The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned till March 9, hearing on a petition filed by Advocate Manohar Lal Sharma, seeking direction to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to register an FIR and probe the duty evasion by 61 companies for allegedly 'smuggling' iron ore to China since 2015.
The Indo-China border dispute has now turned at least 65 years old with no significant headway in defining the border. Even the most rudimentary task of exchanging maps to understand the differing perception of the two nations with respect to the LAC has not been concluded.
The Covid-19 pandemic will feel like a mild shiver down the spine of the world’s financial markets if China’s second largest real estate developer Evergrande defaults. This will be comparable to the subprime disaster of 2007-08.
The Supreme Court on Thursday sought the counter affidavit from the Central Government on a petition seeking directions to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to register an FIR and probe the alleged duty evasion by 61 companies
China has suddenly come down heavily on its domestic $100 billion edutech industry, having decided to stop all online tutoring. This augurs well for India as there could be FDI inflows into the country.
The probe agency has booked Ahmed under Section 120B (Criminal Conspiracy) read with 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). He is also booked under section 51 read with Section 58 of Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
This will emerge as the new reality and the global village concept, at least as far as trade goes, may have reached its “use by” date. Protectionism won’t be an evil word anymore.
The firming up of the Quad alliance after a decade, despite the continued differences in strategic security priorities of its four members, is related to the rise in power of Xi Jinping in China in 2012.