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migration market was largely geared towards the US EB-5. Now, residence-by-investment migration programmes in the UAE, Singapore, Greece and other European countries are gaining traction to enhance wealth and global mobility. The recently introduced Indian ODI (outward direct investment) regulations — which permit direct investments in international entities, subject to certain conditions — have acted as a catalyst for many wealthy Indian families to explore international investment opportunities, says Sunita Singh-Dalal, partner, private wealth & family offices at Hourani & Partners in the UAE.

Jio cemented its dominance of rural India in July as it was the only telco to add mobile users while both Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi) lost ground. Analysts said the scenario underlines the growing appetite of entry-level mobile users for Jio's internet-enabled budget feature phone, JioBharat, to shift to 4G technology. «Jio's strong (rural) momentum is likely driven by JioBharat phone subscribers, especially post Bharti' Airtel's recent hikes in the minimum recharge plans and Jio's launch of the new phone,» UBS said in a note. Latest subscriber data collated by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) showed Jio added 2 million mobile users in the rural markets in July while both Airtel and Vi lost 540,000 and 690,000 rural users respectively. Jio's rural mobile user base expanded to 194.73 million in July, while Airtel and Vi's slipped to 180.84 million and 111.32 million respectively. In July, Jio's parent, Reliance Industries (RIL) had launched Jio Bharat, an internet-enabled feature phone, costing ₹999 in a bid to attract more of the estimated 250 million entry-level mobile broadband customers, especially in the rural markets where competition is set to intensify with rival Airtel also eyeing this market. Both Jio and Airtel have been seeking to grab loss-making Vi's user base in the hinterlands as bulk of the telecom sector's net 4G user additions are from rural markets.

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₹300-599 per month on prepaid subscription plans. Several emerging aggregator platforms played a role in expanding the reach of streaming services in a competitive online video market such as India. Telecom operators have been offering bundled services for OTT video platforms, but the emergence of aggregators such as Prime Video Channels, Tata Play and Airtel Xstream Premium is poised to enhance the reach and subscriber base of platforms that are not aggressive with their distribution and marketing efforts.

NEW DELHI : Online real-money gaming firms, and lawyers representing multiple companies in this sector, labelled the Centre’s way of implementation of the new goods and services tax (GST) rate on online gaming companies unprecedented. The stakeholders of the sector, which has remained under fire for numerous taxation issues through the year, claimed that the Centre’s notification of the new online gaming GST regime—done before all states have fully adopted it—could be used as a precedent for breaking the “one nation, one tax" format of GST going forward, and is also in contravention of the law.

₹42,999 for one-way and ₹52,999 for return. Apart from this, Air India said that all-premium economy fares start from ₹79,999 for one way and ₹1,09,999 for return. It added that currently, Air India’s premium economy class is available to guests traveling on select routes: Bengaluru-San Francisco, Mumbai-San Francisco, and Mumbai-New York.

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Tata Motors Ltd on Sunday reported a 2 per cent rise in its total domestic vehicle sales at 82,023 units in September, as against 80,633 units in the same month last year. Passenger vehicle sales in the domestic market, including electric vehicles, were down 6 per cent at 44,809 units last month, as compared to 47,654 units in September 2022, Tata Motors said in a regulatory filing.

Click here! He said the initiative is being undertaken to improve punctuality and turnaround time. “It is a unique concept and happening for the first time in the Indian railways," the railway minister said. Over 200,000 lakh people participated in around 2,050 activities involving 685,883 man-hours, according to the railways.

PTI quoted FIEO report as saying. The Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) also said that a note of caution is warranted regarding a distinct spike in export growth of roughly $40 billion as this particular surge is likely attributed to a rerouting of crude oil trade routes via India to Europe. It added that this phenomenon may not be sustainable in the coming years.

Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) aims to launch eight battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in India by 2030, according to a senior company executive. The company currently sells one electric model — Jaguar I-Pace — in the country. In an interaction with PTI, JLR Chief Commercial Officer Lennard Hoornik said the automaker will commence taking orders for the Range Rover BEV for the Indian market next year with deliveries expected to begin in 2025. «We are planning to introduce at least 8 BEVs by the end of the decade in India,» he noted.

Bengaluru transport department has banned carpooling using mobile application platforms like Quick Ride and others following complaints from taxi drivers, according to a report of The Times of India. Additional commissioner (enforcement) of the transport department, Mallikarjun C, informed TOI that individuals engaging in carpooling through these apps could face serious consequences. Offenders may have their registration certificates (RC) suspended for up to six months and could be fined anywhere from Rs 5,000 to Rs 10,000. The transport department maintains that carpooling apps are in violation of regulations by aggregating private cars that are not authorized for commercial use.

The increasing number of job seekers reflects their concerns about the GST’s potential effects on their future. Experts from over half-a-dozen staffing firms told ET that this trend has become particularly pronounced in recent weeks.

Manipur, stricken by ethnic violence and rampant protests since 3 May, erupted after a seeming lull, when images of two teenagers who had been missing for months, surfaced online as dead bodies, murdered. The two teenagers' death triggered fresh violent protests , this time involving participation from Manipur's student community. On Saturday, Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh announced that the armed assailants, visibly blurred in the viral images will be captured.

Delhi Police has cracked a high-profile jewellery shop theft case in which jewellery worth Rs 25 crore was said to have been stolen, making it one of the biggest robberies reported in the national capital recently. The Times of India has detailed the investigation leading up to the arrest of the criminals. As per the report, cops scanned about 5,000 active mobile phone numbers that were active around the site when the theft occurred.

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Bank locker facilities offered by banks come with fee depending on the size of locker and location of the bank. The bank has been mandated to recover the rent and any other cost incurred by it and debit the customer account. According to the PNB website, “The Bank shall have a right to: (a) Recover the Rent and any other cost incurred by the Bank in relation to the Locker to the debit of the Customer’s account, in the event the same is not paid by the Customer, when due; and (b) Refuse access to the Locker- (i) In case the rent due on the Locker remains unpaid; and (ii) Customer fails to provide proof of identity when demanded by the Bank, at the time of seeking access to the Locker.” Also read:Rs 18 lakh cash in bank locker destroyed by termites; Know the rules regarding keeping cash in your bank locker

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consumer offers and stock supplies to help them compete with e-commerce platforms. Industry groups representing these retailers have written letters in this regard to Samsung, Oppo, Vivo, Realme, Xiaomi and OnePlus. They said they are in the process of writing to other big firms such as LG, Bosch, Godrej, Whirlpool and Sony. The retailers fear that the brands may offer deep discounts on their online-exclusive and end-of-life models whose supplies will be focused on e-commerce platforms, considering almost all the firms are saddled with excess unsold inventory which they want to clear in the upcoming festive sales.

mobile number portability (MNP) found the process difficult, with 46% saying the donor operator (the network users are porting out of) created bottlenecks in the process.

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