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- Private sector lender Kotak Mahindra Bank on Thursday said it has initiated the incorporation of Kotak Karma Foundation, a company to be registered under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013.
- This wholly-owned subsidiary of the bank for setting up a Centre of Excellence (CoE) of the Bank for the furtherance of part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives, Kotak Mahindra Bank said in a regulatory filing.
- The about 1500-page charge sheet filed against BJP MP and outgoing WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for offences of sexual harassment and stalking elaborates statements of all the six female wrestlers with supporting evidence, police sources said on Thursday.
- Out of the over 200 statements of the witnesses recorded as part of the investigation, only statements of those relevant and supporting the allegations made by the victims have been mentioned in the charge sheet, they said.
- The Himachal Pradesh government has put a complete ban on fishing in the state till August 15 in view of the fish breeding season, an official said on Thursday.
- Satpal Mehta, director and warden of fisheries, said the ban will come into force from Friday and strict action will be taken against violators. Satpal Mehta, director and warden of fisheries, said the ban will come into force from Friday and strict action will be taken against violators.
- West Bengal Education Secretary Manish Jain on Thursday appeared before the CBI sleuths at the agencys Kolkata office in connection with its investigation into the alleged irregularities in recruitment at state government-aided schools.
- Jain was questioned about the documents related to the recruitment, which have his signatures, a senior officer of the central agency said.
-- Sixty-one of the Delhi Mukherjee Nagar fire were admitted to three hospitals for treatment; around 50 have been discharged so far.
-- The place of occurrence was inspected and photographed by the district crime team and the forensic team of FSL,Rohini.
-- Around 200-250 students from different coaching centres were attending the classes at the time of the incident.
-- Preliminary enquiry revealed that there was a fire in electric meters installed on the ground floor of the building.
-- A case u/s 336/337/338/120B/34 IPC is being registered in PS Mukherjee Nagar and further investigation is in progress.
-- Tamil Nadu Power Minister V Senthil Balaji being shifted to Kauvery Hospital after the order of Madras High Court
-- He was arrested by Enforcement Directorate in connection to a money laundering case
- Republican and Democratic members of the U.S. Congress introduced legislation on Thursday that would make it easier for Ukraine to fund its fight against Russian invaders by using seized and frozen Russian assets.
- The Calcutta High Court Thursday directed the State Election Commission (SEC) to requisition and deploy central forces across West Bengal for the panchayat elections in the state within 48 hours.
- The court noted that no appreciable steps have been taken ever since an order was passed by it on June 13 to deploy central forces in sensitive areas for the poll process.
- The GST Council on Thursday said it will hold a meeting, chaired by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, on July 11.
- "The 50th meeting of the GST Council will be held on 11th July 2023 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi," the GST Council tweeted.
- OKX, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, is seeking regulatory approval to operate in Dubai as it plans to expand the company's Middle East operations, an executive told Reuters on Thursday.
- Regulation is an industry trend, OKX Global Head of Government Relations Tim Byun said.
- The flood condition in Assam deteriorated on Thursday with nearly 29,000 people reeling under the deluge across three districts of the state due to incessant rain, an official bulletin said.
- According to the daily flood report of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), more than 28,800 people are hit due to floods in Dhemaji, Dibrugarh and Lakhimpur districts.
- The conflict in Sudan hit the two-month mark on Thursday with no sign of a resolution as diplomatic peace efforts hit roadblocks and the risk of a broader ethnic war rises.
- Fighting between the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which a U.S. diplomat earlier this week described as "suicidal" behaviour, has displaced 2.2 million people and killed at least 1,000, an underestimate according to medics.
