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Alexei Navalny has died after falling sick in an Arctic penal colony where he was serving a 19-year punishment. His death was announced by Russia's Federal Penitentiary Service on Friday. Situated approximately 1,900 kilometers northeast of Moscow in the town of Kharp, in the Yamalo-Nenets region, the prison is well-known for its harsh and protracted winters.

New York Post. The employee pleaded the boss to not dismiss his leaves and said, “All flights are paid for and my kids are in the wedding party." He added, “I did book this in seven months ago, so canceling isn’t an option. I can help out more until I leave if that helps, but I can’t change my leave dates." Despite this, the boss asked Noel to reduce his leave from three weeks to three days while mocking Bali as a destination.

Question: Recently, the Finance Minister announced withdrawal of outstanding demands for the taxpayers. Kindly enlighten us on whether all such outstanding tax demands would be withdrawn.

The County Group, North India’s leading real estate developer, on Wednesday announced the launch of a 28-acre ultra-luxury residential apartment complex — Ivory County — in Sector 115, Noida.

Shares of Covid-favourite ITC are now under pressure amid discussions around BAT stake sale. In Friday’s session, the stock fell below the Rs 400-mark. “It has approached the upper band of a historical consolidation, which could potentially serve as support. In the short term, there might be a recovery towards Rs 440 and beyond. Support on the lower end is set at Rs 389, and if breached, the stock might face a further decline,” says Rupak De, Senior Technical Analyst at LKP Securities.

DY Chandrachud on Saturday inaugurated a newly constructed arbitration centre in Allahabad High Court, he also launched a book 'Courts of Uttar Pradesh. Speaking at the inauguration the CJI said the Prayagraj arbitration centre is not dependent either on financing or support from the Allahabd High Court. «The idea of having an arbitration centre called Prayagraj arbitration centre is to truly indicate that this is the centre of arbitration that is not dependent either on financing or support from the High Court… By creating this venue, we want to create a process of arbitration which is efficient in terms of cost, timeline… If arbitration takes time as long as a suit takes in court then why people will go for arbitration» said CJI DY Chandrachud. The Chief Justice also spoke on the key role played by technology in the judiciary.

Indian stock market: Following the Defense Acquisition Council’s (DAC) meeting held on Friday to disburse the ₹80,000 crore order, defence stocks in India are expected to remain in focus on Monday. According to stock market experts, defence companies with strong CAPEX are expected to come under the radar of Dalal Street bulls as some value buying is expected for to defence segment when the Indian stock market reopens on Monday. Speaking on the impact of the DAC meeting outcome on the Indian stock market, Amit Goel, Co-Founder and Chief Global Strategist at Pace 360 said, "The recent military order of 80,000 crores signifies a significant YoY increase in military spending.

i-Pay payment gateway by IRCTC and is called 'Autopay'. Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd. (IRCTC)'s iPay payment gateway's 'Auto Pay' feature works with a unified payment interface (UPI), credit cards, and even debit cards. According to the IRCTC website, «The user's bank account will get debited only once the system generates the PNR for the railway ticket.» This mechanism is similar to how an initial public offer (IPO) application works using UPI.

Kalahridhaan Trendz IPO: Check GMP, subscription status on day 2, other key details to know The SME IPO raised over ₹11.94 crore from anchor investors on February 14, a day before it opened for subscription. Interiors & More Limited trades, imports, and sells artificial flowers. The company manufactures and trades quality artificial flowers, plants, and decor items for homes and offices.

Fairfax, which owns multiple companies in India, has refuted charges that its Indian portfolio company Digit Insurance was falsely shown to be profitable in its annual report in 2021 at an investor conference call on Friday. The call was held to respond to the allegations of short seller Muddy Waters, who has accused the company of asset value manipulation. Fairfax’s Indian-Canadian founder Prem Watsa and the company’s management team answered queries refuting all the allegations of Muddy Waters.

Max Healthcare Institute Ltd. fell 0.72 per cent to Rs 857.85 in Friday's session as of 02:09PM (IST) even as the equity benchmark Sensex traded 425.85 points higher at 72476.23. Earlier in the day, the stock witnessed a gap up start to the session. The stock quoted a 52-week high price of Rs 909.0 and a 52-week low of Rs 412.0 on NSE. Around 32049 shares changed hands on the counter till 02:09PM (IST).

Also Read: Vibhor Steel Tubes IPO allotment to be out soon; GMP rises, steps to check Vibhor Steel IPO allotment status Vibhor Steel Tubes IPO subscription begun on Tuesday, February 13, and ended on Thursday, February 15. On the third day, Vibhor Steel Tubes IPO subscription status was 298.86 times, as per BSE data.

