Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) campaigned on India’s sizeable economic expansion in the lead-up to the country’s recent national elections. Since Modi came to power in 2014, GDP per capita has risen from about $5,000 to more than $7,500. India’s GDP growth hit 8.4…
National Samsung Electronics Union, which represents tens of thousands of people, is pushing for better wages. Staff at Samsung Electronics, one of the world’s largest smartphone manufacturers and also one of the only companies producing high-end semiconductors, have taken industrial action for the first time as part of a six-month…
Exit poll projections of big wins by Modi’s alliance sent stock markets surging a day before votes were counted. Opposition Indian National Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has demanded a parliamentary investigation into sharp stock market moves towards the end of the just-ended national elections, alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
Chipmaker’s market capitalisation passes $3 trillion after latest rally in stock price. Nvidia has overtaken Apple to become the world’s second-most valuable company, with furious demand for the chipmaker’s shares taking its valuation to over $3 trillion. Shares of Nvidia gained 5.2 percent on Wednesday to close at $1,224.40, lifting…
After keeping rates at a more than two-decade high of five percent, the BoC said indicators for underlying inflation improved. The Bank of Canada has trimmed its key policy rate by 25 basis points to 4.75 percent, in a widely expected move that marked its first cut in four years,…
Top executive says AI likely to affect healthcare more than any other area of life. Taipei, Taiwan – Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has already brought about a “healthcare revolution” and is set to transform everything from pharmaceutical research to patient diagnostics and post-operative treatment, a top executive at chip giant…
India’s stock market took its worst tumble in four years after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost its parliamentary majority. The shock outcome of Tuesday’s election count means Modi will need to rely on smaller parties to form a governing majority in the 543-member Lok Sabha,…
Elon Musk’s social media platform welcomes decision as a victory for freedom of speech. Australia’s internet watchdog has ended a legal battle to force Elon Musk’s X to remove a graphic video of a church stabbing in Sydney. The eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman, said on Wednesday that she had decided…
Indian stocks have suffered their worst intraday fall since March 2020 and foreign investors sold the most on record, as vote-counting trends in the general election suggested Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s alliance was unlikely to win the overwhelming majority predicted by exit polls. With over half the votes counted on…
Weidong Guan is accused of involvement in ‘sprawling’ scheme to launder money to benefit himself and the right-wing outlet. A top executive at the Epoch Times, a New York-based conservative media outlet known for its fierce criticism of the Chinese government, has been arrested over his alleged involvement in a…
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