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Capital market regulator Sebi is examining the application seeking voluntary exit of the Calcutta Stock Exchange (CSE) from its business, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said on Monday.
In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Chaudhary said Sebi has constituted a Working Group on the matter and appointed a valuation agency for verification and valuation of CSE's assets and liabilities.
Certain information sought by Sebi from CSE is awaited, he said.
"Sebi would be passing a speaking order giving an exit to CSE from stock exchange business after taking a view on exclusively listed companies of CSE, its assets and liabilities, and relaxation from any regulations in order to facilitate exit," he said.
The Calcutta Stock Exchange (CSE), in its February 18, 2025, letter to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), sought voluntary exit as a Stock Exchange under the Sebi Exit Policy for stock exchanges. "The proposal is at the stage of examination befor

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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday sought a discussion in the Lok Sabha on the ongoing conflict in West Asia and urged the government to clarify its foreign policy, alleging that India was acting under pressure from the US.
Speaking to reporters outside Parliament, Yadav said the government should spell out how it is dealing with the situation, especially in view of the large number of Indians living and working in Gulf countries.
The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister also claimed that several journalists who had accompanied Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his recent trip to Israel were now stranded in the region.
"A large number of Indians are stuck in Gulf countries. Journalists who had accompanied the prime minister during his visit to Israel as political journalists have now become war journalists. How will they return?" Yadav said.
He also criticised the Centre's foreign policy approach, alleging that the US was "dictating" terms to India.
"On one hand, we a

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India is strongly positioned as the next global platform for consumer technology, driven by expanding manufacturing base, stronger supply chain capabilities, and a shift toward aspirational, global-style preferences is reshaping demand in this "strategic market", Akis Evangelidis, Co-founder and India President of smartphone maker Nothing has said.
The London-based consumer technology unicorn - which recently inaugurated its first flagship store in the country, in Bengaluru - says it is on a hyper-growth trajectory in India.
"...it has been an intense journey, but very rewarding and quite exciting. India is a strategic market, and a lot has been happening on the global front out of India in our industry, and we definitely see India being at the forefront of it for the foreseeable future," Evangelidis told PTI in a recent interview.
It is pertinent to mention that India is the world's second-largest smartphone market, with rising local manufacturing under government incentives and ..

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The Kerala High Court on Thursday pulled up the Railway Board for not responding till date, despite being granted several months' time, on whether Aadhaar authentication was mandatory for tatkal booking of tickets.
A bench of Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar V M expressed its displeasure after the counsel for the Board sought three weeks more time to respond on the issue.
"For such a simple issue you are taking so much time. You have not responded after time of several months altogether (that) has been given. If you are unable to respond, then we can decide the issue," the bench said.
The court adjourned the matter for three weeks and made it clear that the Board's response has to be filed within that period.
The observations and direction by the bench came on a public interest litigation challenging a central government circular mandating Aadhaar based authentication for tatkal bookings.

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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah met his father and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah here on Thursday morning, hours after security personnel foiled an assassination attempt on the veteran leader at a wedding function in the city.
Leaders cutting across party lines also gathered at the former chief minister's residence in Bathindi here to enquire about his well-being and demanded a thorough probe into the incident.
Abdullah had a narrow escape when a gunman opened fire at him from behind while he was leaving the function at Greater Kailash on the outskirts of Jammu on Wednesday night.
The chief minister drove straight to the NC chief's residence after arriving in Jammu from Delhi this morning. He spent nearly an hour with his father, who received a stream of visitors, including leaders from the BJP, the Congress and social activists.
Omar's sons -- Zamir and Zahir -- also reached Bhatindi from Srinagar to meet their grandfather.
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