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China is deeply concerning and has raised serious allegations of human rights abuses, including forced organ harvesting. In March, during a US congressional committee hearing, experts had claimed that Chinese authorities had gathered genetic information from the Muslim Uyghur minority, with the aim of supporting a forced organ transplant programme targeted at attracting Muslim medical tourists from Gulf states.

Quant Mutual Fund (MF), currently under Sebi’s scrutiny for a suspected front-running case, indicated that it would require 28 days to liquidate 50% of its smallcap portfolio, as per stress test results released by the AMC. For liquidating 25% of its portfolio, the smallcap fund would need 14 days. In the case of Quant Mid Cap Fund, it would require 9 days to liquidate 50% of its portfolio and 5 days to liquidate 25%. According to the stress test results from the fund house, the trailing 12-month PE ratio for the midcap fund benchmark has risen above its levels from one year ago and two years ago. For the smallcap index, the trailing 12-month PE ratio is higher than it was one year ago and close to its level from two years ago.

Indonesia's national data centre and asked for an $8 million ransom, the country's communications minister was quoted by state news agency Antara as saying on Monday. The attack disrupted some government services, most notably at airports last week, though automated machines were now functional, the communications ministry said on Monday.

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Anti-Human Trafficking Circle made the arrest on Sunday of the person identified as Azhar.

OpenAI, the startup behind it, that seized the business world’s attention. But, as usual, big tech is back on the front foot. Nvidia, maker of accelerator chips that are at the core of generative artificial intelligence (AI), is now duelling with Microsoft, a tech giant of longer standing, to be the world’s most valuable company.

Justice Department officials that criminal charges be brought against Boeing after finding the planemaker violated a settlement related to two fatal crashes, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The Justice Department must decide by July 7 whether to prosecute Boeing. The recommendation of prosecutors handling the case has not been previously reported. In May, officials determined the company breached a 2021 agreement that had shielded Boeing from a criminal charge of conspiracy to commit fraud arising from two fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019 involving the 737 MAX jet.

Car dealerships across North America have faced a major disruption this week

An influential politician in the Philippines who supported expansion of natural gas power is behind a company that planned to make a fortune from it, an Associated Press investigation has found

An influential politician in the Philippines, who has been a cheerleader for natural gas power, is behind a company that planned to make a fortune from it, an Associated Press investigation has found

electric vehicles (EVs) being imported into the European market, senior officials of both sides said on Saturday. Germany's Economy Minister Robert Habeck said he had been informed by EU commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis that there would be concrete negotiations on tariffs with China.

America and Europe are heading down different roads in response to China’s emergence as an electric-vehicle juggernaut. The U.S. is closing its borders to Chinese EVs before they even launch.

Bengaluru, A complaint has been lodged against the aides of Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa, who was arrested along with 16 others in connection with Renukaswamy murder, for threatening the eye-witnesses in the case, police said in its remand note presented in a court here on Saturday. After producing Darshan and three others before the court, the police stated that they were not making the names of the eyewitnesses public citing their safety. «A complaint has been lodged against the aides of the accused number two (Darshan) for threatening the eye-witnesses of the case at the Annapoorneshwari Nagar police station,» the remand note said. «Actress Pavithra Gowda(A1), Darshan(A2) and other accused involved in the case have been 'creating obstacles continuously' in the investigation of the case.» In the court, police charged all the accused with trying to destroy the material evidences. Regarding Renukaswamy's phone, police said. «The court is requested to grant permission to apply for Renukaswamy's SIM card from the service provider to 're-access' the data in the mobile phone, which the accused had thrown in the Sumanahalli Stormwater Drain to destroy the data.» The police also told the court that all the accused contacted each other through web application and destroyed data.

IMA on Sunday welcomed the government's decision to transfer the probe into alleged irregularities in NEET-UG to the CBI. The Indian Medical Association (IMA) also expressed its gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other key ministers for their prompt response to concerns surrounding the controversies over the exam. «We extend our gratitude to the Union Ministry of Education for transferring the investigation of the 'irregularities' in NEET-UG to the CBI for a thorough probe,» it said in a statement. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed an FIR on Sunday in connection with the alleged irregularities in Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET-UG) held on May 5 on a reference from the Union education ministry, amid countrywide protests and litigation by students for a probe into paper leak claims.

Arvind Kejriwal's bail, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo filed a petition in the Supreme Court of India against the same, the party said on Sunday. The Delhi CM's lawyers have appealed for a hearing on Monday morning, they added. The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Friday had moved Delhi High Court against a trial court's Thursday order of granting bail to Kejriwal in the alleged excise policy case.

CBI) registered First Information Report (FIR) in connection with alleged irregularities in NEET-UG examinations. The Ministry of Education on Saturday entrusted the matter of alleged irregularities in the NEET (UG) Examination 2024 to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for a comprehensive investigation. CBI has been handed charge by the Centre to probe irregularities in both UGC-NET and NEET-UG examinations. «National Testing Agency (NTA) conducted the NEET(UG) Examination on May 5, 2024 in OMR (Pen and paper) mode. Certain cases of alleged irregularities/cheating/impersonation/malpractices have been reported. For transparency on the conduct of the examination process, the Ministry of Education, Government of India, after a review has decided to entrust the matter to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for comprehensive investigation. Central Government has also enacted the Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024, to prevent unfair means in public examinations and to provide for matter connected therewith or incidental thereto,» the government said.

news channels have gone off air at several places in Andhra Pradesh following the declaration of the results of the Assembly and Parliamentary elections with an opposition YSRCP Parliamentarian alleging coercion by the state government leading to them being blocked. Allegations of channels- TV9, NTV, 10TV and Sakshi TV- being blocked have been levelled against the NDA government, comprising TDP, BJP and Janasena. YSRCP Rajya Sabha member S Niranjan Reddy complained to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) over the alleged blocking of these four vernacular news channels by the government. In a recent letter to TRAI, Reddy claimed the Andhra Pradesh Cable TV Operators Association took these four channels off air due to alleged coercion by the TDP-led government in the state.

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has taken action to halt funds linked to a major cyberattack on Turkish exchange BtcTurk.

Police in Fredericton, N.B., say they have arrested three teenage suspects in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 71-year-old man on Friday night.

13-year-old boy was apprehended for allegedly sending an email to the Delhi Airport falsely claiming that a bomb had been planted in the Dubai-bound flight, police said on Sunday. The boy had sent the mail «just for fun» after being influenced by the news of another teenager who made a hoax bomb threat call a few days ago, Deputy Commissioner of Police (IGI Airport) Usha Rangnani said. The incident occurred on Monday when a complaint was registered regarding a bomb threat on a Dubai-bound flight on June 18, DCP said. Based on the complaint, an FIR was lodged, and an investigation was launched. All the guidelines, protocols and SOPs were followed to ensure the safety and security of the passengers, DCP said.

NEET-UG, alleging that it has handed over the entire education system to the «mafia» and the «corrupt». Her reaction came a day after the Union education ministry set up a panel to review the functioning of the National Testing Agency (NTA) — the body responsible for conducting the tests — and recommend exam reforms. The Centre on Saturday also shunted out the agency's Director General Subodh Singh and handed over the probe into the irregularities in medical entrance exam NEET-UG to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). In a post on X, Priyanka Gandhi said the NEET-UG question paper was «leaked» while the NEET-PG, UGC-NET and CSIR-NET exams were «cancelled».

A woman and toddler are now confirmed dead, and one person has been arrested after a daytime shooting at a home in Vaughan, Ont., on Friday, police say.