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By 2017 Most Aussie Deals Covered by Free Trade Agreements - 15 Jun

The Abbott Government's tough negotiations in an effort to seal an Indian Free Trade Agreement (FTA) next year should see 70 per cent of Australia's two-way trade covered by a free trade agreement.




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Australian entertainment and media industry must 'have a go' to grow - 15 Jun

Australian entertainment and media market is forecast to grow to $43.4 billion by 2019, a compound annual growth rate of 4.2 percent.




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PwC backs Australia’s best young STEM innovators with $20,000 seed funding - 1 Jul

Two young Australian innovators are ready to take their ventures to the next level after sharing in $20,000 in seed funding from PwC during a live pitching event held by the Foundation for Young Australians.




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PwC named a 2015 Employer of Choice for Gender Equality - 6 Nov

PwC Australia is pleased to announce it was selected by The Workplace Gender Equality Agency WGEA as one of 90 organisations in Australia as an Employer of Choice in 2015.




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Aussie shareholders lose $8bn from unplanned CEO turnover - 26 Nov

Thirty-five of the ASX 200 companies saw a turnover in Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in 2014, almost 35 percent more than the global average, including 8 unplanned succession events which cost $8 billion in foregone shareholder value




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PwC appointed as Skills Service Organisation - 29 Jan

PwC has been appointed as a Skills Service Organisation by the Federal Department of Education and Training to work with Industry Reference Committees to develop modern and relevant training packages.




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Global market for commercial applications of drone technology valued at over US$127bn - 11 May

The emerging global market for business services using drone technology is valued at over US$127 billion with the drone revolution disrupting industries ranging from agriculture to filmmaking.




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PwC and TOP Education join forces - 3 June

PwC Australia has acquired a 15 per cent stake in TOP Education, a Sydney-based private higher education provider, in move that will strengthen the firm's focus on Australia's third largest export - international education.




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Who's the fairest of them all? Australian entertainment & media industry needs diversity to grow - 8 June

A lack of diversity in Australia's media and entertainment workforce in terms of ethnicity, gender, age and thinking is dragging on the industry's growth, according to a PwC report released today.




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Driver launches an AI-powered platform for creating technical documentation

The technical documentation for chips in the semiconductor industry is often thousands of pages long. Keeping those documents updated with every revision is a massive lift, as is generating the manuals and tutorials for engineers who then implement those chips in their own products. And to make matters even more complicated, very few products only […]

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Keep’s AIOps platform helps ops teams reduce alert fatigue

Alert management for developers and ops teams may seem like a solved problem. Notifying an on-call engineer isn’t exactly difficult anymore, after all. But the real question has become when to alert the right person and how to help them when a service goes down, for example. Many are turning to AI to solve some […]

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Quantum Machines and Nvidia use machine learning to get closer to an error-corrected quantum computer

About a year and a half ago, quantum control startup Quantum Machines and Nvidia announced a deep partnership that would bring together Nvidia’s DGX Quantum computing platform and Quantum Machine’s advanced quantum control hardware. We didn’t hear much about the results of this partnership for a while, but it’s now starting to bear fruit and […]

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LinkedIn fined $335 million in EU for tracking ads privacy breaches

Bad news for LinkedIn in Europe, where the Microsoft-owned social network has been reprimanded and fined €310 million for privacy violations related to its tracking ads business. The administrative penalties, which are worth around $335 million at current exchange rates, have been issued by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) under the European Union’s General Data […]

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Medtech Alimetry gases up with $18M for a wearable to help diagnose gastric disorders

Gut health isn’t the most glamorous of topics, but as many as 1 in 10 people regularly suffer from gastric symptoms like nausea, bloating, or cramping after eating. Figuring out exactly what’s causing stomach misery is not easy without invasive tests. But New Zealand-based startup Alimetry has developed a wearable device that can speed up […]

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Nvidia-Run:ai deal to be reviewed under EU’s merger rules

The European Union has tossed a wrench in the works of chipmaker Nvidia’s proposed acquisition of Tel Aviv-based AI workload management startup Run:ai. The deal, which was announced back in April — with a price tag of $700 million per our sources — will be reviewed by the bloc after a request by competition regulators in […]

