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Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira, accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, are likely to walk out of jail on Saturday as a special court here has issued their release order, a week after they were granted bail by the Supreme Court. A lawyer linked to the case said the special court hearing cases related to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) issued their release order on Friday and the accused are likely to walk out of the jail by this evening as their bail formalities before the court have been completed. The accused are currently lodged in Taloja jail in neighbouring Navi Mumbai.

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Jharkhand MLAs are set to increase significantly as the special committee on pay hikes constituted by the Assembly has submitted its report to Speaker Rabindra Nath Mahato, and it is likely to be implemented soon. Once implemented, the legislators will become the highest-earning MLAs in the country with a monthly salary and allowances of Rs 2.88 lakh. Presently, the MLAs of Telangana get a maximum amount of Rs 2.50 lakh per month.

Check the latest updates on Chandrayaan-3 entering into Moon's orbit at Mint's LIVE blog:On 1 August, the Indian space agency, ISRO, recorded a key manoeuvre -- a slingshot move of the Chandrayyan spacecraft. On this day, ISRO said the craft was sent successfully toward the Moon from Earth's orbit.

Lance Franklin sprung two surprises when he left AFL heartland in Melbourne for Sydney a decade ago: he snubbed the league’s shiny new expansion club, and his nine-year contract was a then-astronomical $10 million.

rising temperatures of ocean water, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said that the average temperature touched 20.96 degrees Celsius or 69.7 Fahrenheit at the end of July this year. The previous highest temperature was recorded at 20.9 degrees Celsius in 2016.

Glenfiddich Piping Championship, scheduled for Saturday, October 28, at Blair Castle, Perthshire. The event, starting at 10 am in the castle's Victorian ballroom, will feature 10 renowned pipers competing in Piobaireachd and March, Strathspey and Reel categories to determine the winner.

The U.S. military is considering putting armed personnel on commercial ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, in what would be an unheard of action aimed at stopping Iran from seizing and harassing civilian vessels

North Dakota regulators have denied a siting permit for a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline that would pass through five states

MUMBAI : Two days after the death of renowned art director Nitin Desai, the Raigad police registered a case of abetment of suicide against five officials of Edelweiss and ECL Finance, including Rashesh Shah, chairman and CEO of Edelweiss group. The FIR also named chief risk officer of ECL Finance Smit Shah, R.K. Bansal from Edelweiss ARC, insolvency professional Jitendra Kothari, and Keyur Mehta.

State Bank of India (SBI) has been, is, and will continue to lead the home loan market, chairman Dinesh Khara asserted on Friday, saying its mortgage book is worth over Rs 6.52 lakh crore as of the June quarter, clipping on-year at close to 14 per cent. His assertion came when reporters asked about his views on the mortgage market after the exit of the pure-play lender HDFC from the market following its merger with HDFC Bank on July 1.

Raigad police in Maharashtra on Friday registered an offence against five persons including Edelweiss Group chairman Rashesh Shah for alleged abetment of art director Nitin Desai's suicide. A First Information Report was registered under Indian Penal Code sections 306 (abetment of suicide) and 34 (common intention) at Khalapur police station based on a complaint filed by Desai's wife Neha Desai, an official said.

NEW DELHI : Domestic demand for smartphones continued to be tepid at best, as India saw a fourth straight quarter of annualized shipment declines. A 3 August report by market researcher International Data Corp (IDC) India said shipments of smartphones in India fell 3% year-on-year (y-o-y) to 34 million units shipped during the period—after registering 16%, 27% and 10% y-o-y shipment drops in the three quarters preceding June.

Since becoming widely available to the public last year, artificial-intelligence chatbots have dazzled people who experimented with them, kicked off a global development race and even contributed to the strike in Hollywood over their impact on writers and actors. AI tools have also generated fear that they will inexorably improve and threaten humanity. OpenAI’s ChatGPT debuted to the public in November, sparking the current frenzy, followed by Chat GPT-4 in March, meant to be more powerful than its predecessor.

home loan market, reported news agency PTI. On being asked about his views on the mortgage market following the exit of HDFC from the market after its merger with HDFC Bank on 1 July, Khara even said that SBI's mortgage book is worth over ₹6.52 lakh crore as of the June quarter, clipping on-year at close to 14 percent. Ahead of the merger, HDFC Bank has not been active on the home loan front as it used to sell a home loan account to its parent HDFC for a fee after sourcing.

Global Market Intelligence. That makes delivering significant new growth numbers a challenge that has lately been afflicting both. Amazon has posted single-digit year-on-year revenue growth for five of the last six quarters—a major slowdown from the mid-20% range the company averaged even before its pandemic sales boom.

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The labour market hit a speed bump in July with the unemployment rate rising and the economy unexpectedly shedding jobs, suggesting the Bank of Canada’s interest rate hikes are working to bring an overheated economy back into balance, though wage growth could present some risks.

Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. will take a restructuring charge after it let go of seven per cent of its North American staff, a response to its worst period in years for deal revenue.

Oppenheimer have caused at the box office worldwide is disruptive. Hashtag ‘Barbenheimer’, as the two movies that released on July 21 are called together, continues to rule the ticket windows. So, who will even attempt to beat Barbenheimer? Let’s take a look.Meg 2: The Trench, a sequel to the 2018 movie The Meg, releases on August 4, 2023, and will hope to challenge some of the ticket sales of Barbie and Oppenheimer from Friday. Five years ago, The Meg had opened with £3.7 million in early August 2018, ending with total collections of £15.9 million. Actor Jason Statham reprises his role in the sequel to the shark movie. Other cast members include Cliff Curtis, Sienna Guillory, Shuya Sophia Cai, and Skyler Samuels. Meg 2 is predicted to have an opening weekend range from $22 million to$27 million.

Army having the maximum of 7,054 of them, government data placed before Lok Sabha showed on Friday. The total number includes officers, other ranks as well as those in medical, dental and nursing services. The number of women personnel employed in the three services excluding those in medical, dental and nursing services comes to 4,948.