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Indonesia planning minimum age limit for social media users, minister says

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia plans to issue a regulation to set a minimum age for users of social media, a move aimed at protecting children in digital space, its communications minister has said.

Tennis-Medvedev advances after meltdown, red-hot Fritz through at Australian Open

By Nick Mulvenney and Shrivathsa Sridhar MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Three-times finalist Daniil Medvedev allowed his frustrations to boil over in a Melbourne Park meltdown before advancing to the second

Tennis-No warmup, no problem for ‘lucky loser’ Lys at Australian Open

(Refiles to add dropped word in first paragraph) MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Eva Lys was on the physio table at the Australian Open on Tuesday when she was suddenly summoned to the Kia Arena but the German

Dollar near 2-year high after rate-cut bets fade, tariffs in focus

By Ankur Banerjee and Stefano Rebaudo (Reuters) -The dollar hovered near its highest level in more than two years on Tuesday as traders scaled back bets on U.S. rate cuts in 2025 after strong economic

Exclusive-China to cut pay by half for staff at top financial regulators, sources say

BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China is set to slash pay for staff at its top three financial regulators, including the central bank, by about half, as part of a regulatory revamp unveiled in 2023 to

Economic woes not a deal breaker as China’s Lunar New Year travel rush kicks off

By Liz Lee BEIJING (Reuters) - The annual travel rush for China's Lunar New Year celebrations officially began on Tuesday, with many taking a mental break from their worries about the future to

Baltic Sea nations seek to limit further incidents after cable breaches

HELSINKI (Reuters) - European nations must be prepared to face further incidents in the Baltic Sea following the recent damage to undersea infrastructure, leaders of NATO countries in the region said

Drone drops into UK prisons a national security threat, says inspector

LONDON (Reuters) - Drone deliveries of drugs and weapons into British prisons have become a national security threat, the country's chief prisons inspector warned on Tuesday, calling for urgent action

Party of Bangladesh’s former PM Khaleda urges elections by Aug

DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh's interim government should hold general elections by August in the "greater interest of the country," the party of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia said on Tuesday,

Factbox-What does Indian industry want from February’s budget?

By Shivangi Acharya and Nikunj Ohri (Reuters) - Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the national budget on Feb. 1, amid slowing growth in Asia's third largest economy and rising

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Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.