India extends $50 million budgetary support to Maldives for another year
India has extended budgetary support to the Maldives government in the form of a rollover of the $50 million Treasury Bill for another year on the Maldivian government’s request, the Indian High Commission in the Maldives announced on Thursday. At the request of the Maldivian government, the State Bank of India (SBI) has subscribed the $50 million government Treasury Bills (T-bills) issued by the Ministry of Finance of the Maldives for a period of one more year upon the maturity of the previous subscription on September 19.
Odisha: Army officer’s friend alleges sexual harassment by police after arrest
The woman friend of an Army officer, who was arrested in Bhubaneswar for allegedly misbehaving with the police, claimed that she was sexually harassed after being taken into custody. The woman, arrested by personnel of the Bharatpur Police Station on September 15, was on Thursday released on bail granted by the high court.
Speaking to reporters, the woman said she was returning home with her friend, the Army officer, after closing her restaurant late at night when some men allegedly misbehaved with them.
RG Kar Hospital case: Kolkata doctors end cease-work, to resume essential duties from Saturday
Junior doctors in West Bengal announced a partial suspension of their work stoppage, following Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s recent decision to remove high-ranking police and health officials as demanded.
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