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- India
Karnataka: HC impose fine on state govt for failing to submit report on public toilets
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday imposed Rs 5 lakh fine on the state government for negligence in submitting a report on the management of public toilets in state capital Bengaluru.…
- Business
US takes 1st action against firm for selling unregistered NFTs with $6 mn fine
Washington: The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Impact Theory, a media and entertainment company headquartered in Los Angeles, with conducting an unregistered offering of crypto asset securities in the…
- Tollywood News
Actress Jaya Prada sentenced to 6 months jail in ESI scandal
Hyderabad: Renowned actress Jaya Prada, known for her beauty and acting abilities, has been sentenced to six months in prison by the Egmore Court in Chennai on August 11, 2023. The court…
- Business
DGCA slaps Rs 30 lakh fine on IndiGo for frequent tail strikes
New Delhi: After conducting a special audit prompted by concerns over IndiGo Airlines’ frequent tail strike incidents, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has imposed a fine of Rs 30 lakh…
- India
Chhattisgarh’s tribal community imposes Rs 1L fine on inter-caste marriages
Tribal communities in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district issued a diktat to young men and women imposing fines and family ostracization if they elope and marry outside their castes or religions. Ironically, the diktat…
- Technology
Australia threatens to fine Musk’s Twitter over rising online hate
Sydney: Australia’s cyber regulator on Thursday issued a legal notice to Elon Musk-run Twitter, seeking information about what the social media giant is doing to tackle online hate on the platform. If…
- Technology
Spotify fined over $5 mn for GDPR violations in Sweden
London: Music streaming platform Spotify has been fined about $5.4 million in Sweden for breaching the data access rights of users in the European Union (EU). There were allegations that the company…
- Middle East
10-day grace period for visit visas no longer available in Dubai
Abu Dhabi: A grace period of 10 days to exit Dubai is no longer applicable if the tourist visa expires, travel agents said. “There is no grace period applicable anymore. From the…
- Technology
Microsoft to pay $3 mn fine for selling software to sanctioned Russian firms
San Francisco: Microsoft will pay $3 million in penalty in the US for selling software to sanctioned companies in Russia, Cuba, Iran and Syria from 2012 to 2019. The majority of the…
- Technology
Italy orders OpenAI to stop processing users’ data else face fine
New Delhi: Italian regulators have ordered Microsoft-owned OpenAI to immediately stop the processing of Italian users’ data to general AI models. The Italian regulator Garante said it’s concerned that the ChatGPT maker…
- India
Google to pay Rs 1337.76 cr fine in case involving Android devices
New Delhi: The NCLAT on Wednesday upheld the orders of the fair trade regulator CCI imposing a penalty of Rs 1,337.76 crore on tech major Google in the Android mobile devices case,…
- Middle East
UAE: Assaulting employees could get you jailed and a Dh 1L fine
Abu Dhabi: The authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Saturday announced a fine of Dirhams 100,000 (Rs 22,04,575) for assaulting employees. The Public Prosecution Office in the UAE has announced…
- Middle East
Saudi: One-year jail, fine of over Rs 1 crore for online slander
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) authorities announced the imposition of a fine of up to 500,000 Saudi Riyals (Rs 1,08,39,380) and one year jail term for those found to be…
- India
Bombay HC penalises law firm revealing rape victim’s identity
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has slapped a penalty of Rs 5,000 on a prominent legal firm for revealing the name of a rape victim in its petition. The fine has been…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Man gets 20 yrs in jail for sexually assaulting minor
Hyderabad: A man from Manchal was on Wednesday sentenced to 20 years in jail for raping a minor back in February 2016. The convict was identified as Dusari Raju who raped a…
