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Narendra Modi on Wednesday met his UAE counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and discussed a wide range of areas of bilateral cooperation including trade and investment. «Strengthening India-UAE Comprehensive Strategic Partnership! PM @narendramodi met VP & PM of UAE @HHShkMohd in Dubai. Discussions covered a wide range of areas of bilateral cooperation including trade & investment, technology, education, and people-to-people ties,» said a post on the official X handle of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). In another meeting with Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina, Modi reaffirmed India's commitment to further strengthen India-Madagascar partnership and help in the developmental journey of his island nation. A first meeting between the two leaders, Modi and Rajoelina met on the sidelines of the World Governments Summit here.

₹3,296 crore. Like-to-like consumption was softer, up 5%. This can be partially due to the usual quarterly shift in the festive season.

Chinese ‘Dragon Mart’ facility. It will serve as a warehousing facility for Indian MSMEs to trade in Dubai and work as a unified platform for Indian exporters to showcase their products in the Gulf nation. Like Dragon Mart, India's Bharat Mart is still in the conceptual stages and will be visually launched.

UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2024: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is expected to release notification and start the registration process for the Civil Services Preliminary examination (UPSC CSE Prelims 2024) on Wednesday (February 14). The notification will be available on UPSC websites - upsc.gov.in and upsconline.nic.in. The registrations for Indian Forest Services (IFS) Preliminary exam through Civil Services examination (CSE) will also start today.

A Texas company has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with the federal government and the state of New Mexico to address air pollution concerns in the largest oil and gas producing region in the United States

ICICI Bank branch manager and his aides managed to meet their business performance targets for years by withdrawing money out of the bank accounts of unsuspecting account holders of the branch. They withdrew this money to create an illusion of opening new FD, current and savings accounts. However, someone got to know about it and started blackmailing the bank branch officials. To cover up their misdeeds, their act of misappropriation of money went to the next level and more money was taken out of the bank accounts of customers and was used to pay an Udaipur-based individual as hush money. Rajasthan Police officials have confirmed that till date about Rs 2.5 crore has been paid as hush money to that Udaipur-based individual who has been blackmailing the ICICI Bank branch manager.

Section 80TTB of the Income Tax Act outlines the tax benefits that senior citizens can avail of regarding the interest income they receive from deposits. The Finance Budget 2018 introduced several benefits specifically targeted at senior citizens, one of which is the new provision -Section 80TTB.

Transak is tapping into Visa Direct, meaning that its users in over 145 countries can convert more than 40 different cryptocurrencies into fiat in under 30 minutes. Yanilsa Gonzalez-Ore, North America head, Visa Direct and global ecosystem readiness, says: “By enabling real-time card withdrawals through Visa Direct, Transak is delivering a faster, simpler and more connected experience for its users — making it easier to convert crypto balances into fiat, which can be spent at the more than 130M merchant locations where Visa is accepted." Sami Start, CEO, Transak, says: “We believe this partnership is an inflection point for Web3 as a whole. Now, millions across the globe have a straightforward way to cashout their digital asset holdings to their local currency in real-time and intuitively. "They no longer have to walk the treacherous path of compliance uncertainty or face risks of fraud — Transak and Visa have them covered for over 40 cryptocurrencies.”

Electric carmaker Tesla Inc. is scouting for local partners to make its rooftop solar panels in India, a person aware of the matter said. The selected partner will help with the manufacturing and installation, while Tesla will provide technology and sales expertise.

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Pralhad Joshi attempted to turn the tables on the Karnataka Congress regime on Tuesday, saying that if there was any inequality in funds distribution, CM Siddaramaiah himself was responsible for it. He was the chief minister back in 2016 when the Finance Commission assessed Karnataka, Joshi said, and it was his responsibility to present the state’s demands accurately. Slamming the Congress, Joshi added that the leaders were attacking the Centre with false allegations of inequality in funds devolution merely to cover up their own infighting. “[Chief minister] Siddaramaiah is an expert in lying…they are doing this drama in the background of the Lok Sabha elections to divert attention from the infighting between him and DK Shivakumar,” the MP from Dharwad said. Lok Sabha polls are months away and the Congress has been trying to corner the ruling BJP over fiscal inequality towards the states, with protests in the national capital as well as social media campaigns.

Karnataka – which houses the country’s information technology hub Bengaluru – continues to attract and retain more white collar and leadership talent than any other Indian state, according to a study by executive search firm Xpheno. The study, which covered leadership talent movements and landscape for the 12-month period ending December 2023, shows that only 13 Indian states emerged as talent positive states or states with positive talent balance (PTB) on leadership talent movement. These are states that retain more talent than they lose to other regions.

Nokia Technologies and Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corp on Tuesday informed the Delhi High Court that they want to withdraw their suits including the patent infringement filed by the former, as they have resolved their disputes and reached a confidential litigation settlement last month. Dismissing the suits as withdrawn, Justice Pratibha M Singh said that the parties would be bound by the terms and conditions of the global settlement. The HC also allowed refund of pro-tem security with interest deposited by Oppo during the proceedings within two weeks. It also directed that the confidential documents furnished by the companies in sealed covers or otherwise shall be returned to them and even ordered deletion of their electronic records in the HC.

The Bill was passed by the two Houses of Parliament in the Budget session which concluded on February 10. It seeks to prevent the use of «unfair means» in public examinations and bring «greater transparency, fairness and credibility». It got the President's approval on Monday and shall come into force on a date decided by the Central Government by notification in the Official Gazette.

The most transformational infrastructure project for the Chandigarh capital region, the metro rail network promises to radically improve connectivity across the Tricity, comprising Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali. With Phase 1 spanning over 82 kms and 67 stations covering key locales, the metro aims to decongest traffic and enhance livability.

As the adage goes — ‘Failing to plan is planning to fail’ — and this holds true, especially when it comes to retirement planning. In India, where the population is aging rapidly, it becomes imperative to chart a tax-smart retirement plan for a secure financial future.

accidental Indian captain who matched the peerless Vijay Hazare stroke for stroke with a cover drive to die for, Dattajirao Gaekwad should have played more than 11 Tests, given the talent this remarkable player from Baroda possessed. On Tuesday, Gaekwad died in his hometown Baroda at the age of 95. Statistically, he was the oldest living Indian Test cricketer since the death of Deepak Shodhan in 2016. A nightmare for the Bombay (Mumbai) teams of the 1950s, those cover drives, unfortunately, never really came off when he played at the highest level from 1952 to 1961. His son Aunshuman, who played 40 Tests from the 1970s to the 80s, was more successful with a tight defensive technique compared to his father.

CEO of bankrupt crypto project SafeMoon Braden John Karony is released on bail, but his legal team no longer wants to represent him.

CTET Result 2024 Live Updates: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is set to declare the results of the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) January 2024 examination on ctet.nic.in. Candidates can access their results using their application number and date of birth. The 18th CTET examination took place on January 21, with 3,418 exam centres, and the provisional answer key has already been published.

Hindustan Times (HT), people in Gurugram will be able to watch the event live. Notably, the Gurugram Metro project has been a long-pending demand of the city. It will connect the old part of the city to metro.

The government of Venezuela accused neighboring Guayana of granting illegal oil exploration concessions in territory the two nations are disputing