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The contingency risk buffer has also been retained at 5.5 per cent
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Non-subsidised LPG now costs Rs 1,003 per 14.2-kg cylinder in Delhi
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Report tells of 20-hour shifts for £3.50 an hour, racism and sexual abuse under cover of transit visa loophole
A third of migrant workers on UK fishing vessels work 20-hour shifts, and 35% report regular physical violence, according to new research that concludes there is rampant exploitation and abuse on British ships.
“Leaving is not possible because I’m not allowed off the vessel to ask for help,” one migrant worker told researchers at the University of Nottingham Rights Lab, which focuses on modern slavery. They found fishers reported working excessive hours, with few breaks, on an average salary of £3.51 an hour.
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At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 77.17 against the American dollar, then lost ground to quote at 77.42
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A bankrupt and failed pyramid schemer’s control of Australian ice hockey has come to a quick end thanks to an investigation in Michael West Media. Sandi Logan reports.
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The government aims to generate about Rs 21,000 crore by diluting its 3.5 per cent stake in the insurance behemoth
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The move will lead to an increase in lending rates and make retail loans, including home loans, costly
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If Twitter implements the pay-to-post policy, it would become the first major social media company to charge users to interact with its platform
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Higher energy prices were one of the key factors for the higher exports
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A probe was earlier launched against the company in connection with alleged ‘illegal remittances’ sent abroad by the Chinese firm
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Australia’s dominant meat producer, the secretive Brazilian multinational JBS, has a free pass from regulators, accountants and governments. Following ABC Four Corners investigation into the company, Callum Foote discovers a raft of breaches by the group renamed as “Flora Green”.
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By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva
A landmark case in Fiji today at the High Court in the capital Suva issued what is the country’s first environmental crime sentence.
Controversial Chinese resort development company Freesoul Limited was fined FJ$1 million for breaching two counts of Fiji’s Environmental Management Act.
The company is developing a resort on Malolo Island in the popular tourist hotspot, the Mamanuca Islands.
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The company was issued a prohibition notice in June 2018 after neighbours and indigenous landowners shed light on extensive environmental damage it was causing on the coast at Malolo Island.
According to court documents, the company was issued with a prohibition notice by the Department of Environment after landowners and neighbours alerted authorities of extensive coral and mangrove damage.
The company had dug an extensive sea channel and removed local marine life to gain direct access to the resort development.
The DOE had authorised only land works because an Environmental Impact Assessment had not been done on marine works.
Freesoul denied responsibility
When charged for unauthorised development, Freesoul denied responsibility but the Magistrate Seini Puamau, who heard the initial case, was not satisfied, given DOE evidence produced in court showing Freesoul apologising for the damage.The case was referred to High Court judge Justice Daniel Gounder who ordered Freesoul pay the DOE FJ$1 million for the rehabilitation of the marine environment damage.
Chinese resort developer Freesoul fined $650,000 for damaging Fijian mangroves and reef https://t.co/7cGoUadaoy
— ABC News (@abcnews) April 28, 2022
Justice Gounder said he was unable to issue a custodial sentence given the EMA provides for jail terms for persons not corporations.
“This case is about environment, criminal responsibility and punishment,” Justice Gounder said.
“Although the offending is not the most serious type, the offenders culpability is high.”
Justice Gounder sentenced Freesoul with the highest penalty possible under the EMA.
This article is republished under a community partnership agreement with RNZ.
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The company has decided to reserve 10 per cent of shares on the offer for its policyholders under the policyholder reservation portion
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With the LIC IPO coming up, there has been a spurt in opening of demat account recently
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Amnesty International’s report JCB Off Track gives evidence that the company’s equipment has been used in the destruction of Palestinian homes, writes Stuart Penny
Boris Johnson’s recent visit to a JCB factory in India inadvertently highlighted the use of JCB vehicles in the destruction of mainly Muslim settlements (Outcry in India as Boris Johnson visits JCB plant amid demolitions row, 21 April).
These are not the only abuses of human rights committed using JCB equipment. Amnesty International’s report JCB Off Track, published in November last year, gives evidence of the use of JCB equipment in the destruction of Palestinian homes, agricultural land and other property in the occupied Palestinian territories. The report explains the steps that Amnesty says the company could take to prevent this.
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Internal market commissioner raised concerns that hate speech will increase on the platform
The EU has warned Elon Musk that Twitter must “comply with our rules” or face sanctions that range from fines to a total ban, as concerns were raised that hate speech will increase on the platform under his ownership.
The world’s richest man has agreed a $44bn (£34bn) deal to buy the social media network, which will hand control of a platform with 217 million users to a self-confessed “free speech absolutist”.
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Musk in a securities filing on April 14 had said he did not have confidence in Twitter’s management
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Musk, a self-proclaimed ‘free-speech absolutist’, said he wants to reform what he sees as the platform’s over-zealous content moderation
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Asian markets in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Seoul and Shanghai settled significantly lower
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Recently, there have been widespread incidents of electric scooters catching fire forcing manufacturers to recall their vehicles
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Central bank may shift its focus to taming inflation
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The Adani Group investment in Bengal will expand in world-class infrastructure, a state-of-the-art data centre and undersea cable
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IMF chief highlighted India’s well-targeted policy mix which helped the country’s economy remain resilient even with a limited fiscal space
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SMP is going to undertake a major project at berth no 6 and 7 of the Kolkata Dock System which is being rebuilt at INR100 crores
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The government is planning to dilute its stake in LIC through the Initial Public Offering
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Every 1% increase in 5% slab, which mainly includes packaged food items, would roughly yield an additional revenue of INR50,000 Cr annually
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The UK, in collaboration with the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry, will facilitate business-to-business meetings during the summit
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Fuel demand in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022 was up 4.3 per cent at 202.71 million tonnes, the highest since FY20
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Musk was named to join the Twitter board after buying a major stake in the firm and becoming its largest shareholder
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Berlin,
The economic activities are being restored after two-years of black out of commerce and business due to Pandemic. Some 2,000 exhibitors, 30,000 business people from more than 80 countries attended the Annual Fruit Festival. The mangoes, oranges, dates, different types of vegetables and fruits stalls were set up by Pakistani companies jointly.
The three-day World Fruit and Vegetable Exhibition in German capital Berlin has come to an end. Different types of Pakistani fruits and vegetables became the center of attention. President Chaudhry Shoaib Ahmed of Sargodha Chamber of Commerce, NASA International’s Wajehuddin Shayed and JMB exporter Zaheer Ahmed said that it was a good gesture Pakistan participates and offer few items in this exhibition. Hopefully next year we will fully participate in the festival. This type of festival will help small business owners to access their products in the global market.
High tech based latest machinery was also introduced in the festival for production to packing after go through from certain stages.
According to Pakistani exporters, Russia-Ukraine war hampers the business while Pakistani businesses had to bear the brunt of recalling exported containers of Orange and potatoes, but in the new season of Orange, they had to take the by road route for their exports to Russia and Ukraine.This post was originally published on VOSA.
