Charting the global economy: Fed Goes for rate cut as central banks show varied response to economic pressuresCentral banks globally are showing varied responses to economic pressures, with regional impacts in Asia and emerging markets like Argentin...
22 Sep, 2024, 09.47 AM IST
How a little-known agency holds power over TikTok's futureAt the heart of this social media business and national security drama is the increasingly tense relations between the U.S. and China.
31 Mar, 2023, 08.58 PM IST
Josh Hawley fails to fast track his bill to ban TikTok despite growing support in Congress against the appThe attempt to outlaw TikTok has not been fulfilled as Josh Hawley failed to fast track his bill against the app on Wednesday.
30 Mar, 2023, 01.59 PM IST
China says EU TikTok ban will harm business confidenceIn the latest salvo in the battle over the Chinese-owned video sharing app, the European Parliament, the European Commission and the EU Cou...
01 Mar, 2023, 04.16 PM IST
Uyghur county in China has highest prison rate in the worldA list obtained and partially verified by the AP cites the names of more than 10,000 Uyghurs sent to prison in just Konasheher county alone...
16 May, 2022, 10.58 AM IST
What happens when stimulus ends? Chinese equities’ 15% plunge shows just thatCentral banks around the world are dealing with the aftermath of last year’s multiple interest-rate cuts and trillions of dollars in stimul...
25 Mar, 2021, 05.27 PM IST
China pushes fringe theories on pandemic origins, sows doubt about coronavirus vaccinesState media and officials are sowing doubts about Western vaccines and the origin of the coronavirus in an apparent bid to deflect the atta...
25 Jan, 2021, 04.05 PM IST
China uses coercion, subterfuge and force to spread its influence across the worldChina's dubious words and promises must be treated with great caution. When core national interests are at stake, nothing is off-limits for...
01 Sep, 2020, 12.38 PM IST
World waking up to China's true intentions to dominate 5G: US official"Following the pandemic, Hong Kong, skirmishes at the Indian border, and so many other efforts by Beijing to conceal, coerce, and co-opt th...
26 Jun, 2020, 04.49 PM IST
8 countries form alliance to counter ChinaThe list of participating nations includes the US, Germany, UK, Japan, Australia, Canada, Sweden, Norway, as well as members of the Europea...
06 Jun, 2020, 07.48 PM IST
Poll results in five states: NOTA outperforms SP, AAP, NCP among othersAccording to the Election Commission's website at 5.45 pm on Tuesday, the NOTA votes ranged as high as 2.1 per cent in Chhattisgarh to 0.5 ...
11 Dec, 2018, 09.57 PM IST
China flexes economic muscle, scores diplomatic hat trickWithin 48 hours, each publicly recanted for perceived offenses to China’s "core interests," including support for Taiwan, Tibet and a local...
23 Dec, 2016, 09.13 AM IST
- Communist summit in the time of decimation
After the drubbing in the last Lok Sabha elections, CPM and CPI, the front-line communist parties in India, are in the throes of a monument...
19 Nov, 2009, 04.50 AM IST
- Struggling CPIM, CPI to organise 3-day intl communist conclave
After the drubbing in the last Lok Sabha elections, the CPIM and CPI - the two frontline communist parties in India - are in the throes of ...
18 Nov, 2009, 08.59 PM IST
- Can we be Asia's Sweden?
15th general elections delivered a strong verdict in favour of the Congress but shenanigans accompanying cabinet formation highlighted hars...
08 Jun, 2009, 10.40 AM IST
- Indian wealth stashed away in tax havens takes political turn
Three major political parties, Communist Party Marxist (CPM), Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal (United), have promised to take st...
04 Apr, 2009, 02.22 AM IST
- International migration office bombed in Nepal
Two crude bombs exploded in the office compounds of the International Organization of Migration in eastern Nepal, causing panic but no inju...
01 Jul, 2008, 02.21 PM IST