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Student loan payments start up again for most borrowers in October, but more than 800,000 people who have been paying for years are having their loans forgiven

National Coffee Day by extending offers for free and discounted coffee deals! Coffee shops, both big and small, mark this day on their calendars each year, and they are known to offer free coffee and various enticing deals. In a unique twist, Peet’s is introducing a «Disloyalty Program» aimed at encouraging customers of its competitors to make the switch. According to the National Coffee Association (NCA), a whopping 67 per cent of Americans enjoy a daily cup of coffee. This places coffee at the top of the list, ahead of all other beverages, even water. Estimates from the US Department of Agriculture reveal that the United States is the largest importer of coffee globally. Furthermore, the agency anticipates that the US will continue to be responsible for importing 20 per cent of the world's coffee volume through the year 2024.

India’s External Affairs Ministry is examining a letter from the Afghan Embassy that says it plans to cease all operations in the Indian capital by Saturday, an official said Friday. India has not recognized the Taliban government which seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021. It evacuated its own staff from Kabul ahead of the U.S.

telecom department’s view that cloud services come within the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) as well as the latter’s suggestion that any light-touch regulation would stifle growth of India’s cloud ecosystem. The regulatory authority further reiterated it had the powers to make recommendations on cloud services. In its response to a Department of Telecommunications (DoT) back-reference, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has stuck to its earlier position that cloud infrastructure/services can’t be separated from telecom infrastructure/services from a regulatory perspective, and that in an age of convergence, regulatory interventions must happen as and when required in the case of cloud services to protect customer interests. Back in September 2020, Trai had recommended a light-touch regulatory framework for cloud services via setting up of an industry body through a three-step process.

AI-enabled solutions to cut pendency of cases. Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India in collaboration with Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh organised a day-long workshop on "Consumer Protection in Andhra Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Karnataka, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu & Telangana" in Vishakhapatnam on Friday.

₹175 crore in FY19 to ₹362 crore in FY22, a year-on-year increase of 27%. This is still less than 3% of the total CSR spending leaving the bulk of funds untapped for tourism development. If planned better, “Adopt a Heritage 2.0" can leverage these funds to create thriving tourist ecosystems across India, and those ecosystems are sorely needed.

Investing.com -- The headline reading of the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge accelerated by less than expected on a monthly basis in August, while the underlying metric unexpectedly slowed compared to July, in a sign of potentially cooling price gains in the U.S. that could give the central bank less headroom to raise interest rates again this year.

Kerala, and a yellow alert for the remaining districts of the state. The districts where the orange alert is in place are Thiruvananthapuram, Alappuzha, Kannur and Kasaragod. Heavy rain and strong winds lashed parts of Thiruvananthapuram city on Friday morning. The IMD predicted heavy rainfall for several parts of the state for Friday.

US consumer spending increased in August, but underlying inflation moderated, with the year-on-year rise in prices excluding food and energy slowing to below 4.0%. Consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of U.S. economic activity, gained 0.4% last month, the Commerce Department reported on Friday. Data for July was revised higher to show spending increasing 0.9% instead of the previously reported 0.8%.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Albemarle (NYSE:ALB) Corp will pay more than $218 million, including more than $103 million to financial regulators, to settle a U.S. probe into its scheme to bribe government officials in multiple foreign countries, the Department of Justice said on Friday.

The United States has imposed sanctions on a former Sudanese government minister and two companies tied to the paramilitary force that's locked in fighting with the Sudanese army

Citrus farmers in the southeast corner of Louisiana are scrambling to find ways to irrigate their crops with fresh water

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is digging in on his refusal to take up Senate legislation designed to keep the federal government fully running beyond midnight Saturday

United Airlines is making changes for passengers with wheelchairs after a government investigation into a complaint by a disability-rights advocate

The Biden administration is releasing a playbook on best practices for training workers as the low 3.8% unemployment rate and years of underinvestment have left manufacturers, construction firms and other employers with unfilled jobs

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -U.S. carrier JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ:JBLU) said on Friday it had filed a complaint against the Netherlands and the European Union to the U.S. Department of Transportation over the Dutch government's move to curb traffic at Amsterdam's Schipol Airport.

It’s a story that has become too common: An investor, often retired, transfers a big chunk of their 401(k) or IRA to buy gold and in doing so ends up losing a lot of money.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his American counterpart, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, held a bilateral meeting during Jaishankar’s ongoing visit to the United States. In the runup to the meeting, all eyes were on how the US would deal with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegation that India was involved in the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a pro-Khalistan figure in Canada. Mint breaks down the developments.

ITR) if the income tax department has sent a tax notice under Section 245 of the Income Tax Act, 1961. This tax notice is sent to inform the individuals that the income tax department will not credit the tax refund amount (either fully or partially) and that it will set it off against the pending income tax liability from past years.

State Department spokesperson Mathew Miller said that India can speak for itself regarding the Canadian allegations related to Khalistterrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar's killing and the ongoing investigations. He mentioned that Washington has urged New Delhi to collaborate with the Canadian investigation. During the press briefing, State Department spokesperson Mathew Miller was asked whether the issue of Canadian allegations will be raised during External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's meeting with his US counterpart Antony Blinken. «One of the practices I'm going to continue to try to adhere to, is to not speak publicly about what, Secretary Blinken or other representatives of this department will say in their meetings before the Secretary has a chance to say it directly to those counterparts,» Miller said. He added, «We have consistently engaged with the Indian Government on this question and have urged them to cooperate. And that engagement and the urge for them to cooperate will continue». On being further asked about India's response to the US' call for cooperation in the investigation, Miller refused to comment on what is said in private diplomatic conversations. «They can speak for themselves.

Bloomberg has reported. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Justice Department claim that 26-year-old Anthony Viggiano had tipped two of his friends to deals that he heard about while working at the two Wall Street firms. The charges detail how group made more than $400,000 on trades passed around on messaging apps like Signal as well as Xbox chat.