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Ministry of Home Affairs has issued a look-out circular (LOC) against three Chinese citizens involved in a mega online Ponzi scam. The LOC was issued at the request of the Inspector General of the Odisha Economic Offence Wing (EOW), JN Pankaj in the Bureau of Immigration. The three Chinese citizens (two men and one woman) were the main accused and close associates of Guanhua Wang who was one of the main accused in the mega online Ponzi scam. The three Chinese nationals have been identified as Liu Huan, Wenhui Zheng and Xu Xiaolu. The case pertains to EOW Case No.19/2023 under sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B of the IPC, sections 66-C and 66-D of the IT Act and section 6 of the Odisha Protection of Interests of Depositors Act. The case related to a pan-India online Ponzi scam involving fraud and siphoning off hundreds of crores of rupees out of India using a complex network of mule bank accounts, shell companies/ firms and crypto-traders. Earlier in July, a LOC was issued against Guanhua Wang (40), the mastermind of the Ponzi scam who is a resident of Hangzhou in China. Wang along with the Chinese nationals came to India in 2019 and stayed in Bangalore for a few months. They created at least 14 shell companies to run various cyber-financial frauds.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that defense minister Oleksii Reznikov will be replaced this week with Rustem Umerov, a Crimean Tatar lawmaker

Russia says its forces destroyed three Ukrainian naval drones being used in an attempt to attack a key bridge linking Russia to Moscow-annexed Crimea, temporarily closing it for a third time in less than a year

Maratha quota, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday said a committee will submit its report within a month on how to issue Kunbi caste certificates to Marathas from Marathwada region. Kunbis (the community associated with agriculture) are grouped under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category in Maharashtra. «A committee was set up and asked to submit a report within a month on how to issue Kunbi certificates to the Maratha community from Marathwada.

Maratha Quota Reservation came from ‘higher-ups’. Deshmukh claimed police lathi-charged protesters in Jalna district after a phone call was made from the Maharashtra home ministry. Notably, the Maharashtra state Home Ministry is headed by Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that defense minister Oleksii Reznikov will be replaced this week with Rustem Umerov, a Crimean Tatar lawmaker. Zelenskyy made the announcement on his official Telegram account, writing that new leadership was needed after Reznikov went through «more than 550 days of full-scale war.» Later in his nightly address, Zelenskyy said he believes «that the Ministry needs new approaches and different formats of interaction both with the military and with society.» «The Verkhovna Rada (parliament) of Ukraine is well acquainted with this person, and Umerov does not require additional introductions. I expect support for this candidacy from parliament,» the president told the nation. Umerov, 41, a politician with the opposition Holos party, has served as head of the State Property Fund of Ukraine since September 2022. He was involved in the exchange of prisoners of war, political prisoners, children and civilians, as well as the evacuation of civilians from occupied territories. Umerov was also part of the Ukrainian delegation in negotiations with Russia over the U.N.-backed grain deal.

n the state. We will not sit quiet until the community get its due reservation," PTI reported quoting Shinde. "Till the Maratha community gets reservation, the government schemes that are already in place will continue and deserving people from the Maratha community will benefit from it," Shinde added.

Eknath Shinde on Sunday said his government was committed to providing reservation to this community in education and government jobs. Talking to reporters after attending a state function in Buldhana district, around 450 km from here, he also said that there was no misunderstanding between him and two deputy chief ministers in the state and that all of them were working as a good team. «My government is committed to giving reservation to the Maratha community in the state. We will not sit quiet until the community get its due reservation,» Shinde said.

It was just after Narali Purnima, when fishing communities make offerings to the sea to mark the start of a new fishing season. Monsoons no longer fit old calendar dates, but fishermen are ready to risk the seas again, to go fishing after the enforced closed season.

Origin Energy’s partly owned Octopus business in the United Kingdom will add two million customers after striking a deal to buy Shell’s energy retailing business in the UK and Germany.

