New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) In view of the evolving geopolitical situation in West Asia and its continuing impact on maritime logistics across the Gulf and adjoining regions, the government has expanded the list of eligible destinations under RELIEF – Resilience & Logistics Intervention for Export Facilitation, a time-bound intervention under the Export Promotion Mission (EPM), the Commerce Ministry announced on Friday.With this expansion, Egypt and Jordan have been added to the list of eli…
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Washington, March 1 (IANS) Senior US Republican lawmakers welcomed reports of the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and backed “Operation Epic Fury”, a joint US-Israel military campaign targeting Iran’s nuclear infrastructure.Congressman Mike Lawler, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, said Khamenei’s leadership “has officially ended”.“For decades, Ayatollah Khamenei led a regime that openly chanted ‘Death to Amer…
Tel Aviv, Feb 10 (IANS) The killing of Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi, son of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, ultimately reflects a Mediterranean region drifting away from political solutions toward managed disorder, where elections are indefinitely postponed, assassinations become corrective tools, and external actors adapt rather than resist, a report said on Tuesday.It added that this does not represent just a collapse but a far more dangerous shift towards normalisation.Writing for ‘Times of…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Slashing global aid, particularly by the US and European countries, will reverse decades of progress in fighting diseases, and lead to 22.6 million additional deaths in people of all age groups, including children under five years of age, by 2030, warned a new study published in The Lancet Global Health on Tuesday.The peer-reviewed study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), in Spain, showed that the additional deaths will be across 93 low- and midd…
Washington, Jan 29 (IANS) Emerging market economies have shown notable resilience despite trade disruptions, geopolitical uncertainty, and shifting global financial conditions, senior International Monetary Fund (IMF) officials said here on Thursday, while warning that risks remain tilted to the downside. Presenting the IMF’s latest assessment ahead of a conference on emerging economies, IMF Economic Counsellor and Director of Research Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas said global growth has held up bet…
Washington, Jan 13 (IANS) Pakistan’s economy is expected to remain largely stagnant, with growth hovering around 3 per cent, as structural weaknesses and climate shocks continue to weigh on activity, the World Bank said on Tuesday.The World Bank estimates Pakistan’s economy grew 3.0 per cent in FY2024-25 and projects growth to remain at 3.0 per cent in FY2025-26, before edging up modestly to 3.4 per cent in FY2026-27, according to its latest Global Economic Prospects report.The report said r…