Mangaluru Urban Development Authority's former Chairman M Sanjeev no more
Mangaluru: Former Chairman of Mangaluru Urban Development Authority and senior JD(S) leader M Sanjeev passed away on Monday afternoon at his residence at Kadri. He was 86.
He was close aide of the senior leadership of JD(S) and Janata Parivar.
Sanjeev right from his school days was involved in social service and had taken part in the freedom struggle during his school days. He was also an activist during the emergency posed by Indian government and was jailed several times under MISA laws. Later during land reform movement in India, Sanjeev helped the poor families to secure land under the bill.
He was also a close aide of former Karnataka CM D Ramakrishna Hegde and former Prime Minister Deve Gowda. Deve Gowda said that Sanjeev worked for people without any political motive or any desire for political power.
Sanjeev had contested the Lok Sabha Election on JD(S) ticket once and had lost the election by a small margin. He was then appointed as the Mangaluru Urban Development Authori Chairman. Several developmental projects were undertaken by the authority under his chairmanship.
According to the reports his funeral rites will carries out on Monday evening at 6.pm
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US renews sanctions waiver for purchase of Russian oil
Washington (PTI): The United States has extended by a month a waiver from sanctions to allow countries to buy petroleum products from Russia, days after it ruled out renewal of the special measure.
The US Department of Treasury issued an order late Friday extending the waiver from sanctions on Russian oil that is already at sea on or before April 17 through May 16.
Earlier, the US had granted an exemption from sanctions to India for buying Russian oil for a month beginning March 5. A few days later, a similar waiver was extended to several other countries, which ended on April 11.
The general licence issued by the US on Friday does not authorise any transaction involving a person, entity or joint venture located in Iran, North Korea, Cuba, or parts of Ukraine.
On Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Washington would not be renewing the waiver for Russian oil and another for Iranian oil.
The previous waiver of sanctions had made available 140 million barrels of Russian oil already loaded on ships to global markets as prices soared against the backdrop of the US war with Iran.
"Effective April 17, 2026, General License No. 134A, which was dated March 19, 2026 and expired on April 11, 2026, is replaced and superseded in its entirety by this General License No. 134B," said the order issued by the Department of Treasury.
