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Argentina’s President weighs next steps after economic reform bill setback

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Argentina’s President Javier Milei | Photo Credit: Reuters The government of Argentine President Javier Milei was seeking to salvage his wide-ranging economic reform package after Congress delivered a major blow a day earlier, casting doubt over its future and triggering a fall in financial markets. Lower house lawmakers rejected several crucial proposals in the bill,…

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RRI researchers develop new algorithm which can produce better images to study ultracold atoms

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RRI researchers develop new algorithm which can produce better images to study ultracold atoms

View of Raman Research Institute in Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: Sudhakara Jain A research group at the Raman Research Institute (RRI) have designed a new image-correction technique capable of getting better images during the study of cold atoms or atoms at absolute zero temperature.   The technique can get rid of 50% unwanted interference fringes…

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India-China bilateral trade hit a new record in 2023: Envoy

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India-China bilateral trade hit a new record in 2023: Envoy

Ma Jia, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of Chinese Embassy in India  India and China trade reached record levels in 2023, said the Chinese envoy to India, indicating that bilateral trade had surpassed 2022 figures despite a slowdown mid-year. Speaking at an event in Delhi celebrating the Chinese New Year, the envoy, Charge D’Affaires Ma Jia said…

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Food inflation may have lost some bite in January

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Food inflation may have lost some bite in January

Easing food prices may help cool India’s consumer price inflation (CPI) in January from the four-month high of 5.7% recorded in December, price trends for food plates and essential commodities for the last month indicate. Food inflation had hit 9.5% in December, with urban consumers facing a higher 10.4% uptick in prices. Bank of Baroda…

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India plans to protest EU’s carbon tax at WTO meeting: sources

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India plans to protest EU’s carbon tax at WTO meeting: sources

India plans to protest the European Union’s proposed carbon tax at the next WTO meeting. File | Photo Credit: Reuters India plans to protest the European Union’s proposed carbon tax on imports of steel, iron ore and cement at the next meeting of World Trade Organization (WTO) later this month, saying it would emerge as…

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With China’s help, Maldives plans to lower dependence on India in tourism, trade and healthcare: Data

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With China’s help, Maldives plans to lower dependence on India in tourism, trade and healthcare: Data

Maldives tourism hit: Controversial tweets by Maldives ministers against PM Modi sparked a call by some Indians on social media to boycott the Maldives | Photo Credit: AFP In January, controversial tweets by deputy ministers of the Maldives on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Lakshadweep led to a diplomatic row between the two…

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Govt. has set up a task force to resolve non-tariff barriers: Piyush Goyal

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Govt. has set up a task force to resolve non-tariff barriers: Piyush Goyal

Union Minister Piyush Goyal informed the Lok Sabha that a task force has been set up to identify, categorise and develop tailored strategies to resolve non-tariff barriers. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Government has set up a task force under the Department of Commerce to identify, categorise and develop tailored strategies for the resolution of…

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Rupee rises nine paise to close at 82.96 against U.S. dollar

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Rupee rises nine paise to close at 82.96 against U.S. dollar

Rupee hit an intraday high of 82.94 and a low of 83.09. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Rupee appreciated nine paise to close at 82.96 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on February 7, tracking a correction in the greenback against major currencies and fresh foreign capital inflows. “However, a rise in crude oil prices…

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Stock markets settle flat in volatile trade ahead of RBI’s interest rate decision

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Stock markets settle flat in volatile trade ahead of RBI’s interest rate decision

The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 34.09 points or 0.05% to settle at 72,152. During the day, it hit a high of 72,559.21 and a low of 71,938.22.  | Photo Credit: Reuters Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty closed flat in a volatile trade on February 7 ahead of Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) interest rate…

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