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Brazil's federal government on Friday reached a multibillion-dollar settlement with the mining companies responsible for a 2015 dam collapse that the government said was the country's worst-ever environmental disaster. Under the agreement, Samarco — a joint venture of Brazilian mining giant Vale and Anglo-Australian firm BHP — will pay 132 billion reais ($23 billion) over 20 years. The payments are meant to compensate for human, environmental and infrastructure damage caused by the release of an immense amount of toxic mining waste into a major river in southeastern Minas Gerais state, killing 19 people and ravaging entire villages. «We are fixing a disaster that could have been avoided, but wasn't,» President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said in a hall of the presidential palace, surrounded by governors of the affected states, members of his administration, reporters and victims.

NIA) is probing six cases against Sikhs For Justice counsel Gurupatwant Singh Pannun and have attached three immovable properties in Amritsar, said official adding the a red corner notice against him has been withdrawn after he appealed. United States department of justice is probing murder plot against Pannun involving Indian government official and recently indicted a former government official for murder for hire. According to official, Pannun first came under the scanner of Indian security agencies in 2015. This was when he started raising 'Referendum 2020' among Sikh diasporas. Around the same time, there was revival of pro-Khalistan elements in Punjab, with gangs allegedly involved in extortion and killing of religious and political leaders. Pannnun, along with other pro-Khalistan groups, was at the forefront of propaganda on social media, following which the home ministry in 2019 banned SFJ and a year later designated Pannun as a terrorist under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. After the DoJ indictment of an Indian national, the foreign ministry, however, announced the setting up of a committee to probe the allegations.

Gyanvapi complex. The lawyer representing the Hindu side, Madan Mohan Yadav, said Civil Judge Senior Division Yughul Shambhu rejected the petition. Following a July 2023 order of the district court, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) carried out a scientific survey of the Gyanvapi premises, located next to the Kashi Vishwanath temple here, to determine whether the mosque was constructed over a pre-existing structure of a Hindu temple. The ASI submitted its survey report to the district court in a sealed cover on December 18.

An American cryptocurrency executive held in Nigeria for the past eight months has been released after authorities there announced that they were ending his money laundering trial on health and diplomatic grounds

Indian wrestling team's participation at the World Championships after all the 12 selected athletes assembled outside the residence of Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya and sought his intervention, a day after the WFI withdrew the nation's entries from the prestigious tournament. The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) was on Thursday forced to pull all three Indian teams out of the championships after wrestler Satyawart Kadian, husband of Sakshi Malik, approached the court against the federation's decision to conduct trials for the U23 and senior Worlds. Kadian contended that sice WFI is suspended, it was committing a contempt of court by taking decisions. The WFI remains suspended by the ministry and the IOA has refused to re-introduce the ad-hoc panel, leaving the sport and the future of the wrestlers in limbo. The world governing body UWW has, though, lifted suspension of the WFI in February this year.

Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud on Friday said what sustained him as a judge, even at the time of scrutiny, was his sense of compassion for society. «The element of scrutiny gets into our work. Nothing misses this scrutiny.

Kenya's high court on Friday suspended a $736 million deal between a state utility and India's Adani Energy Solutions to build and operate power infrastructure including transmission lines. The public-private partnership agreement between state-owned Kenya Electrical Transmission Company (KETRACO) and Adani Energy Solutions was signed earlier this month. On Oct. 11 the energy ministry said it would help address persistent power blackouts and support economic growth.

disqualification cases against 5 JD-U MLAs who joined BJP. The next hearing is in three weeks. The Speaker’s Tribunal heard disqualification cases which were filed against 5 MLAs who defected from JD(U) to BJP in Manipur.The five MLAs are MLAs Khumukcham Joykisan Singh, Ngursanglur Sanate, Md Achab Uddin, Thangjam Arunkumar and LM Khaute. The Counsel N. Bupenda Meitei, Advocate for petitioner, Hareshwar Goshwami, in Disqualification Case No. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of 2024, submitted for urgent hearing and speedy disposal as all the pending disqualification petitions is to be decided within three months of the filing of the petitions in the Speaker's Tribunal as per the Supreme Court verdict.

