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Supreme Court orders removal of Unitech board

The Telegraph A bench comprising Justices D. Y. Chandrachud and M.R. Shah dismissed the bail plea of Sanjay Chandra, MD of the group, and some others who have been in jail since August 2017 in connection with the alleged fraud. The Centre must file response by January 15. The Supreme Court has directed the Centre to forthwith take over the management of real estate giant Unitech by appointing independent directors after a forensic audit revealed that home buyers’ money worth over Rs 5,000 crore had been diverted to tax havens such as Cyprus, thereby affecting the completion of at least 74 projects and damaging the interests of 12,000 customers. A bench comprising Justices D. Y. Chandrachud and M.R. Shah dismissed the bail plea of Sanjay Chandra, managing director of the group, and some others who have been in jail since August 2017 in connection with the alleged fraud. “We would now expect the Union of India to act proactively in the matter and inform this Court o

S Jaishankar pitches for H-1B visa holders at bilateral meet with US, says movement of people deepened ties between two countries

First Post ·          Pitching strongly for H-1B visa holders, S Jaishankar reiterated the significant contribution made by the movement of persons in a fair and non-discriminatory manner to the deepening of bilateral ties between India and the United States ·          People to people ties have been one of the defining elements of our friendship, Jaishankar told reporters at a joint news conference here with the Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ·          'We take great pride in the achievements of Indians and Indian Americans in the United States and their contribution to American society, economy and polity,' he said Pitching strongly for H-1B visa holders, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday reiterated the significant contribution made by the movement of persons in a fair and non-discriminatory manner to the deepening of bilateral ties between India and the United States. People to people ties have been one of the defining elements o

German parliament calls for full ban of Hezbollah activities

Hindustan Times Mathias Middelberg, the spokesman for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives in parliament, said the joint resolution was agreed upon with the junior coalition Social Democrats, as well as the opposition Free Democrats. Germany’s parliament passed a resolution Thursday calling for a national ban on the activities of Hezbollah and for the Lebanese militant group to be put on the European Union’s terrorist list. Mathias Middelberg, the spokesman for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives in parliament, said the joint resolution was agreed upon with the junior coalition Social Democrats, as well as the opposition Free Democrats. “It is unacceptable that Hezbollah is waging a terrorist fight against Israel in the Middle East, which is being financed through worldwide criminal activities, among other things,” he said in a statement. “In view of Germany’s special responsibility toward Israel, we call on the government to ban all activities for H

73 percent cyberattacks occur on Microsoft Office products, says report

Hindustan Times Microsoft Office products were the most commonly exploited by cyber criminals around the world and nearly 73% of cyber exploits were performed in MS Office products in the third quarter of this year. Microsoft Office products were the most commonly exploited by cyber criminals around the world and nearly 73% of cyber exploits were performed in MS Office products in the third quarter of this year, a new report has said. According to information gathered by Precise Security.com, other exploited applications by cyber criminals included browsers and operating systems, among others. “Data shows that exactly 72.85% of cyber exploits were performed in MS Office products as of the third quarter of this year,” Marco Mathew from computer security website said in a statement on Wednesday. MS Office products were followed by Browsers with 13.47% of the total number of exploits by cyber criminals, Android with 9.09%, Java with 2.36%, Adobe Flash