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Maharashtra Assembly elections, veteran leader Sharad Pawar led faction moved the Supreme Court on Friday seeking that both factions of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) be given new poll symbols. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan listed the plea for hearing on September 25 after senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Sharad Pawar faction submitted that they want urgent listing of the matter in view of the assembly elections in Maharashtra. Singhvi said that till the matter is finally decided, both the groups should be given new symbols ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly elections. Sharad Pawar has moved the apex court against the February 6 order of the Election Commission recognising Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar-led group as the real Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).

Kamala Harris nor Donald Trump has a decisive edge with the public on the economy, turning an issue that was once a clear strength for Trump into the equivalent of a political jump ball. About 4 in 10 registered voters say Republican Trump would do a better job handling the economy, while a similar number say that about the Democratic vice president, according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. About 1 in 10 voters don't trust either candidate, and a similar share has equal faith in them. The finding is a warning sign for Trump, who has tried to link Harris to President Joe Biden's economic track record. The new poll suggests that Harris may be escaping some of the president's baggage on the issue, undercutting what was previously one of Trump's major advantages.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. China’s weak consumer economy has claimed another victim: luxury cars. Mercedes-Benz late Thursday became the second luxury carmaker in as many weeks to cut its earnings guidance for the year.

First-time applications from people seeking asylum in European Union countries declined in June, with Syrians, Venezuelans, and Afghans being the primary applicants, a report from the bloc's statistics agency Eurostat showed on Friday. Eurostat reported 70,375 first-time asylum requests from non-EU citizens across the bloc's 27 countries, a decrease of 17% compared to June 2023. Syrians remained the largest share of applicants, accounting for 12% in June, followed by Venezuelans and Afghans, accounting for 9% and 8% respectively.

Dara Shukoh, the favorite son and favored successor of the Mughal Emperor Shahjahan who built the Taj Mahal.It was the last text he wrote, published in 1655 circa, which led to his humiliation, defeat and eventual death. He was tortured and beheaded for blasphemy by his brother Aurangzeb, because of his “Confluence of two seas”, where he attempted to bring together Hinduism and Islam.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Friday announced the launch of its new delivery centre in Warsaw, Poland, expanding its operations in the country. “With the new delivery centre, TCS expects to double its workforce to 1200-plus in a year to support its further growth in the region. Located in the heart of the city, the new delivery centre showcases TCS’ capabilities across industries and technologies,” the Tata subsidiary said in a statement. Poland is home to one of the largest European technology talent pools and the centre will tap into the growing Polish Information and Communication Technology (ICT) talent pool to support the needs of customers in niche technology skills and cognitive business and domain processes, the statement added.

The European Union is ready to lend Ukraine up to $39 billion as part of a loan package organized by the Group of Seven major industrial nations

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : The Indian arm of Norwegian investment company Orkla ASA, which sells spices and food products under the MTR Foods and Eastern Condiments brands in the country, is likely to complete its business restructuring in another 12 months before exploring a public listing, said a top executive. The company announced in October 2023 that its India businesses would be reorganized into one entity, Orkla India.

BEIJING — Many of Apple's affluent iPhone users in China are just as interested in Huawei's pricier trifold phone, CNBC found during spot checks at stores Friday, the day the iPhone 16 and Mate XT launched in the country.

Free Trade Agreement in goods will figure during the visit of Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal to Laos, an official statement said on Friday. The two-day visit of Goyal to Vientiane, Laos, started from Friday. He is there to participate in the 21st ASEAN-India Economic Ministers (AEM-India) meeting and the 12th East Asia Summit Economic Ministers Meeting (EAS EMM). These annual meetings of ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) with their dialogue partners are being hosted by Laos, the ASEAN Chair for this year.

