Month: June 2023
Chinese President Xi holds talks with US secretary of state Blinken in Beijing
BEIJING: President Xi Jinping hosted Antony Blinken for talks in Beijing on Monday, capping two days of high-level talks by the US secretary of state…
Chinese President Xi holds talks with US secretary of state Blinken in Beijing
BEIJING: President Xi Jinping hosted Antony Blinken for talks in Beijing on Monday, capping two days of high-level talks by the US secretary of state…
MCA to intensify crackdown on shell firms
The ministry of corporate affairs (MCA) is planning to harden a crackdown on non-functional (shell) companies, having already struck off hundreds of thousands of such…
India UK trade: As UK introduces DCTS, Indian goods worth $960 mn to lose concessional duty access
Indian goods worth $960 million will lose their concessional duty access due to the UK’s new Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) that will supersede the…
Defence innovation summit to accelerate US-India co-development and co-production
WASHINGTON: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s State Visit to the US, a select group of eminent defence sector firms from the two nations will…
Ugandan border town buries victims of rebel massacre that left 42 dead, mostly students
KAMPALA (UGANDA): A bereaved Ugandan border town on Sunday began burying the victims of a brutal attack on a school by suspected extremist rebels that…
Gunbattle in Jenin: 3 Palestinians killed, 29 others wounded in Israeli raid in West Bank
JERUSALEM: Israeli troops killed three Palestinians, including a minor, and wounded at least 29 others during a massive gunbattle with militants in the streets of…
Blinken, Wang tackle tough issues as possible Xi meet looms
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed Taiwan and other thorny issues with China’s top diplomat Wang Yi in Beijing on the final day of…
2000 note ban: Rs 2000 notes cleanup: How the demise of the pink notes is set to supercharge India’s economy
In what may be a consolation to the worried citizens of the country, the Reserve Bank of India‘s decision to withdraw Rs 2,000 banknotes from…
Japan: Wages are finally rising in Japan, as inflation eats away at consumer gains
TOKYO: Wages are rising in Japan more than they have in decades, at least for some workers. But so are prices, leaving many people feeling…