Month: March 2023
Meet Dixit Joshi, the Indian-origin CFO of Credit Suisse
The UBS deal of acquiring its embattled Swiss rival Credit Suisse for $3.25 billion was finalised after weekend meetings involving teams that report to Dixit…
PE/VC investments nearly halve in Feb 2023: Report
Investments by private equity and venture capital funds declined by 44 per cent to USD 3.7 billion in February compared to the same period a…
Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrives in Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin
MOSCOW: Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived in Moscow on Monday on a three-day visit that offers a strong political boost for Russian President Vladimir Putin…
Benjamin Netanyahu softens judicial overhaul after Joe Biden call
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a softening on Monday of his hard-right government’s judicial overhaul plan, an apparent bid to calm more than…
Sensex slumps by 360 pts to end at 57,628, Nifty settles at 16,988
Benchmark Sensex declined by 360 points while the Nifty closed below the 17,000-level on Monday due to a sell-off in financials, IT and capital goods…
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina offers India to use Chattogram, Sylhet ports
DHAKA: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has offered India to utilise the country’s ports in Chattogram and Sylhet, asserting that it would boost connectivity and…
sea: India to harvest record mustard crop in 2022-23, finds SEA’s crop survey
India is heading for a record Rapeseed-Mustard crop of 115.25 lakh tones in 2022-23 as remunerative prices in the past year encourage record plantings of…
FM Sitharaman: No direction on loading Rs 2,000 notes in ATMs: FM Sitharaman
No instructions have been given to banks for filling or not filling Rs 2,000 notes in Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) as lenders make their own…
Sikh student assaulted in Canada; turban ripped off
TORONTO: In an apparent hate crime, a 21-year-old Sikh student from India was attacked in Canada’s British Columbia province by a group of unknown men…
China says ICC should avoid ‘double standards’ after Putin warrant
BEIJING: China on Monday called on the International Criminal Court to avoid what it called ‘double standards’ and respect immunity for heads of state, after…