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Israel's military proposed a plan Monday for «evacuating» civilians from the Gaza Strip, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a ground invasion of the Palestinian territory's southern city Rafah was necessary for «total victory». Foreign governments and aid organisations have repeatedly expressed fears that such an operation will inflict mass civilian casualties in Rafah, where around 1.4 million Palestinians — most of them displaced from other areas — have converged. It is also the entry point for desperately needed aid, brought in via neighbouring Egypt.

The Cardano (ADA) price has been fluctuating this week, down around 2.5% to trade around $0.58. However, this minor pullback shouldn’t alarm ADA holders too much, considering some other major altcoins like AVAX, XRP, and SOL have dropped almost 10% in the same period.

In the latest market activity, Bonk (BONK/USD) is trading at $0.000012, marking a increase of nearly 1% in the past 24 hours.

infrastructure financier after it went bankrupt in October 2018. The group has approached the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) with these pleas against the Reserve Bank of India and 11 public sector banks. The group, which includes IL&FS Financial Services and IL&FS Transportation Network among its eight companies, argued in the application filed in December that such actions by banks would violate court orders providing immunity to the board appointed in public interest by the government. The board has been working to deal with bad debt of Rs 94,000 crore since October 2018.

My Hero Academia Chapter 415 as Deku's strategy to defeat Shigaraki unfolds. With the battle reaching a critical juncture, readers are in for an intense and action-packed chapter. Following a brief hiatus, My Hero Academia returned with Chapter 414, showcasing Deku's newfound determination and strategy against Shigaraki. Despite previous setbacks, Deku has identified a crucial weakness in the villain, sparking hope among heroes and fans alike.

FRANKFURT (Reuters) — German airline Lufthansa said on Sunday it was keen on moving ahead in wage negotiations for thousands of ground crew after labour union Verdi demanded the company offers a higher pay increase aimed at averting more strike action.

China’s highest prosecutorial authority is stepping up efforts to combat the growing wave of cybercrimes by targeting criminals who exploit blockchain and metaverse projects for illegal activities. 

Eknath Shinde on Sunday warned Manoj Jarange Patil that he must not test the patience of the state government after the Maratha quota activist made serious allegations against Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis that he was trying to kill him. Earlier in the day, the Maratha quota activist accused the Deputy Chief Minister of hatching a conspiracy to kill him. Jarange was speaking Antarwali Sarati.

Amarinder Singh on Sunday condemned the Haryana Police for the "barbaric act of violence" against a farmer who was injured during the ongoing farm protest at the Khanauri border. He also urged Haryana Chief Minister M L Khattar to take strict action against the policemen responsible for assaulting the farmer — Pritpal Singh — who is currently undergoing treatment at the PGIMER in Chandigarh. Amarinder Singh, the former Punjab chief minister, said on X, «I strongly condemn the barbaric act of violence committed by the Haryana Police on our young farmer Pritpal Singh.» «I urge Haryana CM @mlkhattar to take strict action against the policemen who are guilty of badly beating up an unarmed youngster who was just serving langar to people,» he said.

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Destin Daniel Cretton, has been chosen to lead this thrilling venture. As both the writer and director, Cretton is poised to bring the action-packed world of Naruto to life. Recent consultations between Cretton and franchise creator Masashi Kishimoto have solidified the latter's involvement in overseeing the film's production. The esteemed production team includes Avi Arad, Ari Arad, and Emmy Yu from Arad Productions, with Cretton serving as a producer alongside Jeyun Munford’s company, Hisako.

finance companies scouting for foreign equity, startups hurt by funding winter, and private equity and venture capital funds wooing overseas investors would enjoy the spinoffs from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) shedding the stigma of being in the ‘grey list’ of the global anti-money laundering watchdog. Last Friday, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the inter-government body which leads the action to combat illegal and suspicious fund flows, removed UAE from the category of “jurisdictions under increased monitoring” — better known as the grey list. The country was put on the grey list in March 2022. The development would make it easier for UAE investors and lenders to bet on businesses in India as the regulatory dos and don’ts attached to inflows from FATF grey list countries would no longer be applicable. Besides, money flowing in from such destinations are subject to closer scrutiny by banks handling remittance and fund custodians.

