Moscow continues to deny it plans to invade Ukraine and says it is already pulling troops back from areas near the border, though the US has disputed that claim.
The Reserve Bank of India’s move last week to keep the rates unchanged surprised markets, which had expected the bank to raise them to begin policy normalization after Covid.
While founders of Microsoft, Alphabet Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc. have stepped aside, Zuckerberg who founded Facebook 18 years ago, still controls 58% voting shares & remains chairman.
PineBridge Investments and Lombard Odier expect bonds to decline after budget didn’t address tax changes needed for sovereign debt to be listed on the Euroclear platform.
The biggest cryptocurrency on market dipped 7.4%. Ether, the second-largest token fell 8.2% and Polkadat, also known as altcoins, led to a downturn in smaller-cap tokens.
The countries largest crypto bourse Binance-owned WazirX has seen daily sign-ups on its platform jump almost 30% since 1 February. At rival CoinSwitch, the daily increase was 35%.
Vladimir Putin says he wants to resolve the crisis 'immediately by peaceful means' but he also decried Ukraine’s actions in Russian-backed breakaway regions as 'genocide'.
Citigroup sees RBI lifting repo rate no earlier than October, versus its earlier August prediction. HSBC shifts to July-September from April-June, and Barclays moves to August from April.
There's little dispute that higher interest rates are coming, or that they are warranted. However, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde warned rushing could be harmful.
Measure follows months of congressional discussions about harms of social media to young people, which were accelerated by documents disclosure by a Facebook whistle-blower.
While main elements behind terror module have been nabbed, more arrests will take place, including some professors & academicians who were part of the ring, it is learnt.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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