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Khammam (Telangana): Unprecedented widespread rainfall for the past couple of days has caused great deal of difficulty to the people to the people of Khammam district. Khammam District Collector Muzammil Khan has described the floods as «unprecedented» and one that was not witnessed in the region for the last 30 years «We are experiencing severe floods in our district unlike in the past 30 years because of the 200mm rains. I appreciate all the work taken up by the officials, public representatives and others over the past 2 days. We could save many lives because of this,» said Muzammil Khan while speaking to ANI.

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Worries of being uprooted from their jobs have returned for Laura Dodson and other federal workers, who have long been the economic backbone of the nation’s capital and its suburbs

Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to file an affidavit giving details about compliance of its 2021 judgement and subsequent directions on providing ration cards and other welfare measures to the migrant workers. The top court, in June 29, 2021 judgement and subsequent orders, had passed a slew of directions to the authorities asking them to undertake welfare measures, including giving ration cards to all migrant workers, who were distressed during the COVID-19 pandemic, registered with the 'e-Shram' portal. The 'e-Shram' is a comprehensive National Database of Unorganised Workers (NDUW) launched by the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment with a primary aim to facilitate delivery of welfare benefits and social security measures to unorganised sector workers across the country. «The Union of India is directed to file a comprehensive affidavit explaining the steps taken in compliance of the judgement dated June 29, 2021 and other subsequent orders. Such an affidavit will contain all the details of steps taken on any direction issued via main judgement and subsequent orders. This must be done within the period of three weeks,» said a bench comprising justices CT Ravikumar and Sanjay Karol.

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Mutual funds plan to request the Securities and Exchange Board of India to relax maturity norms for additional tier-1 bonds to encourage fund houses to invest in these relatively high-yielding debt instruments that banks issue to shore up equity capital. «The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has provided some leeway when it comes to the valuation norms for AT-1 bonds but the maturity requirement of 100 years for such instruments continues to be a hurdle for mutual fund investments. Talks have been ongoing between mutual funds and the regulator and a committee from the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) will suggest bringing down the maturity from 100 years to closer to the call option,» a source aware of the developments said.

RBI is poised to roll out its next major financial innovation, a technology platform that enables 'frictionless credit'. The platform, proposed to be called Unified Lending Interface (ULI), aims to facilitate a seamless and consent-based flow of digital information, including land records, to lenders from multiple data service providers. This, Das added, would reduce the time required for credit appraisal, particularly for smaller and rural borrowers. Coincidentally, his statement comes at a time when the account aggregator (AA) framework — created by the market-led industry alliance Sahamati and launched three years ago by RBI — has logged a record 100 mn consents. AA is using a framework like ULI to shift away from collateral-based lending to one premised on cash flows, addressing the formal credit needs of millions of underserved Indians. In short, India is poised to roll out another initiative to democratise access to credit. In the last decade, India banked the unbanked, whereby 80% of adults today own a bank account. Now, by seeking to enable universal lending, RBI is breaking down barriers to provide financial resources to a broader spectrum of borrowers. The impending convergence of fintech and AI will only accelerate this trend of serving the underbanked.

Justice K Hema Committee report, a poignant section stands out. Narrating her experience, a junior artist describes incidents of male actors harassing her. Apart from the acting parts, she lost out when she rejected sexual propositioning. She also mentions how she worked on a script for the big screen, pouring her heart into it every night after a long day's work. When she is told that this, too, would happen only if she was willing to 'adjust' and 'compromise' — the despicable industry bro code for demands for sex — she gives up on her dream. The 3-member Hema Committee was set up by the Kerala government in 2017 to 'study and report' issues faced by women in cinema, following persistent efforts of the Women in Cinema Collective (WCC) after the sexual assault of a prominent female actor. After the report's court-ordered release recently, the Malayalam film industry is caught in an unprecedented churn. Multiple women have drawn courage from the report's release to publicly share their accounts about the sexual harassment. Some FIRs have been filed, and an SIT has been set up. But how will we measure the number of careers cut short and dreams turned to dust by men controlling the industry — whether opportunities denied to an award-winning actor like Parvathy Thiruvothu or a makeup artist?

