Hamas seeks permanent ceasefire for releasing hostages
Tel Aviv, March 6 (IANS) Senior Hamas leader Osama Hamaden has said that the outfit will release the remaining 134 hostages only when the permanent ceasefire is in place and Israelis completely withdraw from Gaza.
Australia’s Queensland passes legislation to criminalise coercive control
Sydney, March 6 (IANS) New laws were passed on Wednesday in the Australian state of Queensland to criminalise coercive control, which would better protect victims of domestic, family and sexual violence.
EAM Jaishankar meets Mayor of Korean city with Ayodhya connect
Seoul, March 6 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar spoke of shared cultural heritage and longstanding people-to-people relations as he met Hong Tae-yong, Mayor of Gimhae City in South Korea on Wednesday.
India-Korea Joint Commission Meeting: Jaishankar calls for new areas of cooperation
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Wednesday called for expanding cooperation in areas of critical and emerging technology to a safe and secure Indo-Pacific in his opening remarks at the 10th India-Korea Joint Commission Meeting in Seoul.
Number of worshippers allowed into Al-Aqsa for Ramadan ‘same as before’: Israel
Jerusalem, March 6 (IANS) Israel will not impose new limits on the number of worshippers allowed into Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the first week of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the Prime Minister’s office (PMO) has said.
Bira 91 raises $25 mn to expand manufacturing footprint
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) B9 Beverages Ltd, Bira 91’s parent company, on Wednesday said it is raising $25 million in new funding from Tiger Pacific Capital, an Asia-focused fund headquartered in New York and Hong Kong.
SAP appoints Manish Prasad as President, MD for Indian Subcontinent
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Cloud software major SAP on Wednesday announced the appointment of Manish Prasad as President and Managing Director for SAP Indian Subcontinent.
Elon Musk wanted ‘absolute control’ of the company: OpenAI
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Sam Altman-run OpenAI has hit back at Elon Musk’s lawsuit, saying as the company discussed a for-profit structure in order to further the mission, “Musk wanted us to merge with Tesla or he wanted full control”.
56 pc Indian employees trust their bosses to teach AI skills: Report
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) More than half of Indian employees (56 per cent) believe their organisations will teach them skills they need to adapt to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automation, compared to the global average of 45 per cent, according to a report on Wednesday.
RBI’s punitive actions will keep NBFCs on the edge
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) In continuation with its system clean-up mission, the RBI imposed an embargo on IIFL’s gold loan business on March 4 and on JM Financial Products’ (subsidiary of JM Financial) loan against shares & IPO financing business the next day, citing persistent regulatory non-compliance and governance issues, as per brokerage Emkay Global Financial Services.
