Politics

The first two years of the Covid-19 pandemic saw incomes of 99 per cent of humanity fall and over 16 crore people were forced into poverty even as the world's ten richest men saw their fortune more than double to $1.5 trillion (over Rs 111 lakh crore) at a rate of $1.3 billion (Rs 9,000 crore) a day, a new study showed on Monday.In its report…

Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries last weekend by the Vietnam News Agency. -President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam arrived in Seoul on December 4 afternoon (local time), beginning a state visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK).The visit, from December 4-6, is made at the invitation…

MOSCOW — The West is legalizing marriage between people and animals. Ukraine’s leaders are as bad as Hitler, and the country’s nationalists are “nonhumans.”These are the views found in President Vladimir V. Putin’s inner circle, among the top Russian security officials who are likely to be at the table as their leader decides whether to launch…

Bill Overholt was the first person I am aware of to raise the possibility that on any metric – purchasing power parity, whatever – the Chinese economy would come to match in scale the US economy. That was in the very early 1990s, at which point it was generally regarded as a bizarre and unlikely observation. He proved to be right…

The fact is that Sitharaman has to step on the proverbial gas because data shows neither inflation (the stuff that traditionally angers BJP's committed lower-middle-class voters) nor jobs (the stuff that Congress and the Left keep shouting shrill about) seem to be favouring the powers-that-be.India's unemployment rate reached a four-month high…

FOR 21st January 2022By News18/ Updated: January 21, 2022, 05:55ISTMinute-by-minute news updates of happenings from around the world, with special focus on India. From daily coronavirus news about the probable third wave, number of infections, vaccination, and reopening of places and activities to all developments in the fields of politics,…

India stocks reach historic high levelsIndian stocks reached new highs in Monday's session.The Nifty 50 index, the flagship index on the National Stock Exchange of India, touched 18,611.05, breaching the previous intraday all-time high level of 18,604.45 seen on Oct. 19, 2021.The Sensex hit 62,690.39 in India's morning session, also exceeding…

US President Joe Biden will hold a news conference later today at the White House to mark his first year in office.The event is much anticipated, and that alone is a hint of how challenging this first year has been for the 79-year-old. The president does not give many news conferences. Critics suggest his team tries to shield him…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve signaled Wednesday that it plans to begin raising its benchmark interest rate as soon as March, a key step in reversing its pandemic-era low-rate policies that have fueled hiring and growth but also escalated inflation. With high inflation squeezing consumers and businesses and…

Lawmakers return to Washington this week to kick off a busy lame-duck session ahead of the holidays.And as economic data, Fed policy, and a potential government shutdown remain in focus, there are now protests in China over COVID lockdowns for investors to consider.With that in mind, here are three key stories to watch in business and politics…