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By K Raveendran India is leading a global recovery in gold jewellery. This is despite the fact that gold prices have hit a five-month high. The demand engine is driven by urban consumers, encouraged by a return to pre-covid levels of economic activity. Rural consumers were more cautious as their inflation outpaced that of their […]

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By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: There is light, at long last, at the end of the Vizhinjam tunnel. The peace agreement between the Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government and the Latin Church which spearheads the anti-seaport agitation has come as a big relief for the Government. But the Government cannot rest on its laurels. True, an […]

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The award recognises Cloud Comrade’s deep expertise and excellence in cloud transformation and customer innovation across the regional SMB market segment. SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 7 December 2022 – Cloud Comrade, Singapore-headquartered cloud computing consultancy and managed services provider (MSP), has claimed the Partner Innovation Award (SMB) at the prestigious Channel Asia Innovation Awards 2022. The win recognises Cloud Comrade’s deep expertise and excellence in customer […]

By Tirthankar Mitra After having found itself sans a single legislator in the West Bengal Assembly, the Congress seeks to draw Left to its side during a march from Ganga Sagar to Kurseong hills. Though the Left is in the same boat as the Congress as the representation of the former is also nil in […]

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BANGKOK, THAILAND – Media OutReach – 6 December 2022 – Organized by KINTEX (Korea International Exhibition Center), the 6th K-Beauty Expo Bangkok and the 3rd Bangkok Beauty Show 2022″ will be held for 3 days from 15th – 17th of December 2022 at BITEC (Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Center) with the aim to update the latest trends in the K-Beauty industry and open new business opportunities […]

The situation continues to be tense in the border areas of the western states with Maharashtra ministers cancelling their visit to Belagavi today. The Maharashtra government had directed Chandrakant Patil and Shambhuraj Desai to visit Belagavi to address the border issue. Patil and Desai have been appointed as coordinating ministers for the issue. Karnataka Chief […]

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  By Dr. Gyan Pathak It was as clear as a crystal even during the pre-budget consultations of the Union Ministry of Finance for the fiscal 2023-24 on November 25 that the fiscal positions of most of the sates were in dire situation, and now, when the budget exercise has begun in right earnest, Modi […]

The post Union Budget Exercise For Funding States Becomes Trickier first appeared on IPA Newspack.

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By K R Sudhaman India’s former chief economic adviser Arvind Subramaniam had flagged in his economic survey some years ago that India faced a major economic issue – twin balance sheet problem wherein Indian banks suffered huge debts as corporates, which had overleveraged banks were suffering huge losses resulting in defaults. This piquant situation occurred […]

The post Indian Public Sector Banks Have Used Pandemic To Improve Balance Sheets first appeared on IPA Newspack.

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 K Raveendran The price cap of $60 for Russian crude is coming into force full steam, with EU countries joining the G-7 and American punitive measure aimed at squeezing out Moscow’s financial resources so as to force it abandon the Ukraine war. A few countries, such as Poland, had initially refused to toe the […]

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By Sushil Kutty Actor Paresh Rawal might be mistaken for a pomfret. Rawal’s wisecrack about ‘Fish & Bengali’ has landed him in shark-infested waters. He should have stuck to ‘Fish & Chips’. And, if Rawal ever strays into the Bengali hemisphere, (Bangladesh included), he had better look out for Hilsa; it will not bite him! […]

The post Paresh Rawal Should Know There Is More In The World Other Than Gujarat And Modi first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), the RSS-affiliated central trade union, has urged the Central government to restore the old pension scheme. The demand was made during Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s meeting with RSS leaders that took place between November 21 and November 29. The meeting was the part of the exercise in which the Finance […]

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By Arun Kumar Shrivastav The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) launched the central bank digital currency (CBDC), nicknamed e-rupee or digital rupee, for the retail segment on December 1. It released Rs 1.71 crore in e-rupee format to four participating banks to roll out its use. As of now four banks and four cities have […]

The post India’s Pilot E-Rupee For Retail Has Big Prospects In The Coming Years first appeared on IPA Newspack.

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 2 December 2022 – GEODIS, a global leader in the transport and logistics sector, has been recognized as one of the ‘Best Companies to Work for in Asia” by HR Asia for the Hong Kong region. The 2022 Hong Kong edition saw over 253 companies participating, among which only 64 were given the title. The award is a program of […]

By Saifur Rahman Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD), the investment arm of Dubai Government, reported a 1000 percent growth in net profits exceeding Dh14.8 billion in the first half of 2022, on Dh121.1 billion revenues reported in the same period that saw its assets value exceeding Dh1.14 trillion by the end of the first half of this year that reflects the strong growth witnessed by major businesses […]

HONG KONG’S PARAMOUNT FASHION, ART AND CULTURAL EXHIBITION OF THE YEAR DEVELOPED BY K11 IN COLLABORATION WITH THE WORLD’S LEADING MUSEUM – THE V&A AND AWARD-WINNING PRODUCTION DESIGNER WILLIAM CHANG SUK PING THE LOVE OF COUTURE: ARTISANSHIP IN FASHION BEYOND TIME OPENS AT K11 MUSEA ON 8 DECEMBER, 2022 HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 2 December 2022 – Following its smash debut in 2021, K11’s […]

Gangster Goldy Brar, one of the main conspirators of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala’s murder, has been detained in US, sources told NDTV. A member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, Goldy Brar had recently moved to the US from Canada, where he was based since 2017. The gangster was detained in California around November 20, […]

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By K R Sudhaman India’s economic growth might have dipped to 6.3 per cent in July-September quarter of this financial year but the good news is the slide is not going to be as pronounced in the whole year. The year 2022-23 may still end up with GDP growth of 6.5 to 7 per cent […]

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The partnership aims to help businesses harness the power of cloud to uncover new revenue streams, accelerate digital transformation, and nurture talent HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 1 December 2022 – Microsoft Hong Kong and Lenovo PCCW Solutions today announced a strategic partnership to help organizations in Hong Kong accelerate digital transformation and drive business growth. With the robust talent pool and the back of […]

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 1 December 2022 – Pearson, the world’s leading learning company, has revealed results from recent research showing that the top five most in-demand skills today are human skills despite new technologies transforming the world of work which is set to continue through at least 2026. Southeast Asian countries like Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia are likely to be affected by […]

By K Raveendran Deductive logic has gone for a toss when it comes to forecasting international oil price behaviour. Defying all expectations of a spike, crude prices have hovered just about the same level as last year this time, which means the commodity is trading in the $70s range. This is quite a turnaround, given […]

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  By Arun Kumar Shrivastav The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, suffered hacking of its servers on November 23. Over 50 of these servers that store patient data and run hospital management software were out of order. It resulted in a complete shutdown of computers at this premier hospital that receives on  […]

The post Hacking Of AIIMS Servers Exposes Incompetence Of IT Professionals first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader Rahul Gandhi Tuesday slammed the BJP for its 27 years of “misrule” in Gujarat and said it is time to rebuild Mahatma Gandhi’s land. Calling upon the people to reject the BJP in the upcoming assembly polls, Kharge attacked the ruling party over inflation and unemployment while alleging […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak The conclusion of India’s pre-budget consultations on November 28, 2022 have left the Union Ministry of Finance in such a worried state of mind that it lost its temper on the demand and boycott by the joint forum of 10 Central Trade Unions. A government official of the Ministry of Finance […]

The post Pre-Budget Consultations Make Finance Ministry Officials No Wiser first appeared on IPA Newspack.

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