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The federal government is cutting the amount of financial relief small businesses will receive from carbon pricing revenues so it can increase thesize of the rebate it is providing to rural families.

Hirotake Yano, who founded the 100-yen retail chain Daiso, Japan’s equivalent of the dollar store, has died

Congress Party leader Baba Siddique left the Congress, the Congress party removed his son Zeeshan Siddique from his position as the President of the Mumbai Youth Congress. Akhilesh Yadav has been appointed as the new Mumbai Youth Congress President, as per a press release by the Congress. On February 8, Baba Siddique, a prominent minority face of the Congress in Mumbai, announced his decision to sever his 48-year-old tie with the party.

India and the US are looking into exciting joint science and technology projects to further expand their relationship under the guidance of the top leadership of the two countries, according to a top American scientist. Describing the US-India Partnership as a very important one for the Biden-Harris administration and also in Congress, Dr Sethuraman Panchanathan, Director of the National Science Foundation said there's total bipartisan support for a strong partnership between two great democracies, the US and India. Last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicked off his visit to Washington DC, for the historic State Visit, with a trip to the National Science Foundation headquarters in Alexandria wherein he interacted with the scientific community and the young scientist minds.

Mark Zuckerberg is planning to visit South Korea and is scheduling key meetings during his trip, Meta said in a statement on Wednesday without elaborating. Zuckerberg is expected to meet Samsung Electronics chairman Jay Y Lee as early as later this month to discuss AI chip supply and other generative AI issues, South Korean newspaper Seoul Economic Daily reported earlier on Wednesday, citing unnamed sources with knowledge of the matter.

Also Read | Who is Fali Sam Nariman? ‘Bhishma Pitamah’ of lawyer community represented these landmark cases Today, February 21 marks a sombre day for the Indian legal fraternity as eminent jurist and senior advocate, Fali Sam Nariman, breathed his last at the age of 95. Nariman, a distinguished figure who etched his name in Indian legal history, leaves behind a rich legacy that will continue to inspire generations to come. Also Read |Eminent jurist and Senior Supreme Court Lawyer Fali Nariman passes away at 95 “Very sad news.

Also Read | Rahul Gandhi's ‘Nyay Yatra’ to be paused, Congress leader to appear before civil court in Sultanpur on Tuesday Addressing a separate event, Sarma lambasted Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of lacking substance and peddling "lies." He criticised Gandhi for criticising Modi while using infrastructure built by his government and questioned his tour's motives. The BJP echoed Sarma's views, predicting nationwide losses for Congress due to the Yatra.

added. Since President Biden took office in 2021, the cumulative figure for illegal crossings stands at 72,98,486 (nearly 73 lakh). This statistic outnumbers the populations of several states, including but not limited to Alabama, Colorado and Maryland, as per Fox News.

Mexico's president acknowledges the armed forces have taken over yet another civilian role: filling potholes on the nation's highways

Terry Gou, the billionaire founder of major Apple supplier Foxconn, made his first high-profile appearance in months on Tuesday at the firm's 50th birthday, following the ending of his bid for Taiwan's presidency late last year. Gou, who stepped down as Foxconn chief in 2019 and resigned as a board member last September, remains the company's largest shareholder and is still reverentially referred to by company executives as «the Founder».

Fali S Nariman passed away on Wednesday, at the age of 95. Nariman was a senior advocate of the Supreme Court and an eminent jurist. Awarded both the Padma Bhushan, in January 1991, and the Padma Vibhushan, in 2007, the veteran was a practicing lawyer for over seven decades. Nariman enrolled as an advocate of the Bombay High Court in November 1950, and was designated a senior advocate in 1961. In 1972, he was appointed Additional Solicitor General of India. In June 1975, he resigned from his post to protest against the decision of the Indira Gandhi government to declare emergency. For a decade, from 1991 to 2010, Nariman was the president of the Bar Association of India. In addition, he held various positions of note, including the vice-chairmanship of the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC (International Chamber of Commerce) Paris, from 1989 to 2005, and the presidency of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration.

VirnetX's bid to revive a $502.8 million jury verdict it won against Apple in a dispute over internet-security patents. The justices turned away Zephyr Cove, Nevada-based VirnetX's appeal of a lower court's decision to overturn the verdict against Cupertino, California-based Apple that had been reached by a jury in Tyler, Texas. VirnetX had challenged the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's decisions to invalidate its patents.

TAIPEI (Reuters) — Terry Gou, the billionaire founder of major Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) supplier Foxconn, made his first high profile appearance in months on Tuesday at the firm's 50th birthday, following the ending of his bid for Taiwan's presidency late last year.

Tech Mahindra, its new chief aims to win back the mojo as a «credible challenger» in key sectors such as banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI), telecom and manufacturing focusing on differentiated capabilities. «Over the next few months, we are focussed on defining the purpose of the company, coming out with a strategic narrative for the company,» Joshi, chief executive officer and managing director of Tech Mahindra, told ET.

Finra has named three seasoned industry veterans to join its board of governors.

Influential labor groups now say they are opposing efforts to move two professional sports franchises from the nation’s capital to northern Virginia, partially due to the apparent inability to reach a satisfactory deal for union workers on the construc...

Vice President Kamala Harris is announcing another $5.8 billion for water infrastructure projects nationwide, paid for by one of the Biden administration's key legislative victories

International advocacy organization Global Citizen is turning to Gen Z and millennial leaders in its fight to reach the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and end extreme poverty

Pakistan political parties said on Tuesday that they had reached a formal agreement to form a coalition government, ending ten days of intense negotiations after an inconclusive national election did not return a clear majority. The agreement between Bhutto Zardari's Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) of three-time Premier Nawaz Sharif ends days of uncertainty and negotiations after the Feb. 8 elections produced a hung national assembly.

Walmart is buying the smart TV maker Vizio for $2.3 billion as it attempts to expand its rapidly growing advertising business to compete with Amazon

Also Read: Oil remains range-bound as rate cut hopes fade away: Here's how US Fed policy decision affects prices Brent futures dipped 22 cents or 0.26 per cent to $83.34 a barrel. The six-month spread for Brent on Tuesday was also at its highest since October, in a sign of a tighter market. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude for April delivery fell 26 cents, or 0.33 per cent, to $78.20 a barrel, after earlier paring $1.