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Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday said that the hydrogen fuel-run train engine developed by Indian Railways has the maximum horsepower in the world. Vaishnaw, who is also the Union Minister in charge of Information and Broadcasting and Electronics & Information Technology, said this while speaking at a plenary session titled «Green Connections: Diaspora's Contribution to Sustainable Development» of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention here.

Supreme Court on Thursday took a dim view on home buyers not turning up to take possession of flats in the Amrapali projects, being completed by the state-owned NBCC. A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma asked attorney general R Venkataramani, who was appointed a court receiver in the case, to furnish the latest status report of unsold assets or where the home buyers did not turn up despite efforts to reach out to them.

IBBI has extended the deadline till March 31 for insolvency professionals to submit electronic forms with details about liquidation and voluntary liquidation processes for cases under the insolvency law. In a circular on Thursday, IBBI said the deadline has been extended following representations from liquidators and insolvency professional agencies, citing technical challenges in submitting the required forms.

Border Security Force's (BSF) attempts to erect fences in certain areas along the India-Bangladesh border, the two forces held an informal meeting at the Integrated Check Post (ICP) at Petrapole in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Thursday. The pre-scheduled meeting, aimed at fostering mutual cooperation and enhancing coordination along the border, was attended by BSF South Bengal Frontier inspector-general Maninder PS Pawar and BGB brigadier-general Mohammad Humayun Kabir.

cybersecurity firm Rubrik, signalling strong demand for premium workspaces. In a regulatory filing on Thursday, the company informed that it has signed an Agreement to Lease (ATL) with Rubrik at 'Embassy TechVillage' project in Bengaluru.

Los Angeles wildfires. The company, through its nonprofit arm Airbnb.org, is partnering with 211 LA, a nonprofit that serves Los Angeles County for a variety of resources and services, such as food assistance and shelter, to «provide free, temporary housing for people who have been displaced by the Los Angeles wildfires.»

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. When it comes to budgeting, there are some revenue streams that are linked with broader growth in the economy. These include the goods and services tax (GST), which is a consumption-based tax, corporate tax, which is linked to the profitability of companies, and customs duty, which is driven by imports.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A recent report by the State Bank of India has stirred up the proverbial hornet’s nest with its claims of a sharp reduction in poverty levels in India, particularly rural areas, in the past decade. It has led to a flurry of counter-claims, with economists questioning the methodology used to arrive at the findings.

Capital Group said it is the unnamed fund in the Securities and Exchange Board of India's (Sebi) recent interim order that barred stock market operator Ketan Parekh and his associates from the local securities markets for front-running the investment fund's trades in the country. The capital market regulator, in its January 2 order, barred both Parekh and Singapore-based Rohit Salgaocar, who was a consultant to Capital Group.

regulations from two lenses: one, errors: whether the law will harm innocents or let the guilty get away; two, cost-benefit analyses: every law has a cost on the market. For good process, regulators look at views of expert committees and expose draft regulations to public comments.

ICEA)'s TruthTell Hackathon is a collaborative initiative with the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting catering to real time misinformation detection in live broadcasts. It aims to bring together top talent in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and natural language processing to develop real-time tools for detecting and flagging misinformation.

markets regulator has warned Ola Electric against sharing company-related information on social media before disclosing it to investors, adding to a slew of problems for the electric two-wheeler maker. The letter from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), disclosed by Ola Electric late on Tuesday, said that the company had failed provide «equal and timely access» to its investors of information about a planned store expansion.

Pratik Utekar has strongly refuted speculation suggesting a romantic connection with Dhanashree Verma, the choreographer and wife of cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal. Taking to Instagram, Pratik addressed the rumours and criticized those spreading baseless stories based on a single photograph.

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exploded a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI including ChatGPT to help plan the attack, Las Vegas police said Tuesday.A laptop, cellphone and watch are still under review nearly a week after 37-year-old Matthew Livelsberger fatally shot himself just before the truck blew up.A review of Livelsberger’s searches through ChatGPT indicate he was looking for information on explosive targets, the speed at which certain rounds of ammunition would travel and whether fireworks were legal in Arizona.Livelsberger, an Army Green Beret who deployed twice to Afghanistan and lived in Colorado Springs, Colorado, left notes saying the explosion was a stunt meant to be a “ wake up call ” for the nation’s troubles, officials said last week.He left cellphone notes saying he needed to “cleanse” his mind “of the brothers I’ve lost and relieve myself of the burden of the lives I took.”The explosion caused minor injuries to seven people but virtually no damage to the Trump International Hotel. Authorities said that Livelsberger acted alone.Livelsberger’s letters touched on political grievances, societal problems and domestic and international issues, including the war in Ukraine.

getting a travel permit – for now – as the rollout of a new entry requirement for visa-exempt nationals has been delayed.The European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) was due to launch last year, requiring Canadian passport holders among others travelling to any of these 30 European countries for a short stay to apply for the permit.To support the ETIAS rollout, the European Commission is planning to put in place an automated IT system, called Entry-Exit System (EES), to register non-EU nationals who travel for short visits to 30 EU member states and Schengen associated countries.A European Commission spokesperson told Global News on Monday that the commission along with EU member states and eu-LISA, which is an IT agency of the European Union, have “made significant efforts” to launch the EES before the end of 2024.“However, the implementation of a large-scale IT system like EES is a complex operation and delays could not be completely excluded,” the spokesperson said in an emailed response.The commission had also not received “the required declarations of readiness from all member states, which is a legal requirement to be able to start the operation of the system,” the spokesperson added.A proposal was put forward by the commission last month for a “progressive start of operations” of the EES, but that has yet to be adopted.“When the proposal is adopted and enters into force, the commission will decide on the date of the progressive start of the EES, after having received all declarations of readiness from Member States,” the spokesperson said.“At the latest six months from the progressive launch, the EES will have to operate at its full capacity.”The ETIAS rollout is expected six months after the

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Companies waited nearly two years for the Indian government to frame rules for implementing the Digital Personal Data Protection Act—a threadbare legislation with a lot of queries on compliance mechanisms left unanswered.

The U.S. Justice Department is suing several large landlords for allegedly coordinating to keep Americans’ rents high

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. During last year’s presidential campaign, Kamala Harris regularly posted on TikTok, encouraging voters to follow her on the platform, as did Joe Biden before he withdrew. Yet the Biden Justice Department is set to argue before the Supreme Court this week that the popular Chinese-owned social-media app, used monthly by around 170 million Americans, represents a grave threat to our national security.

OnePlus 13 India Launch LIVE: Welcome to our live blog for the much-awaited launch of the OnePlus 13 series! The flagship smartphones will be unveiled today, January 7, at 9 PM IST. OnePlus is set to introduce impressive upgrades, including a powerful Snapdragon 8 Elite processor, enhanced waterproofing, a revamped design, an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor, and better cameras.

section 87A tax rebate but were prevented from claiming it post July 5, 2024. The Income Tax Department has now updated the excel utilities for ITR Forms 2 and 3 to exercise the option to update tax rebate under section 87A for FY 2023-24 (AY 2024-25). The department also said the HTML utilities will be made available shortly. This information was mentioned by the Income Tax Department in the late hours of yesterday.