MVA rift widens? After Uddhav, Pawar may go it alone in local polls

Hyderabad’s Enforcement Directorate has imposed a Rs 2,146 crore penalty on PC Financial Services for Fema violations linked to Chinese and Norwegian entities. The NBFC ran a loan app called ‘CashBean’. The investigation revealed fraudulent remittances and usurious interest rates, leading to the cancellation of its registration by the RBI and property seizures worth Rs…

President Biden and key Democrats are now opposing a once bipartisan bill that would have authorized 63 new permanent district judgeships now that President-elect Donald Trump would be the one to fill 21 of those slots once he takes office. The Senate in August passed the “Judicial Understaffing Delays Getting Emergencies Solved Act” or the…

Israeli forces secured a buffer zone in the Golan Heights after Syrian rebels ousted President Bashar al-Assad, ending his family’s rule. Prime Minister Netanyahu declared this a “historic day,” attributing it to Israeli actions against Iran and Hezbollah, Assad’s allies. Israel’s annexation of the Golan Heights remains internationally disputed.