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Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has issued a new notification mandating that all trucks manufactured after October 2025 must be equipped with AC cabins for drivers. The gazette notification, issued on Friday evening, will apply to trucks in the N2 and N3 categories.

foldable phone and even harder to sell them. Foldables do make for an enticing idea, yet questions remain about their durability in the rugged world of pockets and purses. The cost doesn’t help — they might be coveted by a select few but hardly have been embraced by the masses. Furthermore, the software landscape for foldables is still in its nascent stages, like a toddler learning to walk. Yet, the market is slowly gaining traction and the latest entrant is OnePlus with its first foldable phone — OnePlus Open (costs `1,39,999) and is one of the most expensive phones you can buy.

Maldives has reported contamination in Pakistsyrups and suspension medicines, Dawn reported. The report prompted the World Health Organisation (WHO) to issue an alert urging countries to step up vigilance and test products manufactured by a Lahore-based pharmaceutical company, according to Dawn.

Common Law Admissions Test (CLAT) for the year 2024, organised by the Consortium of National Law University, will be declared on Sunday. CLAT is a centralised national level entrance test for admissions to 23 National Law Universities (NLUs) in India. The test was conducted on December 3 where as many as one lakh students registered to appear for the entrance test. The results and NLU scorecards will be released today at around 11 am, as per trends. The exam was conducted in 25 states and four union territories at 139 test centres. While the provisional answer key was released on December 4 itself, the final answer key was released on December 9 with revision of few answers. Where to check the CLAT 2024 result? Candidates can check CLAT results for UG and PG on the official website following these steps:

RBI). Frontline indices gained for sixth straight week as the NSE Nifty 50 and S&P BSE Sensex indexes rose about 3.5 per cent to log their best week since July 2022. Nifty 50 tested a new milestone at its lifetime high and Sensex also reached closer to the 70,000 level.

2024 Lok Sabha elections and for the party, the assembly polls that just ended were a trial run that went as per its plans. The party is scaling up the strategy it employed successfully in the three states — Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh — where tough contests were predicted but the verdicts were one-sided in favour of the BJP. It has already started working on mass-scale worker and voter mobilisation across the country, to be completed before the campaign formally starts for the Lok Sabha polls, according to party insiders.

David Warner. When I first spoke to him in 2013, he was in the middle of a storm and clouds of a possible ban were hovering over his head. Just a few days back he had punched England batsman Joe Root in a Birmingham bar.

premier agency for military research and development will pause missile testing at Wheeler Island off Odisha coast during their nesting season, reported Times of India. He said the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) operates two major missile testing ranges in Odisha- Chandipur in Balasore district and the APJ Abdul Kalam Island, formerly Wheeler Island, in Bhadrak district. "It is an annual practice to request the DRDO to restrict testings during this time as these locations are close to the famed Gahirmath sanctuary, which is considered the cradle of olive ridley turtles," the senior official of the state Forest Department told PTI.

DRDO to restrict missile testing off the Odisha coast in February and March — the mass nesting season of the endangered olive ridley sea turtles, an official said on Saturday. The Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) has two major missile testing ranges in the state — Chandipur in Balasore district and the APJ Abdul Kalam Island, formerly Wheeler Island, in Bhadrak district, he said. «It is an annual practice to request the DRDO to restrict testings during this time as these locations are close to the famed Gahirmath sanctuary, which is considered the cradle of olive ridley turtles,» the senior official of the state Forest Department said.

BSE Sensex reported it longest weekly winning streak in three years, as it rallied to record high levels on the back of strong macroeconomic data, a drop in oil prices and the hawkish rate pause by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). On the stock-specific front, 63 Moons Tech, Inox Wind, Cantabil Retail, Asian Energy Services, SpiceJet, KIOCL, RBL Bank, Raymond, Reliance Power, Balaji Telefilms, TV 18 Broadcast, HBL Power, Zee Media Corp, Home First Finance, Bharat Dynamics, and others are among the smallcaps that logged a double-digit rise in their share prices last week. Domestic equity benchmarks gained for sixth straight week as the NSE Nifty 50 and S&P BSE Sensex indexes rose about 3.5 per cent to log their best week since July 2022.

