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Ambikapur in Chattisgarh faced a pressing challenge in plastic waste management, with over 2 lakh people uncertain about the proper disposal of plastic waste. Additionally, public facilities like roads lacked adequate funding. To tackle these issues, municipal officials devised a brilliant plan.

AI safety commitments by seven technology companies Friday. But a closer look at the activity raises questions about how meaningful the actions are in setting policies around the rapidly evolving technology. The answer is that it is not very meaningful yet.

The Biden administration’s attempt to surgically cut economic ties with China is proving difficult to execute. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen visited Vietnam this week to discuss her push for “friendshoring," a term she uses to call for companies to shift supply chains from China to friendlier nations. Trade between the U.S.

Prosecutors say FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is harassing a key witness against him at his upcoming trial by publicly disclosing personal things she wrote while she was the chief executive at his cryptocurrency hedge fund trading firm

Chandrasekhar has said in the Parliament that government authorities had not shut down the services of American microblogging site Twitter and did not raid homes of executives of Twitter for hosting content of farmers' agitation during 2021. This allegation was first made by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey in a television interview, which was repeatedly denied by Chandrasekhar on his social media handle.

music festival, Tomorrowland, in 2023. The iconic event will take place over two consecutive weekends in its longtime home of Boom, promising an unforgettable experience for all music enthusiasts. For those who couldn't attend in person, Tomorrowland's organizers have you covered with a mesmerizing live stream, bringing the magic of the festival straight to your home.

NEW DELHI : A group of 30 Indian and foreign investors, including marquee names such as Indian venture capital firms Kalaari Capital, Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia India and South-East Asia) and Lumikai, and US firms Tiger Global Management and Tribe Capital, on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking a meeting to elucidate the impact of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council’s recommendation to tax the online gaming sector at 28% of the gross revenue earned by companies in this sector. The letter claimed that the new recommended tax for the sector could lead to an increase of up to 1,100%, based on the present interpretation of the GST Council’s recommendation to tax real-money online gaming companies at 28% of the “full face value" of their earnings.

New Delhi: The Railways will armour 3,000 km of its network covering the Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah routes with the protection system Kavach system, the government said on Friday. In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronic & Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw said, “Kavach tenders have been awarded for Delhi – Mumbai & Delhi – Howrah corridors (approximately 3000 Route km) and work is in progress on these routes. Indian Railways is preparing Detailed Project Report (DPR) and detailed estimate for another 6000 RKM." He added that Kavach has so far been deployed on 1465 Route km and 121 locomotives (including Electric Multiple Unit rakes) on South Central Railway.

₹2,448 crore. Overall, the retail business, comprising of formats such as Reliance Digital, Ajio, JioMart, Smart Point, Jio Stores, and several others, reported a 19.5% jump in June quarter revenue at ₹69,948 crore; growth was led by grocery, consumer electronics (excluding devices) and fashion and lifestyle categories, RIL said announcing its June quarter earnings on Friday. Towards the end of the quarter, Reliance Retail completed the Metro Cash and Carry India acquisition.

₹2,448 crore, driven by growth in the groceries, consumer electronics, and fashion and lifestyle categories. The business, which is a division of Mukesh Ambani's billionaire-led Reliance Industries Ltd, reported a combined net profit of ₹2,061 crore during the same period the year before. According to the corporation, its operating revenue for the quarter increased by 19.5% to ₹62,159 crore from ₹58,554 crore in the same period last year.

On July 18, 1968, two brilliant engineers at Fairchild Semiconductor, Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore, came together to establish N.M. Electronics, which later became known as Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC). Their first-year revenue was $2,672 – not bad for a start!

Ashneer Grover explained the math in detail how the tax of 28% imposed on the gamer will take away a large chunk of his earnings which will make the whole exercise futile and slowly people will start wading away from online gaming because it is not that profitable anymore. The BharatPe cofounder submitted that the gamer will not play for such low returns and consequently, the gaming industry will not earn revenue which means no tax for the government.

Guwahati: The Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs,Nirmala Sitharaman said that North East is the biggest beneficiary of GST as this tax regime is destination / consumption based. North East has witnessed GST Revenue growth of 27.5% and the taxpayer base has increased significantly from 1 lakh to 3.45 lakh in the region. Sitharaman was in Guwahati on Friday to attend the Investiture Ceremony for conferment of Presidential Award of Appreciation Certificates and Medals for — ‘Specially Distinguished Record of Service’ to the officers and staff of Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs was held at Guwahati.

(Reuters) -KKR & Co said on Friday it would buy chemical maker Chase in an all-cash deal valued at about $1.3 billion including debt, to help the private equity firm bolster its holdings in the specialty chemicals sector.

₹8,990. It will be available across Sony retail stores (Sony Center and Sony Exclusive), the www.ShopatSC.com portal, major electronic stores, and other e-commerce websites in the country. Sony says that the WF-C700N can cancel out background noise with noise cancelling or use the Ambient Sound Mode to stay connected with natural surroundings.

₹558.26 crore during 2016-17, and its IGST collection increased manifold to ₹7,097 crore (FY 23). Similarly, Sikkim and Meghalaya registered a significant achievement with collections increasing from ₹263.5 crore to ₹3,136 crore and ₹587.21 crore to ₹2,078 crore, respectively, she said. "The GST is a symbol of what post-independence India can do towards building a constitutional mechanism just so that the center and state work together to improve revenues," Sitharaman said.

semiconductors. The courses would focus on three main areas design, logistics and advanced communication technology.

FIR registered in connection with the parading of two women naked in Manipur, charged that before abducting them, a group of armed men came to the village in Kangpokpi district and torched and looted houses, attacked people killing some besides sexually assaulting women. The FIR, a copy of which is available with PTI, claimed that one person was killed by the mob as he tried to protect his sister from being raped on May 4 before the two were paraded naked and molested in front of others. «Around 900-1000 persons carrying sophisticated weapons like AK rifles, SLR, INSAS and .303 rifles forcefully entered our village… in Island subdivision, Kangpokpi district, about 68 km south from Saikul police station. »The violent mob vandalised all the houses and burnt them to the ground after looting all the moveable properties," the FIR lodged at Saikul police station claimed. They took away cash, furniture, electronic items, foodgrains, furniture and cattle heads, it said. The mob also snatched away five people who were rescued by police personnel from a nearby forest, the FIR claimed.

station names. The new name station finding feature has been rolled out today. For instance, if a passenger enters popular locations like Vaishno Devi, Badrinath, Khatu Shyam, or Noida, the ticket booking platform will automatically display the nearest railway station, making it easier to find the exact booking station.

BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese authorities announced measures on Friday intended to help boost sales of automobiles and electronics with the goal of shoring up a sluggish economy, but the steps failed to impress investors who have been clamouring for stronger stimulus.

The portal www.violation-reporting.in will help the Union Health Ministry collate information and take swift action on reported violations, an official source told PTI. The Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage and Advertisement) Act (PECA) came into force in 2019. There seems to be a lack of awareness about the portal which was launched in May, an official source said, adding anyone can report violations of the PECA and the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act-2003 on the website. The communication from the Union Health Ministry to the states was issued on the same day the Centre sent notices to 15 websites selling e-cigarettes, directing them to stop advertisement and sale of the banned products.