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Three Thai human rights activists have been acquitted of criminally defaming a poultry company with social media posts that supported other activists who had accused it of abusive labor practices

Arvind Kejriwal ordered the immediate suspension of the teachers and the vice principal of a Delhi Government school where incidences of sexual harassment has been reported. In this Delhi government school, two boys were sexually assaulted allegedly by their classmates in April this year.

By Anna-Catherine Brigida

Union Cabinet on Tuesday adopted a resolution hailing the soft-landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the lunar surface, saying the success of the mission is a victory not just for the ISRO but a symbol of India's progress and ascent on the global stage. Briefing reporters on the decisions taken by the Cabinet, Union minister Anurag Thakur said it congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation on its efforts. The cabinet thanked the scientists and noted that India has become the first country to land near the Moon's south pole. «Landing on the moon, with predicted accuracy, in itself is a momentous achievement. »Landing near the South Pole of the Moon, overcoming the arduous conditions, is a testament to the spirit of our scientists, who since centuries have sought to push the boundaries of human knowledge," read the resolution.

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New Delhi: Royal Philips will make more personal health products in India after the company expanded production at its co-manufacturing site in Baddi, Himachal Pradesh, which will now produce mother and childcare products in addition to the beauty and grooming products already being made at the site, it said on Tuesday. “India holds a strategic significance for our personal health businesses, and we remain committed to the further development of the market in our effort to support the health and well-being of the millions of people we serve.

RBI’s) 4% target was in September 2019. This problem is not unique to India. Other countries are also struggling to bring inflation down to their target levels.

Aksai Chin occupied by it in the 1962 war as part of its territory. The map also incorporates China's claims over the nine-dash line thus laying claim to a large part of the South China Sea. The map was released by China’s Ministry of Natural Resources during the celebration of Surveying and Mapping Publicity Day and the National Mapping Awareness Publicity Week on Monday in Deqing county, Zhejiang province, as per China Daily newspaper.

The Toyota Innova has achieved the distinction of being the first car in both the country and the world to feature a flex-fuel engine capable of running entirely on ethanol. This development has sparked renewed discussions about the potential of this environmentally friendly and efficient fuel and powertrain technology. Here is a comprehensive overview about the technology.

New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast persistent heavy rainfall in northeast India and the extreme South Peninsula, even as concerns grow over the uneven spatial distribution of this year's monsoon, meteorologists said. Heavy isolated rainfall is likely over Arunachal Pradesh today; in Assam and Meghalaya from Thursday to Saturday and over Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura for the next five days.

Digikore Studios Ltd on Tuesday said it plans to enter the primary market with an initial public offering (IPO).

Toyota Innova HyCross. The Innova HyCross not only runs on alternative fuel but can also generate its electric power and operate in EV mode. This prototype of the electrified Innova HyCross flex-fuel is in compliance with the latest emission standards, Bharat Stage 6 (Stage 2).

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd has appointed Arnab Roy as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company with effect from January 1, 2024, the country's largest carmaker said in an exchange filing today. According to the company's exchange filing, Arnab Roy will join in as CFO – Designate with effect from October 16, 2023, and as a whole-time CFO of the company from January 2024. Ajay Seth, the company's current CFO, will be superannuating from his post as the company's full-time CFO with effect from the end of business on December 31, 2023, according to the company.

New Zealand said on Tuesday it would introduce legislation for a digital services tax on large multinational companies from 2025 after talks for a global rollout did not reach consensus at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). More than 140 countries were supposed to start implementing next year a 2021 deal overhauling decades-old rules on how governments tax multinationals that are widely considered to be outdated as digital giants like Apple or Amazon can book profits in low-tax countries. But the proposal was pushed back last month after countries with digital services taxes, with the exception of Canada, agreed to hold off applying them for at least another year. «While we will keep working to support a multilateral agreement, we are not prepared to simply wait around until then to find out,» Finance Minister Grant Robertson said in a statement. «We don't think it's fair that everyday Kiwis pay their fair share of taxes but there's no tax liability for large multinationals.» The proposed digital services tax will target multinational businesses that earn income from New Zealand users of social media platforms, search engines, and online marketplaces. The tax would be payable by businesses that make over 750 million euros ($812 million) a year from global digital services and over NZ$3.5 million a year from digital services provided to New Zealand users.

National Investigation Agency has filed a supplementary charge sheet against two members of an Assam-based module of an Al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group conspiring to spread terror and violence in the country, officials said Tuesday.

Bayer on Tuesday announced, that after more than 25 years of service, D Narain the current president of Bayer South Asia; vice chairman, managing director & CEO of Bayer Crop Science Limited (BCSL) and the global head of smallholder farming for Bayer, will retire by end of November 2023. Simon-Thorsten Wiebusch will take over as president, Bayer South Asia and as vice chairman, managing director & CEO of Bayer CropScience Ltd (BCSL) on November 1st, 2023. Simon will take on these new responsibilities, in addition to his current role as Country Division Head (CDH) of India, Bangladesh & Sri Lanka (IBSL) cluster in Crop Science. Simon moved to India in December 2018 as Chief Operating Officer of IBSL cluster and in partnership with D established the cluster as a strong growth engine for smallholders before being appointed the Country Division Head (CDH) at the beginning of 2022.

Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday launched a 100 per cent ethanol-fueled variant of Toyota's Innova car. The launched car is World's first BS-VI (Stage-II), electrified flex-fuel vehicle. «It is the dream of all of us to have cars, two-wheelers and autos running on ethanol,» said the minister during the event.

Narendra Modi extended his greetings to all sportspersons on the occasion of Major Dhyan Chand's 118th birth anniversary and the 12th National Sports Day. National Sports Day is celebrated across India as a tribute to the legendary Major Dhyan Chand. In a post on social media platform X (formerly twitter), he expressed pride in sportspersons' contributions to the nation and paid his respects to India's hockey legend.

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By Tom Westbrook

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan threatened on Tuesday to take China to the World Trade Organization to seek a reversal of Beijing's ban on all of its seafood imports after the release of treated radioactive water from the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.