ERP 2.0 unit to be pre-fitted in new vehicles registered from May 1

EXISTING LOCAL Riders

Owners of current, native motorcycles can schedule an appointment with their chosen workshop to install their OBU after being informed by May 1 for an appointment.

A booklet with in-depth directions on how to book appointments and features of the OBU will be included in the warning.

Users of these scooters are encouraged to schedule an appointment once they are informed that the setup period begins on June 1.

If they finish the deployment within the agreed two-month window given to them, installation is free. Often, they will be charged a sponsored installation charge of S$ 35, said LTA. &nbsp,

Similar to their in-vehicle unit ( IU) under the previous ERP system, the OBU in motorcycles is a single-piece unit.

Owners of motorcycles or a designated member simply need to transport the scooter to the workshop on their assembly appointment time. No further documents are required.

They may also find out how long the motorcycle’s setup will take at the studio, which may or may not be possible depending on the motorcycle’s make and model.

New riders that were registered on February 13 already have an OBU pre-installed.

OTHER AUTOMISTS ARE INTERESTED IN EARLY INSTALLATION.

Owners of additional current local vehicles can anticipate being increasingly informed for OBU installation after this year.

However, LTA welcomes motorists who wish to mount early. They may call LTA Call Assist Service at 6377 2255 for support.

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Charges for using Tengah cooling system further reduced, additional 6-month warranty for customers: SP Group

For the second quarter of this year, Tengah house owners who have subscribed to the centralized heating system will be charged a lower frozen water usage rate. &nbsp,

National grid operator SP Group announced on Thursday ( Mar 28 ) that the average chilled water usage rate for April through June will decrease by 7.5 percent from the previous quarter.

SP Group sets the frozen water consumption rate of the cooling program, which is updated monthly.

Earlier this year, residents were charged S$ 0.132 ( US$ 0.098 ) per kilowatt- hour refrigeration (kWrh ), before GST, for the use of chilled water. &nbsp,

From Apr 1 to Jun 30, the warmed water adoption rate will be reduced to S$ 0.122 per kWrh, before GST.

Consumers who have or plan to have their apartment keys collected on or before December 31 this year will receive an additional six-month assurance from SP Group. The centralized heating system’s tubing and trunking within apartments will be covered by the assurance, which is in addition to the common 12-month insurance time. &nbsp,

Tengah is Singapore’s newest area and the first&nbsp, people housing growth to spin out the central cooling system.

It is touted as a&nbsp, green alternative to conventional surroundings- conditioners, &nbsp, removing warmth from flats by piping frozen water into homes from central chillers.

However, some home proprietors have complained about issues like as&nbsp, fluids leaking from the central heating system.

Since the second half of last year, SP Group and air-con company Daikin have been collaborating to resolve the issues identified.

Additionally, SP Group had made the decision to cancel all centralized heating system consumption charges for Tengah apartment owners from November last year until the close of 2023, as well as lower the adoption rate from S$ 0. 132 per kWrh starting on Jan 1, among other things. &nbsp,

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Why Japan's big rate hike was a resounding dud - Asia Times

Japan – Central bank rate moves often get philosophical. However, investors are asking: If a price hike falls in a forest and no one is around to speak it because the world markets have ignored the Bank of Japan’s first tightening move in 17 times?

Governor Kazuo Ueda’s next thought trial, which ended 25 years of zero interest rates, was the one it was expected to trigger. It put an end to its experiment with negative yields by raising the policy benchmark from -0.1 % to 0 %.

More than skyrocketing, as some predicted, the renminbi has since weakened to 34- year highs. Alternatively of surging, 10- time Chinese bond generates are also lower today. Why do investors all over the world want to know if the BOJ’s great pivot failed in global trading markets?

The BOJ’s missed opportunity may be one reason. Businesses may have accepted the decision had then-Gouverneur Haruhiko Kuroda abandoned bad produces in late 2022 or early 2023. Buyers may have listened up if Ueda had taken the regulates immediately in April 2023.

The BOJ lost in the woods by putting off easing debate until Japan was avoiding a crisis and the US Federal Reserve was easing guesswork. Worse, it squandered yet more credibility, the only real money that counts in economic power lines.

