SEBI bans Anil Ambani from securities market

Markets regulator Sebi has barred industrialist Anil Ambani, 24 other entities, including former key officials of Reliance Home Finance from the securities market for five years for diversion of funds from the company.

UN team begins Bangladesh rights talks

A United Nations (UN) team has arrived in Bangladesh to initiate discussions on how to investigate human rights violations and abuses linked to the recent unrest that led to the fall of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government.

Sri Lankan court finds fault with Wickremesinghe

Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has ruled that President Ranil Wickremesinghe engaged in “arbitrary and unlawful” conduct by postponing local government elections initially scheduled for early 2023.

Putin and Li enhance Russia-China relations

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese Premier Li Qiang met at the Kremlin on August 21, 2024, to celebrate the deepening of trade relations between Moscow and Beijing.