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Meta found to have exposed info on North Korean defectors to advertisers

Meta has added another privacy sanction to its extensive collection: South Korea’s data protection agency fined the social media giant around $15.7 million for processing sensitive user data and passing it to advertisers without a proper legal basis, Reuters reports. Seoul’s Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) found Facebook’s parent collected information from about 980,000 users, […]

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Apple to be fined for breaching EU’s Digital Markets Act, Bloomberg reports

The European Union’s flagship market contestability regulation has been in force on a handful of tech giants for months. Since March, the bloc has had open investigations on several gatekeepers. But it’s Apple that will face the first Digital Markets Act (DMA) fine, Bloomberg reports, citing people familiar with the case. Apple’s App Store rules […]

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Corning, maker of toughened Gorilla Glass for phones, faces EU antitrust probe

On Wednesday, the European Union opened an investigation of U.S. manufacturer Corning over possible anti-competitive practices. Corning may not be a name that’s super familiar to the average tech consumer, but you are almost certainly within touching distance of its products, as it’s a leading supplier of speciality toughened glass for mobile devices, including Apple’s […]

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As demand for lithium explodes, battery recycling startup Tozero sprints to scale with $11.7M seed

Tozero, a Munich-based startup that recovers valuable raw materials from recycled lithium-ion batteries, is gearing up to scale. The startup just closed an oversubscribed €11 million seed round (around $11.7M) to step up production by building its first industrial deployment (A.K.A first-of-a-kind or FOAK) plant. Currently, Tozero’s pilot plant processes nine tonnes of lithium-ion battery […]

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Apple’s geoblocks on media services in EU draw consumer protection ire

Apple’s pile of regulatory woes in the European Union has ticked up again: The iPhone maker is being accused of unlawfully discriminating against consumers by applying restrictions on how several of its media services can be accessed around the bloc. Consumer protection authorities in three EU Member States have been investigating the geoblocking measures (access […]

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Europe’s DMA forces Meta toward ‘less personalized ads’

Meta, under legal pressure in the European Union over a binary “pay us or consent to ad tracking” choice it currently offers regional users of its social networks Facebook and Instagram, is changing how its regional ad business works again. Little wonder when compliance failure in this context risks fines of up to 10% of […]

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This Chef's Unfiltered Approach to Food Found Success Online. Now, Her Grocery Store Brings Her Brand to Life: 'I Don't Want to Live on the Internet.'

Alison Roman discusses her growing list of digital projects — and her Upstate New York grocery store, First Bloom.




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This 21-Year-Old Was In College and Didn't Know What He Wanted to Do With His Life. A Year Later, He Thought of an Idea That Turned Into a $16 Million Business.

Adam Cohen, founder and CEO of Stic, shares his roadmap for success for the car-based ad tech startup.




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After Being Laid Off, He Started a Side Hustle With Facebook. It Made Almost $3 Million Last Year: 'I Bought My Mom a $50,000 SUV.'

Carlos Ugalde, founder of House of Chingasos, didn't know anything about digital marketing — but he dove in anyway.




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I Wish I Knew About These 3 Cybersecurity Mistakes Before I Started a Business

Cybersecurity risks get increasingly complex every year, and businesses of all kinds are under attack. These are three of the most common cybersecurity errors companies make, with actionable advice on safeguarding against them.




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Red Lobster's Endless Shrimp Deal Is Never Coming Back Because Its New CEO Knows 'How to Do Math'

New CEO Damola Adamolekun is making changes, including adding new (and old) items to the menu.




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LG Just Demoed a New Screen That Stretches Like Taffy From 12 to 18 Inches: Video

LG's full-color screen is a first for the industry, but competitors like Samsung are not too far behind.















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Sareed Ahmed Ganie Age 32 vs Union Of India Through on 8 November, 2024

08.11.2024

1. The petitioner has sought temporary bail for the purpose of attending marriage ceremony of his younger brother which is stated to be scheduled on 9th and 10th November, 2024.

2. Heard and considered.

3. The petitioner has been arrested in a case arising out of the Crime No. 15/2024 for the commission of offences under Sections 8/21/22/29 NDPS Act. As per case of the prosecution, commercial quantity of contraband drugs was recovered from the possession of the petitioner on 27.08.2024 when he along with co-accused was travelling in a bus. The investigation is stated to be still in progress.