Paytm owner One97 Communications after the Reserve Bank's action on its payments bank business, is yet to have a deeper engagement with the company to identify any issue, head of the panel and former chairman of Sebi M Damodaran said on Sunday. «We are an external advisor. At this point they (Paytm) are dealing with RBI,» Damodaran said in response to a question on the impact on Paytm with regard to RBI's January 31 order on Paytm Payments Banks Limited (PPBL). As per the January 31 order, the RBI asked PPBL to stop further deposits, credit transactions, or top-ups in any customer accounts, prepaid instruments, wallets, FASTags, and National Common Mobility Cards, after February 29. Later, the central bank extended the deadline till March 15.

Deepak Chahar claimed that he was defrauded by food delivery platform Zomato. While sharing a screenshot of his recent order, Deepak Chahar said that the order was showing delivered on the mobile application, but he never received food. When the pacer raised the issue with customer service, they denied believing him and accused Deepak Chahar of lying.

Paytm Payments Bank Ltd crisis, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India President Ranjeet Kumar Agarwal on Sunday said its financial reporting review board (FRRB) may deliberate on issues of the fintech firm in the near future. The FRRB of the statutory body is currently conducting a review of the accounts of tech-based education unicorn Byju's over alleged governance concerns, and the exercise is progressing well, the ICAI president said. «So far, we have not considered it (Paytm issue), but the board meeting of the FRRB will take place in the near future and it will consider appropriate action if required. So far, we have not decided anything as far as this matter is concerned,» ICAI President Ranjeet Kumar Agarwal told PTI in an interview.

extreme temperatures driven by climate change will increase risk of preterm birth by 60 per cent, causing several lifelong complications for millions of children around the world, a new research has found. Analysing results from 163 health studies globally, researchers said they have determined that climate change will be directly responsible for multiple detrimental health impacts in children, including higher occurrences of respiratory illnesses and more hospitalisations. The researchers, led by those at The University of Western Australia, warned that lack of global action on climate change will likely devastate children's health for generations. They said their study, published in the journal Science of the Total Environment, was the first to collect all the available scientific evidence for the effects of climate change on children's health.

₹3,000 crore. In such a situation, pesticides play a vital role in managing pest resistance and diseases. India has set a goal to double farmer’s income.

oil and gas giants including IndianOil, ONGC and GAIL (India) have been slapped fines for the third straight quarter for failing to meet listing norm requirements of having the requisite number of directors on their board. Stock exchanges have fined oil refining and fuel marketing giant Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), explorers Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Oil India Ltd (OIL), gas utility GAIL, and refiners Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) and Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) a cumulative Rs 32.5 lakh, stock exchange filings showed. In separate filings, the companies detailed the fines imposed by the BSE and NSE for either not having the requisite number of independent directors or the mandated women director in the third quarter ended December 31, 2023, but were quick to point out that appointment of directors was done by the government and they had no role in it. The companies had faced fines for the same reason in the previous two quarters as well.

Nifty 50 index hitting record highs in all five sessions, buoyed by a rise in heavyweight financials. The Nifty 50 and BSE Sensex gained 0.78% and 1%, respectively, for the week, despite falling 0.02% each on Friday.

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Natco Pharma, Suprajit Engineering, NMDC, and Jupiter Wagons will trade ex-dividend, while The South Indian Bank's rights issue's ex-date is fixed this week. On Monday, 26th February, Fineotex Chemical (Rs 1.2/share), Gateway Distriparks (Rs 0.75/share), Natco Pharma (Rs 1.25/share), Suprajit Engineering (Rs 1.1/share), and Vibrant Global Capital (Rs 1.25/share) will trade ex-dividend. While NMDC (Rs 5.75/share) will trade ex-dividend on Tuesday, 27th February.

Two U.S. senators looking to crack down on the number of packages from China that enter the country duty-free are calling on President Joe Biden to take executive action