Karnataka cabinet expanded
Twenty-five ministers for the southern Indian state of Karnataka were sworn in on June 6th. The cabinet is being formed…
RBI increases repo rate
For the first time since 2014, the Reserve Bank of India has hiked key lending rate or repo rate by…
Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan
The Indian government has approved new measures to help check the rapidly expanding sugar surplus on Tuesday. The move comes…
Sonic attacks in Guangzhou?
The US State Department has sent back staff from the US embassy in Guangzhou, southern China, after symptoms that are…
IMF expects stronger growth
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted a global growth of 3.9% for 2018 and 2019. Global growth was 0.5…
Mexico retaliates to US tariffs
Mexico has retaliated to the metal tariffs imposed by President Trump earlier this month, placing import duties on a number…
Peace in the ‘Horn of Africa’
Ethiopia finally agreed to the UN-backed Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission’s conditions to end the 20-year long border dispute between the two…
Trump’s envoy in trouble
Richard A Grenell, the US Ambassador to Germany, has incurred severe criticism after he said in an interview that he…
Italy’s new Prime Minister
Giuseppe Conte, Italy’s new Prime Minister, has made his first speech. Conte, who was sworn in on June 1st, took…
The historic summit
US President Donald Trump will be meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in a historic summit on June 12th,…