Latest News

Sanjay Roy sentenced to life imprisonment till death in rape, murder of RG Kar hospital doctor

Kolkata, Jan 20 (PTI) A Kolkata court sentenced Sanjay Roy to life imprisonment till death on Monday after he was convicted of rape and murder of an on-duty doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Anirban Das in Sealdah had on Saturday held Roy guilty of the crime committed against the postgraduate trainee doctor at the hospital on August 9 last year, which sparked off unprecedented and prolonged nationwide protests. Judge Das said the crime did not fall under the “rarest of the rare” category as justification for not

India’s NMDC to extract diamonds worth $3.4 mln from mine near tiger reserve

NEW DELHI, Jan 20 (Reuters) – India’s state-run miner NMDC is expected to extract 6,500 carats of diamonds, worth $3.4 million, this fiscal year from ores in a mine near a tiger reserve, after receiving mining clearances last year, two sources said. The miner faced delays in securing environmental clearances and had to halt mining for over three years at the Panna mine in the central state of Madhya Pradesh due to its proximity to the tiger reserve. The Supreme Court later permitted NMDC to mine, subject to certain guidelines, paving the way for the company to resume operations. NMDC,

Billionaires’ wealth soared in 2024, anti-poverty group says as the elites prepare for another Davos

DAVOS, Switzerland, January 20, 2025 (AP) — Billionaires’ wealth grew three times faster in 2024 than the year before, a top anti-poverty group reported on Monday as some of the world’s political and financial elite prepared for an annual gathering in Davos, Switzerland. Oxfam International, in its latest assessment of global inequality timed to the opening of the World Economic Forum meeting, also predicts at least five trillionaires will crop up over the next decade. A year ago, the group forecast that only one trillionaire would appear during that time. OxFam’s research adds weight to a warning by outgoing President

Hindenburg Research says not under investigation by US Securities and Exchange Commission

Toronto/New Delhi, Jan 20 (PTI) US short-seller Hindenburg Research has said it is not under investigation by the US SEC as it rubbished alleged links of its founder to a hedge fund for preparing reports targeting companies. “Hindenburg is not under investigation by the SEC, to our knowledge, and any suggestion to the contrary is false,” the firm said after a Canadian portal cited documents filed before a court in Ontario to allege that its founder Nate Anderson was under cloud for alleged links with hedge funds. Citing a cache of documents filed at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice

1 … 882 883 884 885 886 … 1,356