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The Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday that it projects this year’s federal budget deficit to be $400 billion higher, a 27% increase compared to its original estimate released in February

South Korean officials issued return-to-work orders for doctors participating in a one-day walkout as part of a protracted strike against a government plan to sharply boost medical school admissions

Leading bankers had flagged the issue in a meeting with officials last month, they said. «We have discussed the issue internally… It was highlighted that one big issue is that ATM vendors do not have the capacity,» said a senior bank executive, adding that accordingly, representations were made both to the government and the RBI. Industry insiders said the initial reason for low capacity is connected to the 'Make in India' guidelines, which were implemented in FY20, and it took time for vendors to set up Indian operations. The Indian ATM market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 9.2% between 2024 and 2032. A second bank executive said another constraint that state-run lenders face is mandatory purchase through the GeM portal.

Budget expectations: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will begin consultations on Wednesday, ahead of the new government’s first full budget, to be presented in July. India Inc has suggested a host of reforms, including medium-term ones, to catapult the economy to a higher growth trajectory, spur employment creation, trigger private investments and preserve macro stability. A look at their wish list: 1. SUSTAIN GROWTH:

Such projects are currently required to give additional discount on tariff to get coal linkage at notified price of Coal India Ltd. The aim is to simplify the coal linkage policy, according to people aware of the development. Under the SHAKTI policy coal linkage is given in two ways — at notified price of coal or at a premium through auction.

National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) will wrap up its first annual inspection of eight audit firms — including the Big Five — and reveal its findings by October or November, people aware of the auditing regulator's plans said. The inspection, focused on the processes and standards adopted by auditors, could reveal how NFRA plans to bolster the country's audit and accounting ecosystem to curb corporate frauds and uphold shareholders' interests in a fast-growing economy, one of the persons said. The inspection reports will also reveal the Big Five's compliance with suggestions made in the regulator's December 2023 reports that had flagged deficiencies in their work processes. It had also expressed its reservation over non-audit services provided by some of these auditors to the same companies for whom they are also the statutory auditors.

tax collection in the April 1-June 17 period, net of refunds, increased 20.99% year-on-year to ₹4.62 lakh crore, showed official data released on Tuesday. Net tax collection stood at ₹3.82 lakh crore in the year-ago period. The net direct tax collection comprised ₹1.81 lakh crore as corporate income tax and ₹2,81,013 crore as personal income tax, including securities transaction tax.

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assembly polls, the Champai Soren-led coalition government in Jharkhand may witness a Cabinet expansion in July. Jailed former CM Hemant Soren's wife Kalpana Soren could be one of the inductees. There are two vacancies in the Champai Soren's Cabinet and both may be filled to send a political message before assembly polls. Kalpana had won Gandey assembly byelection in May. In the runup to parliamentary elections, she emerged as the party's star campaigner in the absence of Hemant, who has been lodged in jail since January in connection with a money laundering case linked with an alleged land grab. According to JMM sources, Kalpana may be inducted in the Cabinet to portray her as the party's main face in the forthcoming polls. Sources close to her, however, denied this speculation, saying she won't want to enter the government for less than six months. JMM may not want to risk replacing Champai with Kalpana in the CM's chair as this could trigger an internal rebellion.

Bhubaneswar: BJD president and former Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday greeted newly elected first-time BJP MLA Laxman Bag, who defeated him in the recently concluded Assembly polls from Kantabanji seat in Bolangir district. Patnaik, known for his composed demeanour, was making his way through the House after taking the oath as a member of the Assembly when he came face-to-face with Bag, who stood up from his seat. «How are you?» Bag inquired with folded hands. As Bag introduced himself, Patnaik responded, «Oh, you defeated me.»

workers engaged in cutting and polishing of lab-grown diamonds (LGD) in Surat are facing delays in getting their wages and uncertainties about their jobs, with a fall in the prices of these man-made gemstones affecting the revenue of the units employing them. As LGD prices are falling and export demand is not picking up as expected, wages are getting delayed by 20 days every month, according to the workers' union. Exports fell in value in 2023 but grew in volume, industry executives said. Last calendar year, exports of polished LGDs from India increased more than 50% in volume terms to 6.45 million carats, compared with 4.28 million carats in 2022. This year, volume growth too has slowed down. More than volume, value is falling which is a matter of concern. In 2024, value of lab-grown diamonds has fallen 45% compared with calendar 2023.