Traders are now calling their own mountain, knowing for certain that BOJ tightening is no longer a boon for economic conditions. In part because of the decline in the yen over the past nine days, which led to the Tokyo authorities ‘ decision to act in October 2022.

Federal officials are threatening action by speaking in. Finance Minister&nbsp, Shunichi Suzuki says” we are watching business movements with a great sense of urgency”. Masato Kanda, evil financing minister for foreign affairs, &nbsp, says the Ministry of Finance stands ready to pounce on extreme yen- money swings.

If Japan does intervene, strategist Shusuke Yamada at Bank of America thinks the initial purchases will start at around 2 trillion yen ( US$ 13.2 billion ) and go up to 4 trillion yen ($ 26.4 billion ).

Yamada points out that” FX treatment is a practical choice for the Japanese government to fight the yen’s failure.” ” I suspect that action, or threats to perform action, are really just a estimate of buying time until we start to see things change on a more sustained base outside the nation”.

The currency’s exchange rate is now around 151 to the money. According to HSBC’s analysts, “many seem to think a line in the sand” against more yen failure is situated close to the 152 area when treatment occurred in later 2022.”

The problem, though, is that traders clearly do n’t fear the BOJ. Not after a quarter-century of zero interest rates, 23 years of quantitative easing ( QE), eight years of negative yields, and a long, sorted history of bowing to politicians who developed a growing love for the ATM role the BOJ had assumed.

Before leaving the BOJ creating 12 months ago, Kuroda could have attained some form of semblance of authority and independence. He was the government, after all, who turned the BOJ’s easing attempts up to 11 — and then some.

The BOJ dominated the bond and stock markets under Kuroda’s view, and it was with Kuroda that the Group of Seven’s balance sheet expanded beyond the size of its$ 4.7 trillion business.

By plotting an exit, Kuroda could have saved some trust from international buyers. He demurred, passing the penny to leader Ueda in April 2023.

Kazuo Ueda, the government of the Bank of Japan. Image: Twitter / Screengrab

By slow-footing its move in the direction of some sort of leave, Ueda did the BOJ no benefits. Markets were set for a traditional BOJ pivot many times between the middle and the end of 2023. Alternatively, Team Ueda made little tweaks to friendship trading bands.

Yet those minor adjustments were lessened in the days that followed with significant, unforeseen bond payments, indicating that BOJ policy had not fundamentally changed. And that problem is now being repeated.

The BOJ made the announcement right away following the March 19 price change that waves of cash will still be flowing. According to researcher Daniela Hathorn of the trading platform Capital.com,” Ueda’s dovish comments after the meeting were enough to put an end to any post-decided bearish attitude in the Japanese currency.”

On March 27, plan committee member Naoki Tamura, a observed bird, said the “accommodative financial condition will continue”. Tamura did state that the BOJ do” slowly but surely normalize its economic policy.”

But in” BOJ time”, this may mean five times or five years. The BOJ is all wood and no bite, so why would forex investors continue to assume that?

Life things, of program. Consider the earlier standardization attempts of 2006 and 2007. The BOJ at the time ended QE and half raised formal charges. The downturn that followed enraged the democratic establishment. The BOJ after backtracked, returning to zero and restoring QE.

It follows, therefore, that the BOJ’s trust in global industry is lacking. The view is now set to see if Ueda’s team can maintain its tightening pattern even if the situation turns flimsy.

A major test is the conflicting tides complicating Japan’s 2024, including poor Chinese need.

Japan merely sluggishly avoided a recession in soon 2023. In the October-December period, the gross domestic product ( GDP ) increased by only 0.4 % year over year after contracting by 3.3 % between July and September. In January, household spending plunged&nbsp, 6.3 %, the sharpest drop in 35 months.

Meanwhile, prices pressures may intensify as organisations score the biggest increase in 33 years. The 5.28 % pay knock secured during this year’s” shunto” discussions comes amid drum- tight labour markets and waning performance.

According to economist Carlos Casanova of Union Bancaire Privée,” This suggests a robust real wage growth in 2024.” Given the high inflation levels, he points out that “average regular actual cash earnings remained adverse in 2023.”

