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Donald Trump's request to remove the federal judge overseeing the criminal case accusing the former U.S. president of attempting to subvert the results of the 2020 election. Smith, whose office is prosecuting the case against Trump, said there was «no valid basis» for U.S.

Digital Personal Data Protection Law, a senior government official said. Under the graded plan, while bigger companies such as Meta, Google and others may be given a shorter time for the implementation of the rules, the time for other entities including startups, micro, small, and medium enterprises(MSMEs), central government departments and state governments may be more, the official said.

Come October 1, Birth Certificate will be considered as single document for availing several crucial services including admission to an educational institution, issuance of a driving licence, preparation of voter list, Aadhaar number, registration of marriage, appointment to a government job etc. Announcing the implementation of Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Act, 2023, Union Ministry of Home Affairs said “it will help create database of registered births and deaths which eventually would ensure efficient and transparent delivery of public services and social benefits and digital registration." "In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Act, 2023 (20 of 2023), the Central Government hereby appoints the 1st day of October 2023, as the date on which the provisions of the said Act shall come into force," the notification said Both the Houses of Parliament passed the Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2023, in the Monsoon Session concluded last month.

Qantas will need to think carefully how it balances its social obligations with its cost rationalisation program, but it is not prevented from continuing to outsource workers after the High Court denied its appeal, a leading academic says.

Kuwait has warned the Albanese government that its proposed ban on live sheep exports is effectively futile because the emirate will not buy any more chilled meat from Australia and will simply source livestock from other countries instead.

CBS fall line-up for 2023 offers a mix of scripted and unscripted content, including some highly anticipated shows. Here's a breakdown of what you may consider to watch.

A Mediterranean city dotted with historic mosques and the ruins of a nearby Byzantine church, Derna was once a haven for artists and intellectuals in Libya. Now, it is a wasteland after a deadly storm caused floods that broke dams, swept entire buildings out to sea and killed thousands of people. The natural disaster was decades in the making—a result of years of official neglect of two nearby dams during the authoritarian regime of Moammar Gadhafi and the political crisis and war since his ouster in a 2011 revolution.

You almost have to admire the brass of the Biden White House. The Census Bureau reported Tuesday that Americans are poorer under Bidenomics, and the President quickly changed the subject to blame Republicans for rising child poverty on his watch. As usual, too many in the press corps bought the spin.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office says he will meet billionaire businessman Elon Musk during a trip to the United States next week

The Biden administration plans to increase scrutiny of the investment plans of foreign-owned companies operating in the United States

New Delhi: In view of Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala, the Union minister of state (health) Bharati Pravin Pawar reviewed the steps taken by the Centre and the state governments to contain the spread of the virus. She visited the ICMR’s National Institute of Virology (NIV) Pune to discuss the matter with the scientists who are closely monitoring the situation. The Central government has deputed a high-level team from NIV with mobile units equipped with BSL-3 laboratories to Kerala’s Kozhikode to conduct on-ground testing.

Nipah virus. The stability of the antiviral was discussed with a central expert committee, Kerala health minister Veena George said. "Further steps or course of action would be decided by the expert committee," George referred to consultations between the state government and the Union health ministry.

police reforms. On Tuesday, Monu Manesar, a 'cow vigilante', was arrested by Haryana Police that is investigating July's Nuh riots. Later, Manesar was handed over to Rajasthan Police, which is probing a case in which two Muslim men were killed in Bhiwani in February.

Great Resignation. Great Reshuffle. Great Renegotiation.

Karnataka IT Minister Priyank Kharge on Thursday announced a framework for the proposed fact-checking unit in the state. The unit includes an oversight committee, a review Single Point of Contact (SPOC), and nodal officers.

Sarma on Thursday said he was willing to accept any punishment, including retirement from public life, if there is any evidence that his wife has received or claimed any amount from the government of India. Congress party has alleged that Sarma's wife firm got Rs 10 Crore subsidy from the government of India. Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, wife of Assam chief minister who is chairperson and Managing Director of Pride East Entertainments Private Limited has announced to file Rs 10 Crore defamation case against Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi. The Opposition parties had earlier said that a firm run by Sarma's wife allegedly received Rs 10 Crore under a subsidy scheme. Sarma stated in X, “The reply itself clarifies the fact that the Government of India has not released any funds to the mentioned company.

renewable energy for some watch making, along with corporate offices, data centres and retail stores; a vow to cut carbon emissions by 75% from 2015 levels by 2030; a promise to use only “high quality" carbon credits to make up for whatever emissions Apple can’t eliminate; and a new tool called Grid Forecast that alerts users when green power is available. Apple deserves kudos for making so much noise about its social values. In this, the company is on the right side of history, setting a good example for its peers.

The world may be moving in a direction where people are more comfortable having their assets and ownership available for everyone to see, according to Alex Svanevik, CEO of blockchain analytics firm Nansen.

The Soviet Union ultimately collapsed from internal contradictions related to a faltering ideology, limited free speech, economic mismanagement, deteriorating international influence and an inability to deliver on promises of a better life that were painfully obvious to all but were not, for fear of brutal reprisal, discussed publicly until near the very end. Justin Trudeau’s leftist woke government is afflicted by similar if milder contradictions that in our free country the aggrieved population living under them is discussing quite openly — which suggests the government’s dissolution will come faster.

Gannett, the United States’ biggest newspaper chain, posted two unusual job listings to its site

Consumer prices in Argentina have soared 12.4% in August, compared to the previous month, a number that puts the government on the defensive a little more than a month before presidential elections in which a right-wing populist who admires Donald Trum...