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1:39 AM

Samsung’s Lee Kun-hee leaves behind $21-billion wealth for inheritance

Lee Kun-hee, South Korea’s richest person and chairman of Samsung Electronics Co, died on Sunday, leaving behind considerable assets subject to be potentially inherited by his surviving family as well as inheritance tax.

 

Lee Kun-hee, who built Samsung Electronics into a global powerhouse in smartphones, semiconductors and televisions, died on Sunday after spending more than six years in hospital following a heart attack, the company said.

 

The charismatic leader of Samsung Group and the country's richest person, grew it into South Korea’s biggest conglomerate.

But he and the empire he built have also been vilified by critics for wielding huge economic clout, and for opaque governance and dubious transfers of the family wealth.

9:21 PM

Amazon gets interim relief; arbitration panel says Future cannot sell business to RIL for Rs 24,713 cr; Amazon confirms award

8:56 PM

NSA Ajit Doval's speech not about China or any specific situation, govt officials clarify

The National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval was speaking purely in a civilisational and spiritual context and was not referring to any country or specific situation at the religious function in Rishikesh on Saturday, government officials clarified.

8:38 PM

Reliance rolls back salary cuts, offers bonus

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries is rolling back salary cuts for the employees of its hydrocarbons division and is also giving out performance bonus that had been deferred after business was hit by coronavirus lockdown.
 

The firm is also offering an advance 30 per cent of the variable pay from the next year's salary to its lakh-plus employees as a goodwill gesture for working during the pandemic, two persons familiar with the matter said.

8:28 PM

Dengue under control just like last year: Delhi CM

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said that mosquito-borne viral disease Dengue is "under control" in the national capital like previous year.
 

Kejriwal's remarks came while marking the eighth week of the '10 Hafte 10 Baje 10 Minute' anti-Dengue campaign earlier in the day.

8:13 PM

Punjab farmers burn effigies of PM Modi, Union govt

Punjab farmers on Sunday burnt effigies of the Union government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi at several places in protest against the farm laws.
 

The protesters described the three farm legislations introduced by the Centre as black laws and raised slogans against the BJP-led Centre. They demanded that the withdrawal of the laws.

8:03 PM

Eighth round of Corps Commander level talks between India, China likely this week

7:50 PM

BJP resorting to hooliganism to suppress doctor's protest: AAP

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday launched a scathing attack on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led MCD for "resorting to hooliganism to suppress the voices of the protesting doctors and nurses" demanding their pending salaries.
 

Senior AAP leader and MCD in-charge Durgesh Pathak made the remarks in a press briefing on behalf of his party. He said, "BJP-ruled MCD has transferred four CMO level senior-most doctors of the Hindu Rao hospital because they were supporting the protest of the doctors and nurses."

7:38 PM

Paddy procurement gained 23% increase over last year's purchase

Paddy procurement for Kharif crops this year so far has gained "good momentum" in nine procuring states and Union Territories (UTs), said an Agriculture Ministry data.
 

As per the data, over 144.59 LMTs of paddy was purchased till October 24 this year against last year's corresponding purchase of 117.55 LMT -- an increase of 23 per cent.

7:14 PM

Army Chief Gen MM Naravane scheduled to visit Nepal from Nov 4-6 with an aim to reset ties

Army Chief Gen MM Naravane's three-day crucial visit to Nepal beginning November 4 is expected to have a significant diplomatic overtone with India looking at resetting relations with the Himalayan nation after the ties came under severe strain following a bitter border row, officials said on Sunday.

6:28 PM

Onion price drop by up to Rs 10/kg in consuming mkts on govt action against hoarding

Wholesale onion prices fell by up to Rs 10 per kg in key consuming markets such as Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai with increase in arrival of the perishable commodity after the government imposed stock limits on traders to check hoarding and price rise, government data showed.
 

Onion prices showed a declining trend even in producing areas. For instance, in Lasalgaon in Maharashtra, Asia's largest wholesale onion market, onion prices dropped by Rs 5 per kg to Rs 51 per kg in just one day after the government's order on stock limits.

6:18 PM

National e-book to compile social works carried out by Centre: JP Nadda

5:45 PM

Tejashwi says Nitish is tired, JD(U)-BJP hit back

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is tired and no longer able to manage Bihar, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said on Sunday, drawing sharp retorts from leaders of the ruling NDA.
 

Yadav, 31, apparently referring to the age of the 69- year-old chief minister and said that he has got tired due to which he gives up when faced with a difficult situation -- be it the coronavirus pandemic or Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) outbreak in Muzaffarpur.

5:05 PM

The Army Commanders’ Conference will be held in Delhi from 26th to 29th October

4:45 PM

TMC launches 'Mark Yourself safe from BJP' digital campaign

The Trinamool Congress has launched a digital campaign 'Mark Yourself safe from BJP' from the alleged wrongdoings of the saffron party in the country In a bid to corner it ahead of the 2021 assembly elections in West Bengal.
 

The BJP has made deep inroads in the TMC-ruled state and the coming assembly polls is likely to be a tough fight between the two parties as Mamata Banerjee, who is a harsh critic of the saffron party, will fight to return to power for the third consecutive time.