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tax rebate for salaried class and restoration of the old pension scheme are some of the key demands made by trade union leaders during a pre-budget meeting with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday. The unions also asked the government to stop the privatisation drive of PSUs, scrap the new pension scheme and restore the old pension scheme (OPS). «The ceiling limit for the income tax rebate for the salaried class on their salary and gratuity must be substantially raised. Government-sponsored social security fund for the unorganised workers and agricultural workers has to be set up to provide them with defined universal social security schemes including minimum pension of Rs 9,000 per month and other medical, educational benefits,» the CTUs said in their memorandum.

CoCo Coin ($CoCo) emerges at the forefront of digital innovation by seamlessly blending meme culture with financial incentives. This groundbreaking meme coin introduces a new concept where users can earn rewards through social media interactions on X.

Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) arrested six individuals in connection with the paper leak of the Review Officer/Assistant Review Officer (Preliminary) Examination-2024. These arrests, made in Prayagraj, follow the discovery that the exam papers were leaked from a printing press in Bhopal. The examination, conducted by the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) on February 11, was subsequently canceled on March 2 after reports of the leak surfaced. Prior to this, ten individuals had already been arrested in connection with the case. The accused face charges under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, including cheating, forgery, and criminal conspiracy, as well as the Uttar Pradesh Public Examination Act, 1998, and the Information Technology Act. During interrogation, it was revealed that the question paper was leaked in two ways. The arrested individuals include Sunil Raghuvanshi, a mechanical engineer at the printing press, and others identified as Subhash Prakash, Vishal Dubey, Sandeep Pandey, Amarjeet Sharma, and Vivek Upadhyay, all his former classmates. Initial intelligence had suggested that the leak originated from a school in Prayagraj, where Arpit Vineet Yashwant, responsible for the exam at the center, was previously arrested along with four gang members in April. Investigations are also looking into the involvement of the school's management and principal.

The recent backlash faced by the financial services platform Groww serves as a stark reminder of the potential risks associated with digital investment platforms.

RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan has cautioned investors against fake videos of him circulating on social media, giving investment tips, especially on individual stocks. «I understand there are videos of me on various social media purporting to give advice on investing, especially in individual stocks. These are fake and the perpetrators should be reported to the relevant authorities. I do not give investment advice to the public, and have never touted individual stocks,» Rajan said.

According to the provisional payroll data released by the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) in June 2024, April 2024 saw 8.87 lakh new members registering. This surge indicates a notable rise in membership compared to earlier months, suggesting a positive trend in job opportunities.

This is some very bullish news for meme coins from the Wall Street Journal– an article from late May headlined, “The Loneliness of The American Worker.” The news? “More than 40% of fully remote workers polled in a 2023 survey of working parents by Bright Horizons said they go days without leaving the house,” according to the WSJ.

Shivraj Singh Chouhan has caught flak from the Congress for saying that “entire Delhi is bowing down" before his father.Speaking at a public meet in Bherunda of Budhni assembly segment of Sehore district on June 22, Singh hailed his father's landslide victory from Vidisha seat in the recently concluded 2024 Lok Sabha elections. He won by a margin of over 8.20 lakh votes and was appointed as agriculture minister in Modi 3.0 Cabinet.“I have just returned after staying in Delhi. Earlier too, our leader (Chouhan) was popular as chief minister.

Jairam Ramesh has hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks against the Opposition in Parliament over , calling for “slogans and drama".Responding on social media site X (formerly known as Twitter), Ramesh took a jibe at Modi's claims of being “non-biological"“The non-biological PM is telling the Opposition: substance, not slogans. INDIA is telling him: consensus, not confrontation," Ramesh wrote.“The non-biological PM is telling the Opposition: discussion, not disruption.

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Groww has come under heavy criticism on social media after a user alleged that investment made via the app did not actually happen and that details of the folio were wiped out when the question was raised with the company.Taking to social media, a user accused the company of fraud, alleging that when his sister first invested the money, the app generated a folio and displayed the current amount of growth. However, the issue was discovered when the user tried to redeem the investment.Allegedly, the mutual fund in which the investment was made said that the folio number did not exist.

Philosopher George Santayana said the world is in “perpetual caricature" of itself because, every moment, it is presented with a contradiction of what it is pretending to be. This holds especially true even for the knowledge universe, where an eternal cycle of conflicts and contradictions ensures that the graveyard of old ideas is always full, leaving behind a vacuum for new ideas to take birth. This never-ending sequence becomes the source, the wellspring, for renewal and endless optimism.

Facial recognition startup Clearview AI has reached a settlement in a lawsuit alleging its massive photographic collection of faces violated the subjects’ privacy rights

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Friday: Sarepta Therapeutics, Ryan Specialty rise; Autodesk, Trump Media fall

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Junaid Khan, whose debut film "Maharaj" premiered on Netflix after the Gujarat High Court lifted an interim stay on the film's release The period drama, backed by Yash Raj Films (YRF), is based on an 1862 libel case involving a Vaishnavite religious leader and social reformer Karsandas Mulji. «I cannot explain in words what I'm feeling right now. 'Maharaj' has been a long and wild journey for me, but all's well that ends well I guess,» the debutant actor said in a statement issued on Saturday. The Gujarat High Court on Friday observed that «Maharaj» did not target the Vaishnav Pushtimarg sect as alleged by its members, who had filed a petition against the release of the film, claiming that it hurts religious sentiments. The film has nothing objectionable or derogatory, the court said after watching it, and allowed its release on streaming platform Netflix.

Kamal Haasan on Sunday said the victims of the hooch tragedy here that has left about 53 persons dead were «careless» and «exceeded their limit.» In Tamil Nadu, there is «enough» liquor available; liquor retail outlets of state-run TASMAC outnumber pharmacies, he said. The Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) founder was talking to reporters after meeting the survivors of the tragedy at a hospital in Kallakurichi. «I cannot say I have no sympathies for these victims. But these victims will have to understand they have exceeded their limit, and they have been careless. They have to be careful, they have to take care of their health,» he said.

Twice champion Andy Murray will miss Wimbledon after having back surgery, the ATP announced on Sunday. «After an operation on a spinal cyst, Andy Murray is sadly out of Wimbledon,» the ATP said on social media platform X. «Rest up and recover Andy, we'll miss seeing you there.»

Andhra Pradesh Information Technology and Electronics Minister Nara Lokesh on Sunday alleged that the former YSRCP government led by Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy had allocated 42 acres of land in 26 districts for building party offices at a nominal cost of Rs 1,000 lease for 33 years. The minister posted the information on social media platform X along with several pictures of alleged YSRCP offices under construction. «You (Jagan) allocated 42 acres of land in 26 districts for YSRCP (offices) at a meagre cost of Rs 1,000 lease for 33 years,» Lokesh said in a post on X, attaching more than a dozen pictures of the alleged YSRCP offices under construction in various parts of the state. This development comes soon after it became public knowledge that a palatial mansion was allegedly built at a cost of Rs 500-crore in Rushikonda, Visakhapatnam for Jagan Reddy, and that an under-construction YSRCP central party office in Tadepalli was recently demolished.

Google suspends online gaming trial on Play Store citing lack of regulationsOne user on X, while replying to Cuban's post, suggested that the incident may have occurred due to a spoofed sim, which was set to a false Google number. They wrote, "Seems more likely that someone called you via a spoofed sim set to "650-203-0000", in which case Google was not even in the loop at all for this attack, you just got phished."Some more users questioned Google's role in the whole incident given that the SIM card may have been spoofed.