- 22 November, 2024
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Sri Lanka’s economic collapse needs immediate global attention: UN experts
United Nations, Jul 21 (PTI) Sri Lanka’s economic collapse needs immediate global attention, not just from humanitarian agencies, but also from international financial institutions and other countries who must come…
Government imposes restrictions on sugar exports from June 1
New Delhi, May 24 (PTI) The government on Tuesday imposed restrictions on sugar exports from June 1, a move aimed at increasing availability of the commodity in the domestic market and…
RBI hikes interest rate by 40 bps to 4.40%
Mumbai, May 4 (PTI) The Reserve Bank on Wednesday increased the benchmark lending rate by 40 basis points (bps) to 4.40 per cent in a bid to contain inflation, which…
High oil prices behind inflation in India, monetary tightening needed: IMF
Washington, Apr 27 (PTI) The surge in oil prices due to the Ukrainian war has pushed up inflation in India, which needs monetary tightening and measures to address structural weaknesses…
RBI trims FY23 growth forecast to 7.2 pc amid geopolitical uncertainties
Mumbai, Apr 8 (PTI) The Reserve Bank on Friday slashed economic growth projection to 7.2 per cent for the current fiscal from 7.8 per cent estimated earlier amid volatile crude…
‘Have to eat half’: Sri Lankans feel pain of spiralling economic crisis
MINUWANGODA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Thusitha Hadaragama stood at a corner store near his home in Sri Lanka's Minuwangoda town this week and surveyed groceries to buy for his family…
Didn’t join politics to check prices of ‘aloo & tamatar’: Pakistan PM Imran Khan
Lahore, Mar 13 (PTI) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Sunday that he did not join politics to check the prices of 'aloo and tamatar', as he attacked the…
Turkey’s Erdogan working on steps to boost interest in lira, media say
ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he was pleased with the lower volatility of the lira and that the government was working on steps to increase interest in the…
Explainer-Why a niche fuel market reform triggered major Kazakh protests
(Reuters) - Kazakhstan's slow-burning government reform of a niche market for car fuels brutally backfired this week, triggering the biggest public protests in years as demonstrators accused authorities of stealing…
Turkey’s Erdogan faces uphill battle to curb ‘exorbitant prices’
By Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan has wheeled a trolley around one of the new grocery stores he hopes will bring Turkey's "exorbitant" prices under control, but…
Imran Khan’s Winter of Discontent Approaching
The great paradox of Pakistan politics is that the stronger a leader appears, the weaker he becomes; conversely, the weaker a leader appears, the more stable his government becomes. The…
By Sushant Sareen
