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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Five years ago, Estonia’s ministry of justice assigned chief data officer Ott Velsberg to develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered “robot judge" to address a backlog of small claims while ensuring that human judges could review and revise the AI judge's decisions. Complex cases in Estonia, though, continue to be tackled by human lawyers and judges.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In India’s vast corporate landscape, several business groups have made their mark, yet few stand as tall as the Tata Group. Known for its strong long-term performance and exceptional corporate governance, the Tatas enjoy a level of trust few others can claim.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. BRITAIN WAS the first country to generate electricity from coal. On September 30th that era came to an end when it closed its last coal-fired plant, amid much self-congratulation.

Donald Trump has begun the process of choosing a cabinet and selecting other high-ranking administration officials following his presidential election victory, as per a report. Here are the early picks and top contenders for some of the key posts overseeing defense, intelligence, diplomacy, trade, immigration and economic policymaking. Some are in contention for a range of posts, Reuters reported. SUSIE WILES, chief of staff Trump announced last week that Wiles, one of his two campaign managers, will be his White House chief of staff. While the specifics of her political views are somewhat unclear, Wiles, 67, is credited with running a successful and efficient campaign. Supporters hope she will instill a sense of order and discipline that was often lacking during Trump's first four-year term, when he cycled through a number of chiefs of staff.

Qatar named Mohammed Al Sowaidi as the chief executive officer of its $510 billion sovereign wealth fund, which is set to acquire even more financial firepower in coming years. Al Suwaidi, who joined the fund in 2010, was most recently chief investment officer for QIA in the Americas region and helped establish a US office. He replaces Mansoor Al Mahmoud, who's led the entity since 2018 — longer than a typical four-year term. The QIA is the world's eighth-largest sovereign fund with around $510 billion in assets under management, according to consultancy Global SWF. It was founded in 2005 to handle the country's revenue from liquefied natural gas, of which Qatar is one of the biggest exporters.

Donald Trump’s landslide victory has shaken Canadians and rattled the loonie, but on balance will be beneficial for the country, notably its natural resource sectors.

COP29 climate summit have managed to secure a win with an agreement on the rules for a United Nations-administered global carbon market — a move that can unlock billions for emission reduction projects in developing countries. COP29 president Mukhtar Babayev gavelled the session that approved the standards to enable the private sector and countries to trade carbon credits at the opening plenary dominated by long, gruelling backroom negotiations on the agenda of the summit after it resumed late night on Monday. «By matching buyers and sellers efficiently, such markets could reduce the cost of implementing NDCs by $250 billion a year,» Babayev said. «In a world where every dollar counts, that is essential.»

campaign promise of widespread deportations of undocumented immigrants and tightening of measures that allow some of them to stay in the country legally. Stephen Miller, an immigration hardliner and adviser to Trump, is taking over policy planning for the transition and is expected to be named deputy chief of staff in his administration, people briefed on the matter said on Monday. And late on Sunday, Trump announced on social media that Thomas Homan, the acting director of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency during Trump's first term, would be his «border czar.»

Apple was notified by the European Union that its geo-blocking practices are potentially in breach of consumer protection rules, adding to the iPhone maker's regulatory issues in the bloc. Apple's App Store, iTunes Store and other media services unlawfully discriminate against European customers based on their place of residence, according to a European Commission statement on Tuesday.

Reliance Retail is temporarily shutting down stores in its department chain Centro to reposition the format with mostly its own brands and labels it has launched in India as a licensee partner. In September 2022, the retail division of Reliance Industries had converted Future Group's Central into Centro in locations where it had taken over the lease after the Future Group surrendered the property to it. Reliance Retail has shut three stores and will shut another two dozen doors by the end of the month, according to executives of companies which have been asked by the country's biggest retailer to take back their inventory and fixtures citing renovation and repositioning of the format.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: India now ranks among the top 10 countries globally in the number of patents, trademarks and industrial design applications, according to the World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) 2024 report on IP trends. The World Intellectual Property Indicators report underscores India’s rapid progress in the IP landscape.

China, Korea, and Thailand for five years to guard domestic players from cheap imports from these nations. The duty was imposed as the chemical — Epichlorohydrin — was exported to India from these countries at below-normal prices. «The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be levied for a period of five years (unless revoked, superseded or amended earlier)...,» the department of revenue said in a notification. The levy is imposed following recommendations for the same by the commerce ministry's investigation arm Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR).

A Dutch appeals court has overturned a landmark ruling that ordered energy company Shell to cut its carbon emissions by net 45% by 2030 compared to 2019 levels

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After nearly a decade of negotiations, leaders during the United Nations climate conference’s first day decided on some of the finer points of much-debated sticking point aimed at cutting planet-warming emissions from coal, oil and gas

Mauritius’ opposition coalition has won the country’s election by a landslide

air pollution problem, Google Maps has introduced a new feature involving real-time tracking of air quality index or AQI. This feature, which updates every one hour, allows its users to check up on the air quality of any location in India. It will be activated in 100 other countries this week. This feature measures the pollution of a given area on a 0 to 500 scale. A colour is assigned to each scale, with green for good and red for severe. The scale corresponds thus to air quality:

BEIJING — China's Singles' Day shopping festival saw consumers spend more than expected in what has otherwise been a tepid retail environment, consulting executives told CNBC.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Philanthropist and art collector Shalini Passi has become a popular personality across the country after her appearance in Netflix’s recent show, Fabulous Lives vs Bollywood Wives. In an interview with Lounge, Passi, who's also a Unicef partner and founder of MASH, a digital art and design platform, talks about her love for fashion, and how Delhi has shaped her aesthetic.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NoBroker, the Tiger Global-backed prop-tech startup, sees a burgeoning opportunity in its home loans and insurance vertical as more younger consumers look to invest in houses, a top executive told Mint. The Bengaluru-based company gets a fourth of its over ₹600 crore revenue from financial services and expects its home loans vertical to become its second-biggest business in the coming years, trailing its main real estate buying-and-selling business, said Saurabh Garg, co-founder and chief business officer at NoBroker.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The 29th annual United Nations climate summit, COP29, started in Azerbaijan this week. Key on the agenda is devising a new roadmap to finance developing countries’ needs in their fight against climate damage.