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Joint Parliamentary Committee on Waqf Amendment Bill 2024 on Thursday commenced their meeting at the Parliament Library Building with the agenda of listening to suggestions by several muslim boards and experts. As per the new schedule, the meeting will now be held on September 19 and 20, 2024. A meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, was earlier scheduled for September 18, 19 and 20 at the Parliament House Annexe in the capital city of New Delhi. JPC to hear suggestions today: In the meeting, representatives from the Ministry of Minority Affairs will record oral evidence before the committee on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024.The Joint Parliamentary Committee will also hear the views or suggestions of some experts and stakeholders, such as Prof Faizan Mustafa, Vice Chancellor, Chanakya National Law University, Patna; Pasmanda Muslim Mahaaz and All Indian Muslim Personal Law Board, on the bill.

Canadian Armed Forces is launching an investigation after an accident sent more than a dozen soldiers to hospitals in Quebec.The incident, which occurred around 3 p.m.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI : The Big Four global consultancies—KPMG, EY, PwC, and Deloitte—rely heavily on one key asset: manpower. This workforce is also their most expensive, making the business model heavily dependent on utilising their employees to the maximum.

Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said India is standing out globally in terms of economic growth and will continue to do so in the next few years. Sitharaman said the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) for government employees approved by the Cabinet last month, balances the interests of government employees as well as taxpayers by not overburdening future generations with heavy pension bills. «We are much better off than many other countries, even if they are advanced countries, today they are struggling to grow. We are standing out as an economy which is growing at the fastest rate in the last few years, this year and the next few years also for which we can do prediction,» Sitharaman said. The Indian economy grew at 8.2 per cent in 2023-24. The Economic Survey 2023-24 tabled in Parliament in July projected the economy to clock 6.5-7 per cent growth this fiscal year.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Five years ago, the Union government decided to establish a water resources management authority with sprawling ambitions for India’s northeastern states. It would oversee water-related projects in the region, which has several crucial rivers, including the Brahmaputra, Manas, and Teesta, originating from or flowing to India’s northeastern neighbours.

Inflation in the U.K. held steady at an annual rate of 2.2% in August with higher air fares offset by lower fuel costs and restaurant and hotel bills

Senate has failed to pass legislation to create a national right to in vitro fertilisation (IVF), with Republicans blocking the effort for a second time this year. The vote was 51-44, falling short of the 60 votes needed. Only two Republican senators, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, supported the bill. Vice President Kamala Harris criticized the Senate's decision, saying Republicans have shown they will not protect access to fertility treatments. President Joe Biden also expressed his disappointment, calling the situation «outrageous and unacceptable.» Democrats, led by Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, accused Republicans of hypocrisy. Duckworth pointed out that many Republicans claim to support IVF but refuse to vote for legislation guaranteeing its availability. “They say they support IVF—here you go, vote on this," Duckworth said.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Last week, India initiated multiple changes in farm trade policies across crops like oilseeds, onion and basmati rice. Coupled with ample rains, this is likely to boost rural incomes in the kharif harvest season beginning October, and revive consumer demand.

Cyprus has approved a massive undersea electricity cable project to link its grid with Greece's

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Libertarian President Javier Milei of Argentina has presented the 2025 budget to Congress, outlining policy priorities that reflected his key pledge to kill the country’s chronic fiscal deficit and signaled a new phase of confrontation with lawmakers

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renewable energy’s RE-Invest 2024 (renewable energy investors’ meet and expo) began in Gandhinagar on Sept 16. Orb Energy is one of the key companies trying to make solar power affordable, accessible, and hassle-free. It has installed over 300 MW of solar systems for more than 1,330 commercial and industrial customers. It has delivered 167,700 systems across residential, commercial, and industrial sectors. The company recently launched its first 35 MW (DC) ground-mounted solar park at Arsikere, Karnataka. Spanning 110 acres and delivering 5.24 cr units of green power while reducing 45,000 tonnes of CO2 every year, this solar park has been developed specifically to empower SMEs in the region. In an interview with KumKum Dasgupta, co-founder and CEO of Orb EnergyDamian Miller discusses the company’s journey, how it stands out as a leading solar panel manufacturer, and the future of solar in India.

Frendy, a grocery chain firm, said it plans to open 300 marts and achieve Rs 500 crore in revenue by 2026 to cash in on the consumer shift towards tech-enabled neighbourhood stores. At present, the firm runs over 25 mini marts and 2,000 mini kiranas. «The current focus is to expand the mini marts in tier 3 towns to 50 by the end of the year and scale to 300 by 2026. As the mini marts scale, we will also in parallel digitally connect to micro kiranas around these mini marts for each, so expect to have a network of 10,000 micro kiranas all in the rural catchment of the towns,» said Sameer Gandotra, founder and CEO at Frendy adding that the current revenue is about Rs60 crore. Unlike traditional kirana stores, where operations such as billing and sourcing are manual, the new-age retail chains have digital apps for orders and delivery as well as the advantage of centralised sourcing. For fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies, these self-service outlets account for 4% of their total sales, compared to less than 1% before the pandemic. In premium categories, their contribution is much higher at 8-10%.

Kotak Mahindra Bank with a target price of Rs 2050. The current market price of Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. is Rs 1836.2. Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd., incorporated in the year 1985, is a banking company (having a market cap of Rs 364053.52 Crore).

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Last week, Nithin Kamath tweeted about SundayGrids, a company offering solar energy access without the need for rooftop panels. The concept is simple: For those living in apartments without enough space to install solar panels, SundayGrids helps you buy solar panels that are put up elsewhere.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. On a recent visit to his hometown of Laixi, in eastern China, Guo Ping received a shock: the local government had sold off a number of state-owned assets, including two reservoirs. The small city’s finances, as well as those in the neighbouring port of Qingdao, were under strain, forcing officials to come up with new sources of revenue.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners, which has invested in the likes of Swiggy and BigBasket, said that the cybersecurity segment is poised, in terms of investments, to take off in India on the back of rising instances of data fraud. The segment has been “fertile" for Bessemer globally, where the VC has made over 30 investments.

Air Canada and the union representing its pilots have come to terms on a labor agreement that is likely to prevent a shutdown of Canada’s largest airline