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Anita Anand and Chrystia Freeland recently drew public attention to their contrasting personas and political positioning. Anand, now President of the Treasury Board, was ousted as Minister of National Defence, supposedly for advocating too strenuously to fund the cash-strapped military and for excessive self-promotion. Clearly undeterred, she was quick out of the gate of her new gig with a letter to cabinet colleagues ordering them to come up with $15.4 billion in expenditure cuts over the next five years. For her part, Freeland used a commencement address at Northeastern University in Boston to ask rhetorically whether capitalist democracy is still effective.

Tesla is letting some drivers use its Autopilot driver-assist system for extended periods without making them put their hands on the steering wheel, a development that has drawn concern from U.S. safety regulators

Indiabulls Housing Finance share price has risen 26.3% in the last five trading sessions after the company has repaid ₹1,112.5 crores of bonds this week. On Wednesday's session, Indiabulls Housing shares closed at ₹193.25 apiece on BSE, up 2.52%. In August, Indiabulls Housing Finance stock price surged nearly 35%, which is the largest monthly gain since June 2020.

Supreme Court is scheduled to resume hearing on Thursday a clutch of petitions challenging the remission granted to all 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case and murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 Gujarat riots. A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan, which is hearing the final arguments on the pleas challenging the remission granted to the convicts, will hear for the seventh day the submissions of the accused who are defending their release. While hearing the arguments on August 24, the top court had said, «Law is supposed to be a noble profession,» as it voiced surprise over how can one of the convicts in the case practice law after his conviction, the remission of his sentence notwithstanding. The issue came to the court's notice when advocate Rishi Malhotra, defending the remission granted to Radheshyam Shah, told the bench that his client had served over 15 years of actual sentence and the state government gave him the relief after taking note of his conduct. The Gujarat government had released all 11 convicts in the case on the basis of the 1992 remission policy and not the policy adopted in 2014, which is now in force. Under the 2014 policy, the state cannot grant remission for a crime investigated by the CBI or where people have been convicted of murder with rape or gang-rape. Besides the petition filed by Bilkis Bano, contesting the remission granted to them, several other PILs including one by CPI(M) leader Subhashini Ali, independent journalist Revati Laul and former vice-chancellor of Lucknow University Roop Rekha Verma have challenged the remission.

ChatGPT became a big success. Big tech companies such as Microsoft, Google and Meta have upped their investments in AI, and companies across sectors are preparing for an AI disruption. For India's information technology (IT) services companies, this has two implications.

BEIJING — U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo has called on China to improve the predictability of the business environment for American companies in the country.

railway stockshave been on the radar of investors. And for good reason. The government is planning to introduce aproduction-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for train component makersas part of its efforts to attract foreign manufacturing firms and reduce dependence on import.

ANI, "Before the elections, Congress party had made five promises to Karnataka. We had said that when Congress party and its leaders say something, they do it. Today, when we click on the tablet, crores of women receive ₹2000 directly into their bank accounts." Rahul also underlined the importance of schemes like 'Shakti' and 'Gruha Lakshmi Yojana' while mentioning his conversations with women during the Bharat Jodo Yatra.

Supreme Court of India on the twelfth day of hearing petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019 granting special status to Jammu and Kashmir noted that the reorganisation of the state was not ‘one of a kind’ as was pointed out by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta. The five judge bench of the Supreme Court comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, and Surya Kant noted that the case of Jammu and Kashmir bifurcation was no different than other Indian states that have undergone the same.

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s judicial remand in connection to the alleged disclosure of state secrets extended till September 13 by a special court on Wednesday, PTI reported.

Best-performing Flexi Cap Mutual Funds in 5 years (till August 25, 2023): While many Flexi Cap funds have given very high returns in the last one and three years, not many have performed well in five years. Data on the website of the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) shows direct plans of only five flexi cap funds have given over 15% annualised returns in 5 years. The regular plans of these schemes have given over 14% annualised returns in this duration.

Rahul Gandhi who arrived in Bengaluru ahead of the launch of the scheme transferred the amount into the bank accounts of the beneficiaries of Gruha Lakshmi Yojana, through direct benefit transfer (DBT). The scheme was out at a public function in Mysuru in the presence of state Chief Minister Siddaramiah and Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge among other senior leaders of the party. While addressing the event, the Congress MP said, “Before the elections, Congress party had made five promises to Karnataka.

Queensland neighborhood in Australia were taken aback when they witnessed a sizable python slithering across the roof of a house. The awe-inspiring snake, measuring approximately five meters in length and weighing around 15 kilograms, was a spectacle that drew a gathering of onlookers outside the house.

