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Rajasthan BJP leader Balaknath remained non-committal on Monday over the possibility of his becoming the chief minister of the state, even as his name is doing the rounds for the top post after the saffron party's emphatic victory in the just-concluded Assembly polls. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) returned to power in Rajasthan on Sunday, winning 115 of the 199 seats that went to polls. The Congress, which was hoping to buck the trend of the incumbent being voted out in the desert state every five years, ended up winning 68 seats.

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC). «From FY 2018-19 to FY 2023-24 (up to 30th November, 2023) 1,06,561 companies have exited voluntarily under section 248(2) of the Companies Act, 2013. »From FY 2018-19 to FY 2023-24 (up to 30th September 2023) final reports of 1,168 companies have been submitted by liquidators under section 59 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Code), of which final dissolution orders have been passed by NCLT in 633 cases during the said period," Union Minister Rao Inderjit Singh told the Lok Sabha.

Sanjay Singh in a money laundering case related to the excise policy case until December 11, 2023. Meanwhile, the court also ordered to supply an advance copy of the supplementary chargesheet to Sanjay Singh's lawyer and noted that the bail arguments are to be held on December 6, 2023. Earlier during the arguments, the Enforcement Directorate filed an application stating that the names of one protected witness had been mentioned by mistake and hence the same shall not come into the public domain due to their protection. The court has reserved the order for the interim court and directed the court staff to keep the file in secrecy. However, the court, while ordering to serve the advance copy to Sanjay Singh's lawyer, allowed ED to remove or hide such a portion mentioning the protected witness name.

NEW DELHI : In some relief for SpiceJet, the National Company Law Tribunal on Monday dismissed a plea by aircraft lessor Willis Lease Finance Corp. to initiate insolvency proceedings against the cash-strapped airline. But apart from Willis Lease Finance, three other lessors—Celestial Aviation, Wilmington Trust, and Aircastle Ltd—have similar pleas pending with NCLT to admit SpiceJet into insolvency over unpaid dues.

National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Delhi registered the highest rate of crime against women in the country in 2022. The national capital recorded 14,247 cases in 2022 with a rate of 144.4 (per lakh), which was way above the national average of 66.4. The crime against women in the national capital stood at 14,277 in 2021 and 10,093 in 2020, reported PTI.

COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber defended his role in hosting this year's UN climate summit and insisted he understood and respected the science of climate change. He was responding to a December 3 report in the Guardian newspaper on comments he made last month on the phase-out of fossil fuels that have sparked criticism at COP28. The Guardian story had quoted Al Jaber saying during a November 21 online event that "there is no science out there, or no scenario out there, that says that the phase-out of fossil fuel is what's going to achieve 1.5C".

By Supantha Mukherjee

(Reuters) — Cryptocurrency-related stocks listed in the U.S. surged on Monday, looking to extend their strong November gains, as bitcoin topped $42,000 to hit a fresh high for the year.

₹3.25 lakh crore for the fiscal year 2024-25 from the Ministry of Finance, which is a 25 percent increase compared to the previous year, according to a report by Moneycontrol. The government aims to maintain minimal market borrowings for the National Highways Authority of India in the upcoming financial year, government officials said.

available finance and estimated adaptation and mitigation costs. The WTO will co-lead the ‘trade day’ discussions at CoP-28.

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₹50,000) and reports of rising delinquencies among small borrowers all point to a strain on household finances. Since about 80% of annual household borrowing is from banks and the rest from NBFCs, the RBI action may address the household debt problem to the extent that it limits funding from these sources. Banks have always been central to our financial system, but the systemic importance of NBFCs has increased in recent years as they have caught up with banks on various metrics.

New Year's Eve and Christmas Eve, about 48 per cent of Indians plan on increasing their travel budget in 2024, according to a report by ACKO in collaboration with YouGov Travel. About 60 per cent of Indians are set to travel to international destinations this year.

Motilal Oswal Financial Services. For instance, BJP had lost these three states in December 2018, but won the 2019 Lok Sabha elections with a better majority than in 2014. Local issues predominantly influence state elections, while economic growth takes center stage in general elections.

Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) of the National Sample Survey Office, Himachal Pradesh topped the urban unemployment chart with 33.9%, followed by Rajasthan with 30.20% among the age group of 15 to 29 years during July-September 2023, against the national average of 17.3% of the same age group during the period, reported PTI. The PLFS data also revealed that the urban female unemployment rate in Himachal Pradesh was 49.2% among the 15-29 age group in the July-September quarter of this fiscal year as compared to 25.3% of males in the state. Rajasthan registered 39.4% of urban female unemployment in the quarter as against 27.2% in males, the PLFS data revealed.

By Marc Jones

NMDC Ltd scaled 52-week highs of ₹186 on Monday having gained almost 3% in the last 2 trading sessions. The gains are being led by record production and sales growth being reported by NMDC NMDC sales at 3.79 million Tonne (MT) during November grew almost 25% year-on-year. It is not only the month of November that saw strong sales growth but also year to date in FY24, NMDC sales at 27.78 mt have grown 23.5% year-on-year.

Manipur witnessed fresh violence in a series of violent incidences that has gripped the state since May, 2023. According to media reports citing officials, 13 people were killed in a gunfight between two groups of militants in Manipur's Tengnoupal district. The incident took place at Leithu village on Monday afternoon, PTI reported.

Mehmood has been diagnosed with stage four stomach cancer. The actor-directed known for featuring in many iconic Bollywood movies such as ‘Kati Patang’, ‘Aan Milo Sajna’, ‘Caravan’ etc has been diagnosed with stage four stomach cancer. In an interview with ETimes, the actor’s long-time friend Salam Kazi confirmed the sad news. He also said that the actor was being treated at home and had his family by his side. He also stated that the cancer had metastasised and spread to his lungs. “The cancer was detected only a month ago and he’s on its fourth stage and has affected his lungs and other parts. Doctors told us that he has only 40 days but we are all praying for him.” Fellow actor-comedian Raju Shrestha shared a picture of Mehmood on the bed and appealed to his followers to pray for him. The tweet gained more than 263K views and 3.3K likes on Twitter. As per reports, comedian Johnny Lever was the only industry personality who visited him. “Junior Mehmood has produced Marathi films and earned money from them. But he is grateful to Johnny Lever who was the first person to visit him from the film industry,” said Kazi. He said that despite objections from Mehmood’s family, the ‘Baazigar’ actor left money to aid the treatment.