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Nestle tax ruling fallout: Switzerland suspends MFN status to India

India signed DTCs with Lithuania and Colombia in 2011, under which it provided a withholding tax of 5 per cent to both countries

US lawmakers tell Apple, Google to remove TikTok from app stores on Jan 19

Apple, Alphabet and TikTok did not immediately comment. On Monday, ByteDance and TikTok made an emergency bid to temporarily block the law pending a review by the US Supreme Court

SEC extends deadline for Musk to respond to Twitter inquiry settlement

On Thursday, Musk tweeted a copy of a letter sent by his lawyer to the chair of the SEC saying agency staff had given him 48 hours to agree to pay a penalty or face charges

Trump advisers propose shrinking or scrapping key bank regulators

Advisers have asked the nominees under consideration for the FDIC, as well as the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, if deposit insurance could be absorbed into the Treasury Department

SEC 'reopens' investigation into Neuralink, says Elon Musk's lawyer

Musk has long sparred with SEC and last year four lawmakers asked to investigate whether Musk committed securities fraud by allegedly misleading investors about brain implant developed by Neuralink.

India-UAE 'model' relationship to expand energy, trade ties: Jaishankar

At the JCM, Jaishankar and Al Nahyan welcomed the signing and entry into force of the India-UAE bilateral investment treaty, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)

US Secy of State Blinken to visit West Asia amid fresh trouble in region

The State Department said Blinken would meet Jordanian officials, including King Abdullah II, in the port city of Aqaba on Thursday before flying to Ankara for meetings with Turkish officials Friday

Deception, despair marked Syrian Prez Assad's final hours before fleeing

Assad told his presidential office manager on Saturday when he finished work he was going home but instead headed to the airport, according to an aide in his inner circle

Moldova declares energy state of emergency fearing Russian gas shortage

Russian energy giant Gazprom supplies the gas-operated Kuciurgan plant, which generates electricity that powers a significant portion of Moldova proper. The plant was privatised in 2004

Kremlin praises Trump for criticising Ukraine's strikes in Russia

Trump criticised Ukraine's use of US-supplied missiles for attacks deep into Russia in a Time magazine interview published on Thursday, saying it was "crazy" because it escalated the war

Russia attacks Ukrainian infrastructure by firing cruise missiles, drones

Russia is terrorising millions of people with such assaults, he said on his Telegram channel, renewing his plea for international unity against Russian President Vladimir Putin

President Macron names centrist ally Bayrou as France's new prime minister

Bayrou, 73, a crucial partner in Macron's centrist alliance, has been a well-known figure in French politics for decades. His political experience is seen as key in efforts to restore stability as no

World's Richest Families 2024: Waltons top with $432.4 bn, Ambanis at no. 8

World's Richest Families 2024: The Walmart Waltons top the list with $406.5 billion; India's Ambanis and Mistrys of Shapoorji Pallonji rank 8th and 23rd. Here is the top five list

Blackstone, Bain to bid for Mitsubishi pharma unit in up to $3.5 bn deal

Mitsubishi Chemical has hired Goldman Sachs to run the sale process and binding bids are due on Dec. 24, the sources said

Two airplane-size asteroids closely pass Earth today; no threat to planet

Two asteroids pass Earth by close distance and that is why they are termed 'near misses'. Scientists decline any potential risk to the planet

Shale drilling techniques could lead to a geothermal surge, says IEA

Shale drilling techniques in question have also attracted opposition from environmental campaigners in the context of the oil and gas industry because of concerns over water pollution and earthquakes

Russia targets Ukrainian infra with massive attack of missiles, drones

Russian military targeted the Ukrainian power grid, energy minister Herman Halushchenko wrote on his Facebook page

What is Friday the 13th and why is it considered unlucky? Know its history

Friday the 13th holds a superstitious history and several people consider this day unlucky. Some people fear while some challenge this day by organising parties.

UK economy shrinks in Oct, suffers first back-to-back declines since 2020

Gross domestic product shrank 0.1 per cent month-on-month in October, as it did in September, the Office for National Statistics said

Curious case of Travis Timmerman: American citizen found in Syrian prison

How the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria led to the discovery of a missing US citizen 29-year-old Travis Timmerman