Day: February 25, 2020

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

India, Australia agree to consider reviving talks for FTA

10:32 pm February 25, 2020

New Delhi: India and Australia on Tuesday agreed to consider reviving stalled negotiations on the proposed free trade agreement (FTA), an official statement said. The matter was discussed in a Joint Ministerial Commission meeting between India and Australia, convened on February 24. It was co-chaired by Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and his Australian […]

Rajasthan: Man rapes minor stepdaughter, arrested

UK politicians ignored child sex abuse: inquiry

10:29 pm February 25, 2020

London: Britain’s government, parliament and political parties spent decades turning “a blind eye” to high-profile child sex abusers and sometimes actively protected them, an investigation reported Tuesday. A former Liberal party leader announced his resignation from the House of Lords after the report condemned his failure to act against a paedophile MP from his party. […]

Coronavirus impact: BPCL snaps up 500 mn barrels of distress crude

10:25 pm February 25, 2020

Mumbai: Sell-off-bound Bharat Petroleum has procured 500 million barrels of distress crude (five shiploads) at a discount of USD 3-5 per barrel to the already low prevailing price following order cancellations by coronavirus-hit China this month. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, crude prices have plunged over USD 15 a barrel to around USD 50 […]

Sebi directs Vayaa Builder and Developers, its directors to refund illegally mobilised funds

10:17 pm February 25, 2020

New Delhi: Markets regulator Sebi on Tuesday directed Vayaa Builder and Developers Pvt Ltd and its directors to refund the money it had illegally mobilised by running an unregistered collective investment scheme. The company collected a little over Rs 4 crore from investors through different land and plot allotment scheme under the garb of a […]

‘Time for an accounting’ in Weinstein affair: Clinton

10:10 pm February 25, 2020

Berlin: Harvey Weinstein’s conviction for rape and sexual assault showed that it was “time for an accounting”, Hillary Clinton said Tuesday, before defending her political ties to the disgraced Hollywood producer. “The jury’s verdict really speaks for itself,” Clinton told journalists at the Berlin film festival. “It is obviously something that people had looked at […]

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