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25.09 / 01:41

markets Provident security awards country social Interviews ETSA 2024: Haqdarshak takes government schemes to the needy via consultants

This is part of a series of interviews with the winners of The Economic Times Startup Awards 2024. Aniket Doegar's vision for Haqdarshak was to create a network of 'government scheme consultants' for Indians, similar to how Life Insurance Corporation of India developed a network of insurance agents across the country. Founded in 2016, Bengaluru-based Haqdarshak provides a ‘Yojana’ card to blue-collar workers, farmers, and factory employees, giving them access to Union government social security programmes as a protective layer for their lives.

25.09 / 01:09

markets COST Trade Experts show country International China’s real estate stimulus to aid Indian steelmakers but oversupply persists

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mumbai: China’s latest push to revive its struggling real estate sector could benefit Indian steelmakers but may still not be enough to resolve high steel imports from India’s neighbour, according to experts. “The stimulus should improve domestic steel demand in China, which would be positive for the global market," said Ranjan Dhar, director and vice-president, sales and marketing, ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS).

24.09 / 22:33

Target Platform Election TikTok Meta Platforms country social TikTok removes Russian state media accounts for 'covert influence operations' ahead of US election

TikTok has removed accounts associated with Russian state media for engaging in “covert influence operations” on the social media platform ahead of the U.S. presidential election

24.09 / 22:33

COST Manufacturing Election Trade President country reports Trump calls for 100% tariffs on cars made in Mexico as part of US manufacturing plan

Donald Trump has pledged to stop U.S. businesses from shipping jobs overseas and to take other countries’ jobs and factories by relying heavily on sweeping tariffs

24.09 / 22:33

Digital Platform Action Remark country social isolate Prince Harry says harms of social media have created an 'epidemic' for today's youth

Prince Harry said today’s youth is in the midst of an “epidemic” of anxiety, depression and social isolation due to negative experiences online, as he brought his campaign to help children and their parents navigate cyberspace to this week’s Clinton Gl...

24.09 / 22:33

Death show country Inside reports ventilators Iran believes all remaining workers have died in coal mine explosion, raising death toll to 49

Iran says it believes the remaining workers trapped by an explosion at a coal mine in the country’s east have died, bringing the death toll in the disaster to at least 49

24.09 / 22:33

markets COST Provident CEO performer country Italy's automotive workers plan to strike on Oct. 18 over a fall in output at Stellantis

Italy's main metalworkers union says workers in the automotive sector will go on strike on Oct. 18 in protest of declining output from Stellantis, the biggest carmaker in the country

24.09 / 20:17

markets Waves Racing Election Southern country reports In three battleground states, Donald Trump is leading Kamala Harris; here are the details

US polls 2024, at least until now, with her popularity ratings been reported as very high by numerous surveys and polls. However, the tide may be turning now and Harris' charm me slowly be dimming, as her Republican adversary Donald Trump is now getting ahead in the election race, and this wave has begun with three southern swing states.

24.09 / 19:25

UPS Digital Bitcoin country 2020 International The Bank of Canada is ‘scaling down’ plans for a possible digital loonie

The Bank of Canada doesn’t see a “compelling case” to move forward with plans for a central bank digital currency (CBDC) after years of study, governor Tiff Macklem said Tuesday.

24.09 / 18:33

markets Cooper security Sustainability country Department India joins US-led minerals security fin setup

minerals security finance network, which aims to «strengthen cooperation and promote information exchange and co-financing» among participating institutions from the Indo-Pacific region and Europe, according to the US State Department. The network will also «advance diverse, secure and sustainable supply chains for critical minerals», the department said in the announcement made on Monday. The development comes amid China's efforts to control supplies of critical minerals worldwide.

24.09 / 18:33

markets MET Progressive community country Amid uneasy ties, EAM S Jaishankar meets Bangladesh's foreign adviser

Sheikh Hasina government, external affairs minister S Jaishankar met Bangladesh's foreign affairs adviser Touhid Hossain and discussed bilateral ties between the two countries. The meeting between Jaishankar and his Bangladeshi counterpart of the interim government on Monday evening came on the sidelines of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly. This was the Indian external affairs minister's first meeting with his Bangladeshi counterpart after an interim government led by Muhammad Yunus Khan took charge following the ouster of Hasina on August 5. Yunus, 84, took oath as the head of the interim government on August 8.

