[ad_1] MUMBAI: Global financial services major JP Morgan has decided to include Indian government securities (G-Secs) in its emerging market bond index, a move seen to boost dollar inflows into the country and bring down the rate of interest.This is the first time Indian G-Secs have been added to a major global bond index.JP Morgan […]
[ad_1] File picture of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman | Photo Credit: via Reuters Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said in a U.S. television interview that his country was moving steadily closer to normalizing relations with Israel and also warned that if Iran gets a nuclear weapon, “we have to get one.” […]
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Billionaire investor and hedge fund manager Ray Dalio has said that India has the highest growth potential among the top 22 countries in the world and has compared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, who unleashed a wave of economic reforms in the late 1970s which transformed the […]
[ad_1] Petrol and diesel have become costlier by 20% since the caretaker government took over in August in Pakistan. | Photo Credit: Reuters Amid double-digit inflation, Pakistan’s caretaker government has effected yet another hike in the prices of petrol and diesel taking them to a historic high — over (Pakistani) Rs 330 per litre — […]
[ad_1] LONDON: From his hardware store in Cambridge, England, Neil Mackay has seen a sharp rise in the number of tools being stolen. This year he’s lost more than £1,000 ($1,248) worth of pliers, while his shop was broken into in January. Stealing has become so common that Mackay, 68, keeps a rogues’ gallery of […]
[ad_1] Morocco’s King Mohammed VI visits injured quake survivors at Mohammed VI University Hospital Center, following a powerful earthquake, in Marrakech, Morocco. | Photo Credit: Reuters Morocco’s king showed solidarity with his suffering nation Tuesday as it counts the dead from a powerful earthquake, visiting some of the injured at a hospital not far from […]
[ad_1] New Delhi: Asserting that the Indian aviation sector‘s growth fundamentals are strong, Boeing has said significant skilling of people to meet demand, rationalisation of fuel taxes and continued infrastructure investments will keep the growth going. Boeing, which has hundreds of aircraft on order from Indian carriers, has also announced various investments, including $100 million […]
[ad_1] It takes barely 10 minutes to reach the Kurunthurmalai hilltop, but the climb requires some manoeuvring of the uneven, slippery slope. Clutching the thick, white rope tied to tree trunks along the path is a safer option to get to the solitary spot that has now turned into a site of fierce contestation in […]
[ad_1] NEW YORK: Thirty-six states and the District of Colombia have reached an agreement in principle with Google to settle a lawsuit filed in 2021 over the tech giant’s alleged monopolistic control of app distribution for the software that runs most of the world’s cellphones.The agreement, cited in a court filing late Tuesday by both […]
[ad_1] People and members of the media gather along a street in a Christian neighbourhood, a day after the church buildings and houses were vandalised by protesters in Jaranwala, Pakistan on August 17, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Last month’s mob attacks on churches and homes of Christians in eastern Pakistan erupted after three Christians […]
