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London, Sep 22 (IANS) The European Commission on Friday re-imposed a $400 million fine on chip giant Intel for abusing its dominant position in the market for its computer chips called x86 central processing units (CPUs).In 2009, the Commission had slapped Intel with a record-breaking $1.13 billion penalty after it had determined that Intel abused its dominant position in the market.In 2014, the General Court dismissed Intel’s appeal against the 2009 Commission’s decision.In 2022, the General Court ruled again on the matter and annulled the part of the 2009 Commission’s decision concerning the conditional rebates, but confirmed the unlawfulness of…

India, the 1983 and 2011 champions, will open its campaign against five-time champions Australia on October 8 at the MA Chidambaram in Chennai. It’s the first time India is solely hosting the Men’s ODI World Cup, which is 13th edition of the competition.”Look, I have always said this, and there is no doubt in this, that if you want to win the World Cup, then you have to beat Australia. In 2007 when we won the World Cup, we defeated Australia in the semifinal. In 2011 when we won the World Cup, we beat Australia in the quarterfinal.””Australia is the…

The two, who were convicted for various offenses, including culpable homicide not amounting to murder, by the trial court in March 2020, were sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 10 years.Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma granted them bail taking into account that they have already served more than four years of their sentences.The court referred to the established proposition that in cases other than life sentences, bail can be granted based on the broad parameter of serving 50 per cent of the actual sentence.The court noted that the appellants had not abused the liberty granted to them during interim bail periods,…

“Safety is Air India’s highest priority and, in addition to investing heavily in people, processes and systems to raise our standards to best practice, we must also uplift our culture of safety and diligence to the highest levels,” said Wilson.”Besides those investments, we are also making certain that we are plugging in to the broader industry to elevate our understanding and standards so that they are second to none,” said Wislon.”Air India was one of the foundation signatories of the IATA Safety Leadership Charter launched at the World Safety & Operations Conference in Hanoi this week, one of more than…

However, the victim’s family members claimed that despite identifying the main accused, no arrests have been made so far.The victim, Hardeep Singh alias Deepa, had a dispute with Harpreet Singh alias Happy. Both Deepa and Happy had cases registered against them in connection with the dispute.Investigating officer Kuldeep Singh told the media that many cases were registered against both Happy and Deepa.”Based on the father’s complaint, a case of murder has been registered against Happy and his five associates,” he said.Responding to the incident, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal alleged that “jungle raj” is prevailing in the…

According to sources, during the meeting of the Parliament Standing Committee on Defense on Friday in the Parliament Annexe building, Rahul Gandhi, who has been vocal about the China issue once again raised the matter.Annoyed by Rahul Gandhi’s questions on China, the ruling party leaders wanted to focus on the issues listed for the meeting.The source said that the Congress MP from Kerala’s Wayanad raised the issue of China occupying India’s land in Ladakh. And despite the ruling party members wanting to focus on the listed matters, the Congress leader kept on raising the issue of China, the source said.The…

The report was submitted on Wednesday to the Additional Chief Secretary of the Assam government’s Home and Political Department by the one-person panel led by Justice (Retd) Rumi Kumari Phukan.However, the report on the conflict, which occurred on November 22, 2022, in the disputed Mukroh area in the West Karbi Anglong area, has not yet been made public.“The period to complete the enquiry was extended twice as sought for till September 22, 2023. The Commission examined large number of witnesses and documents produced by Forests as well as Police Department and different organizations,” an official press release said.When a truck…

He also said that expunging the remarks from the records of the House has no meaningful impact and it would only be appropriate to have the matter examined in detail by the Privileges Committee and punitive action taken against Bidhuri.In his letter to Birla, Chowdhury added: “I am compelled to, and in fact, feel it to be my bound duty to impress upon you the need for taking stringent action as per the rules against BJP MP Bidhuri for using brazenly abusive and unparliamentary words against member of a leading political party, Danish Ali, who also happens to be from…

The three-day festival, beginning September 23, will be celebrated across all the lighthouses in the country in an effort to transform these historic sites into new tourist hotspots.Sonowal, earlier launched a campaign ‘Lighthouse Heritage Tourism’ to renovate 75 historic lighthouses and provide them with adequate facilities to draw tourists which will benefit the local economy.Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said: “It is a moment of great happiness for everyone in the team at the Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways as we begin this historic lighthouse festival across the country from tomorrow.”This would be a three day gala event…

A bench of CJI D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice JB Pardiwala said that a bank and its authorised officer appointed under Section 13(2) of SARFAESI (Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest) Act cannot act in a manner so as to keep the sword hanging on the neck of the auction purchaser.”The law treats everyone equally and that includes the bank and its officers. The said enactments were enacted for speedy recovery and for benefitting the public at large and does not give any license to the bank officers to act de hors the scheme of the…