Paris/Berlin/Rome: Effects of sharply escalating fuel prices resulting in peak inflation are being felt across leading European countries like France, Germany, and Italy. Professionals in France declared a nationwide strike against the government on Tuesday. It has received a positive response from all the strata of French society. Also, the protestors in Germany are expressing […]
Baghdad: In the last 24 hours, heavy rocket attacks occurred on two sensitive places in Iraq. As Iraq’s presidential election process was underway, nine rockets fell in the highly protected Green Zone area. Before that, there were eight rocket attacks on the natural gas plant in the Kurdistan province of Iraq. Media in Iraq are […]
Canberra: India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman warned the US and other advanced countries that they should take responsibility for the global consequences of their political and economic decisions. After the Ukraine conflict erupted, the US imposed sanctions on Russia, which have affected other countries more than Russia. Avoiding direct mention, the Finance Minister of India […]
Tehran: The anti-hijab movement has entered its third week and reached schools and colleges in Iran. Videos have surfaced of students thrashing a government employee who entered the school for compulsory hijab and then throwing the hijab away. Iran’s teachers’ union has also announced its support for the anti-hijab movement. The agitation flared up after […]
Brussels/ Moscow: The possibility of fresh sanctions on gas supply from Russia has shot the prices of gas by 10 %, taking it above 2000 dollars per 1000 cubic meters. This is the third instance of a 10% hike in natural gas prices in the last four days. A meeting of the European Union to […]
Singapore: ‘The golden age of globalisation that we have known for the past 30 years since the end of the Cold War is clearly over, and we are entering a new era, a new era that will be marked by greater geopolitical contestation,’ Singapore’s Finance Minister Lawrence Wong warned. At the ‘Forbes Global CEO Conference’ […]
New Delhi: After the conflict in Ukraine, the United States imposed sanctions on Russia’s dollar transactions. India and Russia started trading in Rupee-Rouble to avoid the effect on mutual trade. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that many countries are eager to do business with Indian Rupee. Sitharaman expressed satisfaction by saying that the […]
Seoul/Paris: Aggressive Chinese activities in the Indo-Pacific region are increasing tensions. In such a situation, the dictator of North Korea, Kim Jong-un, declared that his country was armed with nuclear weapons. By saying that this decision cannot be reversed, Kim Jong-un ruled out the possibility of nuclear non-proliferation. At the same time, North Korea has […]
Brussels: Due to flaring inflation and declining productivity, the European continent is predicted to be hit by the economic recession. Despite this threat of recession, the European Central Bank, the central bank of the European Union, has increased the interest rate by an unprecedented 0.75%. The impact of this interest rate hike has started to […]
New Delhi: The ongoing nuclear deal talks between the United States and Iran are in the final stages. All the more, after Iran tabled its proposal regarding the deal before the United States and Western nations, Iran’s foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian held a telephonic discussion with Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. As per the […]