The BOJ, Cassanova says, “has been waiting for a ‘ noble cycle’ to taking hold. This is a method through which sustained, imported’ cost- drive’ inflation, fueled by Chinese yen depreciation, results in changes to business behavior, quite as rising wages and higher price- setting behavior. In turn, that can boost domestic consumption and fuel endogenous’ demand- pull’ inflation”.

Soft growth, in the context of China’s downshift, might argue in favor of no BOJ rate hikes this year. By contrast, upward wage pressures and the weakest yen since 1990 might support accelerated rate hikes.

Add in a ruling Liberal Democratic Party, which is struggling amid public outcry and economic unrest as a result of a string of political finance scandals. Fumio Kishida, the prime minister, is struggling to keep his approval ratings in the 20s ( he ended 2023 at&nbsp, 17 % ).

Though the BOJ is officially independent, it’s historically not known for bucking the political establishment. With looser and looser policies, BOJ governor after governor enabled change- averse politicians. The BOJ’s largess removed the urgency for Tokyo to reform the economy and increase competitiveness.

Decades of free money took the onus off corporate chieftains to restructure, innovate or increase productivity. With China’s booming corporate welfare system still in place, the BOJ’s haven has become a harder place to revive Japan’s animal spirits.

Devising the monetary policy equivalent of a 12-step plan to deplete Japan’s excess liquidity now falls to Ueda. Step away from QE too fast and the BOJ risks setting up another 2006- 2007 episode. Move too gradually, and the BOJ loses even more street cred from international traders.

As of now, BOJ watchers are unclear on where Ueda might be headed, causing them to parse every word from the governor’s mouth and BOJ statements.

Given the current state of economic activity and prices, and for the time being, economist Takeshi Yamaguchi from Morgan Stanley MUFG says,” we need to pay attention to the expressions.” This” suggests that the future policy path would depend on changes in economic activity and prices as well as financial conditions from the perspective of sustainable and stable achievement of the 2 % price stability target,” according to Ueda.

Others predict that BOJ policy normalization will take a very long time to come into effect. ” Central banks often are compelled to make judgment calls before the desired evidence is in”, says Richard Katz, author of the new book&nbsp,” The Contest for Japan’s Economic Future”.

” Failure to decide is also a decision. But in the case of this BOJ move, there does not seem to be any such compulsion”, Katz says. ” If, when March 2026 comes and both wages and inflation fall short of the BOJ’s forecast, how will the BOJ explain its rush to tweak”?

A woman looks at shoes on sale at an outlet store in Tokyo’s shopping district, Japan. Photo: Asia Times Files / Twitter Screengrab

The fact that Japan’s fortunes in 2024 depend even more heavily on Beijing and Washington than Tokyo are. The Economist Intelligence Unit doubts that China will exceed its 5 % GDP growth goal this year in a new report.

According to EIU analysts,” Consumer sentiment will remain fragile but will continue to recover gradually, supported by a rise in fiscal spending and looser monetary policy.” EIU anticipates that the government will continue to take a cautious approach to addressing pressing issues like the property sector stress and local government debt, even if this undermines market confidence.

That will cause Japan to experience feedback. The changing calculus surrounding US Fed rate cuts will change as well. Japanese officials were persuaded that Jerome Powell’s team would ease more frequently this year as the year approached 2024. Economists are quickly scaling back those forecasts because US inflation is still stubbornly high.

Viewed one way, Ueda’s team may be happy that the long- awaited shift away from QE did n’t panic world markets. However, BOJ officials should n’t be alarmed by the widening gap between perception and reality for March 19. The disconnect between yen sell orders is being expressed by traders.

It implies that the BOJ is at least perceived more as a paper tiger than as a feared authority whose sounds are heard on global markets. To raise the volume, Ueda’s team will have to act bigger and less predictably next time. The BOJ must now venture as far away from its comfort zone as rarely before.

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Five more groups of Myanmar border-crossers caught

Additionally, five pirates were detained in situations in Kanchanaburi’s borders districts.

