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The Aam Aadmi Party on Friday nominated Delhi Commission for Women Chief Swati Maliwal for Rajya Sabha. Apart from Maliwal, who will be the newest Rajya Sabha lawmaker of AAP, ND Gupta and Sanjay Singh have been renominated.

Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani has surpassed Reliance Industries Limited Chairman Mukesh Ambani to regain the top spot as the richest man in Asia, with a total net worth of $97.6 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaire’s Index. Gautam Adani is now the world’s 12th richest person, up from the 15th position in December 2023. 

Arvind Kejriwal launched a scathing attack on the BJP, accusing them of keeping Manish Sisodia imprisoned for 11 months through «false cases» and «dictatorship.» Kejriwal highlighted their long-standing friendship stating, «This friendship is very old. Our affection and trust are very strong.

South African former Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius was released on parole on Friday, nearly 11 years after murdering his girlfriend in a crime that shocked a nation long inured to violence against women. Pistorius — dubbed "Blade Runner" for his carbon-fibre prosthetic legs — shot 29-year-old model Reeva Steenkamp dead through a locked bathroom door on Valentine's Day in 2013.

Ministry of Defence lost a decade-long legal battle on the deficient supply of kidney beans or rajma to the Kendriya Bhandar (KB), with the Army Purchase Organisation being directed by the arbitrator to return the cashed bank guarantee amount of Rs 44.5 lakh to KB with 7.5 per cent interest since 2012, a TOI report stated. The Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, informed the Attorney General R Venkataramani, who represented the Ministry of Defence, that there were no grounds to challenge the findings of the trial court and the Delhi High Court, which had upheld the arbitral award. In May 2011, the Army Purchase Organisation (APO) had invited tenders for the supply of 1,200 tonnes of rajma for defence services, estimated at a cost of Rs 4.44 crore. KB was awarded the contract and provided a bank guarantee of Rs 44.5 lakh as a security deposit. A dispute arose over the quality of rajma supplied by KB.

Now-defunct cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network has revealed plans to unstake its Ethereum (ETH) holdings as part of its efforts to distribute assets to creditors. 

PM Modi's 3rd straight term at Centre ‘almost an inevitability’: Report "Currently, people travel to Ayodhya through Kamta to Chinhat Matiyari via Barabanki. However, the usage of the alternative Sultanpur route is declining. Therefore, instructions have been issued to promote awareness of these alternative routes," Upendra Kumar Agarwal, Lucknow Joint Commissioner of Police said.

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Jeffrey Epstein list LIVE updates The unsealed documents mentioned that Recarey told the attorney that the duo recruited, "I would say approximately 30; 30, 33," girls. The attorney had asked the detective, "And at the end of that massage, if that victim brought other friends, she would get paid for the recruitment of those friends?" "Correct," Recarey replied. Epstein was exposed as a pedophile and killed himself while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges in 2019.

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Close family members of the Afzaals, the Muslim family murdered by Nathaniel Veltman in a vehicle attack, are sharing stories of loss, grief, and pain but also of faith and resilience at a sentencing hearing in London, Ont.

sexual offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein. The court documents, contrary to prompted rumors of a list of ‘clients’ or ‘co-conspirators’, mention figures whose names were already known, including high-profile friends of Epstein’s and victims who have spoken publicly. The court documents mentions high profile politicians like Bill Clinton, Donald trump, and several Hollywood actors.

Alphabet’s Google, which owns YouTube, has consistently denied being their boss, even after NLRB officials last year deemed it a “joint employer" of the workers – a company with enough control over them to be liable for their treatment and obligated to negotiate with them if they unionize. A Google spokesperson said the company plans to appeal the ruling in federal court.

₹9.3 trillion had been withdrawn over a period before admission, indicating settlements between creditors and businesses. Policymakers expect that fewer cases may be settled before the admission stage, given that the government had in 2020 raised the payment default threshold for initiating IBC proceedings.

In its decision of 3 January on the matter of an Adani Group probe in the wake of Hindenburg’s allegations, the Supreme Court (SC) upheld trust in the regulatory system under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), emphasizing its commitment to financial transparency and market integrity, by endorsing Sebi’s regulations. It dismissed conflict-of-interest concerns and asked the market regulator to conclude its investigation of the remaining parts within three months.

Tribunal (SAT) retired last week, leaving the quasi-judicial bench with only one judge and potentially affecting the functioning of the tribunal that hears appeals against orders by the capital markets regulator. SAT has a sanctioned strength of three judges. SAT's presiding officer and judiciary member, Justice Tarun Agarwala, retired last week.

The Adani Group has steadfastly denied the allegations that first surfaced about a year ago, causing the erosion of about $150 billion in market capitalization before stock prices recovered steadily through the year. The origins of the Adani case: On January 24, 2023, US-based short seller Hindenburg Research published a report alleging malfeasance by the Adani Group. That included cooking books of accounts, over-invoicing of import costs and round-tripping of own money to push up share prices.

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has recently come under scrutiny for its handling of a legal case against Debt Box, a mining software firm. In a rare admission, the SEC has acknowledged significant errors in its approach to the case, sparking discussions in the legal and cryptocurrency communities.

A court in Argentina has delivered a blow to labor rule changes announced by President Javier Milei as part of sweeping deregulation and austerity measures aimed at reviving the country’s struggling economy

The German government is watering down cost-saving plans that have infuriated farmers

A customer who claims he was injured by an exploding toilet at a Dunkin' store in central Florida has filed a negligence lawsuit against the coffee chain