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BSE shares was brought to a screeching halt on Monday after market regulator Sebi asked the bourse to pay regulatory fee based on notional turnover and not premium turnover. Preliminary calculations done by the stock exchange shows that it could lead to an additional payout of Rs 165 crore plus GST. Based on the annual turnover considering notional value of option contracts, the total differential Sebi regulatory fees from FY 2006-07 to FY 2022-23, would be approximately Rs 68.64 crore plus GST, which includes interest of Rs 30.34 crore. For FY24, the differential Sebi regulatory fees for the year could be around Rs 96.30 crore plus GST.

multi-billionaire family of Indian origin made their fortunes in fertilisers and polymers after shifting base to South-East Asia. Today, it is a materials powerhouse across the petrochem value chain. But these days top guns of India Inc chase them for another reason altogether. Their three-year-old project of passion — spread across 1,100 hectares in the heart of Tuscany, Italy — has become one of the hottest holiday destinations for those seeking ultra-chic experiences. After all, if you get the finest vegetarian food in a luxury villa along with an inbuilt village centre, spa and a golf course, all along with a swirl of the finest Tignanello Toscana as a sundowner, why should the bill be a bummer?

Children should be taught about responsible financial behaviour, which also includes the concepts relating to credit score, also known as CIBIL score. 

Punjab government, aiming to raise the minimum age for girls to marry to 18 years, Dawn reported. Chairperson of CPWB, Sarah Ahmad has urged Punjab's Home Secretary, Noorul Amin Mengal, stressing the immediate need to combat the detrimental practice of child marriage. Ahmad referenced the Pakistan Demographic Health Survey 2017-18, revealing that in Punjab, 18 per cent of women aged 20 to 24 were wed before turning 18, with 2 per cent married before reaching 15.

A Russian “crypto ban’ could roll out as early as September 1, top lawmakers in the country have confirmed.

A bill to ban the use of confidentiality agreements when negotiating potential laws in California has failed to pass

Mint, Deloitte said that given the implementation of the Global Anti-Base Erosion (GloBE) rules in these countries from 1 January, Indian headquartered multinational business groups with a presence there will be required to comply with the GloBE rules even if New Delhi is yet to implement it. Accordingly, Indian multinational groups will have to provide for top-up tax, if applicable, in their financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2024, Deloitte said in its analysis.

TikTok spent the past four years trying to fend off a U.S. ban, but it never figured out Washington. The law signed by President Biden on Wednesday requiring a sale or ban of the popular app was in part the product of tectonic shifts in U.S.-China relations and coordinated, stealthy efforts by its critics on Capitol Hill.

State assemblies met for an average of 22 days in 2023, even as in some states they held sittings after long adjournments with sessions stretching for over six months without the House being prorogued amid run-ins between state governments and governors. According to a report by think tank PRS Legislative Research, state assemblies sat for an average of 22 days in 2023, and the average duration of sittings was five hours. In 2023, seven states continued sessions for more than six months without proroguing it, and with long gaps between sittings, it said. The Constitution mandates state legislature sessions to be held at least once every six months. Almost 62 per cent of sittings were held during the budget session.

Lok Sabha polls, with political activists saying it reflects a deeper issue of gender bias and that the talk of empowering them rings hollow. In the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls, there were 135 women candidates while in the second phase, there were 100 women candidates, bringing the combined total for the first two phases to 235 women candidates. Of the 135 women candidates in phase 1, Tamil Nadu had the highest share at 76, but they account for just 8 per cent of the candidates in the state, while Kerala has the maximum women candidates at 24 in phase 2. Party-wise, the Congress has fielded 44 women till now while 69 women have been fielded by the BJP in the first two phases.

Kerala governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Saturday said he has given his assent to five Bills passed by the state assembly which had been pending for long. The bills include the Land Assignment Amendment Bill, Kerala Co-operative Societies (Amendment), the Paddy Wetland Amendment Bill, the Dairy Cooperation Bill and the Abkari Law Amendment Bill. Governor Khan who met the media said the assent was given a few days ago and the details were revealed today as the General elections in the state had concluded yesterday. «We had received many petitions (against the bills). So we had to send it to the government and seek their comments. Then other petitions also came in favour of the Bills. It takes time to evaluate everything and make a decision,» Khan said.

Amit Shah on Saturday said people must not make the mistake of voting for "urban Naxals" and asserted that the Congress and Aam Aadmi Party were «anti-tribals». Addressing a rally in Gujarat's Bharuch Lok Sabha constituency, where the AAP has fielded a candidate as part of its alliance with the Congress, he urged the people to vote for BJP's sitting MP Mansukh Vasava. «You will never get a public representative like Manuskh Vasava. If you make a mistake, then some urban Naxal will take his place (as MP) and destroy this tribal region,» Shah said. Mansukh Vasava is pitted against the AAP's sitting MLA Chaitar Vasava in Bharuch, which is part of south Gujarat that has a sizable presence of tribals. «The Congress and AAP have come together to loot people. I have no hesitation in saying the Congress is an anti-tribal party and AAP will exploit tribals after getting their votes,» Shah asserted.

Congress on Saturday slammed as «false propaganda» Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'snatching quotas' remarks and alleged that it was the BJP that was against reservation for SCs, STs and OBCs. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the reality is that since 1950, reservation in education and employment has been possible when there have been Congress prime ministers and Congress governments at the helm. In a video statement, Ramesh said, «The prime minister is repeatedly indulging in the false propaganda that the Congress is against the reservation for SCs, STs and OBCs and wants to snatch it away. This is absolutely false.» «The reality is that the provisions in the Constitution for reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes were made because of B R Ambedkar, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and other Congress leaders. So, this was the contribution of the Congress,» Ramesh said.

Tennessee’s GOP-controlled General Assembly has adjourned for the year, concluding months of tense political infighting that ultimately doomed Republican Gov. Bill Lee’s universal school voucher push

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horror film 'The Exorcism', reports 'Deadline'. The film revolves around troubled and failed actor Anthony Miller, who begins to unravel while shooting a supernatural horror film. Played by Ryan Simpkins, his estranged daughter wonders if the actor is slipping back into his past addictions, or if something more sinister is haunting him. This is Russel Crowe's second film in the exorcism subgenre in just two years. 'The Exorcism' has come on the heels of Sony’s 'The Pope’s Exorcist', which grossed nearly $77 million worldwide.

Joe Biden inked a legislation to ban or force a sale of Chinese app TikTok. While passing the bill, the US Congress members said the app presents a national security threat as long as it is controlled by or connected to ByteDance. However, TikTok has strongly denied the allegations saying it has never share US user data with Beijing and it will never do so.

IndusInd Bank with a target price of Rs 1850. The current market price of IndusInd Bank Ltd. is Rs 1493.1. IndusInd Bank Ltd., incorporated in the year 1994, is a banking company (having a market cap of Rs 114774.95 Crore).

Between Representatives Cynthia Lummis and Kirsten Gillibrand’s new stablecoin bill and Congresswoman Maxine Waters’ renewed optimism in stablecoin legislation, will a new law regulating the cryptocurrencies be enacted anytime soon?

TikTok ban bill, setting a firm deadline for ByteDance, the parent company of the popular video-sharing app, to sell its U.S. operations. The bill, passed by the U.S. Senate, imposes a deadline of January 24, 2025, for ByteDance to complete the sale process or face potential repercussions.

The Connecticut Senate has passed one of the first major legislative proposals in the U.S. to rein in bias in artificial intelligence decision-making and protect people from harm