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Amit Shah on Saturday released 12 reference books related to the recently enacted criminal justice laws and said the books have lucidly brought out changes made in the laws in a concise and simple manner. Hailing the publishers for the reference books on the three laws, Shah said the books also give case law commentaries for easy understanding. The three new laws — the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Act — got Parliament's approval last week and the president gave her assent on December 25.

ETtech looks back at some of the key developments.

President Biden’s climate policy contradictions keep piling up. Witness the family feud that blew up late last week between the renewables lobby and green groups over the Biden Administration’s new proposed rules for the Inflation Reduction Act clean hydrogen tax credit. The IRA created a new tax credit for producing clean hydrogen from low-emissions sources.

Ayodhya before that also. Yes, I have not received any invitation and I don't need one. I just have one request that this event should not be made a political one," Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray said.

US prosecutors are reluctant to pursue a second trial in the case involving Sam Bankman-Fried, former CEO of the now-defunct crypto exchange FTX.

Endangered Species Act 50 years ago, more than 1,700 plants, mammals, fish, insects and other species in the US have been listed as threatened or endangered with extinction. Yet federal government data reveals striking disparities in how much money is allocated to save various biological kingdoms. Of the roughly $1.2 billion a year spent on endangered and threatened species, about half goes toward recovery of just two types of fish: salmon and steelhead trout along the West Coast.

Lalan Singh stepped down, paving the way for the return of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to the top post, BJP MP Sushil Modi said there was more than meets the eye. Speaking to on Saturday, the former Bihar deputy chief minister claimed that the big churn in the JD(U) has set off a power 'game' in Bihar's primary ruling party and a lot more would happen in the coming days. «We said earlier that only Lalan Singh would be removed as he engineered the exit of 12-13 sitting JD(U) MLAs from the party and even made attempts to install (deputy CM) Tejashwi Yadav as CM by joining hands with Lalu Yadav. However, Nitish Kumar got a whiff of what was about to happen and pre-empted the move.

Meenakashi Lekhi emphasised on Saturday that despite Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed being on the international list of terrorists, Pakistan has never reacted to it. On extradition request to Pakistan to hand over 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed, MoS MEA Meenakashi Lekhi stressed that Hafiz Saeed was behind a lot of incidents that have happened in India. «Everyone knows that Hafiz Saeed was behind the Mumbai attacks.

Uddhav Thackeray, President of the Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) faction of the Shiv Sena on Saturday took on the Bharatiya Janata Party claiming that they were trying to make the inauguration of the ‘Ram Temple a political event’. Uddhav also lauded senior BJP Leader LK Advani saying that his rath yatra was crucial for the construction of the Ram Temple. “Many karsevaks lost their lives for the Ram Temple movement, many had to go to prison for it. I am very happy that the temple is being built.

Hafiz Saeed's extradition request. Zahra has said that no bilateral extradition treaty exists between India and Pakistan for the extradition process of the United Nations (UN) proscribed terrorist. In a statement, Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said, "Pakistan has received a request from the Indian authorities, seeking extradition of Hafiz Saeed in a so-called money laundering case." "It is pertinent to note that no bilateral extradition treaty exists between Pakistan and India," she added.

President Droupadi Murmu gave her assent to a Bill that seeks to put in place a mechanism for the appointment of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and other Election Commissioners, according to a government notification issued on Friday, reported PTI.

Russia, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar signed three documents relating to the Kudan Kulam Nuclear Power Plants, an MoU on cooperation in pharmaceuticals and healthcare and a Protocol on Foreign Office Consultations according to a release of the Ministry of External affairs. The EAM was on a visit to Russia from December 25 to 29 as a part of the ongoing high-level exchanges between the two sides. During his visit, Jaishankar called on Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow and held discussions with the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Industry and Trade, Denis Manturov, as well as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergey Lavrov. «Three documents relating to the Kudan Kulam Nuclear Power Plants, an MoU on cooperation in pharmaceuticals and healthcare and a Protocol on Foreign Office Consultations were signed during the visit,» the Ministry of External Affairs said in a release.

Bajrang Punia on Saturday urged the Sports Ministry to restart the wrestling activities in the country with just seven months remaining for next year's Paris Games, and said no one seemed to have taken the preparations for the quadrennial showpiece seriously. Wrestling action has come to a standstill for the last several months owing to the turmoil within the fraternity following the grapplers' protests against former president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. Even the election of a new Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) committee could not restore normalcy as the Sports Ministry suspended the Sanjay Singh-led panel citing the violation of its own constitution in announcing the national U-15 and U-20 Championships.

By Ismael Lopez

U.S. stocks closed modestly lower on Friday, the last trading day of 2023, capping a robust year-end rally as investors eyed easier monetary policy in the year ahead. The stock market has seen remarkable upward momentum in the closing months of the year, powering all three major indexes to monthly, quarterly and annual gains. For the year, all three posted double-digit growth. «On January of this year, 363 days ago, if I said I think the S&P is going to gain more than 20% in 2023, you would have put me into the slightly nutty category,» said Oliver Pursche, senior vice president at Wealthspire Advisors, in New York.

equities in 2023 were the highest ever in a calendar year as optimism over the economy's prospects in a slowing world, the US Federal Reserve's signal that it will cut rates in 2024 and expectations of the Bharatiya Janata Party returning to power in the next year's general elections drove a flood of money into stocks here. Market watchers said overseas investors may be less enthusiastic about pumping similar amounts into Dalal Street in the new year with rich share valuations seen as the key deterrent to large allocations. Foreign portfolio investors poured ₹1,74,663 crore into the domestic stock market in 2023, bettering the previous record of ₹1,72,849 crore in 2020.

Emerging markets are set to close out 2023 with their best returns in years, as bets on bigger and faster US interest-rate cuts propelled a blistering late-year rally across the developing world. MSCI's benchmark stock gauge for emerging-market equities is on track for a 6.7% advance this year, snapping a two-year losing streak. Its currency equivalent index is headed for a 4.7% gain, its biggest yearly rise since 2017. On debt markets, bonds in emerging-market currencies are eyeing gains of 6.3%, the best since 2020, while dollar-denominated debt has reaped an 11% return, the most in four years. The cost of insuring exposure to emerging markets has also eased, with credit default swaps across 22 sovereign issuers sliding an average 72 basis points to levels last seen in September 2021.

By Nate Raymond

Gaza. According to a report by The Telegraph, Interior Minister Gerard Darmanin said to deploy 90,000 police officers and gendarmes across France for security during the celebrations.

Catch all the LIVE updates on PM Modi's Ayodhya visit here, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh: Security heightened near the public meeting venue of PM Modi.As the newly constructed Ayodhya airport is set to be named after sage poet Maharishi Valmiki, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) President Alok Kumar said that it's a good move and he would like to thank the government."The central government has decided to name Ayodhya airport after sage poet Maharishi Valmiki. It is a good move.

BOGOTA (Reuters) — Colombia's President Gustavo Petro on Friday proposed making changes to a tax reform that entered into effect this year that would lower taxes for businesses and hike them for rich individuals.