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The Singapore-based arbitrator, SIAC, has rejected Future Retail’s plea to lift the interim stay on its ₹24,713-crore deal with Reliance Retail, giving a major relief to Amazon that is contesting the transaction.Implications:This order now restrains Future Group and R

The Financial Action Task Force(FATF) has added Turkey, along with Jordan and Mali, in its revised list of “jurisdictions under increased monitoring”, also known as the FATF grey list. There are now 23 countries in the list.What pr

Forty-three countries have called on China to “ensure full respect for the rule of law” for the Muslim Uighur community in Xinjiang.The declaration accused China of a litany of human rights violations against the Uighurs, including torture, forced sterilisation an

A suit was filed by the West Bengal Government against the Union of India under Article 131 of the constitution.The State has challenged the CBI’s jurisdiction to register FIRs and conduct investigations in the State in myriad cases.West Bengal said it had withdr

Tamil Nadu FibreNet Corp signs agreement for BharatNet project implementation.The project aims at providing 1 Gbps bandwidth connectivity to all Gram Panchayats.About BharatNet:BharatNet Project was originally launched in 2011 as the National Optical Fibre Network(NOFN

Pakistan will continue to be on the ”Grey List” of the FATF as it needs to “further demonstrate” that action is being taken against UN-designated terrorists like India’s most wanted Hafiz Saeed and Masood Azhar, and groups led by them.

The World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) approval for WHO pre-qualification, or Emergency Use Listing (EUL) for Bharat Biotech International Ltd’s covid-19 vaccine is moving according to procedure and the Indian government’s haste in pushing through the pro

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA) recently declared that La Niña has re-developed.Consecutive La Ninas following a transition through ENSO neutral conditions are not uncommon and can be referred to as a “Double-Dip.”Back

Engineers have unboxed the James Webb Space Telescope in French Guiana and will now prepare it for launch.JWST is one of the grand scientific projects of the 21st Century and will ride to orbit on 18 December.About JSWT:JWST is a joint venture between the

First virtual summit of the foreign ministers of the US, India, Israel and UAE was recently held.At the end of the meet, the four nations agreed to form a new international economic forum to utilise the “unique array of capabilities, knowledge and experience”