Namibia is planning to cull 723 wild animals, including 83 elephants, to feed the country amid the worst drought in a century, the New York Times has reported. Nearly half of the country's 1.4 million people are in a hunger crisis. The move aims to provide food and reduce dangerous encounters between humans and wildlife due to scarce resources, the report added. According to Namibia's Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism, the plan is «necessary» and aligns with the constitutional mandate to utilize natural resources for the benefit of Namibian citizens. The strategy of harvesting wild animals for food is not uncommon. Rose Mwebaza, director of the United Nations Environment Programme's Africa Office, stated, «Well-managed, sustainable harvesting of healthy wild animal populations can be a precious source of food for communities.» Drought is impacting a significant portion of southern Africa. The U.N. World Food Program noted in June that over 30 million people in the region are affected. Benjamin Suarato, spokesperson for the U.S. Agency for International Development, mentioned that droughts are a familiar issue in southern Africa, with several occurring in the past decade, including from 2018 to 2021. However, this particular drought is especially severe and wide-reaching, said Juliane Zeidler, country director of the World Wildlife Fund in Namibia.

Pavel Durov’s arrest last week has sent shockwaves and panic across the crypto community. Toncoin has slumped by over 15% since the Telegram founder’s arrest. We’ve also seen broader liquidation across the crypto market and an understandable concern over Telegram’s future across the communities. Yet, these were not the most shocking revelations from Durov’s recent arrest. Just a day before his confinement, he revealed that he had fathered over 100 children in the past 15 years throughout 12 countries. He helped several couples from around the world with fertility issues through sperm donation, leading to the birth of over 100 children across 12 countries.

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traceability and user privacy rules on WhatsApp, Telegram, Google Meet as well as other calling and messaging apps along with telecom operators as such platforms provide similar services using internet network, industry body COAI said. Telecom operators want the government and regulator to enforce message traceability and user privacy rule on these apps to curb spam and illegal activities as majority of messaging traffic has moved to data networks from SMS, COAI said. In a recent direction, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has mandated telecom operators to enhance message traceability. The regulator has mandated that the trail of all messages from senders to recipients must be traceable from November 1, 2024. Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), which represents Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and others, said that while the telecom service providers are working jointly with the Trai and the other stakeholders on this aspect, the OTT (over-the-top) communication services, without the requisite security and regulatory checks, is a growing concern in this regard.

D Y Chandrachud on Sunday said the fact that only 6.7 per cent court infrastructure at the district level is female-friendly needs to be changed. Speaking at the 'National Conference of the District Judiciary', Chandrachud said it should be ensured that courts provide safe and accommodating environment for all members of the society. «We must without any question, change the fact that only 6.7 per cent of our court infrastructure at the district level is female-friendly. Is this acceptable today in a nation where at the basic level of recruitment in some states over 60 or 70 per cent of the recruits are women? Our focus areas are on increasing accessibility measures which can be understood by carrying out infrastructural audits. »Opening in-court medical facilities, creches and technological projects like e-seva Kendras and video conferencing devices. These endeavours aim to increase access to justice.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita Kejriwal on Sunday accused the BJP government in Haryana of doing nothing in 10 years and urged the people to vote for AAP to build «a new Haryana». Assembly polls in Haryana will take place on October 5 and the results declared on October 8. Addressing a gathering in Haryana's Charkhi Dadri, Sunita Kejriwal asked the people if they witnessed any improvement in school education and government health facilities during the BJP's 10-year tenure. «Are you getting round-the-clock free electricity?» she asked.

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RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav's demand for a nationwide caste census and inclusion of 65 per cent quota increase in Bihar in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution, Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Kumar Jha said, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar ensured that caste census took place in Bihar. «CM Nitish Kumar ensured that caste census took place in Bihar. He took all affirmative actions regarding the same. They (Opposition) are such kind of people who did not even provide reservation in Panchayats when they were in power,» said MP Sanjay Kumar Jha. Notably, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) is holding a state-wide one-day sit-in protest with the demand for a nationwide caste census and the inclusion of the 65 per cent quota increase in Bihar in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution.

Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Sunday slammed the Election Commission for postponing the Haryana Assembly polls and accused the poll body of working for the BJP. «Not only ED and CBI but now Election Commission has also started to work for the BJP. It's very unfortunate that the Election Commission, for a political party's demand, has pushed the date back and it shows that the BJP is afraid of the defeat in Haryana,» Tagore told ANI. «The unpopular government in Haryana which is led by BJP will be defeated with a huge margin in each constituency and the Congress Government will be formed in Haryana with a clear verdict from the people,» he added.