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07-12-2024 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India may ease monetary conditions on Friday by reducing banks’ cash reserve ratios after economic growth slowed to a seven-quarter low, but inflationary pressures may make it reluctant to cut interest rates just yet, analysts said. The six-member monetary policy committee …

07-12-2024 WASHINGTON: Billionaire Elon Musk and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy met on Thursday with Republican lawmakers whose support they will need to win the sweeping spending cuts that President-elect Donald Trump has asked them to find. Trump has named two entrepreneurs to a task force that aims for a …

07-12-2024 KABUL: Afghanistan’s top cricket stars Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi have urged the Taliban to reconsider their ban on women’s access to medical education and training, terming the move “deeply unjust”. “Education holds a central place in Islamic teachings, emphasizing the pursuit of knowledge for both men and women,” …

07-12-2024 PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron says he will stay on “until the end” of his five-year term, until May 2027, after a no-confidence vote in parliament toppled the government. Speaking to the nation in a televised address on Thursday, Macron said he would name a new prime minister in …

07-12-2024 GAZA STRIP/ BEIRUT: The International Rescue Committee (IRC) warns that bitterly cold weather in Gaza is making conditions harder for forcibly displaced families “struggling to survive” in makeshift shelters without warm clothes or blankets. As dozens are reported killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza, reporters on the ground says …

07-12-2024 VIRGINIA: A Boeing plea deal intended to resolve a case related to two fatal crashes of its planes has been rejected by a US judge. The plane maker agreed with the US government in July to plead guilty to one count of criminal fraud, face independent monitoring, and pay …

07-12-2024 DAMASCUS: Syrian rebels say they have taken full control of a second major city, after the military withdrew its troops from Hama in another setback for President Bashar al-Assad. The leader of the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani, declared “victory” in Hama and vowed …

06-12-2024 Bureau Report MELBOURNE: Worshippers have been forced to flee an Australian synagogue after it was set on fire in what the prime minister has condemned as an “act of hate”. Firefighters were called to Melbourne’s Adass Israel synagogue just after 04:00 local time on Friday (17:00 GMT Thursday), finding …

06-12-2024 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s Bharti Airtel, opens new tab on Wednesday signed a “multi-billion” dollar deal with Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson, opens new tab to boost its 4G and 5G coverage in the world’s second-largest smartphone market. Under the deal, which Reuters reported in October, Bharti Airtel …

06-12-2024 TBILISI: Police in Georgia have raided the offices of several opposition parties in what appears to be an attempt to halt a wave of protests against the governing Georgia Dream party’s decision to suspend talks on joining the European Union. Thousands of people have rallied in the capital, Tbilisi, …