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November 6, 2024 9:00 PM
Donald Trump will likely dial back some of the antitrust policies pursued under the administration of President Joe Biden, potentially including a bid to break up Alphabet's Google over its dominance in online search, experts said. Trump is expected to continue cases against Big Tech, several of wh...
November 6, 2024 8:26 PM
Major stock markets around the world rallied on Wednesday, while bitcoin hit a record high and the dollar was set for its biggest one-day jump in four years as Donald Trump was elected U.S. president. Small cap U.S. stocks in particular were boosted by expectations that a Trump presidency would off...
November 6, 2024 6:47 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his supporters celebrated Donald Trump's election as president, hailing what a leader of the Israeli settler movement called an ally who would support them "unconditionally". Congratulating Republican Trump, Netanyahu said the former president had made ...
November 6, 2024 6:21 PM
India’s petrochemical industry is projected to surge to USD 300 billion next year, with the potential to grow to a staggering USD 1 trillion by 2040, according to Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri. Highlighting the sector's rapid transformation, Puri shared in a rece...
November 6, 2024 6:14 PM
Donald Trump's victory in the race to become the next U.S. president will have economic consequences for the rest of the world that are likely to be deep and quite immediate. If Trump enacts just a fraction of his pledges - from higher trade tariffs to deregulation, more oil drilling and more deman...
November 6, 2024 5:02 PM
New opportunities to reset relations between Moscow and Washington have opened up, the influential head of Russia's sovereign wealth fund said on Wednesday after Donald Trump declared victory in the U.S. presidential election. Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 triggered the biggest confrontation...
November 6, 2024 4:40 PM
A U.S. judge overseeing lawsuits accusing Harvard University of antisemitism on Tuesday narrowed but refused to dismiss a case by two advocacy groups accusing the Ivy League school of making it unbearable for Jewish students to study there. U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns said the Louis D. Bran...
November 6, 2024 4:15 PM
A contentious Swiss prohibition on facial coverings in public spaces widely known as the "burqa ban" will take effect on Jan. 1, the government said on Wednesday. Narrowly passed in a 2021 referendum in neutral Switzerland, and condemned by Muslim associations, the measure was launched by the same ...
November 6, 2024 4:00 PM
The Union Cabinet has approved the PM Vidyalaxmi scheme, aimed at easing financial barriers for middle-class students pursuing higher education. This initiative enables students admitted to higher education institutions to secure loans without collateral or guarantors, Union Information Minister Ash...
November 6, 2024 3:43 PM
External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar met with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Canberra on Wednesday, expressing appreciation for the expanding India-Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. During their discussion, Jaishankar conveyed warm greetings from Prime Minister N...
