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Dibrugarh (Assam): The superintendent of Dibrugarh Central Jail in Assam was arrested on Friday over the seizure of electronic gadgets, including a smartphone, from the possession of inmates belonging to radical outfit 'Waris Punjab De', police said. The jail official was arrested early in the morning for «laxity» and is currently at Dibrugarh Sadar Police Station, an officer said. He said the arrest was made in connection with the seizure of electronic gadgets cells of the National Security Act (NSA) detenues in the jail last month. Among the gadgets seized from the possession of the inmates belonging to the pro-Khalistani outfit were a smartphone along with a SIM card, a keypad phone, a TV remote with keyboard, a spy-camera pen, pen-drives, a bluetooth headphone and speakers.

life insurance ownership, with 79% now holding life insurance plans. According to the survey, financial protection levels among urban Indian women have achieved a milestone by surpassing the 40-point mark for the first time. This marks an increase from 33 to 41 points over the past six years.

Manish Gunwani, Head — Equities, Bandhan AMC, says “there seems to be a fairly significant shift of sourcing from China and other countries to India. The good part is that in a lot of these segments, India has a big domestic market. So the expertise gets built and a lot of the companies are part domestic part exports. So one is just not playing only the domestic capex cycle, especially for the product makers. One is also playing this optionality that in a very big global market, they may become fairly large companies.” You have been talking about capex and infrastructure, stepping into elections. What is your narrative on the entire capex theme? And what happens post that if the government continues, which seems to be likely and the market also seems to be pricing it as of now? In that case, focus would be on private capex picking up because up until now, we have been running on government capex push. Manish Gunwani: This is not a very broad based capex theme like during 2002-2008, both in India and globally. For example, if commodity prices are soft, you cannot expect too much of capex from the steel guys, from the upstream oil and gas guys etc. But there are segments, obviously, like energy transition and power which are doing well.

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The Minneapolis City Council has passed a measure that would increase wages for drivers of ride-hailing services to an equivalent of more than $15 an hour

In the 1990s, South Korea faced a pivotal moment in its economic development. At the time, the country was rapidly industrializing and seeking ways to sustain its economic growth. Recognizing the untapped potential of half its population, South Korea embarked on a series of reforms aimed at increasing women’s participation in the workforce and promoting gender equality.

Come Women’s Day, many companies jump onto the bandwagon of diversity and inclusion, often through well-crafted but clichéd advertisements that feature women overcoming regressive situations. A case in point is the new advertisement of a service company that advocates dignity of labour for women professionals who work in salons. The ad features a young salon professional wearing company colours who drives home in a car and has to face an angry younger brother, smarting from the ridicule he has been subjected to by “bade bhaiyyas" in their building.

A group of 40 state attorneys general have sent a letter to Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta expressing concern over what they say is dramatic uptick of consumer complaints about account takeovers and lockouts

The Miami Seaquarium, which was home to the beloved orca Lolita, is being evicted from it's waterfront location in Miami

Sandeshkhali will sweep Bengal" and decimate the ruling party, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Thursday met a group of women from Sandeshkhali and accused the BJP of spreading lies about her party. Asserting that Bengal was the safest place for women, Banerjee hit out at PM Modi, asking why is the BJP silent on Bilkis Bano, Hathras rape case of UP, women of Manipur and women athletes who have accused BJP leader and WFI president of sexual assault. Banerjee said that a «political tornado» will rise against the BJP while claiming that the BJP is angry with the Trinamool as the party doesn't allow divisive politics in Bengal.

As many professional workers have settled into now well established hybrid work patterns, banks and other financial services companies have stood out in recent weeks for the battles they are still having with staff.

Harbouring a copy of Mein Kampf or My Experiments with Truth doesn't make its possessor a fascist or a Gandhian, respectively. Actions do. This principle was reiterated by the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court this week when it freed former Delhi University professor G N Saibaba and five others in a case accusing them of harbouring Maoist links. The six were arrested in 2013-14 by Maharashtra Police, charged under UAPA, and convicted by a trial court in 2017 for their alleged membership of the banned CPI(Maoist) and its group, Revolutionary Democratic Front. The trial court's ruling in which their possession of Maoist literature was conflated with breaking the law needed to be overturned.

economic strategies underpinning environmental action: What is the core of your research? I’m an environmental economist. My work focuses on policies that create incentives and mobilise finance to tackle climate change, protect forests and restore natural ecosystems as part of climate solutions. Which aspects of the economics of land-use change are becoming key as the environmental crisis grows? It is self-evident, yet remarkable to what extent land-use decisions respond to economic incentives — when the prices of agricultural commodities increase, people plant more crops. When the prices of timber and forest products rise, people shift to planting and tending more trees. This shows there is a role for policies and incentives to move the needle in terms of the choices farmers make. The data shows us how this plays out worldwide. It’s also striking how large the reaction can be — this creates a significant opportunity for well-designed policy to make a difference.

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has uncovered a significant human trafficking network that deceived Indians into traveling to the war zone between Russia and Ukraine under the guise of providing lucrative jobs abroad. The agency is currently conducting searches at more than 10 locations across seven cities as part of its investigation. FIR Registered Against Visa Consultancy Firms and Agents Officials have revealed that the CBI has filed a First Information Report (FIR) against various visa consultancy firms and agents involved in the trafficking scheme. During the searches, several individuals have been detained, and an amount of Rs 50 lakh has been seized.

Europa League will witness an epic clash today as Liverpool plays Sparta Prague or AC Sparta Praha in Czech Republic. This last 16-tie is a must-watch for all European football fans as Liverpool stand favorites in this Europa League match. Here's how you can watch the match online.

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European Union regulators want to question Apple over accusations that it blocked video game company Epic Games from setting up its own app store

As longtime progressive movement organizer Deepak Bhargava takes the reins of the multi-billion-dollar JPB Foundation, he is unveiling an ambitious plan to give big to democracy strengthening efforts

Bitcoin swings are becoming more intense following the digital asset’s run to a record high, and a key question now is how investors in US exchange-traded funds holding the cryptocurrency will react.

The benchmark 10-year Indian bond yield ended at 7.0312%, lower than its previous close of 7.0548%. Indian financial markets will be closed on Friday for a local holiday.

Nifty on Thursday ended 19.5 points higher to form a Doji candle on the daily chart as it stayed below the psychological 22,500 mark, with call writers at the 22,500 strikes significantly increasing their positions. In the case of a dip towards, 22,390 – 22,340 it should be used as a buying opportunity as key hourly moving averages are placed in this range and can attract buying interest. On the upside, 22,570 – 22,600 shall act as an immediate hurdle zone from a short-term perspective, said Jatin Gedia of Sharekhan.