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Haryana Government on Tuesday announced that all the government and private schools in the state will remain closed on Wednesday on account of celebrations of Independence Day. The holiday has been given to all schools both private and governmnet on account of the Independence Day celebrations held on Tuesday.

An Argentinian politician has claimed the country will soon become a ‘Bitcoin haven,’ with the nation edging closer to electing a BTC-keen head of state.

Cloud-based loyalty service provider Capillary Technologies has elevated two of its senior leaders — chief operating officer Anant Choubey and chief customer officer for the US business Sridhar Bollam — as cofounders of the firm. The move comes as the software player has been focused on growth, especially in the US market, and is looking to clock profit after taxes in FY25, founder and managing director Aneesh Reddy told ET. “I think fundamentally the trajectory of the business has changed significantly.

Governments globally including others like New Zealand said they are taking a 'keen interest' in not just the implementation of the Bill in the world's most populous country but also its approach to privacy regulation at large. While officials at some countries such as Norway told ET that they are even looking to introduce clauses that could mirror those in the DPDP Bill, others in countries such as South Africa said the success of the Bill was very critically tied to how the Data Protection Board (DPB) functions.

It’s a question that has become more common as the FIFA Women’s World Cup rolls on – what’s the plan for the next Matildas match?

HONG KONG (Reuters) -Law firms in China are scrambling to comply with Beijing's new guidance to tone down the language used to describe China-related business risks in companies' offshore listing documents, five people familiar with the matter said.

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Binance published a blog post on Monday teaching readers how to dispel commonly cited blockchain FUD related to the industry’s energy footprint and supposed environmental harm.

Investing.com – The Argentina peso faces a tough road ahead, ING warned Tuesday, as the recent shock primary election victory for Argentina's far-right presidential candidate Javier Milei throws the country's political and economic future into doubt. 

NEW DELHI : Stiff fees, complex rules and the pandemic have snuffed out many of India’s small but promising craft beer brands, with the remaining shrinking operations and entering adjacent segments. Makers of Witlinger, Mad King and White Owl craft beers have either shut shop or started new ventures, while owners of Kati Patang, White Rhino and Beor 360 have scaled back their operations. Kati Patang beer, a runaway hit with its unique small-batch flavours like saffron, turmeric and lemon rind, has shrunk considerably in the six years since its launch.

streaming platform JioCinema has attracted over 100 million viewers for the second season of Bigg Boss OTT as the property was put outside the paywall this year, a senior company executive said. «The removal of the paywall to enable consumers across the country to access Bigg Boss OTT, as well as the diverse background of the contestants, have helped us draw over 100 million viewers,» the executive said.

India heads to the 18th Lok Sabha elections after 76 years of Independence, Anubhuti Vishnoi looks back at the electoral journey travelled by the largest democracy. It is one marked with many milestones — the largest electorate in the world at over 900 million; women voters who closed the gender gap in voter turnout in 2019 and outdid men; and the only country to transition to paperless ballot through EVMs.THE FIRST GENERAL ELECTIONS Things moved swiftly in independent India with the adoption of the Constitution on November 26, 1949. Four months later, Sukumar Sen was appointed the first Chief Election Commissioner. With this, the country embarked on the 'great experiment' to conduct the first nationwide election. In April 1950, the Representation of People Act was passed by provisional Parliament. The first general election was held in 68 phases between October 25, 1951 and February 21, 1952. Around 53 political parties and 533 independents were in the fray for 489 seats. Around 173,212,343 voters were registered out of a population of 361,088,090 and 45.8% voter turnout was recorded.

NEW DELHI : Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed confidence about returning to power in 2024 even as he pledged measures to contain surging food prices and unveiled development initiatives, including the ₹15,000 crore Vishwakarma Yojana for workers skilled in traditional crafts and an urban housing plan aimed at providing interest rate relief for the poor. In his 90-minute Independence Day address from the Red Fort in New Delhi, about eight months before national elections are due, Modi also announced that the government is working with women self-help groups (SHGs) to create 20 million ‘Lakhpati Didis’ in villages.

global market for light-weight, four-wheel drive tractors with its new platform, Oja, unveiled on Tuesday. According to a top company executive, Oja, built at an investment of ₹1,200 crore, is an entirely novel venture for the company, whose expertise has been rooted in “heavy, rugged" tractors. Mahindra will build multiple models on the platform across four categories—sub-compact, compact, small utility and large utility segments—with seven products set to hit the Indian and foreign markets later this year.

Cape Town: Homegrown automaker Mahindra & Mahindra is looking to tap the 2-million unit market for mid-sized pick-ups with a new global lifestyle pick-up truck that will first be launched in its key existing export markets including South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, Africa, the Middle East and South & Central America, the company announced during its global concept showcase in Cape Town on Tuesday. Mahindra is aspiring to snag a double-digit market share in these countries, where it has a rapidly growing presence, albeit with a single-digit share in the respective markets.

Mint poll of 19 economists was knocked out by a huge jump in vegetable prices in general and tomato in particular. Mint examines the details: Retail inflation is measured using the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Nearly two-fifths of the CPI is made up of food items.

Narendra Modi's Independence Day address resembled his speech given on the same occasion in 2018. In the Independence Day speech before the Lok Sabha elections, it was expected for the PM to present a report card on his government's achievements. Both speeches of Modi touched on government schemes, initiatives, and performance report in detail.

gas companies have grown their super-profitable CNG sales volume at a faster rate in the past two years than the less profitable segment of gas supplies meant for homes. City gas distributors sold 19.4 million metric standard cubic meters a day (mmscmd) of CNG in six months to March 2023, up 51% from October 2020 to March 2021 period, oil ministry data showed. In the same period, the sale of piped natural gas (PNG) meant for cooking at home rose 11% to 2.9 mmscmd.

cryptocurrency investments. To recover her account, the 27-year-old lawyer from Rio de Janeiro had to pay 200 reais ($40) to a «consultant» she found on YouTube, a man she says could have been a scammer himself. «It took me two days to recover my account, and I was under a lot of stress,» she said.

Ukrainian farmer Victor Tsvik has harvested his wheat this month but exorbitant logistics costs and Russia’s blockade of the ports has made shipping grain too expensive for him

There are so many dots on the maps they blur into blobs – each one reflecting trillions of public and private dollars flowing in the U.S. in a nationwide investment