HONG KONG, July 26: China's leadership pledged at a key Communist Party meeting this week to support the economy through a "tortuous" post-pandemic recovery, but offered very little detail on specific measures, causing mixed feelings among investors and economists. ADDITIONAL STIMULUS ALMOST GUARANTEES CHINA WILL REACH ITS 2023 GROWTH TARGET....
Senior government officials, sectoral experts and industry representatives came together in London for a first-of-its-kind discussion to explore synergies between India and the UK in the defence and military technology sector and work as a catalyst to enhance bilateral cooperation in the sphere. The UK-India Defence and Military Technology Cooperation workshop, organised by the...
Qin Gang was removed as China’s foreign minister by order of President Xi Jinping after a special meeting of the Standing Committee of National People’s Congress was held Tuesday. His profile on the foreign ministry website was deleted, and the news about his dismissal was censored on the Chinese...
China’s underperforming reopening is dragging down the global economic recovery, the IMF said on Tuesday, despite keeping its forecast for China’s growth unchanged. Maintaining its forecast of 5.2 per cent economic growth for China this year came in contrast to the International Monetary Fund’s upward revision on both India and...
Tenzing Yangki from Arunachal Pradesh, who racked the UPSC Civil Services Examination-2022 by securing 545th rank, has been alloted IPS to become the first female IPS officer of the state, but her cadre is not known yet. Yangki had earlier cleared the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) exam...
As per reports, NPCI International Payments Ltd (NIPL), the international arm of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), revealed that it has successfully issued over 10,000 RuPay cards in Bhutan. RuPay is a global card payment network from India that aims to promote low-cost digital payment solutions and...
Pakistan's plan to import future shipments of Russian crude oil under a government-to-government (G2G) mechanism has hit a roadblock as Moscow is frustrated with the delay by Islamabad in setting up a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to handle the payments and shipments. A Russian delegation visited Karachi last week to...
Ministry of External Affairs Secretary Sanjay Verma called on the Foreign Minister of Maldives, Abdulla Shahid and both the leaders discussed the steps that need to be taken to combat terrorism Taking to Twitter, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Maldives wrote, “Secretary, H.E. @SanjayVermalFS calls on Foreign Minister...
On 20 July, a BRICS currency would not be on the agenda of the bloc’s 15th summit, which is going to be held in Johannesburg this August. Earlier, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had said that the currencies would very much remain a national issue for a long time...
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s visit to India last week concluded with the unveiling of an ambitious new economic partnership aimed at firming up trade, energy and physical connectivity between the two countries and simultaneously helping the island nation overcome its continuing balance of payments crisis. Some measures included in...