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Topic: Riyadh

At Gulf summit in Riyadh, Chinese President Xi Jingping calls for oil trade in yuan

Xi Jingping's move would support China's goal to establish its currency internationally and weaken the US dollar’s grip on world trade.

Saudi Arabia gathers Xi Jinping with Arab leaders in ‘new era’ of ties for global powers

Arab leaders from the Gulf, Levant & Africa began arriving in Riyadh when Xi received a lavish reception by Prince Mohammed and signed a China-Saudi partnership pact with King Salman.

Saudi Arabia looking at India to procure and jointly produce defence equipment

For the first time, New Delhi and Riyadh will also hold joint naval exercises in March 2020.

Modi’s Riyadh visit expected to improve energy ties with Saudi, ensure steady supply of oil

PM Modi said Saudi Aramco is set to invest in the West Coast refinery in Raigad. He also held a bilateral meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

PM Modi meets Saudi King Salman, discusses bilateral ties with top ministers

PM Modi is on a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia to participate in a high-profile financial summit Future Investment Initiative, dubbed 'Davos in the desert'.

Pakistan to receive $6 billion aid package from Saudi Arabia

Islamabad will get 3 billion dollars 'as a balance of payment support' and the rest in the form of a one-year deferred oil payment facility. 

GLOBAL PULSE: China’s addiction to debt, Trump and Obama in Europe, and Taiwan is first in Asia to allow gay marriages

CHINA HAS AN ADDICTION PROBLEM China has been on a spending spree, but the debt-fuelled binge can now sap the world’s second largest economy.

On Camera

Meet ThePrint’s new reporters — a lawyer, an ex-KPMG manager & an edtech founder

Udit Hinduja, Udit Bubna, and Ruchi Bhattar show how ThePrint School of Journalism gives people from diverse backgrounds a path into the newsroom.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

India pulled out of Tajikistan’s strategically important Ayni air base in 2022. Here’s why

Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.