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Venezuela looks to Opec, friendly nations as US tightens grip
12 Feb 2019
The Donald Trump administration, which halted American refinery purchases of Venezuelan crude, is now forcing President Nicolas Maduro to cede power to an interim government led by Juan Guaido - a US puppet
UK govt approves Vijay Mallya’s extradition, but he can appeal
05 Feb 2019
Mallya has to apply for leave to appeal in the high court within 14 days. If there is no appeal, he must be extradited within 28 days of the home secretary’s order
Chanda Kochhar disappointed, hurt, shocked by ICICI Bank decision
31 Jan 2019
The former head of ICICI Bank expressed her disappointment over its decision to treat her resignation as “termination for cause”. But an enquiry report had criticised her and even the CBI filed an FIR against her and her husband
George Fernandes: the end of a fiery, colourful leader
29 Jan 2019
The angry trade union leader, who crippled Indian Railways and dominated the labour front in Mumbai for years, got into national politics and became a powerful minister in the Vajpayee government, is no more
'Compulsive contrarians' subverting democracy, says Jaitley
18 Jan 2019
`They could masquerade corruption as crusade and adopt double standards whenever it suited them,’ he said in a Facebook post titled 'The Compulsive Contrarian and his Manufactured Logic'
UK PM Theresa May survives no-confidence vote
17 Jan 2019
With May ruling out a second Brexit vote and opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn insisting on an alternative plan, the road now opens for a general election
Alok Verma shunted out of CBI, appointed DG Fire Services
11 Jan 2019
Verma has been posted as DG of Fire Services, Civil Defence and Home Guards and CBI Additional Director M Nageshwar Rao, who was in charge during Verma’s exile, will continue to look after the duties of the director, CBI until further orders
Ghosn held again for alleged dumping of $16.6 mn losses on Nissan
21 Dec 2018
The re-arrest of Carlos Ghosn on fresh allegations of dumping $16.6 million in personal investment losses on the Japanese carmaker comes hours after he vowed to restore his good name in court
Delhi HC orders Gandhi family-controlled AJL to vacate Herald House
21 Dec 2018
The court noted that the `dominant purpose' of publishing has been 'lost' after the premises changed hands to an entity called Young India, which is owned by Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi
US House grills Sundar Pichai on `idiot’-Trump link in Google search
13 Dec 2018
The questioning by the House Judiciary Committee came after Trump’s multiple tweets accusing Google’s search engine of promoting negative news articles about him, implying political bias as well
London court orders extradition of Vijay Mallya
10 Dec 2018
The matter of extradition of Vijay Mallya to India has been referred to the Secretary of State and any decision on repatriation will have to be approved by the UK government