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issued a notification on 20 March designating the Press Information Bureau (PIB) as the fact-checking unit. The top court also set aside the Bombay high court's 13 March interim order, which had refused to restrain the government from notifying the fact-checking unit.

₹285 crore currently in its bank accounts because of the freezing by Income Tax authorities. Maken, who is also the treasurer of the party, said that the party has received a notice by Income Tax Department for the reassessment of taxes for FY 1994-95. "Efforts are being made to weaken Congress financially.

Awami Ittehad Party has decided to field its incarcerated leader Sheikh Abdul Rashid popularly known as Engineer Rashid as the party’s candidate in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from Baramulla constituency of northern Kashmir. The party spokesperson Firdous Baba informed that the decision has been taken after consultation with Rashid, who is currently in Tihar jail of Delhi. He has been in jail since 2019, when the National Investigation Agency charged him under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). He had contested 2019 Lok Sabha elections from the same constituency getting 1,02,168 votes, just 30,000 short of the winner Muhammad Akbar Lone of the National Conference. “Our constitution gives us the right that a person in jail against whom the charges have not been proven can contest elections. Several leaders have fought elections from jail,” Baba said. He informed that the legal team of the party had consulted Rashid in jail, who had agreed to fight the elections.

Election Commission of India (ECI) has asked the ministry of electronics and information technology to ensure that no messages regarding the Viksit Bharat Model are delivered to the WhatsApp numbers of users from today keeping in view the ongoing model code of conduct (MCC) before the 18th general elections, scheduled to take place between April and June. “The Commission has received complaints from various quarters that such messages are still being delivered on citizens' phones. Since the MCC is now in force, you are hereby directed to ensure forthwith that no further delivery of 'WhatsApp messages' take place during MCC period. A compliance report in this regard may be sent immediately,” the ECI letter to the IT ministry said.

IPL 2024 will witness another significant change in playing conditions, as bowlers will now be permitted to deliver two bouncers per over. This alteration aims to create a more balanced contest between bat and ball. The decision to implement this change was influenced by its successful trial during the 2023-24 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, India's domestic T20 tournament.

In Thursday’s trading session, the following five stocks witnessed a build of fresh long positions. Lets first understand how this conclusion is reached that whether the stock has seen a buildup of fresh long position or not. When the stock prices move up and open interest on the counter also moves upward, it is taken as a sign of a long buildup.

Stock market today: Shares of Rama Steel Tubes Ltd have been in an uptrend since early morning deals on Thursday. The small-cap stock with a market cap of ₹2,088 crore today opened upside at ₹13.95 apiece and went on to touch an intraday high of ₹14.65 apiece, logging a nearly 10 percent rise during the intraday session. The small-cap stock witnessed a spurt in volume as well.

fact check unit rules notification issued by the Union Government on March 20 till the Bombay High Court finally decides the challenges to the IT rules amendment 2023. The top court said that the validity of the rule involves serious constitutional questions and impacts the fundamental right of freedom of speech and expression. The Chief Justice of India said, «Till the disposal of the issue by the HC, we are desisiting to deal on merits which may foreclose assessment by the third judge. We are of the view that notification dated March 20, 2024, after rejection of application of interim relief, need to be stayed.»

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Sebi) on Wednesday informed the Bombay High Court that it will not take any action against Essel Group chairman Subhash Chandra for three weeks in connection with summons it had issued. Sebi's response came on a writ petition filed by Chandra, chairman emeritus of Zee Entertainment, on March 5 challenging the summons issued to him in connection with an ongoing probe by the market regulator.

Indian stock market today: A total of 8 stocks have been banned for trade on Thursday, March 21, 2024, under the futures and options (F&O) segment by the National Stock Exchange (NSE). The securities have been put on ban under the F&O segment as it crossed 95 per cent of the market-wide position limit (MWPL), according to the NSE. However, the stocks will be available for trading in the cash market.

Dividend paying stocks: Shares of Castrol India Ltd, Ksolves India Ltd, and Patanjali Foods Ltd will be in focus when the stock market opens on March 21 (Thursday). The Board of Directors of the 3 companies have declared final dividend and interim dividend for their eligible shareholders. The record date by the 3 companies to ascertain the eligibility of shareholders for their respective issues has been fixed on March 21.

WASHINGTON — Below is the statement the Federal Reserve released Wednesday after its latest policy meeting ended:

An expected long legal battle has begun over a new rule that requires companies to disclose some emissions and climate-related information

Burmans, who own consumer-goods major Dabur and are the biggest shareholders of Religare Enterprises, have sought the cancellation of stock options worth ₹350 crore granted by Care Health Insurance to Religare chairperson Rashmi Saluja, intensifying the dispute between the management of the company and one of India's most prominent business families. Care Health is a Religare subsidiary and Saluja is the non-executive chairperson of Care Health. The Burmans have threatened the Care board that if it fails to nullify the employee stock options, then legal action will be taken against the directors, including attachment of their personal assets.

Mark Holland, delivered a powerful message on Wednesday to tobacco companies attempting to market nicotine pouches to children: “Stay the hell away from our kids.”Speaking to reporters in Ottawa, Holland argued that flavoured nicotine pouches are attracting young Canadians into a dangerous addiction and emphasized the need for stringent regulations to protect the youth from the harmful effects of tobacco products.“I am seeking authority to restrict products so they are solely for the purposes of cessation,” he said. “We shouldn’t see flavours that are targeting kids, flavours like ‘Winter Berry Splash.’ We all see through it, we all what the intention is, and it’s over.“Whatever dark corner the tobacco industry crawls and creeps into to go after our children, whatever loophole they think they can find, they will meet me like an iron wall.”Nicotine pouches, positioned between the upper lip and gum, resemble Swedish-style snus but lack the tobacco leaf.

Federal Reserve officials didn’t significantly change their outlook for delivering interest rate cuts later this year despite solid growth and firmer-than-anticipated inflation in recent months. Most officials penciled in three rate cuts this year in new projections, the same as in December. The central bank held steady its benchmark federal-funds rate in a range between 5.25% and 5.5%, a 23-year high.