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Mehul Choksi's plea seeking records related to the suspension of his passport from the regional passport office. Choksi, an accused in a multi-million dollars scam at the Punjab National Bank, has claimed that he can not return to India as his passport is suspended on the ground of a «security threat to India». The special judge for the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) cases S M Menjoge, however, allowed his plea seeking copies of investigation files relevant to decide whether there are sufficient grounds to declare Choksi a Fugitive Economic Offender (FEO).

Poland has tightened its visa rules for international students. This action comes after Poland's «student visa scandal» that broke out in May. Poland's Foreign Minister, Radoslaw Sikorski, announced a significant change in the country's visa policy, declaring that student visas will no longer be issued to foreigners without high school diplomas. The decision aims to prevent misuse of student visas by individuals seeking to work in the European Union illegally. This move comes after a scandal exposed by the Polish daily Dziennik Gazeta Prawna revealed that some foreign nationals were obtaining student visas despite not meeting university admission requirements in their home countries. These individuals often failed to attend the universities they were registered at, instead using their student visas to work within the Schengen Area.

NGT) has said that only the Centre can decide whether constructing a «strong» battalion infrastructure in a reserve forest area would impact the issue of conservation of forests. The green panel was hearing a plea alleging that Assam's forest department had illegally diverted 28 hectares of reserve forest for the establishment of the 2nd Assam Commando Battalion in the Assam-Nagaland interstate border area of Geleky Reserve Forest in Sibsagar district. It also alleged that unauthorised permission was granted by the then Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) M K Yadava, who «misused his power and position to divert a large part of the forest area» without taking consent from the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC). In an order passed on August 9, the eastern bench of the NGT comprising judicial member Justice Sheo Kumar Singh and expert member Arun Kumar Verma noted that an affidavit was filed by the present PCCF, stating the construction of the forest battalion was an «activity for forest conservation and management» and while undertaking it, no trees were felled.

WazirX announced on Wednesday that it is ending its custody arrangement with Liminal Custody following a major hack that resulted in the theft of Rs 2,000 crore ($230 million) from its multisig wallet. The Indian cryptocurrency exchange is currently in the process of migrating its remaining assets from Liminal Custody to new multisig wallets to enhance security. This move comes nearly a month after the breach that saw a significant portion of customer funds disappear. The hack on July 18 led to the loss of 45% of the exchange's customer funds. To prevent further issues and secure remaining assets, WazirX is taking careful steps to transfer its funds.

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₹117 crore in penalties to the government. The penalties were imposed after the ministry of heavy industries found that Okinawa allegedly violated domestic manufacturing criteria under the FAME-II (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles) scheme. The second edition of the scheme that’s designed to promote the adoption of electric vehicles in India concluded in March.

Border Security Force committee has held 83 flag meetings with Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) over the last three days. The two sides have conducted nearly 241 'simultaneous coordinating' patrolling in vulnerable areas, BSF said. The panel, constituted by the home ministry on Friday, was mandated to maintain communication channels with its Bangladesh counterpart to ensure safety and security of Indian nationals and minorities living there. According to BSF, the first meeting was held on Saturday. «In order to reach out to counterparts up to border outpost and company levels, both the border guarding forces have held around 83 flag meetings at various levels in the last three days,» BSF said. While appreciating BGB's role in preventing Bangladeshis from coming close to borders, BSF impressed upon BGB to protect Indians and minorities in Bangladesh.

Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday defended the extant taxation regime, highlighting that the pressure of meeting several challenges and compelling spending requirements, including for research and development, are preventing the government from slashing tax rates. The minister called on academics to apply for more and more patents to cash in on the commercial value of such knowledge while benefiting society at large. She was speaking at a convocation ceremony of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research in Bhopal. «There are times when being the finance minister, it doesn't give me motivation when I have to answer people about why our taxes are like this? Why can't we even be lower than this?» she said.

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Bulgarian authorities say they have seized some 436 kilograms — about 960 pounds — of heroin at the Black Sea port of Burgas

Indian Coast Guard (ICG)'s aircraft and hovercrafts along with other vessels are carrying out surveillance operations along the maritime boundary with Bangladesh to prevent an illegal influx into India amid escalating unrest and the collapse of the government in Bangladesh. Bangladesh is experiencing a volatile political situation, with Sheikh Hasina resigning from the post of Prime Minister on August 5 amid mounting protests. The protests, led mainly by students demanding an end to a quota system for government jobs, evolved into anti-government demonstrations. In response to the heightened tensions in the neighbouring country, the ICG has strengthened security along the international maritime boundary line to prevent any illegal intrusions into India.