Voters who don’t expect to be able to cast ballots themselves are scrambling to make their voices heard in France’s high-stakes legislative election

Stocks that are trading heavily or have substantial price changes on Tuesday: Chegg, Six Flags rise; Lennar, America’s Car-Mart fall

₹125 crore from anchor investors ahead of the launch of its initial public offering (IPO) on Wednesday, June 19.According to the exchange filing, the engineering company allocated 61,62,777 equity shares to anchor investors at the allocation price of ₹203 per share.Also read: Dee Development Engineers IPO: Price band set at ₹193-203 per share; check issue details, key dates, more"The Board of Directors of the Company at their meeting held on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in consultation with the Book Running Lead Managers to the Offer, has finalized allocation of 61,62,777 Equity Shares, to Anchor Investors at Anchor Investor allocation price of Rs. 203 per Equity Share," the company said.HDFC Mutual Fund, Kotak Mahindra Trustee, Aditya Birla Sun Life Trustee, LIC MF Large, SBI General Insurance, Morgan Stanely Asia were among the marquee companies who participated the anchor book round.Out of the allocation of 61,62,777 equity shares to the Anchor Investors, 26,61,210 Equity Shares (i.e.

₹25,000. This will be followed by an additional ₹25,000 every six months for the next two years, culminating in a total of ₹1.25 lakh after 24 months.However, for Infosys employees at higher bands than 3 (4 through 7), the relocation allowance can go up to ₹8 lakh, inclusive of the initial relocation allowance, by the end of the same period.This initiative aims to draw employees from the Mumbai-Karnataka region to consider opportunities in Hubballi.It also allows the employees to continue working on their current projects from Hubballi, thereby optimising the use of the facility’s modern infrastructure and reducing operational costs.Lauding the initiative, Karnataka Minister MB Patil, said in a post on X: “Hubballi Set for Growth: Infosys Spurs Local Growth with Incentives.

household consumers surveyed cutting consumption or feeling the pinch of rising prices of onion, potato and tomato and another 31% are likely to be impacted once per kg prices cross INR 50 for these items 2 in 3 household consumers surveyed confirmed paying Rs 25/kg or more for tomato, Rs 30/kg or more for potato and Rs 35/kg or more for onion. While tomatoes are still affordable at these prices, potatoes and onions are now selling at much higher rates than their average price of Rs20/kg. The summer monsoon set in two days early in Kerala this year but so far it has remained sporadic, leading to humid weather. In most states, with temperatures rising, power cuts and water shortages are being reported. The result is, there is more demand for fruits and vegetables, which have become pricier. The prices of essential vegetables onion, potato and tomato have also shot up by 20% to 50% in the last few weeks.

Bihar that the only son of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the JD(U) president who is known to be against «dynasty rule», could enter active politics. Nishant Kumar has been a reclusive figure, seen in public with his father on rare occasions. For the past few weeks, there have been murmurs that the 73-year-old leader could agree to «demands from within the party» that Nishant formally join the JD(U), which lacks a second rung leadership that could take over from the supremo once he decides to hang the boots. The speculations intensified on Monday, when Vidyanand Vikal, who is associated with the party and heads the State Food Commission, came out with a social media post.

Master Card has announced a major change to its digital payments system in Europe and this is expected to affect millions of customers. The company which is the second largest payment network in the world has announced that all digital payments shall be 100% tokenized by 2030. Master Card introduced this system in 2014 and it now accounts for over 25% of all digital payments around the world. The new system seeks to move towards ensuring digital security of the card holder, ensuring ease of payments and also ensuring easier management of card systems. This has been reported by the Mirror.

Joe Biden replace Kamala Harris with former First Lady Hilary Clinton? This question is looming large on the Democrats, the voters as well as the US political system. This has become particularly important in the wake of the increasing number of incidents that raise questions about the cognitive health of the president. The debate was once again triggered after US President appeared to lose his way during a G-7 event in the Italian city of Apulia. Joe Biden Biden wandered off and started a conversation with an officer who was packing a bag. The embarrassing situation came to such a pass that Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni came forward and redirected the US president to his place among the other leaders.

The NSE Nifty 50 rose 0.39% to finish at 23,558, while the S&P BSE Sensex settled 0.40% higher at 77,301.

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