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Ukraine, President Joe Biden has announced as he hosted his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House and vowed to defend the war-struck country from Russian aggression. The White House meeting on Thursday was the sixth in-person meeting between the two leaders. «Mr.

Congress General Secretary in charge of Communications Jairam Ramesh on Friday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party Friday, terming the delimitation exercise and caste census «poor excuses for the postponement» of the Women's Reservation Bill. He also alleged that the special session of the parliament was called to «create an election issue for a jaded and about-to-be faded Prime Minister without actually implementing it». In a post on Twitter, which is now X, the Congress leader said, «The BJP stands exposed on its REAL intentions. Delimitation and Census are poor excuses for postponement.

Most analysts were cautious on the IPO over aggressive valuations. «If we attribute FY23 earnings to the post-IPO fully diluted paid-up equity capital of the company, the asking price is at a P/E of 66.7,» analysts said. However, the company received a decent response from investors as the issue was booked 12.57 times on strong institutional interest. The IPO comprised fresh issue of equity shares worth Rs 392 crore and an offer for sale (OFS) of 1.04 crore shares by promoters, investors and other shareholders.

India's crypto industry may have to wait for up to two years for a more lenient crypto tax regime, as per domestic exchange WazirX's CEO. 

MADE IN INDIA iPhone 15." Taking to X, Madhavan wrote, “Got it .Proud and thrilled to own the MADE IN INDIA IPHONE 15.. #MakeInIndia #iPhone15" Since being shared, his post has received over 12,000 likes and 605 reposts on the platform. Also Read: India iPhone 15 Sale Live Updates: Actor R Madhavan says proud and thrilled to own the Made in India… The much-anticipated iPhone 15 smartphone series from Apple has officially gone on sale in India and various other countries starting today.

G20 meeting earlier this month. A Financial Times report said, people close to the development during the G20 meeting cited, “Several members of the Five Eyes — an intelligence-sharing network that includes the U.S., the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand — raised the June killing in British Columbia of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh separatist leader, with Modi." The leaders intervened at the G20 summit after Canada urged its allies to raise the case directly with Modi, the newspaper reported. However, White House did not immediately respond to the report.

Chandrayaan-3 LIVE Updates: All eyes on Chandrayaan-3, as ISRO attempts to revive 'Vikram lander and Pragyan rover today. With dawn breaking on the Moon, ISRO is now gearing up to try to reestablish communication with its lunar mission Chandrayaan-3's solar-powered lander Vikram and rover Pragyan, to revive them so that they can continue with scientific experiments.

Chandrayaan-3: With dawn breaking on the Moon, ISRO is now gearing up to try to reestablish communication with its lunar mission Chandrayaan-3's solar-powered lander Vikram and rover Pragyan, to revive them so that they can continue with scientific experiments. Both the lander and the rover were put into sleep mode earlier this month on September 4 and 2 respectively, ahead of the lunar night setting in on Earth's only natural satellite.

Despite the escalating tension between India and Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday reiterated India's alleged involvement in the killing of Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, citing "credible reasons." However, he again fails to provide any solid evidence. Canadian Prime Minister, however, reaffirmed is not looking to provoke India and pointed out that he had already conveyed his concern to PM Narendra Modi about the issue.

Justin Trudeau reiterated his concerns regarding India's involvement in the assassination of Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, emphasizing that there are 'credible reasons' to support these claims. He also reiterated Canada's commitment to the international rules-based order. Addressing the complex diplomatic situation during a press conference at Canada’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations Trudeau said, «As I said on Monday, there are credible reasons to believe that agents of the Government of India were involved in the killing of a Canadian on Canadian soil.

Canada, Punjabi-Canadian rapper Shubhneet Singh (popularly known as Shubh) on Thursday said he was «extremely disheartened» with the cancellation of his India tour. The rapper's 'Still Rollin India tour' was cancelled earlier over his alleged support to the Khalistan cause. In a statement shared on Instagram, Shubhneet Singh said he had been practising hard for his India tour for the past two months and was very excited at the prospect of performing in the country. Taking to his page on Instagram, the rapper posted, «As a young rapper-singer hailing from Punjab, it was my life's dream to put my music on an international dais. But the recent happenings have tumbled my hard work and progress, and I wanted to say a few words to express my dismay and sorrow.» «I'm extremely disheartened by the cancellation of my tour in India.

Apple Store in Delhi and Mumbai and other retail stores are unboxing locally made iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus models, a first for the company since it started manufacturing iPhones in India in 2017. Industry executives said the entire local demand for the base and plus models will be served by India-made iPhones. The locally made units have also been exported to other regions. All four in the iPhone 15 series, launched earlier this month, went on sale Friday, with customers queuing up in hundreds since early morning at the stores.

