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Money for crisis-hit Ukraine tops G7 agenda; inflation, food a concern

IMF chief optimistic G7 funds for Ukraine can stave off hyperinflation

Special CBI court sentences ex-Haryana CM Chautala to four years in prison

Chautala was released from the Tihar Jail on July 2, 2021, after completing a ten-year prison sentence in another corruption case

No petrol in Lahore, no cash in ATMs, claims former Pakistan cricketer

Imran Khan leads party to sit-in in Islamabad demanding fresh elections

Cap on sugar exports will ensure availability in festivals: Food Secretary

Edible oil industry criticises zero-tariff quota on soy and sun oil; palm imports could fall to an 11-year low.

Govt announces import relief for edible oil; cut in sugar exports next

Move follows ban on wheat export to rein in inflation

Demanding fair elections in Pakistan, Imran Khan to hold 'Long March' today

Pakistan government has taken a decision to stop the long march and decided to launch a crackdown against the members of PTI throughout the country

Gyanvapi mosque row: Varanasi court adjourns hearing till May 26

The court allowed both parties to file objections to the Commission report within seven days

WEF summit: More forecast downgrades possible, no recession, says IMF

Members of the global elite are back in Davos after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic

Mark Zuckerberg sued in US over Cambridge Analytica data scam: Report

Cambridge Analytica was hired by then-candidate Donald Trump during his 2016 campaign against Hillary Clinton

WEF summit: World economy has 'buffer' against recession, says Gopinath

"I would say at 3.6 per cent there is a buffer," she said, conceding, however, that risks are uneven around the world

Ukraine rules out giving Russia land in ceasefire deal, says report

Recent calls for an immediate ceasefire have come from US

Apple looks to boost output outside China amid strict anti-Covid policy

India and Vietnam, already sites for a small portion of Apple's global production, are among the countries getting a closer look from the company as alternatives to China

S&P 500 falls 20% from record close, on pace to confirm bear market

The S&P 500 is headed for its seventh weekly decline that would make the longest losing streak since the dotcom bubble burst more than two decades ago.

Donald Trump 'back' on Twitter with truth social posts, banned again

The former US President, however, recently started posting all his posts from Truth Social onto Twitter through a username @PresTrumpTS

Pakistan logs 6% growth in FY22, economy's size jumps to $383 billion

The provisional GDP grow­th rate for the year 2021-22 is estimated at 5.97 per cent, ann­ounced the Planning Ministry after a meeting of the National Accounts Committee

Indonesia to lift palm oil export ban, likely giving India 'big relief'

Indonesia's prohibition was one of the biggest acts of crop protectionism since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February.

Inflation likely to hit 40% in a few months: Sri Lanka's central bank

Holds interest rates, says it will take at least six months to repay debts

Indonesia to lift palm oil export ban from Monday, says President

The lifting of the ban came after hundreds of farmers rallied to protest the move, saying their incomes have suffered because prices of their fresh fruit bunches plunged

SC sentences Navjot Sidhu to one year imprisonment in 1988 road rage case

In its 2018 verdict, the apex court had reduced the sentence of Sidhu from three years imprisonment to Rs 1,000 fine.

Separatist leader Yasin Malik convicted by NIA Court in terror funding case

Yasin Malik has been convicted in terror funding case by NIA Court. The court will hear arguments on the quantum of the sentence on May 25