UK's migrant care workers face widespread exploitation, survey showsForeign workers in Britain's social care sector have been paying thousands in fraudulent fees for jobs, living in overcrowded conditions, a...
11 Feb, 2025, 04.49 PM IST
Putin says Russia's economy is growing despite heavy international sanctions as he courts investorsPutin discusses Russia's economic growth despite sanctions, highlighting expanded ties with Africa, the Middle East, and Asia at the St. Pe...
07 Jun, 2024, 06.46 PM IST
Russia and West join forces to tackle trade in 'blood diamonds' despite feud over Moscow's diamondsUS, allies, Russia back Kimberley Process at U.N. Angola, Sierra Leone, Liberia's wars led to 2003 certification. Zimbabwe's Albert Chimbin...
04 Apr, 2024, 10.51 AM IST
'Conflict diamond' tag on Russian stones causes more bad bloodLike Russia, for many in the business, the trade of conflict stones by definition bankrolls terror groups and non-state actors while the Ru...
02 Nov, 2023, 08.06 AM IST
Emerging economies are pushing to end the dollar's dominance. But what's the alternative?Across the developing world, many countries are fed up with America's dominance of the global financial system — especially the power of th...
19 Aug, 2023, 11.12 PM IST
Emerging economies are pushing to end the dollar's dominance. But what's the alternative?Emerging market countries, led by BRICS bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, are seeking alternatives to the US dollar du...
19 Aug, 2023, 12.27 PM IST
The Global South breaks away from the US-led world orderWhile visiting China in April, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva asked “who decided that the dollar” should be all-powerful. Th...
08 Aug, 2023, 09.04 AM IST
US hits China with new trade curbs, sanctions over Uyghur rightsRights experts, witnesses and the US government say more than one million Uyghurs and other Turkic-speaking Muslims are incarcerated in cam...
17 Dec, 2021, 06.35 AM IST
Zimbabwe under complete Chinese control: Is anyone noticing?Things have deteriorated to such an extent that local employees have even been shot dead by a Chinese employer at a mine when the labourers...
23 Aug, 2021, 09.06 AM IST
Boris Johnson to visit India in April-end to 'unlock' Indo-Pacific opportunitiesThe announcement of the visit, which had been postponed from a planned Republic Day tour in January due to the escalating COVID-19 crisis i...
16 Mar, 2021, 09.46 AM IST
PM reaches out to Africa to push for UNSC reformsModi sought to focus on the need for UNSC reforms and support for the early adoption of the Comprehensive Convention on International Terro...
12 Jul, 2018, 05.10 PM IST
Inflation@720%, yet stocks up 1,100%: Venezuelan equity poses ultimate puzzleOn Monday, the nation’s equity benchmark rose 3,603 points, or nearly 3 per cent to 139,399.
01 Aug, 2017, 03.50 PM IST
- Tobacco board plans to bail out AP farmers
The Tobacco Board has asked traders to procure more tobacco at higher prices to save farmers in Andhra Pradesh. Farmers in the state launch...
10 Jun, 2011, 06.15 AM IST
- Indian diamond traders, US body lock horns
A battle of supremacy has erupted in the diamond world with Surat's diamantaires locking horns with US-based Rapaport Diamond Trading Netwo...
26 Aug, 2010, 04.35 AM IST
- UN sanctions against Zimbabwe's regime blocked
Russia and China vetoed proposed sanctions on Zimbabwe's leaders, rejecting U.S. efforts to step up punitive measures against President Rob...
12 Jul, 2008, 07.09 AM IST
- Bush lauds G-8 for work on Envt, trade enhancement & poor emancipation
U.S. President George W. Bush hails the G-8 summit's move to coalesce behind a global climate change strategy, saying he hopes it will ulti...
09 Jul, 2008, 03.58 PM IST
- Tesco cuts trade ties with Zimbabwe: company
Britain's biggest supermarket Tesco is to stop sourcing products from Zimbabwe due to international concern about the current political cli...
30 Jun, 2008, 11.34 PM IST