India and Canada, Punjab BJP President, Sunil Jakhar welcomed the Centre's decision to suspend visas for Canadians and said that Canada has mortgaged its foreign policy for the sake of political advantage and Justin Trudeau is running a minority government. «Justin Trudeau is speaking his supporter's language. Canada has mortgaged its foreign policy for the sake of political sports land,» said Sunil Jakhar Welcoming Centre's decision to suspend visa services in Canada, Jakhar said, «If the Trudeau govt will continues to support the separatist forces, the Indian government for the time being keeping careful consideration has suspended visas to develop a system so that India's integrity and sovereignty can be maintained by avoiding these forces entering into India, especially Punjab.» Punjab BJP chief also acknowledged the fact that some people may be facing challenges as their relatives are living in Punjab and said that the integrity of India is more important than the concerns of any individual. «The unity, integrity and brotherhood of the country is more important than the concerns of any individual, whatever is happening is the Canadian government's mistake.

(Reuters) -The Australian Federal Court has fined the country's second-biggest lender National Australia Bank (NAB) (AX:NAB) a penalty of A$2.1 million ($1.4 million) for wrongfully charging customers periodic payment fees, the securities regulator said on Friday.

women's reservation Bill or the 'Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam', guaranteeing quota for women in legislative bodies, was the first Bill to be taken up for discussion and debate by the new Parliament before its eventual passage on Thursday. The new Parliament building was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in May this year. Following the passage of the bill, which provides for 33 per cent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha as well as the state legislative assemblies, both Houses of Parliament were adjourned sine die. The Parliamentarians entered the new Parliament building on Tuesday, from the old one that has been rechristened as Samvidhan Sadan. BJP national chief JP Nadda said that there could not have been a better start for the new Parliament building. Taking to social media platform, X, Nadda said, «There could not have been a better start for the new Parliament building! Today, as a nation, we have ushered in a new era of women empowerment. With the passage of 'Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam' by both houses of Parliament, we have moved towards providing a long-pending right to our women.

women's reservation Bill in Parliament, both the Houses were adjourned sine die on Thursday. The proceedings of the Special Session of Parliament, which began on Monday, came to a close a day ahead of schedule. The day after it cleared the legislative hurdle in the Lok Sabha by a brute majority, the draft legislation, which provides 33 per cent reservation for women in the Parliament as well as other law-making bodies, was passed unanimously in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, with 214 members voting in support and none against. The Lower House took up the Bill for discussion and passage on Wednesday and eventually cleared it, with a whopping 454 members voting in favour of the legislation and 2 against. Earlier, on Thursday, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal gave a brief reply to the day-long debate on the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Eighth Amendment) Bill, 2023 in the Upper House, saying it will be implemented after following due process. Ahead of the voting, PM Modi urged the Rajya Sabha members to pass the Bill unanimously, saying that it would provide countrymen with a new belief and confidence going forward. «All members and political parties have played a significant role in empowering women and enhancing 'Nari Shakti'. Let us give the country a strong message,» he said. PM Modi said there had been deliberations on the Women's Reservation Bill in the two Houses for the past two days and over 132 members took part in the meaningful discussion which will be helpful in taking the country forward. The amendments moved by Opposition members were negatived and individual clauses of the Bill were also voted on. Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar announced that the Bill had been passed.

Narendra Modi after the women's reservation Bill, titled Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, was passed in both Houses of Parliament, Union Minister Meenakashi Lekhi on Thursday said women have got their due after a long struggle. Speaking to after the Bill cleared its final legislative hurdle in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, Lekhi said, «Everybody thanked him (PM Modi) for bringing this Bill and turning it into a law. Women have finally got their long-pending rights after a long and hard battle.

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia on Friday recorded a final budget surplus of A$22.1 billion ($14.2 billion) for the year to June 2023, five times earlier estimates, as strong jobs growth and bumper mining profits helped the country post the first surplus in 15 years.

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Investing.com-- Oil prices rose slightly in Asian trade on Friday as growing expectations of tighter supplies helped markets look past concerns over rising interest rates, which had battered prices this week. 

ICICI Bank and Canara Bank are likely to raise up to ₹9,000 crore worth of funds through the issuance of 10-year infrastructure bonds in coming days, sources aware of the developments said. Both ICICI Bank and Canara Bank are likely to issue 10-year bonds. Bidding for the latter's bond sale may take place next week, sources said. For Canara Bank, the issuance would mark its first-ever sale of infrastructure debt, which are long-term bonds of at least seven year maturity. ICICI Bank is looking to raise up to ₹4,000 crore, with the issuance likely to have a base size of ₹1,000 crore and a greenshoe option of ₹3,000 crore.