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Criminals in England and Wales may soon find themselves with a critical decision to make: attend their sentencing hearings or face the consequence of an extended stay behind bars. The British government has revealed plans to implement a law that mandates criminals to be present in court during the pronouncement of their sentences. This initiative is aimed at reinforcing the importance of justice delivery and accountability within the judicial system.

A Saudi court has sentenced a man to death over his posts on X, formerly known as Twitter, and his activity on YouTube

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HYBE, the makers of the current most popular boy band BTS, is looking for a new girl band. The company held worldwide auditions in association with the USA's Geffen Records to create a new global girl group. This is being done on a big scale for Netflix as a docuseries and also on YouTube. The two record companies recently announced the 2024 series and also a companion-piece online show that will begin on Thursday, August 30, as part of their The Debut: Dream Academy. The selection process for the girl group started in November 2021, when 120,000 applications of girl group potentials were screened. The worldwide hunt resulted in 20 candidates being selected. The females come from countries as diverse as Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Thailand, Sweden, Japan, Belarus, Switzerland, Slovakia, the Philippines, South Korea, and the USA. Now, in the docuseries, fans will be able to follow the selected contestants through the final stages of the auditions.

Sarma on Wednesday inaugurated the State's longest flyover, named Nilachal Flyover after the Nilachal Hills near which it stands, measuring a total of 2.63 kilometres and starting from Maligaon Chariali to Kamakhya Gate in Guwahati. Built at a cost of ₹420.75 crore, the State's longest flyover till date has been completed within a period of mere 35 months by Shree Gautam Construction Co Ltd and Anupam Nirman Pvt Ltd — the two firms that bagged the contract — under the overall oversight of the Public Works (Roads) Department of Government of Assam. M/S Design Associates INC was the Drawing & Design Consultant, M/S Prestress Projects the third-party Quality Control & Monitoring Agency while Professor Dr.

HDFC Asset ManagementCompany (HDFC AMC), investment manager to HDFC Mutual Fund (HDFC MF), announced the launch of open-ended equity scheme - HDFC Technology Fund. The scheme intends to invest in technology and technology related companies with a bottom-up approach for stock selection. It aims to embrace the techvolution and invest in the potential of the future.

By Clare Jim

Warren Buffett took control of Berkshire Hathaway in 1965, and nearly six decades later as the «Oracle of Omaha» turned 93 Wednesday, his conglomerate is stronger today than it's ever been.

Citigroup Inc. will pay $2.9 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission allegations that the bank’s broker had flawed processes in its accounting in underwriting of securities offerings.

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Investing.com — Investors await the release of fresh labor market data after numbers on Tuesday showed that job openings in the U.S. fell to their lowest level in over two years in July. Meanwhile, shares in Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) close at a fresh record high as the semiconductor group and AI-darling announces a new partnership with Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL). Elsewhere, the price of Bitcoin shoots up following an appeals court ruling that could pave the way for the listing of an exchange-traded fund that tracks the popular cryptocurrency.

MNREGA is well-documented. Yet, the Modi government was forced to turn to MGNREGS during the COVID-19 pandemic and even now due to the continuing rural distress, record numbers of workers have demanded work under MGNREGA this year," he said.

By Jamie McGeever

By Shristi Achar A and Amruta Khandekar

Delhi Metro on August 29 registered the highest-ever count of daily passenger journeys — 69.94 lakh — surpassing the record it set a day earlier. The corresponding figures on August 28 had stood at 68.16 lakh. Journey or line utilisation is calculated by the number of corridors passengers use to reach their destinations. «Delhi Metro's mission of providing a comfortable journey to its commuters is scaling new heights every day and as a result Delhi Metro once again set a new milestone on 29th August 2023 when more than 69 lakh passenger journeys were performed in the metro in a single day,» the DMRC said in a post on 'X', formerly known as Twitter. Before Monday, the highest passenger journey count was 66,18,717, recorded on February 10, 2020, just before the pandemic disrupted travel patterns and routines. Of the total journeys recorded Tuesday, the Red Line accounted for 7,65,059 journeys, Yellow Line — 19,11,239, Blue Line — 14,90,171, and Airport Express Line — 61,041, among other corridors, according to data shared by the DMRC.

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CNN is bringing in former New York Times and BBC leader Mark Thompson in an attempt to turn around its fortunes

startups," he said in an interview to a news channel. Singh underscored India's stellar track record in space commerce, citing the successful launch of over 380 foreign satellites, generating substantial revenues exceeding 250 million euros and $170 million from launching US satellites.

Indiabulls Housing Finance share price has risen 26.3% in the last five trading sessions after the company has repaid ₹1,112.5 crores of bonds this week. On Wednesday's session, Indiabulls Housing shares closed at ₹193.25 apiece on BSE, up 2.52%. In August, Indiabulls Housing Finance stock price surged nearly 35%, which is the largest monthly gain since June 2020.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. agreed to pay $5.5 million to settle a U.S. regulator’s allegations that it failed to fully record and retain thousands of phone calls.

For almost a decade, I’ve been listening to digital prophets predict a future where banks save billions of dollars, customers can trace their mangoes back to the organic farm where they were grown, and financial intermediaries are a thing of the past, all thanks to the blockchain. I’ve been waiting for that future to arrive, but I’ve never come across it in my daily life.