KABUL: A number of Afghans have accused businessmen of using the coronavirus threat to sell goods at unreasonably high prices and have called upon the government to act against the offenders. Over the past two days, many in Kabul have been out shopping for food to guard against possible shortages. But fear of the coronavirus […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Already reeling under protectionism and US-promoted unilateralism, global trade has been dealt a further blow by coronavirus. Estimates by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) show the COVID-19 outbreak is likely to result in $50 billion decrease in exports across the globe with the most affected being the European Union […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The Ides of March is actually a Roman tradition when people settled their debts on the 15th of that month. The gloom and doom it is generally associated with is traced to the assassination of Roman Emperor Julius Caesar on that day. In current times, the gloom and doom appears to have struck […]Read More
TUMMIDI, ANDHRA PRADESH: The Achaeans battered their heads against the walls of Troy and were continuously repulsed for a decade. The breakthrough came when they used the Trojan Horse to breach the defences of Troy through subterfuge and then destroyed the city and slaughtered its people completely. That is an old fable. In my opinion […]Read More
NEW DELHI: In about two weeks, India’s Department of Telecom (DoT) is expected to green-light the 5G trials by telecom operators involving world players Ericsson, Samsung, Huawei and others. The trials are being conducted at their cost, which is expected to work out to around Rs 60 crore each over the next year. StratNews Global learns […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Myanmar last week has left more questions than answers. StratNews Global learns that only two agreements were signed and these were about shoring up the existing agreement on Kyuakhphyu deep-sea port in Rakhine state and the feasibility study of a railway line from Yunnan to Mandalay (feasibility […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The world’s richest man and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has been on a charm offensive during his three-day India visit—from donning a kurta pyjama and paying obeisance at Gandhi’s samadhi in Rajghat (like any head of state) to flying kites (literally) with children. He also promised to invest a billion dollars in India over […]Read More
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