Day: March 8, 2021

The main Opposition DMK today finalised the seat sharing agreement with the CPI(M) alotting six seats to it for the 6 April Tamilnadu Assembly elections.

In a surprise and unexpected decision, Nepal’s Supreme Court on Sunday annulled the unification of the ruling Nepal Communist Party’s factions and paved the way for them to be divided into two separate parties.

China on Sunday talked peace, partnership and prosperity with India, insisting that it is committed to settling the boundary dispute with New Delhi through dialogue and consultations.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday his government would iron out what he described technical issues with the European Union over post-Brexit trade.

A new executive order from President Joe Biden directs federal agencies to take a series of steps to promote voting access, a move that comes as congressional Democrats press for a sweeping voting and elections bill to counter efforts to restrict voting access.

India Grid Trust, India’s first power infrastructure investment trust (InvIT), on Saturday signed a share purchase agreement to acquire NER-II Transmission Limited from Sterlite Power as part of the Framework Agreement.

As several carmakers bleed in the US and beyond, Tesla is profitable and according to Elon Musk, his electric car company and Ford are the only two carmakers in the US which have not gone bankrupt.

All India Nationalised Banks Officers Federation (AINBOF) has opposed privatisation of public sector banks as it will lead to increase in service charges and will take banking beyond the reach of common man.

British oil firm Cairn Energy plc on Sunday said its shareholders, including top financial institutions of the world, expect the use of the company’s strong powers of enforcement to recover $1.4 billion from the Indian government should it not keep its word of honouring international arbitration tribunal awards on retrospective taxes.

With a view of listing the state-run insurance major Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), the government has proposed to raise the authorised capital of LIC to Rs 25,000 crore.