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Paid to look the other way: Indonesian tugboat crew jailed, caned for role in smuggling foreigners into Singapore

SINGAPORE, Dec. 18 -- A 23-year-old Indonesian tugboat crew member has been sentenced to eight months' jail and three strokes of the cane for helping several foreigners enter Singapore illegally. Feb... Read More


Circumstantial evidence can be used for conviction if it leads to guilt only, says SC

New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- Circumstantial evidence can be used to convict an accused in a criminal case if it is of such a nature that is "consistent only with his guilt", the Supreme Court said on Thursda... Read More


Assam: 15 declared foreigners in Nagaon ordered to leave within 24 hours

India, Dec. 18 -- Assam's Nagaon district administration has issued expulsion orders against 15 people officially declared foreigners by various Foreigners' Tribunals, as part of intensified action un... Read More


Senate confirms ex-INEC chair Mahmood Yakubu, Fani-Kayode, Omokri, others as ambassadors

Nigeria, Dec. 18 -- The Senate on Thursday confirmed 65 ambassadorial nominees forwarded to it by President Bola Tinubu. The nominees comprise 34 career and 31 non-career ambassadors. They were conf... Read More


Pradyot Debbarman dismisses BJP's claim of clean sweep in Tripura district polls

India, Dec. 18 -- Tipra Motha Party founder Pradyot Kishore Debbarman on Thursday dismissed Chief Minister Manik Saha's assertion that the BJP was set for a clean sweep in the TTAADC elections and pre... Read More


PDS Limited Secures SBTi Validation for Net-Zero Climate Targets

India, Dec. 18 -- PDS Limited, a global fashion supply chain solutions company, has received official validation from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) for its net-zero greenhouse gas emissi... Read More


G E Shipping Contracts Sale of Kamsarmax Dry Bulk Carrier Jag Aarati

India, Dec. 18 -- The Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited (G E Shipping) has entered into an agreement to sell its 2011-built Kamsarmax dry bulk carrier, Jag Aarati, with a carrying capacity of abo... Read More


RattanIndia enters Gulf E-Commerce Market with Cocoblu Global Retail Launch in Partnership with noon

India, Dec. 18 -- RattanIndia Enterprises Ltd has entered into a partnership with noon, the Gulf region's leading e-commerce marketplace, to launch Cocoblu Global Retail in the United Arab Emirates, m... Read More


NHPC completes trial run of 250 MW Unit at Subansiri Lower Hydro Project

India, Dec. 18 -- NHPC Ltd has successfully completed the trial run of Unit–2 (250 MW) of the 2,000 MW Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project on December 18, 2025. The project, comprising eight u... Read More


RBI authorises Paytm payments services as offline and cross-border payment aggregator

India, Dec. 18 -- One97 Communications on Thursday said its wholly owned subsidiary, Paytm Payments Services Limited (PPSL), has received approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to operate as a ... Read More