The US think tank, Center for New American Security (CNAS) in its report published in March, recommends that US policymakers must “closely monitor” the Sino-Indian border conflict and be prepared to respond “quickly” if the conflict escalates.
The authors of...
The acronym began as a somewhat optimistic term to describe what were the world's fastest-growing economies at the time. But now the BRICS nations — Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa — are setting themselves up as an alternative to existing international financial...
The Indian rupee gained 24 paise to 81.78 against the US dollar (22.28 against the UAE dirham) in early trade on Monday tracking a positive trend in equities and foreign fund inflows.
At the Indian interbank foreign exchange, the rupee...
A panel of Sri Lankan experts constituted by the Pathfinder Foundation has identified Sri Lanka’s developmental sectors that could tie up with India and Japan in a trilateral effort to integrate the island nation with the South Asian and...
Every now and then, a story about some country seeking to diversify away from the US dollar kicks off a frenzy about the inevitable collapse of dollar dominance. Lately, there’s been more than a few such headlines, including:
Russia...
The Indian rupee strengthened to an over three-week high against the U.S. currency on Wednesday, as traders said foreign banks were selling dollars amid improved risk appetite in the market.
The rupee finished up 0.41% to 82.00 per dollar, having...
Rahul Gandhi’s expulsion from Parliament leaves the Indian National Congress party little time to recover ahead of next year’s national elections.
One hallmark of a parliamentary democracy is a loyal opposition: Non-governing parties are not deemed traitorous adversaries but rather...
There have been talks of a new world currency coming our way.
Benzinga reports the BRICS alliance is exploring the idea of an innovative currency and plans to share proposals at the upcoming summit in South Africa. BRICS is an acronym standing...
Breaking loose from Russia’s orbit after a long though low-key struggle, Finland joined NATO on Tuesday. The rupture is not surprising given the history of asymmetrical relations between the two countries.
However, Finland-Russia watchers do not anticipate belligerency in Helsinki’s...
Sri Lanka’s more recent as well as past history records too many occasions in which, willful and knowingly exercised wrongful actions and decision making, whilst in situations with serious conflicts of interests, by holders of office as Presidents, Ministers,...
The Stormy Daniels affair, which this week made Donald Trump the first US president ever to be criminally indicted, first reached the White House in February 2017.
“So picture this scene,” Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer and fixer, said in...
KARACHI, Pakistan, March 30 (Reuters) - China is working on a request from cash-strapped Pakistan to roll over a $2-billion loan that matured last week, a top finance ministry official told Reuters, amid a stalemate in bailout talks with...
