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IANS 04 January 2024
The much-anticipated showpiece Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) will be opened this month and the toll for cars has been fixed at Rs250, officials said here on Thursday.   The state Cabinet presided by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and attended by Deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit...

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Moneylife Digital Team 27 December 2023
On Wednesday, 1993 stocks advanced, 1815 declined and 106 remained unchanged, with an advance decline ratio of 0.20 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), indicating deeply negative closing of stocks in broader markets. The trend of the major indices on Wednesday’s trading is given in the table...

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Humans are fundamentally good. Whenever someone requests help or support, people tend to extend a helping hand, especially if it requires nothing more than a small transfer of money. They don't think much or investigate before responding to something that tugs at their heartstrings. Scamsters...

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Moneylife Digital Team 22 December 2023
INDIAN MARKET TRENDS From 15th December to 21 December 2023, the Sensex, ML Mid-cap Index, the NIFTY, ML Large-cap Index, ML Small-cap Index, ML Mega-cap Index and ML Micro-cap Index fell 1% each. ...

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Moneylife Digital Team 19 December 2023
In an order important to all residents of Pune, the Bombay High Court (HC) directed the commissioner of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to make functional, within three weeks, two committees, the standard technical advisory committee (STAC) and road development and road maintenance committee...

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Moneylife Digital Team 04 December 2023
The Union ministry of roads transport & highways (MoRTH) is planning to introduce cashless medical treatment for all injured accident victims across the country within the next three to four months, says Anurag Jain, secretary of MoRTH. He was speaking at the global road safety initiative...

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# In School:   It used to be the usual argument in lower school. In the scuffle between two boys, when one of them was punished for getting into a fight, the argument used was, 'But he hit me first'. As if the fact that ‘he hit me first’, completely absolved the second boy from any...

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Aarushi Anand (The Leaflet) 23 November 2023
In a recent post circulating widely on various social media platforms, popular Indian actress Rashmika Mandana is seen walking into an elevator sporting a black body-hugging swimsuit.   On the face of it, there is nothing wrong with the video. Actresses wearing swimsuits accentuating...

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A youngster from Madhya Pradesh (MP), Shishupal Jatav, who was allegedly beaten up at the Shivpuri police station of Shivpuri town, decided to use the Right to Information (RTI) Act to get a copy of the closed circuit television (CCTV) coverage that would show the physical assault on him, to...

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IANS 07 November 2023
Amid the controversy surrounding a reported morphed video of actor Rashmika Mandanna that went viral on the social media, a new report has claimed that artificial intelligence (AI) is fueling an unprecedented boom this year in fake pornographic images and videos.   The easy-to-use AI...

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Gopi Karunakaran (The Leaflet) 06 November 2023
In light of the Union government’s engagement of Boston Consulting Group to finalise ‘Vision 2047’ for India, this article sounds a cautionary note.   —   In the last week of October 2023, the print media reported that the government of India has hired the Boston Consulting...

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IANS 02 November 2023
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on the challenges posed to the Electoral Bond Scheme after listening to the hearing for three days in a row.   The Court has, however, directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to submit the details of the funds received by all...

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IANS 27 October 2023
Indians daily post 'millions' of misogynistic tweets on the Elon Musk owned social media platform X (formerly Twitter), according to an alarming study of gender violence in the country.   The study defined online misogyny as consisting of six overlapping forms -- sexist abuses, sexual...

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Sarah Thanawala (The Leaflet) 23 October 2023
The developmental model of building settlements for low-income communities at the peripheries of urban centres is almost considered self-evident by authorities in India, but does it really work?   —   About 35 percent Indians live in urban areas and this number is estimated to...

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Moneylife Digital Team 20 October 2023
Dubai-based Darshan Hiranandani, the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Hiranandani group and son of Niranjan Hiranandani, has made several allegations in an alleged 'affidavit' against Mahua Moitra, a member of Parliament (MP) from All India Trinamool Congress. He claims that she asked...

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IANS 17 October 2023
A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by chief justice of India DY Chandrachud on Tuesday refused to grant any legal sanction to same-sex marriage.   The Constitution bench, also comprising justices SK Kaul, SR Bhat, Hima Kohli, and PS Narasimha, held that queer couples do not have...

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IANS 12 October 2023
The Supreme Court has imposed a cost of Rs65 lakh on the Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd for raking up an issue relating to payment of monthly tariff due to private firms.   A bench of justices SK Kaul, Sudhanshu Dhulia. and Aravind Kumar directed the public sector undertaking to...

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Moneylife Digital Team 09 October 2023
The Supreme Court, while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL), directed all state information commissioners (SICs) under the Right to Information (RTI) Act across the country to provide hybrid modes of hearing to all appellants for hearing complaints and appeals and to make electronic...

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Moneylife Digital Team 09 October 2023
Uday Kotak, founder and director of Kotak Mahindra Bank, has clarified that he does not have an account on LinkedIn, and the account on that social media site, which uses his name, is fake.   Responding to a tweet by one Rajath Kumar (@Xrajath) on X (erstwhile Twitter), Mr Kotak...

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Moneylife Digital Team 06 October 2023
Coming down heavily on the Delhi police for illegally detaining a person for half an hour, the Delhi high court (HC) directed the police to pay Rs50,000 as compensation and recover the money from the salaries of the two errant sub-inspectors on duty at that time.   In an order, the...

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