India vs South Africa: Indian cricket team will begin the much-awaited South Africa tour on Sunday as they will clash with the Proteas in the first T20 international at Hollywoodbets Kingsmead Stadium, Durban. Suryakumar Yadav-led young squad has many new names as the senior brass of the team comes in during the Test format of the tour. Aiden Markram is leading the South African squad and they have also included many emerging players who will show their potential in the great team.

South African pitches in a three-match T20 International starting Sunday. The mainstays of India's battling line-up are not part of the team for this tour as Rohit and Virat have taken a break from white-ball cricket for an indefinite period. Once again, skipper Suryakumar Yadav will have to marshal his troops well, and that could pave the way for the emerging crop of match winners, such as Rinku Singh and Ravi Bishnoi. The Proteas will also be missing the services of their top bowlers, including Kagiso Rabada (rested), Anrich Nortje and Lungi Ngidi — but they are still a force to be reckoned with at home.

sturdy South African side in a three-match T20 International starting here on Sunday. With injured skipper Hardik Pandya out till the start of IPL, lead pacer Jasprit Bumrah taking a break and not much clarity over Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma's T20 future ahead of the World Cup in June, one wouldn't be able to read much into either success or failure of the team in South Africa. A clearer picture about India's core for the T20 showpiece would only emerge after a month of cash-rich IPL, with form and fitness at that point being the criteria for selection.

Europe on Friday reached a provisional deal on landmark European Union rules governing the use of artificial intelligence including governments' use of AI in biometric surveillance and how to regulate AI systems such as ChatGPT. With the political agreement, the EU moves toward becoming the first major world power to enact laws governing AI. Friday's deal between EU countries and European Parliament members came after nearly 15 hours of negotiations that followed an almost 24-hour debate the previous day.

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Tax policy is pretty much as certain as taxes themselves for the moment, which will make tax season a bit easier for financial advisors and their clients.

DCGI) has issued an advisory stating that pharmaceutical companies are required to strictly abide by conditions stated in their manufacturing licences and prescribed Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) to ensure that the products meet parameters of quality, safety and efficacy. The DCGI's move comes a few days after ET reported that industrial excipients are used in manufacturing medicines and over 50 companies manufacturing cough syrups have failed quality tests. The World Health Organization (WHO) said in October last year that the deaths of dozens of children in Gambia from acute kidney injuries might be linked to contaminated cough and cold syrups made by an Indian drug manufacturer. «In order to ensure quality, safety and efficacy of drug formulation, it is of paramount importance that such formulations are manufactured in compliance with the prescribed standards not only in respect of API (active pharmaceutical ingredient) but also various excipients used for manufacturing of the formulations.

India vs South Africa: The stage is set for India's tour of South Africa and the young Indian team already reached Durban on 6 December. The series encompasses 3 T20 internationals from 10 December, 3 One Day Internationals (ODIs) from 17 December, and 2 Test matches from 26 December. The matches in the T20 and Test format will be most crucial for Team India ahead of the T20 World Cup next year and from the standpoint of the ICC World Test Championship.

Bank of America strategists warn that stock markets may face challenges in the first quarter of 2024 if bonds rally, indicating a slowdown in economic growth.

Entering the $40,000 range in its recent upward trajectory, Bitcoin surged to $44,000, surpassing the ascending channel established at the start of 2023.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has kept the repo rate unchanged at 6.5% in its December Monetary policy which is also its last for 2023. While retaining its stance of withdrawal of accommodation, the Central Bank's decision to leave rates unchanged was unanimously voted by the 6-member MPC panel, while the need to retain the stance was voted by 5 out of 6 members. While the policy was pretty much in line with the Street's expectations, here is how experts reacted to Governor Shaktikanta's monetary policy speech: Santosh Meena, Head of Research, Swastika Investmart In response to RBI policy decision and Das' confidence in economic growth, our market continues its bullish momentum, with the Nifty reaching a significant milestone of 21,000.