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A Vancouver payment processing company under investigation for alleged direct-mailing scams has forfeited $10 million in a settlement agreement with the B.C. Civil Forfeiture Office — the single largest forfeiture in the history of the office.

Former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has lost in his legal attempt to overturn sanctions imposed by the European Union for his role in the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Hidden inside the foundation of popular artificial intelligence image-generators are thousands of images of child sexual abuse, according to a new report that urges companies to take action to address a harmful flaw in the technology they built

cyber police in Kashmir has registered a case in an alleged multi-crore fraud by Curative Survey Private Limited, a company that has duped hundreds of people across Jammu and Kashmir in lieu of providing sustained monthly income after paying registration fee and participating in online surveys. The cyber police has conducted searches at around six places, seized documents and electronic gadgets in connection with the case and questioned around two dozen people who were associated with the company here. The police have frozen several identified accounts operated by the company and sent teams outside J&K following the money trail and digital footprints of the people associated with the company. The Curative Survey Private Limited is a private limited Non-Government company incorporated in India on 20 July 2023. Its registered office is in Jammu.

Jujutsu Kaisen Chapter 246 have surfaced, and a grim fate awaits a character who is on the brink of facing death at the hands of Sukuna. Fans are speculating about the future of Hiromi Higuruma. The intense confrontation against Sukuna has left the sorcerers with no alternative but to confront the powerful entity with all their might. With the recent demise of Gojo, the sorcerers are compelled to take decisive action. Yuta and Takaba set a trap for Kenjaku, while the rest lay in wait to ambush Sukuna.

European leaders are tightening asylum rules and seeking to restrict migration under political pressure from opponents who charge that Europe’s mainstream parties have lost control of the numbers of people who are coming into the bloc. European Union member states and lawmakers agreed on new asylum rules Wednesday after years of failing to rework a system that collapsed during the migration crisis of 2015. Back then, over one million people came to the bloc, swelling support for far-right parties.

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools using natural language processing, like GPT-4 and LLaMA 2, are revolutionizing all types of industries, and one of the most exciting areas of disruption is the trading landscape.

Aurobindo Pharma were locked in at over four per cent upper circuit at ₹1,081.45 apiece on the BSE, hitting its new 52-week high mark on Wednesday, December 20. The surge in share price came after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had conducted an inspection at a subsidiary of the pharma major earlier today.

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reclassified India’s de facto exchange rate regime from “floating" to “stabilised arrangement" for the period from December 2022 to October 2023 after a recent review of the country’s policies. The assessment, published in a country report on 19 December, was contested by executive director for India at the IMF, Krishnamurthy V Subramanian, who was previously chief economic adviser to the Union finance minister.

took the political centre stage, Opposition leaders came out in support of the TMC leader. Meanwhile, BJP leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Droupadi Murmu, condemned Banerjee's actions. 1. Jagdeep Dhankhar said he received a phone call from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Tata Motors, India's third largest passenger vehicle maker, expects next year — both calendar and fiscal — to be the best on record in terms of sales volume for the company’s passenger vehicles business, driven by the new models it plans to launch with electrical and conventional powertrains. In addition to launching the electrified versions of the Harrier and Punch, it plans to bring the Curvv SUV. The Curvv will be the automaker’s first new brand in three years, as the Tata Group automotive flagship seeks to cement its position in the world’s third largest market. “We expect the next year to be much more promising as we completely revamp our portfolio with addition of two to three new models which will include facelifts and a new nameplate in the ICE (internal combustion engine) segment,” Shailesh Chandra, managing director at Tata Passenger Vehicle and Tata Passenger Electric Mobility, told ET. On whether the frequent product actions can make the year a record one for the PV business, he said, “That’s the aspiration.” Steering clear of making any projections on numbers, he said the company’s growth will be faster than the industry. People aware of the firm’s internal targets said Tata Motors is looking to grow sales by 10% in 2024.

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FSN E-Commerce Ventures, the parent company of Nykaa, has shown signs of a modest rebound, rising over 18% in 2023 YTD. The turnaround began in May, breaking an almost 11-month hiatus, and was followed by monthly gains of 18.83% in June. Between May 2022 and April 2023, the stock was in the green in just 1 month - February 2023, up 2.3%.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is caught in a controversy after he was seen recording a video on his phone of suspended TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee mimicking the actions of Rajya Sabha chairman, Jagdeep Dhankhar. «I am not commenting,» said Congress MP Rahul Gandhi.

As a developing nation that’s also the world’s third largest greenhouse gas (GHG) emitter, India’s position always sparks curiosity at the annual climate change summits. For starters, pitching itself as a voice for the “global south" is sometimes at odds with its current contributions to global warming. Vulnerable island states find this fact hard to ignore; so do developed nations that dislike being made global punching bags over the crisis.

In an unusual series of legal actions, Brazilian prosecutors have sued multinational meatpacker JBS and three smaller slaughterhouses for allegedly buying cattle directly from illegal ranches in a protected area

The IRS says it's going to waive penalty fees for people who failed to pay back taxes that total less than $100,000 a year for tax years 2020 or 2021

Tesla has found itself locked in an increasingly bitter dispute with union workers in Sweden and neighboring countries

HCLTech said on Wednesday that one of its isolated cloud environments was subject to a ransomware attack and the company is investigating the matter. “This is to inform you that HCLTech has become aware of a ransomware incident in an isolated cloud environment for one of its projects. There has been no impact observed due to this incident on the overall HCLTech network,” the Noida-based company said in an exchange filing on Wednesday.

Financial Times, PM Modi said, "If someone gives us any information, we would definitely look into it". The Prime Minister added, "If a citizen of ours has done anything good or bad, we are ready to look into it. Our commitment is to the rule of law".