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    China’s yuan takes another step towards SDR basket inclusion  –    (Economics) China’s currency, the yuan, took another step forward towards joining the elite group of global reserve currencies on Saturday when the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) staff on Saturday recommended that the Chinese currency be included in the IMF’s benchmark foreign exchange basket, Read More…

China’s yuan takes another step towards SDR basket inclusion  –    (Economics) China’s currency, the yuan, took another step forward towards joining the elite group of global reserve currencies on Saturday when the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) staff on Saturday recommended that the Chinese currency be included in the IMF’s benchmark foreign exchange basket, a move that willRead More…

    Proposed H-1B visa changes may not hit Indian software engineers  –    (International Relation) Prospective software engineers seeking jobs in the United States need not be perturbed by the recent changes proposed by the U.S. senators on the H-1B visa norms as the changes may not come through in the proposed form. This is the overwhelming view of the software industry Read More…

    De-link terror and religion: Modi   –    (Security) India late on Sunday called for a comprehensive global strategy to delink terror and religion, and to promote cooperation among countries to counter radicalisation. Addressing the G20 leaders here at a session on terrorism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “We need to involve religious leaders, thinkers and opinioRead More…

    GST only a matter of time: FM  –   (Economics) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, on Wednesday, said that the passage of the GST (Goods and Services Tax) Bill is only a matter of time and that he expects to table the Bankruptcy law in the winter session of Parliament. “Obstruction against the GST has been due to political reasons. Within months from now, the numbersRead More…

    Centre: new law can end collegium  –    (Indian Polity) In a signal that it has no intention of giving up its offensive against the collegium system of judges appointing judges, the Union government said on Tuesday that nothing could stop Parliament from passing a new law to take the place of the recently struck down the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) ActRead More…

    AnSI study says Shompen women outnumber men  –   (Environment) The Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI) has come up with the first authentic demographic database of the Shompen tribe — one of the least known particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs) in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The study is the result of over 40 days of intensive fieldwork undertaken by ARead More…

    Indology meet to project ‘soft power  –   (Indian Culture) The Ministry of External Affairs is getting ready to promote the global discipline of Indology as a soft diplomatic platform. The Ministry, under the umbrella of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, will organise the first World Indology Conference from November 21 to 23. “The spirit of universality foRead More…

    Nepal crisis escalates after Madhesis cancel dialogue  –   (International Relation) In a two-pronged escalation of the crisis in Nepal, the United Madhesi Democratic Front ended the national dialogue with the government of Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli, even as Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Kamal Thapa, in an unprecedented internationalisation of the crisis, lRead More…

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