Pakistan earned US $224.120 million by providing different travel services in various countries during the first half of current financial year 2020-21. This shows decline of 18.54 percent as compared ... ( read original story ...)
India’s Economy Out Of Technical Recession As GDP In 3rd Quarter Shows Growth At 0.4%
The government data showed that the GDP at constant (2011-12) prices in Q3 of 2020-21 is estimated at Rs 36.22 lakh crore, as against Rs 36.08 lakh crore in Q3 of 2019-20. ( read original story ...)
India’s Reliance partners with Google, Facebook for digital payment network bid: ET
India's conglomerate Reliance Industries has partnered with Facebook Inc, Google and fintech player Infibeam to set up a national digital payment network, Economic Times newspaper reported on Saturday ... ( read original story ...)
India: Traders call for Amazon ban over unfair business practices
Members of the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) demonstrated in New Dehli on Friday demanding a ban on Amazon's operations in the country. Demonstrators took to the streets as a recent ... ( read original story ...)
JPMorgan economist explains concerns around India’s economic recovery
India's small and medium businesses, as well as households, likely saw massive income loss that can impair their future ability to get credit as the economy attempts to bounce back, says Jahangir Aziz ... ( read original story ...)
Coal India to invest in 26 projects in new business areas, plans to tie up with private companies
Coal India plans to invest Rs 1.43 lakh crore in 26 projects in new business areas. The new business areas will include solar wafer manufacturing, a greenfield aluminium project along with brownfield ... ( read original story ...)
China’s outsourcing co-op under BRI continues to gain momentum
The outsourcing cooperation between China and countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has continued to grow although facing the COVID-19 pandemic, reported comnews.cn, ... ( read original story ...)
7,000 ISIS fighters in Iraq are exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic to regroup in key areas, general warns
Kurdish commander Siwan Barzani told the Times that ISIS fighters are infiltrating the civilian population to recruit and re-build their following. ( read original story ...)
Inside China Tech: Huawei at MWC Shanghai, Bytedance’s global moves, and dim future for a ‘Clubhouse’ of China
Huawei’s confident showing at this year’s MWC Shanghai belies its ongoing problems; ByteDance makes new moves outside and inside China; and the ‘Clubhouse of China’ is dead on arrival. ( read original story ...)
Myanmar Police Crack Down on Protests; One Woman Killed, Media Say
Myanmar's U.N. envoy urged the United Nations to use "any means necessary" to stop a military coup there, making a surprise appeal on behalf of the ousted government as police cracked down on ... ( read original story ...)