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A judge has ordered criminal charges dropped against the final executive accused of lying about problems building two nuclear reactors in South Carolina that were abandoned without generating a watt of power

Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Friday said 202 people have been arrested so far and 80 taken into preventive detention in connection with the communal clashes in Nuh. He also said the way bullets were fired from hillocks and stones collected on rooftops of buildings indicates that Nuh violence was pre-planned. In all, police have so far filed 102 FIRs in the matter.

NEW DELHI : Absence of audit documentation and failure to submit audit files to the regulator is clear evidence that the audit is unreliable and invalid, National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) has said in a regulatory order. NFRA said not maintaining audit files is viewed seriously by global regulators including Public Company Accounting Oversight Board of the US.

«Somebody masterminded it but I don't want to reach any conclusions. We will investigate this and every single person responsible will be brought to justice,» Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij had said on Tuesday, hours after the violence was first reported from Nuh. Nuh SP Narendra Singh Bijarnia on Friday said police are already identifying and arresting people involved in the clashes.

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Sahara Credit Cooperative Society Limited, Saharayan Universal Multipurpose Society Limited, Hamara India Credit Cooperative Society Limited and Stars Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited) through the Sahara Refund Portal in Delhi. Shah transferred the first installment of ₹10,000 each to 112 beneficiaries on Friday. The Home Minister said that 18 lakh people have registered on the portal.

Manipur's ethnic violence, the state's high court on Thursday ordered that the status quo be maintained at the proposed burial site in Churachandpur district, while ITLF, an apex tribal body, said it was postponing the funeral service plans by seven days following requests from the Union home ministry. Meanwhile, over 25 people were injured in clashes as Army and RAF personnel fired tear gas shells in Kangvai and Phougakchao areas in Bishnupur district on Thursday to stop processions from proceeding to the proposed burial site violating restrictions on gatherings, officials said.

Sharif on Thursday announced the dissolution of the National Assembly on August 9. The decision came after he met with parliamentary leaders at a dinner in honour of the members of parliament, where the country's political situation was thoroughly discussed, The Express Tribune reported. During the meeting, Prime Minister Shehbaz sought their input and discussed the arrangements for the caretaker prime minister and the caretaker setup.

Concord Biotech raised ₹464.95 crore from anchor investors ahead of its IPO. The company allocated 6.28 million shares at ₹741 per share on Thursday to 41 anchor investors.

Riverdale, the hit drama mystery based on Archie Comics, is returning for its seventh and final season. The show, which debuted in 2017 and has aired over 100 episodes, has been a major success for The CW. The new season has already started dropping on Netflix in certain regions, and fans in the US can expect it to arrive on Netflix at the end of August. Season 7 will consist of 20 episodes, bringing the series to a close after six eventful years. The show has had its fair share of ups and downs, but it has remained popular with audiences throughout its run.Riverdale season 7 began airing on The CW on March 29th, 2023, and is set to conclude on August 23rd, 2023. Fans are eager to see how the story of their favorite characters will come to an end in this much-anticipated season.

Concord Biotech IPO: Rare Enterprises-backed Concord Biotech said in an exchange filing that it has raised ₹465 crore from anchor investors, a day ahead of its initial public offer (IPO) opening for bidding. Concord Biotech IPO will open for subscription on Friday, August 4 and close on Tuesday, August 8. The company had fixed the price band at ₹705 to ₹741 per equity share for the proposed initial public offer.

In an advancing world of empowerment talk and increased awareness of personal rights, conversation around one topic has stayed largely hushed, restricted to admissions within close family at most: Sexual harassment at the workplace. Even if little is apparent amid cubicles and cafeterias, the murky truth thrives beneath a shroud of silence. A 2022 report by the International Labour Organization revealed that more than one in five people employed—almost 23%—had experienced violence and harassment at work globally, physical, psychological or sexual.

namaz at any public place or mosques in view of violence that flared up in Nuh, Sohna, and Gurugram earlier in the week, a community leader has announced. Mufti Saleem Qasmi, president of Jamiat Ulama in Gurugram, appealed through a video message to people to refrain from praying in public places or gathering in mosques for prayers. Qasmi said it is the responsibility of the people to maintain brotherhood.

New Delhi: India reported 77 new covid cases in the past 24 hours, pushing up marginally the number of active cases to 1,533 from 1,474 the previous day, the health ministry said in an update on Thursday. Total reported cases, since the pandemic hit in early 2020, has surpassed 4.50 crore to date. while death toll stands at 531,918.

Nitin Desai was found dead, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday said the role a private lending firm, from which Desai had taken loan, would be probed to know whether he was charged high interest and if he was under stress. Speaking in the state legislative assembly, Fadnavis who holds the home department, said legal aspects on how Desai's N D Studio at Karjat near Mumbai can be preserved or taken over by the government will be examined. Desai, the creator of lavish sets for films such as «Jodhaa Akbar» and «Lagaan» as well as the popular TV quiz show «Kaun Banega Crorepati», was found hanging at his studio on Wednesday.

Clock Tower, popularly known as Ghanta Ghar, at Srinagar's historic Lal Chowk is getting a major makeover under the Srinagar Smart City Project. Locals feel the refurbished city square, named after the iconic Red Square in Moscow, will add to the city's hang out options. The business community of Lal Chowk claims it has suffered immensely over the past seven months due to the maintenance work, yet hopes in the end it will be all worth the trouble.

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance’s MD and CEO Anup Bagchi believes that despite the new tax rule, where proceeds from non-Ulip products exceeding Rs 5 lakh annual premium have become taxable, will impact the industry too much. The money, he said, would “largely” remain in the insurance industry as long as there aren’t substitute products in the financial sector that can replace the long-term nature of insurance products.

Allahabad High Court on Thursday allowed a scientific survey at Gyanvapi Mosque by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). The move comes only hours after Allahabad high Court had given a green isgnal to ASI to conduct the survey vehemently being opposed by the Muslim side. The Allahabad High Court's decision dismissed a Muslim body's petition which had challenged a lower court order asking the ASI to perform the survey to determine if the 17th-century mosque was built over a temple.

Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar urged Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday to provide a copy of the Vedas to each Member of Parliament. Dhankhar also proposed that each member then take it upon themselves to distribute a hundred copies of the ancient scriptures to others.

BJP on Thursday welcomed the Allahabad High Court order allowing an ASI survey on the Gyanvapi mosque premises and said the exercise will bring out the truth. This is an issue related to the faith of crores of people, BJP state president Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary said in a tweet in Hindi. Earlier in the day, the Allahabad High Court dismissed a petition filed by the Gyanvapi committee challenging a district court order directing the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to conduct a survey on the mosque premises to determine if it was built upon a temple. It said the district court order is just and proper, and no interference from this court is warranted. Reacting to the court order, Chaudhary said, «We welcome the decision of the Hon'ble high court on the Gyanvapi issue. Everyone should cooperate and accept the decision of the honourable court. The survey will bring out the truth.» «Whatever is being reflected directly in Gyanvapi is a historical truth and a matter related to the faith of crores of people. Everyone should understand and accept the historical reality of Gyanvapi,» he said.

Allahabad High Court is expected to pronounce its final verdict on the Archaeological Survey of India conducting a survey of Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi on Thursday. 1. On July 21, a Varanasi court directed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to conduct the survey, including excavations, wherever necessary, to determine if the mosque was built at a place where a temple existed earlier.