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Onions turn 'currency' in Philippines for a day for food bank programme

A retail store in the Philippines accepted onions as "payment" for select in-store items as part of an onion-raising drive for a "community pantry" or food bank project

FM's bullishness on millets in Budget must translate as benefits to farmers

Telangana figured just once, albeit tangentially, in 1 Union Budget speech by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Rural economy revival to take time in absence of specific triggers: Report

Focus on the rural economy in the budget has been waning over the years and in such a scenario a revival of the rural economy would take time, JM Financial said in a report

FM's bullishness on millets in Budget must translate as benefits to farmers

Hailed as a progressive and forward-looking one by the IT and technology honchos, the Union Budget 2023-24 did fall short on some expectations by the industry

Close to 100,000 tech employees lost jobs globally in January alone

In what could be touted as the worst month ever for tech workers, close to 1 lakh of them lost jobs in the month of January globally

Chennai-based pharma firm recalls eye drops from US after 55 adverse cases

A Chennai-based company has recalled its eye drops from the US market after a US govt agency has informed the company that several adverse events had taken place

World Cancer Day: WHO calls for action for prevention, early detection

On World Cancer Day, World Health Organization (WHO) has called for intensified action across the Southeast Asian region to strengthen health systems to prevent and detect cancers early.

Bank of Japan's unrealized loss on govt bonds widens to $68bn

BOJ unrealised losses on its holdings of government bonds amounted to about 8.8 trillion yen ($68 billion) at the end of December last year, the central bank's governor Haruhiko Kuroda has said.

Japan PM Fumio Kishida sacks top aide over discriminatory remarks on LGBT

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday announced that he has dismissed his secretary Masayoshi Arai over discriminatory remarks against the LGBT community.

EU sends formal warning to Microsoft over $69 bn Activision Blizzard deal

Microsoft has formally received an antitrust warning from the European Union over its $68.7 billion bid to acquire gaming giant Activision Blizzard, the media reported.

Delhi court discharges Sharjeel Imam, Asif Iqbal in '19 Jamia violence case

However, Imam, who is also an accused under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in the conspiracy case related to the 2020 North-East Delhi riots case, will remain in custody

Microsoft's new Bing powered by ChatGPT-4 AI may encourage natural language

According to the screenshots, the new Bing describes itself as a "research assistant, personal planner, and creative partner at your side"

Amazon 'faces' US FTC antitrust investigation over market practices

The FTC began probing Amazon during the tenure of Republican Chairman Joseph Simons while Donald Trump was president

Bengal govt might exceed its excise collection target for 2022-23

Going by the trend of the previous financial year of 2021-22, it seems unlikely to economists that the state government will meet the targeted collection of Rs 79,346 crore of state tax revenue

Dipa Karmakar announces settlement of doping case, suspension reduced

Dipa had to take a provisional suspension when her sample from an out-of-competition test had returned positive for a banned substance which she "unknowingly ingested"

Pakistan set to bow to IMF's demands as forex reserves drop to $3.08 bn

IMF team which rejected the Sharif government's plan to manage the circular debt, has asked the cash starved Pakistan to end the unbudgeted power subsidies amounting to (Pakistani) Rs 675 billion

US committed to using full range of capabilities to defend S Korea: Blinken

"We are committed to defending the Republic of Korea using the full range of our capabilities -- nuclear, conventional missile defense capabilities," said Blinken

Pakistan needs to enhance exports for sustainable economic growth: Minister

He said that Pakistan would get out of the economic swamp if it could elevate exports out of the indigenous resources from $32 billion to $100 billion in the next five to eight years

BJP MLAs protest outside CM residence over unpaid dues at 12 DU colleges

They demanded that the UGC should take over all these colleges as the "Kejriwal government is not giving grants to these colleges"

Amazon posts $149.2 bn in net sales, faces short-term uncertainty

Amazon on Friday reported that its net sales increased 9 per cent to $149.2 billion in the fourth quarter that ended December 31, compared with $137.4 billion in fourth quarter 2021.