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The Avalanche Foundation has unveiled an “eligibility framework” detailing guidelines for its plan to acquire meme coins.

Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said it was difficult to go by everyone’s suggestion on appointments to boards and corporations amid hectic lobbying by local Congress leaders to get pricey positions and growing discontent over delay in appointments. “It is difficult to get everyone’s suggestion,” the CM replied to the media when queried about Home Minister G Parameshwara statement that the delay had occurred as some of them had not been consulted. “I have spoken to him,” Siddaramaiah said in a bid to put speculation to rest.

Taiwan's population has likely contracted COVID-19, the Centres for Disease Control (CDC) said Tuesday, citing a seroprevalence study last year that looked into the prevalence of the disease and the recent spike in cases. The CDC, which tested 7,000 randomly selected blood donation samples collected in Taiwan between January and June, found that nearly 80 percent came from people who had contracted COVID-19, CDC Deputy Director General Lo Yi-chun said in a weekly briefing.

States often sanction and issue on behalf of their various enterprises, cooperative institutions, and urban local bodies guarantees in favour of their lenders which are generally banks or other financial institutions. The total loan guarantees extended by the 17 major states to their entities have more than tripled to Rs 9.4 lakh crore as of FY23 from Rs 3 lakh crore in FY17.

Gmail is making it easier to unsubscribe from bulk messages. Here's how it works Informing about the new changes via a Google Workspace update, the company noted, “We know managing unwanted emails is a source of frustration for many users. That’s why we announced new guidelines for bulk senders a few months ago to help users stay safe.

Students, parents, coaching institutes and education experts are divided over the Centre's new guidelines to regulate coaching centres in India, which came in the wake of an alarming rise in student suicides. While some have welcomed them as a good start, others say they can deprive students of the support system they need to crack competitive exams. Some of the stakeholders also said the guidelines will be difficult to enforce and may even lead to unfair practices. The new guidelines direct coaching centres, among various things, not to enrol students below 16, not make misleading promises, not charge exorbitant fees, ensure mental welfare of students and have an exit policy for those wanting to leave a course midway. «The issue is genuine, and that the government is concerned about this is heartening-but measures suggested will be very difficult to enforce,» said Narayanan Ramaswamy, national leader (education and skill development) at KPMG in India.

Ram Lalla Pran Pratishtha at Ayodhya". "It is reported that state governments led by the BJP have taken similar steps.

Maharashtra has recorded the highest number of variant cases at 320 followed by Karnataka at 234. Andhra Pradesh recorded 189 JN.1 cases while Kerala registered 156 cases of the variant.

Coaching Centre New Rules: The Central government has issued new guidelines for coaching centres, aimed at ensuring the safety and well-being of students. According to the guidelines, coaching centres can only enrol students who are at least 16 years old or have passed the Class X Board exams.

UIDAI issued a notification to amend the Aadhaar (Enrolment and Update) Rules. The UIDAI has released new forms for the resident individuals and non-resident individuals (NRIs) for Aadhaar enrolment or updation purposes. Here is everything you need to know According to the new rules, an Aadhaar card holder can now update information via online or offline mode.

Employees' Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) has announced on 16 January, that the Aadhaar card will NO LONGER be an acceptable document for date of birth. The EPFO, under the Ministry of Labour and Employment in the Government of India, notified the removal of Aadhaar Card as an acceptable document for date of Birth after a directive from the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). According to UIDAI’s Directive (Circular No.

Mint. She said that ‘greenwashing’ was a type of misleading claim for which the body had been receiving complaints. “This is the first time we are putting out these guidelines because these claims have been rampant across categories, including personal care, food products, beverages, automobiles, digital devices, and the real estate industry," she said.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released a set of clarifications to clear the air on penal charges on loan accounts.

Gopal Balachandran, CFO & CRO, ICICI Lombard, says “for CICI Lombard, the growth momentum in motor insurance has been quite positive and in fact, in December, we gained market share. The industry grew at about 8.8% in overall motor. Our growth in motor was almost about 10.8% and therefore when we look at heading into quarter four, I think we are very positive in terms of the opportunity that the segment presents and we have got all the right levers in terms of distribution service and technology which should aid us to kind of sustain the momentum that one is seeing in the context of motor.” The motor segment has seen quite a healthy growth and has largely been aided by strong private vehicle and two-wheeler sales. What is your outlook? Will this sustain? Gopal Balachandran: If you look at the market environment in the context of auto vehicle sales, across segments we have seen a lot of positive momentum getting played out, which is what we had put out even as a part of our analyst call that we had last evening. If you look at it on the private car side, for example, we have seen almost close to about three million vehicles getting sold. On two-wheelers, we have seen for the market almost close to about 13 million vehicles getting sold and on the commercial vehicle side, almost more than one million plus vehicles getting sold. So, in that sense, the market momentum seems to be very positive.

Europe’s leading banking entity, the European Banking Authority (EBA), has extended its regulatory reach to cover the cryptocurrency space.

Clix Capital, one of India's fastest-growing new-age NBFCs, have entered into a strategic digital co-lending partnership through Yubi Co.lend Platform. This partnership is focused on providing loans to the Indian MSME sector which is one of the biggest contributors to India's GDP and employment growth.

Moh-Juj (buffalo) fights were held in Ahatguri. Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma attended the event. In December last year Assam cabinet gave in-principle approval to the issue of detailed procedure/SOP for permitting traditional buffalo and bull fights to be organised during Magh Bihu at Ahatguri, Morigaon district, Nagaon district or in any other part of Assam.

Karnataka Bank and non-banking finance company (NBFC) Clix Capital on Tuesday signed up for a strategic digital co-lending partnership through the platform Yubi Co.Lend. The partnership is focused on providing loans to the Indian MSME sector which is one of the biggest contributors to India's GDP and employment growth. The agreement is in line with the Reserve Bank of India's guidelines on co-lending by banks and NBFCs to priority sectors. The partnership combines Karnataka Bank’s low cost of funds, end-to-end digital capabilities and expertise to offer credit facilities to this segment along with Clix Capital's strong & easy lending tech platform and robust due diligence.

Reserve Bank extended the new rules on loan account penalty charges to banks and non-bank financial companies (NBFCs) for three more months, until April 1, 2024, as part of fair lending practice. As a result, regulated entities, such as banks and NBFCs, have been required to guarantee that the directions be followed for any new loans obtained beginning April 1, 2024. In the case of existing loans, the RBI stated that the transition to the new punitive charges regime should occur on or after April 1, 2024, but no later than June 30, 2024.

markets regulator Sebi has renewed its recognition to AMC Repo Clearing Ltd as a clearing corporation for one year for clearing and settling transactions in repo and reverse repo in debt securities. The regulator has granted renewal of recognition for one year starting from January 17, 2024 till January 16, 2025, according to a notification uploaded on Sebi's website on Tuesday.

chargesheet against former Indian Rail Finance Corporation (IRFC) chairman and managing director Amitabha Banerjee for alleged irregularities in the purchase of gift items at exorbitant prices, officials said on Tuesday. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) submitted its findings to a special court here after nearly three months of probe against Banerjee, they said, adding that the agency has invoked provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act against him.