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Supreme Court on Thursday questioned one of the convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case and the murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 Gujarat riots for depositing the fine imposed on him when the hearing on the pleas challenging his remission was underway before it. Senior advocate Sidharth Luthra, appearing for convict Ramesh Rupabhai Chandana, told a bench of justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan that convicts have approached the trial court in Mumbai and have deposited the fine imposed upon them. «Does non deposit of fine has a bearing on the remission? Did you apprehend that non deposit of fine would have a impact on the merits of the case. First you ask for permission and now without permission you have deposited,» the bench said. Responding to the court's query, Luthra said non-deposition of fine does not affect the decision on remission but he had advised his clients to deposit the fine to «reduce the controversy». «According to me, this has no legal consequence. But since the argument was raised...To reduce the controversy, we have deposited now,» he said. The submission assumes significance as one of the PIL petitioners, challenging the remission granted to convicts, has argued that their premature release is illegal as they have not served their sentence in entirety.

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core sector registered an 8% growth in July, compared with 8.3% in the previous month, as all eight sectors recorded a positive growth for the first time in 14 months, according to data released Friday. While the continuation of government capex (both centre and states) in July led to a strong performance in steel and cement sectors, economists noted that the growth in cement and electricity sector, despite seasonal rains, indicated a progression of economic activity. “Overall, the recovery in the infrastructure industries appears to be ticking off on a pervasive note which bodes well for the private sector capex cycle which Ind-Ra believes is at the cusp of a pickup,” said Paras Jasrai and Sunil K Sinha, economists at Ind-Ra. On Friday, another data released by the government showed GDP growth rising to a four-quarter high of 7.8% on the back of rising consumption and sustained capex. Economists pointed out that a private capex revival was necessary for India to sustain growth momentum.

zinc to farmland soil can help prevent childhood stunting — a condition due to chronic undernutrition — in India, according to a study. Chronic undernutrition is associated with poor brain development and long-lasting harmful consequences, such as reduced school performance and increased disease risks, the researchers said. The study, published recently in the journal Scientific Reports, is the first large-scale research to examine the association between children's nutritional status or health outcomes and soil mineral availability in India, where more than a third of children under five suffer from stunting. «Our results add to a growing body of literature suggesting that interventions like micronutrient-enriched fertilisers may have a positive effect on health,» said study lead author Claire Morton, an undergraduate student in mathematics and computational science at Stanford University, US. «This doesn't prove that those interventions would be cost-effective for India, but it's an exciting indication that they are worth testing,» Morton said. The researchers analysed health data from nearly 300,000 (3 lakh) children and one million women across India with over 27 million soil tests drawn from a nationwide soil health programme.

Launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 9th August, the nationwide campaign is conceived as a culminating event of the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ to pay tribute to those great leaders who have made the supreme sacrifice for the motherland. The State government successfully collected Maati or soils from all its 16 districts, including the hotbed of the recent violence — Churachandpur, Tengnoupal, Kangpokpi and Pherzawl- and symbolically displayed the territorial integrity of Manipur, represented by the soils and each district adorning the tricolor flag to depict the core concept of One Nation. The focus of the programme, held on Thursday at the Manipur State Film Development Society in Imphal was the display of the 388 different batches of soils collected from the 16 districts and homage offering to the soils by the dignitaries attending the national wide campaign, comprising cabinet ministers, MLAs and top bureaucrats of the State. As part of the campaign, soils from the State would be taken to Kartavya Path in New Delhi where a unique Amrit Vatika would be developed by planting different indigenous trees in the mixture of the different soils brought of every part of the country. Addressing the gathering, chief minister N Biren Singh emphasized the importance of collective efforts towards the nation building and development.

With the Bank of Canada on a communications hiatus this month, two economists have read the tea leaves in governor Tiff Macklem’s comments at the July interest rate hike to decipher the bank’s next move — and arrived at diverging conclusions.

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From the 2003 Telgi story that shocked India to Denzel Washington as Robert McCall in 'The Equalizer 3', the month has many titles released on the OTT and theatres. There will be action, romance, fantasy, crime, thriller, comedy drama and many more. If you have access to multiple OTT platforms, it will be an exciting weekend.

Supreme Court Committee on Prison Reforms has said, underlining that speedy trial can become an effective tool to address the issue of overcrowding in jails.

pharmaceutical industry. His net worth is estimated at just under $1 billion. In recent years, Ramaswamy has become increasingly active in America’s culture wars.

₹5963 crore. It will pay ₹3101 crore for digital rights which is ₹35.23 per match and for TV, it will pay ₹2862 or 32.52 crore per match.

Nifty settled lower on the last day of August on Thursday, tracking weak global cues, while investors awaited India's gross domestic product (GDP) data for the April-June quarter of current fiscal (2023-2024) which is expected later today. India's GDP likely moved up to 7.7 per cent in the first quarter, recording the fastest annual pace in a year, supported by robust government capital expenditure and a strong services sector. However, some economists and rating agencies expect India's Q1 GDP print to beat the 8 per cent forecast of the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).

A court has ordered Canada’s competition commissioner to pay telcos Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. millions in costs following weeks-long court proceedings late last year, but a competition law expert said the award is small compared to the actual costs the companies spent due to the hearings.

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Viacom18 has won BCCI media rights for Rs 67.8 crore per match h outbidding Sony Pictures Networks India and Disney Star, sources tell Economic Times. The total value of the deal is Rs 5966 crore, sources added. The e-auction for the bilateral cricket media rights was held today. As per the tender released by the BCCI on August 2, the board had set a base price of Rs 20 crore per match for Package A, which comprises the TV rights for the Indian subcontinent. Package B, which includes global digital rights and the rest of the world TV rights, had a base price of Rs 25 crore per match. The media rights tender was floated for five years (2023-28), covering 88 matches. At Rs 45 crore per match, the overall base price worked out to Rs 3,960 crore. While lowering the base price, the BCCI has set a threshold of Rs 60 crore per match, or Rs 5,280 crore for the 88 matches.

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government has called for a special session of Parliament for five days starting September 18, said Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Thursday. However, no official announcement has been made regarding the agenda of the session which will be held days after the G20 Summit in the national capital, Delhi, on September 8 to 10, 2023. «Special Session of Parliament (13th Session of 17th Lok Sabha and 261st Session of Rajya Sabha) is being called from 18th to 22nd September having five sittings.

WhiteOak Capital Mutual Fund has launched WhiteOak Capital Multi Cap Fund, an open-ended equity scheme investing across large cap, mid cap, small cap stocks. The new fund offer or NFO of the scheme is open for subscription and it will close on September 14. The scheme will reopen for subscription within five business days from the date of allotment of units under NFO. The investment objective of the scheme is to provide long-term capital appreciation / income by investing across market capitalisations and managing a diversified portfolio of large cap, mid cap and small cap stocks.

New Sandfire Resources managing director Brendan Harris says acquisitions would need to be extremely attractive to distract him from the task of getting the company’s two new mines performing to their full potential.

Cashed-up West Australian lithium miner IGO has rewarded investors with a hefty dividend after its share of earnings from the world’s largest hard rock lithium mine surged. It signalled plans to double down on its onshore battery metal processing.