An Indian national was sentenced to two years and six months' jail term here for a charge of unauthorised access to computer material during which he deleted 180 virtual servers, costing his employer about SGD 918,000 ($678,000).

The sentence was pronounced on Monday.

Another charge was taken into consideration for sentencing Kandula Nagaraju, 39, who was "upset" that he was fired by NCS in October 2022 due to poor work performance and his employment ended on November 16, 2022.

The rupee settled at a new closing low of 83.57 against the US dollar on Tuesday, tracking the rise in the dollar index and increased demand for the greenback among oil importers, according to dealers. The rupee closed at 83.51/$ on Monday.

The dollar index strengthened by 0.1 per cent to 105.25 ahead of the US Federal Open Market Committee meeting outcome, on the expectations of further delay in rate cuts after stronger-than-expected non-farm payroll data released last week.

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's arch-conservative Brothers of Italy group won the most votes in this weekend's European parliamentary election, initial results showed, boosting her standing both at home and abroad.

Projected forecasts based on the early count said Brothers of Italy had won 28.3 per cent, more than four times what it took in the last EU election in 2019 and beating the 26 per cent it secured in the 2022 national ballot, when it rose to power.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday evening took the oath of office as the head of a 72-member Council of Ministers for a third successive term. Five of the 30 Cabinet berths went to the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) allies.

In total, 30 Cabinet ministers, five ministers of state with independent charge and 36 ministers of state were administered the oath of office at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan. The first meeting of the new Union Cabinet is likely to be held on Monday evening.

An FIR was registered against nine people, including IREO Group Managing Director Lalit Goyal and Oberoi Realty Limited Chairman and Managing Director Vikas Oberoi, under various sections of cheating, criminal breach of trust and forgery, police said on Sunday.

The FIR was filed on the orders of the Chief Judicial Magistrate at the DLF phase 2 police station on Friday following a complaint lodged by Advance India Projects Limited (AIPL), citing allegations of cheating, criminal breach of trust and forgery against the accused, the police said.

Narayan Rane, Parshottam Rupala and Anurag Thakur — despite winning their respective Lok Sabha seats — were key omissions from the Narendra Modi-led council of ministers that took the oath of office on Sunday evening in the national capital.

The three were cabinet members in the outgoing 72-member Union council of ministers.

Financial firm HSBC has cast significant doubt on the future of Indian edtech giant Byju's, assigning zero value to Prosus' nearly 10 per cent stake in the company. This stark evaluation comes amidst Byju's ongoing legal battles and deepening financial troubles.

Prosus, a Dutch-listed technology investment company, has invested $500 million in Byju's, marking one of its largest edtech bets in India, which has now soured.

Gold Price Today: The price of 24-carat gold went up by Rs 10 in early trade on Friday, with ten grams of the precious metal trading at Rs 73,430, according to the GoodReturns website. The price of silver also appreciated by Rs 100, with one kilogram of the precious metal selling at Rs 93,600.

The price of 22-carat gold rose Rs 10, with the yellow metal selling at Rs 67,310.

Tripura Power Minister Ratan Lal Nath disclosed on Thursday that Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited (TSECL) has decided to set up four electric vehicle charging stations in and around Agartala.

A proposal seeking necessary funds has been placed before the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) under the Union Ministry of Power.

Police have booked the father and grandfather of the juvenile involved in the May 19 Porsche car crash in Pune, and three others, in a separate case related to abetment of suicide of a businessman's son in the city, an official said on Thursday.

According to the police, a complaint in this regard was registered by a man, D S Kature, who runs a construction business in Pune's Vadgaon Sheri area, against one Vinay Kale, from whom his son Shashikant Kature, had taken a loan for construction work.

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