16th BRICS summit to begin in Kazan, Russia Tuesday. PM Modi expected to hold bilateral talks with Russian President Putin & Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.
The new Swift has been tested to deliver 25.75 kmpl. And after driving both the manual and AMT variants, the trip computer showed I was getting over 22 kmpl.
The West blocked access to SWIFT for several Russian banks, including Sberbank and VTB, soon after Moscow invaded Ukraine in February last year to target Russian trade.
UPI expansion can allow better cooperation and improve business with other nations hence India can leverage the opportunity to influence the global world, writes Criti Mahajan.
SWIFT messaging system is backbone for financing global trade. US, European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, UK & Canada have excluded Russia’s central bank & some other banks from SWIFT.
While kicking it off would indeed cause severe pain to Russians and the Russian economy in the short term, it also could be too much of a shock to a Western-led payment system.
A report to the central government says Punjab National Bank had debated putting in place safeguards to prevent fraud in 2016, but put no systems in place.
Trump’s OBBB is framed to augment domestic semiconductor production and enhance trade protection, even at the expense of certain social programs such as Medicaid, food stamps, and student loans, as well as a projected ballooning federal deficit from US$2.8 to 3.3 trillion
New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.
Under joint venture, JSW Sarbloh Motors will indigenise and manufacture TX range ATVs in Chandigarh. The first India-assembled unit is expected by early 2026.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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