Major opposition parties, including the Congress and Trinamool Congress, yesterday took on the government outside parliament over the acute problems faced by people following the “financial calamity” unleashed by the surprise demonetisation move.
The Czech Republic further established themselves as the dominant force in women’s team tennis as they claimed a 3-2 comeback win against hosts France to capture their fifth Fed Cup title in six years on Sunday, and 10th overall.
Qatar is exploring investment potential in Serbia, especially in the European country’s tourism sector
The Middle East is at the precipice of what will be the second most innovative chapter in its unique energy narrative, the first being defined by the region’s role as the epicentre of global oil production since the mid-1990s.
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Largest Turkish lender cuts rates second time in three months; president warned banking industry to curb costs in August
Heya Arabian Fashion Exhibition (Heya), Qatar’s leading platform for contemporary Arabian fashion creations, has opened its doors to the public.
‘When we first hosted the F1 it was a big deal. First in Asia outside Japan. Now so many venues. No first mover advantage. Not a novelty’
Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany believes bitter rivals Manchester United have handed his team an advantage by playing down today’s League Cup local derby at Old Trafford.
State-owned Chinese chemicals group ChemChina is ready to offer more concessions to win European Union antitrust approval for its $43bn bid for Swiss pesticide and seed group Syngenta, a source with direct knowledge of the process said.
The relationship between politics and economics is changing. Advanced-country politicians are locked in bizarre, often toxic, conflicts, instead of acting on a growing economic consensus about how to escape a protracted period of low and unequal growth.
Iraqi forces battled yesterday through booby-traps, sniper fire and suicide car bombs to tighten the noose around Mosul, while also hunting Islamic State group militants behind attacks elsewhere in the country.
