The US Commerce Department has launched an anti-dumping and countervailing duty probes against imports of stainless steel flanges from India and China.


US launches trade probe over Indian, Chinese stainless steel flanges


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Brazil's Prosecutor General has charged former Presidents Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff with obstruction of justice.


Brazilian ex-Presidents charged with obstructing justice


UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for more efforts to prevent genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.


UN chief stresses responsibility to protect civilians


The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said that conflict and widespread poverty have stalled progress on education rates over the past decade around the world.


Conflict, poverty stall progress on education rates: Unicef


In yet another blow to Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leadership, a district court in West Bengal on Wednesday issued arrest warrant against eight of its leaders including party chief Bimal Gurung.


Arrest warrant issued against eight GJM leaders


The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed a 13-year-old alleged rape victim to terminate her 32-week-old pregnancy.


SC allows 13-year-old rape victim to terminate pregnancy


The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed around 90 private schools, who failed to refund the excess fee charged by them despite its committee's recommendation and the city government's order, to deposit 75 per cent of the principal amount within two weeks.


HC asks defaulter schools to deposit 75% of fee refund amount in two weeks


The Nestle Research and Development (R&D) Centre on Wednesday said it has inaugurated the first Nestle Food Safety Institute (NFSI) in the country to develop a collaborative approach towards ensuring safe food.


Nestle R&D Centre launches first food safety institute in India


The government on Wednesday said directors of over two lakh deregistered companies will be liable to jail terms ranging from six months to 10 years if they tried to siphon off money from the firms' bank accounts.


Up to 10-year jail for siphoning shell firms' money: Centre


The Vellore-based Christian Medical College's (CMC) decision to suspend new admissions for 2017-18 on the ground that the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) marks alone could not be the criteria to get admitted has evoked contrasting reactions.


Vellore CMC decision to stop admission evokes contrasting reaction


The Supreme Court on Wednesday asserted that cow vigilantism has to stop and directed states/Union Territories to appoint district nodal officers to take steps to prevent and act against perpetrators of such violence.


Cow vigilantism has to stop, SC tells states


Comedian Kiku Sharda, who was arrested last year for hurting the sentiments of the followers of Dera Sacha Sauda leader Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, on Wednesday took a dig at the convicted sect chief.


Comedian Kiku Sharda takes a dig at Ram Rahim


Pulling up the CBI for its probe into the gang-rape and murder of a 16-year-old schoolgirl in Shimla district in July was progressing at a "snail's pace", the Himachal Pradesh High Court on Wednesday granted another two weeks to file status report into the investigation.


CBI gets time to submit report on Shimla gang rape-murder case


With the issue of Rohingya Muslims stalking both the countries, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said India shared Myanmar's concerns over the situation in Rakhine state and the loss of lives of security personnel and innocent people in the violence blamed on insurgents from the minority community.


India shares Myanmar's concerns over security men's killing in Rakhine: Modi (Roundup)


A lawyer filed a court case on Wednesday against famous hair stylist Jawed Habib for allegedly using images of Hindu gods and goddesses in an advertisement to promote his salons.


Lawyer moves UP court against hair stylist Jawed Habib


Ever since violence against the minority Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar resurfaced, Dil Mohammad has been living in tension silently as he desperately tries to reach his brother's phone back home.


Amid fear of deportation, Rohingyas seek 'justice from world'


Qatar has decided to grant Moroccan nationals visa-free entry, the media reported on Wednesday.


Qatar now offers visa-free entry to Moroccan nationals


A Bihar court on Wednesday handed life terms to Rakesh Ranjan Yadav alias Rocky Yadav and two others for killing a Class 12 student in the infamous Gaya road rage case, a government lawyer said.


Bihar road rage killer Rocky Yadav, 2 others get life terms


At least 146,000 Rohingyas have arrived in Bangladesh since August 25, fleeing ongoing violence in northwestern Myanmar, the UN office in Dhaka said on Wednesday.


146,000 Rohingyas have crossed into Bangladesh: UN


Six bodies have been recovered after a boat carrying dozens of Rohingyas capsized in the Bay of Bengal close to Bangladesh's border with Myanmar, an official said.


Six dead in Rohingya boat capsize off Bangladesh


Tech giants, including Apple, Microsoft, Google and Facebook, have unanimously criticised the decision by Donald Trump's administration to rescind the DACA programme that had potentially put 800,000 illegal immigrants at danger of deportation.

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