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war in Gaza might persist until the year's end, casting doubt on hopes that the fighting would cease after the military operation against Hamas in Rafah, CNN reported. Tzachi Hanegbi, Israel's national security adviser, indicated that 2024 had been designated a «year of combat» by Israel's war cabinet. «We are now in the fifth month of 2024, which means we expect another seven months of fighting to deepen our achievements and achieve our goal of destroying the military and governmental capabilities of Hamas and Islamic Jihad,» Hanegbi stated. These remarks come as Israeli tanks, spotted in central Rafah for the first time since the operation commenced, continued to advance on the southern Gaza city on Wednesday. This action persists despite mounting global pressure to halt the offensive, as reported by CNN.

In sections of the stock market known to read the tea leaves correctly, fear has set in just days ahead of the last leg of voting and exit polls. Retail and wealthy investors have voted with their feet in the last couple of months, snapping up Nifty and Bank Nifty futures contracts as they bet on a solid victory for the Narendra Modi government. But in just a fortnight, they have got rid of most of these contracts, likely anticipating a different outcome.

At 2.30pm on Wednesday, the NCR’s temperature hit a shocking 52.3 degrees Celsius, its hottest day ever, according to a screenshot taken by Mint. Earth sciences minister Kiren Rijuju later said this was “not official yet" and described such a high temperature as “very unlikely" while asking the weather office to verify the report. Nonetheless, extreme hot weather is increasing both in duration and intensity.

U.S. trade authorities have filed a labor complaint with Mexico over allegations that a Volkswagen auto plant in central Mexico unfairly fired union activists

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed stiff business curbs on two Edelweiss Group entities — ECL Finance (ECL) and Edelweiss Asset Reconstruction (EARCL) — for what it described as 'material' transgressions that allegedly involved 'evergreening of stressed assets'. The regulator has asked EARCL to stop acquiring financial assets, including security receipts (SRs), and to stop reorganising existing SRs into different tranches. In the case of ECL Finance, the RBI has asked the company to immediately stop all structured transactions related to its wholesale exposures, except for account repayments or closures in the normal course of business.

Merrill Lynch and its parent company, Bank of America, have are paying nearly $20 million to resolve a class action lawsuit alleging discriminatory practices against African American financial advisors.

Fitch revised the outlook on Toronto-Dominion Bank’s credit ratings to “negative” from “stable” on Tuesday, citing risks to its business from the anti-money laundering probes it is facing.

EBAday has provided this to the Finextra and EBA community, year on year, for 18 years and will again in Lisbon at the CCL from 18-19 June 2024, leading the conversation on orchestrating the dialogue on payments and the advantages of collaboration.

The BSE Sensex declined by 667 points, or 0.89%, to settle at 74,503, while the NSE Nifty dropped by 183 points, or 0.80%, to end at 22,704.

ALSO READ: Indian students facing 'deportation' up in arms in CanadaThe protesting Indian students have been on a hunger strike for the past four days. Their stir began on May 9.During the agitation, 60 protestors carrying posters and banners demonstrated in front of the Colest Building at the PEI legislature.Jaspreet Singh Sivia, one of the protesters, has blamed the government for disrupting the lives of people who were already in the process of getting permanent residency (PR) in Canada, reported CBC. “There have been no actions taken.

Reserve Bank of India imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 36.38 lakh crore HSBC Limited for violation of reporting requirements under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme. The Reserve Bank found that the violations were substantiated and warranted imposition of penalty even after the banks’ written reply to the show cause notice issued by the regulator. This action is based on the deficiencies in regulatory compliance and is not intended to pronounce upon the validity of any transaction or agreement entered into by the bank with its customers, the Reserve Bank said in a release.

Read | S&P Global revises Indian economy outlook to positiveAs of 31 December 2023, ADB had committed 623 public sector loans, grants, and technical assistance totalling $55.3 billion to India, with its current sovereign portfolio in India including 67 loans worth $14.15 billion.Some of the other MDBs, which have backed key projects in India, include the World Bank Group, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and the Global Environment Facility (GEF).Interestingly, MDBs have been urged to make more finance available to emerging and developing economies (EDEs) for meeting development needs, mitigating climate risks and insulating from global shocks.Under the Indian presidency of the G20 in 2023, an expert committee headed by economists N.K.