Hungary gave one of the most trenchant expressions of values-based foreign policy — and takedowns of a supposed US ally, who shares none of them — that I have heard from a diplomat. It was refreshing, even inspiring, precisely because it was so undiplomatically blunt. But in the context of November’s US election, this thunderbolt from a superpower felt out of step with the time and frankly harmless. In fact, Ambassador David Pressman’s address distilled for me a sense that’s been growing ever since Donald Trump’s victory in 2016, and has crystallized since a second spell in power became as likely as not: No matter what Pressman or a President Kamala Harris might say or stand for, it’s no longer clear what American values are even supposed to be. They can turn on a Hungarian forint. Prime Minister Viktor Orban is counting on that. He has bet big on a Trump victory, becoming one of the very few world leaders to openly campaign for it. And if it doesn’t work out this time, he’s said he’ll just wait for the next turn of the US electoral cycle. And why not? Orban’s been working against the wishes and interests of both the European Union and North Atlantic Treaty Organization for well over a decade despite Hungary’s membership. He’s suffered only some fines and finger-wagging as a result. In Europe, he’s playing an even longer game to change the EU’s interests and values to match his own. He could succeed; it’s possible.

wealthy individuals warning that the change will cause an exodus of the super-rich. A survey this month showed that abolition could cost the country almost £1 billion ($1.3 billion) in lost revenue rather than the £3 billion boost initially predicted. Anecdotal evidence suggests some financiers are already heading to the more tax-friendly climes of Dubai, Switzerland or Italy. Even so, the concerns may prove overstated. People who live in the UK but who can plausibly claim somewhere else is their permanent home, or domicile, may opt for a special tax treatment known as the “remittance basis,” which exempts them from paying anything on foreign income or capital gains unless these are brought into the country. Until now, non-domiciled individuals have also been exempt from inheritance tax on their overseas wealth, whereas UK-domiciled residents are liable to pay a rate of 40% (after allowances) on their worldwide assets. It’s a system that confers significant tax benefits, which become more lucrative the wealthier you are. It’s also an anachronism that should have been scrapped long ago. The origins of the non-dom regime stretch back to 1799, when Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger imposed the first income tax to finance the Napoleonic Wars. It was intended as a deferral for colonial plantation owners, who would be taxed on the income from sugar, tobacco and cotton shipments only when they received the funds. That evolved later into an exemption.

Two years ago, tens of thousands of Sri Lankans rose up against their president and forced him to flee the country

President Joe Biden is celebrating the Federal Reserve’s decision to lower interest rates by saying it shows that inflation has eased

Brazilian coffee farmers are grappling with above-average temperatures as the country, the world’s largest coffee producer, faces its worst drought in more than seven decades

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Indian students seeking a foreign degree will have to scout for new options after top favourite Canada took an axe to its international student permits programme. “We’re granting 35% fewer international student permits this year.

«The focus on exports is clearly very strong from the government side, as well as the country is doing well, the economy is doing well and one of the key ingredients of the forecasted growth over the next five to seven years is the exports component and that is what we are looking at to target and specifically the companies that are exporting and likely to do well on the export side over the next five to seven years,» says Venugopal Manghat, HSBC Asset Management. First, I want to talk a little bit about this Export Opportunities Fund, the NFO. Tell us a little bit more about it as to what the rationale and the theme is. Venugopal Manghat: This is focused on the export opportunities from India. So, we are looking at a universe of stocks or companies that would be having exports revenues of more than 20%.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Two years after ChatGPT took the world by storm, generative artificial intelligence seems to have hit a roadblock. The energy costs of building and using bigger models are spiralling, and breakthroughs are getting harder.

ICT and semiconductor components in its productivity-linked incentive scheme (PLI) to promote manufacturing in the country, as about 85% of these are currently imported, said Jason Oxman, president, Information Technology Industry Council (ITI). “The opportunity for India to focus a programme of incentives on the ecosystem in semiconductors and in ICT is a big one,” Oxman said, adding that the global industry body has suggested this to the government. The ITI represents the likes of Google, Meta, Dell Technologies, HP, AMD, Applied Materials and others.

unit 8200, that is specialized in cyber warfare operations. It boasts of some of the world's best hackers and intel operatives who carry out some of the most dangerous cyber operations in the world, including tapping into communications of secure servers of enemy countries. However, this time they have come up with a rather 'innovative' idea.