India asks US to release funds frozen over suspected Russia diamond link: Sources – ET Retail

Representative image India has asked the United States to release $26 million belonging to at least two Indian diamond firms frozen due to their alleged trade links with sanctioned Russian diamond major Alrosa, three Indian sources told Reuters. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the U.S. Treasury unit that oversees sanctions, froze the funds…

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‘He paid price for his humanity’: Wife of conductor who killed self after losing job | India News – Times of India

AGRA/BAREILLY: In a corner of the brick-and-mud house with chipping balustrade that Mohit Yadav called his home in Mainpuri’s Nagla Khushali village, there is a small wooden shrine before which he prayed every morning. Towards the end, as Mohit hurtled to his death, unable to deal with his joblessness after UPSRTC terminated his contract as…

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