An Australian court upheld an order on Friday for Elon Musk’s X to pay a fine of A$610,500 ($418,000) for failing to cooperate with a regulator’s request for information about anti-child-abuse practices.

X had challenged the fine but the Federal Court of Australia ruled it was obliged to respond to a notice from the eSafety Commissioner, an internet safety regulator, seeking information about steps to address child sexual exploitation material on the platform.

Musk took X, then called Twitter, private in 2022. But the company had argued it was not bound to respond to the notice in early 2023 because it was folded into a new Musk-controlled corporate entity, removing liability.

“Had X Corp’s argument been accepted by the Court it could have set the concerning precedent that a foreign company’s merger with another foreign company might enable it to avoid regulatory obligations in Australia,” eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant said in a statement following the verdict.

eSafety has also started civil proceedings against X because of its noncompliance.

X did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday.

This is not the first conflict between Musk and the Australian internet safety regulator. The eSafety Commissioner earlier this year ordered X to remove posts showing a bishop in Australia being stabbed during a sermon.

X challenged the order in court on the grounds that a regulator in one country should not decide what internet users viewed around the world, and ultimately kept the posts up after the Australian regulator withdrew its case.

Musk said at the time the order was censorship and shared posts describing the order, which would have applied globally, as a plot by the World Economic Forum to impose eSafety rules on the world.

Senior Congress leader Deepender S Hooda issued a strong response to BJP MP Kangana Ranaut’s statement advocating the re-implementation of the controversial three farm laws if the BJP government is re-elected in Haryana. Hooda, a vocal opponent of the laws, asserted that the Congress party would form the next government in Haryana and ensure that the “three black laws” are never reinstated.

“I challenge you,” Hooda declared, addressing Ranaut’s remarks. “The Congress government will come to power in Haryana, and there is no force that can bring back these draconian laws.”

Hooda’s comments come amid growing political tension in Haryana, with the Congress determined to capitalize on widespread discontent among farmers and rural communities over the now-repealed farm laws. The laws, which sparked massive protests across the country, were seen by many farmers as a threat to their livelihoods before being repealed in late 2021.

With elections looming, Hooda’s firm stance sets the stage for a heated political battle over the future of agricultural policy in the state.

Nepal’s Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, addressing the World Leader Forum organised by Columbia University in New York, has urged Nepali youths living abroad to return home and create employment opportunities. He clarified that the national aspiration of ‘Prosperous Nepal, Happy Nepali’ has been put forward to eradicate poverty and ensure the right of all to live with dignity.

PM Oli spoke on ‘Nepal’s Journey of Democracy and Economic Development’ saying that the government of Nepal has brought out programs such as small-scale industries and’startups’ for employment opportunities. He urged the Nepali youth to unite in nation-building, as he was clear that the country could not transform without the youth. According to him, Nepal is in a position to become a multi-dimensional economy for economic development based on Nepal being a rising democracy between two economic powers, India and China.

He emphasised that he was leading a government with two major parliamentary parties that had played a decisive role in Nepal’s democratic movement. PM Oli said he had a resolution to maintain good governance and transparency.

Prime Minister Oli is leading a Nepali delegation to the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.