India on Monday (April 21, 2025) imposed a 12% provisional safeguard duty for 200 days on five steel product categories, including hot rolled coils, sheets and plates, to protect domestic players from surge in imports. The decision follows a recommendation for the same by the Commerce Ministry’s investigation arm DGTR. Last month, the DGTR … Read more
The Ernakulam District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has ordered an investment firm to pay an investor ₹4.68 lakh after collecting investments offering an exorbitant interest rate of 12.50% for five years. The Commission comprising president D.B. Binu and members V. Ramachandran and Sreevidhia T.N. issued the verdict on a petition filed by Vignesh M., originally … Read more
The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday imposed a fine of ₹1 lakh on a man for filing repeated petitions against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath regarding the 2007 Gorakhpur riot case in spite of the issue being settled by the Supreme Court. On … Read more
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Ukraine imposed sanctions against 182 Russian and Belarusian companies, and three individuals, in the latest of a series of steps by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to block Moscow’s and Minsk’s connections to his country. “Their assets in Ukraine are blocked, their properties will be used for our … Read more
China is reporting about 5,000 cases a day, but analysts say such numbers are vastly undercounted – and the daily case load may be closer to a million. Hospitals are overwhelmed and residents are struggling to find basic medicines, according to reports. Source link
The tribunal’s order came after it took cognisance of a news report that 600 trees have been illegally cut in Corbett Tiger Reserve The tribunal’s order came after it took cognisance of a news report that 600 trees have been illegally cut in Corbett Tiger Reserve The National Green Tribunal has imposed an interim stay … Read more