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The South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb says it wants to find the “dormant” owners of $206 million worth of coins, including Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and XRP.

probe into the blast near the Israel Embassy widens, investigators have started looking for clues from two similar incidents in the past: An IED blast in the same locality in 2021 and an attack on an Israeli diplomat in 2012. The National Investigation Agency probing the 2021 blast case has been unable to make any breakthrough so far. In February 2012, when a diplomat was targeted in Chanakyapuri, similar attempts were made on an Israel embassy staff member in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, and another in Bangkok.

₹10 lakh in the western suburb of Jogeshwari here, an official said on Sunday. According to details, quoted by Hindustan Times and news agency PTI, the head of the crime branch unit 10 – Inspector Deepak Sawant – donned the uniform of a food delivery agent to apprehend the accused in the SV Road area in the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday. The accused, identified as Faisal Akbar Makhanoja, was nabbed by Sawant and his team after a chase.

recurrent bans on the movement of old petrol and diesel vehicles imposed by the local authorities to contain air pollution. Replacement demand for vehicles in the NCR has shot up by 30%, outpacing a 22% increase reported countrywide, they said. This has come along with a marked shift away from diesel to more environment-friendly options like CNG, electric and strong hybrid vehicles. The share of diesel in new car sales in the NCR declined to 5.8% this fiscal year from 7.5% in FY23 and 8.8% in FY22.

electronics manufacturing sector is set to grow 15 per cent to be worth USD 115 billion in 2024, with players continuing to focus more on higher levels of value addition in terms of components and development of products. The production of mobile phones, the poster boy of the country's electronics manufacturing, is expected to surpass USD 50 billion by March 2024 from around USD 42 billion in the previous financial year.

Bihar Police have arrested a gang for running a fraudulent operation called the 'All India Pregnant Job Agency' in Nawada district. This elaborate scheme involved luring people with the promise of a payout of Rs 13 lakh for impregnating women who were unable to conceive, a TOI report stated.

New Year rings in, one of the welcome changes that Indian consumers will witness include the way they buy SIM cards for their mobile connections. The department of telecommunications (DoT) recently released a notification issuing instructions to the telecommunication companies to phase out physical verification of their customers before selling them the SIM cards. The Know Your Customer (KYC) verification will therefore be completely digital.

₹5,000. However, taxpayers whose total income remains below ₹5 lakh will only have to pay a reduced penalty of ₹1,000.

Vivo India Hong Xuquan alias Terry, a Chinese national, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Harinder Dahiya and consultant Hemant Munjal were earlier arrested by Enforcement Directorate under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The executives were arrested in connection with its money laundering probe against the Chinese smartphone maker and some others. The federal agency had earlier made four arrests in the case which included mobile company Lava International's MD Hari Om Rai, Chinese national Guangwen alias Andrew Kuang and chartered accountants Nitin Garg and Rajan Malik.

Unified Payments Interface) account with any of the popular apps such as Google Pay, Phone Pay or Paytm, and have not been able to use it for a year or longer for any reason whatsoever, then it is set to get deactivated from Jan 1 onwards. This will be done as the follow-up action of NPCI (National Payments Corporation of India) circular that was issued on Nov 7, 2023. While taking a decision, the payments corporation body attributed the move to inadvertent transfer of money in cases where users change their mobile numbers without removing their earlier numbers from the banking system.

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accessibility of railway stations, facilities there and in trains for people with disabilities, highlighting the need for integrating technology-enabled features such as text-to-speech and user-friendly pictograms. The Department of the People with Disabilities (PwDs) has asked stakeholders and the public to give their comments, objections and suggestions by January 29 on the proposed guidelines to create a more user-friendly environment. The proposed guidelines also highlight the need for dedicated website features catering to "divyangjans", ensuring a flexible and accessible interface design.

Narendra Modi is set to make a significant visit to Ayodhya on December 30, inaugurating a slew of projects collectively valued at over Rs 15,000 crore, ahead of the consecration ceremony of the Ram Lalla Temple. The centerpiece of the visit is the Ayodhya Dham Junction Railway Station, developed at a cost exceeding Rs 240 crore. This modern three-storey building is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities such as lifts, escalators, food plazas, and child care rooms.

Scotch whisky and electric vehicles and mobility of skilled workers are yet to be resolved in the proposed trade pact between India and the UK, and are likely to be taken up in the next round of talks in January, an official said on Friday. India is also considering discussing longer transition period and tax restoration for its exporters once the UK's carbon border tax on imported goods kicks in from 2027, as part of the trade pact. Yet, New Delhi remains hopeful of closing three trade pacts — with the UK, Oman and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) — early next year, the official said. Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland comprise the EFTA. In the negotiations with the UK, the two sides have resolved most of the issues related to rules of origin and intellectual property rights chapters, the official said. The pact has 26 chapters. The UK's demand for liberalisation of norms in services sectors like banking, insurance, and legal, and India's ask for easy movement of professionals are some of the unresolved issues.

NEW DELHI : Toyota Kirloskar Motor, the Indian subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corp, advocates for boosting demand for electric powertrains in India by promoting the adoption of hybrid vehicles alongside electric vehicles (EVs). The automaker believes that by fostering demand for both hybrid EVs (HEVs) and battery EVs (BEVs) India can achieve the scale to develop a competitive local production of electrified technologies, a top company official told Mint on Friday.

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ALSO READ: Why Air India Express’ MAX 8 could break IndiGo’s stranglehold on India skies Similarly, on the Ayodhya-Kolkata route, the flight will take off from Ayodhya at 11.05 am, landing in Kolkata at 12.50 pm. The Kolkata – Ayodhya flight will depart from Kolkata at 1:25 pm, touching down in Ayodhya at 3.10 pm. Speaking about the launch of the new routes, Air India Express's Chief Commercial Officer Dr.

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During the Q2 earnings call, Vi’s chief executive Akshaya Moondra told analysts that the telco expected to conclude its discussions relating to (funding from potential) equity investors in this quarter (Q3FY24). He had added that Vi’s talks with banks had already happened and that the current focus is on tying up the equity investment, basis which the banks would process the telco’s requests for bank funding. Shares of Vi jumped 21% to close at Rs 16.02% on BSE Friday. For the past three years, Vi has been struggling to raise funds needed to pay its large vendors like Indus and the government, expand its 4G coverage and also invest in its pending 5G rollout to compete effectively with bigger rivals Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel. Back in August, Moondra, had told the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) that the company had made significant progress in its ongoing talks with several groups of investors to raise equity and equity-linked capital and had term sheets from some potential investors.

Jabil (JBL) revised its net revenue forecast for the second quarter, which sent shares nearly 1% lower in pre-market trading on Friday.