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Ministry of National Defence (MND) said it detected eight Chinese military aircraft and five naval vessels operating around the nation between 6 am (local time) on Friday to 6 am (local time) on Saturday, Taiwan News reported. Following China's action, Taiwan, in response, monitored People's Liberation Army (PLA) activity and deployed appropriate forces. According to Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence, one PLA aircraft entered Taiwan's southwest air defence identification zone (ADIZ) during that time. In a post on X, Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence stated, «8 PLA aircraft and 7 PLAN vessels operating around Taiwan were detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. 1 of the aircraft entered Taiwan's SW ADIZ. #ROCArmedForces have monitored the situation and employed appropriate forces to respond.»

Time and time again, new blockchain projects have branded themselves as potential “Ethereum killers” – only for their lofty claims to inevitably fade away. Thanks to its first-mover advantage and robust ecosystem, Ethereum has reigned supreme as the world’s go-to smart contract platform.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday questioned the government over the new Telecom Bill recently passed in the Parliament and wondered whether there was a scam worth thousands of crores in the allocation of satellite broadband spectrum. The Congress general secretary alleged that through the new Telecom Bill, the Narendra Modi government has «flouted» the rules and guidelines of the Supreme Court applicable since 2012. Why was this done? she asked. In a post on X in Hindi, Priyanka Gandhi posed questions for the government.

Indian Navy's specialist teams have completed sanitisation and seaworthiness checks of fishing vessel Al-Kambar, the statement read. On Friday, the Indian Navy rescued the hijacked Iranian fishing vessel and its crew, after more than 12 hours of “intense coercive tactical measures".

Chinese telecoms gear company Huawei Technologies has reported its profit more than doubled last year as its cloud and digital businesses thrived in spite of U.S. sanctions

NBC News' messy hiring and firing of former Republican National Committee head Ronna McDaniel puts a spotlight on television's practice of paying on-air political contributors

Georgia lawmakers are agreeing on pay raises for public school teachers and state employees, although they still have differences to work out in the upcoming budget

Lok Janshakti Party (Ramvilas) today releases its list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections. The party, which is part of the NDA govt, is contesting on Vaishali, Hajipur, Samastipur, Khagaria and Jamui seats. As per the list, party chief Chirag Paswan will contest from Hajipur. Paswan, who is a sitting MP from the Jamui Lok Sabha constituency, has allotted the seat to Arun Bharti this time. Rajesh Verma will contest from Khagaria while Shambhavi Choudhary will be contesting from Samastipur and Veena Devi from Vaishali.

border villages with a mix of border troops and the local population, the official media here reported. China, which refers to Tibet by its Chinese name Xizang, in recent years as part of new nomenclature of all references to the Tibetan region celebrates March 28 as democratic reform day in the Himalayan region marking the end of the rule of the Dalai Lama, who fled to India in 1959. Chinese troops took over Tibet in 1951. «Last Thursday marked the 65th anniversary of the democratic reform that ended feudal serfdom in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, with multiple grand celebrations and commemorative activities held across the region,» state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

Tripura West Lok Sabha seat, Biplab Kumar Deb, claimed that CPI-M leaders like former chief minister Manik Sarkar is not willing to vote for Congress candidate Ashish Kumar Saha, who is also contesting from the same seat as a consensus nominee of the INDIA bloc. Left parties and Congress are fighting one seat each in Tripura. Addressing an election rally in South Tripura, Deb said: “Manik Da is a veteran Communist leader who during his decades-long political career never voted for any non-Left party candidate. Therefore, this time too he is not willing to cast his vote for the Congress nominee.” Manik Sarkar served as the Chief Minister of Tripura for 20 years, from 1998 to 2018.

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5.6 million developers. Given that it started in 2014, this is immense GROWTH! However, with this increased adoption, security, cost management, and compliance concerns have also grown.

Bharatiya Janata Party has formed an election manifesto committee with Rajnath Singh as its chairperson, as the ruling party seeks to return to power in India for a third straight term. BJP has appointed Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as the convener of the election manifesto panel, while her cabinet colleague and Trade Minister Piyush Goyal will be the co-convener. Nearly 97 crore eligible Indian voters will over six weeks and seven phases starting April 19 decide which political party will form the next government in the world’s largest democracy.

credit score, also known as CIBIL score, is a key factor which banks base their decision on. A low CIBIL score usually indicates a higher risk to lenders, making them reluctant to extend credit. For instance, 21-year-old Manika Sharma who recently started working in advertising has no credit history, as a result of which she struggled to get a credit card for nearly three months.

CIBIL score, has a key impact on the interest rates one is offered at the time of borrowing money. The relationship between your credit score and interest rates is usually inverse, which means the higher your CIBIL score, the lower the rate of interest, and the lower the score, the higher the interest rate. For instance, Ajay Mishra, a 31-year-old marketing manager boasts of a credit score of 760.

electoral bonds each worth ₹1 crore by the SPMCIL (the Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India), three days before the Supreme Court declared the bonds “unconstitutional". The Finance Ministry instructed the State Bank of India to "immediately put a hold" on bond printing on February 28, two weeks after the top court's order, Indian Express reported. On February 15, the Supreme Court invalidated the 2018 electoral bond program.

Stock market and mutual fund investors whose KYC documents do not match as per the officially valid documents need to update them by March 31, 2024. If this is not done, then their KYC status will be treated as invalid. However, not all investors are required to update their KYC records. If your KYC records are verified using the prescribed officially valid documents (OVDs) and your mobile number and email ID are also verified, then there is no need to undergo this process. «Individuals must note two aspects. First is if they have verified their mobile number and email ID and second whether the address proof document given by them is on the list of officially valid documents (OVD) as of date. As per the circular dated March 28, 2024, by CDSL Ventures, if an individual has verified their mobile number and email ID and the document used for address proof is as per OVD then the KYC status will be verified. There is no need for re-KYC,» says Vinay Dalmia, AVP, Choice Equity Broking Private Limited, a stockbroker. Also read: Government servants and their family members cannot buy or sell stocks 'frequently' without doing this.

trade policy, and show greater engagement and leadership in trade rule-shaping, keeping in mind the goal of becoming a developed country, Viksit Bharat, by 2047. The world has transformed since the WTO came into being in 1995 and India can no longer afford to hold on to positions it took 30 years ago. As commented by many, this is India’s century. This was the broad sense of a group of trade policy experts who gathered for a closed door Roundtable in New Delhi on India's trade policy, organised by global public policy body CUTS International.

While investors with a high-risk appetite are savouring the high returns of 30 per cent given by Nifty50 in the fiscal year 2024, there are millions of conservative investors who remain content with their considerable exposure to fixed-income instruments.

Huawei Technologies has reported its profit more than doubled last year as its cloud and digital businesses thrived in spite of U.S. sanctions. The Shenzhen-based company reported a net profit of 87 billion yuan ($12 billion), helped by strong sales and an improved product portfolio. Revenue jumped nearly 10% from a year earlier, to 704.2 billion yuan ($97.4 billion).

Congress will usher in a 'Rozgar Kranti' by taking concrete steps to increase employment opportunities, enable entrepreneurship and realise the aspirations of the youth, party chief Mallikarjun Kharge said on Saturday. He said the Congress guarantees that the future of youth will turn from bleak to bright and reiterated the 'Yuva Nyay' guarantees which the party would implement if voted to power. In a post on X, he said, «The Congress party will usher in a 'Rozgar Kranti (employment revolution)' through Yuva Nyay guarantee! We will take concrete measures to increase employment opportunities, enable entrepreneurship and realise the dreams and aspirations of our youth.»