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Paradise Papers leak reveals Queen’s offshore investments

London, November 6 : Millions of pounds from the private estate of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II have been invested in offshore tax haven funds, a huge new leak of financial documents have revealed, but the monarch’s estate managers defended the investments by calling them “fully” legitimate. The 91-year-old monarch’s investments appear among a series of […]

Paintings by Indian elephant auctioned off in Hungary

BUDAPEST : Paintings created by an Indian elephant who enjoys wielding a brush were auctioned off by a Hungarian traveling circus on Saturday.Three of 42-year-old elephant Sandra’s abstract canvasses, with colored lines flowing across them resembling rivers, fetched about 40,000 forints ($150) each.A painting depicting Sandra herself, done by a Hungarian painter, sold for 260,000 forints. […]

Amritsar-made drug makes its way to ISIS

– Alarmed, NCB to investigate Chandigarh : Italy’s police seized 24 million tramadol tablets at one of the country’s ports on Saturday. Manufactured in Amritsar for a Dubai-based company, the consignment was diverted mid-sea for Islamic State militants to fund their terror activities. Alarmed, Indian and US agencies are investigating the matter. Tramadol, an opiod […]