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Shakti scheme that provides free travel for women across the state, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has directed officials to purchase 5,600 buses for the state road transport corporation. According to a statement issued by the CM's office, the Chief Minister said Rs 500 crore has been provided in the state budget for acquiring new buses, and therefore ordered that the purchase process be completed soon. There has been a 15 per cent increase in the number of passengers travelling by State Road Transport Corporation buses since the launch of the Shakti Scheme. The CM also said that additional schedules and buses should be announced to provide passengers with better services. A discussion was held in the meeting about the revenue target collection of the transport department and the financial management of the road transport corporations, it said, adding that CM was informed that Rs 83 crore fine has been collected from vehicle inspections. Under the Karnataka government's 'Shakti' scheme, women residents of the state can avail free travel in state-run buses, but 50 per cent seats are reserved for men. Along with women, transgender persons can also travel for free. The Congress in its election manifesto had promised free rides for women in non-luxury government buses and said this was one of the five poll guarantees that would come into effect the day it comes to power in the state.

WABetaInfo, the instant messaging app is currently in the process of creating a new feature that will grant users the ability to hide their locked chats. At present, the entry point for accessing the list of locked chats is consistently visible in the chat list whenever there is at least one protected conversation, potentially making it evident to anyone with phone access that locked conversations exist. With this upcoming feature enabled, users will have the option to eliminate the entry point and reveal the list of locked chats by entering a secret code into the search bar.

IRM Energy IPO: Bidding for the initial public offering of IRM Energy Limited ended on Friday, 20th October 2023. In thre days of bidding from 18th Octover to 20th October 2023, IRM Energy IPO subscription status suggests that the public issue received strong response by investors across categories. However, due to weakness in secondary market for last three straight sessions, grey market sentiments has gone down in regard to IRM Energy IPO.

International Criminal Court (ICC) headquartered at The Hague in the Netherlands has heightened its online security after detecting a serious cyber security incident five weeks ago, which it revealed was an act of espionage. In a statement on Friday the ICC said that as soon as the incident was confirmed by its alert mechanism, steps were taken to mitigate its effects by initiating an immediate incident response with the support of the Netherlands as the «host state» and external cyber security experts.

Delhi cabinet led by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday has given its approval to extend the existing Delhi Electric Vehicle Policy till December 31, 2023, or till notification of Policy 2.0 whichever is earlier. All the incentives including subsidies under the existing policy shall also continue in this extension period. Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot in a post on X, «Delhi Cabinet led by CM @arvindkejriwal has given its approval to extend the existing Delhi Electric Vehicle Policy till December 31, 2023 or till notification of Delhi EV policy 2.0 whichever is earlier. All incentives including subsidy under the existing policy shall continue. Delhi EV policy 2.0 is in the final stages and after necessary approvals shall be notified soon.»

US Senate panel's Republican lawmakers sent a letter on Friday to tech companies Meta Platforms, Google, TikTok and X, formerly called Twitter, seeking information on their content moderation policies in the Israel-Hamas war, the senators said. The Republican lawmakers of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee said they asked the companies «to commit to fully preserving a documentary history of Hamas's atrocities.»

PTI. Greater Noida police said one was a minor aged 12 while other four of the deceased are aged between 30-40 years.

Also Read: India slips in global hunger index, New Delhi slams report Shrinate informed, “Madam Minister, a country’s Global Hunger Index is very heavily based on 4 indicators- Undernourishment, Child Stunting, Child Wasting, and Child Mortality." The index, unveiled on Thursday, also drew attention to India's highest child wasting rate globally, standing at a concerning 18.7%, indicative of severe undernutrition. Also Read: India slips four places in global hunger index rankings; govt criticises report The Global Hunger Index-2023 gave India a score of 28.7, signifying a serious level of hunger according to the accompanying report.

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Yes Bank Q2 preview: Among 21 listed companies going to announced Q2 results today, Yes Bank Ltd is one of them. The private lender has informed Indian stock market bourses that meeting of its board of directors is going to take place on 21st OCtober 2023 to consider and approve un-audited financial results for the second quarter of the current financial year and half year ended September 2023.

Data analyst Pledditor has revealed that three moderators linked to Reddit's cryptocurrency forum sold over 100,000 MOON tokens before its Community Point program shut down.

The current price of Bitcoin today is a remarkable $29,599, reflecting a 3% increase in the past 24 hours.

The former PwC Australia partner at the heart of the firm’s tax leaks scandal has been banned from providing financial services for eight years.

Chhabria cousins at Finolex Group has ultimately resulted in Deepak Chhabria's removal from the board of Finolex Cables. Deepak Chhabria, with a decade-long run as chairman of Finolex Cables, was compelled to relinquish his position as a consequence of the Supreme Court's reprimand of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), which had allowed him to continue in his role. Following the removal of Deepak Chhabria, the fight for the control of Finolex Cables is expected to intensify, with estranged cousin Prakash Chhabria intending to stake claim to the post.

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Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated the priority section of Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System Corridor that will reduce travel time drastically and ensure better connectivity of the national capital with west Uttar Pradesh. He also dedicated two stretches of the east-west corridor of Bengaluru metro. The PM flagged off the Namo Bharat RapidX train at Sahibabad station, marking the launch of RRTS in India. He also travelled on the Namo Bharat train.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The top Republican on the U.S. Senate's health committee has called on the chief executive of 23andMe to provide the panel with details after data from the family genetics website was advertised for sale on the dark web.

Friday, October 20th, 2023 - As the second stage of Bitcoin Minetrix's presale approaches its last few days, industry experts are highlighting its significance in the crypto market boom this ‘Uptober’.