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New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a plea filed by a married woman to terminate her 26-week-long pregnancy.A bench, comprising CJI D.Y. Chandrachud, Justice J.B. Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra, took note that the pregnancy had crossed 24 weeks and held that permitting the woman to carry on with the termination of pregnancy would violate Sections 3 and 5 of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act. According to the fresh AIIMS report, there is no immediate threat to the mother or the foetus. The court noted that these are the only two exceptions to…

In a statement to IANS, the company said the audit of all the group subsidiaries has been completed and adopted. “Think and Learn Pvt Ltd, the parent company of Byju’s, is expected to adopt the consolidated results this week to factor in certain positive developments in the company,” the company said. In June this year, the company’s long-standing auditor Deloitte had flagged some concerns with the revenue recognition methods for Byju’s accounts in FY21, and resigned, citing delay in declaring FY22 results. Byju’s earlier missed its deadline to file the FY22 financial results in September. The company had convened a…

According to WABetaInfo, the company is developing a calendar button which will allow users to open a date picker panel to make it easier for users to search for a message shared on a specific date.This feature is currently in development, and the company plans to release it for the web client in the future.According to the report, this feature will be beneficial to users because one of the most notable advantages is the improved capacity to retrieve specific texts from previous chats.In addition, users will be able to easily find which messages were shared on a certain date via…

He was in Kolkata to inaugurate the community Puja of Santosh Mitra Square at Lebutala Park in central Kolkata, whose principal organiser is BJP councillor in Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) Sajal Ghosh.“This is not the occasion for making political statements. So, I will not do that now. But I will be frequenting the state more, making political statements and ensuring that there is change in the state,” the Shah said.He also referred to the theme of the Puja committee this year which is Ram Madir in Ayodhya. “The Prime Minister Narandra Modi will be inaugurating the Ram Mandir at Ayodhya…

A bench, headed by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud and comprising Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Mishra, asked the Union government and NMC to furnish the tabular information within a period of six weeks relating to payment of stipend paid to medical students during their internship as part of fulfillment of five-year MBBS degree course.The bench also allowed impleadment of the government of National Capital Territory of Delhi as a respondent party.In an earlier order, the court had asked the MNC to explain if the statement that 70 per cent interns are not paid stipends is true and sought information as to…

“In this particular case, the lawyer’s complaint reveals that this arrangement to besmirch the reputation and interests of the Adani Group and our Chairman Mr. Gautam Adani has been in place since 2018,” a spokesperson for Adani Group said, citing the complaint filed by Supreme Court lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai with the CBI against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra and Darshan Hiranandani, CEO of Hiranandani Group, wherein it has been reportedly alleged that the Moitra and Hiranandani were “specifically targeting, Gautam Adani and his group of companies through parliamentary questions”.”In a shocking development, on Sunday, 15 Oct 2023, a Supreme…

The 21-year-old Kim, who shot a remarkable 62 on Saturday to earn the co-third round lead alongside Hadwin and Lanto Griffin, carded seven birdies against two bogeys to successfully defend his title at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas, finishing with a winning total of 20-under 264.The last player to win the Shriners Children’s Open in successive editions was Jim Furyk in (1998-99) and in achieving this, Kim also became the fourth youngest player in PGA TOUR history to secure three wins at the age 21 years, 2 months, and 13 days, following Gene Sarazen (20 years, 5 months, 23 days),…

Allegations of a kidnapping have surfaced as the person shortly after his arrival at Delhi airport from Abu Dhabi via Mumbai. According to an FIR accessed by IANS, Ranjan Swain, 30, hailing from Odisha’s Khurda district, had been employed at Emirates International Facilities Management in Abu Dhabi for the past three years. On August 18, he was scheduled to return to India, which was the last time he communicated with his sister, sharing his ticket details. “However, he has since become untraceable. After waiting for 3-4 days, his family contacted the company management, who confirmed his departure for India with…

Cricket’s inclusion into the Olympics fold was formally ratified by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Monday at the 141st IOC Session in Mumbai, following a recommendation made by the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics committee last week.Cricket was one of six sports approved for inclusion in the Los Angeles Olympics by the IOC in Mumbai alongside Baseball/Softball, Flag Football, Lacrosse and Squash. This will be the first time cricket will be at the Olympics since the 1900 Paris Olympics where Great Britain defeated France in a one-off match.”The BCCI has been a staunch supporter of the ICC’s efforts to include…

Slamming Moitra, Chandrasekhar said, “I have learnt from news reports that this Parliamentary Question was likely asked by an MP at the behest of a data centre company.”“If true, this is indeed shocking and shameful. It is true that this company was actively and aggressively lobbying for Data Localization. Language used in PQ (parliamentary question) is very similar (linking need for Data Localization to data breaches) to that used when the head of this company met me,” the Minister of State for Electronics and Technology claimed.“I am not aware or privy to the full facts or background on this -…