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Asian Corp Consultancy settles case with Sebi

New Delhi :  Asian Corporate Consultancy along with one Dilip Anantrai Desai has settled a probe by markets regulator Sebi into alleged violation of portfolio managers norms on payment of Rs 7.4 lakh towards settlement charges. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) agreed to settle proposed adjudication […]

India seeks greater market access in China

New Delhi : India has sought greater market access for areas like agriculture products, pharmaceuticals, IT services and tourism in China, with a view to bridge the widening trade deficit with the neighbouring country, the commerce ministry said Tuesday. The issues were discussed during the meeting between Commerce Secretary […]

Higher demand, lower clean energy generation push power prices up in Sep

New Delhi, Nov 6 : After three months of decline, short-term power prices increased in September, mainly driven by higher demand and lower generation from renewables, said India Ratings and Research in its report Tuesday. India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) in its October edition of credit news digest on […]

Up to eight feared dead in Marseille building collapse

Marseille, Nov 6 :  As many as eight people were feared dead Tuesday after two dilapidated apartment blocks collapsed in the southern French city of Marseille, where a first body was pulled out of the wreckage. Rescuers worked throughout the night looking for victims in the rubble of two […]

Facebook blocks 115 accounts ahead of US midterm elections

London, Nov 6 : Facebook said it blocked 115 accounts for suspected “coordinated inauthentic behaviour” linked to foreign groups attempting to interfere in Tuesday’s US midterm elections. The social media company shut down 30 Facebook accounts and 85 Instagram accounts and is investigating them in more detail, it said […]

Taliban target border troops, killing 20 in Afghanistan

Kabul : Afghan officials say at least 20 Afghan border troops have been killed in a Taliban attack on their base in western Farah province. Abdul Samad Salehi, a provincial council member, says more than 45 border forces were at the base in Posht Koh district; only three of […]

President and predecessor feud in proudly stable Botswana

Gaborone(Botswana) :  Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi has used his first state-of-the-nation address to openly attack his predecessor Ian Khama in an unprecedented clash in a nation that prides itself on stability. Masisi, who was hand-picked by Khama, took power in April when Khama stepped aside after serving the maximum […]

IS left behind more than 200 mass graves in Iraq: UN

Baghdad, Nov 6 : The Islamic State group left behind more than 200 mass graves in Iraq containing up to 12,000 victims that could hold vital evidence of war crimes, the UN said Tuesday. The United Nations in Iraq (UNAMI) and its human rights office said they had documented […]

EC team to arrive in Mizoram to assess situation

Aizawl, Nov 6 : A three-member team of the Election Commission of India will arrive in poll-bound Mizoram on Tuesday to assess the situation in view of the demand for the ouster of state’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) S B Shashank, official sources said. The high-level team will hold […]

First chairperson of Meghalaya Lokayukta sworn in

Shillong :  Retired Gauhati High Court judge Pranoy Kumar Musahary was on Tuesday sworn in as the first chairperson of Lokayukta in Meghalaya. The Lokayukta is empowered to probe allegations of corruption against public functionaries such as the chief minister, deputy chief minister, ministers, speaker and deputy speaker of […]

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