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Bangladeshis gathered across Sitalkuchi in West Bengal, seeking to cross over to India, and many more are moving towards the border amid reports of attacks on minorities, people aware of the matter told ET on Friday. Bangladeshis were seen trying to cross Kharpa river near Pathantuli village of Sitalkuchi block in Coochbehar district, they said. BSF is dealing with this «emerging challenge (that) is new to BSF». «Guwahati Frontier of Border Security Force successfully addressed a significant and different kind of challenge at the India-Bangladesh border in Coochbehar district. Approximately 1,000 individuals, reportedly Bangladeshi nationals, approached the international border, seeking refuge in India,» BSF said on Friday.

rate for LTCG, not the slab rate. This benefit is only available for listed bonds. The 2024 Budget brought in slab rate taxation for unlisted bonds regardless of the holding period.

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Rapido, which started as a bike-taxi platform, has crossed gross merchandise value (GMV) of $1 billion, according to people aware of the matter, driven by its expansion into segments such as cabs and auto-rickshaws and an aggressive expansion into more than a 100 cities. This also marks the emergence of a significant third player in the ride-hailing business–after Uber and Ola–which has remained largely stagnant after the pandemic. Rapido has recorded more than three times growth since FY23, when it was clocking a GMV of about $300 million. It is also present in the parcel pick-up-and-drop segment.

security flaw could have existed for as long as 18 years, yet it remained undetected by developers until recently. The issue was uncovered by researchers from the Israeli cybersecurity firm Oligo, leading it to be labeled as a "zero-day vulnerability" due to the lack of prior awareness and immediate patching.The exploit, dubbed the "0.0.0.0-day attack" by Oligo AI security researcher Avi Lumelsky, involves malicious websites potentially sending harmful requests through the 0.0.0.0 IP address.

Paris Olympics 2024 host nation France will play Spain for football gold medal match on Friday. All European final will see both proud soccer playing nations seeking second Olympics Gold. France won two FIFA World Cups (1998, 2018), and became champions of Europe twice (1984, 2000). Spain have won Euro record four times (1964, 2008, 2012, and 2024). The reigning European Champions won the FIFA World Cup once (2010). Paris Olympics 2024 Gold Medal match between Spain and France will kick off at 12 pm (ET) on Friday, August 8.

Empower is celebrating strong growth for its business, driven by increased assets under administration for its Personal Wealth and Workplace Solutions units.

Taylor Swift’s upcoming concerts in Vienna.As a result, all three Eras Tour shows have been cancelled, the organizers confirmed Wednesday.“With confirmation from government officials of a planned terrorist attack at Ernst Happel Stadium, we have no choice but to cancel the three scheduled shows for everyone’s safety,” Barracuda Music shared to Instagram.A post shared by Barracuda Music (@barracuda.music)Swift was scheduled to play Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The organizers wrote that all ticket holders will have their money refunded in the next 10 business days.The arrests of the suspected extremists took place Wednesday in Austria.

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Wednesday said that political instability in Bangladesh is unfortunate as an elected government was toppled there but government of India is vigilant against any negative impact of the situation here. The minister while speaking on sidelines of a function here in Srinagar said that a country cannot chose it's neighbours but ensured that the borders of India are safe and secure. «Undoubtedly this is unfortunate that there is political instability in our neighborhood and an elected government was toppled like this. An individual can chose everything but not his neighbour,» said Shekhawat. He further stated that «GoI is vigilant and keeping a tab on the situation in the neighborhood keenly. We are aware to fact that this situation (in Bangladesh) should have no negative impact on India.»

Ola Electric prepares to list later this week, founder Bhavish Aggarwal is busy charging up his 14-year-old ride-hailing business, according to people in the know. His latest efforts are directed towards tapping the red-hot quick commerce sector and is Ola’s second attempt at the business. Ola Cabs parent firm ANI Technologies plans to set up its own dark stores amid rising demand for rapid deliveries, said these people. Dark stores are small neighbourhood warehouses that stock products delivered by these services. These will be operated by Ola, people briefed on the matter said, adding that robots will be deployed to reduce human involvement. The company also plans to launch its own Unified Payments Interface (UPI) offering for consumers, said the people cited. Aggarwal is likely to unveil these initiatives at its annual Independence Day event on August 15. However, these plans may undergo changes.

