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'DPI has potential to benefit both public, private sectors'

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday spoke at length on DPI (Digital Public Infrastructure), underlining how India, during the last couple of years, has seen its contribution to targeted quick, efficient and inclusive service delivery through innovative methods.

2023-04-14T20:24:33.923251+00:00 IST

China's Ambassador to EU tries to distance Beijing from Moscow

China's Ambassador to the European Union Fu Cong downplayed the Russia-Chinese partnership and said the relationship between Beijing and Moscow has been "deliberately misinterpreted," The New York Times reported.

2023-04-14T17:57:45.174299+00:00 IST

Sitharaman meets Canadian counterpart Freeland at Spring Meeting

Both leaders agreed that ministerial-level financial dialogue should be held at the earliest between the two nations.

2023-04-14T17:41:58.835795+00:00 IST

US abandoned Army dogs in Afghanistan: Donald Trump

The US has been shocked by the revelation that its military abandoned its combat 'officer' dogs while leaving Afghanistan. This disclosure was made by Trump to Journalist Tucker Carlson in a Fox News interview. Trump's revelation has since gone viral and public opinion in this dog-loving nation is in a state of disbelief that how could US troops abandon the military dogs in a hostile nation which dislikes dogs

2023-04-14T09:46:00.733288+00:00 IST

US: Montana one step closer to ban 'TikTok'

On Thursday, 69 people voted in the favour of the ban on TikTok while 39 are against it in the Republican-led Legislature in Montana's parliament.

2023-04-14T05:37:10.645950+00:00 IST

Any action on crypto assets will have to be global: FM Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that there was a greater acceptance among G20 members that any action against the crypto assets need to be global.

2023-04-14T03:25:51.284875+00:00 IST

Sitharaman, World Bank chief discuss empowering women leaders

Sitharaman, who is on a week-long visit to the US, outlined initiatives to bolster the economic status of women during the IMF/World Bank Spring meetings. She appeared to highlight how the Modi Govt has been working with the idea of women-led development and not just women-centric development.

2023-04-14T03:05:59.554246+00:00 IST

US to bring abortion pill case to Supreme Court

Soon after an appeals court judgement that limited an earlier ruling that would have revoked the abortion pill's clearance for use, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) will move the Supreme Court to stop limits on the sale of mifepristone, Al Jazeera reported.

2023-04-14T01:17:45.421912+00:00 IST

Donald Trump returns to New York, gets questioned under oath

Former US President Donald Trump returned to New York on Thursday where he was being questioned under oath in a fraud lawsuit by New York Attorney General Letitia James, reported The New York Times.

2023-04-13T23:47:44.938687+00:00 IST

China upholds death sentence of 'wrongfully detained' US citizen

An intermediate court of China on Thursday denied the 'wrongfully detained' US national Mark Swidan's appeal, and upheld his death penalty with a two-year suspended death sentence, an official release of the US State Department said on Thursday.

2023-04-13T23:14:58.594190+00:00 IST

'Post-pandemic development requirements becoming focussed'

Speaking at a press briefing in Washington on Thursday, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the third pillar will now have to be sustainable goals and other climate-related objectives, climate funding, and so forth.

2023-04-13T22:15:41.894683+00:00 IST

Leak of classified documents "deliberate criminal act": Pentagon

The leak of classified documents online is a "deliberate criminal act", said the Pentagon press secretary Brigadier. Gen. Patrick Ryder on Thursday as he underlined the US continue to review a variety of factors as it relates to safeguarding classified materials.

2023-04-13T21:23:46.486084+00:00 IST

Very important area: Sitharaman on global financial architecture

Describing the Global Financial Architecture as a "very important area", Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that through India's G20 Presidency, several sessions will be taking place to get into the details of how we want to look at the financial architecture itself.

2023-04-13T20:00:28.190151+00:00 IST

US: Trump vows to "never drop out" of 2024 presidential race

Trump made the remarks when asked if there was anything prosecutors could throw at Trump legally that would convince him to drop out of the 2024 White House race.

2023-04-13T12:43:31.517873+00:00 IST

UNGA President thanks envoys of India, Belgium and South Africa

Csaba Korosi called the initiative -- the creation of the group of friends on 'Science for Action' -- an "important step" towards multilateral cooperation and the exchange of information and data. He also called on UN member states to join the informal forum.

2023-04-13T10:06:13.848872+00:00 IST

2 Indian-origin former executives of US startup convicted

They ran a billion-dollar scheme that defrauded customers, including major pharmaceutical firms like Novo Nordisk A/S and investors including Goldman Sachs Group Inc, The Wall Street Journal reported.

2023-04-13T06:56:19.841499+00:00 IST

Russia must feel the full price of its aggression: Zelenskyy

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made an appeal to the heads of the IMF and World Bank on Wednesday and renewed his call to confiscate Russian Central Bank assets held around the world and use them to help rebuild Ukraine.

2023-04-13T00:10:57.291755+00:00 IST

'Need to address growing debt distress', says Sitharaman

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday underlined that in order to address the mounting debt crisis around the world, it is necessary to supplement current global initiatives, especially those of the G20.

2023-04-12T21:05:43.739226+00:00 IST

NPR stops using Twitter after "state-affiliated media" remarks

Notably, Twitter has updated the description of the NPR account to read "Government-funded Media," the same description it gave to the BBC, the national broadcaster of Britain.

2023-04-12T18:53:19.015879+00:00 IST

'Build consensus on definition of global development challenges'

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday participated in the roundtable on 'Multilateral Development Bank Evolution: Building Shareholder Consensus' hosted by the US Department of Treasury Secretary at World Bank headquarters.

2023-04-12T17:57:55.883495+00:00 IST

"Pak govt should respect citizens' right to speak, organize"

The US Congressman in a letter to the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on human rights and democracy in Pakistan, wrote that "it is critical that we see a calm, orderly, democratic, and prosperous Pakistan where Pakistanis can have a free and open political dialogue."

2023-04-12T17:15:58.783401+00:00 IST