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May 14, 2024 3:54 PM

Asia to contribute 60% of global growth in 2024: IMF official

Asia continues to power ahead as the engine of the global economy, with the region expected to contribute a massive 60% to world growth in 2024, a senior International Monetary Fund (IMF) official stated on Monday. Speaking at the 13th IMF-Japan High-Level Tax Conference for Asian Countries in Toky...

May 14, 2024 1:46 PM

Melinda Gates to exit Gates Foundation with $12.5 bln for own charity work

Melinda French Gates is leaving the charitable foundation she co-founded with former spouse Bill Gates more than 20 years ago and will get $12.5 billion for her own work to uplift women and families, she said on Monday. The billionaire benefactors parted ways in 2021 after 27 years of marriage but ...

September 16, 2024 6:07 PM

Indian stocks in green for second day after heavy sell-off

Indian equity markets opened marginally higher on Tuesday, extending gains from the previous session, primarily driven by fresh buying after the recent dip. At 9.19 am, the Sensex was trading at 72,979.48 points, up 203.34 points or 0.28 percent, while the Nifty was at 22,177.15 points, up 73.10 po...

May 11, 2024 5:35 PM

Musk’s Starlink satellites disrupted by major solar storm

Starlink, the satellite arm of Elon Musk's SpaceX, warned on Saturday of a "degraded service" as the Earth is battered by the biggest geomagnetic storm due to solar activity in two decades. Starlink owns around 60% of the roughly 7,500 satellites orbiting Earth and is a dominant player in satellite...

May 11, 2024 5:20 PM

India’s forex reserves rise USD 3.7 billion in latest week

India's foreign exchange reserves witnessed a significant rebound, rising by $3.668 billion to $641.590 billion in the week ended May 3, according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). This increase comes after three consecutive weeks of decline. Prior to the reporting period, the co...

May 11, 2024 3:20 PM

Ireland hand Pakistan a reality check before T20 World Cup

Pakistan were handed a sobering reality check ahead of next month's 20-overs World Cup, following their first ever loss on Friday in a T20 International to Ireland in Dublin. Put into bat, Pakistan managed a modest 182-6 against the limited bowling resources of their opponents at the Castle Avenue....

May 11, 2024 2:39 PM

PM Modi’s mega Patna roadshow to kick off in Bihar

In a major show of BJP, PM Modi, the star campaigner for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is set to hold a massive roadshow in Patna on Sunday. This will be the first-ever roadshow by a Prime Minister in the state. According to the state BJP office, the roadshow will commence from Dak Bungalow Cro...

May 11, 2024 1:38 PM

Kejriwal offers prayers at Hanuman Temple, ahead of roadshow later today

A day after he was released on interim bail from Tihar Jail Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal offered prayers at the Hanuman Temple in Connaught Place in the national capital He was accompanied by wife Sunita Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. Ahead of his visit, Kejriwal said he is ha...

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