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Universal Music Group (UMG) announced a new partnership with social music creation platform BandLab Technologies on Oct. 18 to promote responsible practices with artificial intelligence (AI) in the industry. 

Rushil Decor rights issue: Shares of Rushil Decor is among the newsmaker stocks on Dalal Street. This small-cap stock with a market cap of around ₹928 crore is soon going to discuss and approve fund raise through rights issue.

(Reuters) -Universal Music Group, the label representing Taylor Swift, said on Wednesday it has partnered with digital music firm BandLab Technologies to help protect the rights of artists and songwriters amid the growing use of artificial intelligence.

DY Chandrachud. Justice Chandrachud and Justice Kaul supported all the rights for queer community, but their stance was overruled by the majority judgment given by the other three judges: Justice Bhatt, Justice Hima Kholi, and Justice Narisimbha.

same-sex marriage in India. CJI DY Chandrachud said that a transgender man can marry a woman or vice-versa. However, he said the directions do not result in the creation of an institution.

MUMBAI, NEW DELHI : Aditya Birla Group flagship Grasim Industries Ltd on Monday said its board has approved raising ₹4,000 crore through a rights issue. The capital will be used to finance capital expenditure, repay debt and for general corporate purposes. “The capital outlay for the company to establish itself as India’s second largest decorative paints player is on track.

Cortnee Vine, Ellie Carpenter, Hayley Raso and Katrina Gorry weren’t household names when the year began, but the Matildas’ historic FIFA Women’s World Cup campaign changed things – fast.

Russia was defeated in its bid to regain a seat in the United Nations premiere human rights body by a significant majority in Tuesday's election in the General Assembly, which voted last year to suspend Moscow after its invasion of Ukraine. Russia competed against Albania and Bulgaria for two seats on the Geneva-based Human Rights Council representing the East European regional group. In the secret ballot vote, Bulgaria got 160 votes, Albania got 123 votes and Russia just 83 votes.

United Nations: Russia faces a tough fight to regain a seat in the U.N.'s premiere human rights body in Tuesday's election in the General Assembly, which voted last year to suspend Moscow after its invasion of Ukraine. The 193-member assembly will be electing 15 members to the Geneva-based Human Rights Council, with candidates put forward by the U.N.'s five regional groups.

(Reuters) — Major shareholders in music investor Hipgnosis Songs Fund are preparing to block the sale of a rights portfolio worth $440 million to a private fund owned by Blackstone (NYSE:BX), the Financial Times reported on Friday.

Affordable Robotic rights issue: The board of directors of the Affordable Robotic & Automation Ltd has approved fund raise through rights issue. The company board fave its approval in its board meeting today.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said people in rural India are forced to wander from door-to-door in search of work under MGNREGA while the prime minister was «hiding his failures» by criticising the Congress in poll-bound states. Kharge's remarks come a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed the Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan over exam paper leaks, corruption and law and order, saying it cared only for its «vote bank» and not the people of Rajasthan.

Struggling for an effective counter to the Opposition’s demand for a nationwide caste census on the lines of the one completed in Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that South India stood to lose 100 Lok Sabha seats if the Congress’ idea of “Jitni Aabadi, Utna Haq” were to be taken into consideration for the exercise of delimitation.

(Reuters) — Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS)'s ESPN has clinched the U.S. broadcast rights for TGL, a new primetime golf league created by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, the company said on Thursday.

Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday informed that the regional opposition parties will hold a joint peaceful protest on October 10 against trampling of constitutional rights and delay of elections here. Abdullah chaired a meeting of the regional opposition parties in Jammu in which leaders from Congress, People’s Democratic Party, Panthers Party and other political parties participated. They also condemned the raids against journalists in New Delhi. “Considering the situation on ground and how the constitution has been suspended in J&K and our rights have been attacked and trampled upon, we have decided to take out a peaceful protest on October 10,” said Abdullah.

Dunzo is seeking a final nod from its board to raise up to $35 million through a rights issue even as some of its investors are of the view that the valuation of the beleaguered startup be slashed to about $200 million — or one fourth of its peak value of $800 million – for the critical financing round, several people aware of the matter said. While a few of the existing investors have committed around $10-15 million in capital at the reduced valuation, the company’s board is yet to clear the proposal, they added. Further, a meeting scheduled for last week is now expected to take place later this week. Company founder and CEO Kabeer Biswas is expected to seek clearance from the board, including top shareholders like Reliance Retail, Google and others, in the coming days to close the much needed funding, the sources said.

Currently China’s quota is less than Japan’s, despite its larger share of global gross domestic product.

Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the Congress should clarify whether rights can be given in proportion to the «abadi» (population) and asserted that poor people have the first right over the country's resources. He also asked whether the grand old party wants to decrease the rights of the Muslims. His statements come a day after the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government released a caste survey, which revealed that OBCs and EBCs constitute a whopping 63 per cent of the state's total population.

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Afghanistan in the Russian city of Kazan that saw participation from India and representatives of the Taliban called for an inclusive government in Kabul, ensuring rights of women and preventing the Afghan territory from being used for spreading terror. India was represented at Friday’s meeting by its Moscow-based envoy Pawan Kapoor. ET was the first to report that India will participate in the Moscow format meet in Kazan on September 29. The fifth meeting of the Moscow format on Afghanistan also witnessed the participation of special representatives and senior officials from Russia, China, Pakistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Representatives of Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye also attended the meeting as invited parties.

Jaishankar also emphasized the Modi government has paid a lot of attention to the issues of the Sikh community, saying the extremist elements are just a small minority and, hence, do not represent the entire group. “...Everyone is aware of the amount of attention that the Modi government has paid to the issues of the Sikh community in the last 10 years and the suggestions it has made," the foreign affairs minister said as quoted by ANI. “I do not believe that the discussions that are taking place right now are the representative issues of the entire community (Sikhs).