Mahatma Gandhi was significantly influenced by Richard Attenborough's 1982 movie 'Gandhi'. He also pointed out that while figures like Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King Jr were globally renowned, the Indian government could have done more to promote Mahatma Gandhi's legacy, a legacy that has resonated across the world.

Nifty Bank fell more than 600 points to break below 49,000 on Wednesday tracking muted global cues and now the big support is placed at 48,000. The banking index fell 640 points to close at 48,501 while the Nifty50 was down 183 points to close at 22,704.

Reserve Bank of India barred Edelweiss Asset Reconstruction Company Limited (EARCL) from acquiring financial assets based on material concerns during a supervisiory examination, the central bank said on Thursday. RBI also directed ECL Finance to stop undertaking structured transactions with respect to its wholesale exposures. This excludes repayment and closure of accounts in the normal course of business. «The Reserve Bank of India has directed EARCL to cease and desist from acquisition of financial assets including security receipts (SRs) and reorganising the existing SRs into senior and subordinate tranches,» the statement read.

ALSO READ: IRS officer arrested after woman's body found hanging at his Noida flatThe incident occurred around 11:08 pm on Monday at the Raja Ki Mandi railway station in Agra.Before the incident, Rani had a heated argument with her live-in partner, Kishore.Both partners argued over Kishore’s drinking habits, and as the verbal fight escalated, Rani threatened to commit suicide by jumping in front of a train. During the argument, Rani led Kishore to Raja Ki Mandi railway station, where they both sat on chairs at platform No 2.Later, in a dramatic turn of events, the woman jumped on the railway tracks and threatened to commit suicide.ALSO READ: Karnataka: Horrific stabbing in Hubbali after woman rejects advancesShe did not see the Kerala Express train coming on the tracks in time and, while trying to climb back onto the platform, got stuck between the train and the platform.Railway Police Force (RPF) personnel immediately swung into action, pulled Rani out from under the train, and rushed her to SN Medical College, where she succumbed to her injuries during the treatment.Her body had been sent for a post-mortem.Rani was in a relationship with Kishore for more than a year.According to an India Today report, Inspector Samar Bahadur, in charge of the GRP Cantonment, said that Kishore told them that Rani had a troubled past, including the death of her ex-husband due to his excessive drinking habits.

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Ripple announced a second $25m donation to the crypto super Political Action Committee (PAC) Fairshake on Wednesday. This contribution supplements the $25m it provided to Fairshake last year.

SIT set up to probe the Rajkot game zone fire that killed 27 said on Wednesday that they have been given the go-ahead to question even senior IAS and IPS officials if the probe warranted. In a related development, the Rajkot collector said that the DNA samples of all the victims have been matched with their relatives. The Special Investigation Team chief Subhash Trivedi spoke to the media after Gujarat Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi met the SIT members in Gandhinagar and reviewed the progress in the probe. «We have been instructed to probe the roles of officers associated with Rajkot Municipal Corporation, fire department, police and power utility firm and take stern action if they are found guilty,» said Trivedi.

North Korea flew hundreds of trash-carrying balloons toward South Korea in one of its most bizarre provocations against its rival in years, prompting the South's military to mobilise chemical and explosive response teams to recover objects and debris in different parts of the country. The ballooning campaign came as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged his military scientists to overcome a failed satellite launch and continue developing space-based reconnaissance capabilities, which he described as crucial for countering U.S. and South Korean military activities, state media said Wednesday. In his first public comments about the launch failure, Kim also warned of unspecified «stern» action against South Korea over an exercise involving 20 fighter jets near the inter-Korean border hours before North Korea's failed launch on Monday. In a speech Tuesday, Kim called the South Korean response «hysterical insanity» and «a very dangerous provocation that cannot be ignored,» the North's official Korean Central News Agency said Wednesday.