[ad_1] Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is set to return to the kingdom on Tuesday, the same day as a key parliamentary vote could end a political deadlock, his daughter said. The 74-year-old billionaire was ousted in a 2006 military coup and has spent 15 years in self-exile. Mr. Thaksin has long said he […]
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Morgan Stanley expects retail inflation to moderate to Reserve Bank of India’s 6 per cent upper tolerance target only from November. Retail inflation in India rose sharply in July to 7.44 per cent and in the process breached RBI‘s 6 per cent upper tolerance target, largely due to a sharp spurt in […]
[ad_1] Taliban supporters celebrate on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul at a street near the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2023. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Afghanistan’s Taliban government on Tuesday marked the second anniversary of their return to power, with supporters celebrating as critics denounced ever-tightening restrictions on women’s rights. […]
[ad_1] MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank has selected global consultancy firms McKinsey and Company India LLP and Accenture Solutions Pvt Ltd India to develop systems using artificial intelligence and machine learning for its supervisory functions. The RBI is looking to extensively use advanced analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning to analyse its huge database and improve […]
[ad_1] File photo of Russian President Vladimir Putin. | Photo Credit: AP Responding to questions about Russian President Vladimir Putin visiting India to attend the G-20 summit next month, the Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) of Russian Embassy in India, Roman Babushkin, said on Friday that a decision on the “level” of delegation for the […]
[ad_1] MUMBAI: What took a year for SIP mop-up a decade ago, now needs just a month. Systematic investment plan contributions crossed the Rs 15,000-crore mark for the first time in July, industry data showed, reports Aseem Gujar. In FY14, MFs collected Rs 14,500 crore through SIPs in the entire fiscal. The steady rise in […]
[ad_1] Workers clear the railway tracks, a day after a train derailed in Sarhari town in the district Sanghar, Pakistan August 7, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Investigators scoured the wreckage on August 7 of a weekend train derailment that killed at least 34 people, the latest deadly crash to hit Pakistan’s antiquated railway network. […]
[ad_1] Lenders to one of India’s hottest tech startups, Byju’s, created bogus default claims tied to a $1.2 billion loan as part of a scheme to gain control of the education-technology provider, the firm’s lawyer told a judge. The distressed-debt lenders are “playing hardball” to create leverage in negotiations to restructure the loan and causing […]
[ad_1] Esther Hayut, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Israel, center, sits on the bench with justices Uzi Vogelman, left, and Issac Amit, right, during a hearing on a petition against a law that limits removal of a prime minister from office to medical and mental incapacitation. | Photo Credit: AP Israel’s Supreme Court […]
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Diesel sales dipped in July from a year ago as widespread rains and flooding in many parts of the country disrupted mobility and farm activity but petrol consumption grew on people’s continued preference for personal vehicles. Preliminary industry data shows diesel demand in July falling 4.3% and petrol consumption growing 3.8% from […]
