Sri Lankan economy in major crisis; lacks funds to repay loans, foreign reserves drop

Sri Lankan economy in major crisis; lacks funds to repay loans, foreign reserves drop

Colombo – Sri Lanka, which has borrowed heavily from China, faces a massive financial crisis. Sri Lanka’s foreign exchange reserves have fallen sharply, with only three months’ worth of foreign reserves remaining. This has led Sri Lanka to impose restrictions on imports of various commodities. According to some reports, Sri Lanka also has no money […]

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India aims to become global hub for vehicle manufacturing in next five years: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari

India aims to become global hub for vehicle manufacturing in next five years: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari

New Delhi: Nitin Gadkari, the Union Minister for Road Transport and Micro, Small and Medium industry, said that goal has been set to make India the global hub for vehicle manufacturing, in the next five years and the government is working in that direction. Gadkari said that the policy to encourage the vehicle manufacturing industry […]

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India prepares to control Chinese FPI

India prepares to control Chinese FPI

New Delhi: The Indian government changed the rules for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to prevent China from acquiring Indian companies and taking undue advantage of the situation, created because of the Coronavirus pandemic. Now the union government has started preparations to make the rules governing the Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI) stricter, to stop the Chinese […]

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India’s fuel demand will return to normal – Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan

India’s fuel demand will return to normal – Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan

New Delhi: The Coronavirus pandemic has led to the nationwide lockdown. It has, in turn, hit the fuel demand. The month of April saw the demand plummet by 70 per cent. Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has, however, expressed confidence that the market will soon return to normal as the sales are increasing gradually.  After the […]

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Union Finance Minister announces additional benefits for the agricultural sector

Union Finance Minister announces additional benefits for the agricultural sector

New Delhi: On Friday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman declared additional benefits for the joint ventures of farmers and agriculture businesses. The Finance Minister also shared information regarding the new plans to be implemented for businesses such as fishery and pisciculture. Besides, vaccination programmes will be held for 53 crore cattle too. Most importantly, the Finance […]

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The global economy will take USD 20 trillion hit because of climate change, claims Russian news channel

The global economy will take USD 20 trillion hit because of climate change, claims Russian news channel

Moscow: A Russian news channel claimed that the global economy would take a blow to the tune of USD 20 trillion because of climate change. This claim is based on the reports published by various international groups, experts and insurance companies, over the last few months. The report says that the housing, fuel, tourism and […]

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