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☆ Gadhimai festival: Buffaloes, goats, pigeons killed in Nepal mass sacrifice that activists say needs to end
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-09 | by ( Esha Mitra | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Participants believe that sacrificing animals in the Gadhimai temple pleases the Goddess Gadhimai, who will then grant them wishes or good fortune. Hindu devotees observe baby male buffaloes prepared for sacrifice during the Gadhimai Festival in Nepal's Bara district. Cattles are prepared to offer to please Gadhimai at Gadhimai temple in Bariyapur, Bara, Nepal. Buffaloes are rescued by HSI/India at Indo-Nepal border checkpoints ahead of this year's Gadhimai festival. Hindu devotees travel with a goat of Gadhimai Festival in Baryarpur on December 2, 2019.

Persons: Gadhimai, Nepal’s, Shyam Prasad Yadav, HSI ‘, Upendra Kushwaha, ” Kushwaha, Kushwaha, ” Shristi Bhandari, Jane Goodall, HSI, Navesh Chitrakar, ”, Yadav, Bhandari, ” Bhandari, Shaili Shah, ” Sneha Shrestha, Prakash Mathema, Shrestha, there’s, ” Shrestha Organizations: CNN, Animal, Humane Society International India, Jane Goodall Institute Nepal, Reuters, Volunteers, Indian Supreme, . Buffaloes, Humane Society, Federation of Animal Welfare, Getty Locations: Bariyarpur, Nepal, India, Gadhimai, Nepal's Bara, HSI India, Bariyapur, Bara, Baryarpur, AFP

☆ Adani Group founder Gautam Adani is once again Asia's richest person
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-05 | by ( Charmaine Jacob | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Gautam Adani is the richest person in Asia again, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index's updated figures Friday. The founder and chairman of the Adani Group regained pole position in Asia after dethroning Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, who took the top spot after Hindenburg Research accused the Adani Group of "brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud" over decades. The report eroded investor confidence and wiped out billions in market value for Adani Group companies. The Adani Group has 10 publicly listed companies, including Adani Port which was 2.8% higher on Asia's Friday afternoon trading session. As of Friday, Adani's net worth stood at $97.6 billion and he was the world's 12th richest person, while Ambani's wealth stood at $97 billion and he was in 13th place, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Persons: Gautam Adani, Index's, Mukesh Ambani, Hindenburg, Ambani's Organizations: Bloomberg, Adani Group, dethroning Reliance, Hindenburg Research, Adani, Securities, Exchange Board of India Locations: Asia

☆ India's top court rejects govt plea seeking more compensation for Bhopal gas disaster victims
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Arpan Chaturvedi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] A view of the Indian Supreme Court building is seen in New Delhi December 7, 2010. REUTERS/B MathurNEW DELHI, March 14 (Reuters) - India's Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the government's plea seeking more compensation from Union Carbide Corporation for victims of a gas leak in the central Indian city of Bhopal that resulted in one of the world's worst industrial disasters. Following the disaster, the government sued Union Carbide and the company agreed to pay an out-of-court settlement of $470 million in damages in 1989. The government approached the country's top court in 2010 seeking enhanced compensation for the victims. Dow Chemical, which now owns Union Carbide, denied liability, saying it bought the company a decade after Union Carbide settled its liabilities with the Indian government.

☆ Adani Group Stocks’ Recovery Is on Shaky Ground
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Megha Mandavia | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Shares of embattled Adani Group companies have taken a wild ride over the past six weeks. Recent moves by the conglomerate have helped put a floor under stock and bond prices, but clawing back further ground could be difficult, unless a new panel appointed by the Indian Supreme Court completely clears the group of wrongdoing.

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) in October fined Alphabet Inc-owned Google (GOOGL.O) $161 million for exploiting its dominant position in Android, which powers 97% of smartphones in India, and asked it to change restrictions imposed on smartphone makers related to pre-installing apps. "Google will be required to make far-reaching changes to the Android mobile platform which has been in place for the last 14-15 years." Google licenses its Android system to smartphone makers, but critics say it imposes restrictions like mandatory pre-installation of its own apps that are anti-competitive. The CCI in October ordered Google to not prohibit un-installing of its apps by Android phone users in India -- currently, one can't delete apps such as Google Maps or YouTube from their Android phones when they come pre-installed. "No other jurisdiction has ever asked for such far-reaching changes based on similar conduct," Google said in its court submissions.

The four gay couples want a Supreme Court ruling that modifies or interprets laws in a way that allows same-gender marriages, the court filings show. The United States this month approved legislation that provides federal recognition to same-sex marriages in a bid to further safeguard gay rights. The law ministry has opposed same-sex marriages in the past and said courts should stay away from the law-making process that falls under parliament's purview. The Supreme Court has given the government until Jan. 6 to submit its responses. "A decision on same-sex marriage in the near future is inevitable.

While the government's decision to repeal the colonial-era sodomy law was cheered as a symbolic victory for the gay community, many worry LGBT families will continue to suffer under public policies that favour heterosexual marriages and families. But influential conservative groups that strongly opposed lifting the gay sex ban make it politically uncomfortable for the ruling party to further change laws. An alliance of more than 80 Singaporean churches has decried repealing the gay sex ban as an "extremely regrettable decision" that "celebrates homosexuality". 'PUNISHING THE CHILD'LGBT families in Singapore now worry that further change will not come in time for them. The government did not respond to Reuters' questions about the rights of LGBT families and their children's residency and access to education.

Karnataka state's ban on the garment in schools in February unleashed protests by Muslim students and their parents. "We have a divergence of opinion," said Supreme Court Justice Hemant Gupta, one of two judges on the panel. The chief justice would set up a larger bench to further consider the case, they said but did not say by when that could happen. Supreme Court decisions apply nationwide. "Hopefully, the chief justice will set up the larger bench soon and we will have a definitive verdict," he said by telephone.

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