Hong Kong: The heat of the Hong Kong protests, continuing for the more than last six months seems to be increasing by the day. The Hong Kong agitators have taken an aggressive stance against the Chinese traders and industries, operating in Hong Kong and are demanding that they should leave the city. Protests have started […]
New Delhi: The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has expressed a hope that the Indian economy is expected to rebound in 2020. The CII President said that this would become possible because of the corrective measures taken by the central government and the Reserve bank of India. The CII President said that the negative trend […]
New Delhi: The measures taken by the government for the public sector banks reeling under the pressures of non-productive loans, have been implemented successfully as Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman claimed that 13 banks had declared profits in the first six months of this year. The Finance Minister gave this information after the meeting with […]
Lumpur: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammed advised that the Islamic countries should start using Gold Dinar as currency or barter exchange system. Mahathir Mohammed expressed confidence that this would facilitate countering sanctions imposed by countries like the United States. Iran and Turkey have supported the idea, and there are indications that steps will be initiated […]
Washington: The United States has expedited moves to reduce Chinese domination in the Rare Earth Minerals, necessary in the defence sector. The US defence department has submitted a proposal to stock Rare Earth Minerals equivalent to six months consumption. A few months ago, China had cautioned that the Rare Earth Minerals may prove to be […]
Washington: The US Secretary of Defence, Mark Esper, has stated that the US military will be used to counter China and Russia, along with the Indo-Pacific sector, by reducing the deployment in Afghanistan and other regions. Esper made this statement while speaking at the programme organised by the study group Reagan National Defence Forum. These […]
Prague/Jerusalem: Israel has decided to provide Iron Dome radar systems to the Czech Republic. The agreement to that effect was signed between the two countries in the Czech Republic capital, Prague last week. The deal is worth $125 million, and Israel would be supplying 8 Iron Dome systems to the Czech Republic under the agreement. […]
Moscow: The chief of Russian northern fleet warned, “In the last few years, NATO has increased the number of war exercises in the Arctic region. These exercises include nuclear submarines, aircraft carriers and special forces as well as advanced modern weapons also have been used. The extent of the exercises has been widened and it […]
Washington: Experts in the technology and Finance sectors claimed that many jobs and employment opportunities, in the finance sector, have started disappearing because of the use of ‘Artificial Intelligence’ (AI) and the trend will continue. This claim was made in the Congressional hearing and Professor Marcos Prado warned that 6.1 million jobs in the finance, […]
Washington/Beijing: US President Donald Trump issued a stern warning to the world bank saying that China has enormous amounts of funds and even if it does not, it will create it; therefore, under any circumstances, the world bank should not fund China. Only a few days ago, the world bank decided to provide billions of […]