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Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang handed over Rs 20,000 cheque to drivers of tourist vehicles who were stranded in North Sikkim during the flash flood which hit the Himalayan state. Over 223 tourist vehicle drivers were stranded in Lachen, Lachung and Chungthang as the road connectivity to Mangan district in the northern part of the state was cut off due to the Testa river flash flood on October 4.

The action-packed third week of Sam Bankman-Fried's historic fraud trial concluded Thursday afternoon in Manhattan federal court. Here's what you missed.

The action-packed third week of Sam Bankman-Fried's historic fraud trial concluded Thursday afternoon in Manhattan federal court. Here's what you missed.

Humanitarian donations to conflict-ravaged Haiti have dramatically declined since the assassination of its President Jovenel Moïse in 2021

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s long-running legal case against the thrift store chain Savers Value Village turned out to be no bargain, as the state has been ordered to pay the company nearly $4.3 million in legal fees

Mint examines the concerns related to the transparency and accountability of the scheme, as well as its potential for misuse as a political funding source. Electoral bonds were introduced in the 2017 Union Budget to enhance transparency in political funding. Concerns arose due to donor anonymity and lack of disclosure.

Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra to receive contributions from foreign sources for the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya, its general secretary Champat Rai said on Wednesday. Such contributions can be sent to a designated bank account of the trust in the SBI's main branch located in Delhi, he said.

Bankman-Fried's fraud trial in Manhattan federal court, according to a report published by Reuters. “I thought FTX would be able to stay in business upon learning in September 2022 of a $13 billion shortfall in customer funds, potentially bolstering Bankman-Fried's argument that he believed the exchange's troubles were manageable," Singh told the jury under cross-examination.

Launched a year ago in Europe, Sweat Economy builds on Sweatcoin, an app that pays people to walk in coins that can then be used to donate to charity and to get deals when buying goods and services from over 600 brand partners.Sweat Economy is powered by $SWEAT, or Sweat Token, a crypto asset representing tokenised physical activity, minted by steps. The token is managed via a non-custodial Web3 mobile wallet dApp.Accrued $SWEAT can be deposited into “Growth Jars” to be saved and multiplied, and unlock exclusive rewards within the ecosystem.

On the morning of October 4, 2023, a significant legal event will unfold as Judge Kaplan begins the criminal trial against Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), a name that has become synonymous with the crypto exchange FTX. The anticipation surrounding the trial has caught the attention of top executives at Coinbase, a leading competitor to FTX. Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, and Paul Grewal, the Chief Legal Officer, shared their insights on the impending court proceedings through a series of Twitter exchanges on October 3, 2023.

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The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum just got $20 million to build a high-tech classroom for visiting students. The source: weight-loss drug wealth. Two nonprofit foundations are large shareholders of Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk, the companies selling the drugs Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro popularly used to reduce weight.

FTX made political donations with stolen customer funds using signed blank checks and access to employee bank accounts, former FTX executive Nishad Singh testified in court Monday. Singh told the jury that former FTX executive Ryan Salame, who has pleaded guilty to his role in the campaign-finance scheme, logged into his bank account and entered the details for the money to be sent to political causes. Then Salame would ask Singh to approve the transaction in an encrypted Signal chat, he said.

crypto exchange FTX, on Monday said he had a lot of admiration and respect for FTX Co-founder and CEO Sam Bankman-Fried but over time, that «eroded». According to Singh, Bankman-Fried's frequent dipping into customers' funds was at times done «unilaterally» and was often «excessive.» Singh, who has already pleaded guilty, testified as the third week of Sam Bankman-Fried's criminal trial began in the US, according to CoinDesk. Singh testified that he learned two months before the crypto exchange blew up that it was improperly using customers' money. He said he knew around $8 billion of FTX customers' money had gone missing. «I had a lot of admiration and respect for him, but over time that eroded,» Singh said of Bankman-Fried, his friend from high school, CoinDesk reported. Singh said he «learned of a hole» in the company finances in September 2022. The hole was «enormous,» Singh said, adding that the funds were used by Alameda Research which is Bankman-Fried's affiliated trading firm «for a variety of venture investments, political donations, real estate purchases and other expenditures». «I had a lot of admiration and respect for him, but over time that eroded,» Singh told the court. The Bankman-Fried trial resumed with more prosecution witnesses. Like previous witnesses Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison and FTX Co-founder Gary Wang, Singh has also pleaded guilty to fraud and conspiracy counts. Last week, Wang told the court that FTX used hidden Python code to misrepresent the value of its insurance fund. FTX claimed in 2021 on Twitter that «the 5.25 million FTT (FTX tokens) we put in our insurance fund in 2019 now makes the fund worth over 100 million USD». However, former chief technology officer Wang

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earlier shared on social media that it had already donated 4,000 meals to hospitals and military units dedicated to Israeli soldiers fighting Hamas. It plans to donate thousands of meals every day to soldiers in the field and in drafting areas, it said.

Businessman Mark Carnegie has painted a lurid picture of the cryptocurrency bull market of the past few years, accusing the sector of making “common cause with criminals and scumbags”.

In a recent legal document filed, attorneys for the former CEO of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, Samuel Bankman-Fried, have raised objections regarding the proposed jury questions for the upcoming fraud trial. The document asserts that the government's proposed jury questions could elicit biased responses against Bankman-Fried, which might lead to an unfair trial.

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Follow our LIVE coverage of the Israel-Hamas War here “Once someone ventures into the space of 'who is the perpetrator and who is the victim,' you enter into the exposure of social media disinformation and risk," he added. Here's a look at all that was said and promised. JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, on a post-earnings call, expressed deep sadness about recent attacks on Israel, stating, "Terrorism and hatred have no place in our civilized world," before delving into the financial results.

https://justgiving.com/campaign/gaza-emergency2023 You can also donate via Facebook and Instagram. Thank you for your solidarity" Hamas has also made an urgent plea to international relief organisations to deliver essential medical and humanitarian supplies to Gaza, CNN report stated as reported by ANI.