure businesses. He also managed Sogeti - a unit of Capgemini focused on digital transformation. ALSO READ: Infosys' new CEO & MD Salil Parekh is a perfect fit for future vision As the CEO, Parekh will have to achieve growth while being careful not to antagonise...