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Turkey’s central bank has delivered another huge interest rate hike as it tries to curb double-digit inflation that has left households struggling to afford food and other basic goods

The new president and CEO of Philanthropy Roundtable says she plans to fight for the principles the advocacy organization has always prized

King Charles III honored the K-pop band Blackpink

Czech President Petr Pavel has signed into law an economic package of dozens of measures introducing budget cuts and increased taxes designed to keep the ballooning budget deficit under control

The legality of an agreement by the maker of OxyContin to settle thousands of lawsuits over the harm done by opioids is going before the Supreme Court

Less than two years after nearly being killed by a Russian bomb while reporting, Fox News' Benjamin Hall returned to Ukraine this week

The oil and gas sector, one of the major emitters of planet-warming gases, will need a rapid and substantial overhaul for the world to avoid even worse extremes fueled by human-caused climate change

Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, a national trade union affiliated to the RSS, has demanded a guaranteed pension under the National Pension System, on the lines of the Old Pension Scheme, in its meeting with the finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday. “A high level delegation of Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh led by Ravindra Himte, all-India general secretary of Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), submitted a memorandum to the finance minister demanding guaranteed pension under NPS like Old Pension Scheme (OPS),” BMS said in a statement issued after the meeting. “The present system does not provide any assured pension.

Amazon to provide training to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) in 20 identified districts to promote exports through e-commerce. As part of the MoU, Amazon and Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) will co-create capacity building sessions, training and workshops for MSMEs in districts identified by the DGFT as part of the ‘District as Exports Hub’ initiative outlined in the Foreign Trade Policy 2023, in a phased manner. Amazon will provide training by making digital catalogues and tax-related issues, among other services. The capacity building session will allow MSMEs to learn about imaging, digital cataloguing of their products, tax advisory amongst others. “To enable micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and boost e-commerce exports from the country, DGFT is collaborating with the various e-commerce players to leverage the Districts as Export Hubs initiative and promote e-commerce exports from the country,” the ministry said in a statement. The MoU was signed in the presence of Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) Santosh Sarangi, Chetan Krishnaswamy (Vice President, Public Policy Amazon), and Bhupen Wakankar (Director Global Trade Amazon India). “The initiative seeks to link local producers even in rural and remote districts with global supply chains.

Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin, head of the Mumbai-based Dawoodi Bohra sect of Islam, will be conferred 'Nishan-e-Pakistan', making him the fourth Indian to be honoured with Pakistan's highest civilian award. The announcement of the award comes as an acknowledgement of Dr Saiduddin's services, according to a statement by Pakistan President Arif Alvi, who approved the conferment on Wednesday. The date for the investiture ceremony was, however, not made public.

Paper imports into India surged by 43 per cent in volume terms in the first half of 2023-24, fueled by a more than two-fold jump in imports from ASEAN countries, according to official data. The Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCIS) data showed that imports of paper and paperboard jumped to 959,000 tonnes in April-September 2023-24 from 672,000 tonnes in the first half of FY2022-23.

₹14,00,000 crore over the last nine years was "not borne out on facts". The EC notice said the expression "panauti" ex-facie falls in the equity of the prohibition of section 123 of the Representation of the People Act, dealing with corrupt practices.

ANI as saying. So far, two terrorists have been killed in the encounter. One of them is said to be a "highly ranked terrorist leader of the Lashkar-e-Taiba".

HCLTech chief delivery officer for nearshore & new vistas locations Appa Rao VV has resigned, the IT services company said in a notification to stock exchanges. Rao was the company’s chief human resources officer before he took up the chief delivery officer role in October 2022. Ramachandran Sundararajan had succeeded him as chief HR officer at the time.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was issued a show-cause notice by the Election Commission (EC) on Thursday for allegedly targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi through his remarks wherein he used the words panauti and pickpocket. Gandhi was asked to respond by Saturday night. The former Congress president was the target of an appeal by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which claimed that the former's use of language was «unbecoming» of a high-ranking official.

Investing.com — European stock markets edged higher Thursday, as investors awaited the minutes from the October ECB meeting as well as the latest regional business activity data.

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Mint breaks down the developments: The Financial Times’ report said that US officials had aborted a plot to assassinate Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a prominent pro-Khalistan leader. Pannun has been designated as a terrorist by Indian authorities. The report said that US officials issued a warning to the Indian government amid concerns about its involvement in the matter after PM Modi’s visit to America in June.

Japan and Gujarat, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel will be on a week-long tour to Japan and Singapore from November 25 According to Rahul Gupta, Managing Director of Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) several industry leaders and businessmen from the state will accompany Patel in this tour. The high-level delegation led by Chief Minister will begin their visit with a meeting with members of the Gujarati community living in Tokyo on November 26, when Patel will interact with the people and get to know about their contribution to the development of Japan. The next day i.e.

Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, is now reaching new frontiers. In what seems to be a step ahead of Jio, Bharti-backed low earth orbit (LEO) satellite firm OneWeb India has been granted the necessary regulatory approvals from the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe) to launch Eutelsat OneWeb's commercial satellite broadband services in India. Eutelsat OneWeb is a subsidiary of Eutelsat Group, global leader in satellite communications (satcom) delivering connectivity and broadcast worldwide.