Additionally, Sonia Gandhi has mentioned her share in her ancestral property in Italy, which is currently valued at over Rs 26 lakhs. She possesses 88 kg of silver and 1267 grams of gold and jewelry. Furthermore, Sonia Gandhi owns three bighas (2529.28 square meters) of agricultural land in Dera Mandi village, New Delhi. The market value of this property is estimated to be Rs 5.88 crore at the current market rate. In terms of income, she receives a salary as an MP, royalty income, interest on bank deposits, dividends from mutual funds, and capital gains. She also receives royalties from various publishers, including Penguin Book India, Oxford University Press, Ananda Publishers, and Continental Publications. The affidavit mentions a royalty receipt of Rs 1.69 lakh from Oxford University Press.

₹208 crore and involves the construction of Blocks D1 & D2 (SEZ) at the Embassy Manyata Business Park Campus, Bangalore. With this new order, the total order book of the company as on date stands at ₹3,165 crore, as per the company's exchange filing. Also Read: Vibhor Steel Tubes IPO allotment to be out soon; GMP rises, steps to check Vibhor Steel IPO allotment status B L Kashyap & Sons Ltd.

Analysts at most top brokerages raised or retained their share price targets on M&M after the company’s net profit in its third quarter exceeded expectations. Stock jumped 6.81% to close at Rs 1,769.8 on Thursday after hitting its 52-week high of Rs 1,784.9. The average analyst price target on the company available on Bloomberg after Q3 results stood at Rs 1884.8, implying an upside of 6.5% from Thursday’s closing. Analysts at Kotak Securities said that although near-term demand for tractors is expected to be muted, the demand for SUVs is likely to remain steady, supported by a robust order backlog.

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Raymond James is extending its presence in South Florida as it welcomes a new team to its employee advisor channel. The Behar-Nagel Group, led by financial advisors David Behar and David Nagel, has officially joined Raymond James Associates in its Hallandale Beach office.

electoral bonds should make poll funding more transparent as payments can be declared in books of accounts. Others said the move may result in a greater role for cash. Electoral bonds allowed companies and individuals to donate to political parties anonymously and without constraints. Some companies are worried that opposing political parties will now try and call them out on such funding and cause reputational harm. The Supreme Court has said State Bank of India, which was the sole issuer of the instrument, has to pass on details of all such purchases since 2019 to the Election Commission of India, which will make them public next month. Several executives, speaking anonymously to ET, expressed concern about the potential for harassment once these details are known. The Supreme Court had cited the quid pro quo involved in companies funding parties. That shouldn't be considered unacceptable, said a leading promoter.

debt to expedite the purchase of stressed loans, said people with knowledge of the matter. The ARC has initiated talks with private and government-owned banks to raise five-year debt, preferably in the form of non-convertible debentures (NCD). The ARC will use the funds to make cash payments to banks against the purchase of non-performing loans. NARCL offers 15% of consideration as cash payment, and balance 85% is paid in the form of security receipts paid on recovery of loans or at the end of five years or whichever is earlier. The fundraise would enable NARCL to acquire about ₹20,000 crore bad loans from banks. NARCL did not respond to ET's request for comments.

doing nothing is not something we would consciously do. But as the Dutch have pointed out, there can be great happiness in just doing nothing. They have also coined a word for this inactivity — niksen, which literally means just this, to do nothing. It means to be free of any purpose, to be completely idle. A period of niksen can act as a stress buster and help us regain focus. As has been said, niksen can make us more productive. Niksen is not the very antithesis of all that we are taught — to be focused, hardworking, productive, goal-oriented. Niksen is just an acknowledgement that there comes a time when we all need to take a break from all the running around. This is the classic work-life balance with a twist — instead of relaxing by reading a book or spending time with the family where again we are mentally engaged albeit in a good way, we niksen, just do nothing.

Kate Raworth is Senior Associate at Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute. Speaking to Srijana Mitra Das, she discusses why reinventing economics is key to the ecological — and development — crises: What is the core of your research? I’m rewriting economics, starting with its foundational concepts. That’s what my book ‘Doughnut Economics’ is about. I drew a picture of the shape of progress. We’re told this shape is ‘growth’ — yet, huge ecological and social damage has been done through the way economies have grown. We need a much better goal for the 21st century. The picture I drew had a hole in the middle, like a doughnut — the aim is to leave nobody in that hole, short of life’s essentials like food, water, health, education, etc. But we need to do this without overshooting the outer ring of Earth’s limits. Returning to the textbooks I was taught, which are still taught today, I found these profoundly misguiding and not giving students the knowledge or orientation to turn things around. My book came out in 2017 and since then, many firms, governments, international institutions, etc., wanted to put these principles into practice. I co-founded the Doughnut Economics Action Lab to work with them.