United Nations: As the Ukraine conflict completed one year, the United Nations passed an anti-Russian resolution. The resolution demanded that Russia withdraw its troops from Ukraine and stop the bloodshed. Although a majority passed this resolution, 29 countries, including India, abstained from voting in favour of the said resolution and against Russia. At the same […]
New Delhi: Trilateral cooperation between India, France and the UAE has been established at a time when the Ukraine conflict, China’s moves in the Indo-Pacific region and other geopolitical developments at the global level have gained momentum. The foreign ministers of the three countries had a phone discussion on Saturday and a final decision was […]
Washington/London/Brussels: The world’s leading central banks have again announced interest rate hikes, amid signs of a global economic slowdown. The European Central Bank, the Bank of England, and the US Federal Reserve increased interest rates. The Federal Reserve increased by 0.25 per cent, and the United States’ interest rate reached 4.75 per cent. Jerome Powell, […]
New Delhi: UN General Assembly (UNGA) President Csaba Korosi has been on a three-day visit to India. This is the first visit of Korosi, who took over as the President of the 77th General Assembly of the United Nations four months ago. He chose India for this, which the Indian Ministry of External Affairs welcomed. […]
Paris: It will be ensured that the United States does not treat the European Union as inferior to its neighbours Canada and Mexico. European countries will never tolerate such behaviour. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has indicated that European countries have taken an aggressive stance against the United States’ ‘Inflation Reduction Act’. On Sunday, France and […]
Moscow – Russia’s possibility of a new invasion of Ukraine has escalated. Besides, Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the expansion of the Russian Defence Forces. Accordingly, the soldier strength in the Russian Defence Forces will be increased to 15 lakhs. Currently, the soldier strength in the Russian Defence Forces counts ten lakhs. Moreover, the […]
Davos – The World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have warned that the world will face a recession in 2023. There has been a new addition to these regular warnings of a global recession received at certain intervals. The World Economic Forum – WEF report also warned that a global recession would be this […]
New Delhi: Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das informed that India is discussing with South Asian countries the use of the rupee for cross-border trade. The governors of the Reserve Bank have said that Bhutan and Nepal are trying to use India’s ‘UPI’ facility to a greater extent. While the pilot project of the Digital Rupee […]
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet has approved the National Green Hydrogen Mission and approved a provision of around Rs 19,744 crore. According to this, 50 lakh metric tonnes of green hydrogen will be produced yearly for the next five years. An investment of around eight lakh crore rupees has been expected in this sector by […]
Nicosia: Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar assured that the issues of price and availability of energy, food and fertilisers are a threat to the economy of the countries of the global south. Hence these issues will be on priority for India in the G20 meeting. Jaishankar, while visiting Cyprus, strongly presented India’s position on […]