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NGT refuses to modify order on deregistration of 10-year-old diesel vehicles

As noted in the order dated July 18, 2016, appeal against order dated April 7, 2015 directing that more than 10 years old diesel vehicles be not allowed to ply on Delhi-NCR roads was dismissed by the Supreme Court.
The basis of prayer in the present applications was that the COVID-19 period should be excluded for calculating the period of 10 years.

The NGT had earlier declined to lift its ban on such vehicles in Delhi-NCR, noting that emissions from diesel vehicles were carcinogenic.

Govt probes L&T’s employee welfare arm for alleged fraud

The probe follows complaints by a group of employees who alleged that the company deducted contributions from their salaries with the assurance of giving them equity shares of Larsen & Toubro, India’s biggest engineering conglomerate, but instead gave them redeemable preference shares of LandT Welfare Co. The funds collected for employee welfare were allegedly used for expansion by L&T, according to the complaint.

Ex-director seeks to stall $2 bln Paytm IPO, company calls it harassment

Irrespective of what the regulator decides, the dispute could become a legal headache ahead of the much-awaited IPO of Paytm, which counts China’s Alibaba and Japan’s SoftBank among its investors. Neither responded to a request for comment.

At the heart of the dispute is a one-page document signed between Saxena and Paytm’s billionaire CEO, Vijay Shekhar Sharma, in 2001. Seen by Reuters, it says Saxena was to get a 55% equity stake in Paytm’s parent, One97 Communications, with Sharma owning the rest.

International

Major commercial plane crash deaths worldwide fell by more than 50% in 2019: group

To70 said the aviation industry spent significant effort in 2019 “focusing on so-called ‘future threats’ such as drones.” But the MAX crashes “are a reminder that we need to retain our focus on the basics that make civil aviation so safe: well-designed and well-built aircraft flown by fully informed and well-trained crews.”

Vatican tribunal processes ‘Tsunami’ of clergy sex abuse complaints

“We’re effectively seeing a tsunami of cases at the moment, particularly from countries where we never heard from (before),” said Monsignor John Kennedy, the head of the congregation’s discipline section, which processes the cases.He was referring to allegations of abuse that occurred for the most part years or decades ago. Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Italy and Poland have joined the U.S. among the countries with the most cases arriving at the congregation, known as the CDF.

Piracy Surges Along Southeast Asia’s Straits of Malacca and Singapore

The straits’ location between the Indian and Pacific oceans has made it one of Asia’s major trading and fuel storage hubs. More than 140,000 vessels larger than 75 gross tonnes arrived at Singapore’s ports last year, up 7% from 10 years ago, according to data from Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore

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