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A United Nations human rights expert today welcomed the United Kingdom’s decision to limit lawsuits from so-called vulture funds that prey on the debts of the world’s poorest nations, and asked that the initiative be extended to cover the country’s overseas territories and dependencies. Full Article

The CBI will file its final chargesheet on Rs 14,000-crore Satyam fraud after receiving responses to the Letters of Rogatory (LoR) seeking information in this regard from six countries, Parliament was informed on Thursday. The CBI is reported to have sent LORs -- a formal request sent from the court of one country to a foreign court for judicial assistance -- to six countries: the USA, the UK, Belgium , British Virgin Islands , Mauritius and Singapore . Full Article

The government has initiated an inquiry into Cadbury India's takeover by US-based Kraft Food Inc on Delhi High Court's directive, for alleged tax evasion and flouting of buyout norms. The Finance Ministry has initiated the inquiry under the Income Ta Full Article

The government’s key body on foreign investments has rejected Jaipur IPL’s proposal to induct foreign equity into the company. The decision by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) creates problems for the shareholders of the Indian Premier League franchisee that owns the Rajasthan Royals team, but experts say it will not affect the functioning of the company. Full Article

For the purposes of paragraph 2 of this Article, and subject to paragraph 5 of this Article, the term 'fees for technical services' means payments of any kind to any person in consideration for the rendering of any technical or consultancy services (including the provision of services of technical or other personnel) which: Full Article