The volatility in global financial markets hasn’t derailed investor optimism around US technology behemoths or expectations of a soft economic landing, according to a global survey by Bank of America Corp.

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Delhi government's anti-corruption branch (ACB) has arrested seven individuals, including a suspended GST officer, three advocates, two transporters, and a proprietor of fake firms, for their alleged involvement in a GST fraud racket. The fraud involved fraudulent GST refunds that amounted to approximately Rs 54 crore, and forged invoices totaling Rs 718 crore were discovered. The operation uncovered nearly 500 non-existent firms, which appeared to be engaging in business activities solely on paper to claim the fraudulent refunds, a TOI report stated. Officials have pointed to significant procedural lapses and malpractices by the arrested GST officer, Babita Sharma, who has since been suspended. The fraudulent refunds were reportedly approved without proper verification of input tax credit, which has resulted in a substantial loss to the government’s exchequer. ACB Chief Joint Commissioner Madhur Verma highlighted the nature of the fraud:

temporary foreign worker program is a breeding ground for contemporary forms of slavery alleged a report by UN investigator Tomoya Obokata, according to an article in Canada's leading daily Globe and Mail. Prof. Obokata is the United Nations’ special rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery and a professor of international human-rights law at the University of York in Britain. The recently released final report cements Prof. Obokata’s initial impressions, which he first expressed last year after visiting Ottawa, Moncton, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver on a fact-finding tour, Globe and Mail reported.

Kerala General Education Department has added 'Fact-Checking' modules as part of new ICT textbooks for Classes 5 and 7, designed to help students recognize fake news and perform fact-checking on online platforms. The move by the Kerala government was implement even ahead of UK which reportedly is is planning to revise their primary curriculum by including this topic. Earlier in 2022, Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE), the technology arm of Kerala General Education Department, had imparted Fake News prevention and awareness creation training for 19.72 lakh students of Grades 5 to 10, as part of the Digital Media Literacy programme.

Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda on Monday said that the state has recorded 58 deaths and crop damage in 80,000 hectares, due to «above normal» rains so far in the current monsoon season so far. More rains are anticipated in several parts of the state in the days ahead, and officials have been instructed to take precautionary measures, he said. «In the northern interior region, the average rainfall has been 260 mm, but this year it has received 322 mm, which is 24 per cent higher than normal. The Malnad region typically receives 1,127 mm of rainfall, but this year it has received 1,361 mm, 21 per cent higher than normal.

Himanta Biswa Sarma said that police prevented four Bangladeshi nationals from entering India illegally through Karimganj district. Sarma stated on X, “This morning at 1:30 AM, Bangladeshi citizens identified as Motiur Seikh, Mushiar Mullah, Tania Mullah, and Rita Mullah attempted to enter India through the Karimganj sector of the India-Bangladesh border. However, police effectively intervened at the zero point and promptly repelled them, preventing their unauthorized entry.” He told media persons these people were Rohingyas and it is not related to the ongoing crisis in Bangladesh.

the personal rebuttals from its chairperson, Madhabi Puri-Buch, and her spouse, Dhaval Buch, have sparked a political firestorm. The Opposition has linked the controversy to Parliament's abrupt adjournment on Friday, despite agendas being issued for Monday. Sebi claims Puri-Buch fulfilled all internal disclosure requirements and recused herself where necessary.

Independence Day, the DMRC on Sunday advised people not to fly kites in the vicinity of elevated metro lines passing through residential areas for their safety and to prevent disruption of metro services. «As kite flying gathers pace around August 15, there is a likelihood of kite strings getting entangled in the OHE (overhead equipment) wires or getting stuck in the pantograph (which draws power from OHE) of a moving train if kites are flown in the area of elevated metro lines,» Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) Principal Executive Director Anuj Dayal said in an advisory. «Such incidents have the potential to not only disrupt the metro services by damaging/tripping the OHE or pantograph but may also prove fatal to those flying kites with metallic maanjha,» he said. The DMRC has a robust mechanism in place to check and prevent any kind of disruptions and dedicated teams are deployed to swiftly remove any kite strings, he added.

Maine gun retailers are now requiring a three-day wait period for purchases under a new law that was among several gun safety bills adopted after the state’s deadliest mass shooting