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2023-04-21 08:43:34 The #SupremeCourt had previously refused to entertain a public interest litigation challenging the provisions of the #SpecialMarriageAct requiring publication of couples' details 30 days before the intended marriage in the public domain.



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2023-04-21 07:34:29 Earlier this month, #RBI kept the repo rate unexpectedly steady at 6.5% following six consecutive rate hikes since May last year.

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2023-04-21 07:08:47 Last month, #Karnataka amended its labour laws governing factories, allowing manufacturers to increase shift hours to 12 hours from the present nine.

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2023-04-20 20:30:32 In a memo sent to staff, co-founder and CEO #JonahPeretti said in addition to the news division, layoffs would take place in its #business, #content, #tech and administrative teams. #BuzzFeed is also considering making job cuts in international markets

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2023-04-20 20:15:03 Veteran leader #Siddaramaiah has repeatedly asserted that he was among the CM aspirants, while fellow lawmaker #DKShivakumar recently asserted that the priority was to secure a #Congress victory.

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2023-04-20 18:27:33 One businessman who has known #Arnault for decades compared the situation to Jean-Paul Sartre's play "No Exit," where the main characters are locked in a room together for eternity as punishment.

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2023-04-20 16:36:43 In a surprise move, in the first bi-monthly monetary policy of FY24, #RBI kept the policy #repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility unchanged at 6.50%.

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2023-04-20 16:06:56 Eleven people had been killed amid communal violence in Naroda Gam area of #Ahmedabad at the end of February 2002 during a 'bandh' called to protest the Godhra train burning.

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2023-04-20 16:06:41 Among other things, #CJIChandrachud said that even popular countries like #China are losing on demographic dividends. He added that highly educated young don't want to have children - that's a matter of choice.

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2023-04-20 15:02:19 Few technologies defined the 20th century more than the car. On the surface, the love affair with the personal automobile continues unabated into this century.

https://www.livemint.com/industry/energy/throughout-the-rich-world-the-young-are-falling-out-of-love-with-cars-11681986898492.html Open / Comment