The Indian textile industry has welcomed the India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA), recognizing it as a significant step towards increasing India’s presence in the UK market. Industry leaders believe this agreement will unlock new opportunities for exporters, boosting trade, employment, and global competitiveness.Santosh Katariya, President of the Clothing Manufacturers Association of India (CMAI), highlighted the…
PUBLIC SERVICE ProPublica The Pulitzer committee honored ProPublica for the work of Kavitha Surana, Lizzie Presser, Cassandra Jaramillo and Stacy Kranitz for what it called “urgent reporting about pregnant women who died after doctors delayed urgently needed care for fear of violating vague ‘life of the mother’ exceptions in states with strict abortion laws.” Finalists…
Operation Sindoor has had minimal impact on Indian stock markets. (AI image) Operation Sindoorimpact: Market reactions to Indo-Pak military tensions have historically been measured. During past confrontations between the two nations since 1999, the Nifty 50 has typically experienced modest declines of approximately 5%, followed by robust recoveries yielding double-digit gains within six months.Despite border…
Air traffic controllers briefly lost communication with planes at Newark Liberty International Airport last week, according to the workers’ union, a revelation that came as travel disruptions there extended into a second week. Galen Munroe, a spokesman for the union, the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, said that on April 28, controllers in a Philadelphia…
Operation Sindoor impact: The defence sector stocks witnessed significant upticks. (AI image) Operation Sindoor: Defence stocks rallied on Wednesday, with key companies like Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders recording gains of up to 4%, following the Indian Armed Forces‘ Operation Sindoor on May 7. The military action was directed at terrorist facilities in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu…
The toll for misconduct at the fallen Swiss bank Credit Suisse just keeps getting bigger. Federal prosecutors said on Monday that UBS, which rescued Credit Suisse from the brink of collapse two years ago, would pay $510 million in fines for the role Credit Suisse played in helping clients evade taxes. Credit Suisse, among other…
Gold prices today: Investors are now focused on the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting scheduled for later today. (AI image) Gold rate today: Gold pricesdeclined on Wednesday amid growing optimism about potential trade discussions between the United States and China, which reduced demand for safe-haven assets. Investors are awaiting the U.S.Federal Reserve’s policy announcement…
China’s central bank cut interest rates and made it easier on Wednesday for banks to increase lending and pump more money into the economy, in the most significant policy steps taken by Chinese officials to limit the impact of the trade war with the United States. The central bank, the People’s Bank of China, cut…
The Pakistan stock market has plunged since the April 22 attack in Pahalgam. (AI image) Operation Sindoor impact on Pakistan stock exchange: The Pakistani stock market’s primary index plunged around 5% on Wednesday following India’s overnight military operations at multiple terrorist facilities in Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir.Indian authorities said nine locations containing terrorist infrastructure…
When Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, returned from the Group of 20 summit in Brazil last November, he made a stopover in Casablanca, where he was greeted with dates and milk, the traditional welcome for honored guests, and a meeting with Crown Prince Moulay Hassan of Morocco. The brief visit was a sign of the…
