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Elon Musk in the US next week as the two sides look to advance the carmaker's plan to enter the South Asian market, news agency Reuters recently reported. In the US, Goyal will also participate in the investors' roundtable along with meetings with chief executives of top companies.

Supreme Court on Friday granted protection from arrest to two journalists who have challenged the summons issued to them by the Gujarat Police in connection with an article allegedly written by them on Adani Group. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and P K Mishra directed the journalists to cooperate in the investigation and issued notice to the Gujarat government on the pleas filed by the duo.

Enforcement Directorate has attached three immovable properties worth Rs 24.95 crore of Hero MotoCorp executive chairperson Pawan Kant Munjal attached as part of money laundering probe, the federal agency said on Friday. The ED said that the total value of seizure and attachments now stands approximately at Rs 50 crore. «The prosecution complaint alleges that foreign currency/foreign exchange equivalent to Rs 54 crore was illegally taken out of India,» the ED said. A First Information Report (FIR) was filed in October on a complaint alleging forgery, falsification of accounts, criminal conspiracy, and cheating by certain officials of Hero MotoCorp. The FIR named Pawan Munjal, and Hero MotoCorp executives Vikram Kasbekar and Hari Gupta. However, the company said in a statement on the exchanges that this case is an old matter and pertained to the year 2009-10 with a disgruntled service provider, Brains Logistics, a former vendor of Hero Honda Company, alleged that the accused colluded to and committed “the illegal acts of forgery, cheating and falsifying the books…and manufactured fake month-wise bills”. These bills, totalling Rs 5.95 crore for 2009 and 2010 were debited to the complainant, it alleged. Separately, in August this year, the ED had conducted searches on Munjal and some others as part of an investigation into an alleged money laundering case. The searches were carried out at the residential and business premises of Munjal in Delhi and Gurgaon, and some linked entities. In a statement, the company had at the time said, “Officials from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) today visited two of our offices in Delhi and Gurugram and the residence of our executive chairman Dr Pawan Munjal.

An economic grouping that includes several ex-Soviet nations along with Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and Turkey has held a summit in Uzbekistan, and leaders of member countries have vowed to further expand trade and economic ties

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will join Blinken in talks with India's foreign minister S Jaishankar and defence minister Rajnath Singh. The annual dialogue is expected to focus on "defence and security cooperation", the report added. Overall, the discussions are expected to cover a range of issues, including the ongoing border dispute with China, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and the challenge posed by the conflict in Gaza to key trade and transport routes linking Europe, the Middle East, and India.

By Takaya Yamaguchi

Indo-Pacific region. The country said the US-India relationship is one of the most strategic and consequential of the 21st century, as per a fact sheet released by the US State Department. The fact sheet said the 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue between the US Secretaries of State and Defence and their Indian counterparts is the premier recurring dialogue mechanism between the United States and India. «Through the 2+2 mechanism, US and Indian officials advance a wide range of initiatives across the breadth of the United States-India partnership,» it said. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday arrived in New Delhi to co-chair the 5th India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Official Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said Blinken's visit will give further boost to India-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership. «A warm welcome to U.S.

Investing.com — Stocks sank on Thursday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell dashed investor enthusiasm over the end of interest rate increases.

The Biden administration says it's started 40,000 construction projects since the passage of major infrastructure legislation two years ago

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the United States has no desire to break economic ties with China

Young Sheldon Season 7 remains unconfirmed, but the recent resolution of the writers and actors strikes signals a green light for production to continue.

By Andrew Goudsward

Former Deputy Assistant Treasury Secretary Christine McDaniel discusses Janet Yellen's trip to China, the Biden administration's 'Bidenomics' tour and the UPS, Teamster labor talks.

The United Nations Secretary-General is spearheading a multi-stakeholder High-level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence (AI). The initiative aims to harness AI's potential for humanity while addressing its accompanying risks and uncertainties as AI technologies proliferate internationally. The comprehensive approach seeks to foster a globally inclusive ethos by analyzing and advancing recommendations for AI's international governance.

Gulf countries with one visa, just like Schengen countries! In a bid to simplify travel logistics and boost tourism, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have recently approved a unified tourist visa that will allow people to travel across member states such as Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. This was announced by GCC President Sayyed Hamoud bin Faisal Al Busaidi during the 40th meeting of the Interior Ministers.

By David Lawder

SINGAPORE—The list of business executives and political figures who have gone missing in China keeps growing. Top executives at a video-streaming platform and a pharmaceutical company were the latest to disappear, as an intensifying clampdown by Beijing on alleged corruption and malfeasance shakes business confidence in China, among local and foreign firms alike. Chen Shaojie, chief executive of livestreaming firm DouYu, has been unreachable since October, a person familiar with the matter said.

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₹3,333 crore to the governments of Punjab, Delhi and NCR states to subsidise machines for individual farmers and cooperatives to facilitate on-site management of paddy straw.

Kerala district that began a day ago continued on Thursday. The ED raided the Kandala Services Cooperative Bank near Kattakada here and several other locations, including the residence of its former president and local CPI leader N Bhasurangan.

A fire at a chemical plant in rural Texas had sent a massive plume of black smoke into the sky