While Netflix's One Piece live-action series endeavors to capture the essence of Oda's original work, it inevitably takes artistic liberties. These liberties include modifications and omissions of certain events and characters, which are essential to maintaining the series' appeal while adapting it to a new medium. Let's delve into the key differences between the live-action adaptation and the manga:

Ukrainian naval drones being used in an attempt to attack a key bridge linking Russia to Moscow-annexed Crimea, forcing its temporary closure for the third time in less than a year. One naval drone was destroyed late Friday and two others early Saturday morning, according to Russia's Defence Ministry.

Sharad Pawar on Saturday met Maratha quota agitators injured in police action a day earlier in Ambad tehsil in Jalna. On Friday, police had resorted to baton charge and lobbed tear gas shells to disperse a violent mob in Antarwali Sarathi on Dhule-Solapur road after those at the site allegedly refused to let authorities shift a man on hunger strike to the hospital. Around 40 policemen and several protesters were injured and many buses set on fire during the violence that erupted here.

Parliament convened later this month, a day after violence erupted in Maharashtra's Jalna over the Maratha quota demand. Addressing Shiv Sena (UBT) workers here, Thackeray slammed the «government brutality» of police baton charging the protestors seeking reservation for Marathas in Jalna on Friday evening. «How can police behave in a way without the directions from someone?» he asked. Thackeray said he would visit Jalna later in the evening to meet the protestors. On Friday, police baton charged and lobbed tear gas shells to disperse protesters in Antarwali Sarathi on Dhule-Solapur road in Jalna's Ambad tehsil after they allegedly refused to let authorities shift a man on hunger strike for Maratha quota to hospital. Referring to the National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Act 2023, Thackeray said when the Supreme Court gave a ruling against the Centre, it passed a law in Parliament. «I had condemned the government's decision to convene a special session (of Parliament). But I welcome it, but first give reservation to Marathas, Dhangars (shepherd community) and OBCs in this special session,» the former chief minister said. He hit out at Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his deputies Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, saying no one from the government had time to meet the agitators in Jalna. Thackeray termed the Centre as «anti-Hindu» as it has convened the special sitting of Parliament from September 18 to 22 during the Ganesh festival. Without taking names, he said those who don't believe in the family system should not talk about the families of others. «Family system is the Hindu tradition.

George Soros-backed OCCRP, which is a grouping of ... moreGeorge Soros-backed OCCRP, which is a grouping of 24 non-profits labelled fresh allegations against the Adani group yesterday.

Six months after becoming the chief executive officer at Shell PLC, Wael Sawan quietly ended the world’s biggest corporate plan to develop carbon offsets, the environmental projects designed to counteract the warming effects of CO2 emissions.

Adani stocks are indeed linked to the Indian conglomerate, reported Indian Express citing inputs from the records accessed under its Pandora Papers investigation. Adani news LIVE Updates In its report, Financial Times mentioned two offshore shell companies registered in British Virgin Islands (BVI) as the main tool to invest in Adani stocks. According to IE report, the two shell firms are linked with Adani group.

After the release of controversial report by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) against Adani group, senior congress leader Jairam Ramesh attacked PM Modi and demanded a JPC probe in the matter. In his latest tweet, Jairam Ramesh demanded the formation of a Joint Parliamentary Committee to probe the matter and know the flow of benami funds into the Adani Group.

The White House said it has new intelligence inputs which shows that Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have traded letters as Russia is seeking weapons from North Korea amid the Ukraine war, AP reported on Wednesday. John Kirby, US National Security Council spokesperson, giving the latest findings said Russia is looking for additional artillery shells and other basic materiel to shore up its defense industrial base, just weeks after White House said Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu during a recent visit to Pyongyang called on North Korean officials to increase the sale of munitions to Moscow for its Ukraine war.

Karnataka GST authorities on Wednesday arrested two persons on charges of cheating the government worth crores of rupees. A local court remanded Guru Prakash HM and Manjunathaiah HM to judicial custody. The arrest followed the authorities busting a fake GST bill racket, Commercial Taxes Commissioner C Shikha told ET.

Oil companies are paying influencers to promote fossil fuels among the youth. A report by news agency AFP noted that young celebrities who are best known for posting content about video games, dogs, and holidays are unexpectedly making plugs for gas stations, fuel rewards and club cards.