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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Chinese laboratory leak was likely COVID source: FBI
02-03-2023 WASHINGTON: FBI Director Christopher Wray says his agency has assessed that a leak from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, was the likely cause of the COVID-19 pandemic. Wray’s comments follow a Wall Street Journal report on Sunday that the US Energy Department had assessed with low confidence the pandemic …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Sri Lankan workers defy strike ban to protest IMF bailout
02-03-2023 COLOMBO: Sri Lankan workers have gone on strike in defiance of a government ban to protest against a rescue plan for the bankrupt island nation, forcing the closure of some hospitals, banks and ports. President Ranil Wickremesinghe is facing a public backlash over steep tax hikes and spending cuts …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Turkey’s Erdogan indicates election will be on May 14
02-03-2023 ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has indicated that national elections will be held on May 14, sticking to his previous plan for the vote with a date just over three months after devastating earthquakes killed more than 45,000 people in Turkey. “This nation will do what is necessary …
Read More »‘Iran can make nuclear bomb in about 12 days’
02-03-2023 WASHINGTON: Iran could make enough fissile for one nuclear bomb in “about 12 days,” a top US Defense Department official said on Tuesday, down from the estimated one year it would have taken while the 2015 Iran nuclear deal was in effect. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin …
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