New Delhi: India has refused to sign the ‘Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership’ (RCEP) agreement. After this, China has increased cooperation with other regional countries to pressurise India to sign the agreement. While China has been taking these efforts, India has initiated steps to get the status ‘Generalised System of Preference’ (GSP) reinstated from the United […]
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Niamey: Since the last one year, the region known as the Sahel Sector in Africa has been facing a spate terror attacks. Although the African countries have united to fight the Al Qaeda and IS terrorists, the efforts are falling short. In view of this, the United States has activated its first airbase in Niger, […]
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New Delhi: In an effort to provide an impetus to the economy, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made a significant announcement of boosting the stalled housing projects. As per the announcement, 1,600 stalled housing projects will be provided with a package of ₹25,000 crores. Finance Minister Sitharaman said that the government would be distributing the first instalment […]
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Bangkok: The United States has announced a new scheme to counter the ambitious Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The information was given by Wilber Ross, the US Secretary for Commerce during the meeting of the Indo-Pacific Business Forum held in Bangkok. The scheme envisages providing huge funding for important projects in the Indo-Pacific sector, over the next few years. […]
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New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh warned ‘The forms of war are changing in the current times. With the lightning progress in information technology, it is not advisable to be prepared only for an accidental crisis. It has become mandatory to be prepared for threats arising from various quarters. Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data and […]
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Riyadh: Saudi Arabia warned that the freight ships and oil tankers, sailing through the Red Sea are under a threat of attacks by speed boats, loaded with explosives. The spokesman of the Saudi Defence Ministry expressed a concern that the ships sailing through this region will be sunk, using these remote-controlled speed boats. The spokesman […]
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Washington: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that the social tensions in the Arabic world are becoming intensifying, in view of the increasing unemployment and the consistently declining growth rates and the discontent is rising in these countries. This warning by the IMF becomes significant against the background of the agitations going on in […]
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Geneva: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has criticised, ‘The arrogance of the United States has been exposed with the announcement to deploy military in Syria, for the security of the oil assets, without taking permission from the Assad government. This is a blatant violation of Syrian sovereignty by the United States.’ Lavrov asked a sarcastic […]
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Let us continue with the overview of the progress achieved by Israel in the fields of science and technology. Considering the state of affairs in the year 1948 after Israel got its independence, it was natural for people to doubt even the chances of survival of this country. However, Israel not only survived but also […]
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Santiago: Emergency has been declared in Chile, which has been recognised as the most prosperous country in Latin America. Chilean President Sebastian Pinera has warned, ‘We are at war against a powerful enemy, who is willing to use violence without limits.’ Strong anti-government protests are being held in Chile since the last week and 12 people have […]
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