March 16: Bloomberg report by Faseeh Mangi states that Exxon Mobil Corp. is working with a group of Pakistan's large businesses on a proposal to build and supply the country's third import terminal for liquefied natural gas, according to the nation's minister for maritime affairs. Exxon has partnered with
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The Indian National Congress today called for reverting to the old practice of paper ballot instead of electronic voting machines as adopted by other major democracies to help restore the credibility of the electoral process. In its draft political resolution moved at the party's 84th Plenary Session, the
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Farmers in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra today claimed that fugitive jeweller Nirav Modi, prime accused in the alleged Rs 12,700 crore Punjab National Bank fraud, had acquired their lands at less than prevailing rates. A group of over 200 farmers, who arrived in bullock carts at the tract of land at
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(Bloomberg) — Prime Minister Theresa May said the U.K. may take further action against Russia over the nerve-agent poisoning of a former spy and his daughter after Moscow ordered 23 British diplomats to leave the country in a tit-for-tat retaliation. “We anticipated a response of this kind and we will
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At the beginning of this year, Kenyan banks joined their global peers in adopting the International Financial Reporting Standards 9 (IFRS 9), ushering in a significant shift in accounting for financial instruments. As the financial institutions settle in under the new regime — which among other things
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