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WEF: India can become a $5 trillion economy much before 2028, says Puri

January 16, 2024 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: Union Minister for Petroleum, Natural Gas, Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday asserted that India can become a USD 5 trillion economy much before 2028 and said the country’s energy transition needs to be done in an orderly manner to safeguard the interests of its large population. […]

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Economy: Most Indian CEOs optimistic about growth in 2024, says PwC’s survey

January 16, 2024 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: Around 86 percent of Indian Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) are very optimistic about the growth of the Indian economy this year, advisory firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) said on Tuesday. They believe the Indian economy will grow faster in the next 12 months, according to the company’s 27th annual global survey, the […]

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Roving Periscope: As they ‘protect’ Pannun, America, and Canada ignore Hillary’s warning

January 16, 2024 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: America—and its lackey Canada—learned the geopolitical art of protecting ‘non-state’ assets—terrorists unleashable against potential or real enemies—from its all-season protégé Pakistan, ignoring what the former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton advised Islamabad in October 2011: “You can’t keep snakes in your backyard and expect them only to bite your […]

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Ayodhya: Lord Ram’s consecration ceremony to generate Rs. 1 trillion worth of business

January 15, 2024 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: No event in Independent India has ever generated as much enthusiasm, and expectations, as the consecration ceremony to install the Ramlalla idol in Ayodhya on January 22—which is also projected to generate unprecedented business worth Rs. one lakh crore. According to the country’s leading trade body, Confederation of All India […]

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Poverty: ‘5 billion people are now poorer; the wealth of the 5 richest has doubled since 2020’

January 15, 2024 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: The COVID-19 pandemic may have been a blessing in disguise for some and an existential crisis for many. For, the fortunes of the world’s five richest men have more than doubled since 2020, and nearly five billion people have already turned poorer in this “decade of division,” according to the […]

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Technology: AI may affect 40% of jobs globally, says IMF

January 15, 2024 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: Artificial Intelligence (AI), the technology monster, may affect almost 40 percent of global jobs, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). According to an IMF analysis, AI will affect more than one-third of global jobs with advanced economies facing greater exposure than emerging markets and low-income countries, the media reported […]

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Forecast: Most economists say the world economy will weaken in 2024

January 15, 2024 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: More than half of leading economists believe the global economy will weaken this year, according to a report from the World Economic Forum (WEF). The global economic prospects will remain subdued and uncertain because of the challenges including tight financial conditions, geopolitical rifts, and the rapid development of Artificial Intelligence […]

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Ayodhya Abroad: Hindu Americans to celebrate the event as 10 US states display 40 billboards of Lord Ram

January 13, 2024 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: Ahead of the much-awaited grand consecration ceremony of Shri Ram Lalla in Lord Ram’s Temple in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, on January 22, the religious fervor has gripped the Hindu Americans in a big way as at least 10 states in the USA have seen around 40 billboards of the event […]

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Roving Periscope: As the West targets the Houthis in Yemen, the Gaza War may widen

January 13, 2024 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: As the US and British forces launched fierce attacks on the Shia Houthi sites in Yemen and the Red Sea on Friday to clear the way for maritime traffic comprising over 2,000 commercial ships, and Iran threatening to retaliate, the three-month-old Gaza War involving Israel and the Palestinians may escalate […]

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Taiwan: China warns voters, condemns the US ahead of Prez poll on Saturday

January 12, 2024 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: As Taiwan geared up for the Presidential election on Saturday, China warned voters to make the “right choice”, saying a win for the frontrunner William Lai could endanger relations of the self-ruled island nation with the mainland which claims it is it’s own. China also criticized “brazen chattering” by the […]

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