The transfer to Encuentro Prison is part of President Noboa’s plan to curb criminal gang violence inside Ecuador’s overcrowded jails, where hundreds have died in recent years.
MEXICO CITY/QUITO (Reuters) -Ecuadorean authorities arrested former Vice President Jorge Glas on Friday evening, seizing him from the Mexican embassy and prompting Mexico to suspend bilateral
Ecuador is grappling with a security crisis that worsened this week with the on-air storming of a TV station, unexplained explosions in several cities & kidnapping of police officers.
This highlights challenges ahead for President Noboa, who took power in Nov after pledging to curb violence as drug trafficking gangs increasingly transport cocaine through Ecuador.
Villavicencio, a vocal critic of corruption & organised crime, was killed on Wednesday. A suspect later died of injuries sustained in shoot-out and 6 others have been arrested.
Reports suggest Nithyananda has set up ‘Hindu nation’ Kailaasa on an island near Ecuador, but the South American country says it never gave asylum to the ‘godman’.
Greens have a sizeable support in the Western countries with clean air and blue skies, but not in India, where poisonous air, water and soil kill millions.
The Centre is considering an increase in the National Company Law Tribunal's bench capacity, while the Standing Committee of Finance suggests fast-track courts.
The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
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