Month: June 2023
China on course to achieve 5% economic growth target in 2023: Li Qiang
TIANJIN, China: China is on course to achieve its five percent target for economic growth for 2023 set by Beijing earlier this year, premier Li…
Olivia Chow: Canada’s Toronto elects first woman of colour as mayor
TORONTO: Leftist candidate Olivia Chow was elected Monday as mayor of Canada’s largest city, ending more than a decade of conservative rule.She is the first…
One dead in ‘gang’ shooting in Sydney’s Bondi neighborhood
SYDNEY: Australian police said a man was killed in Sydney’s famed Bondi neighbourhood Tuesday, in what local media called a “gang hit”.A police cordon was…
finance: India’s current account likely turned to surplus in Jan-March: Poll
India‘s current account balance likely turned positive in January-March, marking the first quarterly surplus in nearly two years thanks to a narrower trade deficit and…
Canada’s largest city elects first woman of colour as mayor
TORONTO: Leftist candidate Olivia Chow was elected Monday as mayor of Canada‘s largest city, ending more than a decade of conservative rule.She is the first…
John B Goodenough, the Nobel-winning creator of lithium-ion battery, dies at 100
John B Goodenough, the scientist who shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his crucial role in developing the revolutionary lithium-ion battery, the rechargeable…
UK Labour leader declares he has ‘reset party’s relationship with India’
LONDON: Opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer emphasised the importance of “modern India” to a Labour government (should the party win the next general election) in…
Radios, tape recorders, 2-in-1s remain on CPI playlist
Radios, tape recorders, 2-in-1s and VCD/DVD players have long gone off shopping lists but they still figure in the 300 items tracked for price tag…
Confusion on LRS tweak days before rollout; junk it: Experts
With the July 1 deadline for its controversial tax on international credit card spends looming, the government is still working on knotty issues to evolve…
Banks told to push foreign trade in Rupee
Banks are being nudged to popularise the settlement of cross-border trade in rupee. While many businesses – driven by commercial convenience, balance of payments, and…