Month: June 2023
Antony Blinken on rare Beijing visit in bid to lower temperature
BEIJING: Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday began the highest-level trip by a US official to China in nearly five years as the two…
Executed women haunt, inspire Iranian Bahais 40 years on
PARIS: One by one, the 10 women, mostly aged under 30, went defiantly to their deaths by hanging in a city square in Shiraz in…
Blinken arrives in Beijing on high-stakes mission to cool soaring US-China tensions
BEIJING: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Beijing early Sunday on a high-stakes diplomatic mission to try to cool exploding US-China tensions that…
RBI denies reports of missing banknotes, assures proper accounting and systems in place
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has refuted recent reports about missing banknotes printed by banknote printing presses. The RBI clarified that these reports were…
How the right policy mix & economic transformation can create market winners in India
Thronged by hundreds of people, including some Bollywood celebrities, Tim Cook’s excitement was palpable as the chief executive officer of Apple Inc. officially opened its…
electric scooters: E-scooter launch: startups outpace legacy auto companies
Startups have outpaced established automobile manufacturers in launching electric two-wheelers, accounting for more than 10 of the 18 new models on offer in 2022-23, even…
Kerala man stabbed to death in Southhampton Way Camberwell
LONDON: In yet another horrific stabbing of an Indian in the UK, a 38-year-old from Kerala was killed in Southhampton Way Camberwell on Friday by…
Pak law to pave way for Nawaz Sharif’s poll return
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)-led governing coalition on Saturday piloted legislation aimed at nipping life bans on parliamentarians, an apparent attempt to pave the…
‘Not correct’: RBI on reports of missing ₹500 notes from Indian economy
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has responded to recent claims regarding “missing ₹500 banknotes” printed by banknote printing presses and stated that these reports…
In next 3-5 years, 6.5% GDP growth is par: Bibek Debroy
In 2022-23, the real GDP growth was 7.2%. This was higher than what many people had expected. Many forecasters underestimated India’s growth recovery and momentum….