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Drastic rise in world hunger; around 821 mn undernourished globally, says UN

The uptick in global undernourishment was particularly focused in South America and Africa, said the report.

Sep 11, 2018

Twitter trolls BJP over confusing graphic on fuel prices: 'Spend taxpayers money on a better infographic provider'

Titled Truth of Hike, the graphic included Modi's picture and used four bars to show petrol price rises since 2004, but represented the current, higher price with a smaller bar.

Sep 11, 2018

Who is Purvi Modi? Nirav Modi's money manager on Interpol list

Nirav Modi had two trusts and a few shell companies through which Purvi Modi, his sister, conducted the transactions.

Sep 11, 2018

Smriti Irani launches blistering attack on Rahul Gandhi; plugs in Narendra Modi's interaction with Anganwadi workers

Addressing a press conference at the BJP head office in New Delhi, Irani said that the Gandhis were trying to save themselves.

Sep 11, 2018

Google agrees to comply with RBI's data storage rules

Last month Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Law & IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had met in California.

Sep 11, 2018

Nepal to carry out joint military drills with China; India unhappy with move?

Sagarmatha Friendship-2 will be the second joint exercise between the two countries and will be held later in September.

Sep 11, 2018

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Individuals pay more than $ 1 trillion in bribes each year, says UN chief

UN chief linked corruption to many forms of instability and violence, such as the illicit trafficking of weapons, drugs, and people, and noted that connections between corruption, terrorism and violent extremism have been repeatedly recognised by the Security Council and the General Assembly. Corruption costs $ 2.6 trillion, or five per cent of the global GDP.

Sep 11, 2018

India moves ahead of Japan to become third-largest world economy in terms of PPP

Purchasing power parity (PPP) compares how many goods and services a unit of money can purchase in different countries. While GDP shows the total productive output of a country, PPP compares the value of money in different countries.

Sep 11, 2018

Russia gears up for biggest military drill in history with 300,000 troops

This week, Russia held military exercises in the Mediterranean. More than 25 warships and around 30 planes took part in the drills, as Russia increased its military presence in Syria where it intervened to help the Bashar al-Assad regime in 2015.

Sep 10, 2018

Pakistan and China announces the extension of CPEC to Afghanistan

The Chinese foreign ministry announced that the decision was taken during the recent visit of Foreign Minister Wang Yi's recent visit to Islamabad.

Sep 10, 2018

Ponzi scam uncovered; Two Mumbai firm directors arrested for swindling Rs 4,500 crore

The firm had lured investors by saying that they would get hotel stay packages based on reward points earned in the investment scheme.

Sep 10, 2018

Bharat Bandh unsuccessful; Rise in fuel prices beyond govt control, says law minister

Prasad said petrol and diesel prices are high due to the crisis in the international market.

Sep 10, 2018

Infosys faces lawsuit in US for not paying overtime

In a filing to the court, the complainant said that he was forced to work for 11 hour days at times and was paid for only 8 hours or fewer as CVS 'refused to be billed for overtime wages.

Sep 10, 2018

BJP lashes out at Congress; says Bharat Bandh carried out 'irresponsibly'

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad blamed the congress for carrying out a violent protest.

Sep 10, 2018

Nepal to skip inaugural BIMSTEC military drill in Pune

The announcement comes days after Nepal signed a transit pact with China which gave the Himalayan country access the former's seaports.

Sep 10, 2018

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Search Results for: economic recession

Drastic rise in world hunger; around 821 mn undernourished globally, says UN

Twitter trolls BJP over confusing graphic on fuel prices: 'Spend taxpayers money on a better infographic provider'

Who is Purvi Modi? Nirav Modi's money manager on Interpol list

Smriti Irani launches blistering attack on Rahul Gandhi; plugs in Narendra Modi's interaction with Anganwadi workers

Google agrees to comply with RBI's data storage rules

Nepal to carry out joint military drills with China; India unhappy with move?

Individuals pay more than $ 1 trillion in bribes each year, says UN chief

India moves ahead of Japan to become third-largest world economy in terms of PPP

Russia gears up for biggest military drill in history with 300,000 troops

Pakistan and China announces the extension of CPEC to Afghanistan

Ponzi scam uncovered; Two Mumbai firm directors arrested for swindling Rs 4,500 crore

Bharat Bandh unsuccessful; Rise in fuel prices beyond govt control, says law minister

Infosys faces lawsuit in US for not paying overtime

BJP lashes out at Congress; says Bharat Bandh carried out 'irresponsibly'

Nepal to skip inaugural BIMSTEC military drill in Pune

Time for India to follow suit? France, Germany, Netherlands, US banned use of EVMs [here's why]

Dhanush's Captain Miller has no buyers in Telugu states? Here's why

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