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bail plea of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a money laundering case related to the alleged excise scam. Additional Sessions Judge Mukesh Kumar adjourned the matter after the ED sought time to file reply in the matter. The judge, meanwhile, fixed for Saturday an application filed by Kejriwal seeking directions to allow his wife to join through video conference the proceedings of the medical board constituted to determine Kejriwal's health condition and treatment. The judge directed the jail authorities concerned to file a reply in matter.

NEET UG 2024 results. The post claims the student scored 705 out of 720 in NEET but failed in the Class 12 Physics and Chemistry exams. According to the marksheet in the viral post, the student obtained 21 out of 100 in Physics theory and 36 out of 50 in practicals. In Chemistry, the scores were 31 out of 100 in theory and 33 out of 50 in practicals. Despite these low marks in Class 12, the same student secured a 99.861 percentile in NEET UG Chemistry and a 99.8903 percentile in Physics. This discrepancy in marks has raised serious questions about the authenticity of the student's NEET UG scores. However, ET has not independently verified the authenticity of the marksheet image.

The Supreme Court has made it harder for the federal government to win court orders when it suspects a company of interfering in unionization campaigns in a case that stemmed from a labor dispute with Starbucks

A unanimous Supreme Court on Thursday preserved access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of abortions in the U.S. last year

Tesla shareholders on Thursday voted to restore CEO Elon Musk's record $44.9 billion pay package that was thrown out by a Delaware judge earlier this year. Vote totals were not immediately announced. The favorable vote doesn't mean CEO Musk will get the all-stock compensation anytime soon. The package is likely to remain tied up in the Delaware Chancery Court for months as Tesla appeals the rejection.

Tesla shareholders were voting in favor of a $56 billion pay package for Elon Musk and to move the electric vehicle maker's legal home to Texas, the CEO said on social media on Wednesday. «Thanks for your support!» Musk said on his social media platform X late Wednesday. In his post, Musk included charts showing that the resolutions were set to pass, though shareholders are allowed to change their vote up to the start of the annual meeting.

New Delhi/Mumbai: Coaching centres that train millions of students for competitive exams expressed apprehensions over the latest national pre-medical entrance test after allegations of arbitrary grace marks and paper leaks, even as the government defended the testing authority and the conduct of exams. In an unusual development, a record 67 candidates shared the top rank in the latest National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) to select students for medical, dental and related courses. Six of them were from the same exam centre, sparking student protests and suspicions of leaked question papers.

Tyson Foods has suspended a great-grandson of the company’s founder after his arrest on charges of driving while intoxicated

Suvendu Adhikari would appeal to Calcutta High Court tomorrow after 200 BJP activists, headed by him, were denied entry to Raj Bhavan on Thursday afternoon to see Governor CV Ananda Bose amid postpoll violence. Kolkata police blocked them with multi-level barricading outside Raj Bhavan despite Bose's signed authorisation. «The Governor had given permission to meet 200 victims in writing,» Adhikari said. The delegation could not enter Raj Bhawan even after waiting outside for two hours after the scheduled time of appointment with the Governor at 4PM. All the gates of Raj Bhavan were barricaded at multiple levels by police citing Section 144. These BJP workers are staying in Kolkata shelter following violence in the districts after the polls.

Eight former employees sued SpaceX and its CEO Elon Musk, alleging that Musk ordered them fired after they challenged what they called rampant sexual harassment, a hostile “Animal House”-style work environment at the company and Musk's role in creating...

President Joe Biden’s grip on a key federal energy commission will last beyond his first term, giving a boost to the Democrat’s push for renewable energy regardless of the election results in November

The leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy democracies have agreed to set in motion a $50 billion loan to help Ukraine

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled unanimously to preserve access to mifepristone, the drug most commonly used in medication abortions

Tesla shareholders are charting the future of the electric vehicle company Thursday as they wrap up voting whether or not to restore CEO Elon Musk’s massive pay package that was thrown out by a Delaware judge

Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously ruled against a man who wants to trademark the suggestive phrase “Trump too small." The justices upheld the government’s decision to deny a trademark to Steve Elster, a California man seeking exclusive use of the phrase on T-shirts and potentially other merchandise. It is one of several cases at the court relating to former President Donald Trump, including major cases related to the violent attack on the Capitol in 2021. Earlier this term, the court laid out standards for when public officials can be sued for blocking critics from their social media accounts.

Supreme Court barred on Thursday a federal trademark for the phrase "Trump Too Small" — an irreverent criticism of former President Donald Trump — rejecting a California lawyer's claim that the trademark denial violated his constitutional free speech rights. The justices overturned a lower court's decision that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's rejection of Steve Elster's application to register the trademark to exclusively use it on T-shirts violated the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment.

Imran Khan, a Pakistani court on Thursday acquitted the jailed former premier, his aide Shah Mehmood Qureshi and former minister Sheikh Rashid in a case of vandalism. The case was registered in 2022 at Islamabad's I-9 police station and based on the alleged involvement in acts of vandalism and violation of Section 144 of the Pakistan Penal Code which had banned rallies. Judicial Magistrate Malik Muhammad Imran issued the verdict, acquitting the three senior leaders along with two more leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf — Sadaqat Abbasi and Ali Nawaz Awan.

Supreme Court on Thursday that it has decided to cancel the grace marks awarded to 1,563 students in this year's all-India medical entrance examination, National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Undergraduate) (NEET-UG) 2024 due to allegations of discrepancies. These candidates will be notified of their actual scores, excluding the grace marks, and will be given the option to appear for a re-test, the counsel representing the Union government said.

Musk's long-term commitment to Tesla amidst ongoing legal challenges. Notably, the vote comes amidst a backdrop of shareholder concerns and legal disputes surrounding the initial 2018 pay package, recently invalidated by a Delaware court.

An investment firm and its founder have been charged by the SEC with running an investment scheme which defrauded investors of at least $3 million.

Congress on Thursday again demanded a Supreme Court-monitored probe into the NEET exam issue, and asserted that the anger in the country over the matter will «reverberate inside Parliament as well». The opposition party also sought the removal of the National Testing Agency (NTA) Director General and claimed that the BJP government's attitude towards the ongoing demand for an inquiry into the NEET examination is «irresponsible and insensitive». Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said that in the last 10 years, the Modi government has ruined the future of crores of youth through paper leaks and rigging. «Grace Marks was not the only problem in NEET exam. There has been rigging, papers have been leaked, corruption has taken place. The future of 24 lakh students appearing in the NEET examination is at stake due to the actions of the Modi government,» the Congress president said.