Morning Digest March 20, 2023

Morning Digest March 20, 2023

Khalistani protesters attempted to enter the Indian High Commission in U.K., while one protester climbed up to the balcony overlooking the street and brought down the national Tricolour. Khalistani protestors take down tricolour, attempt to storm High Commission in London Lodging a strong protest against the vandalisation of the Indian flag outside the Indian High […]

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SBI loan fraud | SC stays Bombay HC order permitting private firm chairperson to travel to UAE

SBI loan fraud | SC stays Bombay HC order permitting private firm chairperson to travel to UAE

The Supreme Court has stayed a Bombay High Court order permitting Suman Vijay Gupta to travel to the UAE | Photo Credit: Reuters The Supreme Court has stayed a Bombay High Court order permitting Suman Vijay Gupta, the chairperson of a Mumbai-based private company, to travel to the UAE after taking note of a case […]

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AI boom is dream and nightmare for workers in India, global South

AI boom is dream and nightmare for workers in India, global South

Dinesh Raj, who lives in Salem, Tamil Nadu, treasures his account on microwork website Amazon Mechanical Turk, even if competition for data annotation tasks on the crowdsourced platform is high, and the pay is low. The 30-year-old, who has an engineering degree, has struggled to find a well-paid job, and relies on the platform for […]

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India, Australia agree for early conclusion of talks to expand trade pact; eye 0-billion trade

India, Australia agree for early conclusion of talks to expand trade pact; eye $100-billion trade

Australia’s PM Anthony Albanese, Senator and Minister for Trade and Tourism Don Farrell, Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal pose after signing a partnership agreement at a meeting in Mumbai on March 9 | Photo Credit: AFP India and Australia on Saturday expressed their commitment for concluding the negotiations for expanding the scope of existing […]

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Morning Digest | Several dead after shooting in Hamburg hall; Centre to reconsider ‘safe harbour’ clause in IT law, and more

Morning Digest | Several dead after shooting in Hamburg hall; Centre to reconsider ‘safe harbour’ clause in IT law, and more

Police secures the area after several people were killed and more injured in a shooting in the northern German city of Hamburg, Germany, March 9, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Several dead after shooting in Jehovah’s Witness Hall in Hamburg, Germany Shots were fired inside a building used by Jehovah’s Witnesses in the northern German […]

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Centre for Policy Research says its donors include over 30 organisations, among them the Government of India

Centre for Policy Research says its donors include over 30 organisations, among them the Government of India

Days after the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) registration of the Centre for Policy Research (CPR) was suspended, the think tank’s officials said its donors include over 30 organisations in India and abroad, among them the Government of India. A CPR functionary said that that its partnership with Namati, an international legal empowerment group, was […]

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Supreme Court order on Hindenburg issue: Gautam Adani says truth will prevail

Supreme Court order on Hindenburg issue: Gautam Adani says truth will prevail

Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani. File | Photo Credit: ANI Embattled tycoon Gautam Adani on March 2 welcomed the Supreme Court order of a time-bound probe into allegations levelled by Hindenburg Research against his group, saying this will bring finality and truth will prevail. Shortly after a Bench headed by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud passed […]

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GST revenues grow 12.4% in February 2023

GST revenues grow 12.4% in February 2023

India’s Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenues grew 12.4% in February 2023 to over ₹1.49 lakh crore, with tax receipts from goods imports rising 6% and domestic transactions along with services imports yielding 15% more, compared to a year ago.  The ₹1,49,577 crore gross GST kitty collected in February marks the 12th successive month that […]

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MV Ganga Vilas’ second sail from Dibrugarh to Kolkata to include 15 Swiss tourists

MV Ganga Vilas’ second sail from Dibrugarh to Kolkata to include 15 Swiss tourists

The MV Ganga Vilas reached Dibrugarh in Assam on February 28, covering a 3,200-km river journey | Photo Credit: PTI MV Ganga Vilas — the ship with the distinction of covering the longest river journey in the world — will embark on a 30-day voyage from Dibrugarh to Kolkata via Bangladesh on March 2 with […]

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