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A 24-year Japanese model and four of her young compatriots, who want to undergo sterilization surgeries, recently filed a lawsuit at a Tokyo court to challenge Japan’s Maternal Protection Act of 1996, which deprives them of the opportunity to do so and thus violates their constitutional right to equality and self-determination. The petitioners’ lawyer argued that the Act smacks of “excessive paternalism" in assuming that “a woman’s body is destined to become a mother," denying them the right to “live a life of their choice." This Japanese law, a revised version of its earlier Eugenics Protection Law of 1948, has stringent pre-conditions for a woman to undergo a sterilization surgery.

The Indian consumer is showing signs of fatigue. The indications are evident in what consumer goods companies are reporting as well as from hard data in the national income accounts. Household consumer spending grew at half the pace of the overall economy in the financial year that ended in March.

Madras High Court on Monday said that the firing against anti-sterile protesters in Tuticorin in 2018 was predetermined, reported TOI. “One particular industrialist wanted to teach the protesters a lesson and the authorities facilitated it,” said the court. The HC ordered Tamil Nadu’s Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption to scrutinise the assets of all officers, including IPS and IAS officers, who were serving in Tuticorin from 2016 to 2020.

Open Society Foundations revealed Tuesday its first new commitment after a years-long internal reorganization, pledging $400 million over eight years to support green economic development

Unit-Linked Insurance Plans (ULIPs) combine insurance and investment. In ULIPs, a portion of your premium goes towards providing insurance coverage and the remaining is invested in market-linked funds.Non-insurance savings options include bank deposits, post office schemes, mutual funds, and stocks. Bank deposits are safe and offer fixed returns.

HSBC announced on Wednesday that it has appointed Georges Elhedery as group CEO, starting Sept. 2.

Union budget presentation on July 23, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is on a two-day visit to Delhi to push for the demands raised by him for his state with central ministers. Naidu, a key ally in the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, met Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday evening. He is slated to meet other Union ministers on Wednesday. At his meeting with Shah, Naidu raised the issue of his state's fiscal condition. Naidu apprised Shah that he will be releasing a white paper on this on Thursday — his government's fourth since assuming power last month. Naidu took to microblogging site X and said, «Today in New Delhi, I met with the Hon'ble Union Home Minister, Shri @AmitShah Ji, to apprise him of the devastating condition of finances that Andhra Pradesh had slipped into over the past five years. I also discussed the findings of the four White Papers released, outlining the staggering debt accumulated between FY 2019-24 that spiralled our State's finances out of control. Economic incompetence, gross mismanagement, and rampant corruption by the previous government have caused irreparable damage to our State.»

Tata Steel protect local jobs at its Port Talbot plant, before it approves the 500-million ($635 million) lifeline offered by the previous administration for building a low-carbon facility. «Decarbonisation does not mean deindustrialisation,» new UK business secretary Jonathan Reynolds told ET in a response to email queries. «I will be working to safeguard jobs as part of negotiations, securing the future of steel-making communities for generations to come.» In September 2023, Tata Steel announced plans for a new low-carbon electric arc furnace (EAF) at its Wales factory, to be commissioned in 2027. The project entails investment of 1.25 billion jointly with the UK government, and thus hinges upon final approval of the grant.

Andra Day stars in Lee Daniels' new exorcism film, 'The Deliverance,' coming to select theaters on August 16 and Netflix on August 30. The movie depicts a single mother's fight to protect her children from dark forces. Plot In 'The Deliverance,' Andra Day plays Ebony Jackson, a single mother facing many challenges. She moves her family to a new home, hoping for a fresh start. However, strange occurrences soon disrupt their peace. Child Protective Services gets involved, making Ebony's situation more dire. She must now fight to keep her family together and safe from supernatural threats.

Amazon Prime Day has finally kicked off on July 16 and will be a two-day mega sale for all those shopping lovers who were simply waiting for it to begin. Now is the perfect opportunity to fill up your Amazon shopping carts to the brim and just hit the purchase button while the sales last. There are some superb deals and discounts on a plethora of products and brands, with various privileges for Amazon Prime subscribers.

Yet in interviews with 12 Donald Trump delegates at his Republican Party nominating convention in Milwaukee, none advocated for limits or bans on assault rifles, raising the legal age to buy a gun, or even more robust background checks. The delegates were dead set against any type of reform to US gun laws. Most viewed even mild measures, such as expanded background checks, or raising the legal age to buy an assault weapon to 21, as infringements on the US Constitution's Second Amendment, that gives citizens the right to own guns.

Trump and Republican Party Presidential nominee is ahead of his counterpart from the Democratic Party, not all is good with Trump. While the Republican party is aggressively campaigning, it may soon have to face its ‘Taylor Swift Nightmare’. Incumbent President Joe Biden who is on the backfoot with many of his own party members calling for his replacement, attacked Trump while addressing his supporters in Michigan. The party is planning to counter Trump and mount a counter attack that can push Trump and his team on the backfoot. There are many challenges that can be exploited.

CBC releases the trailer for Season 2 of the anthology drama Plan B. The new season features a new cast and a fresh story centered around time travel.

₹5,500-crore initial public offering.“Some of the weaker players have already fallen off over the last year, last few months, and the larger players - the top five- six people - are contributing to 80% plus of the industry... So, in one sense the consolidation has happened," Rakesh Sharma, executive director, Bajaj Auto, said at a post-earnings press conference.He emphasized that as Baja Auto and other electric two-wheeler makers widen their distribution networks and expand their product portfolios, Ola Electric will feel the heat.

Small-cap stocks are on a tear right now as they took the baton from megacap technology shares last week to lead the bull market on hopes interest rate cuts will broaden out the economic recovery to their benefit.

LONDON — Craig Wright, an Australian man who claimed to be the inventor of bitcoin, was on Tuesday referred to British prosecutors for committing alleged perjury.

Trump Media have surged in the first day of trading following an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump

NCLT) on Tuesday admitted edtech firm Byju’s parent company Think and Learn into insolvency over unpaid dues of Rs 158 crore related to sponsorship rights from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The tribunal has appointed Pankaj Srivastava as the interim resolution professional who will run the company until a Committee of Creditors (CoC) is constituted.

«So, the conclusion, a lot of investors have probably drawn from whatever they have observed in the last three years and that is the reality for them, is that you will always make money in the market,» says Sanjeev Prasad, Kotak Institutional Equities. The party continues. I guess this one line captures the market mood at all. The party continues. The point is, how long will it continue? Sanjeev Prasad: It will continue. Good for everybody, I guess. What do you want me to say on this thing? I mean, I am not a forecaster who can forecast where prices will go or where things will move. The job is to forecast value or rather I should say estimate value, not forecast prices.

Micron was the first major company to sign up for the Indian government’s $1 billion Indian Semiconductor Mission when it announced a chip assembly plant in Gujarat last year at an overall investment of $2.75 billion. The firm, which builds memory products and is currently riding a generative artificial intelligence (GenAI)-led boom, having seen its market cap rise about 117% in the past year to $145.92 billion. Its chief business officer, Sumit Sadana, told ET in an interview that the company hopes to start the India facility by 2025 which will complement some part of its global sales given its AI led products are sold out till 2025. He also spoke about whether the exorbitant cost of AI products will come down, productivity gains, investing in India’s startup ecosystem and more. Edited excerpts: On Micron’s upcoming India facility