On 19th November 2022, the world was made privy to pictures of Kim Jong-un's nine-year-old daughter. The father-daughter duo was at the site of North Korea's largest ballistic missile launch at Pyongyang International Airport.

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German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz on Monday said Emrah Ozer has been appointed as its Chief Financial Officer for its Indian operations as part of an organisational change in its finance and controlling function effective since January 1, 2025.
Ozer, currently associated as a Member of the Board of Management and Head of Finance & Controlling, Mercedes-Benz Otomotiv Turkey, will be inducted into the Board of Mercedes-Benz India as Executive Director in due course of time.
He succeeds Evren Cakabey who has taken over as the Executive Director & CFO, Mercedes-Benz G GmbH, Austria, effective January 1, 2025, Mercedes-Benz India said in a statement.
Commenting on Ozer's appointment, Santosh Iyer, Managing Director & CEO, Mercedes-Benz India, said the company will benefit from his rich expertise in managing International Finance, business modelling and investor relations.
"We are confident that Emrah, with his diverse international financial experience and proven track ...

He succeeds Evren Cakabey who has taken over as the Executive Director & CFO, Mercedes-Benz G GmbH, Austria, effective January 1, 2025

Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd on Monday said it estimates a 56.2 per cent growth in consolidated revenue from operations at Rs 2,153.2 crore in the third quarter of the ongoing fiscal, compared to the year-ago period.
In its quarterly update, the company, which operates popular fast food chains such as Domino's, Popeyes and Dunkin, said the provisional standalone revenue from operations in the third quarter was at Rs 1,611.1 crore, higher by 18.9 per cent year-on-year.
On a like-for-like (LFL) basis, Domino's India growth was at 12.5 per cent and the same for Turkey was down 3.2 per  cent, Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd (JFL) said in a regulatory filing.
As of October-December quarter end, the JFL Group network reached 3,260 stores, with a net addition of 130 stores during the quarter, it said.
Domino's India opened 60 net new stores, ending the quarter with 2,139 stores, while Domino's Turkey opened 25 net new stores, ending the quarter with 738 stores, it added.

On a like-for-like (LFL) basis, Domino's India growth was at 12.5 per cent and the same for Turkey was down 3.2 per cent, Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd (JFL) said in a regulatory filing

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The Supreme Court on Monday said it would on March 25 hear a batch of pleas against the acquittal of Surendra Koli in the 2006 Nithari serial killings case.
A bench of Justices B R Gavai and Augustine George Masih was informed by solicitor general Tushar Mehta that the case was over the "very serious and gruesome" killings in Nithari, UP.
Koli's counsel said the evidence against his client was a confessional statement, recorded several days after his police custody in the case.
The bench directed its registry to summon the trial court records in other connected matters expeditiously and supply its copies to the lawyers appearing in the matter.
The hearing was posted on March 25.
In 2024, the apex court agreed to examine separate pleas filed by the CBI and the UP government challenging the Allahabad High Court's decision acquitting Koli on October 16, 2023.
The bench had sought a response from Koli on the petitions and tagged it with similar pending pleas.
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In 2024, the apex court agreed to examine separate pleas filed by the CBI and the UP government challenging the Allahabad High Court's decision acquitting Koli on October 16, 2023

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The upcoming annual budget for FY26 could announce further measures to boost employment generation, CII said on Sunday, emphasising that job creation at a mass scale is important to engage the young population productively, and drive inclusive growth in the world's most populous nation.
The industry body has suggested a seven-point agenda to harness India's demographic dividend, including an integrated national employment policy, support to labour-intensive sectors, and setting up an international mobility authority, among other targeted measures.
With a median age of just 29 years, India is a young country, and is set to add 133 million people to its working-age population by 2050.
The government could consider launching an internship programme in government offices in rural areas for the college-educated youth, CII said.
It argued that this initiative would create short-term employment opportunities in government offices while bridging the gap between education and professional .

It has proposed an integrated national employment policy which could subsume under its ambit the slew of employment generating schemes currently in works by various ministries/states

Apparel exporters body AEPC on Saturday urged the government to announce tax incentives, including removal of a provision requiring payments to MSMEs within 45 days to claim deductions and customs duty exemption on garment machinery imports.
The Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) has also requested that an  interest equalization rate of 5 per cent be announced in the Budget, scheduled to be unveiled on February 1 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
Other demands include extension of concessional tax rate for new manufacturing units to encourage setting up of new garment units; simplification in the procedure of imports of trims and embellishments under IGCR (Import of Goods at Concessional Rate); and liberalizing e-commerce export procedures.
"Ready Made Garments (RMG) industry has also demanded removal of Sec43B (H) of IT Act in the ensuing Budget which pertains to payment to any MSME companies within a maximum 45 days' time to claim any deduction in tax. This has increase

The Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) has also requested that an interest equalization rate of 5 per cent be announced in the Budget, scheduled to be unveiled on February 1

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