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GST) appeals tribunals and to seek permission for changes in its spending plans, two people aware of the plans said. The bill to amend the central GST law will propose to allow advocates with experience in litigation to be appointed as judicial members in GST appellate tribunal benches, a person aware of the plan said on the condition of anonymity. The age criteria will also be more relaxed than when it was originally proposed, in an attempt to ease the process of finding suitable members.

Toronto police say an estimated street value of $90 million in cocaine and crystal methamphetamine was seized in what the force is calling its single-largest seizure of those types of drugs in its history.At a press conference on Friday, Supt. Steve Watts, from the organized crime unit, said officers were investigating a major importation and distribution network for illicit drugs in the Toronto area in a 3.5-month investigation dubbed Project Finito.Watts said 551 kilograms of cocaine and 441 kilos of crystal meth was seized following search warrants in October.“It is the single-largest seizure of crystal methamphetamine and powder cocaine in the history of the Toronto Police Service,” Watts said.“The drugs were destined for the streets of Toronto and beyond and would have inflicted significant damage on our communities,” Watts continued.

Canadians won’t have to wait much longer to find out if the slowing economy sticks a soft landing or suffers a hard one.

Air India and reflects the airline's commitment to offering a modern and visually appealing experience for passengers. The Tata Group-owned airline has ordered six A350-900 planes and five of them are scheduled for delivery through March 2024. On September 29, Air India said it has completed the acquisition of its first A350-900 aircraft by way of a finance lease transaction with HSBC through the GIFT City.

Sheffield Wednesday fan has been given a suspended prison sentence over mocking the death of Bradley Lowery death. Dale Houghton, the fan who is 32, from Rotherham, was seen laughing as he held up an image of the six-year-old at a match against Sunderland.

Netflix continues to bolster its library, and the latest addition is anticipated to be the popular TV show "Young Sheldon." With the first five seasons set to land on Netflix on November 24, 2023, the streaming giant is poised to offer viewers a delightful post-Thanksgiving treat.

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Ola Electric has converted itself into a public limited company through a corporate restructuring as the leading electric vehicle maker gears up for its initial public offering. The conversion of a private limited company into a public company is a mandatory step for a firm that wants to list on the stock exchange.

Martha Stewart said on Thursday that she had officially canceled her Thanksgiving meal. I abandoned Thanksgiving. Stewart remarked during an appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show, «I canceled.» Nine visitors had to cancel due to an illness.

(Reuters) — The Detroit Casino Council said on Friday it has reached a tentative agreement for a new contract covering 3,700 workers at MGM Grand Detroit operated by MGM Resorts (NYSE:MGM), Hollywood Casino at Greektown operated by Penn and MotorCity Casino.

India on Friday invited Global South to join the recently launched Global Biofuels Alliance, saying it is willing to share its expertise with developing and less developed nations. A global alliance for promoting biofuels was launched at the Group of 20 leaders meeting in September with a view to reducing emissions in the transportation and industrial sectors.

Good genes may be a big piece of the longevity puzzle, but there are some strategies that seem to help people maintain vitality later in life. Wall Street Journal readers shared their own and loved ones’ stories about reaching and surpassing the age of 95, which would put them in just 0.2% of today’s population, according to the Census Bureau. Below, their advice on living long and well.

Assembly Election 2023: The Election Commission of India (EC) has prohibited announcement of exit poll results for the five poll-bound states till November 30. As per a notification, the EC banned conduct, publication and publicity of exit polls from 7.00 am of November 7 till 6.30 pm of November 30. The assembly elections in five states — Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Telangana — are being held between November 7 and November 30.

Maharashtra will require cumulative investment of USD 1.53 trillion over the next six years to become a USD one trillion economy, a vision statement prepared by the Maharashtra Institution of Transformation (MITRA) said. A presentation of the vision statement was made on Friday to the state cabinet, which accepted 341 recommendations.

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Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team all set to face the Pat Cummins-led Australia on 19 November at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi stadium for the high-adrenaline-filled ICC Men's World Cup final, hotel room tariff in Gujarat's Ahmedabad and airfares to the city have skyrocketed. According to a report by news agency PTI, the hotel room tariffs for the night of the match have gone up as high as ₹2 lakh in top five-star hotels in the city, while other hotels have also increased their rates by five to seven times.

Tata Investment Corporation rallied over 20% on Friday's trading session, touched to ₹3,909.90 per piece ahead of upcoming initial public offering (IPO) of Tata Technologies. Tata Investment shares opened ₹ 3,270 per share in the early morning trading on Friday, against previous close at ₹ 3,257 . Tata Technologies, which is all set to go public on November 22, is a subsidiary of Tata Motors in which Tata Investment is a promoter group entity.

DFW housing and macro econ analyst Amy Nixon discusses the future of the housing market on Making Money.

Biden and Xi Jinping had more in common with a counseling session for a couple contemplating divorce. The premise: Let’s try to keep things civil for the kids. All week, fear of a new Cold War has loomed over San Francisco, where Asia-Pacific leaders are gathered. After four hours of talks on Wednesday, the US and Chinese presidents offered a glimpse of just how hard it’s going to be to manage their relationship away from that course. The meeting at the Filoli Estate, 30 miles south of San Francisco, was months in the planning. But when the stakes are high, and the differences fundamental, even the most arduous diplomatic groundwork can sometimes only yield small victories. The US and China have agreed to collaborate on climate and artificial intelligence, and resume military-to-military contacts. More American students will be welcomed in China, Chinese pandas may return to American zoos, and Xi vowed to crack down on fentanyl shipments. Bigger and more divisive issues like trade, tariffs leftover from the Trump years and competition over technology were set aside for now. Also largely unanswered after Wednesday’s talks was the question of what comes next. There are plans for working groups that will see middle-ranking officials meet occasionally, but no future high-level interactions were announced aside from a planned China trip by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, although the two leaders pledged to speak directly if tensions flared. And 2024, which starts with a presidential election in Taiwan and ends with another one in the US, is shaping up to be a crucial year for the world’s most important relationship.

Indian Railways is overhauling its catering policy to better optimise food availability in trains on the national transporter. Base kitchens for clusters of trains will be formed under fresh changes to the catering policy.

ANI, that a joint operation by the Army and Jammu & Kashmir Police is in progress at Behrot in Budhal of Rajouri district. The encounter broke out in the morning during a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) by a joint team of army, police and CRPF in Guller-Behrote area of Budhal tehsil, after inputs of suspicious movement in the area.