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Christmas and New Year's, liquor shops across Uttar Pradesh will remain open till 11 pm on 24th and 31st December, said the Excise Department of Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday. The liquor lobby was pushing for extending the current 10 am-to-10 pm sale time till 11 pm. Meanwhile, the new Excise Policy for 2024-25 in Uttar Pradesh now allows people to consume the brew, if they have 100 square feet space next to their vends. The government is looking to mop up record excise revenue in excess of Rs 58,000 crore. The policy would be effective from April 2024. «Beer vends would be given permits, enabling their owners to allow consumers' permission to consume it if they have 100 square feet space adjacent their vends.

The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted David Gilbert Saffron, an Australian national, and Vincent Anthony Mazzotta Jr., a resident of Los Angeles, for orchestrating a $25 million Ponzi scheme exploiting AI crypto-trading. This case highlights the growing concerns over fraudulent activities in the burgeoning field of cryptocurrency and AI technologies.

Azad Engineering IPO: Bidding for the initial public offering (IPO) ended on 22md December 2023 and now those who have applied for the public issue are eagerly waiting for announcement of Azad Engineering IPO allotment date, which is most likely on 26th December 2023. In three days of bidding, Azad Engineering IPO subscription status informs that the book build issue got subscribed 80.65 times. Meanwhile, despite record subscription status, grey market sentiment has gone down in regard to Azad Engineering IPO.

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Throttling back on oil production hasn’t helped OPEC and its allies to push up crude prices lately. At least four times in the past 15 months, members of the alliance known as OPEC+ have slashed oil output, only for prices to soon retreat anyway. A surge near $100 a barrel petered out earlier this year, and crude futures tumbled 10% in the two weeks after the coalition announced a roughly 5% reduction on Nov.

shot dead by a Los Angeles county sheriff’s deputy after she called 911 to report that she was under attack by a former boyfriend, police officials and lawyers for the victim’s family said. Previous records show that the accused has been involved in a similar case where he killed another civilian in familiar circumstances a few years ago, media reports suggest. Accused deputy Shelton has also been involved in Michael Thomas's death on June 11, 2020 in a similar case. Shelton had been responding to a potential domestic violence call and fatally shot him in the chest.

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PTI. As per Paul, the possibility of White Christmas in Shimla city is bleak, however, higher reaches of Shimla and the adjoining Kinnaur district could experience snowfall. As per the Met Department, under the influence of Western Disturbance, light to moderate rainfall is likely in isolated parts of the Chamba, Kangra, Mandi, Kullu, Lahaul and Spiti, Kinnaur, Shimla and Sirmaur with the possibility of snowfall in higher reaches of Chamba, Kangra, Kullu, Lahaul Spiti and Kinnaur districts today.

Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data. As per CPCB data at 10.30 am, Anand Vihar recorded 479 AQI, Ashok Vihar recorded 454 AQI, and 452 AQI was recorded in Dwarka-Sector 8. Other areas like IGI Airport recorded 412 AQI, 476 in ITO Delhi, 475 in Jahangirpuri, 460 in Narela, 470 in RK Puram, and 475 in Rohini.

Haryana Government on Saturday announced winter vacations for all Government and Private schools from January 1 to January 15, 2024. The decision comes in view of the cold wave expected in the state in the next few days. The schools will open on January 16, 2024 as per the circular issued by the state administration.

The IPO of Azad Engineering was subscribed 80.6 times on the last day of the bidding process. The category reserved for QIB was subscribed the most at 179 times, followed by NIIs at 87 times.

Both these expectations went wrong, and despite money supply shrinking the world over, the world GDP grew higher than expected driven by Japan and the US, which recorded 4.8-4.9% GDP growth in certain quarters higher than EM. With the US expected to end 2023 with a 2.6% growth in its GDP and Japan at 2%, the world economy expanded as against witnessing a “recession”. This came at the cost of higher fiscal spending, however.

Karti Chidambaram appeared before the Enforcement Directorate on Saturday in a money laundering case linked to the issuance of visa to some Chinese nationals in 2011, official sources said. The ED case pertains to the allegations of Rs 50 lakh being paid as kickbacks to Karti and his close associate S Bhaskararaman by a top executive of the Vedanta group company Talwandi Sabo Power Ltd.

premium residential market in major cities have witnessed significant price appreciation, led by Gurugram with rise up to 45% followed by Noida, according to Savills India, a global property consulting firm. While a variety of factors is driving this confidence, the continued price movement serves as evidence of a strong demand base, reflecting the robust sentiment in the market. Completed projects in most of these cities have witnessed higher appreciation in capital values as compared to under-construction projects.

Covid case tally stood at 4.50 crore (4,50,07,964). The death toll was recorded at 5,33,332 with four new deaths -- two from Kerala, one each in Rajasthan and Karnataka -- reported in 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am stated. The number of people recuperated from the disease has increased to 4,44,71,212, and the national recovery rate stands at 98.81 percent, the health ministry said.

crypto markets at the end of 2022 following a $1.5 trillion wipeout has 12 months later given way to a very different sentiment: avarice. Bitcoin stormed back with a more than 160% advance this year that added some $530 billion to its market capitalization. In its wake, myriad smaller tokens ranging from Sam Bankman-Fried-backed Solana to dog- and frog-themed memecoins took off as investors embraced risk again.

The number of pension-risk transfer contracts sold in a quarter of a year has reached an all-time high record, Limra has announced.

Chinese automaker, BYD (SZ:002594) announced Friday that the company has decided to build a new energy vehicle production base in Hungary.

White-collar hiring in the country declined 6% on year in 2023, pulled down by sectors such as IT services, BPO/ITeS, retail, FMCG, education, and healthcare, show data put together by online jobs platform Naukri.com exclusively for ET. Companies in several sectors tightened their hiring funnel amid global macroeconomic headwinds and prolonged geopolitical uncertainties even as sectors that have seen business growth in the last one year, including oil & gas, power, infrastructure, energy, BFSI, travel, and real estate, recorded double-digit growth in hiring numbers, data showed.

₹57,313 crore in Indian shares in the month through 21 December, according to depository data. This is the highest inflow in any month since they pumped in ₹62,016 crore in December 2020, the record for any month.