24.09 / 17:07

markets Digital Sustainability Healthcare Bill country Department Meghalaya signs MoU with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Meghalaya is only the third state in India in area of both health and agriculture, after Uttar Pradesh & Bihar, with whom the Gates Foundation is establishing a partnership. The MoU was signed in the presence of the Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma and Minister of Health & Family Welfare and Agriculture, M Ampareen Lyngdoh. M. Hari Menon Director of the India Country Office at the Gates Foundation, and Sampath Kumar, Principal Secretar Health & Family Welfare Department on behalf of the state signed the MoU.

24.09 / 17:07

markets UPS Airlines War country Flights suspended as Hezbollah-Israel tensions soar

The suspensions have multiplied following a day of Israeli bombardment that Lebanon's authorities said killed 558 on Monday — the deadliest day of violence in the country since the 1975-90 civil war. — Emirates - Emirates announced the temporary suspension of its flights to Beirut on Tuesday and Wednesday. Its sister United Arab Emirates-based airline flydubai also cancelled flights to Beirut on Tuesday and Wednesday.

24.09 / 16:43

CEO Gap CryptoQuant Pool Bitcoin country Bitcoin Mining Dominance Shifts to US as China’s Bitcoin Hashrate Surges 55%

Hassan, a Cryptonews.com journalist with 6+ years of experience in Web3 journalism, brings deep knowledge across Crypto, Web3 Gaming, NFTs, and Play-to-Earn sectors. His work has appeared in...

24.09 / 16:43

markets Digital security Kraken country Features Courts Kraken Expands European Presence with Acquisition of Dutch Crypto Broker Coin Meester

Ruholamin Haqshanas is a contributing crypto writer for CryptoNews. He is a crypto and finance journalist with over four years of experience. Ruholamin has been featured in several high-profile crypto...

24.09 / 16:07

COST Fighting economy show stage country Conservatives table non-confidence motion to try to topple Trudeau

The Conservatives have tabled a motion to try to declare non-confidence in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government.

24.09 / 13:07

markets Reuters Election country Bangladesh army chief strongly backs interim government, eyes elections within 18 months

General Waker-uz-Zaman and his troops stood aside in early August amid raging student-led protests against Hasina, sealing the fate of the veteran politician who resigned after 15 years in power and fled to neighbouring India. In a rare media interview, Zaman told Reuters at his office on Monday that the interim administration led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus had his full support and outlined a pathway to rid the military of political influence.

24.09 / 12:43

Digital Election Opinion Actor country gatherings Opinion: It’s b-a-a-ck. Quebec separatism rears its head again

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24.09 / 12:43

BLOCK Manufacturing Volkswagen Trade show country Investigations Gwyn Morgan: Robbing farmers to pay for battery-worker jobs

Last month, echoing a U.S. announcement three months earlier, the federal Liberals announced a 100 per cent tariff on the import of Chinese electric vehicles (EVs). China wasted no time striking back where it would hurt most, launching an anti-dumping investigation into Canadian canola exports. While there’s no evidence of dumping, there’s a very high likelihood the move is a procedural pretext to halting canola imports. China has long been the biggest canola buyer and was expected to purchase 70 per cent of this year’s bumper crop.

24.09 / 12:35

markets Death country Inside information reports International Several people are detained in Switzerland in connection with suspected death in a 'suicide capsule'

suicide capsule." The «Sarco» suicide capsule, which has never been used before, is designed to allow a person sitting in a reclining seat inside to push a button that injects nitrogen gas into the sealed chamber. The person is then supposed to fall asleep and die by suffocation in a few minutes. Prosecutors in Schaffhausen canton were informed by a law firm that an assisted suicide involving the Sarco had taken place Monday near a forest cabin in Merishausen, regional police said in a statement. It said «several people» were taken into custody and prosecutors opened an investigation on suspicion of incitement and accessory to suicide.

24.09 / 12:01

Target Fighting security community War country Lebanese flee homes as Israeli strikes targeting Hezbollah intensify

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Thousands of Lebanese are fleeing their homes in the country’s south as Israel intensifies its military campaign against Hezbollah, raising fears of an all-out war a day after a barrage of strikes killed hundreds in the country. In the early hours of Tuesday, the Israeli military launched dozens more airstrikes against Hezbollah after downing projectiles fired from Lebanon.

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