The family of a French explorer who died in a submersible implosion has filed a more than $50 million lawsuit, saying the crew experienced “terror and mental anguish” before the disaster and accusing the sub’s operator of gross negligence

What's Sustainable Jewellery? Sustainable jewellery refers to pieces made from ethically lab-grown materials, crafted with minimal environmental impact. «Consumers today are increasingly conscious of the origins and production methods of the items they buy. This awareness extends to jewelry, where the demand for transparency and ethical practices is rising. Brands are responding by ensuring that their sourcing methods are eco-friendly and their production processes reduce waste and pollution,» said Nimesh Jain, founder of Evol Jewels, a sustainable and personalized jewelry brand.

Sebi is evaluating various accounting standards and also exploring the feasibility of extending its mandatory sustainability reporting norms to more listed companies than the current 1,000 “when the time is right”, people aware of the matter said. Given the growing importance of sustainability worldwide, the regulator wants Indian firms to prepare for such “non-financial accounting” standards that are going to dominate the world of financing and influence the way funds are raised, one of them said.

Digital payments major PhonePe is looking to set up retail payment operations in new geographies, including Southeast Asia and the Gulf region, two people aware of the company's plan told ET. Places like Singapore, the Gulf region and some countries in Europe are on the agenda, but the plan is still in the early stage and implementation will be done slowly, they said. “The plan is to apply for a payment licence in these geographies and set up retail payment operations there,” said one person, requesting not to be named. «The expertise that the team has built scaling up business in India will be handy there and there is a large opportunity as payments get digitised in these places.»

Tarang Shakti, the IAF organised multinational exercise that will see the participation of air force units including from Germany and France got underway here on Tuesday and will see a number of advanced fighters and other aircraft taking to the skies as part of the various simulated scenario. Simulated scenario, including electronic warfare, would be part of the exercise being held in this western city, about 500 km from Chennai, Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari said "...we have at least six different types of IAF aircraft flying alongside the Eurofighter Typhoons and Rafale from the visiting countries...we have also simulated electronic warfare environment, we simulate radars, we simulate air defences and operate in some sort of a network environment against multiple kinds of opposition in every mission." «The whole idea is to be able to operate- you are aware that we are without a common data link with the visiting Air Forces, so we need to operate without a datalink. That itself is a very complex exercise. The main focus will be on what we call the large force engagements where large numbers of formations will be operating together,» the Air chief told reporters.

government has asked state-run banks to assist their regional rural arms in upgrading their technology and onboarding them to the National Payment Corporation of India's (NPCI) BASE platform that facilitates the direct benefit transfer (DBT) program. Last week, several cooperative banks and regional rural banks (RRBs) were affected by a ransomware on one of the technology service providers, C-Edge Technologies. «Sponsor banks have been asked to help their RRBs with technology upgrades, which will improve their performance in areas related to credit disbursement, NPA management and cybersecurity,» said a government official, adding that Nabard will be closely monitoring this initiative.

CBI) is probing Hindalco Industries Ltd (HIL) and a former director of the ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) in a corruption case. According to the first information report (FIR), CBI has booked the company, Dr T Chandini, the then director of MoEF, and unknown persons under certain sections of the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act and Section 120 (B) pertaining to criminal conspiracy of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). «This is an old matter pertaining to 2014-15. These mines were de-allocated as part of the government's de-allocation process. This is a matter of public record where more than 100 mines were de-allocated,» a Hindalco spokesperson told ET.

Mint has reviewed a copy of the petition. The administrator said the company’s debt stood at ₹26,000 crore when it was admitted into insolvency on 6 December 2021, and implementation of the resolution plan for Reliance Capital is important not only for its lenders but the banking sector in general. The NCLT is likely to take up the matter on Wednesday, a lawyer aware of the matter said on condition of anonymity.

The concept of a surcharge is simple – it’s an extra tax on your total tax liability if your income exceeds ₹50 lakh. Under the new tax regime, the surcharge is 10% for taxable income above ₹50 lakh up to ₹1 crore, 15% for taxable income above ₹1 crore up to ₹2 crore, and 25% on income above ₹2 crore. In practice, though, it’s anything but simple.

food services group K Hospitality Corp plans to list the business on Indian stock exchanges with a Rs 2,500-3,000 crore initial public offering, said people aware of the development. The operator of restaurants and cafes, food courts, and airports stores with brands such as Copper Chimney, Bombay Brasserie, Cafeccino, and The Irish House has hired Kotak Mahindra Capital and ICICI Securities to manage the IPO process, they said.

Several online brokerage firms including Charles Schwab, Fidelity and Vanguard appeared to be down for thousands of users Monday morning, with disruptions arriving on one of the biggest stock markets sell-off days in 2024