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free trade agreement negotiations are set to be defined this week as UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy is expected in India on Tuesday, the first high-profile visit under the newly elected Labour government in Britain. The free trade agreement (FTA) talks began in January 2022, under the then Conservative government, with a target to significantly boost the GBP 38.1 billion a year bilateral trading partnership but hit a block in the fourteenth round of negotiations to make way for general elections in both countries. A report in 'The Daily Telegraph' on Sunday quotes a New Delhi source to claim the Indian side would seek clarity on whether the Labour government intends to pick things up from where they were left off or start afresh in some way. «India is keen to resume talks on a positive note, but the date needs clarity,» the source told the newspaper.

G Kishan Reddy said there is «no shortage» of coal for the power sector and the Centre will ensure adequate supply of the dry fuel to meet demand. The long-term demand will be met by increased productivity of Coal India and commercial mines, he said. «We are supplying coal to all thermal power plants. We have requested plants based on imported coal to switch their technology to utilise domestic fuel. There is no shortage of coal in the country,» Reddy, the minister for coal and mines, told PTI. Coal production usually faces hindrances during the monsoon season.

Vedanta Limited raised Rs 8,500 crore (over USD 1 billion) through Qualified Institutions Placement (QIP) of 19.31 crore equity shares at an issue price of Rs 440 per share, according to a stock exchange filing by the company. The issue, which closed on July 19, implied a discount of 4.61 per cent to the floor price of Rs 461.26 per equity share. In a stock exchange filing, Vedanta said it sold 19.31 crore shares to raise Rs 8,500 crore.

Donald Trump mocked Democrats and compared former Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to a «dog.» Trump attacked Democrats, saying they wanted to kick Biden off the ticket after he won their presidential nominating contest. «They have a couple of problems. No. 1, they have no idea who their candidate is,» Trump said to laughter and jeers. «This guy goes and he gets the votes and now they want to take it away.»

This is what exactly the counter-sniper from the US Secret Service faced when he eliminated Thomas Crooks who tried to assassinate Donald Trump at Butler in Pennsylvania. The Secret Service counter-sniper killed him with a single shot which has been described as a ‘one in a million shot’ by Fox News.

health benefits from the medication. The medication reduced the indications of aging and increased life in the treated rats, who the scientists mockingly called «supermodel grannies,» as per the reports of 'Daily Star'.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has praised a tentative deal between the European Union and Serbia that paves the way for the disputed excavation of lithium

The Treasury Department is warning that state laws that restrict banks from considering environmental, social and governance factors could harm efforts to address money laundering and terrorism financing

Biden administration's student debt relief plan, which would have lowered monthly payments for millions of borrowers. In a ruling Thursday, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals granted a motion for an administrative stay filed by a group of Republican-led states seeking to invalidate the administration's entire student loan forgiveness program. The court's order prohibits the administration from implementing the parts of the SAVE plan that were not already blocked by lower court rulings. The ruling comes the same day that the Biden administration announced another round of student loan forgiveness, this time totaling $1.2 billion in forgiveness for roughly 35,000 borrowers who are eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

State media say North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has visited a major tourism site being constructed on the country's eastern coast and discussed steps to open the zone by next year

Bangladesh on Thursday, while authorities cut some mobile internet services as violent clashes that have killed six and injured hundreds this week showed no signs of slowing. Shops and offices were open in Dhaka, the capital, but there were fewer buses on the streets, as a call for a nationwide shutdown from students demanding abolition of a quota of 30% reservations drew little response. Police fired tear gas to disperse stone-throwing students who blocked a major highway in the southern port city of Chittagong as mobile services were halted across most of the South Asian country.

Joe Biden on Thursday canceled another $1.2 billion in student debt for 35,000 borrowers, bringing the total number of people to benefit from his debt relief push to 4.76 million, despite Republican opposition. Republicans have called the Democratic president's student loan forgiveness approach an overreach of authority and an unfair benefit to college-educated borrowers while others received no such relief. Each of the beneficiaries under the plan will receive $35,000 in debt cancellation, the White House said in a statement.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is to visit Serbia later this week to discuss a tentative deal with the Balkan country for the controversial excavation of lithium, a critical substance in making batteries for electric vehicles

Hong Kong’s innovation minister says the government is testing its own ChatGPT-style tool for its employees, with plans to eventually make it available to the public, after OpenAI decided to take extra steps to block access from unsupported regions lik...

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Thousands of Philadelphia city employees are back in their offices full time after a judge rejected a union’s request to block Mayor Cherelle Parker’s requirement that they return

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Bengaluru, India – (July 16, 2024) – RSM US LLP (“RSM") – the leading provider of assurance, tax and consulting services for the middle market – is pleased to announce the opening of its new Bengaluru, India office. The new office will be on the 3rd floor of Rosewood Block, Manyata Embassy Business Park.This strategic expansion represents RSM's continued commitment to long-term growth in India.

Coinbase has slimmed down its subpoena to Gary Gensler, the Chair of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

shooting with multiple victims at a Birmingham nightclub late Saturday, while an earlier shooting outside a home in the city killed three people including a young child, police in Alabama said. Officers responded shortly after 11 p.m. to a report of multiple people shot outside a nightclub on the 3400 Block of 27th Street North, Birmingham Police Department Officer Truman Fitzgerald said in a video posted on social media. Birmingham Fire and Rescue personnel pronounced one man dead on a sidewalk near the nightclub. Two women were pronounced dead inside the club, Fitzgerald said. A second man was pronounced dead at University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital, where at least nine additional victims were being treated for gunshot wounds, he said.

The Regime. Pohjoisesplanadi is also home to the Iittala & Arabia flagship store. Founded in 1881, Iittala is a glassware brand so integral to the homes and lives of locals that its rebranding and redesigned logo earlier this year sparked national outrage.