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Need robust global cooperation to fight cross-border tax evasion, avoidance: FM

Insolvency law amendments to ensure greater timeliness: Sitharaman

6:31 pm August 1, 2019

New Delhi: Amendments to insolvency law are aimed at ensuring greater timeliness for resolution process, which has to be completed in 330 days, and changes are to made in seven sections of the law, Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday. Moving the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2019 for passage in Lok […]

Doc suicide case: Bail plea hearing adjourned, accused break down in court

8:24 pm June 10, 2019

Mumbai: A special court extended till June 24 the judicial custody of three women doctors, arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of a junior colleague and passing racist slurs against her, and adjourned the hearing on their bail pleas. The accused, Hema Ahuja, Bhakti Meher and Ankita Khandelwal, broke down in the court saying they cannot stay […]

Malegaon blast: Bailable warrant against absentee witness

11:04 pm June 6, 2019

Mumbai: A special Mumbai court conducting trial in the 2008 Malegaon blast case Thursday issued a bailable warrant against a witness for failing to appear before it. Judge V S Padalkar also chided the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for calling only one witness a day, saying the trial cannot proceed quickly at this rate. The NIA officer and the special public prosecutor […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

UN agencies urge stronger efforts to stop illegal fishing

2:01 pm June 5, 2019

Bangkok: Major United Nations agencies are urging key fishing nations to join efforts to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. The U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization and other groups made the call at a conference in Bangkok on Wednesday focused on helping protect fisheries and those working in the industry. Thailand is the world’s biggest importer of tuna. It has one of the seven […]

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