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The maker of a popular weedkiller is planning to amplify its push for legal protection against lawsuits claiming it failed to warn the product could cause cancer

The shutdown and seizure by Israel of an Associated Press video camera that provided a live glimpse into Gaza raised concerns about how a new media law could be used to restrict war coverage

Sustained Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power grid in recent weeks have forced leaders of the war-ravaged country to institute nationwide rolling blackouts

A Japanese town known for some of the best views of Mount Fuji has raised a large black screen to block the view and deter tourists from overcrowding the stretch of street

The American Bankers Association (ABA) on Monday urged House leaders to back a bill that would stop the Federal Reserve from creating a CBDC for individuals and using it for monetary policy tools.

Narendra Modi said on Tuesday the opposition Congress and the Samajwadi Party have competed in the appeasement of their vote bank and called both parties «anti-development». «The SP and Congress are more concerned about their vote bank than Kumbh (mela),» he said, addressing a rally in the region known for the Kumbh mela and the 'Triveni Sangam'. «This election of 2024 will decide the direction in which the Triveni of India's future will flow,» Modi said. The prime minister said the members of the INDIA block cannot digest praise of India abroad.

Cars lined up around the block at a Sunoco station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for $2.38 per gallon gas during an Americans for Prosperity event highlighting how inflation has impacted gas prices. (Credit: Americans for Prosperity)

₹2,000 crore, even if the deal does not otherwise meet the asset and sales threshold for merger regulations. The amendments also said CCI has to make a first impression of a deal within 30 days, failing which it will be deemed to be approved. Kaur also explained that the emergence of new-age markets has led to a revamp in competition laws around the world, as digital economy adds to the complexities.

The Indian Express last week, union minister for petroleum and natural gas Hardeep Singh Puri said that PSEs had utilized their profits for capex investment, and that as of February, public sector oil and gas companies were implementing projects with a combined investment of ₹5.67 trillion. But this is spread over several years, and the pace of growth would be a better indicator. One measure of PSE capex is ‘net block’, or the sum of a company’s assets on a given date, adjusted for depreciation.

Commuters in Buenos Aires are being hit by an abrupt 360% increase in subway fares

A few months ago, Prabhuti Desai, an performing artist based in Bardoli, Gujarat, was driven to her wits’ end by Lock Me Out, an app that promised to help her focus. She was deep in the middle of drafting an idea for a project, when she had to check something on Instagram. She tapped the Instagram icon on her phone, but a pop-up—from Lock Me Out—asked her to pay Rs180.

Telecom companies are bidding less enthusiastically in the upcoming spectrum auctions, or that's at least what earnest money deposits would suggest. This is partly on account of the low conversion to 5G networks by subscribers of Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel. Vodafone Idea, the troubled third operator that has been slower off the blocks in the 5G race, needs to catch up.

ALSO READ: Lok Sabha election 2024 Phase 5: Full list of 49 constituencies; key candidates here According to DEO Ajay Kumar Singh, Harendra Rajak's conduct was brought to his attention by the relatives of several students of the government secondary school at Amrakh in Kurhani block. "A written complaint was submitted by the family members that children were being told by the teacher that nobody should vote for Modi since foodgrains unfit for human consumption were being distributed under the free ration scheme", the DEO said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi raked up the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) issue at a BJP rally in North-East Delhi on Saturday when he said those demanding its removal had blocked roads and caused riots in the national capital. The INDIA bloc is backing these protesters even as those fulfilling the criteria are getting Indian citizenship, he asserted. Addressing his first rally of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in the capital, Modi alleged that the INDI Alliance is playing appeasement politics and is steeped in corruption. “Congress is playing a dangerous game. Its manifesto says they want to give government tenders also on basis of religion. Even the selection of beneficiaries will be on religious lines. When the CAA came into force, the protesters kept Delhi under siege for months… First the roads were blocked and then riots were engineered (referring to the 2020 riots)… The refugees who had come to India from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh are getting citizenship. They are Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis. Most of them are Dalits,” Modi said. He also named some women beneficiaries.

People have long been fascinated with how the Egyptian pyramids were built, floating theories from the construction of expansive causeways to extraterrestrial assistance.

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Indian Oil Corp Ltd (IOCL), India's largest oil marketing company has completed the Rs 148 crore deal to acquire oil and gas company Mercator Petroleum, its first acquisition through the insolvency and bankruptcy code (IBC). The deal was completed on Tuesday after the company transferred the amount to lead lender Bank of Baroda (BoB), people familiar with the matter said. The Rs 148 crore deal amounts to about 31% recovery for total admitted dues of Rs 482 crore. Secured creditors are to receive Rs 135 crore for their admitted claims of Rs 291 crore, while operational creditors including employees and vendors are to receive Rs 5.40 crore against their total admitted claims of Rs 73 crore. IOCL is also supposed to bear the process cost of Rs 8.7 crore. “The money was received and distributed among the creditors this week. There are some procedural things to be completed before IOCL will be given complete charge of the company in the next week or so,” said a person familiar with the deal.

Kolkata: The CBI on Friday conducted raids at the residences of two Trinamool Congress leaders at Kathi in Purba Medinipur district of West Bengal in connection with its ongoing investigation into the killing of a BJP worker in post-poll violence in 2021, an officer said. A team of CBI officers raided the houses of Kathi Block no 3 TMC leader Debabrata Panda and another block president Nandadulal Maiti in the early hours of Friday in connection with its ongoing investigation, he said. «Panda, Nandadulal's son and 52 others have been named in the FIR lodged in connection with the murder of Janmejay Dolui,» the CBI officer told PTI. Dolui, a BJP worker, was killed in post-poll violence following the 2021 assembly election.

voters and Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) cast their votes using the home voting facility in all seven parliamentary constituencies of Delhi on the first day of the exercise on Thursday, according to official data. The home voting facility is available to voters above 85 years of age and PwDs, offering them the option to cast their votes from their homes. The facility, which started on May 16, will be available till May 24, the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Delhi said. Delhi goes to polls on May 25.

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ALSO READ: Unwanted promotional calls to attract hefty fines; new guidelines as early as this month Taking to X, Nandy wrote, “I’m sorry but I am no longer taking calls from unknown numbers. Almost every call I get is a marketing call, coming from different cities and even overseas, despite my DND status. I know this may inconvenience some who need my urgent attention but I am tired of this undeclared war on my privacy." Nandy's tweet garnered over 99.2k views and 151 comments.