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Nahel M by a police officer, in Nanterre near Paris last Tuesday, has sparked rioting across France. It has lit a fuse that is lighting others. It has also returned the spotlight on a long-festering issue in France, and across many parts of the democratic world: police brutality, administrative neglect and sectarian imbalance leading to moments of tipping over.

Publicis Groupe is open to acquisitions in India in areas like tech, data and commerce, a top executive told ET. The advertising behemoth has identified the digital technology business as the next growth area even though media and creative services still account for the majority of its revenue. The company's digital technology business includes marketing agency Digitas India, digital transformation agency Indigo Consulting, and ecommerce division Publicis Commerce.

smartphone market, which is still dominated by Chinese brands, regardless of the price levels: sub or above ₹10,000. An ET survey, which constituted nearly 20 mobile retail shops in Delhi, found that none sold Indian mobile brands-firstly, shops had limited stock of sub-₹10,000 mobile phones-which used to drive volumes historically in India; and almost all the shops sold 2-3 times more ₹ 10,000-plus mobile phones than sub-₹10,000 handsets, with demand mostly for 5G phones over 4G phones.

Jahangir Aziz, head of emerging market economics at JP Morgan, tells Gayatri Nayak and Bhaskar Dutta. Edited excerpts:India appears to be an outlier so far and the forecasts also show it to be the fastest growing major economy. What makes it so and how long? Our view is that in the second half of the year, growth is going to slow down.

Maintaining that there was no split in NCP, he said all MLAs, MPs of the party have backed the decision to join the government and that they would contest all future elections on NCP's name and symbol. He said: «We need strong leadership in the country that is being provided by PM Modi.

Tour de France offers substantial prize money across various categories. The prize pool for this year's event is significant, and it raises questions about the amount the winner will receive and other important figures.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday said the state government is considering a pension scheme for unmarried people in the 45-60 age group. According to a release, the government will take a decision regarding the scheme within a month, Khattar said while addressing a 'Jan Samvad' programme at Kalampura village in Karnal.

Social media giant Meta's Facebook took action against only around 27% of complaints it received from users and Instagram against less than half of total grievances raised by users in May 2023, according to the company's latest India Monthly Report. Individual grievances on Facebook more than doubled to 16,995 and jumped over 68% on Instagram in May compared to April data.

Wagner boss of «going off the rails» after receiving billions in public funds, as Moscow's new narrative takes shape after Wagner's brief mutiny. Last weekend the head of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, led his forces in a short-lived rebellion against Russia's top military brass, in a huge embarrassment for the Kremlin. «Prigozhin has gone off the rails because of big money,» Dmitry Kiselev, one of the main faces of the Russian propaganda machine, said on his weekly television show on Sunday.

Diablo 4 (Diablo IV) was poised to release its season 1 in July and somehow, it appears that it is happening soon, so there’s good news. Blizzard will be kicking off a developer live stream on the game’s official YouTube and Twitch channels on July 6 at 2 pm ET. In a press note, Diablo 4 makers noted that the upcoming live stream will include all the information on the game's theme, release date and more information.

China Information Technology Development Limited (CITD) (HKEX: 8178), a leading technology company specializing in AI and cloud technologies, has announced its plan to issue HK$100 million worth of Bonds using distributed ledger technology (DLT). The proposed issuance aims to revolutionize the bond market by leveraging blockchain and smart contract technologies.

Russia launched a drone attack early Sunday on Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, officials said. It was the first such attack of the war in 12 days. All of the Iranian-made Shahed exploding drones were detected and shot down, according to Serhii Popko, the head of the Kyiv city administration.

CAGR) of 10 per cent, according to Tata group firm Voltas. The company expects to be at the forefront of this growth. Voltas, an industry leader in the segment with a market share of 21.6 per cent in FY23, remains «very optimistic» about the room air conditioner business and is investing in augmenting its capacity, the company said in its latest annual report.

Darius Campbell Danesh, who tragically passed away at the age of 41 in August. The singer was discovered lifeless in his US apartment, prompting a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding his untimely demise. According to the autopsy report, the renowned vocalist accidentally died due to the toxic effects of chloroethane inhalation.

CBI is investigating the role of several people who allegedly helped former WAPCOS CMD Rajinder Gupta, arrested after the seizure of Rs 38 crore in cash from his premises, in purchasing properties worth crores by procuring demand drafts and pay orders in exchange for cash, the agency said its charge sheet. In the charge sheet filed before a CBI special court recently, the agency has alleged that Gupta amassed assets disproportionate to his known sources of income during his tenure as CMD of WAPCOS, a central public sector enterprise, from April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2019. The charge sheet filed under relevant provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act and IPC Sections 109 and 201 (destruction of evidence) has named Gupta and his wife, Reema Singal, as accused.

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Mann on Sunday said his government will recover the Rs 55 lakh spent on keeping gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari in Rupnagar jail during the previous Congress government from former chief minister Amarinder Singh and jail minister Sukhjinder Randhawa. If the money is not paid by Singh, who is now a BJP leader, and Randhawa, a Congress MLA, then their pension and other facilities will be cancelled, Mann said. Ansari was in Rupnagar jail from January 2019 to April 2021 in an extortion case registered in Mohali before the Supreme Court directed the Punjab government to give custody of the gangster-turned-politician to Uttar Pradesh Police.

commerce ministry has called a meeting of exporters on Monday to take stock of the situation, as the country's outbound shipments have been contracting for the last four months, an official said. Exporters are expected to flag issues like extending greater support to participate in global exhibitions and fairs; expediting negotiations to conclude free trade agreements with the UK, Canada, Israel and GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council); and allowing industry double weighted deduction on salary to professionals to retain talent in India.

GST as it looks to crack down on fraudsters who are misusing the PAN and Aadhaar of other people to obtain GST registration, CBIC chief Vivek Johri said. Johri further said that the tax authorities are also discussing some more tightening in the GST return filing system to limit the scope of claiming Input Tax Credit (ITC), when taxes have not been paid by suppliers in the supply chain.

The companies — which also include Invesco, VanEck, 21Shares and WisdomTree — are among eight that are seeking to launch what would be an initial crop of US spot Bitcoin ETFs. BlackRock Inc. set off the wave with its surprise filing for such a fund in mid-June.

agriculture department is planning to increase the area under basmati crop by over 20 per cent in the current sowing season, with the state government pushing for alternative crops to wean away growers from water-guzzling paddy. As sowing of the aromatic crop is set to commence this month, the agriculture department has targeted to bring six lakh hectares under the aromatic crop, up from 4.94 lakh hectares last year, an agriculture department senior official said. The state government also has plans to fix a support price of Rs 2,600 to Rs 2,800 a quintal for basmati crop.