Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh told parliament last week that they had sought the provisional arrest of Nirav Modi by the government of the Hong Kong.
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Nirav Modi's Gitanjali Gems saw its market value rise from Rs 9.9 billion to a Rs 58 billion in seven years. Now its market value stands at just Rs 1.46 billion.
The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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