Social media platform X has received an inquiry from the U.S. House of Representatives ‘regarding actions taken in Brazil that were in violation of Brazilian law,’ Elon Musk said on Wednesday in a post on X. X was asked to suspend the accounts of 'sitting members of the Brazilian parliament and many journalists,' Musk said in another post.
12 Apr 2024The conflict between Elon Musk and Brazilian authorities started after Brazil's Supreme Court judge Justice Alexandre de Moraes included the X, formerly known as Twitter owner as a party in an ongoing investigation over the dissemination of fake news, and opened a separate investigation involving the Tesla top executive for alleged obstruction of justice. Musk has now claimed that X employees in Brazil are being threatened with arrest.
9 Apr 2024On Wednesday, the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) filed a first information report (FIR) against Ashneer Grover, the former managing director of BharatPe, his wife Madhuri Jain Grover, and other members of their family, including Deepak Gupta, Suresh Jain, and Shwetank Jain. The involved parties are the subject of an FIR filed under eight sections of serious cognizable criminal offences, including, among others, 409 (criminal breach of trust by a public servant, banker, merchant, or agent), 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property), 467 (forgery of valuable security, will, etc.), and 120B (criminal conspiracy).
11 May 2023Isher’s network and charm were so pervasive that she personally knew every economist in India and abroad
3 min read28 Sep 2020Isher Judge Ahluwalia’s abiding legacy, unless successors make a hash of it, is the building of the institution known as ICRIER
4 min read27 Sep 2020Isher Ahluwalia was Chairperson of the think-tank ICRIER for 15 years and had stepped down last month due to ill healthIn 2009, she was awarded Padma Bhushan by the President for her services in the field of education and literature
1 min read26 Sep 2020Adding one more judge to a district court with vacancy increases bank lending by about 0.5% in the following year, finds new study
1 min read5 Feb 2020This will increase the total strength of judges to 34 from 31 as sanctioned under the amended lawIn the light of a higher count of SC judges, a single judge bench will be assigned to deal with bail and transfer petitions
1 min read21 Sep 2019Anuraag Singhal is the first Indian-American to be nominated to this position in FloridaCurrently, he is on the 17th Circuit Court in Florida, a position he has held since 2011
1 min read10 Sep 2019Hrithik Roshan-starrer 'Super 30' has crossed the ₹125 crore mark after its third weekenThe big blockbuster of the month, however, is Disney’s animation flick 'The Lion King'
1 min read29 Jul 2019The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared