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Himanta Biswa Sarma met Union Minister for Coal and Mines, Pralhad Joshi at his Parliament office here on Thursday. Chief Minister Sarma and Union Minister Joshi held discussions on a gamut of issues, including coal supplies to Assam. The Union Minister assured the Chief Minister full cooperation and support from the Union Government in fulfilling the state's power demands and also reiterated his commitment towards the welfare of people of Assam. The Chief Minister thanked the Union Minister for his support and assistance towards Assam. Later, taking to X, formerly Twitter, Union Minister Joshi said, Chief Minister of Assam Shri @himantabiswa ji paid a visit to my Parliament office today. Held discussion on a wide range of issues including coal supplies to the State.

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I have taken a housing loan from our Employee’s Co-operative Credit Society of ₹5 lakh. I have taken an additional 15 lakh home loanfrom a bank for the same property. Will I be able to claim tax benefits on both home loans?      

The defense ministers of Japan, Britain and Italy have signed an agreement to establish a joint organization to develop a new advanced jet fighter, as the countries push to strengthen their cooperation in the face of growing threats from China, Russia ...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says former President Donald Trump’s economic policies toward China left America “more vulnerable and more isolated” in the global economy

Debtors of FTX have raised concerns over the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) claim of $24 billion in taxes, warning that it could impede the return of customer funds. 

HT reported. These bills have been redrafted on various recommendations made by a parliamentary standing committee.

Vaishnaw, Smriti Irani and Hardeep Singh Puri as well as Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah are likely to visit the snow-laden picturesque Swiss resort town Davos next month for the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting. RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das, India's G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant and some ministers from Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Telangana may also be in Davos for the annual gathering of rich and powerful from across the world.

The U.S. government is currently in talks with NVIDIA (NVDA) regarding the conditions under which it can sell AI chips to China. The administration has made it clear that Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) is not allowed to export its most sophisticated semiconductors to Chinese companies.

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MUMBAI : Private equity (PE) firm KKR & Co., Canadian pension fund Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) and Blackstone-backed Care Hospitals have submitted non-binding term sheets to acquire a stake in the Indian business of Aster DM Healthcare Ltd, two people aware of the matter said. One of the two people said Hong Kong-based investment firm BPEA EQT has also presented a term sheet.

Bank of India (RBI), witnessed a threefold increase in wilful defaults in the past one year to ₹416 crore, according to data from TransUnion Cibil. This surge in defaults may have exacerbated its challenges in the lead-up to regulatory action. These are accounts of ₹25 lakh or more where the bank has initiated legal action for wilful defaults.

Microsoft Corporation has tied up with American labour unions to prepare an “open dialogue" to understand how artificial intelligence will shape the workforce in the future. The Redmond, Washington-based software giant is allying with the American Federation of Labour and Congress of Industrial Organizations.

The growing burden of mortgage payments as homeowners renew under much higher interest rates has roused concern from policy makers to politicians.

China's Huawei will start building its mobile phone network equipment factory in France next year, a source familiar with the matter said, pressing ahead with its first plant in Europe even as some European governments curb the use of the firm's 5G gear. The company outlined plans for the factory with an initial investment of 200 million euros ($215.28 million) in 2020, but the roll-out was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the source said on Monday. They declined to be identified because they are not authorised to comment on this matter.

military exercise in Vietnam on Monday, in sync with the expanding strategic engagement between the two countries against the backdrop of common concerns over China's increasingly aggressive behaviour in the South China Sea. The aim of the exercise is to foster a collaborative partnership and promote interoperability between the two forces, the Indian Army said. «The joint exercise will help in promoting understanding and interoperability between the two contingents and further strengthen the defence cooperation between the friendly armies,» it said.

South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol told AFP that Seoul plans to ramp up semiconductor cooperation with Western countries, as the key industry is buffeted by geopolitical turbulence from US-China competition. South Korea plans «to significantly boost semiconductor cooperation with such major countries as the Netherlands, the United States and Japan going forward», Yoon told AFP in an exclusive written interview ahead of his state visit to the Netherlands Monday.

Indian Ocean region, the backyard of India, had held the second meeting of CIORF, under the aegis of the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA), an organisation that is part of the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) Leadership Group on December 7 and 8 at Kunming in southern China. CIDCA is headed by Luo Zhaohui, former Vice Foreign Minister and Ambassador to India.

India has had an «exceptionally difficult» challenge along the northern borders in the last three years and the country responded to it very resolutely and has been maintaining the kind of military deployment necessary for national security, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday on the lingering row in eastern Ladakh with China. He said this in an address at the FICCI, while explaining how the Modi government makes choices after choices with confidence however difficult and tough they may be. «It could even be what happens at our border.

Marine Drive to Worli, will be operational by the end of January 2024, said Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday. Speaking at an event here, Shinde called Maharashtra a growth engine which has the most number of infrastructure projects in the country.

China on Saturday lodged a protest after calls at the UN climate talks in Dubai to include Taiwan, the self-governing democracy claimed by Beijing. Two of the dwindling number of countries that recognise Taiwan — Guatemala and the tiny Pacific island of Nauru — both hailed support from Taipei in addresses at the COP28 conference.