SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 8 December 2022 – Current Asia e-commerce giant WhaleBoost had just announced the expansion of its cross-border e-commerce platform this month, targeting Sri Lanka as its next market. WhaleBoost has made it easier for aspiring entrepreneurs by creating online market spaces that serve as products advertisement to reach out for a wider customer base with their existing businesses. “With this operation, we […]
By Anjan Roy The global oil market is entering a critical phase as the European Union’s price cap for Russian oils comes into immediate effect. The EU has set a price cap of $60 per barrel for Russian oils. Oil prices have hovered around $80 per barrel, and the EU price is not far below […]
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Matein Khalid Was King Dollar dethroned in November? The trade weighted US Dollar Index rose 20% from June 2021 to November 2022, its biggest bullish run since the year before the Plaza Accord in 1985. The macro ballast behind the King Dollar trend gained huge momentum after the Powell Fed abandoned its “inflation is transitory” mantra and began to raise interest rates in early 2022. The US […]
By Dr. Gyan Pathak December begins with two very bad news – first, the warning by the Global Wage Report 2022-23 by International Labour Organisation (ILO)of rising inflation that has caused a striking decline in real monthly wages highlighting the urgent need for policies to prevent further poverty, inequality and social unrest, and secondly the […]
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The Islamic State jihadist group said Wednesday that its leader Abu Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi has been killed in battle and announced a replacement. A spokesman for the group said Hashimi, an Iraqi, was killed “in combat with enemies of God”, without elaborating on the date of his death or the circumstances. Speaking in an audio […]
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By James M Dorsey Protest on the soccer pitch has proven to be a mixed blessing for World Cup host Qatar, exposing double standards in the Gulf state’s position as well as that of its critics. Qatar embraced protest when it supported Qatari policies, such as the Gulf state’s increasingly assertive denunciation of double standards […]
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By Saifur Rahman Abu Dhabi economy recorded 11.6 percent growth in the first half of 2022, compared to the corresponding period in 2021, according to a statement issued by the Statistics Centre – Abu Dhabi (SCAD), making it the fastest-growing economy in the world this year, as per available information. At the end of the first half of 2022, the real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at constant prices exceeded […]
By Sushil Kutty Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has a lot of explaining to do after his “explosive” interview in which he called arch rival Sachin Pilot “traitor” six times and would have made it a dozen if the interviewer hadn’t cut short the interview. “What’s happened to you Mr. Gehlot” was not a question […]
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Rajasthan BJP president Satish Poonia on Thursday rejected as baseless Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s allegations that his party had a role in the rebellion by a group of Congress MLAs led by Sachin Pilot in 2020. Poonia also said the BJP had nothing to do with the present crisis within the state Congress. “Gehlot has […]
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By Nitya Chakraborty Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee has done it again. His third book’ The Song of the Cell’ published this year has once again mesmerized the doctors, scientists and the common readers much more than the impact he had with his first two books ‘The Emperors of all Maladies’ and ‘The Gene’. Mukherjee has come […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Outcome of CoP27 makes a history in agreeing on setting up a loss and damage fund to help the developing countries, but failed to agree on greater actions to successfully deal with the rising temperature of the Earth, that the Paris Agreement of 2015 has set to limit to 1.5 degree […]
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By Arun Srivastava Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray refutation to Rahul Gandhi’s remark on Savarkar might have been driven by political compulsions, but it has provided with the much awaited opportunity to BJP to humiliate and slander him as the true inheritor of the legacy of Balasaheb Thackeray. Vitriolic avowal from his trusted lieutenant Sanjay […]
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By C. Srikumar Agitation of the central government and state government Employees are going on throughout the country against the no-guarantee National Pension System (NPS) implemented by the BJP-led NDA government during the year 2003. The central government and state government employees are grateful to the Communist Party of India for adopting a resolution against […]
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By Prabhat Patnaik There are two defining and portentous features of the current world economic situation. One, which is well discussed, is the world-wide increase in interest rates in response to the pervasive inflationary upsurge; it would indubitably generate recession and unemployment, which, notwithstanding all protestations to the contrary, is the real objective behind it. […]
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By Binoy Viswam Ideology is the foundation on which political thoughts and actions have taken shape. At the core of every socio-political battle, it acts as the decisive factor. All the political parties represent certain ideological traits attributed to their class character. In the history of Congress, it was Nehru, who struggled hard to pave […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak India celebrated 14 November as Children’s Day, and exactly five months after on 14 April, 2023 would surpass China crowning itself the world’s most populated county. The world has already celebrated the arrival of 8 billionth baby on Earth, as it signified a milestone for humanity in terms of achievement in […]
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a return to the path of ceasefire and diplomacy in Ukraine, saying the members of the G20 should show “concrete and collective resolve” to ensure peace and security in the world. “Over the past century, the Second World War wreaked havoc in the world. After that, the leaders of […]
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By Dr Arun Mitra Humanity is on a “highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator”, the UN secretary general has warned, saying ‘the fight for a liveable planet will be won or lost in this decade.’ He told world leaders at the opening of the Cop27 UN climate summit in Egypt, “We […]
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By Arun Srivastava It is not a secret what made the Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju to question the functioning of the collegium of the Supreme Court and malign the face of the judiciary in public. For a fortnight he has been targeting the judges and judiciary and accusing them of transgressing into the domain […]
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By Arun Kumar Shrivastav The UN agencies and NGOs working in Sri Lanka have warned that the food crisis in the island nation with 22 million people is worsening. In its June 2022 report, the UN said that at least 1.7 million people need immediate help. Early this week, it said now the number has […]
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