Five more groups of Myanmar border-crossers caught
Some of the 79 unlawful immigrants detained this month are waiting by the side of the road in Kanchanaburi’s Thong Pha Phum area. ( Photo: Piyarach Chongcharoen )

KANCHANABURI: Seventy-nine Myanmar nationals from five different teams were detained differently over the course of two times after crossing the border into the Thong Pha Phum city without authorization. Five pirates were even caught.

In the first situation, a group of officers, troops, and local officials discovered nine men hiding beneath a home in tambon Tha Khanun on Wednesday around 10am after receiving a tip.

All were accused of entering Myanmar without authorization. Bunlert Borisut, the owner of the house, was detained for assisting the people in avoiding imprisonment.

A pickup truck with Kanchanaburi license plates was signaled to stop at a later time during a road station at the Thong Pha Phum crossing in tambon Tha Khanun when the police manning the station did the same thing, but the pilot fled as a caution. The lieutenant crime reduction key at the Thong Pha Phum place, Pol Sub-Lt Somphob Khankham, jumped onto the truck’s bed but was unable to prevent the vehicle.

Additional officers then gave fight before the vehicle stopped at the Ong Thi crossing, about 5km from the station, and fled into the jungle. Afterward, officers succeeded in apprehending him.

The vehicle was identified as Phongchok Worngwong- aree, 43, a native of tambon Tha Khanum. Seventy men and three women from Myanmar were discovered in the delivery and later detained.

According to reports, Mr. Phongchok allegedly told police that a Myanmar man had hired him for$ 8,000 to transport the illegal migrants from Sangkhla Buri district to the Ban Phaeo intersection in Samut Sakhon state. One was scheduled to travel with the group to work when they arrived there.

The workers explained to authorities via an interpreter that they had crossed the Three Pagodas Pass to bring them into the Sangkhla Buri district on foot. A link helped them to prevent some gates.

Following that, Mr. Phongchok drove the pick truck that was supposed to transport the party to Samut Sakhon. They said they had each paid a task agent 8, 000 to 10, 000 baht. &nbsp,

Authorities have protect next to some of the improper workers arrested in Thong Pha Phum, Kanchanaburi. ( Photo: Piyarach Chongcharoen )

In the second case, after receiving a tip, officers on Wednesday made 35 illegal immigrants arrests in a wooded area of tambon Hindad on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. The 25 men and 10 women included eight kids and boys.

The workers were looking to work in the interior provinces, according to police. All cases were turned over to the Thong Pha Phum officers place for legal actions.

One hours earlier, officers holding a station in tambon Chalae chased a delivery that refused to stop for a research, intercepting it at a petrol station where they arrested six Myanmar guys and two Thai smugglers: vehicle Somchai Mingkhwan, 40 and Kanchanit Chansomboon, 36, who accompanied him.

A criminal and 19 improper job applicants were detained on Tuesday evening near a beach in tambon Tha Khanum. The criminal, who was only identified as Win, was a Sangkhla Buri native and was driving a Toyota Fortuner that police were only able to capture at around 9:30 p.m.

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Lawyer files major police bribery complaint

According to him, Sittra Biabungkerd provides proof that links a lot of people to online gaming.

Lawyer files major police bribery complaint
Lawyer Sittra Biabungkerd ( left ) gives documents relating to alleged police corruption to Pol Maj Gen Charoonkiat Pankaew, the Central Investigation Bureau’s deputy head, on Thursday. ( Photo supplied )

Sittra Biabungkerd, a convicted criminal defense attorney, on Thursday presented the officers with proof of what he claims is extensive bribery from an online gambling industry that involves numerous officials.

The People’s Lawyers Foundation’s secretary, Pol Maj Gen Charoonkiat Pankaew, the police Central Investigation Bureau’s ( CIB ) deputy chief, gave the documents to the People’s Lawyers Foundation.

The attorney said the data included talk records, money move slips and bank statements. He continued, there were numerous police officers and a high-ranking chief among the consumers of the funds.

Mr. Sittra claimed that he would wait for 30 weeks for the commission to launch an investigation and had not yet lodged a complaint against any particular officials. He promised to follow up on progress and make a decision after regarding his future move.

Nothing of Mr. Sittra’s studies suggested any potential misconduct by deputy federal police chief Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn, according to Mr. Sittra.

