CM Saha's gesture left the residents with surprise as he went door-to-door despite being on a tight schedule, and spoke to the families to confirm if they were getting the benefits of the government schemes.
COVID-19 measures were tightened in Beijing over the weekend as the local cases of COVID-19 rose to several hundred a day, which included infections with and without symptoms, as per the CNBC report.
Malaysia is heading for a hung parliament as the coalition led by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and ex-PM Muhyiddin Yassin make gains but fail to win a clear majority.
Surveillance has tightened up in China as the authorities have increased the DNA mass tests including the arbitrary collection of DNA from residents in many towns and villages throughout the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR). The mass testing drives not only targeted not only men but women and
In a report titled 'G20 report on Strong, Sustainable, Balanced, and Inclusive Growth', IMF said continued fiscal and monetary tightening is likely needed in many countries to bring down inflation and address debt vulnerabilities and it expects further policy tightening in many G20 economies
Moody's Investors Service said in a report said global growth would slow in 2023 and remain sluggish in 2024. Still, a period of relative stability could emerge by 2024 if governments and central banks manage to navigate their economies through the current challenges.
In this context, Gaurang Somaiya, forex and bullion analyst, MOFSL, said, "The central bank has accumulated these reserves to be utilised in these kinds of situations," and added that investors are on the edge at this point as there are a lot of moving parts which are impacting the market.
Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is set to decelerate from 4.1 per cent in 2021 to 3.3 per cent in 2022, as a result of a slowdown in global growth, rising inflation exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, adverse weather conditions, a tightening in global financial conditions, and the risin
Security tightened outside post-mortem unit Majitha Road, Amritsar, where the postmortem of Shiv Sena leader Sudhir Suri is scheduled to be conducted today.
The volatility in the stock market on Friday was seen after the US Federal Reserve announced hike in the policy rates and thereafter by the Bank of England by 75 basis points.
CCP Chairman Xi Jinping has now geared up to practice diplomacy as the Chinese President has a busy diplomatic schedule ahead of G20 in Bali and is also planning to rebuild relations with Europe that got disrupted due to Beijing's human rights violations involving Uyghurs in Xinjiang