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In his Lok Sabha speech, the Union Home Minister pointed out towards two mistakes of former Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru that was made at the time of partition. He said that the decision to declare a ceasefire and taking the internal issue to the UN was the two major mistakes of former PM Nehru due to which Kashmiris suffered the most.

Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2023, that had been moved for approval in the Lok Sabha, pertain to providing rights to those who faced injustice and were insulted and ignored. Amit Shah further said that Jammu and Kashmir had suffered two blunders, owing to first Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru. “Had Jawaharlal Nehru taken right steps, Pakistan occupied Kashmir would have been part of India now; it was historic blunder," Amit Shah added in Lok Sabha.

Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) leader Lalduhoma met with Mizoram Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati on Wednesday to formally assert his claim to establish the government. Following Monday's assembly polls, ZPM secured a significant victory by winning 27 out of the total 40 seats. On his meeting with the state Governor Dr.

e-invoice for B2C transactions in the next 2-3 years, an official said on Wednesday. Currently, businesses with a turnover of Rs 5 crore and above are required to generate e-invoice for their Business to Business (B2B) sales and purchases. The government is planning to extend the e-invoice requirement to B2C transactions as well.

Metrology Act and The Explosives Act for decriminalising and compounding minor offences with an aim to further reduce compliance burden and improve the business environment of the country, an official said. This exercise is part of an effort of the commerce and industry ministry to bring the second edition of the Jan Viswas law, under which over 180 provisions were decriminalised in 42 Central Acts administered by 19 ministries and departments. The ministry is also requesting states to do the similar exercise to promote ease of doing business and living both. «We are working on the Jan Viswas Bill 2.0. A working group of different ministries has been set up.

By Mike Dolan

When Robert Habeck, co-leader of the Green party and the economy tsar in Germany’s ruling coalition, floated a bill last spring that mandated replacing gas and oil boilers with cleaner heat pumps, he got more heat than he bargained for. Tabloids screamed his “heat hammer" would push millions into debt. Whipped-up fury against “Green fascism" boosted ratings for the hard-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.

Nifty50 has been on a bull run, hitting record high for the fourth straight session on the back of stellar GDP growth in the September quarter, foreign investors inflows returning to Indian equities, stabalising dollar and yields, and hopes of a rate cut sooner than anticipated. Moreover, state election results indicating a very high probability of policy continuity also aided the sentiment. Indian markets also saw a strong rally in November, rising 5.5 percent after a weak October following strong global cues as the risk of worst-case scenarios reduced both internationally and in India.

Jammu and Kashmir and set a time frame for holding Assembly elections there, BJP MP from Ladakh, Jamyang Namgyal, on Tuesday made a strong case for status quo to continue under the UT administration saying that the erstwhile state needs peace, security and progress more than polls. The discussion on two Bills on the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir in the Lok Sabha, on Day 2 of the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament, saw a heated debate between the Treasury and the Opposition benches, with veteran TMC MP Saugata Roy demanding that the Centre set a definite time frame for holding Assembly polls in the UT. Countering the TMC MP and other Opposition members, Namgyal said, «Former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Farooq (Abdullah) ji, is here, and with all due respect, I want to ask him: How many elections have you witnessed in your lifetime? Has there been a single election that was conducted peacefully, without guns and bombs going off and lives lost?» Quoting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Namgyal said «only if there's life, there is a world», adding that the Union Territory needs peace and security more than elections at this point. «We can't hold elections by putting people's lives at risk. There can be no elections at the cost of national security or public safety,» the BJP MP argued. In a swipe at previous regimes in the erstwhile state, Namgyal said, «Back in the day, one was terrified visiting Kashmir, especially the South Kashmir region which used to be the hotbed of militancy and terror.

Nirmala Sitharaman will rise up in the Lok Sabha to present the Union Budget 2024-25. It will be an interim Budget as the elections for the Lok Sabha are due early next year. The full Budget for FY25 will be presented after the formation of the new government following the general elections.

Winter Session of Parliament, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present a statement, in both English and Hindi, outlining the Supplementary Demands for Grants, 2023-24 in the Rajya Sabha. As reported by ANI, “Discussion on short duration notice on the 'Economic Situation in the country', raised by Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien on 5th December to be continued today in the Rajya Sabha." Also Read: Winter session 2023: Discussion to be raised on ‘economic situation in the country’ Meanwhile, Bharatiya Janata Party MP Sumer Solanki and Biju Janata Dal MP Niranjan Bishi will present a copy, available in both English and Hindi, of the Study Visit Report conducted by the Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to Havelock Island, Port Blair, Mahabalipuram, and Mumbai from August 24, 2023, to August 29, 2023, to the Rajya Sabha.

Box (BOX) shares dropped more than 11% after-hours today following the company’s reported Q3 results, with EPS of $0.36 coming in worse than the consensus estimate of $0.38. Revenue grew 5% year-over-year to $262 million, missing the consensus estimate of $262.37M.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has signed a bill that spends half-a-billion in taxpayer dollars to help the Milwaukee Brewers cover stadium repairs over the next three decades

Bank of India (RBI) to actively manage the value of the rupee against the dollar. India imports much of the oil that it consumes. During April to September, the country imported 87.5% of the oil that it consumed.

ROME (Reuters) -Lamborghini has reached a deal with unions to introduce a four-day week for its production workers, the labour associations and the company said on Tuesday, as more manufacturing groups re-consider the structure of the work week for their employees.

Warren Buffett's company decided not to move forward with an expedited trial on its bribery allegations against the billionaire Haslam family in January under the strict conditions a judge set

Ohio state Senate Republicans are proposing vast changes to a recreational marijuana measure approved by voters last month

The Supreme Court is taking up a case over a Washington couple’s $15,000 tax bill that is widely seen as a test of a never-enacted tax on wealth

France’s National Assembly has unanimously approved a bill to ban single-use, disposable electronic cigarettes, in an attempt to protect young people drawn to their flavors and mitigate the environmental impacts of the disposable products known as “puf...

By Patricia Zengerle

The cryptocurrency industry has spent a staggering $18.96 million in federal lobbying in the first three quarters of 2023.