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The Senate has approved a $460 billion package of spending bills in time to meet a midnight deadline for avoiding a shutdown of many key federal agencies

President Joe Biden has signed into law a package of spending bills passed by the Senate in time to avoid a shutdown of many key federal agencies

solar power project in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district was laid on Sunday. Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy, RK Singh, and Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, Virendra Kumar, together laid the foundation stone for Barethi Solar Power Project of NTPC Renewable Energy Limited. Joining the event through video conferencing, Singh said that the government's work in the power sector under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been historic, with capacity almost doubling in the last 10 years. The Power minister said that the government has provided electricity connections to every village in the country.

Supreme Court is set to hear the SBI plea seeking an extension on providing details about electoral bonds on March 11. The largest commercial bank in India has requested the court to extend the deadline till June 30, which is after the Lok Sabha elections 2024. A bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud is also expected to hear the contempt petitions with the case on Monday.

Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Tuesday a plea by six rebel Congress MLAs, who had cross-voted in the recent Rajya Sabha polls in Himachal Pradesh, against their disqualification. The Speaker of Himachal Pradesh Assembly, Kuldeep Singh Pathania, had disqualified the six on the Congress' plea for «defying» the party whip that required them to be present in the House and vote for the budget. A bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna, Dipankar Datta and Prashant Kumar Mishra will hear on March 12 the plea against the February 29 decision of the Speaker. The rebel lawmakers in their plea before the top court have made Pathania as well as state Parliamentary Affairs Minister Harsh Vardhan Chauhan a party.

Mint. These next-generation reforms will go alongside India's aspirational goal of establishing the rupee as a stable currency over the next decade, helping internalize its usage, besides enhancing its global acceptance as a payment mode. Additionally, the bureaucracy must keep pace and meet the demands of the 21st century, Sanyal said, adding that the other major area for reforms would be the legal processes.

Delhi High Court has issued a show-cause notice to the resolution professional of crisis-hit 'Go First' airline, asking why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against him for prima facie willfully disobeying judicial orders on allowing inspection and maintenance of lessors' aircraft. The high court said the RP (Resolution Professional) cannot plead difficulties in the implementation of the October 12, 2023, judgment after contempt proceedings have been filed by a lessor seeking to enforce court orders. «Prima facie, the orders of this court have been wilfully disobeyed by the respondent/ RP. Issue notice to show cause as to why proceedings of contempt be not initiated...,» Justice Tara Vitasta Ganju said. The counsel for the RP submitted that he was willing to revert to the position regarding the maintenance of the aircraft.

Lok Sabha elections, the Congress launched its “Nyay Geet" on Saturday, highlighting the party's “five pillars of justice" and its pledges to the youth. Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and several other leaders shared the song's video on social media platforms.

ByteDance to divest TikTok, rather than simply banning the short video app used by 170 million Americans, the Justice Department told Congress in a document seen by Reuters. Lawmakers and the Biden administration say TikTok poses enormous national security risks because the Chinese government could gain access to data from millions of American users.

Arun Goel ahead of the Lok Sabha elections drew criticism about the Modi-led government and has raised questions about the transparency of 'free and fair' elections. His tenure was till December 5, 2027, and he would have become Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) after incumbent Rajiv Kumar retired in February next year. Also Read: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE Updates According to a report by NDTV citing sources, the announcement of Lok Sabha election dates, expected next week, is uncertain due to Goel's resignation.

Arun Goel before the Lok Sabha elections, emphasizing the widespread concern across the nation regarding the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal also slammed the Centre and said that the government is uninterested in ensuring a transparent and impartial electoral process. Also Read: Lok Sabha polls LIVE The resignation of Election Commissioner Arun Goel was announced on Saturday and subsequently accepted by the President.

Nirmala Sitharaman said the government is creating an environment that will allow the country’s intellectual property rights (IPRs) ecosystem to flourish. At the same time, the need to protect the IPRs of innovators has to be balanced with the imperative of using them for the benefit of all, she said, listing the steps taken by the government to bolster research and development (R&D). “We are trying to make them (IPR laws) work as a facilitator, a booster, and not as a barrier to the process of R&D,” Sitharaman said on Saturday, asserting that India’s IP regime remains compliant with the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) framework of the World Trade Organization.

The Justice Department has started a criminal investigation into the Alaska Airlines incident where a door panel blew out mid-air two months ago, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.

International Women's Day, twenty-six Nepali women activists, including a beauty queen, made a significant journey to the base camp of Mt. Everest. Their mission was to highlight the dire consequences of melting snow in the Himalayas due to climate change and its profound impact on local communities. The group reached the base camp, located at an altitude of 5,364 meters, on Friday, marking the 114th International Women's Day. This initiative aimed to raise awareness about the urgent need for climate action. Organized by Sath Sathai Foundation The event was organized by the Sath Sathai Foundation, a group dedicated to advocating for climate change action and women's empowerment. The women, representing diverse backgrounds, convened a conference at the base camp and issued a seven-point declaration.

policy are all being given a certain push as research and development are happening in very big scale in India now because the environment is being made conducive for that purpose, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday. «So, we are trying to make them (IPR laws) as a facilitator, booster, and not certainly a barrier in the process of R&D. We've taken quite a few steps and I singularly thank the prime minister for this particular policy, which after a lot of consultation has come up in 2016,» she said. The law is a balance of protection for those who innovate, and the commercial propositions with which patents can be of use for the society, she said at the book launch event of Justice Prathiba M Singh on Patent Law. Sharing details of the law, Sitharaman said, eight different items which have something to do with intellectual property have all been brought together under one umbrella.

Terra founder Do Kwon has been caught in a legal battle between the United States and South Korea over which nation gets to extradite the crypto mogul to their turf.

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West Virginia could become the 12th state to ban smoking in vehicles with children present under a bill that has won final legislative passage

Fear of crime on subways and buses is back as a top concern in some big U.S. cities, and so are efforts aimed at persuading the public that officials are taking the issue seriously

Supreme Court on Thursday verbally observed that the decision of Maharashtra speaker Rahul Narwekar using the test of legislative majority to declare Eknath Shinde's faction as the real Shiv Sena could be contrary to the court's judgment in May last year. «He (the speaker) says which faction is the real political party is discernible from the legislative majority which existed when the rival factions emerged. Is it not contrary to the judgment?» a bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud remarked verbally, referring to paragraph 144 of the speaker's order. «The whole submission is contrary to the judgment of our court,» the bench added.