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Jkr Techno Engineers Pvt Ltd vs Jmd Limited on 11 November, 2024

1. The present Petitions under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 ('A&C Act') have been filed by the Petitioner seeking appointment of an independent sole arbitrator to adjudicate upon the disputes which have arisen between the parties from work order dated 03.09.2014.

2. Shorn of unnecessary details, the facts leading to the filing of the present petitions are that:-

a. It is stated that the work order bearing No.JMD/SUBURIO- 67/FW/JKR/LOI/01, dated 03.09.2014 was issued by the Respondent in favour of the Petitioner herein for design, manufacture, supply, installation, testing, commissioning and handing over of Fire-Fighting system at JMD SUBURIO, Sector- 67, Sohna Road, Gurgaon, Haryana, for total consideration of Rs.1,69,51,000/-.




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Kabir Paharia vs National Medical Commission And Ors on 12 November, 2024

TUSHAR RAO GEDELA, J.

1. Present appeal has been preferred under Clause X of the Letters Patent Act, 1866 assailing the judgement dated 10th September, 2024 passed by the learned Single Judge whereby the underlying writ petition bearing W.P.(C) 12165/2024 filed by the appellant was dismissed. The appellant also seeks quashing of the NEET Disability Certificate issued by respondent no.2 as well as the Medical Report of the AIIMS, New Delhi dated 6th September, 15:01:10 2024; and prays for declaring the appellant eligible to pursue medical courses and allowing him to take part in the ongoing counselling process. Alternatively, the appellant seeks re-evaluation and re-assessment of his suitability to pursue MBBS course notwithstanding the impugned Regulations. A challenge is also made to Footnote 3 to Appendix H-1 to the Competency Based Medical Education Curriculum (CBME) Regulations, 2023 being ultra vires Articles 14 and 19(1)(g) of the Constitution of India, 1950 and violative of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, along with directions to the respondent no.1 to issue fresh Regulations/Guidelines in this respect.




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Inox India Limited,Vadodara vs The Dcit, Circle-1 Now Circle 1(1)(1), ... on 12 November, 2024

PER SIDDHARTHA NAUTIYAL - JUDICIAL MEMBER:

These four appeals are filed by the assessee against the order passed by the Ld. Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals), (in short "Ld. CIT(A)"), National Faceless Appeal Centre (in short "NFAC"), for the Assessment Years ITA Nos. 521 to 524 /Ahd/2023 Inox India Limited Asst.Years 2000-01 & 2002-03 to 2004-05)

- 2- 2000-2001, 2002-2003, 2003-2004 & 2004-2005. Since common issues are involved in all the year under consideration of appeals before us, the same are being disposed of by way of this common order.




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Om Sai Co-Operative Credit Society ... vs Ito Ward 25(3)(1), Mumbai, Mumbai on 8 November, 2024

1. By way of the present the Assessee has challenged the order, dated 28/12/2023, National Faceless Appeal Centre (NFAC), New Delhi, [hereinafter referred to as the 'CIT(A)'] whereby the Ld. CIT(A) had dismissed the appeal preferred by the Assessee against the Assessment Order, dated 25/12/2019, passed under Section 144 read with Section 147 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 [hereinafter referred to as 'the Act'] for the Assessment Year 2016-2017.

2. The Appellant has raised following grounds of appeal :

ITA No.3577/Mum/2024

A.Y.2017-2018 "1. On the facts and in the circumstances of the case and in law the Income Tax Officer was not justified in disallowing the bonafide claim of deduction u/s 80P12 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 and the Ld. Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals), National Faceless Appeal Center (NPAC) in dismissing the appeal as infructuous and not deciding the appeal on merit as per the Grounds of Appeal




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Income Tax Officer, Gurgaon vs Discoveri Media Group, Gurgaon on 12 November, 2024

IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL DELHI "B" BENCH: NEW DELHI BEFORE SHRI PRADIP KUMAR KEDIA, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER & SHRI YOGESH KUMAR US, JUDICIAL MEMBER [Assessment Year : 2014-15] ITO, vs Discoveri Media Group, Gurgaon. 97B, Udyog Vihar, Phase-V, Gurgaon-122002.

