Google, which is facing antitrust investigation in India by fair trade watchdog Competition Commission of India (CCI), can face a penalty of up to about $5 billion if it is found to have violated competition norms of the country.

Google said it is "extending full cooperation" to the CCI in its investigation. The conclusion of a two-year review by the US antitrust watchdog has concluded that the company's services were good for competition, it added.

The case has been before the Competition Commission of India (CCI) as well for over two years now and it relates to allegations that Google is abusing its dominant position in the Internet search engine space.

Under competition regulations, an entity found violating the norms could be slapped with penalty of up to 10 per cent



Media Statement

Statement by the Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Richard Falk,

on the first anniversary of the Gaza war, 27 December 2009

UN expert urges pressure on Israel to end blockade of Gaza, and the implementation of the Goldstone Report

GENEVA – “People of conscience everywhere, as well as governments worldwide and the United Nations, should take note of the dire situation in Gaza,” says the Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Richard Falk, one year after the start of the Israeli military campaign against the Gaza Strip.

“The ordeal of the 1.5 million residents of Gaza affected by the Israeli blockade, over half of whom are children, has been allowed to continue without any formal objection by governments and at the UN,” stresses Falk.

For the independent expert, “so