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Representative image. The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) on June 21 announced the formation of a Venture Capital (VC) Committee with marquee venture funds like Sequoia India, SoftBank, and Multiples Alternate Asset Management, among others as members. The new committee will work on public policy consultations, stakeholder engagement, ecosystem enhancement, and building a strong industry network for VC firms. In a press release, the not-for-profit industry body also said the committee will help in highlighting sector-specific challenges faced by portfolio companies of the member VC firms. Established in 2004, IAMAI is a not-for-profit industry body representing the digital services industry with over 400 Indian and multinational corporations as its members. IAMAI, in the release, informed that Vikas Agnihotri, Operating Partner at SoftBank Investment Advisers will chair the VC Committee and Shweta Rajpal Kohli, Chief Public Policy Officer of Sequoia … [Read more...] about Sequoia India, SoftBank, others join IAMAI-launched Venture Capital Committee

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline Federal law enforcement agents on Wednesday searched the home of Trump-era Department of Justice lawyer Jeffrey Clark, whose push to pursue shaky voter fraud allegations following the 2020 election caused uproar at the DOJ—and drew intense scrutiny from the House January 6 committee Thursday. Key Facts Clark confirmed the search in a Thursday night interview with Tucker Carlson, telling the Fox News host about a dozen federal agents visited his home at 7 a.m. Wednesday and spent over three hours searching his house and removing electronics. It’s not clear why federal agencies searched Clark’s suburban Virginia home, but unnamed sources told the New York Times the search was tied to the DOJ’s probe into attempts to reverse former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss. William Miller, a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s office in D.C., told Forbes “there was law enforcement activity” … [Read more...] about Feds Search Trump DOJ Official Jeffrey Clark’s Home

The MMDA meets together with JICA, 17 LGUs in Metro Manila, and national agencies for the CTMP for Metro Manila Project held this week. | PHOTO: MMDA via Twitter/@MMDA MANILA, Philippines — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) held their fourth coordination meeting to tackle traffic management issues in Metro Manila. MMDA Chairman Romando Artes and 17 Manila local government units (LGUs) met with JICA representatives for their 4th Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) Meeting for the Comprehensive Traffic Management Plan (CTMP) earlier this week, the MMDA said in a statement Friday. The #MMDA , together with the representatives from Japan International Cooperation Agency, 17 Metro Manila LGUs & concerned national agencies, held the 4th JCC Meeting for the Comprehensive Traffic Management Plan for the Metro Manila Project. Read more: https://t.co/FgtKhuxx5D pic.twitter.com/Oxlz7NI7ru — Official MMDA … [Read more...] about MMDA, JICA meet again to discuss Metro Manila traffic problems

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court was told that the first version of an audit report on 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) dubbed "Watermark 09" would have been submitted to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) if it was not for a meeting held on Feb 24, 2016. This was testified by former 1MDB CEO Arul Kanda Kandasamy, 46, in the 1MDB audit tampering trial involving him and former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak here on Friday (June 24). ALSO READ: Arul Kanda takes the stand in 1MDB audit tampering trial on June 24 In an examination-in-chief, lead prosecutor Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram told the co-accused-turned-witness that there was evidence from other witnesses who testified in the trial that Watermark 09 would have gone to the PAC had it not been for the Feb 24 meeting. Sri Ram: You were in court listening to that evidence. Arul Kanda: Yes. Sri Ram: Do you agree with that evidence? Arul Kanda: Yes. The court had previously heard of the Feb 24 'coordination meeting' … [Read more...] about 1MDB audit tampering trial: ‘Watermark 09’ not submitted to PAC due to meeting, says Arul Kanda

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline A World Health Organization emergency committee will meet Thursday to decide whether the monkeypox outbreak constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), a major test for the agency after it was widely criticized for how it handled the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic. Key Facts A PHEIC is the WHO’s highest alert level under international law and is declared by the Director-General on the advice of an expert committee. The purpose is to raise public awareness and sound the alarm for governments to take steps to contain an outbreak, as well as provide guidance on what measures they should take to do so. In deciding whether the monkeypox outbreak merits a PHEIC designation, the group will assess it against three criteria : if it is serious, sudden, unusual or unexpected, if it has potential for international spread and if it requires a coordinated global response. … [Read more...] about WHO Calls Urgent Meeting Over Whether Monkeypox Outbreak Signals International Emergency