A party dedicated to Pol Gen Torsak Sukvimol, who was appointed the country’s police chief last year and is scheduled to retire at the end of September, has long been feuding with Pol Gen Surachate and his faithful soldiers.

Srettha Thavisin, the prime minister, last year became so fed up with the common sniping that he moved both men to inactive positions while an investigation is conducted into what is really at the heart of the conflict.

Mr. Sittra claimed he had received his information from police officers who were unable to handle corruption in the police.

He claimed on Tuesday that a group with police connections allegedly extorted about 100 million baht per month. Following that, it was revealed that Pol Gen Torsak was considering suing Mr. Sittra.

Pol Maj Gen Charoonkiat promised to send the lawyer’s data to the Anti-Corruption Division Police for validation within 30 times. Because Mr. Sittra has not yet lodged a particular problem about malfeasance or bribery, he said he would never forward it to the National Anti-Corruption Commission.

Pol Gen Surachate, however, on Wednesday failed to acknowledge money- fraud costs for a next time. The event concerns&nbsp, an online gaming community called BNK Master.

A second notice to appear on April 1 was issued on Wednesday as a result of a compromise. If Pol Gen Surachate fails to show, he will experience an arrest permit, a police source said.

Pol Gen Surachate is reportedly in the UK and scheduled to make a return trip to Thailand on April 1.

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China removes tariffs on Australian wine after more than three years

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In another important step toward enhancing bilateral relations, China announced it would remove major tariffs on Australian wine.

In response to a series of financial woes that Australia’s imports suffered, Beijing mandated more than 200 % taxation in 2020.

In response to a wider social fall-out, Beijing that year targeted American coal, sugar, barley, and lobsters.

However, relations between China and Australia have improved since a fresh Canberra government was created in 2022.

Anthony Albanese, the prime minister, said his government had also been able to lower other trade barriers as a result of the statement made by the Chinese banking ministry on Thursday.

China even lifted the tariffs it had placed on American wheat, another important commodity that had been targeted, last year in August.

The Albanese Labor Government’s decision confirms the serene and steady approach, and it also follows the success of the similar approach to eliminating jobs on American barley, according to Prime Minister Albanese in a speech.

He claimed that his country was still pressing China to repeal the country’s existing tariffs on meat and shrimp.

The Chinese Commerce Ministry announced on Thursday that it would start levying the taxes on bottled wine as a result of” changes in the market condition of the important wines in China.” The fine may get eliminated from Friday.

Beijing had often refuted accusations of economic coercion, rather defending the tariffs as anti-dumping and anti-subvention duties.

Australia had become concerned about the accuracy of such sanctions after submitting a complaint to the World Trade Organization. As the two countries ‘ relations improved, the situation was dropped last year.

In February, government officials predicted that Beijing would remove the levies.

Additionally, earlier this month, the Taiwanese Commerce Ministry made a preliminary determination that stated that tariffs would probably be lifted.

Next month, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi even went to Canberra to hold meetings with his rival, Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong.

China remains Australia’s number one business companion. China was the main source of Australian wine imports before trade restrictions were lifted.

In 2022, Australian wine representatives said the industry had lost A$ 2.1bn ($ 1.37bn, £1.08bn ) due to the market there being shut off.

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China’s home-grown C929 widebody passenger jet enters 'crucial' development stage amid Beijing’s aviation push

China’s house- grown C929 widebody customer aircraft has entered” a critical stage” of its development process, according to its manufacturer, amid Beijing’s ongoing efforts for a solid presence in the aviation industry. Zhang Xiaoguang, director of marketing for Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China ( COMAC ), stated at a scienceContinue Reading

China agrees to supply ship instead of sub to navy

China agrees to supply ship instead of sub to navy
The Navy Auditorium will display the S26T Yuan-class underwater type in August 2017. ( File photo: Apichart Jinakul )

According to a military origin, the Chinese govt has reportedly agreed to provide the Thai navy with two patrol boats or a warship instead of a underwater.

The agreement was reached, according to the cause, which was disclosed on Thursday during Defense Minister Sutin Klungsang’s latest trip to China. Adm Adung Phan-iam and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Jakkapong Sangmanee were among his committee. The journey concluded on Wednesday.

