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NDTV. She further hit out at the BJP, Banerjee said that the BJP has bought the court, CBI, NIA, BSF, and CAPF. The Bengal government who moved the Supreme Court against the Calcutta HC's decision said, "I still hope for justice from the Supreme Court". The Bengal CM added, "They (the BJP) have bought the High Court.

solar manufacturers filed trade complaints Wednesday formally requesting that the Biden administration impose tariffs on solar products being exported from Southeast Asia into the United States. The petitions were filed with the Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission. They come amid growing alarm within the U.S. solar industry that a flood of cheap Chinese green energy technology exports are pushing down prices of solar panels and threatening efforts by the Biden administration to develop a domestic solar supply chain. Chinese companies have been relocating production of solar products to neighbouring countries to avoid existing tariffs, and U.S. manufacturers believe new trade measures are needed to protect their businesses. The complaints call for investigations into the trade practices of Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Malaysia. In the past year, the United States has imported $12.5 billion worth of solar products from those countries as prices of solar products have dropped by around 50%.

masked attackers stormed a meeting in Swedish capital Stockholm, police said on Wednesday, adding that they had begun an investigation. An evening event by the Left Party about growing fascism in Sweden was just about to start when a group of masked people entered the venue, said anti-racist foundation Expo, which had a member participating in the event.

A Tesla that may have been operating on the company’s Autopilot driving system has hit and killed a motorcyclist near Seattle

Donald Trump’s social media startup publicized a letter to the heads of various US House of Representatives committees, doubling down on claims that an illegal form of short selling may be hitting its stock.

British competition regulators say they’ll scrutinize recent artificial intelligence deals by Microsoft and Amazon over concerns that the moves could thwart competition in the AI industry

The European Union says it will investigate whether China is using unfair methods to deprive companies in Europe of access to its market for medical devices

The head of Mexico's detective service has acknowledged the country is “the champion” of fentanyl production, which appears to run counter to past statements by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Airline officials say oil sprayed from an All Nippon Airways plane as it landed in northern Japan, but none of the 213 people on board was injured

BRUSSELS—The European Union is ramping up economic pressure on Beijing with two new probes into allegations of unfair Chinese business practices, days ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s planned visits to Paris and Budapest. The European Commission, the bloc’s executive body, is voicing growing concern over Chinese subsidies and other economic policies that it says harm European businesses.

banks to exercise more vigilance when it comes to preventing the misuse of traditional banking channels in enabling unauthorised trading in foreign exchange. The central bank said in a notification on Wednesday that it has come across instances of unauthorised entities offering foreign exchange trading facilities to individuals with promises of disproportionate and exorbitant returns. Upon investigation, the RBI found that in order to facilitate such unauthorized foreign exchange trading, these entities have engaged local agents who then open accounts at different bank branches to collect money for margins, investments, and charges.

Ankiti Bose, former CEO of B2B fashion startup Zilingo, has filed a case of sexual harassment against the company’s cofounder Dhruv Kapoor and its former chief operating officer Aadi Vaidya. A case was registered against the two men under sections 354 (A) and 354 (D) pertaining to sexual harassment and stalking, respectively, of the Indian Penal Code on Tuesday at the Kasturba Marg police station in suburban Mumbai. The Mumbai police are yet to summon Kapoor and Vaidya. Both the sections are non-bailable in nature and punishable with up to five years in jail.

An ECB executive board member wants Apple to change how iPhone payments work to support a potential digital euro. He claims the tech giant’s current system may not support offline payments for any European Central Bank digital currency.

central Washington as police search for a former police officer accused of murdering two women this week and then abducting a one-year-old child as he set out on the run.Police have identified the man as 40-year-old Elias Huizar, and say that he is suspected of killing both his ex-wife and current girlfriend.Huizar is “armed and considered dangerous, and is likely to commit more crimes,” Washington State Patrol says. In an Amber Alert, issued late Monday evening, police said Huizar is “possibly headed to Mexico,” with 1-year-old Roman Huizar.AMBER Alert- West Richland, WA- UPDATE pic.twitter.com/mWUyJMqV7p— WSP Missing Person Alerts (@WSPMissingPers1) April 23, 2024The relationship between the suspect and child was not made clear by officials.The investigation began Monday afternoon after a woman was shot dead outside Wiley Elementary School in West Richland, Wash.

Raymond Cormier, a career criminal and the man police believed killed Tina Fontaine, has reportedly died and “took all the answers with him” said Fontaine’s aunt Thelma Favel.“No, it doesn’t give me closure,” says Favel, who raised the 15-year-old girl who became the name and face of Canada’s missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls crisis when she was found wrapped in duvet and weighted down in Winnipeg’s Red River in August 2014.Fontaine had been missing for a month when her body was recovered. A cause of death was never determined but police charged Cormier with second-degree murder, relying on the controversial Mr.

An activist group says Google fired at least 20 more workers in the aftermath of protests over technology the company is supplying the Israeli government amid the Gaza war

Cyberattacks on businesses are rising, including small businesses

South Korean police have arrested 49 people in a raid on a suspected crypto-powered drugs trading gang, officers announced on April 23.

Ankiti Bose resigns from Zilingo board "As the chief operating officer, Aadi Vaidya engaged in misconduct by falsely attributing loss-making deals to me and extending trade credit to various parties in my name. He then used those deals to threaten me by falsely implicating me to investors, despite the fact that all operational dealings were conducted by him in my previous company.

Mahindra Finance on Tuesday said it has detected about Rs 150 crore fraud in its retail vehicle loan portfolio in one of the company's branches and deferred its board meeting to approve the financial results for 2023-24. Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services board was scheduled to meet on Tuesday to approve the financial results for the March quarter and 2023-24. In a regulatory filing, the company said a new date for the board meeting will be informed later. Mahindra Finance said during the end of the fourth quarter of the financial year ended March 31, 2024, a fraud was detected at one of the company's branches in the northeast.

technology companies that do not co-operate with laws allowing security agencies to access encrypted communication. In a speech to be delivered in Canberra on Wednesday, agency chief Mike Burgess will outline how «offshore extremists» are asking a commercially available artificial intelligence program for advice on building weapons.