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India among world's best performing markets in 2018 despite volatility

Sensex rose about 6% and Nifty50 about 3.2% amid global gloom arising from oil worries and US-China trade war fears

Jan 1, 2019

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India will see strong economic growth in 2019: CII

"The positive outlook is buttressed by strong drivers emanating from the services sector, infrastructure structure including construction equipment and better demand conditions arising out of election spending," CII said.

Dec 31, 2018

China releases detained Canadian teacher

Teacher Sarah McIver, from Alberta, was held for "unlawfully working in China". She was the third Canadian to be detained by China following the December 1 arrest in Vancouver of Chinese telecom giant Huawei's Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou.

Dec 29, 2018

Chabahar deal: India formally takes over operations of strategic port

The move will heavily benefit landlocked Afghanistan for receiving aid from India after Pakistan denied access to the Indian supplies through its land.

Dec 25, 2018

Huawei hopes to untangle 5G mess by surrendering source code

Chinese telecom equipment maker prepares for taking part in Indian 5G trials in the first quarter of next year.

Dec 24, 2018

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Crude refusal: China shuns US oil despite trade war truce

China, the world's top oil importer, is set to start 2019 buying little or no crude from the United States despite a three-month truce in a trade scrap between the two nations, with relatively high freight costs and political uncertainty choking demand.

Dec 21, 2018

Pentagon chief Jim Mattis retires over policy differences with President Trump

"General Jim Mattis will be retiring, with distinction, at the end of February, after having served my Administration as Secretary of Defense for the past two years," Trump tweeted on Thursday.

Dec 21, 2018

US imposes new sanctions hitting Russians, Skripal poisoners

The Wednesday's sanctions were in response to "Russia's continued disregard for international norms", said the US Department of Treasury in a statement on Wednesday.

Dec 21, 2018

Trump ex-security chief sold country out, says judge

Russia collusion investigation head Robert Mueller had proposed Flynn receive no jail time for lying to investigators about his Moscow ties - and in his own pitch to the court last week, Flynn had requested the same.

Dec 19, 2018

Asia stocks slide over concerns of slowing global economy; Wall Street stocks skid to lowest level in 2018

The Nasdaq Composite dropped 2.27 percent, with Amazon, one of the best performing shares this year, sliding 4.5 percent.

Dec 18, 2018

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Saudi Arabia rejects US Senate's move on Jamal Khashoggi's murder

The Senate on December 13 voted to recommend ending American military assistance to the Saudi-led operation in Yemen, and accused Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of involvement in Khashoggi's murder at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October

Dec 17, 2018