Himachal Pradesh has registered over 38,000 conjunctivitis cases this month with 1,701 infections reported on August 28 alone, officials said on Wednesday. According to data available with the state's Health Department, Mandi district reported the maximum of 6,084 cases, followed by 5,840 infections in Kangra, 5,797 in Hamirpur, 4,033 in Solan and 3,944 in Chamba. Sirmaur district has recorded 3,855 conjunctivitis cases, Una 3,471, Shimla 2,200, Bilaspur 1,839, Kullu 1,442 and Kinnaur 16, the data showed. The Lahaul and Spiti district has been free from the disease so far. As many as 38,521 cases of conjunctivitis have been reported in Himachal Pradesh between August 1 and 28, Mission Director of National Health Mission Sudesh Kumar Mokta told PTI. Director of State Health Services Dr Gopal Berry said cases of conjunctivitis or eye flu are being reported from different parts of the state with symptoms like redness in the eyes, stickiness, irritation and swelling in some cases. It is a common infection which gets cured in three to five days and it does not cause any kind of vision problem, he added. Doctors have advised patients suffering from conjunctivitis to avoid going to crowded places and keep their belongings like handkerchiefs, towels, pillows, sheets and clothes separate.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will deliver a “What’s Next Address" that will outline her policy priorities for the second half of the year

Sanjiv Bhasin, Director, IIFL Securities, says LTIM, Apollo Hospital, Reliance, ICICI and Axis, these five stocks should make up your portfolio for the run-up to 20,000. LTIM is my stock from here till Diwali. Rs 6000 plus is coming on LTIM by this Diwali.”You were quite positive on the midcap IT names, the likes of Coforge, Tech Mahindra was one of those brilliant finds which has done very well for the investors. What next in the IT sector that you are watching out for?LTIM, the best player, is going to be the star as far as the AI circle goes and which is seeing huge amounts of order inflows and high margins. Their attrition has been the lowest and LTIM is one largecap which I can now bet on because it is on the index. So I am focusing on largecaps in the index. LTIM, Reliance, ICICI Bank, Axis, which you mentioned the reasons and if we are going to see Bank Nifty expire above 45,000, then both these largecaps have to join. But LTIM is my stock from here till Diwali. 6000 plus is coming on LTIM by this Diwali.

Wordle is back with yet another interesting puzzle for today. Today's Wordle puzzle is the easiet one. Before we tell you the hints, here's a quick Wordle guide for beginners.

Titanic, citing a federal law and an international agreement that treat the shipwreck as a hallowed gravesite. The expedition is being organized by RMS Titanic Inc., the Georgia-based firm that owns the salvage rights to the world's most famous shipwreck. The company exhibits artifacts that have been recovered from the wreck site at the bottom of the North Atlantic, from silverware to a piece of the Titanic's hull. The government's challenge comes more than two months after the Titan submersible imploded near the sunken ocean liner, killing five people.

UIDAI made this announcement via an office memorandum dated February 6, 2023. Earlier, in column numbers 5 and 8 of the forms for the 0-5 and 5-18 age categories that «Birth certificates with name as Baby of… is not allowed.» After further consideration, the foregoing condition is revoked with immediate effect. According to the latest office memorandum dated August 25, 2023, “In the Forms for 0-5 and 5-18 age groups, it is mentioned under column no. 5 and 8 that ‘Birth certificate with name as Baby of………… is not allowed’. 3. The matter has been reconsidered and above condition is withdrawn with immediate effect.” According to the UIDAI office memorandum dated February 6, 2023: As part of the strengthening of Aadhaar enrolment ecosystem, E&U-I Division has issued OM No. HQ-16024/4/2020-EU-I-HQ Part (1) dated 21.09.2022 with direction to collect the Aadhaar number of both the parents along with biometric authentication of any one parent at the time of enrolment with some exceptions. In continuation to the above, it is decided to use separate forms for Aadhaar enrolment and update of Adult residents (>18 years) and Children (0-5 and 5-18 age groups separately)

Also Read: Raksha Bandhan 2023: Rakhi wishes, auspicious time to celebrate and more As per media reports, Bhardwaj revealed that he has enlisted the services of an agency to carry out this undertaking. More than 10 skilled craftsmen are currently involved in the creation of the rakhi, utilizing materials such as fabric, cardboard, thermocol sheets, and wood.

Jio Financial Services hit the 5% upper circuit on Wednesday following a likely block deal in pre-market trade wherein 12.7 lakh shares of the company changed hands. The development invited a strong investor response with over 1.58 crore shares trading on the NSE in the opening trade. The block deal reported by ET NOW is the second in a row and follows a deal on Tuesday which saw 0.8% equity changing hands.