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Bank of Japan keeps monetary policy steady, brings new forward guidance on rates

The Bank of Japan kept its monetary policy steady on Thursday but introduced new forward guidance to more clearly signal the future chance of...

UK Govt can struggle to pass Brexit legislative timetable

Prime Minister Boris Johnson may struggle to pass his legislative timetable on Tuesday to lead the United Kingdom out of the European Union in...

Piyush Goyal says, Economic slowdown is in cyclic structure; Its right time to invest in India

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on October 15 said that the recent economic slowdown is a cyclic structural adjustment, and it is the...

FM Nirmala Sitharaman: Will honour contractual commitments under various energy pacts

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday, October 14, 2019, assured investors that India will honour contractual commitments under various energy agreements. “Commitments shall be honoured...

World Bank slashes India’s growth forecast to 6 percent, Warns “Severe” Slowdown

The World Bank on Sunday slashed its growth forecast for India's current fiscal year to 6 percent, down from 7.5 percent, warning that the...

U.S. Tech awakening, hundreds of Google, Amazon workers join climate change marches

SAN FRANCISCO: Hundreds of workers from Google, Amazon and other technology companies on Friday joined climate-change marches in San Francisco and Seattle, saying their...

Chandrayaan-2 mission has achieved 98% of its objectives: ISRO chief K Sivan

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman K Sivan on September 21 said the Chandrayaan-2 mission has achieved 98 percent of its objectives, even as...

Area 51 craze lures festive UFO hunters

Nevada: UFO enthusiasts drawn by alien-themed festivities have poured into rural Nevada near the Area 51 US military base, but fears of a mass...

Donald Trump says, “China is a threat to world”

Expressing concern over China's growing military might, US President Donald Trump has said the Communist nation is a threat to the world and blamed...

DCC approves Rs 8,588 cr telecom infra projects

The Digital Communication Commission on Thursday approved various telecom infrastructure projects, including roll out of more than 3,500 mobile towers for 4G services in...

Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell among groups to build five LNG terminals in Pakistan

Pakistan has approved the construction of five liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals by groups that include Exxon Mobil Corp and Royal Dutch Shell, aiming...

Nirmala Sitharaman announces ban on e-cigarettes

The Union Cabinet has proposed the ordinance for the complete ban on the sales and manufacturing of e-cigarettes inside the country. Speaking to the press,...

United States unveils plans to extend scrutiny of foreign investments

The US government outlined more detail on September 17 on its plans to beef up foreign investment oversight, including a proposal to permit the...

Government scraps 5 percent import duty on open cell TV panel

In a bid to boost domestic manufacturing, the government has removed 5 per cent custom duty imposed on import of open cell TV panel,...

Trade deal with China in the offing, says President Donald Trump

A trade agreement between the US and China is likely to happen either before or immediately after the American elections, President Donald Trump has...

Harsh Vardhan: “India to generate 175 GW of clean energy”

The Union Minister for Science and Technology, in Government on India, Harsh Vardhan on Monday said, “The Government of India is planning to generate...

Cash-strapped Pakistan to miss IMF’s Rs 75 billion tax refund condition

Cash-strapped Pakistan is set to miss the International Monetary Fund's condition to refund Rs 75 billion to taxpayers in the first quarter despite an...

Ex-PM Manmohan Singh says, “No, hope of becoming a $5 trillion economy, if the growth keeps going down.”

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on September 12 said there was no hope of Modi government's promise of $5 trillion economy becoming a reality...

Govt Of India to allow tech companies like Facebook, Google, Amazon to sell users public data

The Government of India is planning to make it mandatory for the tech companies like, “Facebook, Google, Amazon, and others, to sell public or...

Italy’s new government to use special powers on 5G supply deals

Italy’s new government on Thursday approved its use of special powers in supply deals for fifth-generation (5G) telecom services by a number of domestic...

Cisco partners with Google to roll out public WiFi service in Bengaluru.

US networking giant Cisco on July 29 said it is collaborating with Google for its 'gStation' offering that provides access to free and high-speed...

Australia Govt considers more regulation of Google and Facebook

The Australian government released a report Friday recommending tighter oversight over multinational digital platforms including Google and Facebook, to ensure fairness for other media...

UK Finance Minister Philip Hammond may resign, over no-deal Brexit

Finance Minister Philip Hammond said on Sunday he would resign if Boris Johnson became Britain’s new prime minister because he could not support a...

Haruhiko Kuroda, Governor of Bank of Japan, denounced Morden Economic Philosophy

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on July 19 denounced an economic philosophy that encourages the use of government spending as a primary policy...

France to introduce eco-tax on outbound flights

France will introduce an eco-tax on airlines flying out of France, which is expected to raise around 180 million euros ($201.67 million) from 2020,...

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner made as much as $135 million in revenue

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner took in as much as USD 135 million in revenue during their second year as aides to President Donald...

United Technologies, Raytheon partnered for $120 billion aerospace and defense business

United Technologies Corp agreed on June 9 to combine its aerospace business with US contractor Raytheon Co and create a new company worth about...

Sino-US trade war offers Europe’s chance to bank more Chinese reserves: Analysis

Should European countries want the euro to replace the dollar as the world's dominant reserve currency, the Sino-US trade war may offer a window...

Yoshihide Suga: Japan’s Government already planning steps to ease pain from sales tax hike

Japan's government is already planning to take sufficient steps to mitigate the pain a scheduled sales tax hike in October could inflict on the...

UAE, Saudi Arabia commits $3 billion as financial aid to Sudan

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates said they had agreed to send Sudan $3 billion worth of aid, throwing a lifeline to the...

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