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Thursday, October 3, 2024
TopicBloomberg wire

Topic: Bloomberg wire

US refuses to escalate sanctions on Russia over Ukraine, says it limits options for future

US has focused with European allies on building up threat of 'massive consequences' for Russia to dissuade Putin from sending forces into Ukraine, Anthony Blinken says.

Inflation has the monetary policy radicals crawling to the centre

Few were as bold in the first two years of pandemic as Indonesia, which used the central bank to directly finance an expansion in govt spending. But times have changed.

Why Mukesh Ambani is betting big on sodium in the EV battery race

RIL is in the middle of a Rs 6 trillion clean-energy push. So, it makes sense for Ambani to back a technology that’s as cheap as traditional lead-acid batteries.

Russia accuses NATO of escalating tensions around Ukraine after UK alleges anti-Kyiv plot

The UK said Saturday that Yevhen Murayev, a former Ukrainian member of parliament, was a potential candidate to be installed by Russia.

How Biden could impact effect of potential war in Ukraine on Europe’s energy crisis

As Biden has warned of severe economic restrictions, one big risk to the flow of gas to Europe would be sanctions cutting Russia off from the ability to trade in foreign currency.

I was dismissed because of my faith, claims UK’s ex-transport minister Nusrat Ghani

Conservative Party MP Ghani alleged she was removed from her post because the govt felt she didn’t do enough to defend it 'against Islamophobia allegations'.

PM Jacinda Ardern cancels wedding as New Zealand moves to ‘red’ setting over Omicron concerns

The government has delayed a phased reopening of the border as increasing numbers of cases were identified at border isolation facilities.

German Navy chief quits after making ‘ill-advised comments’ on security policy in India

During a talk by Schonbach at a New Delhi-based think tank, Schoenbach suggested Putin’s underlying goal in the Ukraine standoff was to win affirmation for Russia as a major power.

Joe Biden administration set to put itself at centre of US cryptocurrency policy

An executive order is being drafted which will soon set in place a govt strategy empowering US federal agencies to assess risks and opportunities posed by the digital assets.

Digital currency continues to decline wiping out over $1 trillion in market value

Bitcoin lost over 12% Friday and dropped below $36,000. Since its peak last year in November, it has lost over 45% of its value. Ether & meme coins are mired in similar drawdowns.

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Gaza, Ukraine being fought on techno-battlefields. Indian military is 3 decades behind

My assessment is that the Indian armed forces are adopting emerging technologies for incremental change and not transformation—which is the need of the hour.

Even as SEBI lays down new curbs on F&O market, discount brokerages are changing business models

SEBI Tuesday unveiled rules to curtail retail participation in derivatives market. Options premia to be collected upfront from options buyer effective 1 Feb 2025.

‘No drone bombs or infiltration’, Army Chief says ‘battle of narratives’ must be controlled in Manipur

Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi says the Manipur conflict was triggered by a rumour and that the situation may be ‘stable today, but it is tense’.

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?