Indian-origin picked for apex court’s post
Singapore: A leading Indian-origin intellectual property lawyer of Singapore has been appointed as a judicial commissioner of the Supreme Court, according to an official statement. Dedar Singh Gill, 59, has been appointed by President Halimah Yaqoob as Judicial Commissioner for a period of two years.
French firm charged with crimes against humanity
Paris: French cement giant lafarge was charged on Thursday with complicity in crimes against humanity and financing a terrorist group for paying millions to jihadist groups, including the Wahhabi group ISIS, to keep a factory in Syria open during the war.
Market fire kills 15 in Kenya capital
Nairobi: A fire at Nairobi’s Gikomba market killed 15 people on Thursday, a Government official said, less than a year after a blaze to destroyed much of the Kenyan capital’s largest open-air market.