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exchange-rate volatility, repeating his warning to yen bears as Tokyo tries to prevent a destabilising fall in the currency. Suzuki stopped short of threatening to take «decisive action» against excessive moves, language the minister used last week when the yen slumped to a 34-year low, suggesting officials are keeping their powder dry as they watch how currency moves play out.

Behind the blockbuster success of drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy is a less-noticed phenomenon: Some people don’t lose much weight on them. There is wide variation in weight loss on these types of drugs, called GLP-1s. Doctors say roughly 10% to 15% of people who try them are “non-responders," typically defined as those who lose less than 5% of their body weight.

said. “Thanks to electoral bonds, we can now trace the source of funding. Nothing is perfect, imperfections can be addressed," the PM added.

RBI Celebrates 90 Years: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 1 praised the widespread adoption of UPI and stressed the importance of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) focusing on promoting digital transactions and financial inclusion over the next decade. The prime minister was delivering the keynote address at the central bank's 90th anniversary event today in Mumbai. Also present were RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

finance ministry released an additional ₹3,400 crore in urgent assistance for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), over and above the revised estimate of ₹86,000 crore for 2023-24, as work demand beat initial projections, a senior official told ET. This pushed up the actual MGNREGS allocation for the financial year to ₹89,400 crore, against ₹90,806 crore a year before but almost 50% higher than the budget estimate of ₹60,000 crore. As many as 3.05 billion person-days were generated under the MGNREGS — a demand-driven scheme — in 2023-24, against the revised target of 2.95 billion, showed the preliminary data compiled by the rural development ministry.

smuggled Chinese garlic in India has prompted authorities to step up vigilance at the land customs posts. Customs authorities have deployed sniffer dogs and alerted its local intelligence at wholesale distributors and warehouses to prevent smuggling via bordering Nepal and Bangladesh, said people aware of the matter. «There has been a spike in such instances, especially in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and the Northeast, where garlic is transported via Nepal,» a customs official told ET on condition of anonymity.

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Income Tax Act is the primary provision addressing tax evasion in India. This section specifies the penalties for individuals intentionally trying to evade taxes, which can range from imprisonment to fines. The magnitude of the penalty is determined by the amount of tax evaded.

Telangana, all 24 liquor production points have been brought under CCTV surveillance to keep a check on the illegal flow of alcohol in the run-up to the May 13 Lok Sabha elections. Chief Electoral Office Vikas Raj said to prevent unwarranted liquor distribution during the elections, the state Excise Department is monitoring the sale of alcohol and will inform the Election Commission if there is a spike of more than 20 per cent in its production. The official said all the belt shops (unauthorised satellite shops) of liquor were shut down and the illegal network of distribution was stopped to a large extent. «For the first time in Telangana state, 24 production points (for liquor--distilleries and breweries) all of them were brought under CCTV.

Federal Reserve cooled last month, and consumer spending rebounded sharply. Earlier in the week, the collapse of a major bridge in Baltimore will cause weeks or months of transportation disruptions in the Mid-Atlantic region and accelerate a shift of cargo to the US West Coast. In Japan, the yen weakened to levels last seen in 1990, prompting multiple officials to affirm their commitment to intervene if necessary.

Anshul Saigal, Founder, Saigal Capital, says While public sector banks trade at about 1 to 1.5 times book on price to earnings basis, 5 to 10 times price to earnings, on a ROE basis, the outlook over the next one to two years for PSBs will be 15-16%, which is where the private sector banks are as well. With 15-20% earnings growth, private sector banks are in a similar range. Now, if valuations are materially attractive as compared to private sector banks, then in absolute return terms, PSU banks should deliver better returns as compared to private sector banks. Of course, if you want to prevent downsides and volatility, then the larger private sector banks are the place to hide.

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NEW DELHI : Ongoing tensions in the Taiwan strait can impact Indian exports passing through the region, the domestic semiconductor industry relying on supplies from the area, and the critical undersea cable network anchored there, said Vijay Gokhale, former diplomat and foreign secretary, on Saturday. Speaking at the Mint India Investment Summit 2024, Gokhale emphasized the importance of India using its considerable diplomatic influence to inform the global community about the potential consequences of a US-China conflict and to play a role in averting such a scenario. "India carries substantial diplomatic weight around the world," he remarked.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday questioned the government over the new Telecom Bill recently passed in the Parliament and wondered whether there was a scam worth thousands of crores in the allocation of satellite broadband spectrum. The Congress general secretary alleged that through the new Telecom Bill, the Narendra Modi government has «flouted» the rules and guidelines of the Supreme Court applicable since 2012. Why was this done? she asked. In a post on X in Hindi, Priyanka Gandhi posed questions for the government.

As authorities begin removing twisted wreckage from the the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, they’re confronting the potential for environmental fallout

A state audit has found that Vermont did not provide adequate oversight to prevent the massive fraud that occurred in ski area and other development projects funded by foreign investors’ money through a special visa program

Two pilots were at the helm of the cargo ship Dali on Tuesday when it lost power and, minutes later, crashed into a pillar of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing the bridge to collapse and kill six construction workers

Dutch hostage crisis: A man with weapons and explosives has taken several people hostage in the central Dutch town of Ede. The Netherlands police have rushed to the spot and cordoned off the area. The authorities have evacuated more than 150 homes in the area as a preventive measure in the escalating situation.

Enforcement Directorate filed about-8,000-page-long prosecution complaint in the case which is linked to alleged irregularities in the Delhi Jal Board (DJB). It was filed before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Delhi on March 28, the sources said.

Popular Front of India (PFI) have been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on money-laundering charges, official sources said on Saturday. Abdul Khader Puttur, Anshad Baddrudin and Firoz K were working as physical trainers for the PFI, the sources said, adding that they were arrested under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The arrested accused were produced before a special court here on Saturday. The agency has accused the three men of «imparting» weapons training to the PFI cadre and receiving substantial funds from the proscribed organisation for the same.