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final round of talks on a landmark pandemic accord faces a frantic last push this week, with countries still pulling in different directions on how to handle future global health crises. The last week of negotiations runs until Thursday with nations trying to hammer out an agreement to make sure the world is better prepared to deal with the next pandemic — or better still, stamp it out before it even happens.

EU antitrust regulators on Monday opened their first investigations under the Digital Markets Act into Apple, Alphabet's Google and Meta Platforms for potential breaches of the landmark EU tech rules. «The (European) Commission suspects that the measures put in place by these gatekeepers fall short of effective compliance of their obligations under the DMA,» the EU executive said in a statement.

Overseas Friends of BJP', Australia, launched a campaign for members of the diaspora, titled 'Modi for 2024', covering seven prominent cities and significant landmarks in the country. The campaign is aimed at drumming up overseas support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) going into the Lok Sabha elections in the country. «Overseas Friends of BJP Australia has launched a massive campaign from iconic locations like Sydney Harbour Bridge, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Perth Optus Stadium, Brisbane GABBA, Surfers Paradise in Gold Coast, Mt Ainslie in Canberra and Naval Memorial Garden in Adelaide,» read a post on the official X handle of the 'Overseas Friends of BJP', Australia.

Bihar Class 12 board exams can their results on the official website of BSESB — biharboardonline.bihar.gov.in and results.biharboardonline.com. - The Central Committee of CPI (Maoist) will celebrate March 23 as an ‘anti-imperialism’ day with enthusiasm and revolutionary spirit. The committee has called upon all Dalits, women's organizations, democratic forces, and peasantries to participate in the celebration.

Adani Group Founder Gautam Adani has welcomed the partnership with The Science Museum in the UK that had resulted in a new gallery, The Adani Green Energy Gallery. In a post on social media platform X on Friday, Adani said," Delighted to see the new 'Energy Revolution: The Adani Green Energy Gallery' becoming a reality in partnership with the Science Museum in London. This landmark gallery will showcase the scientific vision of a sustainable future, powered by renewables and low carbon technologies. #SustainableFuture #GreenEnergy." According to the website of the UK Science Museum, 'Energy Revolution: The Adani Green Energy Gallery' uses both recognisable and surprising objects plus interactive exhibits to highlight how we can journey to a more sustainable future--and our role in achieving that low carbon world.

₹40 crore (including buyer's premium) setting a new global benchmark for the artist. The sale, coinciding with Souza’s 100th birth anniversary, sold 100% of the lots offered, surpassing the low estimates by a whopping 310%. Notably, the auction's success extended beyond Souza's iconic masterpiece, The Lovers.

Contraceptives will be available without a prescription in New York under an order signed by state health officials

By Foo Yun Chee

The Environmental Protection Agency has announced a comprehensive ban on asbestos, a deadly carcinogen still used in some chlorine bleach, brake pads and other products

By Ankur Banerjee

Finra slapped online brokerage firm M1 Finance with an $850,000 fine for violations related to its social media influencer program.

By Jamie McGeever

Piramal Group, Piramal Realty, on Sunday inaugurated the Radha Govindadeva Mandir of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in Thane. The temple complex, spread over approximately 4,000 sq. ft., is situated within the Piramal Vaikunth residential complex in the city. The temple in Piramal Vaikunth, Thane, is the first ISKCON temple inside a gated community in Maharashtra, the company said in a press release.

Indian stock market remains attractive, say experts, suggest stocks to buy for long term Recently Fitch Ratings has raised its forecast for India's economic growth to 7 per cent for the next financial year (FY25). The ratings agency underscored that India witnessed a GDP growth of more than 8 per cent for three consecutive quarters and the growth growth momentum may slightly moderate in the final quarter of the current fiscal year due to which, India's growth could come at about 7.8 per cent for FY24.

Supreme Court seeking disclosure of the details of electoral bonds sold from March 1, 2018, to April 11, 2019, saying voters are entitled to know funding to political parties for the entire period since the start of the scheme. In a landmark verdict last month, the top court scrapped the Centre's electoral bonds scheme that allowed anonymous political funding calling it «unconstitutional» and ordered the State Bank of India (SBI), the authorised financial institution under the scheme, to submit the details of the bonds purchased from April 12, 2019 to February 15, 2024 to the Election Commission of India (ECI). A new application, filed by Citizen's Rights Trust, has submitted that 9,159 bonds worth Rs 4,002 crore have been sold between March 2018 to April 2019 which should also be disclosed. The petition seeks a direction to the SBI to share the details of electoral bonds sold and redeemed from March 1, 2018, to April 11, 2019, including the alphanumeric number, date of purchase, denomination, names of donors and parties to the ECI.

PTI reported Kumar as saying. Also Read: Electoral Bond Case: Here's what the SC told SBI about unique number In its landmark verdict on February 15, the top court had scrapped the Centre's electoral bonds scheme that allowed anonymous political funding, calling it “unconstitutional" and ordered disclosure by the EC of donors, the amount donated by them and the recipients. Kumar said, “The unaccounted money which is used in the elections...

TOKYO (Reuters) — The Bank of Japan is expected to end its negative interest rate policy on Tuesday on substantial wage hikes by big firms in this year's wage negotiations, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Saturday.

artificial intelligence rules on Wednesday as EU lawmakers endorsed a provisional agreement for a technology whose use is rapidly growing across a wide swathe of industries and in everyday life. Three years in the making, the AI Act comes as generative AI systems such as Microsoft-backed OpenAI's ChatGPT, and Google's chatbot Gemini become more popular, fuelling concerns about misinformation and fake news.

LGBTQ community in Japan cheered the high court ruling as a landmark decision that gives them hope for change toward equality. Notably, the Japanese High Court does not have the provision to overturn the current marriage law, which restricts marriage as between woman and man. The Sapporo High Court ruling said that not allowing same-sex couples to marry and enjoy the same benefits as straight couples violates their fundamental right to equality and freedom of marriage, reports AP.

SINGAPORE—When a landmark science and technology agreement between the U.S. and China reached its expiration in late February without an extension, it plunged the academic community in both countries into uncertainty. Neither country confirmed an extension for nine days.