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Despite persistent political debate in India on the issue of illegal black money in Swiss banks, even after three years of issuing notice to the inactive accounts of Indians in these banks, no claimant has been found. Switzerland for the first time released a list of some inactive accounts in December 2015. These accounts included the citizens of Switzerland as ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam have spent their first night in the high-security Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi and the two VIP convicts were provided “B” class facilities, media reports said on Saturday, a day after their arrest. The National Accountability Bureau officials took Sharif, 68, and Maryam, 44, into custody in the ...

British Prime Minister Theresa May will publish details of her long-awaited Brexit plan today to restart talks with the EU, after facing down a revolt by eurosceptic ministers that could still unseat her. In a policy paper, the government will outline proposals to allow Britain to maintain close economic and security ties with the European Union even after it leaves ...

An accountability court in Pakistan on Friday sentenced ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif to 10 years in prison in one of the three corruption cases against him in the high-profile Panama Papers scandal. The court delivered the verdict after postponing it for four times in the Avenfield corruption case — pertaining to the ownership of four flats in the posh ...

A heatwave in Quebec has killed at least 17 people in the past week as high summer temperatures scorched eastern Canada, health officials said today. Twelve of the dead were reported in the eastern province’s capital Montreal, said regional public health director Mylene Drouin. The Tribune newspaper said five of the deaths occurred in the past 48 hours in the ...

Dubai-based Emirates Airlines has taken the “Hindu meal” off the menu, citing a review of its services and customer feedback. In a statement on Wednesday, the airline said the decision to withdraw the Hindu meal option from its in-flight menu was taken following a review of the on-board products and services. “As part of our continuous review of the products ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Interfaith leaders from across the world have come together in Assisi, home of Saint Francis, as part of a Peace Pledge Pilgrimage to walk and work for peace and protection of water. Parmarth Niketan President Swami Chidanand Saraswati and secretary, General of Global Interfaith WASH Alliance, Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati offered the holy water of Ganga collected from ...

A United Arab Emirates (UAE) firm has launched an official website for a project to tow icebergs from Antarctica to the UAE coasts during the first quarter of 2020 “to leverage them as new sources of water in the region”. The National Advisor Bureau Ltd put forward the UAE-Iceberg Project to highlight the upcoming stages and benefits in environment and ...

Interpol has issued a Red Corner Notice against absconding billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi who is facing probe in a USD 2 billion PNB scam, officials said. In its Red Corner Notice (RCN) issued against a fugitive, the Interpol asks its 192 member countries to arrest or detain the person if spotted in their countries after which extradition or deportation proceedings ...

The EU Withdrawal Bill, the British government’s central legislation to pave the way for the country’s exit from the European Union by March next year, today officially became law in Parliament. House of Commons Speaker John Bercow told MPs that the bill had received Royal Assent, which involves Queen Elizabeth II’s final approval required to make it an Act of ...