KABUL (Reuters) - A devastating earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, which killed at least 1,000 people and flattened homes in remote villages close to the Pakistani border, poses the biggest challenge yet for the Taliban since they seized power nearly a year ago. The hardline Islamist group is governing an impoverished country beset by severe drought, widespread hunger and economic crisis and where the effects of decades of conflict are still keenly felt. A regional offshoot of Islamic State has also claimed several major attacks, challenging Taliban promises to bring peace and stability to Afghanistan once it had defeated Western-backed troops and forced NATO soldiers to withdraw. Now the earthquake risks exposing the limitations of an administration largely isolated from the outside world and desperately short of cash and resources. While humanitarian assistance continues to flow, aid needed for longer-term development in Afghanistan was halted when the Taliban stormed … [Read more...] about Analysis-Taliban’s isolation makes Afghan earthquake response harder

MSNBC host Joy Reid lambasted the Justice Department Wednesday night over the indictment of former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum on multiple counts of fraud. “As a taxpayer and as a citizen, if what we get out of four years of this attorney general and this Department of Justice is Andrew Gillum, getting illicit ‘Hamilton’ tickets and search, if that’s what we’re paying for, we’re paying too much for the Department of Justice,” Reid said on “The ReidOut.” (RELATED: ‘That’s Her Scam’: Gutfeld Says MSNBC Is ‘Terrified’ Of Firing Joy Reid Because She Will Cry Racism) WATCH: A federal grand jury issued a 21-count indictment on June 7, charging Gillum with 19 counts of wire fraud, one count of conspiracy and with misleading the FBI during a corruption investigation that covered both his 2018 gubernatorial campaign and his service as mayor of Tallahassee. Reid alluded to reported claims that Donald Trump supposedly committed fraud while sending … [Read more...] about MSNBC Host Blasts DOJ Over Arrest Of Former Democratic Gov Candidate

Vice President-elect Sara Duterte | REUTERS/Lisa Marie David One of the big problems that Vice President-elect Sara Duterte will have to tackle as the incoming education secretary is the worsening learning poverty among children, who at age 10 still can’t read simple texts and who continue to reel from the impact of school closures and the decline in the quality of education caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to “The State of Global Learning Poverty: 2022 Update” report released on June 23, “learning poverty has increased by a third in low- and middle-income countries, with an estimated 70 percent of 10-year-olds unable to understand a simple written text.” The report was jointly published by the World Bank (WB), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the UN Children’s Fund, the UK government’s Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, the US Agency for International Development and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Potential losses … [Read more...] about Sara Duterte’s assignment: Woeful WB findings on PH pupils

FILE PHOTO The number of people found positive for COVID-19 out of all those tested in Metro Manila and five provinces has risen above the 5-percent World Health Organization (WHO) benchmark that indicates containment of the coronavirus in a given location, but the Department of Health (DOH) was not alarmed. Data from the independent pandemic monitor OCTA Research on Friday showed that the positivity rate, the proportion of the people tested who came out positive, jumped from 3.0 percent on June 18 to 5.6 percent on June 22 in the National Capital Region (NCR). The WHO considers an area has contained infections when it has kept the positivity rate to 5 percent or less for 14 days. OCTA also recorded positivity rates above 5 percent in the provinces of Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal and Iloilo. Of the five, Batangas made the highest jump—from just 1.2 percent on June 18 to 5.3 percent on June 22. It was followed by Cavite (3.6 percent to 5.7 percent during the same period), … [Read more...] about COVID-19 positivity rate up in Metro Manila, 5 provinces

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India ’s (IBBI) suggested changes to liquidation regulations, if implemented, could help banks maximise recoveries in a time-bound manner, said at least six bankers and legal experts Moneycontrol spoke to on June 23. “The proposed amendments are possibly a solution to practical difficulties faced in the liquidation regime and the failure to achieve the timelines,” said Sushmita Gandhi, partner, IndusLaw. “It is a genuine attempt to fill those gaps to work out a comparatively efficacious regime.” “The amendments hold a strong potential for reducing banks’ haircuts by imposing stricter timelines for the completion of the liquidation process,” Gandhi added. Liquidation is the process of monetising a company’s assets, and using those funds to repay the company’s debts. The liquidation process starts in case the insolvency resolution process fails or the committee of creditors (CoC) decides to liquidate the company at any time during the … [Read more...] about IBBI’s proposed amendments to liquidation regulations may help banks streamline recovery process, say experts