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Lucknow airport, a woman and her husband found themselves in legal trouble after a confrontation with a ground staff member of Akasa Air, which resulted in a physical altercation. The couple, who arrived late for their flight, were denied boarding, which led to a fit of anger from the woman, resulting in her physically assaulting a female staff member by slapping her. The incident occurred on Sunday evening, just before QP 1525 was about to depart for Mumbai.

NGT) has formed a Joint Committee to verify the factual position and take appropriate remedial action on allegations of illegal mining by BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district. The NGT formed a panel to investigate allegations made by Raja Ram Singh who claimed that Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, a Member of Parliament from Kesar Ganj, was involved in illegal mining in villages such as Majharath, Jaitpur, and Nawabganj in Tehsil Tarbganj and District Gonda.

Shopify forecast strong revenue growth and delivered better-than-expected results for the second quarter on Wednesday, helped by new signups and price increases across its services. Merchants and businesses are turning to Shopify, which offers tools to create and manage online store-fronts, as retail spending picks up on signs of stabilizing macroeconomic conditions. «We're not just shipping products faster, but we are also expanding our global merchant base,» said Harley Finkelstein, president at Shopify.

«We have been quite satisfied with the quarter one performance and it was as per our plan. Quarter one generally is slightly weaker from the margin profile because Akshaya Tritiya which is more gold-led quarter and studded activation actually happens in quarter two,» says Ashok Sonthalia, CFO, Titan.

Piyush Goyal on Wednesday held a detailed discussion with representatives of e-commerce firms and domestic traders body CAIT on issues related to the sector, including the proposed policy, an official said. Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) Secretary General Praveen Khandelwal, who attended the meeting, said that it was indicated in that the national e-commerce policy would be released by the government in the coming months. He also said that all the stakeholders agreed to implement and follow the policy in letter and spirit.

Democrats and Republicans on Wednesday traded blame for the downgrade, with a group of hard-right conservatives promising to dig in during a looming spending fight that could shut down the federal government as soon as Oct. 1.

Evergrande Property Services Group shed 50% of their value on Thursday when trading resumed after 16 months, following the release of its financial results and the end of an investigation into misused funds involving its parent. The property services firm was dragged into financial troubles after its parent, China Evergrande Group, the world's most indebted property developer, became embroiled in a debt crisis in mid-2021 that later spread across the sector.

Lionel Messi showcased his brilliance once again as he led Inter Miami to a 3-1 victory against Orlando City in their Leagues Cup match. Despite a rain delay of an hour and a half, Messi wasted no time in making an impact. In the seventh minute after the match resumed, Messi received a pass at the top of his chest and swiftly slotted the ball into the back of the net with his left foot, giving Inter Miami a 1-0 lead.

Cognizant's net profit fell 19% year on year in the second quarter to $463 million, dragged down by costs related to its 2-year «NextGen» restructuring programme announced last quarter. The company's revenue declined 0.4% year on year to $4.89 billion for the three-month period ending June. It was marginally above street estimates of $4.81 billion.

Haryana including Nuh, Faridabad, and Palwal till August 5 as the situation remains tense after the communal clashes, the state government said on Wednesday. “In order to maintain peace and public order, mobile internet services in the jurisdictions of Nuh, Faridabad and Palwal districts & in the territorial jurisdiction of Sohna, Pataudi and Manesar sub-divisions of Gurugram district will remain suspended till August 5," the order read. “In order to stop the spread of misinformation and rumours through various social media platforms, such as WhatsApp, Facebook Twitter, etc.

Haryana has formed a three member committee to scan recent social media posts in light of the Nuh clashes. Home Minister Anil Vij flagged the ‘important role’ played by such platforms in fuelling the recent communal clashes. Parts of the northern state will remain under an internet ban till August 5.

Trump faces District Judge Tanya Chutkan for his alleged involvement in the 2020 election interference, he might encounter a familiar adversary. In 2021, Judge Chutkan thwarted his attempts to prevent a Congressional committee from accessing his administration's White House records with the memorable statement: «Presidents are not kings, and Plaintiff is not president.» Chutkan’s ruling breathed new life into the congressional investigation, which has now come full circle with the case brought against Mr. Trump by Special Counsel Jack Smith landing in her court randomly. This assignment could be concerning for Mr. Trump's legal team as Judge Chutkan, aged 61, has developed a reputation for delivering harsh sentences to those found guilty of involvement in the riots over the past two years.

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday barred a former broker, Steven K. Woodard, who was based in Hawaii and allegedly preyed on members of his church in a $6 million scam.

The former CEO of a respected South Carolina bank will spend seven years in federal prison for helping Alex Murdaugh steal nearly $2 million from clients' legal settlements

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NEW DELHI : The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, in a divided decision, decided to amend central and state laws from 1 October to ensure that 28% GST is paid on the full value of amounts deposited by players for betting on online games, casinos, and horse races. However, redeployed winnings will be excluded from the indirect taxation. The new regime will be reviewed after six months of implementation, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said.

Catherine Tyldesley, a former star on Coronation Street, is in the midst of a controversy that she finds “bizarre”. Here’s what happened. The television actor’s public relations firm asked a baker to provide a free cake for her 40th birthday this September, in exchange for publicity on social media.

National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) has approached the Delhi High Court, seeking the vacation of the court's earlier directions that had effectively stayed the auditing regulator's 2020 orders against former auditors of IL&FS Financial Services (IFIN). The High Court will examine the matter on Friday along with a batch of petitions by the auditors who have challenged the constitutional validity of NFRA's power to investigate professional misconduct of auditors.

New Delhi: The central government is set to auction around 90 mines containing critical minerals, such as lithium, which had not been put under the hammer by states for almost four years, a senior government official said on Wednesday. The change in the auction process was initiated soon after the Rajya Sabha passed the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2023, earlier in the day.

Nuh and its adjoining areas in Gurugram, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal on Wednesday said those who are responsible for violence will be held accountable for all the losses of private properties. In the aftermath of the violence in Nuh, the state government has cleared all the land-related hurdles for setting up a camp of CRPF's anti-riot unit, Rapid Action Force (RAF), at Indri village in the district, nearly five years after the approval from the Centre. The CM also sought four additional companies of central forces and said an India Reserve Battalion will also be deployed in Nuh.

“Everybody who reads the newspaper knows that the United States has a very serious long-term fiscal problem." That wasn’t a quote by some financial talking head in the aftermath of Fitch’s downgrade of America’s credit rating on Tuesday. It was a reaction by then Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke the last time a major rating agency took that action back in August 2011. Investors could google hundreds of such warnings over the decades and conclude that the hand wringing is best ignored or even viewed as a buying opportunity.