World economy

20 Feb 2018

Australia, the United States, India and Japan are discussing establishing a joint regional infrastructure scheme to counter China’s multi-billion dollar Belt and Road Initiative, according to a report citing senior officials

19 Feb 2018

In a clear departure from tradition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not personally receive visiting Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, instead sending a junior minister, when Modi’s penchant for exchanging hugs with foreign leaders is well known

17 Feb 2018

China has warned of retaliatory action if the Unites States opted to impose penal tariffs on steel and aluminium imported from China

17 Feb 2018

Apparently reversing its decision against joining the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen, Pakistan is sending an Army contingent on a ‘training and advise’ mission to the oil-rich kingdom

15 Feb 2018

15 Feb 2018

14 Feb 2018

14 Feb 2018

14 Feb 2018

US intelligence officials are convinced that Russian President Vladimir Putin meddled in the 2016 US election, and now, with critical elections coming up in November and control of Congress at stake, they say Putin is at it again

12 Feb 2018

Thousands of websites run by UK and US government agencies were infected for several hours yesterday with code that allows web browsers to secretly mine digital currencies

09 Feb 2018

09 Feb 2018

The George Soros-backed group described by the British media as being behind a “secret plot to thwart Brexit” has issued a stark warning over the consequences of Britain leaving the EU

08 Feb 2018

While Khaleda Zia is likely to be released on bail considering her age and social status, her political fate looks sealed with the conviction

08 Feb 2018

07 Feb 2018

The external affairs ministry issued a statement expressing concern at the arrests following a declaration of emergency in the Maldives, but gave no indication that it will directly intervene

07 Feb 2018

The world's largest oil exporter is embarking on an ambitious effort to diversify its economy and reinvigorate growth, in part by ploughing money into renewable energy in a bid to emerge as a global force in clean power

05 Feb 2018

05 Feb 2018

03 Feb 2018

02 Feb 2018

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is dramatically downsizing its epidemic prevention activities in 39 out of 49 countries as funds run out, but India is among the countries that will continue to get priority

01 Feb 2018

The earthquake was felt in the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) region and across large swathes of northern India on Wednesday at 12.40 pm

31 Jan 2018

Iran-backed  pro-separatist security forces advanced in some areas and were reported just 1km away from the Saudi-backed president's palace in Aden, seizing two military camps near Aden international airport

30 Jan 2018

China on Monday said it is ready to hold talks with India to resolve differences on the contentious $50-billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) that passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, but maintained that the Doklam plateau falls within its territory

29 Jan 2018

29 Jan 2018

Prince Al-Waleed, dubbed the Warren Buffett of Saudi Arabia, was the most high-profile detainee among 350 suspects rounded up since 4 November, including business tycoons and ministers