By James M Dorsey Qatar’s 2022 World Cup promises to benefit not only itself but also to provide an unintended economic, political, and religious soft power boon for its foremost rival in the region, the United Arab Emirates. The UAE, alongside Saudi Arabia, leads a pack of Gulf states eager to capitalize on the expectation […]
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By Ashis Biswas With Nepal disallowing the Indian Army’s proposal to recruit Gorkhas to join its new Agneepath scheme, India’s uneasy relations with its regional neighbours have surfaced again. Under the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, often perceived as being ‘right wing’, India cannot apparently avoid its diplomatic missteps in dealing with its smaller neighbours. The […]
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By Nantoo Banerjee It is good to know that Russia and India are in an advanced stage of discussion on accepting each other’s debit and credit cards. Should the two countries agree, Indian ATMs (automated teller machines) will soon accept Russian MIR cards. And, Indian RuPay cards will be accepted in Russia. Further, the two […]
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By Dr. Arun Mitra The war between Russia and Ukraine with an overt involvement of the NATO has killed thousands, pushed millions to refugee status and caused immense destruction of resources. Much in danger are the nuclear power plants in Ukraine which if damaged by intentional attack, accident, technology failure or cybercrime, would become potential […]
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Reliance Industries Ltd, led by business mogul Mukesh Ambani, is the mystery buyer of the beach-side villa in Dubai worth $80 million, a report quoting sources has said. The deal is the biggest ever in the UAE emiratey, with the sources saying that the villa brought at Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah was purchased earlier this year for Anant Ambani, the youngest son of Mukesh Ambani. Anant is one of […]
HANOI, VIETNAM – Media OutReach – 22 August 2022 – VinAI AI Day 2022 with the theme of “Empower the Future” will return on August 26-27 at VinUniversity via Zoom. The event is among Vietnam’s largest and most prestigious AI events and has attracted some of the world’s greatest AI minds and the tech community. AI Day is an annual event held by VinAI Artificial Intelligence Application […]
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 19 August 2022 – Prudential plc (2378.HK) will be included as a constituent stock of the Hang Seng Composite Index (HSCI) with effect from 5 September 2022, according to the Index Review Results announced by Hang Seng Indexes Company Limited today. James Turner, Group Chief Financial Officer, Prudential As a constituent of the HSCI, Prudential can now be considered for […]
India does not plan to curb rice exports as the world’s biggest exporter of the staple has sufficient stocks and local rates are lower than state-set support prices, trade and government sources said. India banned wheat exports on May 14, just days after New Delhi forecast record shipments of 10 million tonnes this year, as […]
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Arabian Post Staff G42, the leading UAE-based AI and cloud computing technology company, announced the launch of the US$10 billion G42 Expansion Fund, a global technology growth fund formed in strategic partnership with Abu Dhabi Growth Fund (ADG). The fund, which will be managed by a subsidiary of G42, is focused on accelerating the pace of global innovation by investing in late-stage growth companies with disruptive technologies and […]
By James M Dorsey When Prime Minister Victor Orban recently spelled out his vision of Hungary’s frontiers, he joined a club of expansionist leaders such as Russia’s Vladimir Putin, China’s Xi Jinping, and members of the Indian power elite who define their countries’ borders in civilisational rather than national terms. Speaking on Romanian […]
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By K R Sudhaman India takes over presidency of G-20 at a critical juncture when geo politics is at cross roads and global economy difficult and sagging. This is significant as it takes over leadership at a time when there is need to strengthen multilateralism and that India is ideally suited because of […]
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MOSCOW, RUSSIA – Media OutReach – 12 August 2022 – Udokan Copper, the developer of Russia’s largest and one of the world’s biggest copper deposits, has received the first batch of 136-tonne BelAZ dump trucks as it prepares to begin industrial copper mining. The company will also consider using electric hybrid trucks in the future to reduce emissions during the works. The trucks are designed to transport […]
By Nantoo Banerjee Some may disagree but India has failed to cash in on its spirited struggle for freedom from over-a-100-year-old British Raj to convert the country into an abode of peace and prosperity for its citizens in the last 75 years. Official claims apart, India continues to be a poor country with almost […]
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By Sushil Kutty Droupadi Murmu has taken oath on July 25, the 15th President of India. Her salary: Rs 5 lakh per month, plus perks. But why talk of the President’s salary? That is because there’s a big gap between what Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s picks for high office earn and what the […]
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – Media OutReach – 4 August 2022 – OmniFoods announced that its 100% plant-based OmniSeafood products are now available in-store at Whole Foods Market in London and online at Ocado and The Vegan Kind Supermarket. After the launch by foodtech company OmniFoods on World’s Ocean Day (8 June) in 2021, OmniSeafood made its ground-breaking debut in the UK at wagamama for Veganuary. The dish […]
By Ashis Biswas Largely unnoticed by the Indian mainstream media, Bangladesh hosted the Ministerial Conference of Developing 8 grouping, D-8 for short, a few days ago. This relatively new alliance brings together eight Muslim countries spread from South East Asia to Africa. There were a few tangible, positive decisions taken at the virtually conducted Foreign […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Foodgrain crisis is set to further aggravate in India. Earlier, the heatwave conditions impacted the wheat crop leading to less production and procurement enforcing wheat export ban on May 13, and now deficit rainfall has caused a decline of rice cultivation by about 13 per cent so far. The shrinkage in […]
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Chinese fighter jets have crossed the Taiwan Strait, local media reported today, as tensions flare over an visit to Taiwan by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Pelosi is the highest-ranked American politican to visit the island in 25 years. “China’s Su-35 fighter jets are crossing the Taiwan Straits,” state TV CGTN reported, without adding further […]
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Bybit’s World Series of Trading (WSOT) is the “World Cup of crypto trading” This year it featured the largest prize pool in history The crypto trading competition drew a record number of participants VICTORIA, SEYCHELLES – Media OutReach – 3 August 2022 – The WSOT, the world’s largest crypto trading competition, ended on a high note on July 17 with traders divvying up a record-breaking $8 million […]
The United States has killed Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, according to US media outlets, in what the White House announced Monday was a “successful” operation against a target in Afghanistan. Zawahiri, an Egyptian surgeon who became one of the world’s most wanted terrorists, was identified as a mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks on […]
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Bihar minister Ram Surat Rai on Friday heaped praises on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, under whose leadership India ran the world’s biggest vaccination drive during the Covid-19 pandemic, and credited him for saving the lives of Indians. “If you are alive, the credit goes to Narendra Modi. He developed the vaccine during the covid pandemic and […]
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By James M Dorsey I2-U2, the Indo-West Asian quad, has boasted its first success with the acquisition by Indian billionaire Gautam Adani of Haifa Port. The acquisition was announced days after an I2-U2 virtual summit during US President Joe Biden’s visit last week to the Middle East. The acquisition by a close associate of Prime […]
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By Dr. Soma Marla While nominating Smt Droupadi Murmu, the ruling BJP boasted as a saviour of tribal people. However, by proposing changes to Forest Rights Act, 2006, the Narendra Modi government is doing quite the opposite by subverting the interests of tribal people to benefit big companies. During the current monsoon session of Parliament […]
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By Binoy Viswam After assuming the office, President Droupadi Murmu tweeted, “Johar! Namaskar, I humbly greet all the fellow citizens from this sacred Parliament, a symbol of the hopes, aspirations, and rights of all the citizens of India. Your affection, trust and support will be my greatest strength in discharging my functions and responsibilities.” In […]
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