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Saturday, October 5, 2024
TopicBloomberg wire

Topic: Bloomberg wire

The business secrets held in India’s Nutella jars

Ninety percent of India’s trade passes through neighborhood 'kirana' shops. Their owners mostly operate without business registration and lack access to the formal banking system. 

India supports initiative to release emergency oil reserves to calm prices amid Ukraine crisis

The govt is looking out for ‘potential energy supply disruptions as a fallout of the evolving geopolitical situation’, according to a statement from the Press Information Bureau.

Europe and Russia’s Cold War-like bans cause airlines to fly circuitous routes

EU may propose barring Russia across its 27 member countries, underscoring their determination to present a united front, at a cost to airlines on both sides of the divide.

European Union bans Russian flights over Ukraine crisis

The collective action applies to any plane owned, chartered or otherwise controlled by a Russian person, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Sunday.

Digital warriors come to Ukraine’s aid, declare cyber war against Russia

Within a day of tanks crossing the border and missiles striking targets, hacker collective Anonymous declared 'cyber war against the Russian government.'

Putin’s invasion of Ukraine likely to create a refugee crisis that rivals 1945

According to the European Commission, about 120,000 Ukrainians have fled their homes. While 1-5 million civilians could flee westward and into the EU in the coming weeks and months.

‘Present situation in Russia-Ukraine is something China doesn’t want to see’, says Wang Yi

Chinese Foreign Minister's comments came shortly after Xi made his first remarks on the crisis, urging Putin in a phone call to solve the issue through talks with the Ukrainians.

The fog of war is spreading at high speed through social media

Ukrainian cities have become hashtags on platforms like Facebook, Twitter and messaging apps like Telegram, offering dozens of opportunities for purveyors of false information.

US sanctions Putin as Ukraine discusses location of potential peace talks with Russia

Russian President Putin had earlier said he's ready to authorise negotiations with Ukraine about the country adopting a 'neutral' status.

Russia ready to speak with Ukraine to discuss neutrality, report says

Putin aide says Russian President will take up Volodymyr Zelensky’s offer to discuss matters.

On Camera

I met Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in 2005. He told me he was an admirer of MK Gandhi

Shuttle diplomacy at a high level is indicated, along the lines of the famous Kissingerian shuttles following the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.

#ByeByeAP to #LuluBackInAP: Naidu’s moves to make Andhra ‘business friendly’ & woo back investors

The Jagan Reddy govt has been accused of scuppering various investment deals. Under Naidu, the govt, is trying to make AP a top investment destination, officials and industrialists say.

IAF chief AP Singh red-flags Tejas delay, says China ahead in technology & production capacity

Air force chief says HAL needs to churn out 24 aircraft per year. It is important for IAF to have indigenous weapons systems to deal with any security challenges, he says.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?