By K Raveendran The ‘freeze’ ordered by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a response to the outbreak of Covid pandemic had gone terribly wrong in terms of its timing. Millions of lives and livelihoods were lost as everything ground to a halt, a mistake for which the nation continues to pay a heavy price. Now […]
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With its global headquarters in Southeast Asia, 30 years of expertise, and strengthened R&D capabilities, JJ-Lurgi is now expanding its leadership worldwide. SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 26 April 2022 – JJ-Lurgi, the life sciences joint venture of diversified industrial conglomerate, Jebsen & Jessen Group, and industrial gases and technology provider, Air Liquide, announces today a new global strategy to expand its market presence beyond South East […]
By Subrata Majumder China was eager to introduce Yuan as reference currency for Rupee-Rouble rate. According to Global Times, official media of China, “India was reportedly considering Chinese Yuan a reference currency to settle the Rupee-Rouble trade”. Owing to sharp depreciation of Russian Rouble due to Ukraine invasion by Russia, the authorities were grappling for […]
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Give a brand-new start of yourself today and find your own blessings! HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 25 April 2022 – Visuals can always stimulate our appetite. Our vision can sometimes be dominated by colours and the surroundings. Rainbow cakes and rainbow marshmallows have been a great hit to the market. These delicious and eye-catching rainbow elements of designs in the afternoon tea set can […]
By K Raveendran We have so many laws to be followed that it is virtually impossible to live for a moment without breaking one. It is a different matter that some of these laws had ceased to have any relevance ages ago, but these continue to fill the statute books for no rhyme or reason. […]
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MOSCOW, RUSSIA – Media OutReach – 22 April 2022 – SIBUR, the largest integrated petrochemicals company in Russia and one of the fastest-growing companies in the global petrochemicals industry, announces new payment options and logistics features in Сhina. From February, SIBUR promotes offshore Renminbi (RMB) trade settlement in China, to bring a diverse product offering to Chinese customers. This new option offers local customers greater payment flexibility, […]
By K R Sudhaman Prime Minister Narendra Modi has done reasonably well in managing the Indian economy during the difficult two years of covid pandemic despite several challenges by ensuring food security to millions of people who became jobless. This has won accolades from World Bank and International Monetary Fund. But the major challenge is […]
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By Ashis Biswas Once more, the Bangladesh Government finds itself embroiled in a tricky public debate with civil rights groups — this time over a touchy matter involving the quantum of food supply to the stranded 1.1 million strong Rohingya population. The bone of contention: whether the Rohingyas produce too many children because some of […]
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By K Raveendran It has been a hop from crisis to crisis, each more disruptive and destructive than the other. The pain and sufferings endured by people to change their demonetised notes in the wake of Modi’s midnight demonetisation were unprecedented. Another midnight move, the introduction of half-baked GST regime took the steam out of […]
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HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 20 April 2022 – Hong Kong and other southern parts of China are known to be vulnerable to typhoons, rainstorms and floods. But a new study by researchers at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has shown a growing risk of flash droughts that has been overlooked; these droughts are also developing at a faster rate in the region and […]
By Sushil Kutty With the first name ‘Boris’, he should have been a friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin. But this ‘Boris’ would rather be addressed as ‘Johnson’ as he travels to India at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. And, hopefully, the two will get along although Putin’s shadow will loom over Modi […]
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By K Raveendran There is virtually a scramble for coal from non-Russian sources following a self-imposed ban by the European Union on coal imports from Putin’s sanctions-hit country. But as far as New Delhi is concerned, the opportunity will go abegging as India is by itself struggling to tie up enough supplies. The EU ban […]
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By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: For West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, her party’s by-election win announced last Saturday in the Asansol (Lok Sabha) and Ballygunge (Assembly) seats was the best news in some time. Of late the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) had been facing some truly torrid times over repeated administrative failures in maintaining law […]
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By Anjan Roy The sinking of the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea flotilla MOSKVA is a significant turning point in the Ukraine war and also a lesson for military planners across the world. Russia does not yield the point that Ukrainian missiles would have downed the ship and maintains that an accidental fire on board […]
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By Prakash Karat Some political commentators have argued that the stand taken by the Modi government on the conflict in Ukraine shows that it is wrong to consider India a subordinate ally of the United States. The fact that India has abstained on resolutions in the United Nations condemning Russia for its invasion of Ukraine […]
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In a strong message to China, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has said that if harmed, India will not spare anyone, as he asserted that India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emerged as a powerful country and is headed to be among the top three economies of the world. Singh, in his address to the […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak The erosion of about one per cent of value of rupee in the consumer market within a month was too great a shock for people to absorb. It was felt by everyone in March 2022, and the workers, senior citizens, women and children were among the hardest hit. The latest data […]
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By Sushil Kutty This time, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao chose to travel to “national capital” Delhi. The last time it was to Mumbai, India’s commercial capital. Then, he sat with Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to plot the ouster of Prime Minister Narendra Modi come 2024. This time he doesn’t need another pair […]
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By Sushil Kutty The elephant in the room at the virtual Modi-Biden talk on Monday evening Indian time did not allow a free and fair discussion in the ‘Virtual Room’, which is different from the ‘Oval Room’. That said, there aren’t any elephants in Russia, only Siberian bears and the fossilized remains of the sabre-tooth. […]
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SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 12 April 2022 – In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the evolving landscape of business operations, accounting firm in Singapore, Ackenting Group, has announced that they are shifting their accounting services online to serve and meet their clients’ evolving needs for digital strategies. To remain competitive and relevant in the post-COVID business environment, Ackenting Group recognises that technology is strategically important […]
By Anjan Roy The Reserve Bank of India sees the prospects of higher inflation in the current year against the background of a volatile global economic situation. The RBI believes India will experience an inflation rate of close to 6% against 4.5% during the current fiscal year. RBI governor, Shakikanta Das, gave an assessment of […]
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By Dr Soma Marla For the last two weeks prices on Petrol, diesel and cooking gas are increased twelve times. A litre of petrol costs Rs. 118.4 in Mumbai and diesel Rs 105 in Chittor. Rise in fuel prices has a cascading effect not just on transport but on sectors of economy too. Consequently with […]
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By Anjan Roy The clawing back to the exchange rate of the Russian rouble to the US dollar in the recent days is not too much of a mystery. It is simply because there is no demand for the US green back from the holders of the Russian rouble. Simply speaking, the Russians are not […]
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By Sushil Kutty It’s come to where it does not matter if the slip is showing. The fiery Shiv Sena seems to be reconciled to paralysis, incapable of protecting its own from the trepidations of CBI and ED. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray is as if nowhere in the picture. The question is shouldn’t the Shiv […]
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