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Friday, May 10, 2024
TopicTurkey

Topic: Turkey

Saudi Arabia’s ‘Vision 2030’ may not see very far unless it deals with journalist’s disappearance

Turkish police allege the journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, who was critical of the Prince, was tortured and killed by a team from Saudi Arabia.

Kavanaugh is a Supreme Court judge, and May continues to show off her dancing skills

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Indian rupee, Asia’s worst performing currency, crashes past the 70 level to new low

The rupee dropped to 70.08 per dollar before recovering to 69.85 as state-run banks sold dollars, probably on behalf of RBI. There’s not a moment...

Weak rupee makes it difficult for RBI to fight inflation

RBI's plans are in trouble as rupee hits a new low after turmoil in Turkey. Inflation may stay around projections until next year. 

Indian forex reserves under new pressure as rupee crashes to all-time low

With RBI expected to aggressively shore up the rupee, analysts expect forex reserves to dip below $400-billion mark.

Trump plans on inviting Putin to US, and Israel passes controversial law

Xi Jinping becomes first Chinese leader to visit the UAE in decades, and Turkey President Erdogan is passing several laws to consolidate power. 

Iranian women protest against compulsory hijab & China responds to Trump’s trade war shots

Global giants USA and China continue their trade war and Sweden spies on South Korea's training at FIFA.

Imran Khan expels rape-convict leader hours after welcoming him in party

Here's what's happening across the border: Nabila becomes the official hair & make-up partner for India's IIFA and Chris Pratt expresses his love for Pakistan

Global Pulse: The peace process in North Korea isn’t so simple, “pretend-diplomacy” will not work

The situation in North Korea seems almost too good to be true, given how difficult peace processes have been in the past.

Global Pulse: Turkey’s President Erdogan has called for early elections in a move to cement his power

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for elections to be held on June 24 — a year and a half earlier than expected.

On Camera

US campus protests shows up Western media hypocrisy. Compare how they covered JNU stir

To understand the depth of bias against India or the lack of understanding of ground reality in India, one only needs to examine the headlines from Western media covering the protests in colleges of both countries.

Day after mass sick leave by employees, Air India Express fires crew members, cancels 85 more flights

About 300 employees had called in sick Wednesday, allegedly in protest against mismanagement of airlines. Remaining staff given ultimatum to rejoin work by end of Thursday.

Three Indian Navy ships deployed to South China Sea

Deployment comes at a time when Yuan Wang 03, a Chinese missile and satellite tracking vessel, has entered Indian Ocean Region.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.