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Hari Om Rai, the MD of Lava International, Guangwen Kyang aka Andrew Kuang, a Chinese national, Rajan Malik, and Nitin Garg, a Chartered Accountant (CA), were produced before the court of Additional Sessions Judge Devender Kumar Jangala of Patiala House Courts.The court noted that the custody of the accused persons has been sought due to their non-cooperation and evasive attitude and deliberate attempts to evade/mislead the probe.“It is also contended that custodial interrogation is required in the interest of investigation to find out the deep-rooted conspiracy for commission of offence under PMLA,” the court noted.However, the counsel for the accused,…

This is in tune with the 2023-2024 state budget announcement by Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis in March, to implement the scheme with retrospective effect from April 1, 2023.Under the scheme, the state will give an incentive of Rs 5,000 after the birth of a female child to yellow and orange ration card holding families.When the girl joins the first standard in school, she would get Rs 6,000, Rs 7000 in the Class VI, Rs 8000 in Class XI, and Rs 75,000 when she turns 18.In total, under the ‘Lek Laadki’ initiative, the girl will get Rs 100,000 till she turns…

“The whole country is feeling proud of your (athletes’) performance in the Asian Games. I also thank the trainers and coaches of the athletes on behalf of the nation,” Modi said while interacting with the athletes at the Dhyan Chand stadium here.He said India’s medal tally in the Asian Games is an indication of the country’s success.”It is India’s best performance in Asian Games till date, and personally, I am satisfied that we are moving on the right track,” the Prime Minister said.”Because of your hard work and achievements, there is an atmosphere of celebration across the country,” Modi added.”I…

Modi had in his August 15 speech, spoken about providing incentives to two crore women engaged in Anganwadis and self help groups (SHGs) and turn them into “lakhpati didis”.During the meeting, Modi took stock of the various livelihood interventions planned to achieve this target. He had also spoken about equipping 15,000 women SHGs with drones for agriculture and related purposes.Modi was given an overview of the plans to implement this, ranging from training of women SHGs to monitoring of activities, official sources said.The Prime Minister had also spoken about taking the number of Jan Aushadhi stores in India to 25,000…

During the inspection, several irregularities were discovered, including violations of construction dust control rules.He said that the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) was instructed to issue notices to the concerned agency for these violations. He said that monetary penalties will be imposed if the agency fails to respond satisfactorily to the notice.Rai said that the importance of following the 14 rules related to construction dust control at all construction sites and warned of strict action against non-compliance.As part of the campaign, 591 teams have been deployed, along with mechanical road sweeping machines, water sprinklers, and mobile anti-smog guns to control…

The official said the police have also seized one carbine machine gun, 15 semi-automatic pistols, 18 single-shot pistols and 229 bullets and raw materials for manufacturing around 200 to 250 firearms.According to the police, on October 4, after receiving specific inputs, one person named Bintu a.k.a. Mintu a.k.a. Bittu was arrested.”One semi-automatic pistol along with six live cartridges were recovered from his possession. On searching of his bag, nine more semi-automatic pistols, 18 single-shot pistols and 148 live cartridges of different types of bores were recovered,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (North), Sagar Singh Kalsi.During interrogation, Bintu disclosed that he…

The suspended officials include Tehsildar, Circle Police Inspector and Regional Fire Officer.The Chief Minister said that the notice also will be issued to the Deputy Commissioner and Superintendent of Police in this connection. “A decision has also made to ban the bursting of crackers in political rallies, festivals, processions and marriages in the state. The licenses will have to be renewed henceforth every year,” he said.He said that the state government has taken note of the tragedy and it has been decided to allow the sale of only green crackers throughout the state during the Deepavali festival.“Four persons were injured…

The annual shopping festival, which officially commenced on October 8 (with Early Access opening on October 7 for VIP and Plus customers), witnessed growth in Plus Visitor base with a 7 times spike in orders over daily transactions.“Through innovative technology, diverse affordable payment options and a truly accessible marketplace, we continue to redefine the shopping experience for millions of customers in India,” said Arief Mohamad, Vice President – Customer Growth and Loyalty, Flipkart.According to the company, early trends indicate a buoyant customer sentiment overall, with categories such as mobiles, appliances, lifestyle, BGM (beauty and general merchandise), electronics and home witnessing…

This device is expected to test 25 parameters in the blood to detect early chronic diseases associated with kidney, liver, heart, and pancreas malfunctions.According to Primary Healthtech CEO Sahil Jagnani, the MobilabTM device, which can run 150 tests on a single charge, is controlled by an IoT-enabled Android app and can be used in even the most remote areas of the country.As per the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) recent report, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are responsible for almost 41 million (74 per cent) of deaths worldwide.The goal of MobilabTM, according to the founder, is to speed up early detection, disease management,…

The direct tax collections – net of refunds – was 52.50 per cent of the total budget estimates of direct taxes for 2023-24. The provisional figures of the direct tax collections indicated that gross collections were at Rs 11.07 lakh crore, which was 17.95 per cent higher than the gross collections during the corresponding period of last year. The growth rate for corporate income tax (CIT) stood at 7.30 per cent and personal income tax (PIT) stood at 29.53 per cent in terms of gross revenue collections, according to the data. “So far as the growth rate for Corporate Income…