The United States said on Friday it will temporarily allow eight importers to keep buying Iranian oil when it re-imposes sanctions to try to force Iran to curb its nuclear, missile and regional activities. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who announced the decision, did not name the eight, which he referred to as “jurisdictions,” a … Read more
Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) has achieved the level of Loan Sanctions of Rs 6895.26 crore and Loan Releases of Rs 3504.17 crore, as on September 30, 2018 for the financial year 2018-19. HUDCO finances social housing and residential real estate through primarily lending to State Governments and their agencies, which, in turn, extend … Read more
NEW DELHI: India is allowing state refiners to import Iranian oil with Tehran arranging tankers and insurance after firms including the country’s top shipper Shipping Corp of India (SCI) halted voyages to Iran due to US sanctions, sources said. New Delhi’s attempt to keep Iranian oil flowing mirrors a step by China, where buyers are shifting … Read more
The deaths occurred in renewed violence in the country’s northwest, where security forces loyal to President Daniel Ortega fought with anti-government activists in a bid to quash the popular uprising against the embattled leader. More than 220 people have been killed in the ongoing unrest since mid-April. Earlier, around 20 truckloads of riot police and … Read more
At the end of its annual conference in Dublin, the world body came up with its plan to curb unruly behaviour on the field that has been under the scanner for a while now in the ‘gentlemen’s game’. Upgrading ball-tampering from a level 2 to a level 3 offence has come in the wake of … Read more
United Nations: India violated the United Nations Security Council sanctions on North Korea in 2017, sometimes even going against its own government orders, by importing metals worth $2.2 million and exporting jewellery valued at more than $578,000, according the UN panel monitoring the sanctions. Some of the imports and exports continued even after the Indian … Read more
Jammu: Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar has sanctioned nearly Rs 40 lakhs from the MP Local Area Development (MPLAD) funds for construction of a school building in Bandipora district of north Kashmir. According to PTI, Sachin Tendulkar wrote a letter to the District Magistrate and the District Collector (Office of Mumbai Suburban District, District Planning Committee, … Read more
