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Manoj Jarange Patil on Saturday announced yet another indefinite fast seeking Maratha reservations. This time in Mumbai, the Maratha leader will start his fast this time in Mumbai’s Shivaji Park Dadar. “ I will be launching a indefinite fast from January 20 in Mumbai’s Shivaji Park, Dadar and Azad Maidan near Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus.

In the process of filing for bankruptcy, FTX, which was formerly a dominant player in the cryptocurrency exchange market, is now confronted with a formidable obstacle. A massive tax bill of twenty-four billion dollars has been issued on FTX by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of the United States of America. This new development has the potential to greatly alter the possibilities of recovery for those who have been affected by the collapse of the exchange.

cashless hospital network that will include both empanelled and non-empanelled hospitals, two major industry players told ET Wealth Online. So, health insurance policyholders can soon avail of cashless treatment in hospitals, even if they are not empanelled with their insurance companies.

Argentina’s newly elected leader, Javier Miliei, has struck down forced legal tender laws forcing Argentinians to settle debt obligations in specific currencies, enabling use of alternatives like USD and Bitcoin (BTC).

Shah on Saturday said that by December 2024, infrastructure, software, human resource training and computerisation of courts will be completed to implement the three new criminal justice laws in all the UTs. He was speaking during a public event in Chandigarh.

During the holidays, the airways and roads are going to be busy to a great extent. This is because over 115 million people are predicted to be travelling 50 miles or greater than that from their homes starting from Christmas to New Year’s Day as reported by AAA.

Oil India Limited (OIL) and and private sector producers contributed 0.5 MMT and 0.60 MMT, data released by the Oil Ministry showed. Crude oil imports decreased by 2.3 per cent and increased by 0.4 per cent during November 2023 and April-November 2023 respectively, compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.

statement issued soon after the Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha, it said: “IAMAI hails the Bill as progressive especially since internet companies have been decisively kept out of the ambit of the final version of the Bill… The Bill introduced in the Lok Sabha now excludes email, internet-based communication services, broadcasting services, machine to machine communication services and over-the-top communication services, as suggested by IAMAI." However, Meta’s head of India public policy, Shivnath Thukral, cautioned that the government could choose to apply the proposed legislation to OTT services at a future date. In an internal note as well as a letter to the communications minister, he wrote that the definitions of ‘telecommunications services’, ‘telecommunications identifier’ and ‘messages’ could be interpreted to implicitly include OTT services, and that the government could use delegation powers to do so.

Before this, Piyush Goyal, then serving as the acting Finance Minister, presented the interim budget preceding the 2019 General Elections. Goyal had stepped in for Arun Jaitley, who was not well during that period. Following the reelection of the Narendra Modi-led government in 2019, Sitharaman assumed the role of finance minister and delivered the comprehensive budget on July 5, 2019. But what is an interim budget and how is it different from the vote on account? Interim Budget An interim budget serves as a framework for managing provisional expenditures over a short duration, usually spanning a few months, until a new government takes office at the central level. The conclusion of the fiscal year on March 31 corresponds with the typical transition period to a new government in late May or early June.

Before indulging in the festivities and joy of the upcoming year, it would be highly beneficial to assess the magnitude of any lingering debt from the current year.

digital rights activists have written to the government, asking it to withdraw the Telecommunications Bill of 2023. In their letter addressed to union minister for telecommunications Ashwini Vaishnaw dated December 21, these organisations have said that the bill «imperils encryption», «amplifies unchecked powers of the government» and «enhances surveillance without independent oversight».

UPI AutoPay. UPI AutoPay is the recurring payment mandate run by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) on the UPI payment mode. Consumers usually use the feature to pay for their entertainment, newspaper subscriptions and other small-value recurring payments.

BSNL) has allegedly suffered a data breach as a threat actor has claimed to have “critical information” pertaining to the company’s users, ET has learnt. The threat actor using the alias ‘Perell’ has disclosed a “sample dataset” on a dark web forum, including sensitive details of fibre and landline users of BSNL. The dataset contains about 32,000 lines of data and the threat actor claimed that the total number of lines across all databases amounts to approximately over 2.9 million.

Saturday night’s game between the Buffalo Bills and Los Angeles Chargers already carried significance as the first NFL game to be exclusively streamed on Peacock

New York lawmakers have introduced a bill that would require restaurants in rest stops throughout the state to be open seven days a week

Russia continued to be the top source for India’s oil imports in October, accounting for nearly 30% of the crude brought into the country, official data showed. At $3.78 billion, the value of the crude oil supply from Russia increased 44% year-on-year (y-o-y) in October from $2.62 billion in October 2022. On a sequential basis, too, crude imports from that country increased 9% from $3.48 billion in September 2023, commerce ministry data showed.

licence fees, penalties, and charges, etc, in the Telecommunications Bill, 2023 has come as a damper for financially struggling telecom operator Vodafone Idea (Vi), as it may make it tough for the company to raise funds, lawyers and analysts said. The waiver provisions in the original draft contemplated a framework that would have allowed financially stressed firms like Vodafone Idea to be revived with fresh investment with any potential investor also factoring in a waiver of significant statutory dues. «The proposed powers to waive off or defer payment of fees, penalty and other charges have been removed from the final bill. This would have a negative revenue implication and has likely been removed due to that reason,» Manmeet Kaur, Partner, Karanjawala & Co told ET.

eFootball, the free-to-play soccer game, has kicked off a substantial array of new features and updates. The new features in the PS5 and Xbox versions include engaging mini-games accessible during login and the introduction of 'My League' mode that enables players to engage in season-long competitions against AI-controlled clubs. It has also added co-op event rooms allowing friends to play together in teams of three.

the Prime Minister, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha or leader of the largest Opposition party in the House, and the Chief Justice of India (CJI). Dropping the CJI from the selection committee, the new Bill proposes that the "Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners shall be appointed by the President on the recommendation of a Selection Committee consisting of—(a) the Prime Minister—Chairperson; (b) the Leader of Opposition in the House of the People—Member; (c) a Union Cabinet Minister to be nominated by the Prime Minister—Member." The Bill, however, wasn't passed without a little resistance.

Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita and Bharatiya Sakshya Bill replacing the Indian Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Code and the Evidence Act on Thursday with Rajya Sabha giving its assent to the three Bills passed earlier by the Lok Sabha. Piloting the Bills, Home Minister Amit Shah said the new laws will give priority to providing justice in place of the earlier British laws that gave primacy to penal action and were purely indigenous. “These three Bills are made by Indians, for Indians and by an Indian Parliament….

Lok Sabha had approved these on Wednesday. The bills that repeal and replace the Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure and the Indian Evidence Act will usher in a new era in the criminal justice system, Home Minister Amit Shah said while replying to a debate in the Upper House of Parliament. The Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bills will now go to the president for her assent, upon which these will become laws.