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Nagaland government has assured the Supreme Court that the municipal elections in the state, incorporating a one-third quota for women, will be completed by April 30, 2024. This announcement follows the passage of the Nagaland Municipal Bill 2023 by the state Legislative Assembly, a move welcomed by the Supreme Court. Advocate General K.N.

Gopal Rai has written a letter to the Yogi Adityanath Uttar Pradesh government, urging action to be taken against non-destined vehicles entering Delhi from the UP border in order to reduce pollution levels in the national capital. In the letter addressed to UP Transport Minister Dayashankar Singh, Rai requested that all non-destined vehicles be diverted through the Eastern and Western Peripheral expressways at their entry points before reaching the Delhi border, according to news agency ANI. Delhi environment minister suggested deploying additional enforcement teams at all entry points to ensure compliance with these directions.

CM Kejriwal skips ED questioning on Delhi excise policy case: What lies ahead? The Rouse Avenue court on Friday allowed Sisodia to meet his wife after he sought permission from the court to meet her for five days. The court has extended the judicial custody of Sisodia in the excise policy case till 22 November. In June too he was granted permission by the Delhi High Court to meet his wife Seema, who suffers from multiple sclerosis.

Diwali is steeped in the belief that it ushers in good fortune and prosperity. There is an inherent and old tradition of giving and sending gifts to loved ones. Some love to shower their dear ones with gifts of gold and silver while some adopt the alternative route of gifting shares, antique pieces, or expensive artefacts collected over a period.

Delhi health department has advised a slew of measures in view of the pollution in the national capital. The advisory, published in major dailies on Saturday has also underlined that pregnant women, patients with underlying medical conditions, children and the elderly population should be more cautious and avoid exposure to air pollution. However, intermittent rains on Thursday night and Friday brought major relief from the hazardous air lingering over the national capital for two weeks.

SCSS), Public Provident Fund (PPF) and 5-year post office time deposit. Here is a look at the changes made to these small savings schemes.

Indian Navy veterans sentenced to death by a court in Qatar On June 1, 1954, November 11th was designated as Veterans Day, a day dedicated to honouring American veterans from all wars. Prior to this, it was known as Armistice Day, commemorating the end of World War I in 1918.

Delhi police inspected the trucks carrying non-essential goods at the Ghazipur and Tikri borders on Friday night, as the GRAP 4 regulations are in place. Under the final stage (Stage IV) of the Centre's action plan, only CNG, electric, and BS VI-compliant vehicles from other states are allowed to enter Delhi, with exemptions granted to those involved in essential services. Visuals from the Ghazipur border showed the police team monitoring the trucks entering Delhi. Only CNG and electric trucks are allowed to enter Delhi. Another team of Delhi Police at the Tikri border checked the trucks entering the national capital. This development comes as the city on Friday saw a marginal improvement in the toxic air following spells of sudden rainfall. The overall air quality in Delhi at 7 am on Friday was 407, per the government's air-quality monitoring agency, SAFAR.

Investing.com — The Dow rallied to notch second-straight weekly win Friday as big tech led a rebound in stocks following a wobble a day earlier when Fed chair Jerome Powell's reminder that rate hikes aren't over rattled markets.

A number of altcoins bankrolled by recently convicted FTX founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, appropriately dubbed “Sam coins,” have continued to rally this week ahead of his potential March trial.

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Work safety authorities are investigating the death of a 26-year-old tradesman at Liontown Resources’ flagship lithium project in Western Australia.

A consortium of 47 countries, including the US, the UK, and Australia, have adopted a new framework for the automatic exchange of information between tax authorities.

India and USA on Friday reiterated that they stand with Israel against terrorism and called for adherence to international humanitarian law, including with regard to the protection of civilians. They called for the immediate release of all remaining hostages.

Investing.com — Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) will likely need «several months» to ramp up production of its new artificial intelligence chip aimed at capturing growing demand in China, according to analysts at Wolfe Research.

Investing.com — U.S. futures traded in a mixed fashion Friday, ending the week amid a degree of uncertainty after a relatively hawkish speech by Fed Chair Jerome Powell.

₹10.60 lakh crore, crossing 58 per cent of the Budget target for the full year, the Income Tax department said on Friday. The net corporate tax collection grew 12.48 per cent and personal income tax mop up rose 31.77 per cent. The provisional figures of Direct Tax collections up to 9 November continue to register steady growth according to a statement by the Ministry of Finance.

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BEIJING — U.S. chipmaking giant Nvidia has reportedly found a way to sell high-end chips to Chinese companies — while remaining compliant with U.S. rules aimed at curbing China's access to the tech.

air emergency in the national capital, the Union Health Ministry on Friday issued an advisory for children in Delhi and neighbouring states amid mounting pollution concerns and toxic air days that have emerged as a clear and present danger to public health. However, in a measure of respite from the smog or toxic cloud that has been hanging heavy over the national capital in the last week and more, the city on Friday received showers that saw the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) drop below 400. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) pegged the city's overall AQI at 398 at 10.30 am on Friday. The central health advisory on Friday laid particular emphasis on children, as it advised school authorities, heads, teachers as well as parents to develop mechanisms to create awareness and motivate students to adopt better practices to mitigate and adapt to air pollution. The ministry said schools should organise awareness events and award children for taking up mitigation practices to fight air pollution. «Areas: Cities and urban areas are more likely to have outside pollution levels.

Bank of Queensland has lost its fifth executive since Patrick Allaway stepped in to stabilise the company’s senior management a year ago.