According to the cause, China has accepted Thailand’s plan to acquire either two onshore police warships or one ship, as opposed to a underwater. The military’s instalments for the underwater over the past six decades, totaling 8 billion rmb, will be used to pay for this arrangement. But, the relevant authorities are yet to make any final decisions regarding this shift.

China Shipbuilding & Offshore International Co ( CSOC), which was given the contract to build the submarine in accordance with a government-to-government (G-to-G) agreement, has been concerned by the order change. The submarine was reported to be 50 % completed.

After Mr. Sutin, who was the coalition’s key Pheu Thai Party, was elected defense secretary in September of last year, he announced the following month that the navy’s purchase plan for a submarine from China had been abandoned and that he should rather seek out a warship from China. China’s failure to place a German engine in the ordered submarine contributed to this decision.

The classic deal, signed in 2017 for the S26T Yuan- group underwater, stipulated a European- made oil engine. But, Germany forbids the use of these engines in Chinese military and defense equipment. Thus, Beijing proposed a Foreign- made motor as an alternative.

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Arvind Kejriwal: US urges fair legal process for India opposition leader

NEW DELHI, INDIA - FEBRUARY 25: Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister of Delhi addresses his supporters during a protest for the Water Bill Scheme at AAP Party Headquarters, DDU Marg on February 25, 2024 in New Delhi, India. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) continued their protest over the non-implementation of the one-time settlement scheme for unpaid water bills and urged the people of Delhi not to pay their water bills. (Photo by Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)Getty Images

In a corruption case involving Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the US has reiterated that it supports a” open” legal process.

According to a statement from the State Department on Wednesday, Mathew Miller, the US was carefully monitoring the actions taken in India against opposition events.

Mr. Miller made the remarks shortly after India summoned a US envoy over a similar statement he made on Tuesday.

Mr Kejriwal, who was arrested last month, has denied any wrongdoing.
India’s key opposition Congress party had held a press conference days before his arrest, claiming that the tax division had frozen its bank accounts ahead of the common elections.

Mr Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party ( AAP ) and the Congress have accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP) government of political vendetta.

The BJP denies the incident, saying investigative authorities were doing their job freely.

Mr. Miller told reporters on Wednesday that the US was also aware of the claims made by the Congress party that the melting of their banks accounts “would make it challenging to successfully campaign in the future elections.”

” We encourage honest, open, proper legal processes]in both cases]. We do n’t think anyone should object to that”, he added.

Days earlier, India’s foreign government had summoned US acting deputy chief of mission, Gloria Berbena, to protest against similar remarks by Mr Miller.

India had even stated in a statement that” states are expected to be respectful of the independence and internal politics of people” in a diplomatic statement.

According to the government of India, the courts is committed to providing objective and fast results. Casting presumptions on that is unjustified”, the statement added.

The US is the next country to post on Mr Kejriwal’s imprisonment. The German Foreign Ministry stated last week that it hoped that Mr. Kejriwal’s trial may be” just and independent,” citing that India is a democratic country.

India also reacted strongly to these assertions, and it also summoned a European diplomat to voice its complaints.

Indian opposition officials accuse the BJP of using analytical companies to stifle criticism and to derail their parties before the elections.

Hemant Soren, the top opposition leader, resigned from the position of chief minister of Jharkhand state in January, and the Enforcement Directorate ( ED-India’s financial crime agency ) arrested him in a corruption investigation.

Mr. Soren and his party accused the BJP of stifling criticism and denied any wrongdoing. The BJP has refuted his assertion.

Amnesty International has even stated that India’s crackdown on peaceful protest and criticism has” now reached a problems stage.”

In addition, Mr. Kejriwal is the second AAP leader to be detained over an alleged corruption incident involving Delhi’s recently discontinued wine policy.

The BJP has claimed that the scheme, which ended the president’s monopoly on liquor sales, gave unfair advantages to personal retailers.

Pan officials have been accused of receiving kickbacks from state elections by the ED. The group denies the argument.

Mr Kejriwal’s prison with the ED ends on Thursday, but it’s unclear if he will be freed or sent to criminal prison.

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