CBI court has convicted a retired superintendent of the Goods and Services Tax Department and his wife for accumulating unaccounted assets worth Rs 1.24 crore, which were disproportionate to the officer’s known sources of income. The case spans the period from 1994 to 2018. Prasiddh Dubey, 66, received a sentence of four years in prison, while his wife, Vimla Dubey, was sentenced to two years for her role in aiding and abetting him.

Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to businessman Amandeep Singh Dhall in corruption case linked to excise policy scam. With this, all accused in the Delhi excise policy case are out on bail. Dhall had moved the apex court challenging the high court's June 4 verdict which refused to grant him bail in the case.

The former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch is expected to be arraigned on federal sex trafficking and interstate prostitution charges in a New York court

The owner and manager of the cargo ship that caused the Baltimore bridge collapse have agreed to pay more than $100 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the Justice Department

Online sports betting is bringing in new revenue for New Jersey, but it is also creating concerns over gambling addiction and whether it harms the finances of Atlantic City’s casinos, which depend on in-person gamblers

Chipmaker Intel has won a fresh victory in a long-running battle against European Union competition watchdogs after the bloc’s top court confirmed a lower tribunal’s decision to overturn a billion-euro antitrust penalty

A jury in Nevada has delivered a $5.2 billion award in the latest large-sum civil lawsuit against a former Las Vegas-based bottled water company found responsible for causing liver damage in customers in 2021

If you filled in your email address on the front page of your T1 personal tax return, you have officially registered to receive most Canada Revenue Agency communications via email notification. This means the onus is on you if you forget to check your email and miss an important communication, which could end up costing you big time should you miss a CRA notice of reassessment.

Supreme Court expressed concern over the misuse of dowry harassment provisions, noting that various relatives of the husband are often implicated alongside the main accused, reported TOI. The court stated that «exaggerated versions» are prevalent in many complaints and urged courts to exercise caution in these cases to protect the innocent from unnecessary suffering. Acquitting a man in a dowry death case, Justices C.T. Ravikumar and Sanjay Kumar highlighted that he married the deceased's sister-in-law after the initial dowry harassment allegations arose, and emphasised that he could not be convicted simply because his wife was found guilty. According to the TOI report, the apex court and various high courts have previously flagged the issue of misuse of these provisions. They emphasised that general and vague allegations should not serve as grounds for prosecution, advising courts to approach such complaints with caution.

Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Wednesday withdrew the Indian team from the World Championship, conveying to world governing body, UWW, that the sports ministry is interfering with its autonomy. The senior World Championship in 12 non-Olympic categories is scheduled to be held in Tirana, Albania from October 28. The WFI had recently announced selection trials for the U23 and World Championship, which was challenged as contempt of court by the protesting wrestlers who questioned the legality of the selection by the suspended federation. WFI withdrew the selection trials notice and the court, on October 4, decided not to proceed with the contempt petition.

Falgu Aviation Leasing Ltd, an aircraft lessor, has approached the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) against SpiceJet Ltd over an unpaid debt of Rs 67 crore. The lessor has said that the debt arose from rental dues for a Boeing 737 that it had leased to the budget carrier. SpiceJet has been entangled in a cycle of settlements and fresh insolvency pleas with the airline being taken to insolvency court by different lessors frequently even as it settles pending insolvency cases.

Delhi High Court on Thursday sought the response of the Centre on a plea seeking a regulatory framework to regulate the resale of concert tickets through authorised platforms and avoid illegal selling activities. A bench of Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela issued notice to Union ministries of Information and Broadcasting and Electronics, and Information Technology, private entities Stubhub Inc, Viagogo Entertainment Inc and Bigtree Entertainment Pvt Ltd on the petition. The court said the replies would have to be filed within four weeks and posted the hearing on February 18, 2025, when a similar petition would be heard. The petition further sought a direction to the Centre to block unlawful online platforms involved in the purported illegal and unauthorised sale of tickets in India.

Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain a plea alleging contempt of its order on demolition of properties by the authorities in Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. A bench headed by Justice B R Gavai and comprising Justices P K Mishra and K V Viswanathan said it was not inclined to entertain the plea filed by the petitioner who was not directly or indirectly related to the alleged act. «We don't want to open a pandora box,» said the bench. The court said it will hear those affected by the demolition of properties.