The four girls had recently been "trafficked" from Jharkhand's Pakur district, and the woman from Sahebganj district, officials said. Such traffickers are active in Jharkhand, who lure young girls to Delhi with the promise of a good life.

RBI Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) Member Ashima Goyal said on Sunday, "Freebies are never free... specially harmful are subsidies that distort prices." "When parties offer schemes they must be required to make the financing and such trade-offs clear to voters. This would reduce the temptation towards competitive populism," the eminent economist argued.

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Vladimir Putin reportedly considers Alexander Dugin to be his spiritual guide. Alexander Dugin's daughter Darya Dugina was an ardent supporter of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Tradeweb Markets's ( TW ) short percent of float has fallen 12.2% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 2.59 million shares sold short, which is 2.23% of all regular shares that are available for trading. Based on its trading volume, it would take traders 2.37 days to cover their short positions on average. Why Short...

July 7 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes extended their fall on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would impose a 25% tariff on goods from Japan and South Korea, starting on Aug. 1. At 12:26 p.m., the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 456.55 points, or 1.02%, to 44,369.96, the S&P 500 lost 53.47 points, or 0.86%, to...

* FTSE 100 down 0.2%, FTSE 250 falls 0.1% * Oil and gas stocks lead sectoral losses * Shell drops after trimming second-quarter forecast * Curry falls on RBC rating downgrade (Updates with market closing prices) July 7 (Reuters) - Britain's main stock indexes ended lower on Monday as investors parsed through a bunch of corporate updates and focussed on...

* Indexes down: Dow 0.73%, S&P 500 0.61%, Nasdaq 0.68% * WNS rises after Capgemini announces $3.3 bln buyout * Tesla slides on Musk's 'America Party' formation (Updates with early afternoon prices) By Pranav Kashyap and Nikhil Sharma July 7 (Reuters) - Wall Street kicked off the week on a dour note, with fresh tariff uncertainty rattling investors, while Tesla...

* Apple's ( AAPL ) worst smartphone sales performance in China since 2016 * Annual sales decline was one of Apple's ( AAPL ) worst in China-Canalys data * Rivals Huawei, Vivo overtake Apple ( AAPL ) market share-data * iPhone sales fell in all four quarters, including 25% drop in Q4-data * Apple's ( AAPL ) latest phones lack...

Throughout the last three months, 5 analysts have evaluated Life360 ( LIF ) , offering a diverse set of opinions from bullish to bearish. The following table encapsulates their recent ratings, offering a glimpse into the evolving sentiments over the past 30 days and comparing them to the preceding months. Bullish Somewhat Bullish Indifferent Somewhat Bearish Bearish Total Ratings 3...

BEIJING (Reuters) - (This Jan. 16 story has been corrected to show that it is Apple's worst performance in China for smartphone sales since 2016, not Apple's worst smartphone sales performance in China since 2016, in paragraphs 2, 5) Apple was dethroned as China's biggest smartphone seller in 2024, with local rivals Vivo and Huawei overtaking the iPhone maker after...

A fellow at crypto think tank Coin Center filed suit against U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday, seeking a judge’s guarantee that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will not be able to prosecute his forthcoming crypto project for violating money transmitting laws in the future. The lawsuit, filled by blockchain entrepreneur Michael Lewellen, claims that the Department of Justice’s...

On Tuesday, the Gehlot government invited bids for both projects to build the dams within the next four years. The chief minister had announced both projects in last year’s budget.

A fire that broke out at the waste treatment plant in Kochi on March 2, 2023, continues to spread toxic fumes even after 11 days of the incident. The Kerala government has said that 95 percent of the fire has been extinguished, but the smoke from the landfill has not entirely subsided. 

The probe pertains to Dapoli resort, which is allegedly illegal. The former minister and Shiv Sena (Uddhav) leader, Anil Parab, allegedly wangled a permit to use land meant for agricultural use. The ED had started the investigation under the the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after a complaint from the Environment Ministry.

Accusing Kejriwal of being busy with election campaigning in poll-bound states and waking up to the situation late, Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution, Ashwini Kumar Choubey, said that the Centre had held a meeting with Chief Secretaries and senior officials from four North Indian states on 20th October to discuss measures to reduce air pollution, which he claims weren't adopted by the AAP-led governments.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Chinese electric vehicle makers BYD, Geely and SAIC have challenged the EU's import tariffs at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), filings on the court's website showed on Thursday. The EU imposed tariffs on China-made EVs at the end of October after an anti-subsidy investigation, including 17.0% for BYD, 18.8% for Geely and 35.3% for...

* BYD, Geely and SAIC file court challenges to EU tariffs * Chinese industry body CCCME has also filed a complaint * European Commission says technical contact with China continues (Updates Jan. 23 story with CCCME statement in paragraph 7) By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Chinese electric vehicle makers BYD, Geely and SAIC have challenged the EU's...

05:07 AM EST, 01/24/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates with the stock move in the headline and the last paragraph.) Nvni Group ( NVNI ) said late Thursday that it regained compliance with Nasdaq's minimum closing bid price requirement for continued listing. The company's shares were up over 24% in premarket activity Friday. Price: 1.85, Change: +0.36, Percent Change: +24.16 ...

* US-led political backlash has driven banks' ESG retreat * BNP to focus on four themes in sustainable finance * Bank survey found people want to invest thematically By Virginia Furness LONDON, Jan 24 (Reuters) - BNP Paribas is rethinking sustainable finance to focus on profitable deals and on redefining what it considers sustainable, a senior executive said, as it...

In a post on X on Sept. 12, Justin Sun let rip at Coinbase, stating that its wrapped Bitcoin launch was a “dark day for BTC.” Sun said that cbBTC lacks proof-of-reserve, has no audits, and the company can freeze anyone’s balance anytime. He said it essentially is “just trust me,” as any U.S. government subpoena could seize all of your...

As the United States presidential election inches nearer, the two contenders continue making several moves to capture citizens’ attention. Republican candidate Donald Trump has doubled down on his efforts to win crypto investors’ votes. Following a Friday announcement of a crypto-centric platform dubbed World Liberty Financial, 84% of bettors on the biggest prediction market, Polymarket, expressed conviction that Trump will...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has seemingly tracked back on previous statements suggesting that crypto assets themselves are securities. This retraction comes amid the agency’s ongoing legal case against Binance, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world. SEC “Regrets” Confusion Caused by Wording Attention to the SECs shift was drawn by Paul Grewal, the Chief Legal...

Donald Trump has set the launch date for World Liberty Financial, which will debut on September 16. This announcement follows hints from his family earlier this summer, as well as Trump’s previous vague descriptions of the project as a DeFi platform for borrowing and lending. Details of the Project In a video posted on X, he revealed the date to...