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GUJARAT AND DP WORLD SIGN AGREEMENTS TO STRENGTHEN LOGISTICS IN THE INDIAN STATE

January 12, 2024 Vinayak Barot 0

Gandhinagar: DP World has signed multiple Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) worth INR 25,000 crores (INR 250 billion) with the Government of Gujarat, covering the development of new ports, terminals, and economic zones, strengthening its commitment to supporting trade in a growing Indian state. Signed at Gandhinagar, during Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024, the MoUs highlight […]

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Missing cops: 15 dead after rioters loot stores, and run amok amid police strike in PNG

January 11, 2024 Vinayak Barot 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Papua New Guinea (PNG), the island nation in the Pacific Ocean next to Australia, on Thursday, became an example of what happens when police go on strike against pay cuts: hundreds of unafraid robbers and rioters roamed around freely, looted stores, and killed 15 people in gay abandon, and even […]

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Technology: After Google, Amazon set to sack hundreds of employees soon

January 11, 2024 Vinayak Barot 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After Google gave the pink slip to around 12,000 staffers in 2023, and prepared to dismiss more this year, retail and technology giant Amazon is also set to sack hundreds in the coming weeks, the media reported on Thursday. The latest job cuts will impact the Amazon employees of Prime […]

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Vibrant Gujarat: Direct listing of cos in GIFT City expected soon, says Nirmala

January 11, 2024 Vinayak Barot 0

Virendra Pandit Gandhinagar: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday exuded confidence that direct listing of firms in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) would start soon as this emerging international financial hub is helping India connect the West with the Global South. Speaking at a seminar on “GIFT City—An Aspiration of Modern India” as […]

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Collateral damage: Conflicts in Russia, Ukraine and Israel hit tourist inflow in Goa

January 11, 2024 Vinayak Barot 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The nearly two-year-old Russia-Ukraine war and the ongoing three-month-long Hamas-Israel conflict have adversely affected regular tourist inflow in Goa. Until the wars started in February 2022 and October 2023, respectively, tourists from Russia, Ukraine and Israel contributed significantly to the inflow, Goa Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte said on Wednesday. Because […]

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Tightening screws: India to sell over 2.91 lakh ‘enemy property’ shares in 84 companies

January 11, 2024 Vinayak Barot 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In a major step seen as part of the government’s initiative to dispose of enemy property, India is set to sell over 2,91,000 ‘enemy property’ shares in 84 companies from February. Assets left behind by those who took citizenship of Pakistan and China—mostly between 1947 and 1962—are known as ‘enemy […]

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Pakistan: SC upholds Musharraf’s death penalty—a year after he died!

January 10, 2024 Vinayak Barot 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Pakistan doesn’t let even its dead leaders rest in peace! Nearly a year after he died of a disease, Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld former President General Pervez Musharraf’s death penalty in a treason case, the media reported. The ruling came when the Prime Minister he toppled to grab […]

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Ecuador: Gangsters declare “war” on the President after jailbreak, storm TV studio amid live broadcast

January 10, 2024 Vinayak Barot 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In a dramatic development on Tuesday, Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa declared his South American nation in a state of “internal armed conflict” just hours after notorious gangsters and drug lords declared “war” against him in an escalating security crisis sparked by the prison escape of one of the country’s most […]

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Vibrant Gujarat 2024: India to be a developed country in 25 years, says PM Modi

January 10, 2024 Vinayak Barot 0

Virendra Pandit Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said India is set to emerge as a developing country in the next 25 years. Inaugurating the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024 here, in the presence of UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and other leaders, he said the world now sees India […]

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Vibrant Gujarat 2024: With $5 trn GDP, India to be the third-largest economy by FY28, says FM

January 10, 2024 Vinayak Barot 0

Virendra Pandit Gandhinagar: India is all set to become the third-largest economy by 2027-28, with a GDP of over USD 5 trillion, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday. Going by even conservative estimates, the size of the Indian economy will be USD 30 trillion by 2047, she said at the Vibrant Gujarat Global […]

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