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As many as one-third of people displaced by the August 2023 Maui fires wound up in the homes of friends and family in the weeks after the disaster

Indian rupee weakened to a life-time low- closing at 85.12/$ on Monday due to strong dollar demand by corporates to help meet month-end payment obligations, traders said. It previously closed at 85.01/$1. Last week, the rupee had touched a record low of 85.08/$1 on a closing basis. «The Reserve Bank of India likely intervened in the currency market to prevent the exchange rate from depreciating further from the 85.12 levels. There were dollar sales from public sector banks, likely on behalf of the RBI,» a currency trader from a state-run bank said.

Public sector lender Indian Bank was fined ₹5.85 lakh by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka — Financial Intelligence Unit for non compliance on financial transaction reporting. Indian Bank operates in Sri Lanka through two branches, located in Colombo and Jaffna. Indian Bank stated that it has implemented necessary preventive measures after the penalty to avoid similar incidents in the future, the bank informed the exchange.

Donald Trump's repeated support for TikTok has sparked speculation about potential solutions to prevent the app's impending ban in the United States, though the path forward remains unclear.

Virat Kohli has found himself at the center of another controversy. The time the Indian batter was criticised by the Australian media over privacy.

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Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday hit out at the government for tweaking an election rule to prevent public inspection of certain electronic documents, alleging it is part of the Modi government's «systematic conspiracy» to destroy the institutional integrity of the Election Commission. Kharge also said the Modi government's «calibrated erosion» of the ECI's integrity is a frontal attack on the Constitution and democracy. The government has tweaked an election rule to prevent public inspection of certain electronic documents such as CCTV camera and webcasting footage as well as video recordings of candidates to prevent their misuse. Based on the recommendation of the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Union law ministry on Friday amended Rule 93(2)(a) of the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961, to restrict the type of «papers» or documents open to public inspection.

Infosys Founder Narayana Murthy said true nationalism is to work for the betterment of the country and not by merely wrapping oneself in the national flag. “The young generation must work with a sense of responsibility toward the nation and society. We must care for the underprivileged sections of society, or else we are no better than animals. Becoming a responsible citizen and working toward the country’s betterment is true nationalism. Merely wrapping oneself in the national flag does not make one a true nationalist,” Murthy said while speaking at the Sustainability Crusade award ceremony organised by the J P Shroff Foundation in Hyderabad on Friday.

Approaching a midnight deadline, the Senate is preparing to give final approval to a new plan to prevent a government shutdown

President-elect Donald Trump has been promoting the idea of creating a ‘Strategic National Bitcoin Stockpile,’ but the purpose of such an institution remains unclear. The price of a bitcoin (BTCUSD) surged to a record high this week, briefly passing the $108,000 mark after President-elect Donald Trump repeated his campaign trail proposal for the government to hold some amount of the popular cryptocurrency officially.

Italy’s data protection authority says it has fined OpenAI $15.6 million after wrapping up a probe into the collection of personal data by its generative artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT

immigration officials stopped her from boarding a flight to Toronto. The arrest followed the discovery of irregularities in her passport, which had been tampered with to hide certain details about her travel. Satveer Kaur, a resident of Punjab, was set to travel to Toronto to join a new job after completing her higher studies in Canada. However, when officials examined her passport, they found that the arrival date of September 28 had been deleted. The police later revealed that Kaur had removed this date to prevent her parents from knowing when she had returned to India. According to a police official, «She said that her parents were unaware about her arrival on Sept 28. She did not want her parents to know about it as she had gone to meet her friend.»

stocks and bonds. The rupee hit a low of 85.085 per dollar, before closing at 85.07 per dollar, as against its previous close of 84.952/$1, LSEG data showed The rupee has depreciated to record lows for the fourth consecutive day, even as the Reserve Bank of India intervened in the onshore and offshore markets to prevent excess volatility, traders said. The rupee hit 85.15/$1 in the offshore non-deliverable forwards market, and will act as an immediate support, traders said.

CKYC). Two of such measures are- masking KYC identifier details (PAN, Aadhaar, voter ID card, driving license etc) and unique IP address based authorised access. Earlier all your details were viewed and searched by any intermediary. Now these practices are starting to end as the government proposal of masking all KYC identifiers. However, the industry players-banks, financial institutions essentially Regulated Entities (REs) voiced concerns about the government being very fast in implementing these measures and hence requested a deadline extension. The Central Know Your Customer (CKYC) has listened to REs’ request and has extended the deadline for masking of KYC identifier documents from December 16, 2024, to January 20, 2024.

Donald Trump abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan Wednesday to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown, instead telling House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republicans to essentially renegotiate — days before a deadline when federal funding runs out.Trump’s sudden entrance into the debate and new demands sent Congress spiraling as lawmakers are trying to wrap up work and head home for the holidays. It leaves Johnson scrambling to engineer a new plan before Friday’s deadline to keep government open.“Republicans must GET SMART and TOUGH,” Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance said in a statement.The president-elect made an almost unrealistic proposal that combined the same continuation of government funds along with a much more controversial provision to raise the nation’s debt limit — something his own party routinely rejects.

bird flu on Wednesday, involving a Louisiana resident, as California declared a state of emergency to address the escalating outbreak.The Louisiana patient was hospitalized in critical condition after suspected contact with an infected backyard flock, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Global security leaders are warning nuclear threats are growing as weapons spending has surged to $91.4 billion last year

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