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India top court orders probe of Adani Group

03-03-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s top court has asked the market regulator to investigate any possible lapses in securities law or other regulatory disclosures by the Adani Group which has been accused of business malpractice by a United States-based short seller. The Supreme Court on Thursday also ordered the …

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US man arrested trying to bring explosive onto plane

03-03-2023 PENNSYLVANIA: Federal agents arrested a Pennsylvania man this week after he allegedly tried to bring explosives in his suitcase on a flight from Lehigh Valley International Airport to Florida. According to court documents, an alarm alerted that the baggage belonging to Marc Muffley contained explosives. Transportation Security Administration agents …

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Modi gov’t allowed Adani coal deals

02-03-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: The Indian government granted an extraordinary favor to controversial tycoon Gautam Adani, boosting his coal business, documents reveal. After Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s office had ascertained that a particular regulation handing over coal blocks to the private sector was ‘inappropriate’ and lacked transparency, his government …

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Dozens killed in Greece train crash

02-03-2023 ROME: At least 36 people were killed and dozens more injured after a passenger train carrying hundreds of people collided at high speed with a freight train in northern Greece, officials said Wednesday. Around 350 passengers were on board the Hellenic Train headed from the capital Athens to popular …

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Pakistan top court orders polls in 90 days

02-03-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ruled that elections for the provincial assemblies in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa must be held within 90 days. The five-member top court bench, led by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, on Wednesday gave a split 3-2 decision. “Parliamentary …

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Saudis embrace healthy eating

02-03-2023 RIYADH: Long partial to heavy lunchtime platters of meat and rice, Asim al-Shammari has recently turned to lighter fare from a self-described diet restaurant, swayed by Saudi Arabia’s anti-obesity push. Roughly one in five Saudi adults is obese, according to an in-depth study published by the World Bank last …

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