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New Delhi: Raghuram Rajan and Viral Acharya on Monday criticised RBI Internal Working Group's recommendation to allow Indian corporate houses to set up banks as part of proposed changes to the banking sector. Raghuram Rajan, a…

BEIJING: China must drop its illusion that its relations with the United States will automatically improve under President-elect Joe Biden's administration, a Chinese government advisor has said, adding that Beijing should be prepared for…

The Myanmar authorities should immediately end criminal proceedings and release students and other activists charged for participating in recent peaceful protests, a coalition of 10 human rights organizations said in a joint…

As the government of Japan’s energy policy shifts significantly and Japanese trading houses exit coal projects overseas, Sumitomo Corporation continues to develop coal power projects and has seen its thermal coal output grow according to…

Increasingly allied, the American far right and members of the Chinese diaspora tapped into social media to give a Hong Kong researcher a vast audience for peddling unsubstantiated pandemic claims.Dr. Li-Meng Yan wanted to remain…

United Liberation Front of Assam-Independent (ULFA-I) chief Paresh Barua has said his group will start negotiations if the Modi government agrees to talk on the core issue of sovereignty.Barua has formally communicated this to the Centre…

The last few days have seen an intense increase in incidents of firing along the Line of Control (LOC) between India and Pakistan. There has been the use of artillery and probably Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) by India that destroyed a…

Clashes broke out between Tripura police officials and locals of Dolubari village of North Tripura district on Saturday over the proposed rehabilitation of Bru refugees from Mizoram. Protesters set fire to vehicles and blocked the national…

Iraqi Air Force (IQAF) pilots have claimed that their country’s whopping $4.3 billion F-16 fighter jet deal signed with United States aerospace juggernaut Lockheed Martin has been falling apart almost a decade after completion. Just…

NEW YORK — The United Nations voted overwhelmingly to approve a draft resolution in favor of Palestinian self-determination, with Israel and the United States voting against. The proposal on Thursday in the UN General Assembly’s Third…