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Residents of Oakland, California, loudly objected to proposed amendments during a city council meeting Monday that would have condemned Hamas. The Oakland City Council passed a resolution unanimously Monday night calling for a ceasefire…

A Scottish local authority has accidentally leaked the personal details of 15,000 employees, including their salaries. South Lanarkshire Council mistakenly published the information online after it responded to…

Genpact founder Pramod Bhasin has been appointed the new chairman of the Data Security Council of India (DSCI), effective April 1, 2023, the organisation announced Wednesday. Bhasin is currently also the chairman of Indian Council for…

The Payments Council of India (PCI), an industry body representing payment fintechs in the country, has written to the finance minister on restoration of merchant discount rate (MDR) for RuPay debit cards, as payment aggregator fintechs…

Troubles seem to be mounting for beleaguered ZestMoney as lenders pull back credit lines, a day after its founders left the company after a failed PhonePe acquisition. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.Also in the letter:■…

Supporters of two Democratic candidates for Minneapolis city council are facing expulsion from the Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party after a fight broke out at an endorsing convention Saturday, the party chairman says. During a convention…

The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) on Monday said 83 of its members will be contesting the election for its 24-member governing council. IAMAI has more than 500 members comprising Indian digital startups like Dream11,…

The following is the transcript of an interview with National Economic Council director Lael Brainard that aired on "Face the Nation" on May 14, 2023.MARGARET BRENNAN: We turn now to the economy, and the new chairman of the National…

Basavaraj S. Bommai (L) and Palanivel Thiaga Rajan (R). File. The change of guard after the Assembly election in Karnataka and the Ministerial council shuffle in Tamil Nadu has triggered the need for the Goods and Services Tax (GST)…

The first ministerial level meeting of India-European Union Trade and Technology Council (TTC) will be held on May 16 in Brussels to discuss ways to increase cooperation in strategic technologies, digital connectivity, clean energy, trade…