PAN-AAIFD8766G APPELLANT RESPONDENT [Assessment Year : 2014-15] Discoveri Media Group vs ITO, C/o-S.L.Poddar & Co., Ward-1(4), Gokul Apartment, E-3A, Kantichandra Gurugram. Road, Bani Park, Jaipur, Rajasthan-302016. PAN-AAIFD8766G APPELLANT RESPONDENT [Assessment Year : 2015-16] ITO, Vs Discoveri Media Group, Gurgaon. 97B, Udyog Vihar, Phase-V, Gurgaon-122002. PAN-AAIFD8766G APPELLANT RESPONDENT [Assessment Year : 2015-16] Discoveri Media Group, vs ITO, 97B, Udyog Vihar, Phase-V, Ward-1(4), Gurgaon-122002. Gurugram. PAN-AAIFD8766G APPELLANT RESPONDENT Appellant by Shri S.L.Poddar, Adv. Respondent by Shri B. K.Singh, Sr.DR Date of Hearing 01.10.2024 Date of Pronouncement 12.11.2024 Page | 1




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Income Tax Officer, Gurgaon vs Discoveri Media Group, Gurgaon on 12 November, 2024

IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL DELHI "B" BENCH: NEW DELHI BEFORE SHRI PRADIP KUMAR KEDIA, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER & SHRI YOGESH KUMAR US, JUDICIAL MEMBER [Assessment Year : 2014-15] ITO, vs Discoveri Media Group, Gurgaon. 97B, Udyog Vihar, Phase-V, Gurgaon-122002.

PAN-AAIFD8766G APPELLANT RESPONDENT [Assessment Year : 2014-15] Discoveri Media Group vs ITO, C/o-S.L.Poddar & Co., Ward-1(4), Gokul Apartment, E-3A, Kantichandra Gurugram. Road, Bani Park, Jaipur, Rajasthan-302016. PAN-AAIFD8766G APPELLANT RESPONDENT [Assessment Year : 2015-16] ITO, Vs Discoveri Media Group, Gurgaon. 97B, Udyog Vihar, Phase-V, Gurgaon-122002. PAN-AAIFD8766G APPELLANT RESPONDENT [Assessment Year : 2015-16] Discoveri Media Group, vs ITO, 97B, Udyog Vihar, Phase-V, Ward-1(4), Gurgaon-122002. Gurugram. PAN-AAIFD8766G APPELLANT RESPONDENT Appellant by Shri S.L.Poddar, Adv. Respondent by Shri B. K.Singh, Sr.DR Date of Hearing 01.10.2024 Date of Pronouncement 12.11.2024 Page | 1




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Discoveri Media Group,Gurgaon Haryana vs Income Tax Officer, Ward -1(4),, ... on 12 November, 2024

IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL DELHI "B" BENCH: NEW DELHI BEFORE SHRI PRADIP KUMAR KEDIA, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER & SHRI YOGESH KUMAR US, JUDICIAL MEMBER [Assessment Year : 2014-15] ITO, vs Discoveri Media Group, Gurgaon. 97B, Udyog Vihar, Phase-V, Gurgaon-122002.

PAN-AAIFD8766G APPELLANT RESPONDENT [Assessment Year : 2014-15] Discoveri Media Group vs ITO, C/o-S.L.Poddar & Co., Ward-1(4), Gokul Apartment, E-3A, Kantichandra Gurugram. Road, Bani Park, Jaipur, Rajasthan-302016. PAN-AAIFD8766G APPELLANT RESPONDENT [Assessment Year : 2015-16] ITO, Vs Discoveri Media Group, Gurgaon. 97B, Udyog Vihar, Phase-V, Gurgaon-122002. PAN-AAIFD8766G APPELLANT RESPONDENT [Assessment Year : 2015-16] Discoveri Media Group, vs ITO, 97B, Udyog Vihar, Phase-V, Ward-1(4), Gurgaon-122002. Gurugram. PAN-AAIFD8766G APPELLANT RESPONDENT Appellant by Shri S.L.Poddar, Adv. Respondent by Shri B. K.Singh, Sr.DR Date of Hearing 01.10.2024 Date of Pronouncement 12.11.2024 Page | 1




