Month: June 2023
Cambodia PM Hun Sen was a Facebook fan. But now he wants to ban it
PHNOM PENH: Cambodia‘s long-serving, tough-talking leader, Hun Sen, on Friday said he is considering banning Facebook in his country, largely because he is fed up…
Mob disrupts Pakistan gurdwara’s ‘kirtan’; suspects go scot-free
A local mob allegedly barged into Sukkur Gurdwara in Pakistan’s Sindh province on Thursday evening and ordered ragis (Sikh musicians) to cease kirtan, besides disrespecting…
French cops won right to shoot at drivers, but got ‘no training’
For years, French police unions argued that officers should get broader discretion over when to shoot at fleeing motorists. Time and again, lawmakers refused. Finally…
Govt excludes overseas credit card spends from LRS in a mid-night notification
The finance ministry finally on midnight Friday amended foreign exchange management rules to exclude international credit card spends from the purview of liberalised remittance scheme…
byju’s term loan: Byju’s, lenders renew talks to restructure edtech company’s debt load
Edtech company Byju’s and some of its lenders have restarted negotiations in a bid to restructure its $1.2-billion term loan (TLB) after it breached certain…
France braces for more violence after riots over police shooting
PARIS: France said on Friday the coming hours would be decisive after three nights of riots since a police officer shot dead a teenager at…
Govt asks ecommerce companies to refrain from using dark patterns
The Ministry of Consumer Affairs (MCA) has written a letter to top digital commerce companies such as Amazon, Flipkart, Nykaa, BigBasket, Reliance Retail, Swiggy, Meesho…
ITR filing: Senior citizens, claim these exemptions and deductions by July 31
The deadline to file income tax returns (ITRs) for the financial year 2022-23 (assessment year 2023-24) is July 21. Senior citizens, however, get several tax…
Bolsonaro: Former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro’s political hopes die as he is barred from office until 2030
BRASILIA: Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro‘s political career was in tatters on Friday as Brazil‘s federal electoral court (TSE) barred the far-right nationalist from public…
algolion: GM buys Israel-based software startup Algolion to detect early battery defects
General Motors said on Friday it had acquired Algolion Ltd, an Israel-based software startup that helps detect problems in batteries. GM said Algolion’s software will…