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Discoveri Media Group,Haryana vs Income Tax Officer, Ward 1(4) Gurugram, ... on 12 November, 2024

IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL DELHI "B" BENCH: NEW DELHI BEFORE SHRI PRADIP KUMAR KEDIA, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER & SHRI YOGESH KUMAR US, JUDICIAL MEMBER [Assessment Year : 2014-15] ITO, vs Discoveri Media Group, Gurgaon. 97B, Udyog Vihar, Phase-V, Gurgaon-122002.

PAN-AAIFD8766G APPELLANT RESPONDENT [Assessment Year : 2014-15] Discoveri Media Group vs ITO, C/o-S.L.Poddar & Co., Ward-1(4), Gokul Apartment, E-3A, Kantichandra Gurugram. Road, Bani Park, Jaipur, Rajasthan-302016. PAN-AAIFD8766G APPELLANT RESPONDENT [Assessment Year : 2015-16] ITO, Vs Discoveri Media Group, Gurgaon. 97B, Udyog Vihar, Phase-V, Gurgaon-122002. PAN-AAIFD8766G APPELLANT RESPONDENT [Assessment Year : 2015-16] Discoveri Media Group, vs ITO, 97B, Udyog Vihar, Phase-V, Ward-1(4), Gurgaon-122002. Gurugram. PAN-AAIFD8766G APPELLANT RESPONDENT Appellant by Shri S.L.Poddar, Adv. Respondent by Shri B. K.Singh, Sr.DR Date of Hearing 01.10.2024 Date of Pronouncement 12.11.2024 Page | 1




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Sundaram Fastners Limited,Chennai vs Acit, National E-Assessment Centre, ... on 8 November, 2024

These are appeals preferred by the assessee against the separate impugned orders of the Assessing Officer (hereinafter in short 'the AO') dated 29.03.2021 / 31.03.2021 pursuant to the directions of the Dispute Resolution Panel (hereinafter in short 'the DRP') both dated 05.02.2021 and pertain to Assessment Years (hereinafter in short 'AY') 2016-17 & 2015-16 respectively.

IT(TP)A Nos.32 & 33/Chny/2021 (AY 2016-17 & 2015-16) M/s.Sundram Fasteners Ltd.

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2. Both parties agreed that issues permeating in both the assessment years are similar and identical except that of ground no.3, 5, 9, 12 & 13 for assessment year 2016-17, which will be discussed at the last.




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Bonani Kakkar vs Oil India Limited on 11 November, 2024

1. Mr. Devansh Mohta, learned Counsel assisted by Mr. Vikram Rajkhowa, learned Counsel is present on behalf of the Applicant in Miscellaneous Application No.31/2023/EZ.

2. Arguments could not be concluded today.

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3. On the request of the Counsel for the parties, put up this matter for further hearing on 25.11.2024.

4. List on 25.11.2024 for further hearing.

..................................... B. Amit Sthalekar, JM ............................................. Dr. Arun Kumar Verma, EM November 11, 2024, Original Application No.44/2020/EZ With Miscellaneous Application No.31/2023/EZ In Original Application No.43/2020/EZ SKB




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News Item Titled "Chunk Of India,S ... vs Coram: Hon'Ble Mr. Justice Prakash ... on 11 November, 2024

1. In this original application, registered suo motu, the Tribunal is considering the issue of delay in filing the reports by the State Expert Committees and its effect on the unclassed forests.

2. By order dated 31.07.2024, 38 respondents were impleaded and notices have been served upon them.

3. Replies on behalf of only UT of Ladakh and State of Andhra Pradesh have been received.

4. The previous order also indicates that there are 7 States, i.e., Goa, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Lakshadweep, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, who do not appear to have constituted the Expert Committees till now.

5. Learned Counsel appearing for the MoEF&CC submits that the Ministry is in touch with the authorities of all the States and the last meeting was held on 03.10.2024 and that after collecting the relevant information, the MoEF&CC will file the reply within four weeks.